READINGTON HOLDINGS INC
N-2, EX-99.K.2, 2000-08-11
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                                                                    Exhibit K(2)
[LOGO]

DATE:             AUGUST 10, 2000

TO:               READINGTON HOLDINGS, INC.  ("Counterparty")
ATTENTION:        UNDERWOOD, ROBERT/KING, MELISSA
                  TEL: Please Advise

                  FAX: 908-735-1275

FROM:             MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL SERVICES, INC.   ("MLCS")
CONTACTS:         GARGUILO, RHONDA
                  TEL:  212-4491951
                  FAX:  212-4496219

RE:               SWAP TRANSACTION CONFIRMATION

MLCS Reference:   00DL4341, 650658A

Dear Sir or Madam:

       The purpose of this communication is to confirm the terms and conditions
of the transaction entered into between us on the Trade Date specified below
(the "Transaction"). This communication constitutes a "Confirmation" as referred
to in the Agreement specified below.

     The definitions and provisions contained in the 1991 ISDA Definitions (as
supplemented by the 1998 Supplement), as published by the International Swaps
and Derivatives Association, Inc. (the "Definitions") are incorporated into this
Confirmation. For these purposes, all references in those Definitions to a
"Transaction" shall be deemed to apply to the Transaction referred to herein. In
the event of any inconsistency between the Definitions and this Confirmation,
the terms of this Confirmation shall govern.

     This Confirmation supplements, forms part of, and is subject to, the ISDA
Master Agreement dated as of August 10, 2000, as amended and supplemented from
time to time (the "Agreement"), between you and us. All provisions contained in
the Agreement govern this Confirmation except as expressly modified below.

     The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates
are as follows:

Notional Amount:                                USD 627,777,000.00

Trade Date:                                     August 10, 2000

Effective Date:                                 August 11, 2000

Termination Date:                               December 4, 2023

Fixed Amounts:

     Fixed Rate Payer:                          MLCS



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     Fixed Rate Payer
     Payment Dates:                          Monthly, on the 4th calendar day of
                                             each month, commencing on September
                                             4, 2000 and ending on the
                                             Termination Date, inclusive,
                                             subject to adjustment in accordance
                                             with the Modified Following
                                             Business Day Convention

     Fixed Rate:                             6.620000%

     Fixed Rate
     Day Count Fraction:                     30/360

     No Adjustment of
     Period End Dates:                       Inapplicable

Floating Amounts:

     Floating Rate Payer:                    Counterparty

     Floating Rate Payer

     Payment Dates:                          Monthly, on the 4th calendar day of
                                             each month, commencing on September
                                             4, 2000 and ending on the
                                             Termination Date, inclusive,
                                             subject to adjustment in accordance
                                             with the Modified Following
                                             Business Day Convention

     Floating Rate for

     initial Calculation Period:             6.540000%,  exclusive of Spread

     Floating Rate Payer

     Floating Rate Option:                   USD-LIBOR-BBA

     Designated Maturity:                    One month

     Spread:                                 Minus 0.24400%

     Floating Rate

     Day Count Fraction:                     Actual/360

     Reset Dates:                            The first day of each Floating Rate
                                             Payer Calculation Period

     No Adjustment of

     Period End Dates:                       Inapplicable

     Rate Cut-Off Dates:                     Inapplicable

     Averaging:                              Inapplicable



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     Compounding:                      Inapplicable

Business Days:                         New York, London

Calculation Agent:                     MLCS, unless otherwise specified in
                                       the Agreement


Account Details

     Payments to MLCS:                 Bankers Trust Company
                                       New York, NY
                                       ABA: 021001033
                                       A/C #00-811-874
                                       Ref: Merrill Lynch Capital Services, Inc.
                                       Dollar Swaps, New York, NY

     Payments to Counterparty:         Please advise


Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of our
agreement by executing this Confirmation and returning it to us by facsimile
transmission.

                                            Yours sincerely,

                                            MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL SERVICES, INC.



                                            By:


                                                  Authorized Signatory

Accepted and confirmed as of the Trade Date written above:

READINGTON HOLDINGS, INC.




By:

       Name:
       Title:


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