MORTON INTERNATIONAL INC /IN/
S-3, 1998-05-01
MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
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     AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 1, 1998

                           REGISTRATION NO.  333-

                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
                            _____________________

                                  FORM S-3
                           REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                    UNDER
                         THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                            ____________________

                         MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC.
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 

                INDIANA                        36-4140798
     (State or other jurisdiction          (I.R.S.  Employer
          of incorporation or            Identification Number)
             organization)

                           100 N.  RIVERSIDE PLAZA
                        CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606-1596
                               (312) 807-2000
       (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including 
          area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices) 

                            RAYMOND P.  BUSCHMANN
       VICE PRESIDENT FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
                          100 NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA
                        CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606-1596
                               (312) 807-2000
    (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including 
                      area code, of agent for service)
    
                                 Copies to:
    
                            FREDERICK L. HARTMANN
                            SCHIFF HARDIN & WAITE
                              7300 SEARS TOWER
                           CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606
                               (312) 258-5656

                                 EDWARD BEST
                            MAYER, BROWN & PLATT
                          190 SOUTH LASALLE STREET
                           CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606
                               (312) 782-0600
                             __________________

   <PAGE>  2

        Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: 
   From time to time after the Registration Statement becomes effective.
        If the only securities being registered on this Form are being
   offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please
   check the following box:  /__/
        If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be
   offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under
   the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, other than securities offered
   only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check
   the following box:  /X/
        If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an
   offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the
   following box and list the Securities Act registration statement
   number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
   offering.  /__/
        If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule
   462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the
   Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
   registration statement for the same offering.  /__/
        If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to
   Rule 434, please check the following box.  /__/
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


        TITLE OF EACH CLASS                                                  PROPOSED MAXIMUM
                OF                                    PROPOSED MAXIMUM          AGGREGATE            AMOUNT OF
         SECURITIES TO BE            AMOUNT            OFFERING PRICE            OFFERING          REGISTRATION
            REGISTERED          TO BE REGISTERED        PER UNIT (1)            PRICE (2)               FEE
       <S>                       <C>                        <C>               <C>    
       Debt Securities           $1,000,000,000             100%              $1,000,000,000         $295,000
</TABLE>

   (1)  To be determined from time to time by the Registrant in
        connection with the issuance by the Registrant of the Debt
        Securities registered hereunder.

   (2)  Estimated in accordance with Rule 457 under the Securities Act of
        1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), solely for the purpose
        of computing the registration fee.

                           _______________________

        THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH
   DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL
   THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY
   STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME
   EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR
   UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE
   AS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID
   SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE.

   <PAGE>  3


   INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT.  A
   REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED
   WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.  THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT
   BE SOLD NOR MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE
   REGISTRATION STATEMENT BECOMES EFFECTIVE.  THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT
   CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR
   SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH
   OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR
   QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE.

                PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION,
                              DATED May 1, 1998 

                               $1,000,000,000

                      MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC. [LOGO]
                               DEBT SECURITIES
                              ________________

        Morton International, Inc., an Indiana corporation (the
   "Company"), may from time to time offer pursuant to this Prospectus 
   unsecured debt securities ("Debt Securities"), with an aggregate
   public offering price of up to $1,000,000,000 (or its equivalent in
   one or more foreign currencies, composite currencies or currency
   units) on terms to be determined at the time or times of offering. 
   The Debt Securities may be offered, separately or together, in
   separate classes or series, in amounts, at prices and on terms to be
   set forth in one or more supplements to this Prospectus (each, a
   "Prospectus Supplement").

        Certain specific terms of the offering and sale of the Debt
   Securities in respect of which this Prospectus is being delivered will
   be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement and will include
   the specific series title, aggregate principal amount, currency, form
   (which may be registered or bearer or certificated or global),
   authorized denominations, maturity, rate (or manner of calculation
   thereof) and time of payment of interest (if any), terms (if any) for
   redemption at the option of the Company or repayment at the option of
   the holder thereof, and terms (if any) for sinking fund payments.

        Each Prospectus Supplement will also contain information, when
   applicable, about certain United States Federal income tax
   considerations relating to the Debt Securities covered by that
   Prospectus Supplement.

        The Debt Securities may be offered directly, through agents
   designated from time to time by the Company, or to or through
   underwriters or dealers.  If any agents or underwriters are involved
   in the sale of any of the Debt Securities, their names and any
   applicable purchase price, fee, commission or discount arrangement
   between or among them and the Company will be set forth in or will be
   calculable from the information set forth in the applicable Prospectus
   Supplement.  No Debt Securities may be sold without delivery of the

   <PAGE>  4


   applicable Prospectus Supplement describing the method and terms of
   the offering of those Debt Securities.  See "Plan of Distribution" for
   a description of possible indemnification arrangements with
   underwriters, dealers and agents.

                             __________________


   THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE
   SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION,
   NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
   COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. 
   ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

                             ___________________

       This Prospectus may not be used to consummate sales of the Debt
          Securities unless accompanied by a Prospectus Supplement.


                            ____________________

                 The date of this Prospectus is May 1, 1998   


<PAGE>  5


   NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY
   REPRESENTATION IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING OTHER THAN THOSE
   CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS OR AN
   APPLICABLE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH
   INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN
   AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY OR ANY UNDERWRITER, DEALER OR AGENT.  THIS
   PROSPECTUS AND ANY APPLICABLE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DO NOT CONSTITUTE
   AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES
   OFFERED HEREBY IN ANY JURISDICTION TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM IT IS
   UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IN SUCH JURISDICTION. 
   NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS OR ANY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
   NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES CREATE ANY
   IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE
   COMPANY SINCE THE DATE HEREOF OR THEREOF.



                            AVAILABLE INFORMATION

        The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the
   Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and
   in accordance therewith, files reports, proxy statements and other
   information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
   "Commission").  Reports, proxy statements and other information filed
   by the Company can be inspected and copied at the public reference
   facilities maintained by the Commission at Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth
   Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.  20549, and at the Commission's
   Regional Offices at Seven World Trade Center, 13th Floor, New York,
   New York 10048 and 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago,
   Illinois 60661.  Copies of such material can be obtained from the
   Public Reference Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
   Washington, D.C.  20549, at prescribed rates, or through the
   Commission's worldwide web site at http://www.sec.gov.  Such reports,
   proxy statements and other information concerning the Company may also
   be inspected and copied at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange,
   Inc., 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.

        The Company has filed with the Commission a Registration
   Statement on Form S-3 (together with all amendments and exhibits, the
   "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
   (the "Securities Act"), relating to the Debt Securities.  This
   Prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the
   Registration Statement as permitted by the rules and regulations of
   the Commission.  For further information with respect to the Company
   and the Debt Securities, reference is hereby made to such Registration
   Statement.  The Registration Statement may be inspected without charge
   by anyone at the office of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
   Washington, D.C.  20549, and copies of all or any part thereof may be
   obtained from the Commission upon payment of the prescribed fees, or
   through the Commission's worldwide web site.  Statements contained in
   this Prospectus as to the contents of any contract or other document
   referred to are not necessarily complete, and in each instance
   reference is made to the copy of such document filed as an exhibit to

   <PAGE>  6

   the Registration Statement or otherwise filed with the Commission. 
   Each such statement is qualified in all respects by such reference.

   DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

        The following documents filed with the Commission (File No. 1-
   12825) are incorporated herein by reference:

        (i)  the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
             June 30, 1997; and

        (ii) the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the
             quarters ended September 30, 1997 and December 31, 1997.

   All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
   14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Prospectus and
   prior to the termination of the offering of the Debt Securities shall
   be deemed to be incorporated in this Prospectus by reference and to be
   a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.  Any
   statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to
   be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
   superseded for purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a
   statement contained herein (or in the applicable Prospectus
   Supplement) or in any other subsequently filed document which also is
   or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
   supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so modified or
   superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
   to constitute a part of this Prospectus.  

        The Company will provide, without charge to any person to whom a
   copy of this Prospectus is delivered, upon the written or oral request
   of such person, a copy of any document incorporated by reference
   herein other than exhibits to such document unless such exhibits are
   specifically incorporated by reference in such document.  Requests
   should be directed to Raymond P. Buschmann, Vice President for Legal
   Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary, Morton International, Inc.,
   100 N.  Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60606-1596, telephone (312)
   807-2000.

   <PAGE>  7



                                 THE COMPANY

        Morton International, Inc. (the "Company")  operates in two
   business segments:  Specialty Chemicals and Salt, manufacturing and
   marketing a wide range of products for industrial and consumer use in
   the United States and internationally.  The Specialty Chemicals
   segment manufactures a wide variety of high technology and specialized
   chemical products for a multitude of customer applications.  The three
   Specialty Chemical groups are:  (i) Adhesives and Chemical
   Specialties, (ii) Coatings and (iii) Electronic Materials.  The
   Company's Salt segment produces and sells salt, principally in the
   U.S., Canada and Europe, under (respectively) the MORTON, WINDSOR and
   LA BALEINE trademarks, for human and animal consumption, water
   conditioning and highway ice control, as well as for industrial and
   chemical uses.

        Effective April 30, 1997, the Company's predecessor, which was
   then named "Morton International, Inc." ("Old Morton"), contributed
   its Salt and Specialty Chemical businesses to the Company, which was a
   newly created subsidiary.  All the outstanding common stock of the
   Company was then spun off on a share-for-share basis to the
   shareholders of Old Morton.  Immediately thereafter, the Company's
   corporate name was changed to "Morton International, Inc.", and Old
   Morton's Automotive Safety Products business (along with $750 million
   of indebtedness used to finance a cash contribution to the Company)
   was merged with the businesses of Autoliv AB, a Swedish corporation,
   through the formation of a new Delaware holding corporation, Autoliv,
   Inc. ("New Autoliv").  As a result of the merger, Old Morton
   shareholders exchanged their Old Morton shares for common stock of New
   Autoliv at an exchange ratio of approximately one New Autoliv share
   for every three Old Morton shares.  As of May 1, 1997, the Company and
   New Autoliv operated as separate, independent corporations.

        The Company's principal executive offices are located at 100
   North Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60606, and its telephone
   number is (312) 807-2000.


                 RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES <1> <2>


        Six Months
    Ended December 31,             Fiscal Year Ended June 30,   
    ------------------   -------------------------------------------

       1998      1997     1997     1996      1995     1994     1993
       ----      ----     ----     ----      ----     ----     ----

       11.0      9.0       9.9      8.8      7.1       6.0      3.7

   <PAGE>  8

   __________________

   <1>  The Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges reflects the continuing
        operations of the Company's specialty chemicals, salt and
        corporate operations which were spun off to shareholders of Old
        Morton in a tax-free distribution in the United States effective
        April 30, 1997.

   <2>  For purposes of computing this ratio, "earnings" consist of
        income from continuing operations before income taxes and fixed
        charges (excluding capitalized interest).  "Fixed charges"
        consist of interest on all indebtedness, amortization of debt
        discount and expense plus one third of rental expense (which is
        deemed representative of the interest factor).

                               USE OF PROCEEDS

        Except as may be otherwise described in the applicable Prospectus
   Supplement, the Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale
   of the Debt Securities for general corporate purposes, which may
   include (without limitation) financing and re-financing of
   acquisitions, purchases of Company stock, repurchases of outstanding
   long-term debt, capital expenditures, investments in subsidiaries,
   working capital and repayment of borrowings under credit facilities.

                     DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES 

        The aggregate offering price of Debt Securities offered by the
   Company under this Prospectus and one or more Prospectus Supplements
   will not exceed $1,000,000,000 (or its equivalent in one or more
   foreign currencies, composite currencies or currency units).

        The following description of the Debt Securities sets forth
   certain general provisions of the Debt Securities to which any
   Prospectus Supplement may relate.  The Debt Securities are to be
   issued under an Indenture, dated as of ________ ___, 1998,  (the
   "Indenture"), between the Company and The First National Bank of
   Chicago, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), a copy of which is incorporated
   by reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this
   Prospectus is a part.  The material terms of the Debt Securities
   offered by any Prospectus Supplement (the "Offered Debt Securities")
   and the extent, if any, to which such general provisions are not
   applicable to the Offered Debt Securities, will be described in the
   applicable Prospectus Supplement relating to such Offered Debt
   Securities.

        The following summaries of certain provisions of the Indenture
   and the Debt Securities do not purport to be complete and are subject
   to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, all of the
   provisions of the Indenture, including the definitions therein of
   certain terms, and such Debt Securities.  Wherever particular
   articles, sections or defined terms of the Indenture are referred to,
   it is intended that such articles, sections or defined terms shall be

   <PAGE>  9

   incorporated herein by reference, and the statement in connection with
   which such reference is made is qualified in its entirety by such
   reference.  Unless otherwise indicated, section references in the
   following summary of the Indenture are to sections of the Indenture.

   GENERAL

        The Indenture does not limit the amount of debt, either secured
   or unsecured, which may be issued by the Company under the Indenture
   or otherwise.  The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series
   with the same or various maturities and may be sold at par, a premium
   or an original issue discount.  (Section 3.01)  Debt Securities sold
   at an original issue discount may bear no interest or interest at a
   rate which is below market rates.

        The Prospectus Supplement relating to the particular Debt
   Securities offered thereby will describe the material terms of the
   Offered Debt Securities, such as:  (i) the title of the Offered Debt
   Securities; (ii) any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the
   Offered Debt Securities; (iii) the price (which may be expressed as a
   percentage of the aggregate principal amount thereof) at which the
   Offered Debt Securities will be issued; (iv) the date or dates on
   which the Offered Debt Securities mature and any provisions for the
   extension of any maturity date or dates; (v) the rate or rates (which
   may be fixed or variable) per annum at which the Offered Debt
   Securities will bear interest, if any, or the method by which such
   rate or rates will be determined including, if applicable, any
   remarketing option or similar methods; (vi) the date from which such
   interest will accrue, the dates on which such interest, if any, will
   be payable, the date on which payment of such interest will commence
   and any Regular Record Dates applicable to the dates on which interest
   will be so payable; (vii) the place or places where the principal of
   (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the series will be
   payable and each office or agency where the Offered Debt Securities
   may be presented for transfer or exchange; (viii) the dates on which
   and the price or prices at which the Offered Debt Securities will,
   pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund provisions, or may, pursuant to
   any optional sinking fund provisions, be redeemed by the Company, and
   the other material terms and provisions of such sinking fund; (ix) the
   currency in which payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and
   interest on, the Offered Debt Securities will be payable, if other
   than the currency of the United States; (x) the period or periods
   within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, an election may
   be made by the Company or a holder, as the case may be, for payment in
   a particular currency other than the currency in which the series is
   denominated; (xi) whether such Offered Debt Securities are to be
   issued in the form of one or more permanent Global Debt Securities
   and, if so, the identity of the Depository for such Global Debt
   Security or Securities; (xii) the date after which and the price or
   prices at which and the currency in which the Offered Debt Securities
   may, pursuant to any optional redemption provisions, be redeemed at
   the option of the Company or of the Holder thereof and the other terms
   and provisions of such optional redemption; (xiii) if other than

   <PAGE>  10

   denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
   denominations in which the Offered Debt Securities will be issuable;
   (xiv) information with respect to certain book-entry procedures, if
   applicable; (xv) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to
   the Events of Default or covenants with respect to the Offered Debt
   Securities; and (xvi) any other material terms of the Offered Debt
   Securities (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions
   of the Indenture).

        Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus
   Supplement, principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any,
   on the Offered Debt Securities will be payable, and transfers of the
   Offered Debt Securities will be registrable, at the Principal Office
   of the Trustee, provided that at the option of the Company (i) payment
   of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the person
   entitled thereto as it appears in the Debt Security Register; and (ii)
   payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on Debt
   Securities may be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds
   provided that the applicable Paying Agent has received from the Holder
   to whom such payment is due complete and appropriate wire transfer
   instructions in sufficient time to make such payment by wire transfer. 
   (Sections 3.01 and 3.03)

        Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus
   Supplement, the Offered Debt Securities will be issued only in fully
   registered form without coupons in denominations of U.S.  $1,000 or
   any integral multiple thereof, or the equivalent thereof in Foreign
   Currency.  (Section 3.02) No service charge will be made for any
   registration of transfer or exchange of Offered Debt Securities, but
   the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
   or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. 
   (Section 3.06) 

        Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus
   Supplement, if the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any
   Debt Security is payable in a Foreign Currency and such Foreign
   Currency is not available for payment due to the imposition of
   exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the Company's control,
   the Company may satisfy its obligations under the Indenture to Holders
   of such Debt Securities by making such payment in Dollars on the basis
   of the Market Exchange Rate for such Foreign Currency on the latest
   date for which such Market Exchange Rate may be established by the
   Currency Determination Agent on or before the date on which the
   applicable payment is due.  Any payment made in Dollars, due to the
   above, where the required payment is in a Foreign Currency will not
   constitute a default under the Indenture.  (Section 3.11).

        The Company shall not be required to (i) issue, register the
   transfer of, or exchange Debt Securities of any series during the
   period from 15 days prior to the mailing of notice of redemption of
   Debt Securities of that series to the date of such mailing or (ii)
   register the transfer of or exchange any Debt Security so selected for

   <PAGE>  11

   redemption, except the unredeemed portion of any Debt Security being
   redeemed in part.  (Section 3.06)

        Some of the Debt Securities may be issued under the Indenture as
   Original Issue Discount Securities to be sold at a substantial
   discount below their principal amount.  Certain United States Federal
   income tax considerations applicable to such Original Issue Discount
   Securities (if any) will be described in the Prospectus Supplement
   relating thereto.

   GLOBAL DEBT SECURITIES

        The Debt Securities of a series may be issued in whole or in part
   in the form of one or more Global Debt Securities that will be
   deposited with, or on behalf of, a Depository identified in the
   applicable Prospectus Supplement.

        The Company anticipates that the following provisions will apply
   to all Depository arrangements.  The specific terms of a depository
   arrangement that varies from that described below with respect to a
   series of Debt Securities will be described in the applicable
   Prospectus Supplement.

        Upon the issuance of a Global Debt Security, the Depository for
   such Global Debt Security or its nominee will credit, on its book-
   entry registration and transfer system, the respective principal
   amounts of the Debt Securities represented by such Global Debt
   Security.  Such accounts shall be designated by the underwriters or
   agents with respect to such Debt Securities or by the Company if such
   Debt Securities are offered and sold directly by the Company. 
   Ownership of beneficial interests in a Global Debt Security will be
   limited to persons that may hold interests through participants in the
   Depository.  Ownership of beneficial interests in such Global Debt
   Security will be shown on, and the transfer of that ownership will be
   effected only through, records maintained by the Depository or its
   nominee (with respect to interests of participants) for such Global
   Debt Security and on the records of participants (with respect to
   interests of persons other than participants).  The laws of some
   states require that certain purchasers of securities take physical
   delivery of such securities in definitive form.  Such limits and such
   laws may impair the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a
   Global Debt Security.  

        So long as the Depository for a Global Debt Security, or its
   nominee, is the registered owner of such Global Debt Security, such
   Depository or such nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the
   sole owner or Holder of the Debt Securities represented by such Global
   Debt Security for all purposes under the Indenture governing such Debt
   Securities.  Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interests
   in a Global Debt Security will not be entitled to have Debt Securities
   of the series represented by such Global Debt Security registered in
   their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical
   delivery of Debt Securities of such series in definitive form and will

   <PAGE>  12

   not be considered the owners or holders thereof under the Indenture
   governing Debt Securities.

        Principal of, premium, if any, and interest payments on Debt
   Securities registered in the name of a Depository or its nominee will
   be made to the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as the
   registered owner of the Global Debt Security representing such Debt
   Securities.  Neither the Company, the Trustee for such Debt
   Securities, any Paying Agent nor the Security Registrar for such Debt
   Securities will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of
   the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial
   ownership interests of the Global Debt Security for such Debt
   Securities or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records
   relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

        The Company expects that the Depository for a series of Debt
   Securities or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment of principal
   of, premium, if any, or interest thereon, will credit immediately
   participants' accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their
   respective beneficial interest in the principal amount of the Global
   Debt Security for such Debt Securities as shown on the records of such
   Depository or its nominee.  The Company also expects that payments by
   participants to owners of beneficial interests in such Global Debt
   Security held through such participants will be governed by standing
   instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with
   securities held for the accounts of customers registered in "street
   name," and will be the responsibility of such participants.

        If a Depository for a series of Debt Securities is at any time
   unwilling or unable to continue as Depository and a successor
   Depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days, the Company
   will issue Debt Securities of such series in definitive form in
   exchange for the Global Debt Security representing such series of Debt
   Securities.  Further, if the Company so specifies with respect to the
   Debt Securities of a series, an owner of a beneficial interest in a
   Global Debt Security representing Debt Securities of such series may,
   on terms acceptable to the Company and the Depository for such Global
   Debt Security, receive Debt Securities of such series in definitive
   form.  In any such instance, an owner of a beneficial interest in a
   Global Debt Security will be entitled to physical delivery in
   definitive form of Debt Securities of the series represented by such
   Global Debt Security equal in principal amount to such beneficial
   interest and to have such Debt Securities registered in its name. 
   Debt Securities of such series so issued in definitive form will be
   issued in denominations, unless otherwise specified by the Company, of
   U.S. $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.

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   CERTAIN COVENANTS APPLICABLE TO DEBT SECURITIES


        CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

        The following terms are defined substantially as follows in
   Section 1.01 of the Indenture and are used herein as so defined.

        The term "Capitalized Rent" means the total net amount of rent
   payable for the remaining term as of the date of determination thereof
   under a lease of Principal Property by the Company or any of its
   Restricted Subsidiaries, discounted from the respective due dates
   thereof to such date of determination at the rate of 10% per annum
   compounded annually.  The total net amount of rent payable under any
   such lease for any period shall be the total amount of the rent
   payable by the lessee with respect to such period but shall not
   include amounts required to be paid on account of maintenance and
   repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates, sewer rents and
   similar charges and contingent rents such as those based on sales. 
   The remaining term under any lease shall be calculated without giving
   effect to any unexercised option of the lessee for the renewal or
   extension of any term. 

        The term "Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means the total of
   all the assets appearing on the consolidated balance sheet of the
   Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, less the following:  (1)
   current liabilities, including liabilities for indebtedness maturing
   more than 12 months from the date of the original creation thereof but
   maturing within 12 months from the date of determination but excluding
   any current liabilities constituting Funded Debt by reason of being
   renewable or extendable and current deferred income taxes; (2)
   reserves for depreciation and other asset valuation reserves; (3)
   intangible assets, including, but without limitation, such items as
   goodwill, trademarks, trade names, patents and unamortized debt
   discount and expense carried as an asset on said balance sheet; (4)
   appropriate adjustments on account of minority interests of other
   Persons holding stock in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; and
   (5) the value of assets of or investments in Unrestricted
   Subsidiaries.

        Consolidated Net Tangible Assets shall be determined in
   accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and may be
   determined by the Company as of a date not more than 60 days prior to
   the happening of the event for which such determination is being made.

        The term "Funded Debt" means all indebtedness for money borrowed
   having a maturity of more than twelve months from the date of the most
   recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted
   Subsidiaries (excluding indebtedness of Unrestricted Subsidiaries) or
   renewable and extendable beyond twelve months at the option of the
   borrower and all obligations in respect of lease rentals which under
   generally accepted accounting principles would be shown on the
   consolidated balance sheet of the Company as a liability item other

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   than a current liability; provided, however, that Funded Debt shall
   not include any of the foregoing to the extent that such indebtedness
   or obligations are not required by generally accepted accounting
   principles to be shown on the balance sheet of the Company.

   The term "Principal Property" means any manufacturing plant,
   warehouse, office building or parcel of real property (including
   fixtures but excluding leases and other contract rights which might
   otherwise be deemed real property) owned by the Company or any
   Restricted Subsidiary, whether owned on the date of the Indenture or
   thereafter, provided each such plant, warehouse, office building or
   parcel of real property has a gross book value (without deduction for
   any depreciation reserves) at the date as of which the determination
   is being made of in excess of two percent of the Consolidated Net
   Tangible Assets, other than any such plant, warehouse, office building
   or parcel of real property or portion thereof which, in the opinion of
   the Board of Directors of the Company (evidenced by a certified Board
   Resolution delivered to the Trustee), is not of material importance to
   the business conducted by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
   taken as a whole, or any such plant, warehouse, office building or
   parcel of real property or portion thereof designated by the Board of
   Directors (evidenced by a Board Resolution) as being held primarily
   for development and/or sale.

        The term "Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary other than
   an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

        The term "Security Interest" means any mortgage, pledge, lien,
   encumbrance, conditional sale, title retention agreement or other
   security interest which secures payment or performance of an
   obligation.

        The term "Secured Debt" means indebtedness for borrowed money and
   any Funded Debt which is secured by a Security Interest in (a) any
   Principal Property or (b) any shares of capital stock or indebtedness
   of any Restricted Subsidiary which owns a Principal Property.

        The term "Subsidiary" as to any Person, means (i) any corporation
   more than 50% of the outstanding securities having ordinary voting
   power of which shall at the time be 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, or (ii) any partnership,
   association, joint venture or similar business organization more than
   51% of the ownership interests having ordinary voting power of which
   shall at the time be so owned.  Unless otherwise expressly provided,
   all references herein to a "Subsidiary" shall mean a Subsidiary of the
   Company.

        The term "Unrestricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that at
   the time of determination has been designated in a Board Resolution
   (or a Company Order pursuant to a Board Resolution) as an
   "Unrestricted Subsidiary" for purposes of the Indenture so long as
   such designation has not been revoked in a subsequent Board Resolution

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   (or a subsequent Company Order pursuant to a Board Resolution) and any
   Subsidiary of such a designated Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided,
   however, that (1) the Company may not revoke the designation of an
   Unrestricted Subsidiary as such (and thereby convert such Subsidiary
   to a Restricted Subsidiary) if the Company would thereby breach any
   covenant contained in the Indenture on the assumption that any Secured
   Debt of such Subsidiary was incurred immediately after the time of
   such revocation and that any Sale and Leaseback Transaction to which
   such Subsidiary is then a party was entered into immediately after the
   time of such revocation, and (2) until the Trustee receives from the
   Company a Board Resolution (or a Company Order pursuant to a Board
   Resolution) designating one or more Subsidiaries as an Unrestricted
   Subsidiary, there shall be no Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

        LIMITATION ON SECURED DEBT

        The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted
   Subsidiary to, create, assume, or guarantee any Secured Debt without
   making effective provision for securing the  Debt Securities equally
   and ratably with such Secured Debt (Section 5.05).  This covenant does
   not apply to debt secured by (i) certain purchase money Security
   Interests created to secure payment for the acquisition or
   construction of any property including, but not limited to, any
   indebtedness incurred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary prior
   to, at the time of, or within 180 days after the later of the
   acquisition, the completion of construction (including any
   improvements on an existing property) or the commencement of
   commercial operation of such property (or within six months thereafter
   pursuant to a commitment for such financing arranged within such 180-
   day period), which indebtedness is incurred for the purpose of
   financing all or any part of the purchase price of such property or
   construction or improvements on such property, (ii) Security Interests
   on property, or any conditional sales agreement or any title retention
   with respect to property, existing at the time of acquisition thereof,
   whether or not assumed by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary,
   (iii) Security Interests on property or shares of capital stock or
   indebtedness of any corporation or firm existing at the time such
   corporation or firm becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, (iv) Security
   Interests in property or shares of capital stock or indebtedness of a
   corporation existing at the time such corporation is merged into or
   consolidated with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or at the
   time of a sale, lease, or other disposition of the properties of a
   corporation or firm as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to
   the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, provided that no such Security
   Interests shall extend to any other Principal Property of the Company
   or such Restricted Subsidiary prior to such acquisition or to other
   Principal Property thereafter acquired other than additions to such
   acquired property, (v) Security Interests on property of the Company
   or a Restricted Subsidiary in favor of the United States of America or
   any state thereof, or in favor of any other country, or any
   department, agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof
   (including, without limitation, Security Interests to secure
   indebtedness of the pollution control or industrial revenue type) in

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   order to permit the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to perform a
   contract or to secure indebtedness incurred for the purpose of
   financing all or any part of the purchase price for the cost of
   constructing or improving the property subject to such Security
   Interests or which is required by law or regulation as a condition to
   the transaction of any business or the exercise of any privilege,
   franchise or license, (vi) Security Interests on any property or
   assets of any Restricted Subsidiary to secure indebtedness owing by it
   to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary, (vii) any
   mechanics', materialmen's, carriers', landlords', warehousemen's or
   other similar lien arising in the ordinary course of business
   (including construction of facilities) in respect of obligations which
   are not yet due or which are being contested in good faith, (viii) any
   security interest arising by reason of deposits with, or the giving of
   any form of security to, any governmental agency or any body created
   or approved by law or governmental regulations, which is required by
   law or governmental regulation as a condition to the transaction of
   any business, or the exercise of any privilege, franchise or license,
   (ix) any security interest for taxes, assessments or government
   charges or levies not yet delinquent, or already delinquent, but the
   validity of which is being contested in good faith, (x) any security
   interest arising in connection with legal proceedings being contested
   in good faith, including any judgment lien so long as execution
   thereof is being stayed, (xi) any Security Interests arising out of
   pledges or deposits under worker's compensation laws, unemployment
   insurance, old age pensions, or other social security or retirement
   benefits, or similar legislation or securing the performance of bids,
   tenders or contracts (other than for money borrowed) or to secure
   indemnity, performance or similar bonds, (xii) any easements, building
   restrictions, rights-of-way and other encumbrances or charges against
   property as are of a nature generally existing with respect to
   properties of a similar character and which do not in any material way
   affect the value of the same or interfere with the use thereof in the
   business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (xiii) any
   Security Interests to secure tax-exempt private activity bonds under
   the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (xiv) any Security
   Interests existing on the date of the Indenture, or (xv) any
   extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals
   or replacements), in whole or in part, of any security interest
   referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) to (xiv) inclusive.  (Section
   5.05)

        LIMITATION ON SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS

        Sale and Leaseback Transactions (which are defined to include,
   among other things, certain leases of more than three years) by the
   Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Principal Property,
   completion of construction of which and commencement of full operation
   of which have occurred more than 180 days prior to such sale or
   transfer, will be prohibited unless either (a) the Company or such
   Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled to incur Secured Debt equal in
   amount to the Capitalized Rent with respect to such lease secured by a
   Security Interest on the property to be leased without equally and

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   ratably securing the Debt Securities, or (b) the Company or a
   Restricted Subsidiary shall, within 180 days of the effective date of
   any such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, apply an amount equal to the
   value (as defined below) of the property so leased (subject to credits
   for certain retirements of the  Debt Securities) to either the
   purchase of fixed assets or the retirement of Funded Debt.

