DONALDSON LUFKIN & JENRETTE INC /NY/
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549




                                   FORM 8-K


                CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                    OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934




      Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) September 12, 1997
                        Commission File Number 1-6862


                      DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE, INC.
                          (Exact name of registrant)


           Delaware                              13-1898818
    (State of organization)         (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)


                                277 Park Avenue
                           New York, New York 10172
             (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

                                (212) 892-3000
                        (Registrant's telephone Number)














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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

                  On August 22, 1997, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc. (the
"Company") filed a registration statement (File No. 333-34149) on Form S-3
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") relating to the
public offering, pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, of up to an aggregate of $1,000,000,000 in securities of the Company
(the "Registration Statement"). On August 26, 1997, the Commission declared
the Registration Statement effective. (The Registration Statement and
definitive prospectus contained therein are collectively referred to as the
"Prospectus.")

                  The Company filed on September 15, 1997 a supplement to 
the Prospectus, dated September 12, 1997, relating to the issuance and sale 
of $350,000,000 of Global Floating Rate Notes due September 2002 (the "Global
Floating Rate Notes Supplement"), with the Commission. In connection with the
filing of the Global Floating Rate Notes Supplement with the Commission, the 
Company is filing certain exhibits as part of this Form 8-K. See "Item 7. 
Financial Statements and Exhibits."

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(c)  Exhibits.

                  The following exhibits are filed with this report on Form
8-K:

         1        Underwriting Agreement dated as of September 12, 1997 by and 
                  among Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc. and the several 
                  Underwriters named therein.

         4.1      Form of First Supplemental Indenture between the Company and
                  The Chase Manhattan Bank as Trustee relating to the issuance
                  of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Global
                  Floating Rate Notes.

         5.1      Opinion of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering as to validity of the 
                  Notes.

         5.2      Opinion of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering as to certain tax 
                  matters.

         23.1     Consent of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (included as part of 
                  Exhibits 5.1 and 5.2)

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                                   SIGNATURE


         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                      DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE, INC.



                                      By:   /s/ Marjorie S. White
                                        ----------------------------------
                                      Name:  Marjorie S. White
                                      Title: Secretary



Dated: September 17, 1997


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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT
NUMBER                     EXHIBIT

1                 Underwriting Agreement dated as of September 12, 1997 by and 
                  among Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc. and the several 
                  Underwriters named therein.

4.1               Form of First Supplemental between the Company and The Chase
                  Manhattan Bank as Trustee relating to the issuance of
                  $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Global Floating
                  Rate Notes.

5.1               Opinion of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering as to validity of 
                  the Notes.

5.2               Opinion of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering as to certain 
                  tax matters.

23.1              Consent of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (included as part of 
                  Exhibits 5.1 and 5.2)

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                      DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE, INC.

                                 $350,000,000

                 GLOBAL FLOATING RATE NOTES DUE SEPTEMBER 2002

                            UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

                              September 12, 1997

DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE
  SECURITIES CORPORATION
  As the sole U.S. Underwriter
    named in Schedule I hereto
277 Park Avenue
New York, New York  10172

DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE INTERNATIONAL
BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS LONDON BRANCH
BANQUE PARIBAS
CHASE MANHATTAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
CITIBANK INTERNATIONAL PLC
COMMERZBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
CREDIT LYONNAIS
DEUTSCHE BANK AG LONDON
SOCIETE GENERALE STRAUSS TURNBULL SECURITIES LIMITED
UBS LIMITED
DRESDNER BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
PAINEWEBBER INTERNATIONAL (U.K.) LTD.
SALOMON BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

c/o Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette International
    99 Bishopsgate
    London, EC2M 3XD
    U.K.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"COMPANY") proposes to issue and sell $350,000,000 principal amount of its
Global Floating Rate Notes Due September 2002 (the "SECURITIES") to the sole
U.S. underwriter named in Schedule I hereto (the


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"U.S. UNDERWRITER") and to the several International Managers named in
Schedule II hereto (the "INTERNATIONAL MANAGERS" and, with the U.S.
Underwriter, the "UNDERWRITERS"). The Securities are to be issued pursuant to
the provisions of an Indenture dated as of September 3, 1997 (the "INDENTURE")
and a First Supplemental Indenture to be entered into, each of which is
between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee (the "TRUSTEE").

         1. Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company has prepared
and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "COMMISSION") in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively called
the "ACT"), a registration statement on Form S-3 relating to, among other
things, certain debt securities of the Company (the "SHELF SECURITIES") to be
issued from time to time by the Company. The Company also has filed with, or
proposes to file with, the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, a
prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Securities. The
registration statement as amended at the date of this Agreement is hereinafter
referred to as the Registration Statement; and the related prospectus covering
the Shelf Securities in the form first used to confirm sales of the Securities
is hereinafter referred to as the Basic Prospectus. The Basic Prospectus as
supplemented by the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the
Securities in the form first used to confirm sales of the Securities is
hereinafter referred to as the Prospectus. Any reference in this Agreement to
the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any preliminary form of
prospectus (a "PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS") previously filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424 or the Prospectus, shall be deemed to refer to and
include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of
Form S-3 under the Act which were filed under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(collectively, the "EXCHANGE ACT") on or before the date of this Agreement or
the date of the Basic Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or the
Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference to "amend", "amendment" or
"supplement" with respect to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus,
any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and
include any documents filed under the Exchange Act after the date of this
Agreement, or the date of the Basic Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or
the Prospectus, as the case may be, which are deemed to be incorporated by
reference therein.

         2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase. On the basis of the
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and subject to its
terms and conditions, the Company agrees to issue and sell, and each
Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company
the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the name of such
Underwriter in Schedule I and Schedule II hereto, at 99.36 % of the principal
amount thereof (the "PURCHASE PRICE") plus accrued interest thereon, if any,
from September 18, 1997 to the date of payment and delivery. If no amount is
set forth in Schedule I with respect to the U.S. Underwriter, Securities may
nevertheless be sold to the U.S. Underwriter as a result of a reallocation of
the Securities shown on Schedule II pursuant to that certain Agreement Between
U.S. Underwriter and International Managers dated as of the date of this
Agreement and the rights and obligations

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of the U.S. Underwriter shall pertain to the sale to and purchase by the U.S.
Underwriter of any Securities so allocated as if such Securities were set
forth in Schedule I.

         3.       Terms and Conditions of the Offering. The Company is advised 
by you that each Underwriter represents, warrants and agrees that:

                  (a) Each Underwriter will purchase and resell its respective
         portions of the Securities (the "OFFERING") only upon the terms and
         conditions set forth in the Prospectus and in this Agreement and only
         as permitted by the Act and any applicable securities laws and
         regulations of any jurisdiction in which the offer, sale or delivery
         of the Securities is subject to regulation.

                  (b) No action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction
         by the Underwriters or the Company that would permit a public
         offering of the Securities or possession or distribution of the
         Prospectus in preliminary or final form in any jurisdiction where, or
         in any circumstances in which, action for that purpose is required,
         other than the United States. The Underwriters understand and agree
         that each Underwriter is responsible for compliance with all laws
         applicable to offers and sales of the Securities and distribution of
         the Prospectus by such Underwriter and its affiliates. The
         Underwriters will not, as principal or agent, directly or indirectly,
         offer, sell or deliver the Securities or distribute the Prospectus,
         any advertisement or other offering material in any country or
         jurisdiction except in compliance with any applicable laws and
         regulations. In addition, without prejudice to the generality of the
         foregoing, each Underwriter represents, warrants and agrees to
         observe and comply with the specific non-U.S. restrictions set forth
         on Exhibit A, as applicable, and as the applicable laws, rules and
         regulations may be amended from time to time.

                  (c) (i) Each Underwriter represents and agrees that it will
         comply with all applicable laws and regulations, and make or obtain
         all necessary filings, consents or approvals, in each jurisdiction in
         which it purchases, offers, sells or delivers Securities (including,
         without limitation, any applicable requirements relating to the
         delivery of the Prospectus, in preliminary or final form), in each
         case at its own expense; (ii) the Company shall have no
         responsibility to such Underwriter or its affiliates with respect to
         the matters covered in this Section 3(c).

                  (d) Each Underwriter acknowledges that neither it, its
         affiliates nor any other person is authorized to give any information
         or make any representation in connection with the offering, issue,
         sale or delivery of the Securities other than those contained in the
         Prospectus (as supplemented and amended) or with the prior written
         consent of the Company.

         4.       Delivery and Payment. Delivery to the Underwriters of and
payment for the Securities shall be made at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on
the fourth business day (the

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"CLOSING DATE") following the date of this Agreement, at such place as you
shall designate. The Closing Date and the location of delivery of and the form
of payment for the Securities may be varied by agreement between you and the
Company.

         Certificates for the Securities shall be registered in the name of
Cede & Co. or such other nominee of the Depository Trust Company as is
nominated by the Depository Trust Company not later than two full business
days prior to the Closing Date. Such certificates shall be made available to
you for inspection not later than 9:30 A.M., New York City time, on the
business day next preceding the Closing Date. Certificates in definitive form
evidencing the Securities shall be delivered to you or at your direction on
the Closing Date with any transfer taxes thereon duly paid by the Company, for
the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment of the
Purchase Price therefor by wire transfer or certified or official bank checks
payable in immediately available funds to the order of the Company.

         5.       Agreements of the Company.  The Company agrees with you:

                  (a) To file the Prospectus in a form approved by you
         pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act not later than the Commission's
         close of business on the second business day following the date of
         determination of the offering price of the Securities.

                  (b) To file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or
         information statements required to be filed by the Company with the
         Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
         Exchange Act during the period mentioned in paragraph (f) below.

                  (c) To advise you promptly and, if requested by you, to
         confirm such advice in writing, (i) when any amendment to the
         Registration Statement becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the
         Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments
         or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii)
         of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
         effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the suspension of
         qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any
         jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for such purposes,
         and (iv) of the happening of any event during the period referred to
         in paragraph (f) below which makes any statement of a material fact
         made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or which
         requires the making of any additions to or changes in the
         Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the
         statements therein not misleading. If at any time the Commission
         shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
         Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort
         to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest
         possible time.

                  (d) To furnish to you, without charge, one signed copy of
         the Registration Statement as first filed with the Commission and of
         each amendment to it, including all exhibits and documents
         incorporated by reference therein, and to furnish to you and each

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         Underwriter designated by you such number of conformed copies of the
         Registration Statement as so filed and of each amendment to it,
         without exhibits, and documents incorporated by reference therein as
         you may reasonably request.