        The term "value" shall mean, with respect to a Sale and Leaseback
   Transaction, as of any particular time, the amount equal to the
   greater of (i) the net proceeds of the sale of Principal Property sold
   and leased back in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, or (ii) the
   fair value of such property at the time of entering into such Sale and
   Leaseback Transaction as reasonably determined by the Company, in
   either case multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be
   equal to the number of full years of the term of the lease applicable
   to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction remaining at the time of
   determination and the denominator of which shall be equal to the
   number of full years of the term of such lease  (without regard to any
   unexercised renewal or extension options contained in such lease). 
   (Section 5.06)

        EXEMPTED SECURED DEBT AND SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS

        Notwithstanding the limitations on Secured Debt and Sale and
   Leaseback Transactions described above, the Company and any one or
   more Restricted Subsidiaries may, without securing the  Debt
   Securities, issue, assume, or guarantee Secured Debt which would
   otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions, provided that,
   after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of such Secured Debt
   then outstanding (not including Secured Debt permitted under the
   foregoing exceptions) and the aggregate value of Sale and Leaseback
   Transactions (other than Sale and Leaseback Transactions in connection
   with which indebtedness has been, or will be, retired in accordance
   with clause (b) of the preceding paragraph) at such time does not
   exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.  (Section 5.05(b))

   MERGER

        The Indenture provides that the Company may, without the consent
   of the Holders, consolidate with, or sell, lease or convey all or
   substantially all of its assets to, or merge with or into any other
   corporation, provided that in any such case, (i) the successor
   corporation (if other than the Company) shall be a corporation
   organized and existing under the laws of the United States or a State
   thereof and such corporation shall expressly assume the due and
   punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
   interest on all the applicable Debt Securities, according to their
   tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the
   covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be performed by the
   Company by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee,
   executed and delivered to the  Trustee by such corporation; and (ii)
   immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no default under
   the Indenture shall have occurred and be continuing.  (Article Twelve)

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        Other than the covenants described above, or as set forth in any
   applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Indenture does not contain any
   covenants or other provisions designed to afford holders of the Debt
   Securities protection in the event of a takeover, recapitalization or
   a highly leveraged transaction involving the Company.

   MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURE

        With the consent of the holders ("Holders") of more than 50% in
   aggregate principal amount of any series of Debt Securities then
   outstanding under the Indenture, waivers, modifications and
   alterations of the terms of the Indenture may be made which affect the
   rights of the Holders of such series of Debt Securities, except that
   no such modification or alteration may be made which will (a) extend
   the time or terms of payment of the principal at maturity of, or the
   interest on, any such series of Debt Securities, or reduce principal
   or premium or the rate of interest, without the consent of the Holder
   thereof, or (b) without the consent of all of the Holders of any
   series of Debt Securities then outstanding, reduce the percentage of
   Debt Securities of any such series, the Holders of which are required
   to consent (i) to any supplemental indenture relating to such series
   of Debt Securities, (ii) to rescind and annul a declaration that the
   Debt Securities of any series are due and payable as a result of the
   occurrence of an Event of Default, (iii) to waive any past Event of
   Default under the Indenture and its consequences, and (iv) to waive
   compliance with certain other provisions contained in the Indenture. 
   (Sections 5.08, 11.01 and 11.02) In addition, as indicated under
   "Events of Default" below, Holders of more than 50% in aggregate
   principal amount of the Debt Securities of any series then outstanding
   may waive past Events of Default in certain circumstances and may
   direct the Trustee in enforcement of remedies.  (Section 7.07) The
   Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of any Holders,
   modify and supplement the Indenture (i) to evidence the succession of
   another corporation to the Company under the Indenture; (ii) to
   evidence and provide for the replacement of the Trustee; (iii) with
   the Company's concurrence, to add to the covenants of the Company for
   the benefit of the Holders; (iv) to modify the Indenture to permit the
   qualification of any supplemental indenture under the Trust Indenture
   Act of 1939; (v) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any
   provision contained in the Indenture or in any supplemental indenture
   which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision
   contained in the Indenture or in any supplemental indenture; (vi) to
   make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising
   under this Indenture as shall not adversely affect the interests of
   the Holders of Debt Securities of the applicable series; (vii) to
   change or eliminate any of the provisions of the Indenture, provided,
   however, that any such change or elimination shall become effective
   only when there is no Debt Security outstanding of any series created
   prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is
   entitled to the benefit of such provision; and (viii) for certain
   other purposes.  (Section 11.01)

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   DEFEASANCE, SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE TO MATURITY OR REDEMPTION 

        DEFEASANCE OF ANY SERIES

   If the Company shall deposit with the Trustee, in trust, at or before
   maturity or redemption, lawful money or direct obligations of the
   United States (or of any other government which issued the currency in
   which the Debt Securities of a series are denominated) or obligations
   the principal of and interest on which are guaranteed by the United
   States (or by such other government) in such amounts and maturing at
   such times that the proceeds of such obligations to be received upon
   the respective maturities and interest payment dates of such
   obligations will provide funds sufficient, in the opinion of a
   nationally-recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay
   when due the principal (and premium, if any) and interest to maturity
   or to the redemption date, as the case may be, with respect to any
   series of Debt Securities then outstanding, then the Company may cease
   to comply with the terms of the Indenture, including the restrictive
   covenants described under "Limitation on Secured Debt," and
   "Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions" above and the Events
   of Default described in clauses (d) and (e) under "Events of Default"
   below, except for (i) the Company's obligation to duly and punctually
   pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such series
   of Debt Securities if the Debt Securities are not paid from the money
   or securities held by the Trustee, and (ii) the Events of Default
   described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (f) and (g) under "Events of
   Default" below, and (iii) certain other provisions of the Indenture
   including, among others, those relating to registration, transfer and
   exchange, lost or stolen securities, maintenance of place of payment
   and, to the extent applicable to such series, the redemption and
   sinking fund provisions of the Indenture. Defeasance of Debt
   Securities of any series is subject to the satisfaction of certain
   specified conditions, including, among others, (i) the absence of an
   Event of Default at the date of the deposit, and (ii) the perfection
   of the Holders' security interest in such deposit. (Section 13.02) 

        SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF ANY SERIES

        Upon the deposit of money or securities contemplated above and
   the satisfaction of certain conditions, the Company may also cease to
   comply with its obligation duly and punctually to pay the principal of
   (and premium, if any) and interest on a particular series of Debt
   Securities, or with any Events of Default with respect thereto, and
   thereafter the Holders of such series of Debt Securities shall be
   entitled only to payment out of the money or securities deposited with
   the Trustee. Such conditions include, among others, except in certain
   limited circumstances involving a deposit made within one year of
   maturity or redemption, (i) the absence of an Event of Default at the
   date of deposit or on the 91st day thereafter, (ii) the delivery to
   the Trustee by the Company of an opinion of nationally-recognized tax
   counsel, or receipt by the Company from, or publication of a ruling by
   the United States Internal Revenue Service, to the effect that Holders
   of the Debt Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain

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   or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit
   and discharge and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same
   amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have
   been the case if such deposit and discharge had not occurred, and
   (iii) that such satisfaction and discharge will not result in the
   delisting of the Debt Securities of that series from any nationally-
   recognized exchange on which they are listed (if any).  (Section
   13.01)

   EVENTS OF DEFAULT

        As to any series of Debt Securities, an Event of Default is
   defined in the Indenture as being: (a) default for 30 days in payment
   of any interest on the Debt Securities of such series; (b) failure to
   pay principal or premium with respect to the Debt Securities of such
   series, if any, when due; (c) failure in the deposit of any sinking
   fund installment with respect to any series of Debt Securities when
   due; (d) failure to observe or perform any other covenant in the
   Indenture or Debt Securities of any series (other than a covenant or
   warranty, a default in whose performance or whose breach is
   specifically dealt with in the section of the Indenture governing
   Events of Default), if such failure continues for 60 days after
   written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
   aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series then
   outstanding; (e) an event of default as defined in any mortgage,
   indenture or instrument under which there may be issued, or by which
   there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness of the Company for
   money borrowed, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall
   hereafter be created, shall happen and shall result in such
   indebtedness in principal amount in excess of $25,000,000 becoming or
   being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would
   otherwise become due and payable, and such acceleration shall not be
   rescinded or annulled, or such indebtedness shall not have been
   discharged, within a period of 30 days after there shall have been
   given to the Company by the Trustee, by registered mail, or to the
   Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate
   principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of such series, a
   written notice specifying such event of default and requiring the
   Company to cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled or to
   cause such indebtedness to be discharged; (f) certain events of
   bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or reorganization; or (g) any
   other Event of Default provided with respect to Debt Securities of
   that series.  (Section 7.01)  The Trustee or the Holders of 25% in
   aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of any
   series may declare the Debt Securities of such series immediately due
   and payable upon the occurrence of any Event of Default  (after
   expiration of any applicable grace period) other than Events of
   Default specified in clause (f) above.  If an Event of Default
   described in clause (f) occurs and is continuing, the entire principal
   amount of all Debt Securities of such series and interest accrued
   thereon shall become immediately due and payable without any
   declaration on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.  In certain
   cases, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Debt

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   Securities of any series then outstanding may waive any past default
   and its consequences, except a default in the payment of principal,
   premium, if any, or interest (including sinking fund payments). 
   (Sections 7.01 and 7.07)

        The Indenture provides that the Trustee shall, within 90 days
   after the occurrence of a default with respect to any such series for
   which there are Debt Securities outstanding which is continuing, give
   to the Holders of such Debt Securities notice of all uncured defaults
   known to it (the term default to include the events specified above
   without grace periods); provided that, except in the case of default
   in the payment of principal (or premium, if any) or interest on any of
   the Debt Securities of any series or the payment of any sinking fund
   installment on the Debt Securities of any series, the Trustee shall be
   protected in withholding such notice if it in good faith determines
   that the withholding notice is in the interest of the Debt Security
   Holders.  (Section 7.08)

        Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties
   of the Trustee in case an Event of Default with respect to any series
   of such Debt Securities shall occur and be continuing, the Indenture
   provides that the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
   of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request, order or
   direction of any of the Holders of Debt Securities outstanding of any
   series unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee
   reasonable indemnity. (Sections 8.01 and 8.02) The right of a Holder
   to institute a proceeding with respect to the Indenture is subject to
   certain conditions precedent including notice and indemnity to the
   Trustee, but the Holder has a right to receipt of principal, premium,
   if any, and interest (subject to certain limitations with respect to
   defaulted interest) on their due dates or to institute suit for the
   enforcement thereof. (Sections 7.04 and 7.10) 

        So long as the Debt Securities of any series remain outstanding
   the Company will be required to furnish annually to the Trustee an
   Officers' Certificate stating whether, to the best of the knowledge of
   the signers, the Company is in default under any of the provisions of
   the Indenture, and specifying all such defaults, and the nature
   thereof, of which they have knowledge. (Section 5.07) The Company will
   also be required to furnish to the Trustee copies of certain reports
   filed by the Company with the Commission. (Section 6.03)

        The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Debt
   Securities outstanding of such series will have the right to direct
   the time, method and place for conducting any proceeding for any
   remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any power or trust
   conferred on the Trustee, provided that such direction shall be in
   accordance with law and the provisions of the Indenture, provided that
   the Trustee may decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee
   shall determine on the advice of counsel that the proceeding may not
   be lawfully taken or would be materially or unjustly prejudicial to
   Holders not joining in such direction. (Section 7.07) The Trustee will
   be under no obligation to act in accordance with such direction unless

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   such Holders shall have offered the Trustee reasonable security or
   indemnity against costs, expenses and liabilities which may be
   incurred thereby. (Section 8.02) 

   GOVERNING LAW

        The Indenture and the Debt Securities will be governed by, and
   construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Illinois. 
   (Section 15.04)

   INFORMATION CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

        The First National Bank of Chicago  ("First Chicago") is the
   Trustee under the Indenture.  First Chicago  is also the agent for the
   lenders, and a lender, under certain revolving credit facilities with
   the Company, which as of the date hereof, permit an aggregate
   borrowing of up to $330 million (subject to the terms and conditions
   of such facilities).  Also, First Chicago Capital Markets, Inc., an
   affiliate of First Chicago,  may be an agent or underwriter with
   respect to the distribution of certain Debt Securities.  In addition,
   the Company and certain of its affiliates may maintain other banking
   and business arrangements with First Chicago and its affiliates from
   time to time in the future.

        Under the Indenture, the Trustee is required to transmit annual
   reports to all Holders regarding its eligibility and qualifications as
   Trustee under the Indenture and certain related matters.  (Section
   6.04)

        The Trustee may be deemed to have a conflicting interest for the
   purpose of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and may be required to
   resign as Trustee if (i) there is an Event of Default under the
   Indenture and (ii) among other things (a) the Trustee is a trustee
   under another indenture of the Company under which securities of the
   Company are outstanding, (b) the Trustee is a trustee for more than
   one outstanding series of Debt Securities under a single Indenture,
   (c) the Trustee is a creditor of the Company, or (d) the Trustee of an
   affiliate of the Trustee acts as underwriter or agent for the Company.

        The Indenture provides that an alternative Trustee may be
   appointed by the Company with respect to any particular series of Debt
   Securities.  Any such appointment will be described in the Prospectus
   Supplement relating to the issuance of such series of Debt Securities.
                            PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

        The Company may sell Debt Securities (i) through underwriters or
   dealers, (ii) directly to one or more purchasers, or (iii) through
   agents. A Prospectus Supplement will set forth the terms of the
   offering of the Debt Securities offered thereby, including the name or
   names of any underwriters, the purchase price of the Debt Securities,
   and the proceeds to the Company from the sale, any underwriting
   discounts and other items constituting underwriters' compensation, any
   public offering price, any discounts or concessions allowed or

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   reallowed or paid to dealers, and any securities exchange or market on
   which the Debt Securities may be listed.

        If underwriters are used in the sale, the Debt Securities will be
   acquired by the underwriters for their own account and may be resold
   from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated
   transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices
   determined at the time of sale. The obligations of the underwriters to
   purchase the Debt Securities will be subject to certain conditions
   precedent, and the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the
   Debt Securities of the series offered by the Prospectus Supplement if
   any of the Debt Securities are purchased. Any public offering price
   and any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to
   dealers may be changed from time to time.

        Debt Securities may also be sold directly by the Company or
   through agents designated by the Company from time to time. Any agent
   involved in the offering and sale of Debt Securities in respect of
   which this Prospectus is delivered will be named, and any commissions
   payable by the Company to such agent will be set forth, in the
   Prospectus Supplement.

        All Debt Securities offered will be a new issue of securities
   with no established trading market. Any underwriters to whom such Debt
   Securities are sold by the Company for public offering and sale may
   make a market in such Debt Securities, but such underwriters will not
   be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any
   time without notice.  No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of
   or the trading markets for any such Debt Securities.

        Agents and underwriters may be entitled under agreements entered
   into with the Company to indemnification by the Company against
   certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities
   Act that may arise from any untrue statement or alleged untrue
   statement of a material fact or any omission or alleged omission to
   state a material fact in this Prospectus, any supplement or amendment
   hereto, or in the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus
   forms a part, or to contribution with respect to payments which the
   agents or underwriters may be required to make in respect thereof. 
   Agents and underwriters may engage in transactions with, or perform
   services for, the Company in the ordinary course of business.

                               LEGAL OPINIONS

        The legality of the Debt Securities will be passed upon for the
   Company by Schiff Hardin & Waite, Chicago, Illinois.  Certain legal
   matters will be passed upon for any underwriters or agents by Mayer,
   Brown & Platt, Chicago, Illinois.

                                   EXPERTS

        The consolidated financial statements of the Company incorporated
   by reference in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year

   <PAGE>  24

   ended June 30, 1997, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP,
   independent auditors, as set forth in their report thereon included
   therein and incorporated herein by reference.  Such consolidated
   financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance
   upon such report given upon the authority of such firm as experts in
   accounting and auditing.

   <PAGE>  25

                                   PART II
                   INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

   ITEM 14.  OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.

        The following table sets forth the estimated expenses in
   connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities
   registered hereby, other than underwriting discounts and commissions:

   Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee . . . . . $295,000
   Trustee's fees and expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000
   Printing expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,000
   Rating agency fees  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  155,000
   Accounting fees and expenses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,000
   Legal fees and expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  100,000
   Blue Sky fees and expenses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5,000
   Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000
                   
        Total  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $675,000
                  

   ITEM 15.  INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.

        Section 6.7 of the By-Laws of the Company, and Article 9 of its
   Restated Articles of Incorporation, both provide for indemnification
   of officers and directors and the Company against expenses incurred by
   any of them in certain stated proceedings and under certain stated
   conditions.

        Chapter 37 of the Indiana Business Corporation Law authorizes
   every Indiana corporation to indemnify its officers and directors
   under certain circumstances against liability incurred in connection
   with the defense of proceedings in which they are made parties, or
   threatened to be made parties, by reason of such relationship to the
   corporation, except where they are adjudged liable for specific types
   of negligence or misconduct in the performance of their duties to the
   corporation.  Chapter 37 also requires every Indiana corporation to
   indemnify any of its directors and, unless such corporation's articles
   of incorporation provide otherwise, any of its officers who are wholly
   successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any such
   proceeding against reasonable expenses incurred by such director in
   connection with such proceeding.

        Officers and directors of the Company are presently covered by
   insurance which (with certain exceptions and within certain
   limitations) indemnifies them against any losses or liabilities
   arising from any alleged "wrongful act," including any breach of duty,
   neglect, error, misstatement, misleading statement, omission or other
   acts done or wrongfully attempted.

   <PAGE>  26

   ITEM 16.  EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.

        See Exhibit Index included herewith which is incorporated herein
   by reference.

   ITEM 17.  UNDERTAKINGS.

        The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

        (a)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
   being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: 

             (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
        of the Securities Act of 1933;

             (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
        arising after the effective date of the registration statement
        (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
        individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
        in the information set forth in the registration statement.
        Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
        of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
        offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
        deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
        offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
        with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
        the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20
        percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
        in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
        registration statement;

             (iii)     To include any material information with respect
        to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
        registration statement or any material change to such information
        in the registration statement;

   Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if
   the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
   by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
   furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13
   or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
   by reference in the registration statement

        (b)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
   Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
   deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
   offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
   shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

        (c)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
   amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
   at the termination of the offering.

   <PAGE>  27

        The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
   of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
   filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
   15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
   each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
   Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is
   incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
   deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
   offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
   shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

        Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
   Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or
   persons controlling the registrant pursuant to the provisions set
   forth or described in Item 15 of this Registration Statement, or
   otherwise, the registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the
   Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against
   public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore
   unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
   such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
   incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
   registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
   proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
   person in connection with the securities being registered, the
   registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
   been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
   appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
   it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933
   and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

   <PAGE>  28

                                 SIGNATURES

   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
   Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
   meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly
   caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
   undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State
   of Illinois on the 1st day of May, 1998.

                                      MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC.



                                      By: /s/ T.F. Mc Devitt
                                          ------------------------------
                                              T.F. McDevitt
                                              Vice President Finance and
                                              Chief Financial Officer 


                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

        Each person whose signature appears below on this Registration
   Statement hereby constitutes and appoints T.F. McDevitt as his or her
   true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
   substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her
   name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (unless revoked in
   writing), to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
   amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
   all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
   with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such
   attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform
   each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
   connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or
   she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
   that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully
   do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 

   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
   Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
   capacities indicated on the 1st day of May, 1998.

                 SIGNATURE                           TITLE
                 ---------                           -----

                                         Chairman of the Board, Chief
    /s/ S.J. Stewart                               Executive
    --------------------------------         Officer and Director
    S.J. Stewart                             (Principal Executive
                                                   Officer)

   <PAGE>  29

                 SIGNATURE                           TITLE
                 ---------                           -----

    /s/ T.F. McDevitt                     Vice President Finance and
    --------------------------------        Chief Financial Officer
    T.F. McDevitt                            (Principal Financial
                                                   Officer)

    /s/ L.N. Liszt                           Controller (Principal
    --------------------------------          Accounting Officer)
    L.N. Liszt


    /s/ R.M. Barford                               Director
    --------------------------------
    R.M. Barford


    /s/ J.R. Cantalupo                             Director
    --------------------------------
    J.R. Cantalupo

    /s/ W.T. Creson                                Director
    --------------------------------
    W.T. Creson


    /s/ W.J. Farrell                               Director
    --------------------------------
    W.J. Farrell


    /s/ D.C. Fill                                  Director
    --------------------------------
    D.C. Fill

    /s/ W. E. Johnston                             Director
    --------------------------------
    W.E. Johnston


    /s/ R.L. Keyser                                Director
    --------------------------------
    R.L. Keyser


    /s/ R.A. McDonald                              Director
    --------------------------------
    R.A. McDonald

   <PAGE>  30

                 SIGNATURE                           TITLE
                 ---------                           -----

    /s/ E.J. Mooney                                Director
    --------------------------------
    E.J. Mooney

    /s/ G. A. Schaefer                             Director
    --------------------------------
    G.A. Schaefer


    /s/ R.W. Stone                                 Director
    --------------------------------
    R.W. Stone

   <PAGE>  31

                                EXHIBIT INDEX

   EXHIBIT
   NUMBER                   DESCRIPTION
   -------                  -----------


      1.1    Form of Underwriting Agreement
      4.1    Form of Indenture, dated as of __________, 1998, between the
             Registrant and The First National Bank of Chicago.
      5      Opinion of Schiff Hardin & Waite
      12     Statement Regarding Computation of Ratios
      23.1   Consent of Schiff Hardin & Waite (included in the opinion 
             filed as Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement
      23.2   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
      24     Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this 
             Registration Statement)
      25     Statement of Eligibility of The First National Bank of
             Chicago on Form T-1


                                 EXHIBIT 1.1

                       FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
                       ------------------------------

                         MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                               DEBT SECURITIES

                           UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT


                                                       New York, New York
                                                       ____________, 1998


   To the Representatives
   named in Schedule I
   hereto of the Underwriters
   named in Schedule II hereto

   Dear Sirs:

        Morton International, Inc., an Indiana corporation (the
   "Company"), proposes to issue and sell to the underwriter or
   underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the "Underwriters"), for
   whom the representative or representatives, if any, named in Schedule
   I hereto (the "Representatives") are acting as representative or
   representatives, the principal amount as set forth in Schedule II
   hereto of debt securities to be issued under an indenture, dated as of
   ________, 1998 (the "Indenture"), between the Company and The First
   National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), and identified
   in Schedule I hereto as "Securities," less the amount of Securities
   covered by Delayed Delivery Contracts (as defined in Section 2
   hereof), if any, as provided in Section 2 hereof and as may be
   specified in Schedule I hereto (any Securities to be covered by
   Delayed Delivery Contracts being herein sometimes referred to as
   "Contract Securities" and the Securities to be purchased by the
   Underwriters (after giving effect to the deduction, if any, for
   Contract Securities) being herein sometimes referred to as
   "Underwriters' Securities").   If the firm or firms listed in Schedule
   II hereto include only the firm or firms listed in Schedule I hereto,
   then the terms "Underwriters" and "Representatives", as used herein,
   shall each be deemed to refer to such firm or firms.  The term
   "Representatives" also refers to a single firm acting as sole
   representative of the Underwriters.

   1.        REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.  The Company represents and
        warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as set forth below
        in this Section 1.  Certain terms used in this Section 1 are
        defined in paragraph (e) hereof.

   <PAGE>  33

        (a)  The Company meets the requirements for the use of Form S-3
   under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") and has filed with the
   Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration
   statement (the file number of which is set forth in Schedule I hereto)
   on such Form, including a basic prospectus, for registration under the
   Act of the offering and sale of the Securities.  The Company may have
   filed one or more amendments thereto, and may have used a Preliminary
   Final Prospectus, each of which has previously been furnished to you. 
   Such registration statement, as so amended, has become effective. 
   When such registration statement became effective, the Basic
   Prospectus did not include all the information with respect to the
   Securities and the offering thereof required by the Act and the rules
   thereunder to be included in the Final Prospectus, though it included
   all such information required by the Act and the rules thereunder to
   be included therein as of the Effective Date.  The Company will next
   file with the Commission pursuant to Rules 415 and 424(b)(2) or (5) a
   final supplement to the form of prospectus included in such
   registration statement relating to the Securities and the offering
   thereof.  As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall include all
   required information with respect to the Securities and the offering
   thereof and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in
   writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the
   form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent
   not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific
   additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the
   Basic Prospectus and any Preliminary Final Prospectus) as the Company
   has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made
   therein.

        (b)  On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and
   when the Final Prospectus is first filed in accordance with Rule
   424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus (and any
   supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the
   applicable requirements of the Act, the Securities Exchange Act of
   1934 (the "Exchange Act") and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the
   "Trust Indenture Act") and the respective rules thereunder; on the
   Effective Date, the Registration Statement did not contain any untrue
   statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
   required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
   statements therein not misleading; on the Effective Date and on the
   Closing Date the Indenture did or will comply in all material respects
   with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules
   thereunder; and, on the date of the filing pursuant to Rule 424(b),
   and on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus (together with any
   supplement thereto) will not, include any untrue statement of a
   material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to
   make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
   which they were made, not misleading; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
   Company makes no representations or warranties as to (i) that part of
   the Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statement of
   Eligibility (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee or
   (ii) the information contained in or omitted from the Registration
   Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in

   <PAGE>  34

   reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing
   to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the
   Representatives specifically for inclusion in the Registration
   Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto).

        (c)  The documents incorporated by reference in the Final
   Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the
   Commission, complied or when so filed will comply, as the case may be,
   in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and
   the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and, when read
   together and with the other information in the Final Prospectus, did
   not and will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or
   omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
   necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
   circumstances under which they were or are made, not misleading.

        (d)  Other than as set forth in the Final Prospectus, there are
   no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or
   any of its Subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the
   Company or any of its Subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined
   adversely to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, would
   individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the
   business, properties, financial condition, stockholders' equity or
   results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
   whole; and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, no such
   proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities
   or threatened by others.

        (e)  The terms which follow, when used in this Agreement, shall
   have the meanings indicated.  "Effective Date" shall mean each date
   that the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or
   amendments thereto became or becomes effective.  "Execution Time"
   shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and
   delivered by the parties hereto.  "Basic Prospectus" shall mean the
   prospectus referred to in paragraph (a) above contained in the
   Registration Statement at the Effective Date.  "Preliminary Final
   Prospectus" shall mean any preliminary prospectus supplement to the
   Basic Prospectus which describes the Securities and the offering
   thereof and is used prior to filing of the Final Prospectus.  "Final
   Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus supplement relating to the
   Securities that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the
   Execution Time, together with the Basic Prospectus.  "Registration
   Statement" shall mean the registration statement referred to in
   paragraph (a) above, including incorporated documents, exhibits and
   financial statements, as amended at the Execution Time and, in the
   event any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective prior to
   the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), shall also mean such
   registration statement as so amended.  "Rule 415", "Rule 424" and
   "Regulation S-K" refer to such rules or regulation under the Act.  Any
   reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus,
   any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be
   deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference
   therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the

   <PAGE>  35

   Exchange Act on or before the Effective Date of the Registration
   Statement or the issue date of the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary
   Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be; and any
   reference herein to the terms "amend", "amendment" or "supplement"
   with respect to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any
   Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed
   to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange
   Act after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the
   issue date of the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus
   or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated
   therein by reference.

        2.   PURCHASE AND SALE.  Subject to the terms and conditions and
   in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth,
   the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter
   agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at
   the purchase price set forth in Schedule I hereto, the principal
   amount of Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter's name in
   Schedule II hereto, except that if Schedule I hereto provides for the
   sale of Securities pursuant to delayed delivery arrangements, the
   respective principal amounts of Securities to be purchased by the
   Underwriters shall be as set forth in Schedule II hereto, less the
   respective amounts of Contract Securities determined as provided
   below. 

        If so provided in Schedule I hereto, the Underwriters are
   authorized to solicit offers to purchase Securities from the Company
   pursuant to delayed delivery contracts ("Delayed Delivery Contracts"),
   substantially in the form of Schedule III hereto but with such changes
   therein as the Company may authorize or approve.  The Underwriters
   will endeavor to make such arrangements and, as compensation therefor,
   the Company will pay to the Representatives, for the account of the
   Underwriters, on the Closing Date, the compensation set forth in
   Schedule I hereto with respect to Securities for which Delayed
   Delivery Contracts are made.  Delayed Delivery Contracts are to be
   with institutional investors, including commercial and savings banks,
   insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies and
   educational and charitable institutions.  The Company will make
   Delayed Delivery Contracts in all cases where sales of Contract
   Securities arranged by the Underwriters have been approved by the
   Company but, except as the Company may otherwise agree, each such
   Delayed Delivery Contract must be for not less than the minimum amount
   set forth in Schedule I hereto and the aggregate amount of Contract
   Securities may not exceed the maximum aggregate amount set forth in
   Schedule I hereto.  The Underwriters will not have any responsibility
   in respect of the validity or performance of Delayed Delivery
   Contracts.  The amount of Securities to be purchased by each
   Underwriter as set forth in Schedule II hereto shall be reduced by an
   amount which shall bear the same proportion to the total amount of
   Contract Securities as the amount of Securities set forth opposite the
   name of such Underwriter bears to the aggregate amount set forth in
   Schedule II hereto, except to the extent that you determine that such
   reduction shall be otherwise than in such proportion and so advise the

   <PAGE>  36

   Company in writing; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the total amount of
   Securities to be purchased by all Underwriters shall be the aggregate
   amount set forth in Schedule II hereto, less the aggregate amount of
   Contract Securities.