                  (e) Not to file any amendment or supplement to the
         Registration Statement, whether before or after the time when it
         becomes effective, or to make any amendment or supplement to the
         Prospectus of which you shall not previously have been advised or to
         which you shall reasonably object; and to prepare and file with the
         Commission, promptly upon your reasonable request, any amendment to
         the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus which may
         be necessary or advisable in connection with the distribution of the
         Securities by you, and to use its best efforts to cause any amendment
         to the Registration Statement to become promptly effective.

                  (f) From time to time for such period as in the opinion of
         counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus is required by law to be
         delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or a dealer, to
         furnish to each Underwriter and dealer as many copies of the
         Prospectus (and of any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus) as
         such Underwriter or dealer may reasonably request.

                  (g) If during the period specified in paragraph (f) any
         event shall occur as a result of which, in the opinion of counsel for
         the Underwriters it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the
         Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
         the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser,
         not misleading, or if it is necessary to amend or supplement the
         Prospectus to comply with any law, forthwith to prepare and file with
         the Commission an appropriate amendment or supplement to the
         Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus, as so amended or
         supplemented, will not in the light of the circumstances when it is
         so delivered, be misleading, or so that the Prospectus will comply
         with law, and to furnish to each Underwriter and to such dealers as
         you shall specify, such number of copies thereof as such Underwriter
         or dealers may reasonably request.

                  (h) Prior to any public offering of the Securities in the
         United States, to cooperate with you and counsel for the Underwriters
         in connection with the registration or qualification of the
         Securities for offer and sale by the several Underwriters and by
         dealers under the state securities or Blue Sky laws of such
         jurisdictions as you may request, to continue such qualification in
         effect so long as required for distribution of the Securities and to
         file such consents to service of process or other documents as may be
         necessary in order to effect such registration or qualification.

                  (i) To mail and make generally available upon request to its
         security holders as soon as reasonably practicable an earnings
         statement covering a period of at least twelve months after the
         effective date of the Registration Statement (but in no event
         commencing later than 90 days after such date) which shall satisfy
         the provisions of

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         Section 11(a) of the Act, and to advise you in writing when such
         statement has been so made available.

                  (j) During the period of five years after the date of this
         Agreement, (i) to mail upon request as soon as reasonably practicable
         after the end of each fiscal year to the record holders of its
         Securities a financial report of the Company and its subsidiaries on
         a consolidated basis (and a similar financial report of all
         unconsolidated subsidiaries, if any), all such financial reports to
         include a consolidated balance sheet, a consolidated statement of
         operations, a consolidated statement of cash flows and a consolidated
         statement of shareholders' equity as of the end of and for such
         fiscal year, together with comparable information as of the end of
         and for the preceding year, certified by independent certified public
         accountants, and (ii) to mail upon request and make generally
         available as soon as practicable after the end of each quarterly
         period (except for the last quarterly period of each fiscal year) to
         such holders, a consolidated balance sheet, a consolidated statement
         of operations and a consolidated statement of cash flows (and similar
         financial reports of all unconsolidated subsidiaries, if any) as of
         the end of and for such period, and for the period from the beginning
         of such year to the close of such quarterly period, together with
         comparable information for the corresponding periods of the preceding
         year.

                  (k) During the period referred to in paragraph (j), to
         furnish upon request to you as soon as available a copy of each
         report or other publicly available information of the Company mailed
         to the security holders of the Company or filed with the Commission
         and such other publicly available information concerning the Company
         and its subsidiaries as you may reasonably request.

                  (l) To pay all costs, expenses, fees and taxes incident to
         (i) the preparation, printing, filing and distribution of the
         Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits),
         any preliminary prospectus and all amendments and supplements to any
         of them prior to or during the period specified in paragraph (f),
         (ii) the printing and delivery of the Prospectus and all amendments
         or supplements to it during the period specified in paragraph (f),
         (iii) the printing and delivery of this Agreement, the Preliminary
         and Supplemental Blue Sky Memoranda and all other agreements,
         memoranda, correspondence and other documents printed and delivered
         in connection with the offering of the Securities (including in each
         case any disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters relating to
         such printing and delivery), (iv) the registration or qualification
         of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky
         laws of the several states (including in each case the fees and
         disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such
         registration or qualification and memoranda relating thereto), (v)
         any filings and clearance with the National Association of Securities
         Dealers, Inc. required in connection with the offering, (vi) the
         listing of the Securities on any exchange or the National Association
         of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation system ("NASDAQ") National
         Market System and (vii) furnishing such copies of the

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         Registration Statement, the Prospectus and all amendments and
         supplements thereto as may be requested for use in connection with
         the offering or sale of the Securities by the Underwriters or by
         dealers to whom Securities may be sold.

                  (m) To use its best efforts to list and maintain the
         inclusion of the Securities on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange during
         such time as the Securities remain issued and outstanding.

                  (n) During the period beginning on the date hereof and
         continuing to and including the Closing Date, not to offer, sell,
         contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the
         Company or warrants to purchase debt securities of the Company
         substantially similar to the Securities (other than (i) the
         Securities and (ii) commercial paper issued in the ordinary course of
         business), without your prior written consent.