        3.   DELIVERY AND PAYMENT.  Delivery of and payment for the
   Securities shall be made at the office, on the date and at the time
   specified in Schedule I hereto, which date and time may be postponed
   by agreement between the Representatives and the Company or as
   provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and
   payment for the Securities being herein called the "Closing Date"). 
   Delivery of the Underwriters' Securities shall be made to the
   Representatives for the respective accounts of the several
   Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the
   Representatives of the purchase price thereof in the manner set forth
   in Schedule I hereto.  Delivery of the Securities shall be made
   through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the
   Representatives shall otherwise instruct.  Certificates for the
   Underwriters' Securities shall be registered in such names and in such
   denominations as the Representatives may request not less than two
   business days in advance of the Closing Date.

        The Company agrees to have the Underwriters' Securities (if other
   than in global form) available for inspection, checking and packaging
   by the Representatives in New York, New York, not later than 1:00 p.m.
   on the business day prior to the Closing Date.

        Concurrently with the delivery of and payment for the
   Underwriters' Securities, the Company will deliver to the
   Representatives for the accounts of the Underwriters a check payable
   to the order of the party designated in Schedule I in the amount of
   any compensation payable by the Company to the Underwriters in respect
   of any Delayed Delivery Contracts as provided in Section 2 hereof and
   in Schedule I hereto.

        4.   OFFERING BY UNDERWRITERS.  It is understood that the several
   Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as
   set forth in the Prospectus.

        5.   AGREEMENTS.  The Company agrees with the several
   Underwriters that:

        (a)  Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities,
   the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement
   or supplement to the Basic Prospectus or Final Prospectus or any Rule
   462(b) Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished you a
   copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such
   proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. 
   Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final
   Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed
   with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule
   424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence
   satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing.  The

   <PAGE>  37

   Company will promptly advise the Representatives (1) when the Final
   Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the
   Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or when any Rule 462(b)
   Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (2)
   when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any
   amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or
   become effective, (3) of any request by the Commission or its staff
   for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b)
   Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus
   or for any additional information, (4) of the issuance by the
   Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
   Registration Statement or the institution or threatening of any
   proceeding for that purpose and (5) of the receipt by the Company of
   any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification
   of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or
   threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.  The Company will use
   its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the
   suspension of any such qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon
   as possible the withdrawal thereof.

        (b)  If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities
   is required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs as a
   result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would
   include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
   material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of
   the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or if it
   shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement or supplement
   the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the
   respective rules thereunder, the Company promptly will (1) notify the
   Representatives of such event; (2) prepare and file with the
   Commission, subject to the first sentence of paragraph (a) of this
   Section 5, an amendment or supplement which will correct such
   statement or omission or effect such compliance; and (3) supply any
   supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may
   reasonably request.

        (c)  As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally
   available to its security holders and to the Representatives an
   earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries
   which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule
   158 under the Act.

        (d)  The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel
   for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the
   Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other
   Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits
   thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or
   dealer may be required by the Act, as many copies of each Preliminary
   Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and any supplement thereto
   as the Representatives may reasonably request.  The Company will pay
   the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating
   to the offering.

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        (e)  The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the
   qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such
   jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate, will maintain such
   qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of
   the Securities and will pay any fee of the National Association of
   Securities Dealers, Inc., in connection with its review of the
   offering; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to
   do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to
   take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits,
   other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities
   in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.

        (f)  The Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i)
   the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company's counsel and
   accountants in connection with the registration of the Securities
   under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the
   preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, the
   Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final
   Prospectus and amendments thereof and supplements thereto and the
   mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and
   dealers; (ii) the expenses of printing all documents relating to the
   offering (other than any agreement among Underwriters relating to the
   offering of the Securities); (iii) all expenses in connection with the
   qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under state
   securities laws as provided in Section 5(e) hereof, including the fees
   and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with
   such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky and legal
   investment surveys; (iv) any fees charged by securities rating
   agencies for rating the Securities; (v) the cost of preparing the
   Securities; (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any agent
   thereof and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee  in
   connection with this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities; and
   (vii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its
   obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided
   for in this Section.  It is understood, however, that, except as
   provided in this Section, Section 7 and Section 8 hereof, the
   Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including
   the fees and disbursements of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale
   of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses
   connected with any offers they may make.

        (g)  The Company will not, without the prior written consent of
   Salomon Brothers Inc, from the date hereof to and including the
   business day following the Closing Date, offer, sell or contract to
   sell, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is
   designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the
   disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic
   disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company (or
   any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company
   or any affiliate of the Company pursuant to a written agreement with
   the Company to do so) directly or indirectly, or announce the offering
   of any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than

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   the Securities, any commercial paper, any variable rate demand notes
   and any bid notes).

        (h)  The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any
   action designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably
   be expected to cause or result, under the Exchange Act or otherwise,
   in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
   Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

        6.   CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNDERWRITERS.  The
   obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Securities shall be
   subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the
   part of the Company contained herein as of the date hereof and the
   Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in
   any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance
   by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following
   additional conditions:

        (a)  No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
   Registration Statement, as amended from time to time, shall have been
   issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted
   or threatened; and the Final Prospectus shall have been filed or
   mailed or transmitted for filing with the Commission not later than
   5:00 p.m. New York City time on the second business day following the
   date hereof.

        (b)  The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives the
   opinion of Raymond P.  Buschmann, Vice   President for Legal Affairs
   and General Counsel of the Company, dated the Closing Date and
   addressed to the Representatives, to the effect that:

             (i)  The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
        existing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Indiana,
        with full corporate power and authority to own its properties and
        conduct its business as described in the Final Prospectus, and
        has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the
        transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of
        each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties, or
        conducts any business, so as to require such qualification, or is
        subject to no liability or disability by reason of the failure to
        be so qualified in any such jurisdiction which would have a
        material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries
        (taken as a whole).

             (ii) Each "significant subsidiary" of the Company (as such
        term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated under
        the Act) (each, a "Subsidiary" and, collectively, the
        "Subsidiaries") has been duly incorporated and is validly
        existing as a corporation in good standing (to the extent such
        term is applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
        incorporation, with full corporate power and authority to own its
        properties and conduct its business as described in the
        Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation

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        for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the
        laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases
        properties, or conducts any business, so as to require such
        qualification, or is subject to no liability or disability by
        reason of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction
        which would have a material adverse effect on the Company and its
        subsidiaries (taken as a whole).

             (iii)     All the outstanding shares of capital stock of
        each Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued
        and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise
        set forth in the Final Prospectus, all outstanding shares of
        capital stock of the Subsidiaries are owned by the Company either
        directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of
        any perfected security interest and, to the knowledge of such
        counsel, after due inquiry, any other security interests, claims,
        liens or encumbrances.

             (iv) There are no pending or, to the knowledge of such
        counsel, threatened in writing legal or governmental proceedings
        to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or of
        which any property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
        the subject of a character required to be disclosed in the
        Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the
        Final Prospectus; there is no contract or other document of a
        character required to be described in the Registration Statement
        or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit, which is not
        described or filed as required; and the statements included or
        incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus describing any
        legal proceedings or material contracts or agreements relating to
        the Company fairly summarize such matters.

             (v)  The issue and sale of the Securities [(including the
        Contract Securities)] and the compliance by the Company with all
        of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture and this
        Agreement [and any Delayed Delivery Contracts] and the
        consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated
        will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any
        of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any
        material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or
        other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its
        subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
        subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets
        of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will
        such action result in any violation of the provisions of the
        Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or any
        statute or any order, rule or regulation known to such counsel of
        any court or governmental agency having jurisdiction over the
        Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective
        properties.

             In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to
        matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction

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        other than the State of Illinois or the United States, to the
        extent deemed proper and specified in such opinion, upon the
        opinion of other counsel of good standing believed to be reliable
        and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Agent and (B) as to
        matters of fact, to the extent deemed proper, on certificates of
        responsible officers of the Company and public officials. 
        References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) include
        any supplements thereto at the date such opinion is rendered. The
        opinion or opinions of such counsel shall be rendered to the
        Underwriters at the request of the Company and shall so state
        therein.

        (c)  The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives the
   opinion of Schiff Hardin & Waite, counsel for the Company, dated the
   Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, to the effect that:

             (i)  This Agreement has [and any Delayed Delivery Contracts
        have] been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
        Company.

             (ii) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
        delivered by the Company and (assuming the due authorization,
        execution and delivery hereof by the Trustee) is a valid and
        legally binding obligation of the Company enforceable in
        accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be
        limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
        other laws relating to or affecting enforcement of creditors'
        rights generally or by general equity principles; and the
        Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.

             (iii)     The Securities [(including the Contract
        Securities)] have been duly and validly authorized for issuance,
        offer and sale pursuant to this Agreement  (and the Delayed
        Delivery Contracts] and, when issued, authenticated and delivered
        pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement [, the Delayed
        Delivery Contracts]  and the Indenture against payment of the
        consideration therefor specified in the Final Prospectus or
        agreed upon pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement [and the
        Delayed Delivery Contracts], the Securities will constitute valid
        and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in
        accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be
        limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
        other laws relating to or affecting enforcement of creditors'
        rights generally or by general equity principles; and the
        Securities and the Indenture conform to the descriptions thereof
        in the Final Prospectus.

             (iv) No consent, approval, authorization, order or decree of
        any court or governmental agency or body is required for the
        consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by
        this Agreement [and any Delayed Delivery Contract] or in connec-
        tion with the sale of Securities [(including the Contract
        Securities)] hereunder, except such as have been obtained or

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        rendered, as the case may be, or as may be required under state
        securities ("Blue Sky") laws.

             (v)  The Company is not an "investment company" as such term
        is defined in the Investment Company Act.

             (vi) The Registration Statement has become effective under
        the Act; any required filing of the Basic Prospectus, any
        Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, and any
        supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been be made in
        the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); to
        the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the
        effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and
        no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or
        threatened; and the Registration Statement and the Final
        Prospectus (other than the financial statements and other
        financial and statistical information contained therein as to
        which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in
        all material respects with the applicable requirements of the
        Act, the Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the
        respective rules thereunder.

             In rendering such opinion, such counsel shall also state
        that in connection with its representation of the Company in
        connection with the offer and sale of the Securities pursuant
        hereto, nothing has come to the attention of such counsel that
        leads it to believe that the Registration Statement at the
        Effective Date contained any untrue statement of a material fact
        or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated
        therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
        misleading or that the Final Prospectus as of its date and as of
        the Closing Date included or includes any untrue statement of a
        material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make
        the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
        which they were made, not misleading.

             In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to
        matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction
        other than the States of Illinois and Indiana or the United
        States, to the extent deemed proper and specified in such
        opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing
        believed to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for
        the Agent and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent deemed
        proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company
        and public officials.  References to the Final Prospectus in this
        paragraph (c) include any supplements thereto at the date such
        opinion is rendered. The opinion or opinions of such counsel
        shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the
        Company and shall so state therein.

        (d)  The Representatives shall have received from Mayer, Brown &
   Platt, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated
   the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, with respect to

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   the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Indenture, the
   Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus (together with any
   supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representatives
   may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such
   counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling
   them to pass upon such matters.  The opinion of such counsel shall be
   rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the Company and shall
   so state therein.

        (e)  The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a
   certificate of the Company, signed by any two of the Chief Executive
   Officer, the President, the Vice President Finance, the Treasurer or
   the Vice President for Legal Affairs of the Company, dated the Closing
   Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have
   carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus,
   any supplements to the Final Prospectus and this Agreement and that:

             (i)  the representations and warranties of the Company in
        this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on
        and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the
        Closing Date and the Company has complied with all the agreements
        and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or
        satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;

             (ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
        Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for
        that purpose have been instituted or, to the Company's knowledge,
        threatened; and

             (iii)     since the date of the most recent financial
        statements included in the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any
        supplement thereto), there has been no material adverse change in
        the business, properties, financial condition, stockholders'
        equity or results of operations of the Company and its
        subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the
        ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or
        contemplated in the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
        thereto).

        (f)  At the date hereof and at the Closing Date, Ernst & Young,
   LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter, dated as of
   the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance
   satisfactory to the Representatives, confirming that they are
   independent accountants within the meaning of the Act and the Exchange
   Act and the respective applicable published rules and regulations
   thereunder and stating, as of such date hereof or the Closing Date, as
   the case may be, (or with respect to matters involving changes or
   developments since the respective dates as of which specified
   financial information is given in the Final Prospectus, as of a date
   not more than five days prior to either such date), the conclusions
   and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information
   and other matters as provided in SAS No. 72.

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        References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (f) include
   any supplement thereto at the date of the letter.

        (g)  Subsequent to the date hereof or, if earlier, the dates as
   of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive
   of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any
   supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or
   decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph
   (f) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving
   a prospective change, in or affecting the business, properties,
   financial condition, stockholders' equity or results of operations of
   the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not
   arising in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or
   contemplated in the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
   thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or
   (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, so
   material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to
   proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as
   contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment
   thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
   thereto).

        (h)  Subsequent to the date hereof, there shall not have been any
   decrease in the rating of any of the Company's debt securities by any
   "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined
   for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act) or any notice given of any
   intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible
   change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the
   possible change.

        (i)  Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished
   to the Representatives such further information, certificates and
   documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.

        (j)  The Company shall have accepted Delayed Delivery Contracts
   in any case where sales of Contract Securities arranged by the
   Underwriters have been approved by the Company.

        If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not
   have been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in
   this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned
   above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material
   respects reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the
   Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and
   all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at, or
   at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representatives.  Notice
   of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by
   telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.

        The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be
   delivered at the office of Mayer, Brown & Platt, counsel for the
   Underwriters, at 190 S. LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois, on the
   Closing Date.

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        7.   REIMBURSEMENT OF UNDERWRITERS' EXPENSES.  If the sale of the
   Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any
   condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in
   Section 6 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant
   to Section 10 hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure
   on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or comply
   with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of
   the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters
   severally through Salomon Brothers Inc on demand for all out-of-pocket
   expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that
   shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed
   purchase and sale of the Securities.

        8.   INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.  (a) The Company agrees to
   indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers,
   employees and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls
   any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange
   Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint
   or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the
   Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law or
   regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
   claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise
   out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
   statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement
   for the registration of the Securities as originally filed or in any
   amendment thereof, or in any Basic Prospectus, Preliminary Final
   Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or
   supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or
   alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
   stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
   misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as
   incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them
   in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
   damage, liability or action; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company will
   not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss,
   claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such
   untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
   omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written
   information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any
   Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion
   therein.  This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
   liability which the Company may otherwise have.

        (b)  Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to
   indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each
   of its officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each person
   who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the
   Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity to each
   Underwriter, but only with reference to written information relating
   to such Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such
   Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in
   the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity.  This indemnity
   agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter

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   may otherwise have.  The Company acknowledges that the statements set
   forth [in the last paragraph of the cover page regarding delivery of
   the Securities][the legend in block capital letters on page [2]
   related to stabilization, syndicate covering transactions and penalty
   bids][under the heading "Underwriting" or "Plan of Distribution", (i)
   the sentences related to concessions and reallowances and (ii) the
   paragraph related to stabilization, syndicate covering transactions
   and penalty bids] in any Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final
   Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or
   on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in any Preliminary
   Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus.

        (c)  Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
   Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such
   indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made
   against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the
   indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the
   failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it
   from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the
   extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure
   results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial
   rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the
   indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other
   than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b)
   above.  The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of
   the indemnifying party's choice at the indemnifying party's expense to
   represent the indemnified party in any action for which
   indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall
   not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any
   separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except
   as set forth below); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such counsel shall be
   satisfactory to the indemnified party.  Notwithstanding the
   indemnifying party's election to appoint counsel to represent the
   indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the
   right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the
   indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses
   of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the
   indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present
   such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential
   defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the
   indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party
   shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses
   available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different
   from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii)
   the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to
   the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a
   reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv)
   the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ
   separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party.  An
   indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the
   indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of
   any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action,
   suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution

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   may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are
   actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such
   settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of
   each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim,
   action, suit or proceeding.

        (d)  In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or
   (b) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold
   harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Company and the
   Underwriters severally agree to contribute to the aggregate losses,
   claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses
   reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending
   same) (collectively "Losses") to which the Company and one or more of
   the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate
   to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one
   hand and by the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the
   Securities; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in no case shall any Underwriter
   (except as may be provided in any agreement among underwriters
   relating to the offering of the Securities) be responsible for any
   amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable
   to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder.  If the
   allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is
   unavailable for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters severally
   shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
   only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company
   and of the Underwriters in connection with the statements or omissions
   which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable
   considerations.  Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to
   be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting
   expenses) received by it, and benefits received by the Underwriters
   shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and
   commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Final
   Prospectus.  Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among
   other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a
   material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material
   fact relates to information provided by the Company on the one hand or
   the Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their
   relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct
   or prevent such untrue statement or omission.  The Company and the
   Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if
   contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other
   method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable
   considerations referred to above.  Notwithstanding the provisions of
   this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
   (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to
   contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
   misrepresentation.  For purposes of this Section 8, each person who
   controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the
   Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of an
   Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such
   Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company within the
   meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the
   Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each

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   director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as
   the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and
   conditions of this paragraph (d).

        9.   DEFAULT BY AN UNDERWRITER.  If any one or more Underwriters
   shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be
   purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such
   failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of
   its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining
   Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in
   the respective proportions which the principal amount of Securities
   set forth opposite their names in Schedule II hereto bears to the
   aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names
   of all the remaining Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting
   Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; PROVIDED,
   HOWEVER, that in the event that the aggregate principal amount of
   Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but
   failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount
   of Securities set forth in Schedule II hereto, the remaining
   Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be
   under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such
   nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this
   Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting
   Underwriter or the Company.  In the event of a default by any
   Underwriter as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date shall be
   postponed for such period, not exceeding five business days, as the
   Representatives shall determine in order that the required changes in
   the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus or in any other
   documents or arrangements may be effected.  Nothing contained in this
   Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability,
   if any, to the Company and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages
   occasioned by its default hereunder.

        10.  TERMINATION.  This Agreement shall be subject to termination
   in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to
   the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if at
   any time prior to such time (i) trading in the Company's Common Stock
   shall have been suspended by the Commission or the New York Stock
   Exchange or trading in securities generally on the New York Stock
   Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market shall
   have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been
   established on either of such Exchanges or the Nasdaq Stock Market,
   (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by Federal
   or New York State authorities or (iii) there shall have occurred any
   outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United
   States of a national emergency or war or other calamity or crisis the
   effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the
   sole judgment of the Representatives, impractical or inadvisable to
   proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as
   contemplated by the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
   thereto).

   <PAGE>  49

        11.  REPRESENTATIONS AND INDEMNITIES TO SURVIVE.  The respective
   agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other
   statements of the Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set
   forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force
   and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of
   any Underwriter or the Company or any of the officers, directors or
   controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will survive
   delivery of and payment for the Securities.  The provisions of
   Sections 7 and 8 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation
   of this Agreement.

        12.  NOTICES.  All communications hereunder will be in writing
   and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives,
   will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to the Salomon Brothers Inc
   General Counsel (fax no.: (212)_______________________) and confirmed
   to the General Counsel, Salomon Brothers Inc, at                       
         , New York, New York, 10013, Attention: General Counsel; or, if
   sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to 100
   North Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois  60606-1596, Attention :    
   (fax no. (312) ___-____) and confirmed to it at 100 North Riverside
   Plaza, Chicago, Illinois  60606-1596, attention of General Counsel.

        13.  SUCCESSORS.  This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and
   be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and
   the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in
   Section 8 hereof, and no other person will have any right or
   obligation hereunder.

        14.  APPLICABLE LAW.  This Agreement will be governed by and
   construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York
   applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of
   New York.

        15.  COUNTERPARTS.  This Agreement may be signed in one or more
   counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of
   which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

        16.  HEADINGS.  The section headings used herein are for
   convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

   <PAGE>  50

        If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
   agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof,
   whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding
   agreement among the Company and the several Underwriters.

                                 Very truly yours,

                                 MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC.


                                 By:________________________________
                                      Name:
                                      Title:

   The foregoing Agreement is hereby 
   confirmed and accepted as of the 
   date first above written.

   SALOMON BROTHERS INC
   BANCAMERICA ROBERTSON STEPHENS
   FIRST CHICAGO CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.

   BY:  SALOMON BROTHERS INC



   By: ________________________________________
          Name:
          Title:

   For themselves and the other several 
   Underwriters named in Schedule I 
   to the foregoing Agreement.

   <PAGE>  51

                                 SCHEDULE I

   Underwriting Agreement dated 

   Registration Statement No. 

   Representative(s):  Salomon Brothers Inc
                  BancAmerica Robertson Stephens
                  First Chicago Capital Markets, Inc.

   Closing date and time: 

   Place for delivery:

   Description of Securities:

        Title:

        Specified Currency: 

        Aggregate principal amount: 

        Stated maturity date: 

        Purchase price (include accrued interest or amortization, if
        any):

        Sinking fund provisions: 

        Redemption provisions: 
    
        Other provisions: 

             Defeasance Provisions: 

             Interest Payment Dates: 

             Form of Certificates: 

             Depositary: 

             Trading System: 

   Method of Payment: 

   Stock exchange listing, if any: 

   Delayed Delivery arrangements:

   Additional procedures to be performed by Ernst & Young LLP, if any:

   <PAGE>  52

                                 SCHEDULE II

                                                 Principal
                                                   Amount
                  Underwriter                  of Securities
                   ----------                  -------------

    Salomon Brothers Inc  . . . . . . . . .     $          

    BancAmerica Robertson Stephens  . . . .
    First Chicago Capital Markets, Inc. . .



                                                -----------
         Total  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     $          
                                                ===========

   <PAGE>  53

                                SCHEDULE III

                          DELAYED DELIVERY CONTRACT

   Morton International, Inc.
   c/o (Name and address of appropriate
   Representative)
                                                                        ,

   Attention:

   Dear Sirs:

        The undersigned hereby agrees to purchase from Morton
   International, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Company"), and the
   Company agrees to sell to the undersigned, $                     
   principal amount of the Company's [Title of Debt Securities]
   (hereinafter called the "Securities"), offered by the Company's
   Prospectus dated                  ,     , and Prospectus Supplement
   dated            ,   , receipt of a copy of which is hereby
   acknowledged, at a purchase price of      percent of the principal
   amount thereof, plus accrued interest from the date from which
   interest accrues as set forth below, and on the further terms and
   conditions set forth in this contract.

        The undersigned will purchase the Securities from the Company on  
        ,   (the "Delivery Date") and interest on the Securities so
   purchased will accrue from         ,     .

        The undersigned will purchase the Securities from the Company on
   the delivery date or dates and in the principal amount or amounts and
   number or numbers set forth below:

                                                 Date from Which
           Delivery Date     Principal Amount    Interest Accrues
           -------------     ----------------    ----------------

                      ,      $                              ,     

                      ,      $                              ,     

        Each such date on which Securities are to be purchased hereunder
   is hereinafter referred to as a "Delivery Date".

        Payment for the Securities which the undersigned has agreed to
   purchase on a Delivery Date shall be made to the Company or its order
   by certified or official bank check in                     funds at
   the office of            , or by wire transfer to a bank account
   specified by the Company, on such Delivery Date upon delivery to the
   undersigned of the Securities then to be purchased by the undersigned
   in either (i) definitive fully registered form and in such
   denominations and registered in such names as the undersigned may

   <PAGE>  54

   designate by written or telegraphic communication addressed to the
   Company not less than five full business days prior to such Delivery
   Date (alternative provision) or (ii) book-entry form for deposit with
   The Depository Trust Company.

        The obligation of the undersigned to take delivery of and make
   payment for Securities on a Delivery Date shall be subject to the
   condition that the purchase of Securities to be made by the
   undersigned shall not on such Delivery Date be prohibited under the
   laws of the jurisdiction to which the undersigned is subject.  The
   obligation of the undersigned to take delivery of and make payment for
   Securities shall not be affected by the failure of any purchaser to
   take delivery of and make payment for Securities pursuant to other
   contracts similar to this contract.

        [The undersigned understands that underwriters (the
   "Underwriters") are also purchasing Securities from the Company, but
   that the obligations of the undersigned hereunder are not contingent
   on such purchases.  Promptly after completion of the sale to the
   Underwriters the Company will mail or deliver to the undersigned at
   its address set forth below notice to such effect, accompanied by a
   copy of the opinion of counsel for the Company delivered to the
   Underwriters in connection therewith.]

        The undersigned represents and warrants that, as of the date of
   this contract, the undersigned is not prohibited from purchasing the
   Securities hereby agreed to be purchased by it under the laws of the
   jurisdiction to which the undersigned is subject.

        This contract will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
   the parties hereto and their respective successors, but will not be
   assignable by either party hereto without the written consent of the
   other.

        This contract may be executed by either of the parties hereto in
   any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
   original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and
   the same instrument.

        It is understood that the acceptance by the Company of any
   Delayed Delivery Contract (including this contract) is in the
   Company's sole discretion and that, without limiting the foregoing,
   acceptances of such contracts need not be on a first-come, first-
   served basis.  If this contract is acceptable to the Company, it is
   requested that the Company sign the form of acceptance below and mail

   <PAGE>  55

   or deliver one of the counterparts hereof to the undersigned at its
   address set forth below.  This will become a binding contract between
   the Company and the undersigned when such counterpart is so mailed or
   delivered by the Company.

                                           Yours very truly,


                                           By____________________________
                                                     (Signature)

                                           ______________________________
                                                     (Name and Title)

                                           ______________________________
                                                     (Address)

   Accepted:___________________, 19 ______

   MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC.


   By___________________________________
                (Title)

   

                                 EXHIBIT 4.1

                              FORM OF INDENTURE


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                         MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
                                  AS ISSUER



                                     AND



                     THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
                                 AS TRUSTEE



                                 ___________



                                  INDENTURE

                       Dated as of ____________, 1998


                                 ___________




                               DEBT SECURITIES




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                            TABLE OF CONTENTS<1>

                                                                     Page
                                                                     ----
   Parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  63
   Recitals  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  63

   ARTICLE ONE.  DEFINITIONS.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  63
   SECTION 1.01.  Definitions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  63
                  Affiliate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  64
                  Appropriate Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  64
                  Authenticating Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  64
                  Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  64
                  Board Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  64
                  Business Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  64
                  Capitalized Rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  65
                  Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  65
                  Company  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  65
                  Company Request and Company Order  . . . . . . . . .  65
                  Consolidated Net Tangible Assets . . . . . . . . . .  65
                  Currency Determination Agent . . . . . . . . . . . .  66
                  Debt Security or Debt Securities . . . . . . . . . .  66
                  Debt Security Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  66
                  Depository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  66
                  Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  67
                  Event of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  67
                  Foreign Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  67
                  Funded Debt  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  67
                  Global Debt Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  67
                  Government Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  67
                  Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  68
                  Indenture  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  68
                  Indexed Debt Security: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  68
                  Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  68
                  Interest Payment Date  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  68
                  Market Exchange Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  68
                  Officers' Certificate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  69
                  Opinion of Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  69
                  Original Issue Discount Debt Security  . . . . . . .  69
                  Outstanding  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  69
                  Paying Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  70
                  Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  71
                  Place of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  71
                  Predecessor Debt Security  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  71
                  Principal Office of the Trustee  . . . . . . . . . .  71
                  Principal Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  71
                  Redemption Date  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  71
                  Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  72
                  Regular Record Date  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  72
                       
   <1>This table of contents shall not,  for any purpose, be deemed to be
   a part of the Indenture.