                  (o) To use its best efforts to do and perform all things
         required or necessary to be done and performed under this Agreement
         by the Company prior to the Closing Date and to satisfy all
         conditions precedent to the delivery of the Securities.

                  (p) The Company will, for so long as any of the Securities
         are outstanding and if, in the reasonable judgment of any
         Underwriter, such Underwriter or any of its affiliates (as defined in
         the rules and regulations under the Act) is required to deliver a
         prospectus in connection with sales of the Securities (i)
         periodically amend the Registration Statement so that the information
         contained in the Registration Statement complies with the
         requirements of Section 10(a) of the Act, (ii) amend the Registration
         Statement or supplement the Prospectus when necessary to reflect any
         material changes in the information provided therein, (iii) provide
         such Underwriter with copies of each amendment or supplement filed
         and such other documents, including opinions of counsel and "comfort"
         letters, as such Underwriter may reasonably request and (iv) agree to
         indemnify such Underwriter and if applicable, contribute to any
         amount paid or payable by such Underwriter in a manner substantially
         identical to that specified in Section 7 hereof (with appropriate
         modifications).

         6.       Representations and Warranties of the Company.  The Company 
         represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:

                  (a) The Registration Statement has become effective; no stop
         order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is
         in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or
         threatened by the Commission.

                  (b) (i) Each part of the Registration Statement, when such
         part became effective, did not contain and each such part, as amended
         or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement
         of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
         stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
         misleading,

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         (ii) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply and, as
         amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material
         respects with the Act and (iii) the Prospectus does not contain and,
         as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any
         untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
         necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
         circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that
         the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph (b) do
         not apply to statements or omissions in the Registration Statement or
         the Prospectus based upon information relating to any Underwriter
         furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you
         expressly for use therein.

                  (c) The documents incorporated by reference in the
         Prospectus, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in
         all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and
         none of such documents, when they were filed with the Commission,
         contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state
         a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
         light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading;
         and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in
         the Prospectus, when such documents are filed with the Commission
         will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the
         Exchange Act, as applicable, and will not contain an untrue statement
         of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
         the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
         they were made, not misleading.

                  (d) Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the
         registration statement as originally filed or as part of any
         amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act,
         complied when so filed in all material respects with the Act; and did
         not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
         material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
         statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
         they were made, not misleading.

                  (e) The Company and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities
         Corporation ("DLJSC" and, as the sole significant subsidiary of the
         Company, the "SUBSIDIARIES") has been duly incorporated, is validly
         existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its
         jurisdiction of incorporation and has the corporate power and
         authority to carry on its business as it is currently being conducted
         and to own, lease and operate its properties, and each is duly
         qualified and is in good standing as a foreign corporation authorized
         to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its
         business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such
         qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not
         have a material adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries,
         taken as a whole.

                  (f) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of, or
         other ownership interests in, each of the Company's Subsidiaries have
         been duly authorized and validly

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         issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and are owned by the
         Company, free and clear of any security interest, claim, lien,
         encumbrance or adverse interest of any nature.

                  (g) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when
         executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the
         Indenture and delivered to the Underwriters against payment therefor
         as provided by this Agreement, will be entitled to the benefits of
         the Indenture, and will be valid and binding obligations of the
         Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms except as (i) the
         enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or
         similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and (ii) rights of
         acceleration and the availability of equitable remedies may be
         limited by equitable principles of general applicability.

                  (h) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
         delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding agreement of the
         Company enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as rights to
         indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited by applicable
         law).

                  (i) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust
         Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and has been duly authorized,
         executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding
         agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms
         except as (i) the enforceability thereof may be limited by
         bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors' rights
         generally and (ii) rights of acceleration and the availability of
         equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general
         applicability.

                  (j) The Securities conform as to legal matters to the
         description thereof contained in the Prospectus.

                  (k) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in
         violation of its respective charter or by-laws or in default in the
         performance of any obligation, agreement or condition contained in
         any bond, debenture, note or any other evidence of indebtedness or in
         any other agreement, indenture or instrument material to the conduct
         of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
         whole, to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or
         by which it or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective property
         is bound.

                  (l) The execution, delivery and performance of this
         Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities and compliance by the
         Company with all the provisions hereof and thereof and the
         consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will
         not require any consent, approval, authorization or other order of
         any U.S. court, U.S. regulatory body, U.S. administrative agency or
         other U.S. governmental body (except as such may be required under
         the Act or state securities or Blue Sky laws) and will not conflict
         with or constitute a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or
         a default

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         under, the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its
         Subsidiaries or any agreement, indenture or other instrument to which
         it or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its
         Subsidiaries or their respective property is bound, or violate or
         conflict with any laws, administrative regulations or rulings or
         court decrees applicable to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or
         their respective property.

                  (m) Except as otherwise set forth or incorporated by
         reference in the Prospectus, there are no material legal or
         governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its
         Subsidiaries is a party or of which any of their respective property
         is the subject, and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, no such
         proceedings are threatened or contemplated. No contract or document
         of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement
         or the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration
         Statement is not so described, filed or incorporated by reference as
         required.