   <PAGE>  58
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                  Responsible Officer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  72
                  Restricted Subsidiary  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  72
                  Secured Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  73
                  Security Interest  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  73
                  Senior Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  73
                  Special Record Date  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  73
                  Stated Maturity  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  73
                  Subsidiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  73
                  Trustee  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  74
                  Trust Indenture Act of 1939  . . . . . . . . . . . .  74
                  Unrestricted Subsidiary  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  74

   ARTICLE TWO.  DEBT SECURITY FORMS.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  74
   SECTION 2.01.  Forms Generally  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  74
   SECTION 2.02.  Forms of Debt Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  75
   SECTION 2.03.  Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication  . .  75
   SECTION 2.04.  Debt Securities in Global Form . . . . . . . . . . .  75

   ARTICLE THREE.  THE DEBT SECURITIES.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  78
   SECTION 3.01.  Amount Unlimited; Title and Terms  . . . . . . . . .  78
   SECTION 3.02.  Denominations; Registered Form . . . . . . . . . . .  80
   SECTION 3.03.  Payment of Principal and Interest  . . . . . . . . .  81
   SECTION 3.04.  Execution of Debt Securities . . . . . . . . . . . .  81
   SECTION 3.05.  Temporary Debt Securities  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  83
   SECTION 3.06.  Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Debt
   Securities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  84
   SECTION 3.07.  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debt Securities  85
   SECTION 3.08.  Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved . . .  86
   SECTION 3.09.  Persons Deemed Owners  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  88
   SECTION 3.10.  Cancellation of Debt Securities Paid, Etc  . . . . .  88
   SECTION 3.11.  Debt Securities in Foreign Currencies  . . . . . . .  88

   ARTICLE FOUR.  REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES; SINKING FUNDS.  . . .  89
   SECTION 4.01.  Applicability of Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  89
   SECTION 4.02.  Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debt Securities .  89
   SECTION 4.03.  Payment of Debt Securities Called for Redemption . .  91
   SECTION 4.04.  Exclusion of Certain Securities from 
                       Eligibility for Selection for Redemption  . . .  91
   SECTION 4.05.  Provisions with Respect to any Sinking Funds . . . .  92

   ARTICLE FIVE.  PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. . . . . . . . .  93
   SECTION 5.01.  Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest . . . . .  93
   SECTION 5.02.  Offices for Notices and Payments, Etc  . . . . . . .  94
   SECTION 5.03.  Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee's Office .  94
   SECTION 5.04.  Provisions as to Paying Agent  . . . . . . . . . . .  94
   SECTION 5.05.  Limitation on Secured Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . .  95
   SECTION 5.06.  Sale and Leaseback Transactions  . . . . . . . . . .  98
   SECTION 5.07.  Certificate to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  99
   SECTION 5.08.  Waivers of Covenants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  99

   ARTICLE SIX.  HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY
                  AND THE TRUSTEE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

   <PAGE>  59

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   SECTION 6.01.  Holders' Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
   SECTION 6.02.  Preservation and Disclosure of Lists . . . . . . . . 100
   SECTION 6.03.  Reports by the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
   SECTION 6.04.  Reports by the Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

   ARTICLE SEVEN.  REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND HOLDERS
                  ON EVENT OF DEFAULT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
   SECTION 7.01.  Events of Default  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
   SECTION 7.02.  Payment of Debt Securities Upon Default; Suit Therefor 
                                                                       104
   SECTION 7.03.  Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee . . . . . 106
   SECTION 7.04.  Proceedings by Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
   SECTION 7.05.  Proceedings by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
   SECTION 7.06.  Remedies Cumulative and Continuing . . . . . . . . . 108
   SECTION 7.07.  Direction of Proceedings and Waiver 
                       of Defaults by Majority of Holders  . . . . . . 109
   SECTION 7.08.  Notice of Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
   SECTION 7.09.  Undertaking to Pay Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
   SECTION 7.10.  Unconditional Right of Holders to 
                       Receive Principal, Premium and Interest   . . . 110

   ARTICLE EIGHT.  CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
   SECTION 8.01.  Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee . . . . . . . 110
   SECTION 8.02.  Reliance on Documents, Opinions, Etc.  . . . . . . . 111
   SECTION 8.03.  No Responsibility for Recitals, Etc. . . . . . . . . 112
   SECTION 8.04.  Trustee and Agents May Own Debt Securities . . . . . 112
   SECTION 8.05.  Moneys to be Held in Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
   SECTION 8.06.  Compensation and Expenses of Trustee . . . . . . . . 113
   SECTION 8.07.  Officers' Certificate as Evidence  . . . . . . . . . 113
   SECTION 8.08.  Conflicting Interest of Trustee  . . . . . . . . . . 114
   SECTION 8.09.  Eligibility of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
   SECTION 8.10.  Resignation or Removal of Trustee  . . . . . . . . . 114
   SECTION 8.11.  Acceptance by Successor Trustee  . . . . . . . . . . 116
   SECTION 8.12.  Succession by Merger, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
   SECTION 8.13.  Limitation on Rights of Trustee as a Creditor  . . . 117
   SECTION 8.14.  Authenticating Agents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

   ARTICLE NINE.  CONCERNING THE HOLDERS.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
   SECTION 9.01.  Action by Holders  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
   SECTION 9.02.  Proof of Execution by Holders  . . . . . . . . . . . 121
   SECTION 9.03.  Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners . . . . . . . . . . . 121
   SECTION 9.04.  Company-Owned Debt Securities Disregarded  . . . . . 121
   SECTION 9.05.  Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound . . . . 122

   ARTICLE TEN.  HOLDERS' MEETINGS.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
   SECTION 10.01. Purposes of Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
   SECTION 10.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee  . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
   SECTION 10.03. Call of Meetings by Company or Holders . . . . . . . 123
   SECTION 10.04. Qualifications for Voting; Record Dates  . . . . . . 124
   SECTION 10.05. Regulations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
   SECTION 10.06. Voting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
   SECTION 10.07. No Delay of Rights by Meeting  . . . . . . . . . . . 126

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   ARTICLE ELEVEN.  SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
   SECTION 11.01  Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders . 126
   SECTION 11.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders  . . 128
   SECTION 11.03. Effect of Supplemental Indentures  . . . . . . . . . 129
   SECTION 11.04. Notation on Debt Securities  . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
   SECTION 11.05. Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture 
                       to be Furnished Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

   ARTICLE TWELVE.  CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE AND CONVEYANCE.  . . . 129
   SECTION 12.01. Company May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms. . . 129
   SECTION 12.02. Successor Corporation to be Substituted  . . . . . . 130
   SECTION 12.03. Opinion of Counsel to Be Given Trustee . . . . . . . 131

   ARTICLE THIRTEEN.  SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.   . . . 131
   SECTION 13.01. Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance 
                       of Debt Securities of any Series  . . . . . . . 131
   SECTION 13.02. Defeasance of Debt Securities of any Series  . . . . 133
   SECTION 13.03. Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification  . . . . 134
   SECTION 13.04. Return of Unclaimed Moneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

   ARTICLE FOURTEEN.  IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
                       OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
   SECTION 14.01. Indenture and Debt Securities Solely Corporate
   Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

   ARTICLE FIFTEEN.  MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
   SECTION 15.01. Provisions Binding on Successors of the Company  . . 136
   SECTION 15.02. Indenture for Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders of
   Debt Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
   SECTION 15.03. Addresses for Notices, Etc.  . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
   SECTION 15.04. Governing Law  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
   SECTION 15.05. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent . . 137
   SECTION 15.06. Legal Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
   SECTION 15.07. Trust Indenture Act of 1939 to Control . . . . . . . 138
   SECTION 15.08. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.  . . . . . . . . . 138
   SECTION 15.09. Determination of Principal Amount  . . . . . . . . . 138
   SECTION 15.10. Execution in Counterparts; Acceptance of Trusts  . . 139

   Signatures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
   Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

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                            CROSS REFERENCE SHEET

                                   BETWEEN

        Provisions of Sections 310 through 318(a) inclusive of Trust
   Indenture Act of 1939 and the Indenture dated as of ____________, 1998
   between Morton International, Inc. and The First National Bank of
   Chicago, as Trustee.

   SECTION OF ACT                                 SECTION OF INDENTURE
   --------------                                 --------------------
   310(a)(1) and (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . .    8.09
   310(a)(3) and (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . .    *
   310(b)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    8.08 and 8.10

   310(c)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    *
   311(a)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    8.13(a)
   311(b)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    8.13(b)
   311(c)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    *
   312(a)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    6.01 and 6.02(a)

   312(b)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    6.02(b)
   312(c)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    6.02(c)
   313(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (6) and (7) . . .    6.04(a)(1-6)
   313(a)(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    *

   313(b)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    *
   313(b)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    6.04(b)
   313(c)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    6.04(c)
   313(d)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    6.04(d)

   314(a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    6.03(a)
   314(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    6.03(b)
   314(a)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    6.03(c)
   314(b)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    *

   314(c)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    15.05
   314(c)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    15.05
   314(c)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    *
   314(d)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    *

   314(e)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    15.05
   314(f)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    *
   315(a), (c) and (d) . . . . . . . . . . . .    8.01
   315(b)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    7.08

   315(e)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    7.09
   316(a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    7.07
   316(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    *
   316(a) last para                               9.04
   316(b)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    7.10

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   317(a)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    7.02
   317(b)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    5.04
   318(a)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    15.07



   _____________________
   *    Not applicable.

   **   This cross reference sheet shall not, for any purpose, be deemed
        to be part of the Indenture.

   <PAGE>  63

             THIS INDENTURE, dated as of ____________, 1998, is made by
   and between Morton International, Inc., an Indiana corporation (the
   "Company"), and The First National Bank of Chicago, a national banking
   association, as trustee (the "Trustee").

                           RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

             The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery
   of this Indenture to provide for the issue from time to time of its
   unsecured debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness
   to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided, up
   to such principal amount or amounts as may from time to time be
   authorized in or pursuant to one or more resolutions of the Board of
   Directors. 

             All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid
   agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been
   done. 

             NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: 

             For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase or
   acceptance of the Debt Securities by the Holders thereof, it is
   mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate
   benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Debt
   Securities or of any series thereof as follows:

                                ARTICLE ONE.

                                DEFINITIONS.

             SECTION 1.01.  DEFINITIONS.  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 other terms used in this
   Indenture which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or
   which are by reference therein defined in the Securities Act of 1933,
   as amended, shall have (except as herein otherwise expressly provided
   or unless the context otherwise requires) the meanings assigned to
   such terms in said Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and in said Securities
   Act as in force at the date of the execution of this Indenture.  All
   accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
   assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
   principles and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the
   term "generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any
   computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting
   principles as are generally accepted at the date of such computation. 
   All references to such terms herein shall be both to the singular or
   the plural, as the context so requires.

   <PAGE>  64

   Affiliate:
   ---------

             The term "Affiliate", when used with respect to any
   specified Person, means any other Person directly or indirectly
   controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
   control with such specified Person.  For the purposes of this
   definition, "control" when used with respect to any specified Person
   means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person,
   directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
   securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and
   "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

   Appropriate Officers:
   --------------------

             The term "Appropriate Officers" means any Senior Officer
   together with any one of the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary or any
   Assistant Treasurer of the Company.

   Authenticating Agent:
   --------------------

             The term "Authenticating Agent" means the agent of the
   Trustee, if any, which at the time shall be appointed and acting
   pursuant to Section 8.14.

   Board of Directors:
   ------------------

             The term "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors
   of the Company or any authorized committee of such Board designated by
   such Board or the by-laws or articles of incorporation of the Company
   to act for such Board for purposes including transactions contemplated
   by this Indenture. 

   Board Resolution:
   ----------------

             The term "Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution
   certified by any officer 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:
   ------------

             The term "Business Day", when used with respect to any Place
   of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
   which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of
   Payment are authorized or obligated by law to close.

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   Capitalized Rent:
   ----------------

             The term "Capitalized Rent" means the total net amount of
   rent payable for the remaining term as of the date of determination
   thereof under a lease of Principal Property by the Company or any of
   its Restricted Subsidiaries, discounted from the respective due dates
   thereof to such date of determination at the rate of 10% per annum
   compounded annually.  The total net amount of rent payable under any
   such lease for any period shall be the total amount of the rent
   payable by the lessee with respect to such period but shall not
   include amounts required to be paid on account of maintenance and
   repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates, sewer rents and
   similar charges and contingent rents such as those based on sales. 
   The remaining term under any lease shall be calculated without giving
   effect to any unexercised option of the lessee for the renewal or
   extension of any term. 

   Commission:
   ----------

             The term "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange
   Commission, as constituted from time to time, created under the
   Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or if at any time after the execution
   of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the
   duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
   performing such duties at such time.

   Company:
   -------

             The term "Company" means Morton International, Inc., an
   Indiana corporation, and, subject to Article Twelve, shall include its
   successors and assigns.

   Company Request and Company Order:
   ---------------------------------

             The terms "Company Request" and "Company Order" mean,
   respectively, a written request or order signed in the name of the
   Company by the Appropriate Officers and delivered to the Trustee.

   Consolidated Net Tangible Assets:
   --------------------------------

             "Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means the total of all
   the assets appearing on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company
   and its Restricted Subsidiaries, less the following:

                  (1)  current liabilities, including
             liabilities for indebtedness maturing more than 12
             months from the date of the original creation
             thereof but maturing within 12 months from the

   <PAGE>  66

             date of determination but excluding any current
             liabilities constituting Funded Debt by reason of
             being renewable or extendable and current deferred
             income taxes;

                  (2)  reserves for depreciation and other asset
        valuation reserves;

                  (3)  intangible assets, including, but
             without limitation, such items as goodwill,
             trademarks, trade names, patents and unamortized
             debt discount and expense carried as an asset on
             said balance sheet;

                  (4)  appropriate adjustments on account of
             minority interests of other Persons holding stock
             in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; and

                  (5)  the value of assets of or investments in
             Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

             Consolidated Net Tangible Assets shall be determined in
   accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and may be
   determined by the Company as of a date not more than 60 days prior to
   the happening of the event for which such determination is being made.

   Currency Determination Agent:
   ----------------------------

             The term "Currency Determination Agent" means the financial
   institution, if any, from time to time selected by the Company and
   approved by the Trustee to serve as a Currency Determination Agent to
   serve as a Currency Determination Agent for purposes of Section 3.11.

   Debt Security or Debt Securities:
   --------------------------------

             The terms "Debt Security" or "Debt Securities" mean any
   unsecured notes, debentures or other indebtedness of any series, as
   the case may be, issued by the Company from time to time, and
   authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

   Debt Security Register:
   ----------------------

             The term "Debt Security Register" shall have the meaning set
   forth in Section 3.06.

   Depository:
   ----------

             The term "Depository" shall mean, unless otherwise specified
   by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01, with respect to Securities of

   <PAGE>  67

   any series issuable or issued as a Global Debt Security, The
   Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, or any successor thereto
   registered as a clearing agency pursuant to the provisions of Section
   17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other
   applicable statute or regulation. 

   Dollar:
   ------

             The terms "Dollar" mean the coin or currency of the United
   States of America which as of the time of payment is legal tender for
   the payment of public and private debts.

   Event of Default:
   ----------------

             The term "Event of Default" means any event specified in
   Section 7.01, continued for the period of time, if any, and after the
   giving of the notice, if any, therein designated.

   Foreign Currency:
   ----------------

             The term "Foreign Currency" means a currency issued by the
   government of any country other than the United States of America.

   Funded Debt:
   -----------

             The term "Funded Debt" means all indebtedness for money
   borrowed having a maturity of more than twelve months from the date of
   the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
   Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding indebtedness of Unrestricted
   Subsidiaries) or renewable and extendible beyond twelve months at the
   option of the borrower and all obligations in respect of lease rentals
   which under generally accepted accounting principles would be shown on
   a consolidated balance sheet of the Company as a liability item other
   than a current liability; provided, however, that Funded Debt shall
   not include any of the foregoing to the extent that such indebtedness
   or obligations are not required by generally accepted accounting
   principles to be shown on the balance sheet of the Company.

   Global Debt Security:
   --------------------

             The term "Global Debt Security" means a Debt Security issued
   to evidence all or part of a series of Debt Securities. 

   Government Obligations:
   ----------------------

             The term "Government Obligations" means securities which are
   (i) direct obligations of the government which issued the currency in

   <PAGE>  68

   which the Debt Securities of a series are denominated or (ii)
   obligations of a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an
   agency or instrumentality of the government which issued the currency
   in which the Debt Securities of such series are denominated, the
   payment of which obligations is unconditionally guaranteed by such
   government, and which, in either case, are full faith and credit
   obligations of such government, are denominated in the currency in
   which the Debt Securities of such series are denominated and which are
   not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof. 

   Holder:
   ------

             The term "Holder" means any Person in whose name a Debt
   Security of any series is registered in the Debt Security Register
   applicable to Debt Securities of such series.

   Indenture:
   ---------

             The term "Indenture" means this instrument as originally
   executed or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so
   amended or supplemented, pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof.

   Indexed Debt Security:
   ---------------------

             The term "Indexed Debt Security" means a Debt Security the
   terms of which provide that the principal amount thereof payable at
   Stated Maturity may be more or less than the principal face amount
   thereof at original issuance.

   Interest:
   --------

             The term "interest", when used with respect to an Original
   Issue Discount Debt Security which by its terms bears interest only
   after maturity, means interest payable after maturity.

   Interest Payment Date:
   ---------------------

             The term "Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to
   any series of Debt Securities, means the Stated Maturity of an
   installment of interest on such Debt Securities.

   Market Exchange Rate:
   --------------------

             The term "Market Exchange Rate" shall have the meaning set
   forth in Section 3.11.

   <PAGE>  69

   Officers' Certificate:
   ---------------------

             The term "Officers' Certificate", when used with respect to
   the Company, means a certificate signed by the Appropriate Officers
   and delivered to the Trustee.  Each such certificate shall include the
   statements provided for in Section 15.05 to the extent required by the
   provisions of such Section. 

   Opinion of Counsel:
   ------------------

             The term "Opinion of Counsel" shall mean an opinion in
   writing signed by legal counsel who may be an employee of or counsel
   to the Company, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. 
   Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in
   Section 3.04 and Section 15.05 to the extent required by the
   provisions of such Sections. 

   Original Issue Discount Debt Security:
   -------------------------------------

             The term "Original Issue Discount Date Security" means any
   Debt Security which provides for an amount less than the principal
   amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of
   acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.01.

   Outstanding:
   -----------

             The term "Outstanding", when used with respect to Debt
   Securities or Debt Securities of any series, means, as of the date of
   determination, all such Debt Securities theretofore authenticated and
   delivered under this Indenture, except:

                       (i)  such Debt Securities theretofore
                  canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the
                  Trustee for cancellation;

                       (ii) such Debt Securities for whose
                  payment or redemption money in the necessary
                  amount and in the specified currency has been
                  theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any
                  Paying Agent (other than the Company) in
                  trust or set aside and segregated in trust by
                  the Company (if the Company shall act as its 
                  own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such
                  Debt Securities, provided, however, that if
                  such Debt Securities are to be redeemed,
                  notice of such redemption has been duly given
                  pursuant to this Indenture or provision
                  therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been
                  made;

   <PAGE>  70

                  (iii)     such Debt Securities in exchange
                  for or in lieu of which other such Debt
                  Securities have been authenticated and
                  delivered pursuant to this Indenture, or such
                  Debt Securities which have been paid,
                  pursuant to this Indenture, unless proof
                  satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that
                  any such Debt Securities are held by Persons
                  in whose hands any of such Debt Securities
                  are a legal, valid and binding obligation of
                  the Company; and 

                       (iv) such Debt Securities the
                  indebtedness in respect to which has been
                  discharged in accordance with Section 13.02;

   provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the
   requisite principal amount of such Outstanding Debt Securities have
   given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent
   or waiver hereunder, such Debt Securities owned by the Company or such
   other obligor upon such Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the
   Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to
   be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall
   be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
   direction, notice, consent or waiver, only such Debt Securities which
   the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Such Debt
   Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be
   regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction
   of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Debt
   Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other such
   obligor upon such Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or
   such other obligor.  In case of a dispute as to such right, the
   decision of the Trustee upon the advice of counsel shall be full
   protection to the Trustee.  Upon request of the Trustee, the Company
   shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers' Certificate listing
   and identifying all such Debt Securities, if any, known by the Company
   to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above
   described Persons; and, subject to the provisions of Section 8.01, the
   Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers' Certificate as
   conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact
   that all such Debt Securities not listed therein are Outstanding for
   the purpose of any such determination.

   Paying Agent:
   ------------

             The term "Paying Agent" means any Person (including the
   Company acting as Paying Agent) authorized by the Company to pay the
   principal of and premium, if any, and interest on any Debt Security on
   behalf of the Company.

   <PAGE>  71

   Person:
   ------

             The term "Person" means any individual, corporation, firm,
   partnership, joint venture, association, enterprise, joint-stock
   company, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity or
   organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
   thereof.

   Place of Payment:
   ----------------

             The term "Place of Payment", when used with respect to the
   Debt Securities of any series, means the place or places where the
   principal of (premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of
   that series are payable as specified in accordance with Section 3.01. 

   Predecessor Debt Security:
   -------------------------

             The term "Predecessor Debt 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 3.07 in lieu of a mutilated,
   lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security shall be deemed to evidence
   the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debt
   Security.

   Principal Office of the Trustee:
   -------------------------------

             The term "principal office of the Trustee", or other similar
   terms, means the principal office of the Trustee in Chicago, Illinois 
   at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
   administered, which office on the date hereof is located at One First
   National Plaza, Suite 0126, Chicago, Illinois 60670-0126.

   Principal Property:
   ------------------

             The term "Principal Property" means any manufacturing plant,
   warehouse, office building or parcel of real property (including
   fixtures but excluding leases and other contract rights which might
   otherwise be deemed real property) owned by the Company or any
   Restricted Subsidiary, whether owned on the date hereof or thereafter,
   provided each such plant, warehouse, office building or parcel of real
   property has a gross book value (without deduction for any
   depreciation reserves) at the date as of which the determination is
   being made in an amount in excess of two percent of the Consolidated
   Net Tangible Assets, other than (i) any such plant, warehouse, office
   building or parcel of real property or portion thereof which, in the
   opinion of the Board of Directors (evidenced by a Board Resolution),

   <PAGE>  72

   is not of material importance to the business conducted by the Company
   and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (ii) any such
   plant, warehouse, office building or parcel of real property or
   portion thereof designated by the Board of Directors (evidenced by a
   Board Resolution) as being held primarily for development and/or sale.

   Redemption Date:
   ---------------

             The term "Redemption Date", when used with respect to any
   Debt Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption
   by or pursuant to this Indenture.

   Redemption Price:
   ----------------

             The term "Redemption Price", when used with respect to any
   Debt Security to be redeemed, means the price specified in such Debt
   Security at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture. 

   Regular Record Date:
   -------------------

             The term "Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on
   any Debt Security on any Interest Payment Date means the date
   specified in such Debt Security as the "Regular Record Date" as
   contemplated by Section 3.01.

   Responsible Officer:
   -------------------

             The term "Responsible Officer", when used with respect to
   the Trustee, means the chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of
   directors, the chairman or any vice-chairman of the executive
   committee of the board of directors, the chairman of the trust
   committee, the president, any vice president, the secretary, any
   assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the
   cashier, any assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust
   officer, the controller or any assistant controller or any other
   officer 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 his knowledge of
   and familiarity with the particular subject.

   Restricted Subsidiary:
   ---------------------

             The term "Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary other
   than an Unrestricted Subsidiary. 

   <PAGE>  73

   Secured Debt:
   ------------

             The term "Secured Debt" means any Funded Debt which is
   secured by a Security Interest in (a) any Principal Property or (b)
   any shares of capital stock or indebtedness of any Restricted
   Subsidiary which owns a Principal Property.

   Security Interest:
   -----------------

             The term "Security Interest" means any mortgage, pledge,
   lien, encumbrance, conditional sale, title retention agreement or
   other security interest which secures payment or performance of an
   obligation.

   Senior Officer:
   --------------

             The term "Senior Officer" means any one of the Chief
   Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial
   Officer or the Treasurer of the Company.
    
   Special Record Date:
   -------------------

             The term "Special Record Date" for the payment of any
   Defaulted Interest (as defined in Section 3.08) means a date fixed by
   the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.08.

   Stated Maturity:
   ---------------

             The term "Stated Maturity" when used with respect to any
   Debt Security or any instalment of principal thereof or of interest
   thereon, means the date specified in such Debt Security as the fixed
   date on which the principal of such Debt Security, or such instalment
   of interest, is due and payable.

   Subsidiary:
   ----------

             The term "Subsidiary," as to any Person, means (i) any
   corporation more than 50% of the outstanding securities having
   ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be 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, or (ii) any
   partnership, association, joint venture or similar business
   organization more than 51% of  the ownership interests having ordinary
   voting power of which shall at the time be so owned.  Unless otherwise
   expressly provided, all references herein to a "Subsidiary" shall mean
   a Subsidiary of the Company.

   <PAGE>  74

   Trustee:
   -------

             The term "Trustee" means The First National Bank of Chicago
   and, subject to the provisions of Article Eight hereof, shall also
   include its successors and assigns as Trustee hereunder.

   Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
   ---------------------------

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

   Unrestricted Subsidiary:
   -----------------------

             The term "Unrestricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that
   at the time of determination has been designated in a Board Resolution
   (or a Company Order pursuant to a Board Resolution) as an
   "Unrestricted Subsidiary" for purposes of this Indenture so long as
   such designation has not been revoked in a subsequent Board Resolution
   (or a subsequent Company Order pursuant to a Board Resolution) and any
   Subsidiary of such a designated Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided,
   however, that (1) the Company may not revoke the designation of an
   Unrestricted Subsidiary as such (and thereby convert such Subsidiary
   to a Restricted Subsidiary) if the Company would thereby breach any
   covenant contained herein on the assumption that any Secured Debt of
   such Subsidiary was incurred immediately after the time of such
   revocation and that any Sale and Leaseback Transaction to which such
   Subsidiary is then a party was entered into immediately after the time
   of such revocation, and (2) until the Trustee receives from the
   Company a Board Resolution (or a Company Order pursuant to a Board
   Resolution) designating one or more Subsidiaries as an Unrestricted
   Subsidiary, there shall be no Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

                                ARTICLE TWO.

                            DEBT SECURITY FORMS.

             SECTION 2.01.  FORMS GENERALLY.  The Debt Securities of each
   series and the certificates of authentication thereon shall have such
   appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations
   as are required or permitted by this Indenture (the provisions of
   which shall be appropriate to reflect the terms of each series of Debt
   Securities, including the currency or denomination, which may be
   Dollars or a Foreign Currency), and may have such letters, numbers or
   other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed
   thereon, as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities
   exchange, or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the

   <PAGE>  75

   officers executing such Debt Securities, as evidenced by their signing
   of such Debt Securities.  Any portion of the text of any Debt Security
   may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference
   thereto on the face of the Debt Security.

             SECTION 2.02.  FORMS OF DEBT SECURITIES.  The Debt
   Securities of each series shall be in such form or forms (including
   global form) as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board
   Resolution.  The definitive Debt Securities and coupons, if any, shall
   be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of
   these methods on a steel engraved border or steel engraved borders or
   may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers
   of the Company executing such Debt Securities or coupons, as evidenced
   by their execution thereof. 

             SECTION 2.03.  FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF
   AUTHENTICATION.  The following is the form of the Certificate of
   Authentication of the Trustee to be endorsed on the face of all Debt
   Securities substantially as follows:

                  This is one of the Debt Securities of the series
             designated herein issued under the within-mentioned
             Indenture.

                                 The First National Bank of Chicago,
                                 as Trustee



                                 By:_____________________________________
                                      Authorized Officer

             SECTION 2.04.  DEBT SECURITIES IN GLOBAL FORM.  (a) If the
   Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.01 that the Debt
   Securities of a particular series are to be issued in whole or in part
   in the form of one or more Global Debt Securities, then the Company
   shall execute and the Trustee or its agent shall, in accordance with
   Section 3.04 and the Company Order delivered to the Trustee or its
   agent thereunder, authenticate and deliver such Global Debt Security
   or Global Debt Securities, which (i) shall represent, and shall be
   denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of
   the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series to be represented by
   such Global Debt Security or Global Debt Securities, or such portion
   thereof as the Company shall specify in a Company Order, (ii) shall be
   registered in the name of the Depository for such Global Debt Security
   or Global Debt Securities or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by
   the Trustee or its agent to the Depository or pursuant to the
   Depository's instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to
   the following effect (or such other form that is acceptable to the
   applicable Depository and the Trustee):  "Unless this certificate is
   presented by an authorized representative of the Depository to the
   Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or
   payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of the

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   nominee of the Depository or in such other name as is requested by an
   authorized representative of the Depository (and any payment is made
   to the nominee of the Depository or to such other entity as is
   requested by an authorized representative of the Depository), ANY
   TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
   ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, the
   nominee of the Depository, has an interest herein."

             (b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section
   2.04 or of Section 3.06, and subject to the provisions of paragraph
   (c) below, unless the terms of a Global Debt Security expressly permit
   such Global Debt Security to be exchanged in whole or in part for
   individual certificates representing Debt Securities, a Global Debt
   Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the
   manner provided in Section 3.06, only to a nominee of the Depository
   for such Global Debt Security, or to the Depository, or a successor
   Depository for such Global Debt Security selected or approved by the
   Company, or to a nominee of such successor Depository.

             (c)  (1)  If at any time the Depository for a Global Debt
   Security notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to
   continue as Depository for such Global Debt Security or if at any time
   the Depository for the Global Debt Securities for such series shall no
   longer be eligible or in good standing under the Securities Exchange
   Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation,
   the Company shall appoint a successor Depository with respect to such
   Global Debt Security.  If a successor Depository for such Global Debt
   Security is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the
   Company receives notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the
   Company will execute, and the Trustee or its agent, upon receipt of a
   Company Request for the authentication and delivery of certificates
   representing Debt Securities of such series in exchange for such
   Global Debt Security, will authenticate and deliver, certificates
   representing Debt Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in
   an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the
   Global Debt Security in exchange for such Global Debt Security.

                  (2)  The Company may at any time and in its sole
   discretion determine that the Debt Securities of any series or portion
   thereof issued or issuable in the form of one or more Global Debt
   Securities shall no longer be represented by such Global Debt Security
   or Global Debt Securities. In such event the Company will execute, and
   the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Request for the authentication
   and delivery of certificates representing Debt Securities of such
   series in exchange in whole or in part for such Global Debt Security,
   will authenticate and deliver certificates representing Debt
   Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in definitive form
   in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such
   Global Debt Security or Global Debt Securities representing such
   series or portion thereof in exchange for such Global Debt Security or
   Global Debt Securities.

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                  (3)  If specified by the Company pursuant to Section
   3.01 with respect to Debt Securities issued or issuable in the form of
   a Global Debt Security, the Depository for such Global Debt Security
   may surrender such Global Debt Security in exchange in whole or in
   part for certificates representing Debt Securities of such series of
   like tenor and terms in definitive form on such terms as are
   acceptable to the Company and such Depository.  Thereupon the Company
   shall execute, and the Trustee or its agent shall authenticate and
   deliver, without a service charge, (1) to each Holder specified by the
   Depository a certificate or certificates representing Debt Securities
   of the same series of like tenor and terms and of any authorized
   denomination as requested by such Person in an aggregate principal
   amount equal to and in exchange for such Holder's beneficial interest
   as specified by the Depository in the Global Debt Security; and (2) to
   such Depository a new Global Debt Security of like tenor and terms and
   in an authorized denomination equal to the difference, if any, between
   the principal amount of the surrendered Global Debt Security and the
   aggregate principal amount of certificates representing Debt
   Securities delivered to Holders thereof.

                  (4)  In any exchange provided for in any of the
   preceding three paragraphs, the Company will execute and the Trustee
   or its agent will authenticate and deliver certificates representing
   Debt Securities in definitive registered form in authorized
   denominations for Debt Securities of the same series or any integral
   multiple thereof.  Upon the exchange of the entire principal amount of
   a Global Debt Security for certificates representing Debt Securities,
   such Global Debt Security shall be canceled by the Trustee or its
   agent.  Except as provided in the preceding paragraph, certificates
   representing Debt Securities issued in exchange for a Global Debt
   Security pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names
   and in such authorized denominations for Debt Securities of that
   Series or any integral multiple thereof, as the Depository shall
   instruct the Trustee or its agent.  The Trustee shall deliver at the
   Principal Office of the Trustee such certificates representing Debt
   Securities to the Holders in whose names such Debt Securities are so
   registered. 

                  (5)  With respect to any Global Debt Security, nothing
   herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the
   Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any request, demand,
   authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
   provided in this Indenture to be given or taken by a Depository or
   impair, as between the Depository and holders of beneficial interests,
   the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the
   rights of the Depository (or its nominee) as Holder of any Debt
   Security.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence,
   a Depository that is a Holder of a Global Debt Security, may make,
   give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any
   request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
   other action provided in  or pursuant to this Indenture, and a
   Depository that is a Holder of a Global Security may give its proxy or
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   interests in any such Global Debt Security, as the case may be,
   through such Depository's standing instructions and customary
   practices.  The Trustee shall fix a record date for the purpose of
   determining the Persons who are beneficial owners of interests in any
   Global Debt Security held by a Depository and who are entitled under
   the procedures of such Depository to make, give or take, by a proxy or
   proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization,
   direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in or
   pursuant to this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders.  If
   such a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their
   duly appointed proxy or proxies, and only such Persons, shall be
   entitled to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization,
   direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, whether or not
   such Holders remain Holders after such record date.  No such request,
   demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
   action shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than
   90 days after such record date.  None of the Company, the Trustee, any
   Paying Agent or any agent of the foregoing will have any
   responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to
   or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a
   Debt Security in global form or for maintaining, supervising or
   reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

                               ARTICLE THREE.

                            THE DEBT SECURITIES.

             SECTION 3.01.  AMOUNT UNLIMITED; TITLE AND TERMS.  The
   aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities which may be
   authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.  The
   Debt Securities may be issued up to the aggregate principal amount of
   Debt Securities from time to time authorized by or pursuant to a Board
   Resolution.

             The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series. 
   All Debt Securities of each series issued under this Indenture shall
   in all respects be equally and ratably entitled to the benefits hereof
   with respect to such series without preference, priority or
   distinction on account of the actual time or times of the
   authentication and delivery or maturity of the Debt Securities of such
   series.  There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board
   Resolution, and set forth in (or determined in the manner provided in)
   an Officers' Certificate to the extent not established in a Board
   Resolution, or established in one or more indentures supplemental
   hereto, prior to the issuance of Debt Securities of any series:

                  (a)  the title of the Debt Securities of the
             series (which shall distinguish the Debt Securities of
             the series from all other series of Debt Securities);

                  (b)  any limit upon the aggregate principal amount
             of the Debt Securities of the series which may  be
             authenticated and delivered under this Indenture

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             (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered
             upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for,
             or in lieu of, other Debt Securities of  that series
             pursuant to this Article Three, the second paragraph of
             Section 4.03, or Section 11.04); 

                  (c)  the date or dates (or the manner of calcula-
             tion thereof) on which the principal of the Debt
             Securities of the series is payable; 
    
                  (d)  the rate or rates (or the manner of
             calculation thereof) at which the Debt Securities of 
             the series shall bear interest, if any, the date or
             dates from which such interest shall accrue, the 
             Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be
             payable and the Regular Record Date for the interest
             payable on any Interest Payment Date; 

                  (e)  the Place of Payment;

                  (f)  the period or periods within which, the price
             or prices at which, the currency or currency units in
             which, and the terms and conditions upon which Debt
             Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or
             in part, at the option of the Company; 

                  (g)  the obligation, if any, of the Company to
             redeem or purchase Debt Securities of the series
             pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or
             at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or
             periods within which, the price or prices in the
             currency at which, the currency or currency units in
             which, and the terms and conditions upon which Debt
             Securities of the series shall be redeemed or
             purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
             obligation;

                  (h)  the denominations in which the Debt
             Securities of such series shall be issuable if other
             than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
             thereof;

                  (i)  if other than Dollars, the currencies in
             which payments of interest or principal of (and
             premium, if any, with respect to) the Debt Securities
             of the series are to be made;

                  (j)  if the interest on or principal of (or
             premium, if any, with respect to) the Debt Securities
             of the series are to be payable, at the election of the
             Company or a Holder thereof or otherwise, in a currency
             other than that in which such Debt Securities are
             payable, the period or periods within which, and the

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             other terms and conditions upon which, such election
             may be made, and the time and manner of determining the
             exchange rate between the currency in such Debt
             Securities are denominated or stated to be able and the
             currency in which such Debt  Securities or any of them
             are to be so payable; 

                  (k)  whether the amount of payments of interest on
             or principal of (or premium, if any, with respect to)
             the Debt Securities of such series may be determined
             with reference to an index, formula or other method
             (which index, formula or other method may be based,
             without limitation, on one or more currencies,
             commodities, equity indices or other indices), and, if
             so, the terms and conditions upon which and the manner
             in which such amounts shall be determined and paid or
             payable;

                  (l)  the extent to which any Debt Securities will
             be issuable in permanent global form or any other form,
             the manner in which any payments on a permanent global
             Debt Security will be made, and the appointment of any
             Depository relating thereto;

                  (m)  any deletions from, modifications of or
             additions to the Events of Default or covenants with
             respect to the Debt Securities of such series, whether
             or not such Events of Default or covenants are
             consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set
             forth herein;

                  (n)  if any of the Debt Securities of such series
             are to be issuable upon the exercise of warrants, this
             shall be so established as well as the time, manner and
             place for such Debt Securities to be authenticated and
             delivered; and

                  (o)  any other terms of the series (which terms
             shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this
             Indenture).

             All Debt Securities of any one series shall be substantially
   identical except as to denomination, currency of payment due
   thereunder, the rate of interest (if any) payable thereon, and Stated
   Maturities and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to
   such Board Resolution and set forth in such Officers' Certificate or
   in any such indenture supplemental hereto.  Not all Debt Securities of
   any one series need to be issued at the same time.

             SECTION 3.02.  DENOMINATIONS; REGISTERED FORM.  The Debt
   Securities of each series shall be issuable in such denominations and
   such form as shall be specified as contemplated in Section 3.01.  In
   the absence of any specification with respect to the Debt Securities

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   of any series, the Debt Securities of such series shall be issuable in
   registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any
   integral multiple thereof, which may be in Dollars or any Foreign
   Currency.

             SECTION 3.03.  PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST.  The
   principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Debt Securities
   shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company designated for
   that purpose in the Place of Payment, as provided in Section 5.02;
   provided, however, that interest may be payable, at the option of the
   Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto
   as such address shall appear on the Debt Security Register on the
   Regular Record Date for such interest payment.  In addition, payment
   of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on Debt Securities
   may, at the option of the Company, be made by wire transfer of
   immediately available funds provided that the applicable Paying Agent
   has received from the Holder to whom such payment is due wire transfer
   instructions deemed by such Paying Agent to be complete and
   appropriate in sufficient time to make such payment by wire transfer. 

             SECTION 3.04.  EXECUTION OF DEBT SECURITIES.  The Debt
   Securities shall be executed manually or by facsimile in the name and
   on behalf of the Company by the Appropriate Officers under its
   corporate seal (which may be printed, engraved or otherwise reproduced
   thereon, by facsimile or otherwise).

             In case any officer of the Company who shall have executed
   any of the Debt Securities shall cease to be such officer before the
   Debt Securities so executed shall have been authenticated and
   delivered by the Trustee, or disposed of by the Company, such Debt
   Securities nevertheless shall be valid and binding and may be
   authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the Person who
   executed such Debt Securities had not ceased to be such officer of the
   Company; and any Debt Securities may be executed 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 such Debt Security or of the execution of this
   Indenture any such Person was not such an officer.

             At any time and from time to time after the execution and
   delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Debt Securities of
   any series, properly created in accordance with Section 3.01 and
   executed by the Company, to the Trustee for authentication; and the
   Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities upon
   Company Order.  In the event that any other Person performs the
   Trustee's duties as Authenticating Agent pursuant to a duly executed
   agreement, the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the
   issuance of any Debt Securities hereunder to be authenticated by such
   other Person, such notice to be delivered in accordance with the
   provisions of Section 15.03 on the date such Debt Securities are
   delivered by the Company for authentication to such other Person.

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             Prior to any such authentication and delivery of any Debt
   Security, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully
   protected in relying upon:

                  (a)  The Board Resolution by or pursuant to which
             the form of such Debt Security has been established as
             contemplated by Sections 2.02 and Section 3.01,
             respectively;

                  (b)  An Officers' Certificate delivered to the
             Trustee stating that all conditions precedent provided
             for in this Indenture relating to the authentication
             and delivery of such Debt Security in such form have
             been complied with; and

                  (c)  An Opinion of Counsel stating that: (1) the
             form and terms of such Debt Security have been
             established in conformity with the provisions of this
             Indenture; (2) such Debt Security, together with any
             coupons appertaining thereto, when (i) completed by
             appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by
             the Company to the Trustee for authentication in
             accordance with this Indenture, (ii) authenticated and
             delivered by such Trustee in accordance with this
             Indenture within the authorization as to aggregate
             principal amount established from time to time by the
             Board of Directors, and (iii) sold in the manner
             specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will be the
             legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company,
             subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization,
             insolvency and other similar laws generally affecting
             creditors' rights, to general equitable principles and
             to such other qualifications as the counsel rendering
             such Opinion of Counsel shall conclude are customary or
             do not materially affect the rights of Holders of such
             Debt Securities; and (3) such other matters (if any) as
             the Trustee may reasonably request.

             Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 and of the
   preceding paragraph, if not all the Debt Securities of any series are
   to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the
   Officers' Certificate otherwise contemplated pursuant to Section 3.01
   or the Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel
   otherwise required pursuant to the preceding paragraph prior to or at
   the time of issuance of each Debt Security, but such documents shall
   be delivered prior to or at the time of issuance of the first Debt
   Security of such series.  After any such first delivery, any separate
   request by the Company that the Trustee authenticate Debt Securities
   of such series for original issue will be deemed to be a certification
   by the Company that all conditions precedent provided for in this
   Indenture relating to authentication and delivery of such Debt
   Securities continue to have been complied with.

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             The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Debt
   Securities if the issue thereof will adversely affect the Trustee's
   own rights, duties or immunities under the Debt Securities and this
   Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable
   to the Trustee or such action would expose the Trustee to personal
   liability to existing Holders. 

             Unless otherwise provided in the form of Debt Security for
   any series, all Debt Securities shall be dated the date of their
   authentication.

             No Debt Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this
   Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there
   appears on such Debt Security a certificate of authentication
   substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee
   by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Debt Security shall
   be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Debt Security
   has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the
   Holder thereof is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture with
   respect thereto.

             SECTION 3.05.  TEMPORARY DEBT SECURITIES.  Pending the
   preparation of definitive Debt Securities of any series, the Company
   may execute, and upon receipt of the documents required by Sections
   3.01 and 3.04, together with a Company Order, the Trustee shall
   authenticate and deliver, such temporary Debt Securities which may be
   printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise
   produced, in any authorized denominations, substantially of the tenor
   of such definitive Debt Securities in lieu of which they are issued
   and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
   other variations as the officers executing such temporary Debt
   Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such
   temporary Debt Securities.

             If temporary Debt Securities of any series are issued, the
   Company will cause definitive Debt Securities of such series to be
   prepared without unreasonable delay.  After the preparation of
   definitive Debt Securities of any series, the temporary Debt
   Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Debt
   Securities of such series, upon surrender of the temporary Debt
   Securities of such series at any office or agency maintained by the
   Company for such purposes as provided in Section 5.02, without charge
   to the Holder.  Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
   temporary Debt Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and
   the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefore a
   like principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of such series
   having the same interest rate and Stated Maturity and bearing interest
   from the same date of any authorized denominations.  Until so
   exchanged the temporary Debt Securities of such series shall in all
   respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
   definitive Debt Securities of such series.

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             SECTION 3.06.  EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF DEBT
   SECURITIES.  Debt Securities may be exchanged for a like aggregate
   principal amount of Debt Securities of such series that are of other
   authorized denominations.  Debt Securities to be exchanged shall be
   surrendered at any office or agency to be maintained for such purpose
   by the Company, as provided in Section 5.02, and the Company shall
   execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
   therefor the Debt Security or Debt Securities of authorized
   denominations which the Holder making the exchange shall be entitled
   to receive.  Each agent of the Company appointed pursuant to Section
   5.02 as a person authorized to register and register transfer of Debt
   Securities is sometimes herein referred to as a "Debt Security
   registrar."

             The Company shall keep, at each such office or agency of the
   Company maintained for such purpose, as provided in Section 5.02, a
   register for each series of Debt Securities hereunder (the registers
   of all Debt Security registrars being herein sometimes collectively
   referred to as the "Debt Security Register") in which, subject to such
   reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide
   for the registration of Debt Securities and shall register the
   transfer of Debt Securities as in this Article Three provided.  At all
   reasonable times, such Debt Security Register shall be open for
   inspection by the Trustee and any Debt Security registrar other than
   the Trustee.  Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of any
   Debt Security at any such office or agency, the Company shall execute
   and register and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the
   name of the transferee or transferees a new Debt Security or Debt
   Securities of authorized denominations for an equal aggregate
   principal amount.  Registration or registration of transfer of any
   Debt Security by any Debt Security registrar in the registry books
   maintained by such Debt Security registrar, and delivery of such Debt
   Security, duly authenticated, shall be deemed to complete the
   registration or registration of transfer of such Debt Security. 

             The Company will at all times designate one Person (who may
   be the Company and who need not be a Debt Security registrar) to act
   as repository of a master list of names and addresses of Holders of
   the Debt Securities.  The Trustee shall act as such repository unless
   and until some other Person is, by written notice from the Company to
   the Trustee and each Debt Security registrar, designated by the
   Company to act as such.  The Company shall cause each Debt Security
   registrar to furnish to such repository, on a current basis, such
   information as such repository may reasonably request as to
   registrations, transfers, exchanges and other transactions effected by
   such registrar, as may be necessary or advisable to enable such
   repository to maintain such master list on as current a basis as is
   reasonably practicable. 

             No Person shall at any time be appointed as or act as a Debt
   Security registrar unless such Person is at such time empowered under
   applicable law to act as such and duly registered to act as such under
   and to the extent required by applicable law and regulations.

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             All Debt Securities presented to a Debt Security registrar
   for registration of transfer shall be duly endorsed by, or be
   accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form
   satisfactory to the Company and such Debt Security registrar duly
   executed by the registered Holder or his attorney duly authorized in
   writing. 

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

             The Company shall not be required to issue, exchange or
   register a transfer of (a) any Debt Securities of any series for a
   period of 15 days next preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption
   of Debt Securities of such series and ending at the close of business
   on the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Debt Securities
   of such series so selected for redemption, or (b) any Debt Securities
   selected, called or being called for redemption except, in the case of
   any Debt Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not so
   to be redeemed.

             All Debt Securities issued in exchange for or upon
   registration of transfer of Debt Securities shall be valid obligations
   of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same
   benefits under this Indenture, as the Debt Securities surrendered for
   such exchange or registration of transfer.

             None of the Trustee, any agent of the Trustee, any Paying
   Agent or the Company will have any responsibility or liability for any
   aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of
   beneficial ownership interests of a Global Debt Security or for
   maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such
   beneficial ownership interests. 

             SECTION 3.07.  MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN DEBT
   SECURITIES.  In case any temporary or definitive Debt Security shall
   become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company in its
   discretion may execute, and upon its request the Trustee shall
   authenticate and deliver, a new Debt Security, bearing a number,
   letter or other distinguishing mark 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 to 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 shall
   also furnish to the Company and to the Trustee evidence to their
   satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft, of such Debt Security
   and of the ownership thereof. 

             In the absence of notice to the Trustee or the Company that
   such Debt Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the

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   Trustee shall authenticate any such substituted Debt Security and
   deliver the same upon any Company Request.  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 shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the
   Company may, instead of issuing a substituted 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 to 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 Debt Security and of the ownership thereof.

             Every substituted Debt Security issued pursuant to the
   provisions of this Section 3.07 by virtue of the fact that any 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 the foregoing provisions are exclusive with
   respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or
   stolen Debt Securities and shall preclude (to the extent permitted by
   law) any and all other rights or remedies with respect to the
   replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities
   without their surrender. 

             SECTION 3.08.  PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS
   PRESERVED.  Interest which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
   provided for, on any Interest Payment Date, on any Debt Security,
   shall unless otherwise provided in such Debt Security be paid to the
   Person in whose name the Debt Security (or one or more Predecessor
   Debt Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
   Record Date for such interest. 

             Unless otherwise stated in the form of Debt Security of a
   series, interest on the Debt Securities of any series shall be
   computed on the basis of a 360 day year comprised of twelve 30 day
   months. 

             Any interest on any Debt Security which 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 may
   be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in
   Clause (1) or (2) below: 

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                  (1)  The Company may elect to make payment of any
             Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names any
             such Debt Securities (or their respective Predecessor
             Debt 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 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 be not more than 15 days and not
             less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed
             payment and not less than 10 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 Holder of such Debt Securities, at his
             address as it appears in the Debt Security Register,
             not less than 10 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
             Securities (or their respective Predecessor Debt
             Securities) are registered on such Special Record Date
             and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
             following Clause (2).

                  (2)  The Company may make payment of any Defaulted
             Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
             with the requirements of any securities exchange on
             which the Debt Securities of that series may be listed,
             and upon such notice as may be required by such
             exchange, if , after notice given by the Company to the
             Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this
             Clause, such payment shall be deemed practicable by the
             Trustee.

             Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each
   Debt Security delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in
   exchange for or in lieu of any other Debt Security shall carry the

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   rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were
   carried by such other Debt Security.

             SECTION 3.09.  PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.  The Company, the
   Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the
   Person in whose name any Debt Security is registered as the owner of
   such Debt Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal
   of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 3.08) interest on, such
   Debt Security and for all other purposes whatsoever whether or not
   such Debt Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee,
   nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by
   notice to the contrary.  Without limiting the foregoing, no holder of
   any beneficial interest in any Global Debt Security held on its behalf
   by a Depository (or its nominee) shall have any rights under this
   Indenture with respect of such Global Debt Security or any Debt
   Security represented thereby, and such Depository may be treated by
   the Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
   as the owner of such Global Debt Security or any Debt Security
   represented thereby for all purposes whatsoever.

             SECTION 3.10.  CANCELLATION OF DEBT SECURITIES PAID, ETC. 
   All Debt Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment,
   redemption, exchange or registration of transfer or delivered in
   satisfaction in whole or in part of any sinking fund obligation shall,
   if surrendered to the Company or any agent of the Trustee or the
   Company under this Indenture, be delivered to the Trustee and promptly
   canceled by it, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly
   cancelled by it, and no Debt Securities shall be issued in lieu
   thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this
   Indenture.  The Trustee shall dispose of cancelled Debt Securities in
   accordance with a Company Order.

             SECTION 3.11.  DEBT SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES.  With
   respect to Debt Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency, the
   following provisions shall apply unless otherwise set forth in such
   Debt Securities or in the supplemental indenture (if any) pursuant to
   which such Debt Securities were established pursuant to Section 3.01: 

             (a)  If the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
   on any Debt Securities is payable in a Foreign Currency and such
   Foreign Currency is not available for payment due to the imposition of
   exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the
   Company, then the Company shall be entitled to satisfy its obligations
   under this Indenture to Holders of such Debt Securities by making such
   payment in Dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate for such
   Foreign Currency on the latest date for which such Market Exchange
   Rate may be established by the Currency Determination Agent on or
   before the date on which the applicable payment is due.  Any payment
   made pursuant to this Section 3.11 in Dollars where the required
   payment is in a Foreign Currency shall not constitute a default under
   this Indenture. 

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             (b)  The "Market Exchange Rate" shall be determined by the
   Currency Determination Agent and shall mean, for any currency, the
   exchange rate pursuant to which such currency shall be converted into
   Dollars for purposes of this Section 3.11, as reasonably determined by
   the Currency Determination Agent. 

             (c)  The Company, the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall be
   fully justified and protected in relying on and acting upon the
   information received by it from the Currency Determination Agent and
   shall not otherwise have any duty or obligation to determine such
   information independently.

                                ARTICLE FOUR.

                REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES; SINKING FUNDS.

             SECTION 4.01.  APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.  The Company may
   reserve the right to redeem and pay before Stated Maturity all or any
   part of the Debt Securities of any series, either by optional
   redemption, sinking fund (mandatory or optional) or otherwise, by
   provision therefor in the form of Debt Security for such series on
   such terms as are specified in such form or the Board Resolution or
   Officers' Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.01 or the
   indenture supplemental hereto as provided in Section 3.01 with respect
   to Debt Securities of such series.  Redemption of Debt Securities of
   any series shall be made in accordance with the terms of such Debt
   Securities and, to the extent that this Article does not conflict with
   such terms, in accordance with this Article.

             SECTION 4.02.  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 a series of Debt
   Securities pursuant to Section 4.01, the Company shall fix a date for
   redemption and the Company, or, at the Company's request, the Trustee
   in the name of and at the expense of the  Company, 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 Securities 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.

             Notice of redemption shall be given in the name of the
   Company and shall specify the date fixed for redemption, the
   redemption price at which Debt Securities of any series are to be
   redeemed, the place of payment (which shall be at the offices or
   agencies to be maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 5.02),
   that payment of the redemption price will be made upon presentation

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   and surrender of such Debt Securities, that interest accrued to the
   date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice,
   that on and after said date interest thereon or on the portions
   thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue, and the Section of this
   Indenture pursuant to which Debt Securities will be redeemed.  In case
   less than all Debt Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the
   notice of redemption shall also identify the particular Debt
   Securities to be redeemed as a whole or in part and shall state that
   the redemption is for the sinking fund, if such is the case.  In case
   any Debt Security is 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 of such series in aggregate principal amount equal
   to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued without charge to the
   Holder. 

             If less than all the Debt Securities of any series are to be
   redeemed, the Company shall give the Trustee notice, at least 45 days
   (or such shorter period acceptable to the Trustee) in advance of the
   date fixed for redemption, as to the aggregate principal amount of
   Debt Securities to be redeemed.  Debt Securities may be redeemed in
   part in multiples equal to the minimum authorized denomination for
   Debt Securities of such series or any multiple thereof.  Thereupon the
   Trustee shall select, in such manner as in its sole discretion it
   shall deem appropriate and fair, the Debt Securities or portions
   thereof to be redeemed, and shall as promptly as practicable notify
   the Company of the Debt Securities or portions thereof so selected. 
   For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
   requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Debt Securities
   of any series shall relate, in the case of any Debt Security redeemed
   or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount
   of such Debt Security which has been or is to be redeemed.

             On or prior to the date fixed for redemption specified in
   the notice of redemption given as provided in this Section 4.02, the
   Company will deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent an
   amount of money in the currency in which the Debt Securities of such
   series are payable sufficient to redeem on the date fixed for
   redemption all the Debt Securities so called for redemption at the
   appropriate redemption price, together with accrued interest to the
   date fixed for redemption.

             The Trustee shall not mail any notice of redemption of any
   series of Debt Securities during the continuation of any default in
   payment of interest on any series of Debt Securities when due or of
   any Event of Default, except that where notice of redemption with
   respect to any series of Debt Securities shall have been mailed prior
   to the occurrence of such default or Event of Default, the Trustee
   shall redeem such Debt Securities provided funds are deposited with it
   for such purpose.

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             SECTION 4.03.  PAYMENT OF DEBT SECURITIES CALLED FOR
   REDEMPTION.  If notice of redemption has been given as herein
   provided, the Debt Securities or portions of Debt Securities with
   respect to which such notice has been given shall become due and
   payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the
   applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued to the
   date fixed for redemption, and on and after said date (unless the
   Company shall default in the payment of such Debt Securities or
   portions thereof 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, and
   such Debt Securities and portions of Debt Securities shall be deemed
   not to be Outstanding hereunder and shall not be entitled to any
   benefit under this Indenture except to receive payment of the
   redemption price, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for
   redemption.  On presentation and surrender of such Debt Securities at
   the place of payment in said notice specified, the said 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 date fixed for redemption;
   provided, however, that any installments of interest becoming due on
   the date fixed for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of such
   Debt Securities, or one or more previous Debt Securities evidencing
   all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular
   Debt Securities, registered as such on the relevant record dates
   according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.08.

             Upon presentation and surrender of any Debt Security
   redeemed in part only, with, if the Company or the Trustee so
   required, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in
   form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the
   Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, the Company
   shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
   Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Debt Security or
   Debt Securities of the same series having the same interest rate and
   Stated Maturity and bearing interest from the same date, of any
   authorized denominations as requested by such Holder, in aggregate
   principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Debt Security
   so presented and surrendered.

             SECTION 4.04.  EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN SECURITIES FROM
   ELIGIBILITY FOR SELECTION FOR REDEMPTION.  Debt Securities shall be
   excluded from eligibility for selection for redemption if they are
   identified by registration and certificate number in a written
   statement signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company and delivered
   to the Trustee at least 45 days prior to the last date on which notice
   of redemption may be given as being owned of record and beneficially
   by, and not pledged or hypothecated by, either (a) the Company or (b)
   an entity specifically identified in such written statement directly
   or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
   common control with the Company.

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             SECTION 4.05.  PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO ANY SINKING FUNDS. 
   Unless the form or terms of any series of Debt Securities shall
   provide otherwise, in lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory
   sinking fund payment with respect to such series of Debt Securities in
   cash, the Company may at its option (1) deliver to the Trustee for
   cancellation any Debt Securities of such series theretofore acquired
   by the Company, or (2) receive credit for any Debt Securities of such
   series (not previously so credited) acquired by the Company and
   theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, then Debt
   Securities so delivered or credited shall be credited at the
   applicable sinking fund Redemption Price with respect to the Debt
   Securities of such series. 

             On or before the 45th day next preceding each sinking fund
   Redemption Date, the Company will deliver to the Trustee a certificate
   signed by a Senior Officer specifying (i) the portion of the mandatory
   sinking fund payment to be satisfied by deposit of cash in the
   currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are payable, by
   delivery of Debt Securities theretofore purchased or otherwise
   acquired by the Company (which Debt Securities shall accompany such
   certificate) and by credit for Debt Securities acquired by the Company
   and theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation redeemed by
   the Company and stating that the credit to be applied has not
   theretofore been so applied or applied in lieu of retiring Funded Debt
   pursuant to Section 5.06 and (ii) whether the Company intends to
   exercise its right, if any, to make an optional sinking fund payment,
   and, if so, the amount thereof.  Such certificate shall also state
   that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.  Such
   certificate shall be irrevocable and upon its delivery the Company
   shall be obligated to make the payment or payments therein referred
   to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment
   date.  In case of the failure of the Company on or before the 45th day
   next preceding each sinking fund Redemption Date to deliver such
   certificate (or to deliver the Debt Securities specified in this
   paragraph), the sinking fund payment due on the next succeeding
   sinking fund payment date shall be paid entirely in cash (in the
   currency described above) and shall be sufficient to redeem the
   principal amount of Debt Securities as a mandatory sinking fund
   payment, without the option to deliver or credit Debt Securities as
   provided in the first paragraph of this Section 4.04 and without the
   right to make an optional sinking fund payment as provided herein.

             If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or
   optional) with respect to any series of Debt Securities made in cash
   (in the currency described above) shall exceed the minimum authorized
   denomination set forth in an Officers' Certificate pursuant to Section
   3.01 or the equivalent in the currency in which the Debt Securities of
   such series are payable (or a lesser sum if the Company shall so
   request), unless otherwise provided by the terms of such series of
   Debt Securities, said cash shall be applied by the Trustee on the
   sinking fund Redemption Date with respect to Debt Securities of such
   series at the applicable sinking fund Redemption Price with respect to
   Debt Securities of such series, together with accrued interest, if

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   any, to the date fixed for redemption, with the effect provided in
   Section 4.03.  The Trustee shall select, in the manner provided in
   Section 4.02, for redemption on such sinking fund Redemption Date a
   sufficient principal amount of Debt Securities of such series to
   utilize said cash and shall thereupon cause notice of redemption of
   the Debt Securities of such series for the sinking fund to be given in
   the manner provided in Section 4.02 (and with the effect provided in
   Section 4.03) for the redemption of Debt Securities in part at the
   option of the Company.  Debt Securities of any series which are
   identified by registration and certificate number in an Officer's
   Certificate at least 45 days prior to the sinking fund Redemption Date
   as being beneficially owned by, and not pledged or hypothecated by,
   the Company or an entity directly or indirectly controlling or
   controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the
   Company shall be excluded from Debt Securities of such series eligible
   for selection for redemption.  Any sinking fund moneys not so applied
   or allocated by the Trustee to the redemption of Debt Securities of
   such series shall be added to the next cash sinking fund payment with
   respect to Debt Securities of such series received by the Trustee and,
   together with such payment, shall be applied in accordance with the
   provisions of this Section 4.05.  Any and all sinking fund moneys with
   respect to Debt Securities of any series held by the Trustee at the
   maturity of Debt Securities of such series, and not held for the
   payment or redemption of particular Debt Securities of such series,
   shall be applied by the Trustee, together with other moneys, if
   necessary, to be deposited sufficient for the purpose, to the payment
   of the principal of the Debt Securities of such series at maturity. 

             The Trustee shall not convert any currency in which the Debt
   Securities of such series are payable for the purposes of such sinking
   fund application unless a Company Request is made, and any such
   conversion agreed to by the Trustee in response to such request shall
   be for the account and at the expense of the Company and shall not
   affect the Company's obligation to pay the Holders in the currency to
   which such Holder is entitled. 

             On or before each sinking fund Redemption Date provided with
   respect to Debt Securities of any series, the Company shall pay to the
   Trustee in cash in the currency described above a sum equal to all
   accrued interest, if any, to the date fixed for redemption on Debt
   Securities to be redeemed on such sinking fund Redemption Date
   pursuant to this Section 4.05.

                                ARTICLE FIVE.

                    PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.

             SECTION 5.01.  PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST. 
   The Company will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid (in the
   currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are payable) the
   principal of and premium, if any, and interest on each of the Debt
   Securities at the place (subject to Section 3.03), at the respective

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   times and in the manner provided in each series of Debt Securities and
   in this Indenture. 

             SECTION 5.02.  OFFICES FOR NOTICES AND PAYMENTS, ETC. (a) So
   long as the Debt Securities of any series remain Outstanding, the
   Company will maintain at the Place of Payment for such series, an
   office or agency where the Debt Securities of such series  may be
   presented for payment, an office or agency where such Debt Securities
   may be presented for registration or 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 such Debt
   Securities or of this Indenture may be served and shall give the
   Trustee written notice thereof and any changes in the location
   thereof.  The Company hereby initially designates the Principal Office
   of the Trustee for each above mentioned purposes, and the Trustee
   shall hereby be deemed to have written notice thereof.  In case the
   Company shall at any time hereafter fail to maintain any such office
   or agency, or shall fail to give notice to the Trustee of any change
   in the location thereof, presentation and demand may be made and
   notice may be served in respect of the Debt Securities or of this
   Indenture at the Principal Office of the Trustee.