                  (n) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
         violated any foreign, federal, state or local law or regulation
         relating to the protection of human health and safety, the
         environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or
         contaminants ("ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS"), nor any federal or state law
         relating to discrimination in the hiring, promotion or pay of
         employees nor any applicable federal or state wages and hours laws,
         nor any provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act or
         the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, which in each case
         might result in any material adverse change in the business,
         prospects, financial condition or results of operation of the Company
         and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

                  (o) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has such
         permits, licenses, franchises and authorizations of governmental or
         regulatory authorities ("PERMITS"), including, without limitation,
         under any applicable Environmental Laws, as are necessary to own,
         lease and operate its respective properties and to conduct its
         business; the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has fulfilled and
         performed all of its material obligations with respect to such
         permits and no event has occurred which allows, or after notice or
         lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or
         results in any other material impairment of the rights of the holder
         of any such permit; and, except as described or incorporated by
         reference in the Prospectus, such permits contain no restrictions
         that are materially burdensome to the Company and its Subsidiaries,
         taken as a whole.

                  (p) In the ordinary course of its business, the Company
         conducts a periodic review of the effect of Environmental Laws on the
         business, operations and properties of the Company and its
         Subsidiaries, in the course of which it identifies and evaluates
         associated costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any
         capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of
         properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit,
         license or approval, any related constraints on

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         operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties).
         On the basis of such review, the Company has reasonably concluded
         that such associated costs and liabilities would not, singly or in
         the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its
         Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

                  (q) Except as otherwise set forth or incorporated by
         reference in the Prospectus or such as are not material to the
         business, prospects, financial condition or results of operation of
         the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, the Company and
         each of its Subsidiaries has good and marketable title, free and
         clear of all liens, claims, encumbrances and restrictions except
         liens for taxes not yet due and payable, to all property and assets
         described in the Registration Statement as being owned by it. All
         leases to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party are
         valid and binding and no default has occurred or is continuing
         thereunder, which might result in any material adverse change in the
         business, prospects, financial condition or results of operation of
         the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and the Company
         and its Subsidiaries enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession under
         all such leases to which any of them is a party as lessee with such
         exceptions as do not materially interfere with the use made by the
         Company or such Subsidiary.

                  (r) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintains
         reasonably adequate insurance.

                  (s) KPMG Peat Marwick LLP are independent public accountants
         with respect to the Company as required by the Act.

                  (t) The financial statements, together with related
         schedules and notes forming part of or incorporated by reference in
         the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any amendment or
         supplement thereto), present fairly the consolidated financial
         position, results of operations and changes in financial position of
         the Company and its subsidiaries on the basis stated or incorporated
         by reference in the Registration Statement at the respective dates or
         for the respective periods to which they apply; such statements and
         related schedules and notes have been prepared in accordance with
         generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied
         throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed therein; and the
         other financial and statistical information and data set forth or
         incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the
         Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto) is, in all
         material respects, accurately presented and prepared on a basis
         consistent with such financial statements and the books and records
         of the Company and its subsidiaries and the pro forma financial
         information, and the related notes thereto, included or incorporated
         by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus has
         been prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of the
         Act and Exchange Act, as applicable.


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                  (u) The Company is not an "investment company" within the
         meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

                  (v) Except as described or incorporated by reference in the
         Prospectus, no holder of any security of the Company has any right to
         require registration of shares of common stock or any other security
         of the Company.

                  (w) The Company has complied with all provisions of Section
         517.075, Florida Statutes (Chapter 92-198, Laws of Florida).

                  (x) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintains a
         system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
         reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance
         with management's general or specific authorizations; (ii)
         transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
         financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
         principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to
         assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or
         specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for
         assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals
         and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

                  (y) All material tax returns required to be filed by the
         Company and each of its Subsidiaries in any jurisdiction have been
         filed, other than those filings being contested in good faith, and
         all material taxes, including withholding taxes, penalties and
         interest, assessments, fees and other charges due pursuant to such
         returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Company or any
         of its Subsidiaries have been paid, other than those being contested
         in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided.

         7.       Indemnification.

                  (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
         Underwriter, its directors, its officers and each person, if any, who
         controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act
         or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all
         losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments (including,
         without limitation, any legal or other expenses incurred in
         connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any
         action, that could give rise to any such losses, claims, damages,
         liabilities or judgments) caused by any untrue statement or alleged
         untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
         Statement (or any amendment thereto), the Prospectus (or any
         amendment or supplement thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, or
         caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
         material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
         statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses,
         claims, damages, liabilities or judgments are caused by any such
         untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission

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         based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished in
         writing to the Company by such Underwriter through you expressly for
         use therein.

                  (b) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to
         indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers
         who sign the Registration Statement, each person, if any, who
         controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or
         Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing
         indemnity from the Company to such Underwriter but only with
         reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished in
         writing to the Company by such Underwriter through you expressly for
         use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the
         Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any
         preliminary prospectus.