             (b)  In addition to the office or agency maintained by the
   Company pursuant to Section 5.02(a), the Company may from time to time
   designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Debt
   Securities may be presented for payment and 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 designations, 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 such office and agency at the
   Place of Payment, for the purposes abovementioned.  The Company will
   give to the Trustee prompt written notice of (i) any such designation
   or rescission thereof, and (ii) the location of any such office or
   agency outside the Place of Payment and of any change of location
   thereof.

             SECTION 5.03.  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
   8.10, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee
   hereunder. 

             SECTION 5.04.  PROVISIONS AS TO PAYING AGENT.  (a)  (1) 
   Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any
   series of Debt Securities other than the Trustee, it will, on or
   before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or
   interest on any Debt Securities of such series, deposit with a Paying
   Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount becoming due, such sum to be
   held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, and (unless such
   Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the
   Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

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             (2)  The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the
   Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which
   such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the
   provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will: (i) comply
   with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 applicable to
   it as a Paying Agent and (ii) during the continuance of any default by
   the Company (or any other obligor upon any series of Debt Securities)
   in the making of any payment in respect of the Debt Securities of such
   series, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the
   Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent as such.

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

             (c)  Anything in this Section 5.04 to the contrary
   notwithstanding, the Company may, at any time, for the purpose of
   obtaining a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect
   to any or all series of Debt Securities then Outstanding, or for any
   other reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in
   trust by the Company, or any Paying Agent hereunder, as required by
   this Section 5.04, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts
   herein contained.

             (d)   Anything in this Section 5.04 to the contrary
   notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust provided in this
   Section 5.04 is subject to Section 13.04.

             SECTION 5.05.  LIMITATION ON SECURED DEBT. 

             (a)  So long as the Debt Securities shall remain
   Outstanding, the Company will not at any time create, assume or
   guarantee, and will not cause, suffer or permit a Restricted
   Subsidiary to create, assume or guarantee any Secured Debt without
   making effective provision (and the Company covenants that in such
   case it will make or cause to be made effective provision) whereby the
   Debt Securities then Outstanding subject to applicable priorities of
   payment shall be secured by such Security Interest equally and ratably
   with any and all other obligations and indebtedness which shall be so
   secured; provided, however, that the foregoing covenants shall not be
   applicable to the following:

                  (1)  (i)  any Security Interest on any property
             hereafter acquired or constructed by the Company or a
             Restricted Subsidiary to secure or provide for the
             payment of all or any part of the purchase price or

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             construction cost of such property, including, but not
             limited to, any indebtedness incurred by the Company or
             a Restricted Subsidiary prior to, at the time of, or
             within 180 days after the later of the acquisition, the
             completion of construction (including any improvements
             on an existing property) or the commencement of
             commercial operation of such property, which
             indebtedness is incurred for the purpose of financing
             all or any part of the purchase price thereof or
             construction or improvements thereon (or within six
             months thereafter pursuant to a commitment for such
             financing arranged with a lender or investor within
             such 180-day period); or (ii) the acquisition of
             property subject to any Security Interest upon such
             property existing at the time of acquisition thereof,
             whether or not assumed by the Company or such
             Restricted Subsidiary; or (iii) any Security Interest
             existing on the property or on the outstanding shares
             of capital stock or indebtedness of a Person at the
             time such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary;
             or  (iv) a Security Interest on property or shares of
             capital stock or indebtedness of a Person existing at
             the time such Person is merged into or consolidated
             with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or at the
             time of a sale, lease or other disposition of the
             properties of a Person as an entirety or substantially
             as an entirety to the Company or a Restricted
             Subsidiary, provided, however, that no such Security
             Interest shall extend to any other Principal Property
             owned by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
             prior to such acquisition or to another Principal
             Property thereafter acquired by the Company or such
             Restricted Subsidiary other than additions to such
             acquired property;

                       (2)  Security Interests in property of the
             Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in favor of the
             United States of America or any State thereof, or any
             department, agency or instrumentality or political
             subdivision of the United States of America or any
             State thereof, or in favor of any other country, or any
             department, agency or instrumentality or political
             subdivision thereof (including, without limitation,
             Security Interests to secure indebtedness of the
             pollution control or industrial revenue bond type), in
             order to permit the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
             to perform any contract or subcontract made by it with
             or at the request of any of the foregoing, or to secure
             partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant
             to any contract or statute or to secure any
             indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all
             or any part of the purchase price or the cost of

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             constructing or improving the property subject to such
             Security Interests; 

                  (3)  Any Security Interest on any property or
             assets of any Restricted Subsidiary to secure
             indebtedness owing by it to the Company or to a
             Restricted Subsidiary;

                  (4)  Mechanics', materialmen's, carriers', land-
             lord's, warehousemen's or other like liens imposed by
             law or otherwise arising in the ordinary course of
             business (including construction of facilities) in
             respect of obligations which are not due or which are
             being contested in good faith;

                  (5)  Any Security Interest arising by reason of
             deposits with, or the giving of any form of security
             to, any governmental agency or any body created or
             approved by law or governmental regulations, which is
             required by law or governmental regulation as a
             condition to the transaction of any business, or the
             exercise of any privilege, franchise or license; 

                  (6)  Security Interests for taxes, assessments or
             governmental charges or levies not yet delinquent, or
             Security Interests for taxes, assessments or government
             charges or levies already delinquent but the validity
             of which is being contested in good faith;

                  (7)  Security Interests (including judgment liens)
             arising in connection with legal proceedings so long as
             such proceedings are being contested in good faith and,
             in the case of judgment liens, execution thereon is
             stayed;

                  (8)  Security Interests arising out of pledges or
             deposits under worker's compensation laws, unemployment
             insurance, old age pensions, or other social security
             or retirement benefits, or similar legislation or
             securing the performance of bids, tenders or contracts
             (other than for money borrowed) or to secure indemnity,
             performance or similar bonds;

                  (9)  Easements, building restrictions, rights-of-
             way and other encumbrances or charges against property
             as are of a nature generally existing with respect to
             properties of a similar character and which do not in
             any material way affect the value of the same or
             interfere with the use thereof in the business of the
             Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

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                  (10) Security Interests to secure tax-exempt
             private activity bonds under the Internal Revenue Code
             of 1986, as amended;

                  (11) Security Interests existing on the date
             hereof; or

                  (12) Any extension, renewal or replacement (or
             successive extensions, renewals or replacements) in
             whole or in part of any Security Interest permitted by
             subsection (a) of this Section 5.05.

             (b)  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of
   this Section 5.05, the Company and any one or more Restricted
   Subsidiaries may without securing the Debt Securities issue, assume or
   guarantee Secured Debt which would otherwise be subject to the
   foregoing restrictions in an aggregate amount which, together with all
   other Secured Debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
   which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions (not
   including Secured Debt permitted to be secured under subsection (a)
   above) and the aggregate "value" (as defined in Section 5.06) of the
   Sale and Leaseback Transactions (as defined in Section 5.06) in
   existence at such time (not including Sale and Leaseback Transactions
   the proceeds of which have been or will be applied in accordance with
   Section 5.06(b)), does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible
   Assets.

             (c)  In the event that the Company shall hereafter secure
   the Debt Securities of each series equally and ratably with any other
   obligation or indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of this Section
   5.05, the Trustee is hereby authorized to enter into an indenture or
   agreement supplemental hereto and to take such action, if any, as it
   may deem advisable to enable it to enforce effectively the rights of
   the Holders of the Securities so secured, equally and ratably with
   such other obligation or indebtedness. 

             SECTION 5.06.  SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS.  So long as
   the Debt Securities shall remain Outstanding, the Company will not,
   and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, sell or transfer
   (except to the Company or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, or
   both) any Principal Property owned by it and in full operation for
   more than 180 days with the intention of taking back a lease on such
   property (except a lease for a term of no more than three years)
   (herein referred to as a "Sale and Leaseback Transaction") unless
   either (a) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary would be
   entitled, pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.05 hereof, to incur
   Secured Debt equal in amount to the Capitalized Rent with respect to
   such lease secured by a Security Interest on the property to be leased
   without equally and ratably securing the Debt Securities, or (b) the
   Company or a Restricted Subsidiary shall, within 180 days of the
   effective date of any such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, apply an
   amount equal to the "value" (as defined below in this Section) of the
   property so leased either to the purchase of fixed assets or to the

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   retirement of Funded Debt; provided, however, that in lieu of applying
   all or any part of such amount to such retirement, the Company may at
   its option (x) deliver to the Trustee Debt Securities theretofore
   purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company, or (y) receive credit
   for the Debt Securities theretofore redeemed at its option.  If the
   Company shall so deliver the Debt Securities to the Trustee (or
   receive credit for Debt Securities so delivered), the amount which the
   Company shall be required to apply to the retirement of indebtedness
   pursuant to this Section 5.06 shall be reduced by an amount equal to
   the aggregate principal amount of such Debt Securities.

             The term "value" shall mean, with respect to a Sale and
   Leaseback Transaction, as of any particular time, the amount equal to
   the greater of (i) the net proceeds of the sale of Principal Property
   sold and leased back in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, or (ii)
   the fair value of such property at the time of entering into such Sale
   and Leaseback Transaction as reasonably determined by the Company, in
   either case multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be
   equal to the number of full years of the term of the lease applicable
   to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction remaining at the time of
   determination and the denominator of which shall be equal to the
   number of full years of the term of such lease  (without regard to any
   unexercised renewal or extension options contained in such lease).

             SECTION 5.07.  CERTIFICATE TO TRUSTEE.  So long as the Debt
   Securities of any series remain Outstanding, the Company will deliver
   to the Trustee on or before 120 days after the end of each fiscal year
   of the Company an Officers' 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 or fulfillment or observance of any
   covenants or agreements contained herein during the preceding fiscal
   year, 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.  The Officers' Certificate need not
   comply with Section 15.05.

             SECTION 5.08.  WAIVERS OF COVENANTS.  Anything in this
   Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may fail or
   omit, in respect of any series of Debt Securities, and in any
   particular instance, to comply with a covenant, agreement or condition
   contained in Sections 5.02 and 5.04 (other than in 5.04(a)(1) and (2))
   to 5.07, inclusive, if the Company shall have obtained and filed with
   the Trustee before or after the time for such compliance the consent
   in writing of the Holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal
   amount of the Debt Securities of the series affected by such waiver at
   the time Outstanding, either waiving such compliance in such instance
   or generally waiving compliance with such covenant or condition, but
   no such waiver shall extend to or affect any obligation not expressly
   waived and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations
   of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such
   covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

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                                ARTICLE SIX.

                 HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY 
                              AND THE TRUSTEE.

             SECTION 6.01.  HOLDERS' LISTS. In accordance with Section
   312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Company will furnish or cause
   to be furnished to the Trustee:  

             (a)  semi-annually, not later than June 1 and December 1, in
   each year, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require,
   containing all the information in the possession or control of the
   Company, or any of its Paying Agents other than the Trustee, as to the
   names and addresses of the Holders of Debt Securities as of the
   preceding May 15 or November 15, as the case may be, 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, excluding from any
   such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity
   as Debt Security registrar.

             SECTION 6.02.  PRESERVATION AND DISCLOSURE OF LISTS.  (a)
   The Trustee shall comply with the obligations imposed upon it pursuant
   to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.  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 contained in the most recent list furnished to it as
   provided in Section 6.01 or received by the Trustee in the capacity of
   the Debt Security registrar (if so acting) under Section 3.06.  The
   Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section
   6.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

             (b)  The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders
   with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Debt
   Securities of any series or of all Debt Securities, and the
   corresponding rights and duties of the Trustee, shall be as provided
   by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

             (c)  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 agent of either of them shall be
   held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to
   names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture
   Act of 1939. 

             SECTION 6.03.  REPORTS BY THE COMPANY.  The Company agrees
   to file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders,
   such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries
   thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act of
   1939 at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act;
   provided that any such information, documents or reports required to

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   be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
   Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, shall be filed with the
   Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with
   the Commission.

             SECTION 6.04.  REPORTS BY THE TRUSTEE.  (a)  The Trustee
   shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its
   actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust
   Indenture Act of 1939 at the times and in the manner provided pursuant
   thereto.  The interval between transmissions of reports to be
   transmitted at intervals shall be twelve months or such shorter time
   required by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.  If the Trust Indenture
   Act of 1939 does not specify the date on which a report is due, the
   such report shall be due on July 15 of each year following the first
   issuance of Debt Securities.

             (b)  A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
   transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock
   exchange upon which Debt Securities of any series are listed, with the
   Commission and with the Company.  The Company will notify the Trustee
   when the Debt Securities of any series are listed on any stock
   exchange.

                               ARTICLE SEVEN.

                     REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND HOLDERS
                            ON EVENT OF DEFAULT.

             SECTION 7.01.  EVENTS OF DEFAULT.  Event of Default, with
   respect to any series of Debt Securities, wherever used herein, means
   any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of
   Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be
   effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or
   order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
   administrative or governmental body), unless such event is either
   inapplicable to a particular series or it is specifically deleted or
   modified in the supplemental indenture under which such series of Debt
   Securities is issued or in the form of Debt Security for such series: 

                  (a)  default in the payment of any installment of
             interest upon any Debt Security of such series as and
             when the same shall become due and payable, and
             continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

                  (b)  default in the payment of the principal of
             and premium, if any, on any Debt Security of such
             series as and when the same shall become due and
             payable either at maturity, upon redemption, by
             declaration of acceleration or otherwise; or 

                  (c)  default in the payment or satisfaction of any
             sinking fund payment or analogous obligation, if any,
             with respect to the Debt Securities of such series as

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             and when the same shall become due and payable by the
             terms of the Debt Securities of such series; or

                  (d)  failure on the part of the Company duly to
             observe or perform any of the covenants, warrants or
             agreements on the part of the Company in respect of the
             Debt Securities of such series in this Indenture (other
             than a covenant, warranty or agreement a default in
             whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this
             Section specifically dealt with) continued for a period
             of 60 days after the date on which written notice of
             such failure, specifying such failure and requiring the
             same to be remedied, shall have been given to the
             Company by the Trustee, by registered mail, or to the
             Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25%
             in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt
             Securities of such series; or

                  (e)  an event of default as defined in any
             mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may
             be issued, or by which there may be secured or
             evidenced, any indebtedness of the Company for money
             borrowed, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall
             hereafter be created, shall happen and shall result in
             such indebtedness in principal amount in excess of
             $25,000,000 becoming or being declared due and payable
             prior to the date on which it would otherwise become
             due and payable, and such acceleration shall not be
             rescinded or annulled, or such indebtedness shall not
             have been discharged, within a period of 30 days after
             there shall have been given to the Company by the
             Trustee, by registered mail, or to the Company and the
             Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate
             principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of
             such series, a written notice specifying such event of
             default and requiring the Company to cause such
             acceleration to be rescinded or annulled or to cause
             such indebtedness to be discharged; or 

                  (f)   a decree or order by a court having
             jurisdiction in the premises shall have been entered
             adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or
             approving as properly filed a petition seeking
             reorganization of the Company under the Federal
             bankruptcy laws or any other similar applicable Federal
             or state law, and such decree or order shall have
             continued undischarged and unstayed for a period of 60
             days; or a decree or order of a court having
             jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a
             receiver or liquidator or trustee or assignee or other
             similar official in bankruptcy or insolvency of the
             Company or of all or substantially all of its property,
             or for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs,

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             shall have been entered, and such decree or order shall
             have continued undischarged and unstayed for a period
             of 60 days; or

                  (g)  the Company shall institute proceedings to be
             adjudicated a voluntary bankrupt, or shall consent to
             the filing of a bankruptcy proceeding against it, or
             shall file a petition or answer or consent seeking an
             arrangement or a reorganization under the Federal
             bankruptcy laws or any other similar applicable Federal
             or state law, or shall consent to the filing of any
             such petition, or shall consent to the appointment of a
             receiver or liquidator or trustee or assignee or other
             similar official in bankruptcy or insolvency of it or
             of all or substantially all of its property, or shall
             make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or
             shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts
             generally as they become due; or

                  (h)  any other Event of Default provided in the
             supplemental indenture under which such series of Debt
             Securities is issued or in the form of Debt Security
             for such series.

   If an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series
   at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event
   of Default specified in Section 7.01(f) or Section 7.01(g)), then, and
   in each and every such case, unless the principal of all of the Debt
   Securities of such series 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 of such series then
   Outstanding (each such series treated as a separate class), by notice
   in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the
   Holders), may declare the entire principal (or, if the Debt Securities
   of that series are Original Issue Discount Debt Securities, such
   portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of
   that series) of all Debt Securities of such series and the interest
   accrued thereon to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such
   declaration the same shall become immediately due and payable.  If an
   Event of Default described in Section 7.01(f) or Section 7.01(g)
   occurs and is continuing with respect to Debt Securities of any series
   at the time Outstanding, then and in each every such case, the entire
   principal amount (or, if the Debt Securities of that series are
   Original Issue Discount Debt Securities, such portion of the principal
   amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all Debt
   Securities of such series and interest accrued thereon shall become
   immediately due and payable without any declaration or action on the
   part of the Trustee or any Holder.  This provision, however, is
   subject to the condition that if, at any time after the principal of
   the Debt Securities of such series 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, the Company shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a

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   sum sufficient to pay in the currency in which the Debt Securities of
   such series are payable all matured installments of interest upon all
   of the Debt Securities and the principal of and premium, if any, on
   any and all Debt Securities of such series which shall have become due
   otherwise than by such declaration (with interest on overdue
   installments of interest to the extent that payment of such interest
   is enforceable under applicable law and on such principal and premium,
   if any, at the rate borne by the Debt Securities of such series or as
   otherwise provided in the form of Debt Security for such series, to
   the date of such payment or deposit) and the expenses of the Trustee
   (subject to Section 8.06), and any and all defaults under this
   Indenture, other than the nonpayment of principal of and accrued
   interest on Debt  Securities of such series which shall have become
   due by such declaration, shall have been cured or shall have been
   waived in accordance with Section 7.07 or provision deemed by the
   Trustee to be adequate shall have been made therefor  then and in
   every such case the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
   principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series then
   Outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may
   rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences; but no such
   rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any
   subsequent default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon.

             In case the Trustee or any Holders shall have proceeded to
   enforce any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have
   been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission and
   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 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 shall continue as
   though no such proceeding had been taken.

             SECTION 7.02.  PAYMENT OF DEBT SECURITIES UPON DEFAULT; SUIT
   THEREFOR.  The Company covenants that (a) in case default shall be
   made in the payment of any instalment of interest upon any Debt
   Security of any series as and when the same shall become due and
   payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of 30
   days, or (b) in case default shall be made in the payment of the
   principal of and premium, if any, on any Debt Security of any series
   as and when the same shall have become due and payable, whether at
   maturity of the Debt Security or upon redemption or by declaration or
   otherwise or (c) in case default shall be made in the making or
   satisfaction of any sinking fund payment or analogous obligation with
   respect to the Debt Securities of any series when the same becomes due
   by the terms of the Debt Securities of any series then, upon demand of
   the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of
   the Holders (or Holders of Debt Securities of any such series in the
   case of clause (c) above), the whole amount that then shall have
   become due and payable on any such Debt Security (or Debt Securities
   of any such series in the case of clause (3) above) for principal and
   premium, if any, or interest, or both, as the case may be, with
   interest upon the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the

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   extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable
   law) upon the overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by
   the Debt Securities of such series or as otherwise provided in the
   form of Debt Security of such series; 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 expenses or liabilities
   incurred and advances made by the Trustee, except compensation or
   advances arising, or expenses or liabilities incurred, as a result of
   the Trustee's negligence or bad faith.

             Until such demand is made by the Trustee, the Company may
   pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Debt
   Securities of any series to the Persons entitled thereto, whether or
   not the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Debt
   Securities of such series are overdue.

             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 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.  If any Event of Default with respect to any series of Debt
   Securities occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion
   proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
   Holders of Debt Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial
   proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and
   enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any
   covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of
   any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy. 

             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 of any series under the Federal
   bankruptcy laws or any other applicable 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 of any series, or to the creditors or property of the
   Company or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether
   the principal of the Debt Securities of such series shall then be due
   and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and
   irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand
   pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.02, shall be entitled and
   empowered by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, (a) 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 of such
   series, and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such proofs

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   of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or
   advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the
   Holders of the Debt Securities of such series allowed in such judicial
   proceedings relative to the Company or any other obligor on such Debt
   Securities, its or their creditors, or its or their property, (b)
   unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf
   of the Holders of any Debt Securities of any series 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 (c) 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 Holders of the Debt Securities of such series to make such
   payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall
   consent to the making of such payments directly to such Holders, to
   pay to the Trustee such amount as shall be sufficient to cover
   reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and
   counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred and advances
   made by the Trustee except compensation or advances arising, or
   expenses or liabilities incurred, as a result of the Trustee's
   negligence or bad faith.

             Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
   Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept, or adopt on behalf of
   any Holder any plan or 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 Holder (except, as aforesaid, for the election of a trustee in
   bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions) in any such
   proceeding.

             All rights of action and of asserting claims under this
   Indenture, or under any of the Debt Securities of any series, may be
   enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Debt
   Securities, or the production thereof on 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 of such series in respect of
   which such judgment has been recovered.

             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 in respect to
   which such action was taken, and it shall not be necessary to make any
   Holders of such Debt Securities parties to any such proceedings.

             SECTION 7.03.  APPLICATION OF MONEYS COLLECTED BY TRUSTEE. 
   Any moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.02 shall be
   applied in the order following, at the date or dates fixed by the

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   Trustee for the distribution of such moneys, upon presentation of the
   Debt Securities of such series, and stamping thereon the payment, if
   only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid:

                  FIRST:  To the payment of costs and expenses of
             collection and reasonable compensation to the Trustee,
             its agents, attorneys and counsel, and of all other
             expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances
             made, by the Trustee except compensation or advances
             arising, or expenses or liabilities incurred, as a
             result of its negligence or bad faith, and any other
             amounts owing the Trustee under Section 8.06;

                  SECOND:  In case the principal of the Debt
             Securities of such series shall not have become due and
             be unpaid, to the payment of interest on such Debt
             Securities, in the order of the maturity of the
             installments of such interest, with interest (to the
             extent that such interest has been collected by the
             Trustee) upon the overdue installments of interest at
             the rate borne by such Debt Securities, such payments
             to be made ratable to the Persons entitled thereto; 

                  THIRD:  In case the principal of the Debt
             Securities of such series shall have become due, by
             declaration or otherwise, to the payment of the whole
             amount then owing and unpaid upon such Debt Securities
             for principal and premium, if any, and interest, with
             interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any,
             and (to the extent that such interest has been
             collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of
             interest at the rate borne by such Debt Securities; and
             in case such moneys shall be insufficient to pay in
             full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon such Debt
             Securities, then, to the payment of such principal and
             premium, if any, and interest without preference or
             priority of principal and premium, if any, over
             interest, or of  interest over principal and premium,
             if any, or of any instalment of interest over any other
             instalment of interest, or of any Debt Security of such
             series over any other such Debt Security, ratably to
             the aggregate of such principal and premium, if any,
             and accrued and unpaid interest;

                  FOURTH:  To the payment of any surplus then
             remaining to the Company, its successors or assigns, or
             to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the
             same.

             SECTION 7.04.  PROCEEDINGS BY HOLDERS.  No Holder of any
   Debt Security of any series shall have any right by virtue of or by
   availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit,
   action or proceeding in equity or at law or in bankruptcy or otherwise

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   upon or under or with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment
   of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
   such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice
   of default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided,
   and unless also the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
   principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series then
   Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to
   institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee
   hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable
   indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and
   liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee for 60
   days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity,
   shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or
   proceeding (and no direction inconsistent with such written request
   shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.07), it
   being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the
   taker and Holder of every Debt Security of every series with every
   other taker and Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of
   Debt Securities shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue
   of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect,
   disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holder of such Debt
   Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference
   to any other such Holder, or to 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.

             SECTION 7.05.  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 7.06.  REMEDIES CUMULATIVE AND CONTINUING.  All
   powers and remedies given by this Article Seven to the Trustee or to
   the Holders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed
   cumulative and not exclusive of any thereof or of any other powers and
   remedies available to the Trustee or the Holders, by judicial
   proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of
   the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture, and no delay
   or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or
   power accruing upon any 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 7.04, every power and remedy given by this
   Article Seven or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be
   exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed
   expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders.

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             SECTION 7.07.  DIRECTION OF PROCEEDINGS AND WAIVER OF
   DEFAULTS BY MAJORITY OF HOLDERS.  The Holders of a majority in
   aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any
   series 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
   the Debt Securities of such series by this Indenture; provided,
   however, that (subject to the provisions of Section 8.01) the Trustee
   shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the
   Trustee shall determine upon advice of counsel that the action or
   proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or would be
   materially and unjustly prejudicial to the rights of Holders not
   joining in such direction or if the Trustee in good faith by its board
   of directors or trustees, executive committee, or a trust committee of
   directors or trustees and/or Responsible Officers shall determine that
   the action or proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in
   personal liability or if the Trustee in good faith shall so determine
   that the actions or forebearances specified in or pursuant to such
   direction would be unduly prejudicial to the interests of Holders of
   the Debt Securities of all series not joining in the giving of said
   direction, it being understood that (subject to Section 8.01) the
   Trustee shall have no duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or
   forebearances are duly prejudicial to such Holders.  The Trustee may
   take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee not inconsistent
   with such direction.  The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
   amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may on behalf
   of the Holders of all the Debt Securities of such series waive any
   past default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except
   a default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or
   interest on such Debt Securities, or a default in the making of any
   sinking fund payment with respect to such Debt Securities.  Upon any
   such waiver the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of such 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.  Whenever any default
   or Event of Default shall have been waived as permitted by this
   Section 7.07, 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. 

             This Section 7.07 shall be in lieu of Sections 316(a)(1)(A)
   and 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and such Sections
   316(a)(1)(A) and Section 316(a)(1)(B) are hereby expressly excluded
   from this Indenture, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. 

             SECTION 7.08.  NOTICE OF DEFAULTS. Within 90 days after the
   occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the Debt
   Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner
   and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture
   Act, notice of all such defaults hereunder known to the Trustee,
   unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided,
   however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the
   principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security of

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   such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with
   respect to Debt Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be
   protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of
   directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors
   or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that
   the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of
   Debt Securities of such series; and provided, further, that in the
   case of any default of the character specified in Section 7.01(d) with
   respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall
   be given until at least 60 days after the occurrence thereof.  For the
   purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event which is,
   or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of
   Default with respect to Debt Securities of such series.

             SECTION 7.09.  UNDERTAKING TO PAY COSTS.  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, suffered or omitted by
   it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to
   file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess
   costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent
   provided in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939; provided that neither
   this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 shall be deemed to
   authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an
   assessment in any suit instituted by the Company, and any provision of
   the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 to such effect is hereby expressly
   excluded from this Indenture, to the extent permitted by the Trust
   Indenture Act of 1939. 

             SECTION 7.10.  UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE
   PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.  Notwithstanding any other provision
   in this Indenture, the Holder of any Debt Security shall have the
   rights, which are absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of
   the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 3.08)
   interest on such Debt Security on the respective Stated Maturities
   expressed in such Debt Security (or in the case of redemption or
   repayment, on the date for redemption or repayment, as the case may
   be) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and
   such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. 

                               ARTICLE EIGHT.

                           CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE.

             SECTION 8.01.  DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEE.  The
   duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the
   Trust Indenture Act of 1939.  No implied covenants or obligations,
   except as provided by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, shall be read
   into this Indenture against the Trustee, and no provision of this
   Indenture shall require the Trustee 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 against such risk or

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   liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein
   expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to
   the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to
   the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section. 

             SECTION 8.02.  RELIANCE ON DOCUMENTS, OPINIONS, ETC. Subject
   to the provisions of Section 8.01,

                  (a)  the Trustee may rely and shall be protected
             in acting or refraining from acting upon any
             resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
             opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond,
             debenture, note or other paper document believed by it
             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 otherwise
             evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically
             prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of
             Directors 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 and the
             advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall
             be full and complete authorization and protection in
             respect of any action taken 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 Holders, pursuant to the provisions of this
             Indenture, unless such Holders 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;

                  (f)  prior to the occurrence of an Event of
             Default with respect to the Debt Securities of any
             series and after the curing or waiving of all Events of
             Default with respect to such Debt Securities, the
             Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
             into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,

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             certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
             notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond,
             debenture, note, 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 such Debt
             Securities then Outstanding; provided, however, that
             the reasonable expenses of every such investigation
             shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the
             Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company upon demand;
             and provided, further, that if the payment within a
             reasonable time to the 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 expenses or liabilities as a condition to
             so proceeding;

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

                  (h)  the Trustee shall not be deemed to have
             knowledge of any default or Event of Default unless a
             Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge
             thereof or Holders of greater than 50% of the
             outstanding principal amount of Debt Securities of any
             series shall have notified the Trustee thereof. 

             SECTION 8.03.  NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR RECITALS, ETC.  The
   recitals contained herein and in the Debt Securities (except in the
   Trustee's certificate of authentication) shall be taken as the
   statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility
   for the correctness of the same.  The Trustee makes no representations
   as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Debt
   Securities of any series.  The Trustee represents that it is duly
   authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture and perform its
   obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in any
   Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied by it to the Company are
   true and complete (subject to any qualifications set forth therein). 
   Neither the Trustee nor the Authenticating Agent shall be accountable
   for the use or application by the Company or any Debt Securities or
   the proceeds of any Debt Securities authenticated and delivered by the
   Trustee in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.

             SECTION 8.04.  TRUSTEE AND AGENTS MAY OWN DEBT SECURITIES. 
   The Trustee, any Paying Agent, or any agent of the Trustee or the
   Company under this Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity,

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   may become the owner or pledgee of Debt Securities of any series with
   the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee or such agent
   and, subject to Sections 8.08 and 8.13, if operative, may otherwise
   deal with the Company and receive, collect, hold, and retain
   collections from the Company with the same rights it would have if it
   were not the Trustee or such agent. 