                  (c) In case any action shall be commenced involving any
         person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to
         Section 7(a) or 7(b) (the "INDEMNIFIED PARTY"), the indemnified party
         shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be
         sought (the "INDEMNIFYING PARTY") in writing and the indemnifying
         party shall assume the defense of such action, including the
         employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified
         party and the payment of all fees and expenses of such counsel, as
         incurred (except that in the case of any action in respect of which
         indemnity may be sought pursuant to both Sections 7(a) and 7(b), the
         Underwriter shall not be required to assume the defense of such
         action pursuant to this Section 7(c), but may employ separate counsel
         and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of
         such counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnified party unless
         (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been specifically
         authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (ii) the
         indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such
         action or employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified
         party or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any
         impleaded parties) include both the indemnified party and the
         indemnifying party, and the indemnified party shall have been advised
         by such counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses
         available to it which are different from or additional to those
         available to the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying
         party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action
         on behalf of the indemnified party). In any such case, the
         indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one action or
         separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same
         jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or
         circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one
         separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for all
         indemnified parties and all such fees and expenses shall be
         reimbursed as they are incurred. In the case of any such separate
         firm for the Underwriters, their officers and directors and such
         control persons of any Underwriters, such firm shall be designated in
         writing by Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation. In
         the case of any such separate firm for the Company and such
         directors, officers and control persons of the Company, such firm
         shall be designated in writing by the Company. The indemnifying party
         shall indemnify and hold harmless the indemnified party from and
         against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and

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         judgments by reason of any settlement of any action (i) effected with
         its written consent or (ii) effected without its written consent if
         the settlement is entered into more than twenty business days after
         the indemnifying party shall have received a request from the
         indemnified party for reimbursement for the fees and expenses of
         counsel (in any case where such fees and expenses are at the expense
         of the indemnifying party) and, prior to the date of such settlement,
         the indemnifying party shall have failed to comply with such
         reimbursement request. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
         written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement or
         compromise of, or consent to the entry of judgment with respect to,
         any pending or threatened action in respect of which the indemnified
         party is or could have been a party and indemnity or contribution may
         be or could have been sought hereunder by the indemnified party,
         unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an
         unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability on
         claims that are or could have been the subject matter of such action
         and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault,
         culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of the indemnified
         party.

                  (d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in this
         Section 7 is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in
         respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments
         referred to therein, then each indemnifying party, in lieu of
         indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount
         paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses,
         claims, damages, liabilities and judgments (i) in such proportion as
         is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
         Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from
         the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by
         clause 7(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such
         proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative
         benefits referred to in clause 7(d)(i) above but also the relative
         fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the
         other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which
         resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments,
         as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
         benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters
         on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the
         total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses)
         received by the Company, and the total underwriting discounts and
         commissions received by the Underwriters, bear to the total price to
         the public of the Securities, in each case as set forth in the table
         on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault of the
         Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall
         be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue
         or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
         alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
         supplied by the Company on the one hand or the Underwriters on the
         other hand and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
         information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
         omission.

                  The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be
         just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7(d) were
         determined by pro rata allocation (even if

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         the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by
         any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
         equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding
         paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a
         result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments
         referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to
         include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or
         other expenses incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
         investigating or defending any matter, including any action, that
         could have given rise to such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
         judgments. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no
         Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of
         the amount by which the total price at which the Securities
         underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the
         public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has
         otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged
         untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. 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. The Underwriters'
         obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7(d) are several
         in proportion to the aggregate principal amount of Securities
         purchased by each of the Underwriters hereunder and not joint.

                  (e) The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not
         exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may
         otherwise by available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.

         8.       Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations.  The several 
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Securities under this
Agreement are subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:

                  (a) All the representations and warranties of the Company
         contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct on the Closing
         Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the
         Closing Date.

                  (b) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission
         pursuant to Rule 424 within the applicable time period prescribed for
         such filing by the rules and regulations under the Securities Act,
         and at the Closing Date no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
         the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings
         for that purpose shall have been commenced or shall be pending before
         or contemplated by the Commission.

                  (c) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this
         Agreement and prior to the Closing Date, there shall not have been
         any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended
         or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that
         does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating
         accorded any of the Company's securities by any "nationally
         recognized statistical rating

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         organization," as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2)
         under the Securities Act.

                  (d) (i) Since the date of the latest balance sheet included
         or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the
         Prospectus, there shall not have been any material adverse change, or
         any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in
         the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, affairs or
         business prospects, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of
         business, of the Company, (ii) since the date of the latest balance
         sheet included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
         Statement and the Prospectus there shall not have been any change, or
         any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in
         the capital stock or in the long-term debt of the Company from that
         set forth or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
         and Prospectus, (iii) the Company and its Subsidiaries shall have no
         liability or obligation, direct or contingent, which is material to
         the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than those
         reflected or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
         and the Prospectus and (iv) on the Closing Date you shall have
         received a certificate dated the Closing Date, signed by an executive
         officer of the Company confirming the matters set forth in paragraphs
         (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 8.