             SECTION 8.05.  MONEYS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.  Subject to the
   provisions of Section 13.04, all moneys received by the Trustee shall,
   until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the
   purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from
   other funds except to the extent required by law.  Neither the Trustee
   nor any Paying Agent shall be under any liability for interest on any
   moneys received by it hereunder except such as it may agree with the
   Company to pay thereon.  So long as no Event of Default with respect
   to the Debt Securities of any series shall have occurred and be
   continuing, all interest allowed on any such moneys shall be paid from
   time to time upon the written order of the Company, signed by a Senior
   Officer. 

             SECTION 8.06.  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, reasonable compensation (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 request for all 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 expenses and disbursements of its
   counsel and all persons not regularly in its employ and any amounts
   paid by the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent pursuant to Section
   8.14) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise
   from its negligence or bad faith.  The Company also covenants to
   indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss,
   liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the
   part of the Trustee and arising out of or in connection with the
   acceptance or administration of this trust, or the performance of its
   duties hereunder, including the current payment of all costs and
   expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability in the
   premises.  The obligations of the Company under this Section 8.06 to
   compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the
   Trustee for 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.

             SECTION 8.07.  OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE AS EVIDENCE.  Subject
   to the provisions of Section 8.01, 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

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   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.

             SECTION 8.08.  CONFLICTING INTEREST OF TRUSTEE.  If the
   Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest within the
   meaning of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Trustee shall either
   eliminate such conflicting interest or resign in the manner provided
   by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
   and this Indenture. 

             SECTION 8.09.  ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEE.  There shall at all
   times be a Trustee with respect to each series of Debt Securities
   hereunder which shall be a corporation organized and doing business
   under the laws of the United States or any state or territory thereof
   or of the District of Columbia authorized under such laws to exercise
   corporate trust power's, having a combined capital and surplus of at
   least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by Federal,
   state, territorial, or District of Columbia authority. If such
   corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
   to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or
   examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 8.09, 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.  The Trustee shall comply with
   Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, provided that there shall
   be excluded from the operation of Section 310(b)(i) of the Trust
   Indenture Act any indenture or indentures under which other
   securities, or certificates of interest or participation in other
   securities, of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for
   such exclusion set forth in Section 310(b)(i) of the Trust Indenture
   Act are met.  In case at any time the Trustee with respect to any
   series of Debt Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance
   with the provisions of this Section 8.09, such Trustee shall resign
   immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section
   8.10.

             SECTION 8.10.  RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE.  (a) The
   Trustee may at any time resign with respect to any series of Debt
   Securities by giving written notice by first class mail of such
   resignation to the Company and to the Holders of such series of 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 with respect to
   such series by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which
   instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to
   the successor trustee.  If no successor trustee with respect to such
   series shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment
   within 60 days after the mailing of such notice of resignation to the

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   Holders, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
   jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or any Holder
   of such series of Debt Securities who has been a bona fide Holder of a
   Debt Security or Debt Securities of such series for at least six
   months may, subject to the provisions of Section 7.09, on behalf of
   himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for
   the appointment of a successor trustee with respect to such series. 
   Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem
   proper and prescribe, appoint such successor trustee. 

             (b)  In case at any time any of the following shall occur as
             to any series of Debt Securities-- 

                  (1)  the Trustee shall fail to comply with the
             provisions of Section 8.08 after written request
             therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a
             bona fide Holder of a Debt Security or Debt Securities
             of such series for at least six months, unless the
             Trustee's duty to resign is stayed in accordance with
             the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
             Act of 1939, or 

                  (2)  the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
             accordance with the provisions of Section 8.09 and
             shall fail to resign after written request therefor by
             the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide
             Holder of a Debt Security or Debt Securities of such
             series for at least six months, or

                  (3)  the Trustee shall become incapable of acting
             with respect to any series of Debt Securities, 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 with
   respect to such series and appoint a successor trustee for such series
   by written instrument, in duplicate, executed on instruction of a
   Senior Officer, 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 7.09, any Holder who has been a bona fide
   Holder of a Debt Security or Debt Securities of such series 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 with respect
   to such series.  Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any,
   as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove such Trustee and appoint
   such successor trustee.

             (c)  The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
   of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may at any time

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   remove the Trustee with respect to such series by delivering to the
   Trustee so removed, to the successor trustee so appointed and to the
   Company the evidence provided for in Section 9.01 of the action in
   that regard taken by the Holders, and nominate a successor Trustee
   which shall be deemed appointed as successor Trustee unless within ten
   days after such nomination the Company objects thereto, in which case
   the Trustee so removed or any Holder of a Debt Security or Debt
   Securities of such series, upon the terms and conditions and otherwise
   as in subsection (a) of this Section 8.10 provided, may petition any
   court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor
   Trustee with respect to such series.

             (d)  Any resignation or removal of the Trustee with respect
   to all or any series of Debt Securities and any appointment of a
   successor Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section
   8.10 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the
   successor Trustee as provided in Section 8.11.

             SECTION 8.11.  ACCEPTANCE BY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE.  Any
   successor Trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.10 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 predecessor Trustee shall become
   effective with respect to all or any series as to which it is
   resigning as Trustee, and such successor Trustee, without any further
   act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights,
   powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder with
   respect to all or any such series, with like effect as if originally
   named as Trustee herein with respect to all or any such series;
   nevertheless, on the written request of the Company or of the
   successor Trustee, the Trustee ceasing to act shall, upon payment of
   any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.06,
   execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor
   Trustee all the rights and powers of the Trustee with respect to all
   or any such series so ceasing to act.  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 with respect to all or any
   series as to which it is resigning as Trustee, to secure any amounts
   and shall be entitled to any indemnities then due it pursuant to the
   provisions of Section 8.06.

             No successor Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in
   this Section 8.11 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor
   Trustee shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 8.08 and
   eligible under the provisions of Section 8.09.

             Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee with
   respect to all or any series of Debt Securities as provided in this
   Section 8.11, the Company shall mail notice of the succession of such
   Trustee hereunder to the Holders of Debt Securities of such series at

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   their addresses as they shall appear on the Debt Security Register. 
   If the Company fails to mail such notice within ten days after
   acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee, the successor
   Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the
   Company.

             In case the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee
   with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more (but not all)
   series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee
   with respect to the Debt Securities of any applicable series 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 of any series as to which
   the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in
   the retiring 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 trusts 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. 

             SECTION 8.12.  SUCCESSION BY MERGER, ETC.  Subject to
   Sections 8.08 and 8.09, 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
   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.

             In case at the time any 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 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 such successor
   Trustee or, if such successor Trustee is a successor by merger,
   conversion or consolidation, the name of any predecessor hereunder;
   and in all such cases such certificate 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.

             SECTION 8.13.  LIMITATION ON RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE AS A
   CREDITOR.  If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of
   the Company (or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities), the
   Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
   of 1939 regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any
   such other obligor).

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             SECTION 8.14.  AUTHENTICATING AGENTS.  There may be an
   Authenticating Agent or Authenticating Agents appointed by the Trustee
   from time to time with power to act on its behalf and subject to its
   direction in the authentication and delivery of any series of Debt
   Securities issued upon original issuance, exchange, transfer or
   redemption thereof as fully to all intents and purposes as though such
   Authenticating Agent (or Authenticating Agents) had been expressly
   authorized to authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities, and Debt
   Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this
   Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as though
   authenticated by the Trustee hereunder.  For all purposes of this
   Indenture, the authentication and delivery of Debt Securities by any
   Authenticating Agent pursuant to this Section 8.14 shall be deemed to
   be the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities "by the
   Trustee", and whenever this Indenture provides that "the Trustee shall
   authenticate and deliver" Debt Securities or that Debt Securities
   "shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee", such
   authentication and delivery by any Authenticating Agent shall be
   deemed to be authentication and delivery by the Trustee.  Any such
   Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a corporation organized and
   doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of
   any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, with a combined
   capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and authorized under such
   laws to act as an authenticating agent, duly registered to act as
   such, if and to the extent required by applicable law and subject to
   supervision or examination by Federal or State authority.  If such
   corporation publishes reports of its condition at least annually
   pursuant to law or the requirements of such authority, then for the
   purposes of this Section 8.14 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 8.14, or to be duly
   registered if and to the extent required by applicable law and
   regulations, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the
   effect herein specified in this Section 8.14. 

             Whenever reference is made in this Indenture to the
   authentication and delivery of Debt Securities of any series by the
   Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference
   shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of
   the Trustee by its Authenticating Agent appointed with respect to the
   Debt Securities of such series and a certificate of authentication
   executed on behalf of the Trustee by its Authenticating Agent
   appointed with respect to the Debt Securities of such series.

             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 the authenticating agency business of any Authenticating
   Agent, shall be the successor of such Authenticating Agent hereunder,
   if such successor corporation is otherwise eligible under this Section

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   8.14, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act
   on the part of the parties hereto or such Authenticating Agent or such
   successor corporation.

             In case at the time such successor to any such agency shall
   succeed to such agency any of the Debt Securities shall have been
   authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to such
   Authenticating Agent may adopt the certificate of authentication of
   any predecessor Authenticating Agent 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 any Authenticating
   Agent may authenticate such Debt Securities either in the name of any
   predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Authenticating
   Agent; and in all cases such certificate shall have the full force
   which it has anywhere in the Debt Securities or in this Indenture
   provided that the certificate of the predecessor Authenticating Agent
   shall have had such force; provided, however, that the right to adopt
   the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Authenticating
   Agent or to authenticate Debt Securities in the name of any
   predecessor Authenticating Agent shall apply only to its successor or
   successors by merger, conversion or consolidation. 

             Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign as
   Authenticating Agent with respect to any series of Debt Securities 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 any series of 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 Authenticating Agent shall
   cease to be eligible under this Section 8.14, the Trustee may, and
   shall, upon request of the Company, promptly use its best efforts to
   appoint a successor Authenticating Agent.

             Upon the appointment, at any time after the original
   issuance of any of the Debt Securities, of any successor, additional
   or new Authenticating Agent, the Trustee shall give written notice of
   such appointment to the Company and shall at the expense of the
   Company mail notice of such appointment to all Holders of Debt
   Securities of such series as the names and addresses of such Holders
   appear on the Debt Security Register. 

             Any successor Authenticating Agent with respect to any
   series of Debt Securities upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
   shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its
   predecessor hereunder, with like effect as though originally named as
   an Authenticating Agent herein with respect to such series. No
   successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible
   under the provisions of this Section 8.14 and duly registered if and
   to the extent required under applicable law and regulations.

             Any Authenticating Agent by the acceptance of its
   appointment with respect to any series of Debt Securities shall be

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   deemed to have agreed with the Trustee that: it will perform and carry
   out the duties of an Authenticating Agent as herein set forth with
   respect to such series, including among other things the duties to
   authenticate and deliver Debt Securities when presented to it in
   connection with exchanges, registrations of transfer or redemptions
   thereof; it will keep and maintain, and furnish to the Trustee from
   time to time as requested by the Trustee appropriate records of all
   transactions carried out by it as Authenticating Agent and will
   furnish the Trustee such other information and reports as the Trustee
   may reasonably require; it is eligible for appointment as
   Authenticating Agent under this Section 8.14 and will notify the
   Trustee promptly if it shall cease to be so qualified; and it will
   indemnify the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense incurred
   by the Trustee and will defend any claim asserted against the Trustee
   by reason of any acts or failures to act of the Authenticating Agent
   with respect to such series but it shall have no liability for any
   action taken by it at the specific written direction of the Trustee.

             The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from
   time to time reasonable compensation and expenses for its services,
   and the Trustee shall have no liability for such payments.

             The provisions of Sections 8.02(a), (b), (c), (e) and (f),
   8.03, 8.04, 8.06 (insofar as it pertains to indemnification), 9.01,
   9.02 and 9.03 shall bind and inure to the benefit of each
   Authenticating Agent  to the same extent that they bind and inure to
   the benefit of the Trustee. 

             If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made
   pursuant to this Section 8.14, the Debt Securities of such series may
   have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of
   authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in
   substantially the following form:

             This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated
   herein issued under the within-mentioned Indenture. 


                                 The First National Bank of Chicago,
                                 As Trustee




                                 By: [__________________________________]
                                           As Authenticating Agent 


                                 By: ___________________________________
                                           Authorized Signatory 

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                                ARTICLE NINE.

                           CONCERNING THE HOLDERS.

             SECTION 9.01.  ACTION BY HOLDERS.  Whenever in this
   Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage in
   aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of any series 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 of such series have joined
   therein may be evidenced (a) by any instrument or any number of
   instruments of similar tenor executed by Holders of such series in
   person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record
   of the Holders of such series voting in favor thereof at any meeting
   of such Holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions
   of Article Ten, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or
   instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Holders of such
   series.

             SECTION 9.02.  PROOF OF EXECUTION BY HOLDERS.  Subject to
   the provisions of Sections 8.01, 8.02 and 10.05, proof of the
   execution of any instrument by a Holder or his agent or proxy shall be
   sufficient if made in 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 provided by the Debt Security Register or by a
   certificate of the Debt Security registrar with respect to a series of
   Debt Securities.

             The record of any Holders' meeting shall be proved in the
   manner provided in Section 10.06.

             SECTION 9.03.  WHO ARE DEEMED ABSOLUTE OWNERS.  The Company,
   the Trustee with respect to a series of Debt Securities, and any agent
   of the Trustee or the Company under this Indenture 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
   and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon
   made by anyone other than the Company, the Trustee or any such agent)
   for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal
   of and premium, if any, and interest on such Debt Security and for all
   other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any such
   agent 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, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, be effectual to
   satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon any such
   Debt Security. 

             SECTION 9.04.  COMPANY-OWNED DEBT SECURITIES DISREGARDED. 
   In determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate
   principal amount of Debt Securities of any series have concurred in

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   any direction or consent under this Indenture, Debt Securities of such
   series which are owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Debt
   Securities of such series 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 such Debt Securities
   shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the propose
   of any such determinations; provided, however, that for the purposes
   of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on
   any such direction or consent only such Debt Securities which the
   Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.  Debt Securities
   so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
   Outstanding notwithstanding this Section 9.04 if the pledgee shall
   establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the right of the pledgee
   to vote such Debt Securities and that the pledgee is not a Person
   directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
   indirect common control with the Company or any such other obligor. 
   Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee
   promptly an Officer's Certificate listing and identifying all Debt
   Securities of a series, if any, known by the Company to be owned or
   held by or for the account of the Company or any other obligor on such
   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 such Debt Securities; and, subject to
   the provisions of Section 8.01, the Trustee shall be entitled to
   accept such Officers' Certificates as conclusive evidence of the facts
   therein set forth and of the fact that all such Debt Securities not
   listed therein are Outstanding for the purpose of any such
   determination.

             SECTION 9.05.  REVOCATION OF CONSENTS; FUTURE HOLDERS BOUND. 
   At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as
   provided in Section 9.01, of the taking of any action by the Holders
   of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities
   of any series specified in this Indenture in connection with such
   action, any Holder of a Debt Security which is shown by the evidence
   to be included in the Debt Securities the Holders of which have
   consented to or are bound by consents to such action, may, by filing
   written notice with the Trustee at its principal office and upon proof
   of holding as provided in Section 9.02, revoke such action so far as
   concerns such 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 on transfer thereof
   or in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether or
   not any notation in regard thereto is made upon any such Debt
   Security.  Any action taken by the Holders of the percentage in
   aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities specified in this
   Indenture in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding
   upon the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of all of the Debt
   Securities affected by such action.

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                                ARTICLE TEN.

                             HOLDERS' MEETINGS.

             SECTION 10.01. PURPOSES OF MEETINGS.  A meeting of Holders
   of the Debt Securities of all or any series may be called at any time
   and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article Ten
   for any of the following purposes:

                  (1)  to give any notice to the Company or to the
             Trustee with respect to such series, 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 Holders
             pursuant to any of the provisions of Article Seven;

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

                  (3)  to consent to the execution of an indenture
             or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the
             provisions of Section 11.02; or

                  (4)  to take any other action authorized to be
             taken by or on behalf of the Holders of any specified
             aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of
             all or any series, as the case may be, under any other
             provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.

             SECTION 10.02. CALL OF MEETINGS BY TRUSTEE.  The Trustee may
   at any time call a meeting of Holders of Debt Securities of all or any
   series to take any action specified in Section 10.01, to be held at
   such time and at such place as the Trustee shall determine.  Notice of
   every meeting of the Holders of Debt Securities of all or any series,
   setting forth the time and place of such meeting and in general terms
   the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be mailed by
   the Trustee to Holders of Debt Securities of each series that may be
   affected by the action proposed to be taken at such meeting at their
   addresses as they shall appear on the Debt Security Register. Such
   notice shall be mailed not less than 20 nor more than 90 days prior to
   the date fixed for the meeting.

             SECTION 10.03. CALL OF MEETINGS BY COMPANY OR HOLDERS.   In
   case at any time the Company, pursuant to a resolution by the Board of
   Directors, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal
   amount of the Debt Securities then Outstanding of each series that may
   be affected by the action proposed to be taken shall have requested
   the Trustee to call a meeting of such Holders, 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 Holders may determine the time and place for such meeting and

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   may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 10.01,
   by mailing notice thereof as provided in Section 10.02. 

             SECTION 10.04. QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING; RECORD DATES.  To
   be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Debt Securities a
   person shall (a) be a Holder of one or more Debt Securities of a
   series affected by the action proposed to be taken or (b) be a Person
   appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy by a Holder of one or
   more such Debt Securities.  The rights of Holders of Debt Securities
   to have their votes counted shall be subject to the provision in the
   definition of "Outstanding" in Section 1.01.  The only Persons who
   shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders
   of Debt Securities shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such
   meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its
   counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.

             Subject to Section 2.04(c)(5), the Company may, in the
   circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, fix any day as the
   record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Debt
   Securities of any series entitled to give or take any request, demand,
   authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, or
   to vote on any action, authorized or permitted to be given or taken by
   Holders of Debt Securities of such series.  If not set by the Company
   prior to the first solicitation of a Holder of Debt Securities of such
   series made by any Person in respect of any such action, or in the
   case of any such vote, prior to such vote, the record date for any
   such action or vote shall be the 30th day prior to such first
   solicitation or vote, or, if later, the date of the most recent list
   of Holders required to be provided pursuant to Section 6.01, as the
   case may be.  With regard to any record date for action to be taken by
   the Holders of one or more series of Debt Securities, only the Holders
   of Debt Securities of such series on such date (or their duly
   designated proxies) shall be entitled to give or take, or vote on, the
   relevant action.

             SECTION 10.05. REGULATIONS.  Notwithstanding any other
   provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable
   regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of
   Debt Securities, 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.  Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such
   regulation, the holding of Debt Securities shall be proved in the
   manner specified in Section 9.02 and the appointment of any proxy
   shall be proved in the manner specified in said Section 9.02 or by
   having the signature of the Person executing the proxy witnessed or
   guaranteed by any bank, broker or trust company.

             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 Holders of Debt Securities as provided in

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   Section 10.03, in which case the Company or such Holders of Debt
   Securities, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a
   temporary chairman.  A permanent chairman and a secretary of the
   meeting shall be elected by vote of the Holders of a majority in
   aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities represented at the
   meeting and entitled to vote. 

             Subject to the provisions of Section 9.04, at any meeting
   each Holder of a Debt Security of a series entitled to vote at such
   meeting or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000
   principal amount of Debt Securities of such series held or represented
   by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be 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
   except as a Holder of Debt Securities of such series or proxy
   therefor. Any meeting of Holders of Debt Securities duly called
   pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.02 or 10.03 may be adjourned
   from time to time and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without
   further notice.

             At any meeting of Holders of Debt Securities, the presence
   of Persons holding or representing Debt Securities in an aggregate
   principal amount sufficient to take action upon the business for the
   transaction of which such meeting was called shall be necessary to
   constitute a quorum; but, if less than quorum be present, the Persons
   holding or representing a majority of the Debt Securities represented
   at the meeting may adjourn such meeting with the same effect, for all
   intents and purposes, as though a quorum had been present.

             SECTION 10.06. VOTING.  The vote upon any resolution
   submitted to any meeting of Holders of Debt Securities shall be by
   written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the
   holders of Debt Securities entitled to vote at such meeting or of
   their representatives by proxy, and the letter or letters, serial
   number or numbers or other distinguishing marks of the Debt Securities
   held or represented by him.  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 duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting.  A record in duplicate
   of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Debt Securities 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 10.02.  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.

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

             SECTION 10.07. NO DELAY OF RIGHTS BY MEETING.  Nothing in
   this Article Ten contained shall be deemed or construed to authorize
   or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of Holders of Debt
   Securities of any or all series or any rights expressly or impliedly
   conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the
   exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the
   Trustee or to the Holders of Debt Securities under any of the
   provisions of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities. 

                               ARTICLE ELEVEN.

                          SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.

             SECTION 11.01  SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF
   HOLDERS.  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 of 1939 as in force at the date
   of the execution thereof) 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 Articles Five and Twelve hereof; 

                  (b)  to add to the covenants of the Company such
             further covenants, restrictions, conditions or
             provisions as the Board of Directors and the Trustee
             shall consider to be for the protection of the Holders
             of Debt Securities of any or all series, and to make
             the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a
             default in any of such additional covenants,
             restrictions, conditions or provisions a default or an
             Event of Default with respect to such  series
             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

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             or in any supplemental indenture; to convey, transfer,
             assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the
             Trustee; or to make such other provisions in regard to
             matters or questions arising under this Indenture as
             shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders
             of the Debt Securities; 

                  (d)  to secure the Debt Securities of all series
             in accordance with the provisions of Sections 5.05; 

                  (e)  to evidence and provide for the acceptance of
             appointment by another corporation as a successor
             Trustee hereunder with respect to one or more series of
             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
             Section 8.11;

                  (f)  to modify, amend or supplement this Indenture
             in such a manner as to permit the qualification of any
             indenture supplemental hereto under the Trust Indenture
             Act of 1939 as then in effect, except that nothing
             herein contained shall permit or authorize the
             inclusion in any indenture supplemental hereto of the
             provisions referred to in Section 316(a)(2) of the
             Trust Indenture Act of 1939;

                  (g)  to provide for the issuance under this
             Indenture of Debt Securities in coupon form (including
             Debt Securities registrable as to principal only) and
             to provide for exchangeability of such Debt Securities
             with Debt Securities of the same series issued
             hereunder in fully registered form and to make all
             appropriate changes for such purpose; 

                  (h)  to change or eliminate any of the provisions
             of this Indenture, provided, however, that any such
             change or elimination shall become effective only when
             there is no Debt Security Outstanding of any series
             created prior to the execution of such supplemental
             indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such
             provision; or

                  (i)  to establish any additional form of Debt
             Security, as permitted by Section 2.02, and to provide
             for the issuance of any additional series of Debt
             Securities, as permitted by Section 3.01, and to set
             forth the terms thereof.

             The Trustee is hereby required 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

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   and to accept the conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge
   of any property thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to
   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 11.01 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
   11.02. 

             SECTION 11.02. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF
   HOLDERS.  With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 9.01) of
   the Holders of greater than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the
   Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected by such
   supplemental indenture (all such Holders voting as a single class), by
   act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, 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 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 of each series under this Indenture; provided, however,
   that no such supplemental indenture shall (i) without the consent of
   the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security affected thereby, extend
   the fixed maturity of any Debt Security, or reduce the rate or extend
   the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce the principal
   amount thereof or any premium thereon, or make the principal thereof
   or interest or premium thereon payable in any coin or currency other
   than that provided in the Debt Securities or (ii) without the consent
   of the Holders of all of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each
   series affected reduce the aforesaid percentage of Debt Securities,
   the Holders of which are required to consent (a) to any such
   supplemental indenture, (b) to rescind and annul a declaration that
   any Debt Securities are due and payable as a result of the occurrence
   of an Event of Default, (c) to waive any past default under the
   Indenture and its consequences and (d) to waive compliance with
   Sections 5.02 and 5.04 (other than 5.04(a)(1) and (2)) to 5.07,
   inclusive. 

             Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by a copy of a
   Board Resolution certified by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary
   authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon
   the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Holders of
   Debt Securities 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.

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             It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of
   Debt Securities under this Section 11.02 to approve the particular
   form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be
   sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.

             SECTION 11.03. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.  Upon the
   execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of
   this Article Eleven, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be
   modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective
   rights, limitation 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 11.04. NOTATION ON DEBT SECURITIES.  Debt Securities
   authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental
   indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article Eleven may bear a
   notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for
   in such supplemental indenture.  If the Company or the Trustee shall
   so determine, new Debt Securities of any series so modified as to
   conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors to
   any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental
   indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company, authenticated
   by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Outstanding Debt
   Securities of such series.

             SECTION 11.05. EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE OF SUPPLEMENTAL
   INDENTURE TO BE FURNISHED TRUSTEE.  The Trustee, subject to the
   provisions of Sections 8.01 and 7.02, shall receive, and shall be
   fully protected in relying upon, an Officer's Certificate and an
   Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental
   indenture executed pursuant hereto complies with the requirements of
   this Article Eleven and is authorized and permitted by this Indenture.

                               ARTICLE TWELVE.

                CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE AND CONVEYANCE. 

             SECTION 12.01. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., on Certain
   Terms.  Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of 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 or lease of all or
   substantially all of the property of the Company to any other
   corporation (whether or not affiliated with the Company) authorized to
   acquire and operate the same; provided, however, and the Company
   hereby covenants and agrees, that any such consolidation, merger,
   sale, conveyance or lease shall be upon the condition that (a)

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   immediately after such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or
   lease the corporation (whether the Company or such other corporation)
   formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger, or to which
   such sale, conveyance or lease shall have been made, shall not be in
   default in the performance or observance of any of the terms,
   covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be kept or performed by
   the Company; (b) the corporation (if other than the Company) formed by
   or surviving any such consolidation or merger or to which such sale,
   conveyance or lease shall have been made, shall be a corporation
   organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state
   thereof; and (c) the due and punctual payment of the principal of and
   premium, if any, and interest on all of the Debt Securities, according
   to their tenor, 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, shall be expressly assumed, by
   supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, executed
   and delivered to the Trustee by the Corporation (if other than the
   Company) formed by such consolidation, or into which the Company shall
   have been merged, or by the corporation which shall have acquired or
   leased such property. 

             SECTION 12.02. SUCCESSOR CORPORATION TO BE SUBSTITUTED.  In
   case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease and
   upon the assumption by the successor corporation, 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 performed or observed by
   the Company, such successor corporation shall succeed to and be
   substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been
   named herein as the party of the first part, and (except in the event
   of a conveyance by way of lease) the predecessor corporation shall be
   relieved of any further obligation under this Indenture and the Debt
   Securities.  Such successor corporation thereupon may cause to be
   signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of Morton
   International, Inc. any or all of the Debt Securities issuable
   hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company
   and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor
   corporation instead of the Company and subject to all the terms,
   conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee
   shall authenticate and shall deliver any Debt Securities which
   previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the
   Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Debt Securities
   which such successor corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed
   and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose.  All the Debt
   Securities of each series so issued shall in all respects have the
   same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Debt
   Securities of such series 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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             In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance
   or lease such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance)
   may be made in the Debt Securities thereafter to be issued as may be
   appropriate.

             SECTION 12.03. OPINION OF COUNSEL TO BE GIVEN TRUSTEE.  The
   Trustee, subject to Sections 8.01 and 8.02, shall receive an Opinion
   of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger,
   sale or conveyance and any such assumption complies with the
   provisions of this Article Twelve and that all conditions precedent
   herein provided relating to such transactions have been complied with.

                              ARTICLE THIRTEEN.

                  SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE. 

             SECTION 13.01. SATISFACTION, DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE OF
   DEBT SECURITIES OF ANY SERIES.  The Company shall be deemed to have
   paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the Debt Securities
   of a series, the provisions of this Indenture (except as to (x) the
   rights of Holders of Debt Securities of such series to receive, from
   the money, in the currency required, and Government Obligations
   deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 13.03 or the interest
   and principal received by the Trustee in respect of such Government
   Obligations, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any
   installment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such
   Debt Securities on the Stated Maturities thereof or upon the
   Redemption Dates for Debt Securities required to be redeemed pursuant
   to any mandatory sinking fund or analogous provisions relating to Debt
   Securities of that series or pursuant to any call for redemption
   relating to Debt Securities of that series, (y) the Company's rights
   and obligations with respect to such Debt Securities under Sections
   3.06, 3.07, 5.02, 5.04, 6.01, 8.06, 8.10, 8.11, 13.03, 13.04 and, to
   the extent applicable to such series, Article Four, so long as the
   principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities
   of such series remain unpaid and, thereafter, only the Company's
   rights and obligations under Sections 8.06, 13.03 and 13.04, and (z)
   the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee with
   respect to the Debt Securities of such series) as it relates to such
   Debt Securities shall no longer be in effect, and the Trustee, at the
   expense of the Company, shall, upon Company Request, execute proper
   instruments acknowledging the same if:

                  (a)  (1)  all Debt Securities of such series
             theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i)
             Debt Securities which have been destroyed, lost or
             stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided
             in Section 3.07 and (ii) Debt Securities for whose
             payment money has theretofore been deposited in  trust
             or segregated and held in trust by the Company and
             thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from
             such trust, as provided in Sections 13.03 and 13.04)
             have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

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                  (2)  the Company has paid or caused to be paid in
             the currency required all other sums payable under this
             Indenture in respect of the Debt Securities of such
             series; and

                  (3)  the Company has delivered to the Trustee an
             Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each
             stating that all conditions precedent herein provided
             for relating to the satisfaction of the entire
             indebtedness of all Debt Securities of any such series
             and the discharge of the Indenture as it relates to
             such Debt Securities have been complied with; or

                  (b)  (1)  all Debt Securities of such series not
             theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
             (i) have become due and payable, or (ii) will become
             due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one
             year, or (iii) are to be called for redemption within
             one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
             for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee
             in the name, and at the expense of the Company;

                  (2)  the condition described in paragraph (1) of
             Section 13.02 has been satisfied; and 

                  (3)  the conditions described in paragraphs (a)(2)
             and (a)(3) of this Section 13.01 have been satisfied;
             or

                  (c)  (1)  the conditions referred to in paragraphs
             (b)(2) and (b)(3) of this Section 13.01 have been
             satisfied;

                  (2)  no Event of Default or event which with
             notice or lapse of time would become an Event of
             Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the
             date of the deposit referred to in paragraph (1) of
             Section 13.02 or on the ninety- first day after the
             date of such deposit; provided, however, that should
             that condition fail to be satisfied on or before such
             ninety-first day, the Trustee shall promptly, upon
             satisfactory receipt of evidence of such failure,
             return such deposit to the Company;

                  (3)  the Company has either (i) delivered to the
             Trustee an opinion of counsel of a nationally-
             recognized independent tax counsel to the effect that
             Holders of the Debt Securities of such series will not
             recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax
             purposes as a result of such deposit and the
             satisfaction, discharge and defeasance contemplated by
             this paragraph (c) of this Section 13.01 and will be
             subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts and

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             in the same manner and at the same times as would have
             been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not
             occurred or (ii) the Company shall have received from,
             or there shall have been published by, the
             United States Internal Revenue Service a ruling to the
             effect stated in (i) of this Section 13.01(c)(3); and 

                  (4)  the Company has received an Opinion of
             Counsel to the effect that the satisfaction, discharge
             and defeasance contemplated by this Section 13.01 will
             not result in the delisting of the Debt Securities of
             that series from any nationally-recognized securities
             exchange on which they are listed (if any).

             SECTION 13.02. DEFEASANCE OF DEBT SECURITIES OF ANY SERIES. 
   The provisions of this Indenture (except as to (x) the rights of
   Holders of Debt Securities of any series to receive, from the money,
   in the currency required, and Government Obligations deposited with
   the Trustee pursuant to paragraph (1) below or the interest and
   principal received by the Trustee in respect of such Government
   Obligations, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any
   installment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such
   Debt Securities on the Stated Maturities thereof or upon the
   Redemption Dates for Debt Securities required to be redeemed pursuant
   to any mandatory sinking or analogous provisions relating to
   Securities of that series or pursuant to any call for redemption
   relating to Debt Securities of that series, (y) the Company's rights
   and obligations with respect to such Debt Securities under Sections
   3.06, 3.07, Article Seven (other than subsections (d), (e) and (h) of
   Section 7.01), Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.04, 6.01, 8.06, 8.10, 8.11,
   13.03, 13.04 and, to the extent applicable to such series, Article
   Four, so long as the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
   on the Debt Securities of such series remain unpaid and, thereafter,
   only the Company's rights and obligations under Sections 5.04, 8.06,
   13.03 and 13.04, and (z) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and
   immunities of the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such
   series) as it relates to Debt Securities of any series shall no longer
   be in effect, and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company shall,
   upon Company Request, execute proper instruments acknowledging the
   same if:

                  (1)  the Company has deposited or caused to be
             deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for
             the purpose (A) the Dollars or Foreign Currency, as
             applicable, in an amount, or (B) Government Obligations
             which through the payment of interest and principal in
             respect thereof in accordance with their terms will
             provide on or before the due date of any payment in
             respect of such series of Debt Securities in an amount,
             or (C) a combination thereof, sufficient, after payment
             of all Federal, state and local taxes in respect
             thereof payable by the Trustee, in the opinion of a
             nationally-recognized firm of independent public

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             accountants expressed in a written certification
             thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge
             (i) the principal of (and premium, if any) and each
             installment of principal (and premium, if any) and
             interest on the Outstanding Debt Securities of that
             series on the Stated Maturity of such principal or
             installment of principal or interest and (ii) any
             mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments
             or payments pursuant to any call for redemption
             applicable to Debt Securities of such series on the day
             on which such payments are due and payable in
             accordance with the terms of the Indenture and such
             Debt Securities;

                  (2)  no Event of Default or event which with
             notice or lapse of time would become an Event of
             Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the
             date of such deposit;

                  (3)  the interest of the Holders in such deposit
             shall have been duly perfected under the applicable
             provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code; and 

                  (4)  the Company has delivered to the Trustee an
             Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
             stating that all conditions precedent herein provided
             for relating to the defeasance contemplated by this
             Section have been complied with.

             SECTION 13.03. APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; INDEMNIFICATION. 
   (a)  Subject to the provisions of Section 13.04, all money and
   Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section
   13.01 or 13.02 and all money received by the Trustee in respect of
   Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee, shall be held in
   trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Debt
   Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
   through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own
   Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled
   thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose
   payment such money and Government Obligations have been deposited with
   or received by the Trustee as contemplated by Section 13.01 or 13.02.

             (b)  The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee
   against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against
   Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 13.01 or 13.02 or
   the interest and principal received in respect of such obligations,
   other than any such tax, fee or other charge payable by or on behalf
   of Holders.  The Company shall be entitled to prompt notice of an
   assessment or the commencement of any proceeding for which
   indemnification may be sought hereunder and, at its election, to
   contest such assessment or to participate in, assume the defense of,
   or settle such proceeding.

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             (c)  The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from
   time to time upon Company Request any Government Obligations or money
   held by it as provided in Section 13.01 or 13.02 which, in the opinion
   of a nationally-recognized firm of independent public accountants
   expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee,
   are then in excess of the amount thereof which then would have been
   required to be deposited for the purpose for which such obligations or
   money were deposited or received.

             (d)  If the Trustee is unable to apply any money or
   Government Obligations in accordance with Section 13.02 by reason of
   any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any
   court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise
   prohibiting such application, the Company's obligations under this
   Indenture and the Debt Securities, if any, of such series shall be
   revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to
   Section 13.02 until such time as the Trustee is permitted to apply all
   such money or Government Obligations in accordance with Section 13.02;
   provided, however, that if the Company has made any payment of
   interest on or principal of (and premium, if any) on any Debt
   Securities, if any, of such series because of the reinstatement of its
   obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the
   Holders of such series of Debt Securities, if any, to receive such
   payment from the money or Government Obligations held by the Trustee.

             SECTION 13.04. 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 demand; and the Holder
   of any of the Debt Securities entitled to receive such payment shall
   thereafter look only to the Company for any payment thereof. 

                              ARTICLE FOURTEEN.

                  IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
                           OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.

             SECTION 14.01. INDENTURE AND DEBT SECURITIES SOLELY
   CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS.  No recourse under or upon any obligation,
   covenant or agreement of this Indenture, any supplemental indenture,
   or of any Debt Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise
   in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator,
   stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, past, present or
   future, of the Company or any Subsidiary or of any predecessor or
   successor corporation, either directly or through 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 this Indenture and the obligations issued
   hereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal

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   liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the
   incorporators, stockholders, officers, directors or employees, as
   such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation,
   or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby
   authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or
   agreements contained in this Indenture, or in any of the Debt
   Securities or implied thereby; and that any and all such personal
   liability, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or
   statute of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such
   incorporator, stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such,
   because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or
   under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements
   contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debt Securities or
   implied thereby, are hereby expressly waived and released as a
   condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this
   Indenture and the issue of such Debt Securities.

                              ARTICLE FIFTEEN.

                          MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

             SECTION 15.01. PROVISIONS BINDING ON SUCCESSORS OF THE
   COMPANY.  All of the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements
   in this Indenture contained by the Company shall bind its successors
   and assigns whether so expressed or not.

             SECTION 15.02. INDENTURE FOR SOLE BENEFIT OF PARTIES AND
   HOLDERS OF DEBT SECURITIES.  Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt
   Securities, expressed or implied, shall give or be construed to give
   to any Person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto, any
   agent of the Trustee or the Company under this Indenture and the
   Holders of the Debt Securities, any legal or equitable right, remedy
   or claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any covenant,
   condition or provision herein contained; all such covenants,
   conditions and provisions being, subject to the provisions of Articles
   Twelve and Fourteen, for the sole benefit of the parties hereto, any
   agent of the Trustee or the Company under this Indenture and the
   Holders of the Debt Securities.

             SECTION 15.03. 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 Holders of
   Debt Securities on the Company may be given or served by being
   deposited, registered or certified mail postage prepaid, in a post
   office letter box in the United States addressed (until another
   address is filed by the Company with the Trustee) to the Company, 100
   N. Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60606-1596, Attention:  
   Corporate Secretary.  Any notice, direction, request or demand by any
   Holder of a Debt Security 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 Principal Office of the Trustee,
   addressed to the attention of its Corporate Trust Services Division. 
   Any notice, report or other instrument required by any of the

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   provisions of this Indenture to be given by the Trustee to the Holders
   of Debt Securities of any or all series shall be deemed to have been
   sufficiently given, for all purposes, when mailed by first class mail.

             SECTION 15.04. GOVERNING LAW.  This Indenture and the Debt
   Securities shall for all purposes be construed in accordance with and
   governed by the laws of the State of Illinois.

             SECTION 15.05. EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS
   PRECEDENT; DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS TO TRUSTEE.  Upon any Company Request
   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 all conditions precedent, if any (including
   any covenant, compliance with which constitutes a condition
   precedent), 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 (insofar
   as they relate to matters of law) have been complied with, except that
   in the case of any such application or demand as to which the
   furnishing of such document is specifically required by any provision
   of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand,
   no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

             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 shall include (1)
   a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has
   read such covenant or condition; (2) 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; (3) 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 (4) a statement as to whether or
   not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has
   been complied with. 

             In any case where several matters are required to be
   certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is
   not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the
   opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or
   covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give
   an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such
   Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give
   an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

             Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may
   be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate
   or opinion of, or representations by counsel unless such officer
   knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
   certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters
   upon which his certificate or opinion is based on erroneous.  Any such
   certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates

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   to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
   representations by, an officer or officers of the Company unless such
   counsel knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with
   respect to such matters are erroneous.

             Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or
   more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements,
   opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need
   not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

             SECTION 15.06. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.  In any case where the date
   of maturity of interest on or principal of or premium, if any, on any
   series of Debt Securities or the date fixed for redemption of any Debt
   Security or Debt Securities will be a legal holiday or a day on which
   banking institutions are legally authorized or obligated to close in
   Chicago, Illinois or any other location where a Paying Agent appointed
   pursuant to Section 5.02 is located, then payment of such interest on
   or principal of and premium, if any, on such Debt Securities need not
   be made by such Paying Agent on such date but may be made by such
   Paying Agent on the next succeeding business day that is not a day in
   such location that is either a legal holiday or a day on which banking
   institutions are legally authorized or obligated to close, with the
   same force and effect as if made on such date of maturity or the date
   fixed for redemption and no interest shall accrue for the period from
   and after such prior date.

             SECTION 15.07. TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 TO CONTROL.  If
   any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision
   of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 that is required under such Act to
   be a part of and govern this Indenture, the provisions of such Act
   shall control.  If any provision of this Indenture modifies or
   excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 that may be
   so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply
   to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may
   be. 

             SECTION 15.08. 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 15.09. DETERMINATION OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT.  In
   determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of
   Outstanding Debt Securities of any series have given any request,
   demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder,
   or whether sufficient funds are available for redemption or for any
   other purpose, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount
   Debt Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes
   shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and
   payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of
   acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.01, (ii)
   the principal amount of any Debt Securities denominated in a Foreign

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   Currency that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes
   shall be determined by converting the Foreign Currency into Dollars at
   the Market Exchange Rate as of the date of such determination and
   (iii) the principal amount of any Indexed Debt Security that shall be
   deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the
   principal face amount of such Indexed Debt Security at original
   issuance, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture.

             SECTION 15.10. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS; ACCEPTANCE OF
   TRUSTS.  This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts,
   each of which shall be an original and such counterparts shall
   together constitute but one and the same instrument.  The First
   National Bank of Chicago hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture
   declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions hereinabove set
   forth.

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             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
   Indenture to be duly signed and delivered as of the day and year first
   written above. 


                                 MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC. 



                                 By:  ___________________________________
                                 Name:     ______________________________
                                 Title:    ______________________________


   ATTEST:


   By:  ___________________________________
   Name:     ______________________________
   Title:    ______________________________



                                 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
                                      as Trustee



                                 By:  ___________________________________
                                 Name:     ______________________________
                                 Title:    ______________________________


   ATTEST:


   By:  ___________________________________
   Name:     ______________________________
   Title:    ______________________________

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   STATE OF ILLINOIS   )
                       )  SS:
   COUNTY OF COOK      )


             On the _____ day of _______________, 1998, before me
   personally came ____________________ and ____________________, to me
   known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that they are
   the _____________ and _______________, respectively, of Morton
   International, Inc., one of the parties described in and which
   executed the foregoing instrument; that they signed their names
   thereto by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation;
   and said they acknowledged said instrument to be their free act and
   deed and the free act and deed of said corporation.

             WITNESS my hand and official seal the day and year first
   above written. 



                                      ___________________________________
                                                Notary Public


   (NOTARIAL SEAL)                         My commission expires:________

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   STATE OF ILLINOIS   )
                       )  SS.:
   COUNTY OF COOK      )


             On this _____ day of _______________, 1998, before me
   personally came ____________________, to me known, who, being by me
   duly sworn, did depose and say that he is a __________________________ 
   of The First National Bank of Chicago, one of the parties described in
   and which executed the foregoing instrument; and that he signed his
   name thereto by due authority of said party; and said person
   acknowledged said instrument to be his free act and deed and the free
   act and deed of said party.

             WITNESS my hand and official seal the day and year first
   above written. 



                                      ___________________________________
                                                Notary Public


   (NOTARIAL SEAL)                         My commission expires:________

   

                               EXHIBIT 5

                   Opinion of Schiff Hardin & Waite
                   --------------------------------





                                 May 1, 1998



   Morton International, Inc.
   100 North Riverside Plaza
   Chicago, Illinois  60606-1596

        Re:  Morton International, Inc. 
             Registration Statement on Form S-3 
             ----------------------------------

   Gentlemen:

             We have acted as counsel to Morton International, Inc., an
   Indiana corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the filing of
   a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement")
   with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities
   Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act").  The Registration Statement
   relates to the registration under the Act of up to $1,000,000,000 of
   the Company's debt securities, consisting of debentures, notes or
   other evidences of indebtedness in one or more series ("Debt
   Securities").

             The Debt Securities are to be issued under an indenture
   between the Company and The First National Bank of Chicago, as trustee
   (the "Trustee") substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the
   Registration Statement (the "Indenture").  The Debt Securities may be
   offered and sold pursuant to one or more underwriting agreements
   (each, together with any related pricing agreement or other schedule
   of terms, an "Underwriting Agreement") between the Company and the
   underwriters named therein, or as otherwise provided pursuant to the
   Registration Statement.

             In this regard, we have reviewed the Registration Statement
   and the exhibits thereto and have examined such other documents and
   made such investigation as we have deemed necessary in order to enable
   us to render the opinions set forth below.  In rendering such
   opinions, we have assumed that (i) the Registration Statement will
   have become effective under the Act and the Indenture will have been
   qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, (ii) a
   Prospectus Supplement (a "Prospectus Supplement") relating to the Debt
   Securities to be offered and sold as contemplated by the Registration
   Statement will be prepared, delivered and filed as contemplated by the


   <PAGE>  144
   
   Morton International, Inc.
   May 1, 1998
   Page 2

   Act, (iii) the Indenture will have been authorized, executed and
   delivered by each of the Company and the Trustee, in substantially the
   form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, (iv) the
   Indenture will represent the valid and binding obligation of the
   Trustee, (v) each Underwriting Agreement, as applicable, will be
   executed and delivered in substantially the form filed as an exhibit
   to the Registration Statement, and (vi) each Underwriting Agreement
   will be authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of the
   underwriters named therein and will represent a valid and binding
   obligation of each such underwriter.

             Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

        1.   The Company is validly existing under the laws of the State
   of Indiana.

        2.   The Debt Securities will be valid and binding obligations of
   the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms (except as
   enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
   reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting
   enforcement of creditors' rights generally  or by general equity
   principles and except that a claim in respect of any Debt Security
   denominated other than U.S. dollars may be converted into U.S. dollars
   at a rate of exchange prevailing at a date determined by applicable
   law and enforcement thereof may be further limited by governmental
   authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments in a
   foreign currency or currency unit on payment outside the United
   States) at such time as:  (a) the Board of Directors of the Company or
   a duly authorized committee thereof (the "Board of Directors") shall
   have established by resolution, not inconsistent with the Indenture, a
   series in which such Debt Securities are to be issued and the terms of
   such Debt Securities, and such series and terms shall have been
   established in accordance with the requirements of the Indenture; and
   (b) the issuance and sale of such Debt Securities shall have been duly
   authorized by the Board of Directors, and such Debt Securities shall
   have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered pursuant
   to the provisions of the Indenture and, if applicable, in accordance
   with a duly authorized, completed and executed Underwriting Agreement,
   as contemplated in the Registration Statement and the applicable
   Prospectus Supplement, against payment of the agreed consideration
   therefor.

             The opinions expressed above are limited to the laws of the
   State of Illinois, the Indiana Business Corporation Law and the
   federal laws of the United States.

  
   <PAGE>  145
  
   Morton International, Inc.
   May 1, 1998
   Page 3


             We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an
   exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under
   the caption "Legal Opinions" in the prospectus constituting a part of
   the Registration Statement.

                                 Very truly yours,

                                 SCHIFF HARDIN & WAITE



                                 By:  /s/ Andrew A. Kling
                                      -------------------



                                 EXHIBIT 12

                  Statement Regarding Computation of Ratios
                  -----------------------------------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                             Six Months
                                             ----------

                                            FY98     FY97     FY97      FY96     FY95      FY94      FY93
                                            ----     ----     ----      ----     ----      ----      ----
<S>                                         <C>      <C>      <C>       <C>       <C>      <C>       <C>        
       Income from Continuing Operations    175.6    149.8    333.8     285.3     243.6    193.4     119.5
       before  taxes


       Fixed Charges
       -------------

       Interest Expense                      11.6     12.0     25.6      24.4      28.4     27.8      33.5
       Amortization of debt expense and       0.1      0.1      0.1       0.1       0.1      0.1       0.1
       discount or premium relating to
       debt

       Portion of rent expense                5.8      6.6     11.6      11.9      11.2     11.1      10.6
       demonstrated to represent the
       interest factor @

       Preferred stock dividend                --       --       --        --        --       --        --
                                             ----     ----     ----      ----      ----     ----      ----

          Total Fixed Charges                17.5     18.7     37.3      36.4      39.7     39.0      44.2
       Pretax income plus fixed charges     193.1    168.5    371.1     321.7     283.3    232.4     163.7

       Ratio                                 11.0      9.0      9.9       8.8       7.1      6.0       3.7
                                             ====     ====     ====      ====      ====     ====      ====


       @

       Rent Expense                          17.6     19.9     35.2      36.1      34.0     33.6      32.1
       Interest factor                       0.33     0.33     0.33      0.33      0.33     0.33      0.33

       Interest portion of rent               5.8      6.6     11.6      11.9      11.2     11.1      10.6
                                             ====     ====     ====      ====      ====     ====      ====

</TABLE>


     Six Month rent amounts are estimates based on FY97 expense.



                                EXHIBIT 23.2

                        CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
                        ----------------------------



                       Consent of Independent Auditors


        We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption
   "Experts" in the Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related
   Prospectus of Morton International, Inc. for the registration of
   $1,000,000,000 of debt securities and to the incorporation by
   reference therein of our reports dated July 29, 1997, with respect to
   the consolidated financial statements of Morton International, Inc.
   incorporated by reference in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the
   year ended June 30, 1997, and the related financial statement schedule
   included therein, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.



                                 ERNST & YOUNG LLP

   Chicago, Illinois 
   April 29, 1998




                                 EXHIBIT 25

                        Statement of Eligibility of 
               The First National Bank of Chicago on Form T-1
               ----------------------------------------------

                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549


                                  FORM T-1
                                  --------

                          STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
                    UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
                OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

              CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY
                  OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

                        ____________________________

                     THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
             (Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

   A National Banking Association                    36-0899825
                                                     (I.R.S. employer
                                                     identification number)

   One First National Plaza, Chicago, Illinois       60670-0126
   (Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip Code)

                     The First National Bank of Chicago
                    One First National Plaza, Suite 0286
                       Chicago, Illinois   60670-0286
           Attn:  Lynn A. Goldstein, Law Department (312) 732-6919
          (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

                        _____________________________

                         Morton International, Inc.
             (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

   Indiana                                           36-4140798
   (State or other jurisdiction of                   (I.R.S. employer
   incorporation or organization)                          identification
   number)

   100 North Riverside Plaza
   Chicago, Illinois                                 60606-1596
   (Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip Code)


                               Debt Securities
                       (Title of Indenture Securities)

   <PAGE>  149

   ITEM 1.   GENERAL INFORMATION.  FURNISH THE FOLLOWING
             INFORMATION AS TO THE TRUSTEE:

             (a)  Name and address of each examining or
             supervising authority to which it is subject.

             Comptroller of Currency, Washington, D.C.,
             Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 
             Washington, D.C., The Board of Governors of
             the Federal Reserve System, Washington D.C.

             (B)  WHETHER IT IS AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE
             CORPORATE TRUST POWERS.

             The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate
             trust powers.

   ITEM 2.   AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR.  IF THE OBLIGOR
             IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE TRUSTEE, DESCRIBE EACH
             SUCH AFFILIATION.

             No such affiliation exists with the trustee.

    
   ITEM 16.  LIST OF EXHIBITS.   LIST BELOW ALL EXHIBITS FILED AS A 
             PART OF THIS STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY.

             1.   A copy of the articles of association of the  
                  trustee now in effect.*

             2.   A copy of the certificates of authority of the
                  trustee to commence business.*

             3.   A copy of the authorization of the trustee to
                  exercise corporate trust powers.*

             4.   A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee.*

             5.   Not Applicable.

             6.   The consent of the trustee required by
                  Section 321(b) of the Act.

             7.   A copy of the latest report of condition of the
                  trustee published pursuant to law or the  
                  requirements of its supervising or examining
                  authority.

             8.   Not Applicable.

             9.   Not Applicable.

   <PAGE>  150

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
   as amended, the trustee, The First National Bank of Chicago, a
   national banking association organized and existing under the laws of
   the United States of America, has duly caused this Statement of
   Eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
   duly authorized, all in the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois,
   on this 2nd day of April, 1998.


                  THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
                  TRUSTEE

                  By  /s/ John R. Prendiville
                       John R. Prendiville
                       Vice President




   * EXHIBIT 1, 2, 3 AND 4 ARE HEREIN INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE TO
   EXHIBITS BEARING IDENTICAL NUMBERS IN ITEM 16 OF THE FORM T-1 OF THE
   FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, FILED AS EXHIBIT 25.1 TO THE
   REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3 OF SUNAMERICA, INC., FILED WITH THE
   SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 25, 1996 (REGISTRATION
   NO. 333-14201).

   <PAGE>  151

                                  EXHIBIT 6



                     THE CONSENT OF THE TRUSTEE REQUIRED
                        BY SECTION 321(b) OF THE ACT



                                                April 2, 1998


   Securities and Exchange Commission
   Washington, D.C.  20549

   Gentlemen:

        In connection with the qualification of an indenture between
   Morton International, Inc. and The First National Bank of Chicago, the
   undersigned, in accordance with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture
   Act of 1939, as amended, hereby consents that the reports of
   examinations of the undersigned, made by Federal or State authorities
   authorized to make such examinations, may be furnished by such
   authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request
   therefor.


                  Very truly yours,

                  THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO

                    By /s/ John R. Prendiville
                       John R. Prendiville
                       Vice President



   <PAGE>  152

                                    EXHIBIT 7
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                            <C>                                       <C>                      <C>             <C>         
     Legal Title of Bank:      The First National Bank of Chicago        Call Date: 12/31/97      ST-BK: 17-1630  FFIEC 031
     Address:                  One First National Plaza, Ste 0303                                                 Page RC-1
     City, State  Zip:         Chicago, IL  60670
     FDIC Certificate No.:     0/3/6/1/8
                               ---------
</TABLE>

     CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION FOR INSURED COMMERCIAL
     AND STATE-CHARTERED SAVINGS BANKS FOR DECEMBER 31,1997

     All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars.  Unless otherwise
     indicated, report the amount outstanding  as of the last business day of
     the quarter.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
  
     SCHEDULE RC--BALANCE SHEET
                                                                        Dollar Amounts in
                                                                            Thousands              RCFC    BIL MIL THOU
                                                                            ---------              ----    ------------
     <S>                                                            <C>           <C>               <C>     <C>            <C>
     ASSETS
     1.   Cash and balances due from depository institutions
          (from Schedule RC-A):
          a.   Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and                                        0081    4,267,336      1.a.
               coin(1)
          b.   Interest-bearing balances(2)                                                         0071    6,893,837      1.b.
     2.   Securities
     a.   Held-to-maturity securities(from Schedule RC-B,                                           1754            0      2.a.
          column A)
     b.   Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B,                                        1773    5,691,722      2.b.
          column D)............
     3.   Federal funds sold and securities purchased under                                         1350    6,339,940      3.
          agreements to resell
     4.   Loans and lease financing receivables:
          a.   Loans and leases, net of unearned income (from       RCFD 2122     25,202,984                               4.a.
               Schedule RC-C)
          b.   LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses            RCFD 3123        419,121                               4.b.
          c.   LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve                RCFD 3128              0                               4.c.
          d.   Loans and leases, net of unearned income,                                            2125   24,783,863      4.d.
               allowance, and reserve (item 4.a minus 4.b and
               4.c)
     5.   Trading assets (from Schedule RD-D)                                                       3545    6,703,332      5.
     6.   Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized                                          2145      743,426      6.
          leases)
     7.   Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M)                                              2150        7,727      7.
     8.   Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and                                            2130      134,959      8.
          associated companies (from Schedule RC-M)
     9.   Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances                                          2155      644,340      9.
          outstanding
     10.  Intangible assets (from Schedule RC-M)                                                    2143      268,501      10.
     11.  Other assets (from Schedule RC-F)                                                         2160    2,004,432      11.
     12.  Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11)                                                  2170   58,483,415      12.

</TABLE>
     _____________

     (1)  Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.
     (2)  Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading.


     <PAGE>  153

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

     <S>                       <C>                                       <C>                      <C>             <C> 
     Legal Title of Bank:      The First National Bank of Chicago        Call Date:  09/30/97     ST-BK:  17-1630 FFIEC 031
     Address:                  One First National Plaza, Ste 0303                                                 Page RC-2
     City, State  Zip:         Chicago, IL  60670
     FDIC Certificate No.:     0/3/6/1/8
                               ---------
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

     SCHEDULE RC-CONTINUED

                                                                        Dollar Amounts in
                                                                            Thousands            RCFC    BIL MIL THOU
                                                                            ---------            ----    ------------
     <S>                                                            <C>            <C>         <C>         <C>             <C> 
     LIABILITIES
     13.  Deposits:
          a.   In domestic offices (sum of totals of columns A                                 RCON 2200   21,756,846      13.a
               and C from Schedule RC-E, part 1)
               (1)  Noninterest-bearing(1)                          RCON 6631      9,197,227                               13.a.1
               (2) Interest-bearing                                 RCON 6636        559,619                               13.a.2
          b.   In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement                                          RCFN 2200   14,811,410      13.b.
               subsidiaries, and IBFs (from Schedule RC-E,
               part II)
               (1)  Noninterest bearing                             RCFN 6631        332,801                               13.b.1
               (2) Interest-bearing                                 RCFN 6636     14,478,609                               13.b.2
     14.  Federal funds purchased and securities sold under                                    RCFD 2800    4,535,422      14
          agreements to repurchase:
     15.  a.   Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury                                        RCON 2840       43,763      15.a
          b.   Trading Liabilities(from Schedule RC-D)                                         RCFD 3548    6,523,239      15.b
     16.  Other borrowed money:
          a.   With a remaining maturity of one year or less                                   RCFD 2332    1,360,165      16.a
          b.   With a remaining  maturity of than one year                                          A547      576,492      16.b
               through three years
          c.   With a remaining maturity of more than three                                         A548      703,981      16.c
               years
     17.  Not applicable
     18.  Bank's liability on acceptance executed and                                          RCFD 2920      644,341      18
          outstanding
     19.  Subordinated notes and debentures (2)                                                RCFD 3200    1,700,000      19
     20.  Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)                                               RCFD 2930    1,322,077      20
     21.  Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20)                                       RCFD 2948   53,987,736      21
     22.  Not applicable
     EQUITY CAPITAL
     23.  Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus                                        RCFD 3838            0      23
     24.  Common stock                                                                         RCFD 3230      200,858      24
     25.  Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred                                    RCFD 3839    2,999,001      25
          stock)
     26.  a.   Undivided profits and capital reserves                                          RCFD 3632    1,273,239      26.a.
          b.   Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on                                        RCFD 8434       24,096      26.b.
               available-for-sale securities
     27.  Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments                                  RCFD 3284      (1,515)      27
     28.  Total equity capital (sum of items 23 through 27)                                    RCFD 3210    4,495,679      28
     29.  Total liabilities and equity capital (sum of items                                   RCFD 3300   58,483,415      29
          21 and 28)
                                                                                               RCFD 6724          N/A      M.1

</TABLE>

     <PAGE>  154

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

     Memorandum
<S>                                                                 <C>
     To be reported only with the March Report of Condition.
     1.   Indicate in the box at the right the number of the
          statement below that best describes the most
          comprehensive level of auditing work performed for
          the bank by independent external auditors as of any
          date during 1996   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

     1 =  Independent audit of the bank conducted in                4 =  Directors' examination of the bank performed by
          accordance with generally accepted auditing                    other external auditors (may be required by state
          standards by a certified public accounting firm                chartering authority)
          which submits a report on the bank                        5 =  Review of the bank's financial statements by
     2 =  Independent audit of the bank's parent holding                 external auditors
          company conducted in accordance with generally            6 =  Compilation of the bank's financial statements by
          accepted auditing standards by a certified public              external auditors
          accounting firm which submits a report on the             7 =  Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation
          consolidated holding company (but not on the bank              work)
          separately)                                               8 =  No external audit work
     3 =  Directors' examination of the bank conducted in
          accordance with generally accepted auditing
          standards by a certified public accounting firm (may
          be required by state chartering authority)



     ____________________

     (1)  Includes total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings deposits.
     (2)  Includes limited-life preferred stock and related surplus.

</TABLE>



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