                  (e) You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion
         (satisfactory to you), dated the Closing Date, of Michael A. Boyd,
         General Counsel of the Company, to the effect that:

                           (i) the Company has been duly incorporated, is
                  validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
                  laws of the State of Delaware and has the corporate power
                  and authority required to carry on its business as it is
                  currently being conducted and to own, lease and operate its
                  properties;

                           (ii) each of the Subsidiaries has been duly
                  incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good
                  standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation
                  and has the corporate power and authority required to carry
                  on its business as it is currently being conducted and to
                  own, lease and operate its properties;

                           (iii) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is
                  duly qualified and is in good standing as a foreign
                  corporation authorized to do business in each jurisdiction
                  in which the nature of its business or its ownership or
                  leasing of property requires such qualification, except
                  where the failure to be so qualified would not have a
                  material adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries,
                  taken as a whole;


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                           (iv) all of the outstanding shares of capital stock
                  of, or other ownership interests in, each of the
                  Subsidiaries have been duly and validly authorized and
                  issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by
                  the Company, free and clear of any security interest, claim,
                  lien, encumbrance or adverse interest of any nature;

                           (v) the Securities have been duly authorized and,
                  when executed and authenticated in accordance with the
                  provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by
                  the purchasers thereof in accordance with the terms of this
                  Agreement, will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture
                  and will be valid and binding obligations of the Company,
                  enforceable against the Company in accordance with the terms
                  of this Agreement and the terms of the Indenture except (a)
                  as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy,
                  insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
                  affecting creditors' rights and remedies generally and (b)
                  as such enforcement may be limited by general principles of
                  equity, regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a
                  proceeding at law or in equity;

                           (vi) this Agreement has been duly authorized,
                  executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid and
                  binding agreement of the Company, except as rights to
                  indemnity and contribution thereunder may be limited by
                  applicable law;

                           (vii) the Indenture has been duly qualified under
                  the Trust Indenture Act and has been duly authorized,
                  executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming the due
                  authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the
                  Trustee) is a valid and binding agreement of the Company,
                  enforceable in accordance with its terms except (a) as such
                  enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
                  reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
                  creditors' rights and remedies generally and (b) as such
                  enforcement may be limited by general principles of equity,
                  regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding
                  at law or in equity;

                           (viii) the Registration Statement has become
                  effective under the Securities Act, no stop order suspending
                  its effectiveness has been issued and no proceedings for
                  that purpose are, to the knowledge of such counsel, pending
                  before or contemplated by the Commission;

                           (ix) to the best of such counsel's knowledge, the
                  Company is not in violation of its certificate of
                  incorporation or by-laws, except for such violations that
                  would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and
                  its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;


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                           (x) to the best of such counsel's knowledge, none
                  of the Subsidiaries is in violation of its respective
                  certificate of incorporation or by-laws, except for such
                  violations that would not have a material adverse effect on
                  the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and
                  neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in
                  default in the performance of any obligation, agreement or
                  condition contained in any bond, debenture, note or any
                  other agreement, indenture or instrument material to the
                  condition of the business of the Company and its
                  Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to which the Company or any
                  of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or
                  any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
                  properties are bound;

                           (xi) the execution, delivery and performance by the
                  Company of this Agreement, the Securities and the Indenture
                  and compliance by the Company with all the provisions hereof
                  and thereof will not, to the best of such counsel's
                  knowledge based solely upon due inquiry of responsible
                  officers of the Company, (A) require any consent, approval,
                  authorization or other order of any court, regulatory body,
                  administrative agency or other governmental body (except
                  such as may be required under the Securities Act, the Trust
                  Indenture Act or state securities or Blue Sky laws or by the
                  National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.), except
                  where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals,
                  authorizations or other orders would not have a material
                  adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as
                  a whole; (B) conflict with or constitute a breach of any of
                  the terms or provisions of the certificate of incorporation
                  or by-laws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (C)
                  violate or conflict with any laws, administrative
                  regulations or, to the best of such counsel's knowledge,
                  rulings or court decrees applicable to the Company or any of
                  its Subsidiaries or their respective properties except for
                  such violations or conflicts that would not have a material
                  adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as
                  a whole; or (D) to the best of such counsel's knowledge,
                  conflict with or constitute a breach of any of the terms or
                  provisions of, or a default under, any agreement, indenture
                  or other instrument material to the condition of the
                  business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
                  whole, to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
                  party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
                  any of their respective properties are bound;

                           (xii) to the best of such counsel's knowledge, the
                  Company and each of its Subsidiaries has such permits,
                  licenses, franchises and authorizations (collectively,
                  "PERMITS") of and from, and has made such declarations and
                  filings with, governmental or regulatory authorities,
                  including without limitation, state regulatory organization,
                  as are necessary to own, lease and operate its respective
                  properties and to conduct its business in the manner
                  described or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus,
                  except where the failure to obtain such permits or make such
                  declarations and filings would not have a material adverse
                  effect on the

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                  Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; to the best
                  of such counsel's knowledge, the Company and each of its
                  Subsidiaries has fulfilled and performed all of its
                  obligations with respect to such permits, except where
                  failure to do so would not have a material adverse effect on
                  the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and no
                  event has occurred which allows, or after notice or lapse of
                  time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or
                  results in any other impairment of the rights of the holder
                  of any such permit, except where such revocation,
                  termination or impairment would not have a material adverse
                  effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
                  whole, subject, in each case, to such qualifications as may
                  be set forth or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus;
                  and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, except as
                  described or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus,
                  such permits contain no restrictions that are materially
                  burdensome to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

                           (xiii) to the best of such counsel's knowledge, all
                  leases to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
                  party are valid and binding and no default has occurred or
                  is continuing thereunder which might result in any material
                  adverse change in the business, prospects, financial
                  condition or results of operation of the Company and its
                  Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and the Company and its
                  Subsidiaries enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession under
                  all such leases to which any of them is a party as lessee
                  with such exceptions as do not materially interfere with the
                  use made by the Company or such Subsidiary;

                           (xiv) the statements (A) in the Prospectus under
                  the captions "Description of Notes," "Description of Debt
                  Securities," "Plan of Distribution" and "Underwriting," (B)
                  incorporated by reference in the Prospectus from Item 3 of
                  Part I of the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form
                  10-K, if any, for the most recently completed fiscal year of
                  the Company, (C) incorporated by reference in the Prospectus
                  from Item 1 of Part II of the Company's Quarterly Reports on
                  Form 10-Q, if any, filed since such Annual Report, (D)
                  incorporated by reference in the Prospectus from Item 5 of
                  the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K, if any, filed
                  since such Annual Report and (E) in the Registration
                  Statement in Item 15 of Part II, insofar as such statements
                  constitute a summary of legal matters, documents or
                  proceedings referred to therein, fairly present the
                  information called for with respect to such legal matters,
                  documents and proceedings;

                           (xv) to the best of such counsel's knowledge, based
                  solely upon due inquiry of responsible officers of the
                  Company, there is no legal or governmental proceeding
                  pending or threatened to which the Company or any of its
                  subsidiaries is a party or to which any of their respective
                  property is subject which is required to be described or
                  incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or
                  the Prospectus and is not so described or incorporated by
                  reference, or of any contract

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                  or other document which is required to be described or
                  incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or
                  the Prospectus or is required to be filed as an exhibit to
                  the Registration Statement which is not described or filed
                  or incorporated by reference as required;

                           (xvi) the Company is not an "investment company"
                  within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
                  amended;

                           (xvii) to the best of such counsel's knowledge,
                  after due inquiry of responsible officers of the Company, no
                  holder of any security of the Company has any right to
                  require registration of shares of common stock or any other
                  security of the Company except as disclosed or incorporated
                  by reference in the Prospectus;

                           (xviii) each document incorporated by reference in
                  the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (except for
                  the financial statements included therein as to which such
                  counsel need express no opinion) complied as to form when
                  filed with the Commission in all material respects with the
                  Exchange Act; and

                           (xix) (1) the Registration Statement and the
                  Prospectus and any supplement or amendment thereto (except
                  for financial statements, schedules and other financial
                  data, as to which no opinion need be expressed) comply as to
                  form in all material respects with the Securities Act, and
                  (2) nothing has come to such counsel's attention that would
                  lead such counsel to believe that (except for financial
                  statements, schedules and other financial data, as aforesaid
                  and except for the part of the Registration Statement that
                  constitutes the Form T-1) the Registration Statement and the
                  prospectus included therein at the time the Registration
                  Statement became effective contained any untrue statement of
                  a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required
                  to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
                  therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus, as amended
                  or supplemented, if applicable (except for financial
                  statements, schedules and other financial data, as
                  aforesaid) contained any untrue statement of a material fact
                  or omitted 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. In
                  giving such opinion with respect to the matters covered by
                  clause (xix) such counsel may state that his opinion and
                  belief are based upon his participation in the preparation
                  of the Registration Statement and Prospectus and any
                  amendments or supplements thereto and review and discussion
                  of the contents thereof, but are without independent check
                  or verification except as specified.

                  (f) On the Closing Date Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, counsel
         to the Underwriters, shall have furnished to the Underwriters their
         opinion, dated the Closing Date in form and substance satisfactory to
         the Underwriters as to the matters referred to in

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         clauses (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (xiv) (but only with respect to the
         statements under the caption "Description of Notes," "Description of
         Debt Securities," "Plan of Distribution" and "Underwriting") and
         (xix) of the foregoing paragraph (e) and to the effect that such
         counsel is of the opinion ascribed to it in the Prospectus under the
         caption "Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations." In
         giving such opinion with respect to the matters covered by clause
         (xix) such counsel may state that their opinion and belief are based
         upon their participation in the preparation of the Registration
         Statement and Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto
         and review and discussion of the contents thereof, but are without
         independent check or verification except as specified.

                  (g) You shall have received a letter on and as of the
         Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to you, from KPMG
         Peat Marwick LLC, independent public accountants, with respect to the
         financial statements and certain financial information contained in
         the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and substantially in
         the form and substance of the letter delivered to you by KPMG Peat
         Marwick LLC on the date of this Agreement.

                  (h) The Company shall not have failed at or prior to the
         Closing Date to perform or comply with any of the agreements herein
         contained and required to be performed or complied with by the
         Company at or prior to the Closing Date.


         9.       Effectiveness of Agreement and Termination.  This Agreement 
shall become effective upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by 
the parties hereto.

         This Agreement may be terminated at any time on or prior to the
Closing Date by you by written notice to the Company if any of the following
has occurred: (i) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national
or international calamity or crisis or change in economic conditions or in the
financial markets of the United States or elsewhere that, in your judgment, is
material and adverse and, in your judgment, makes it impracticable to market
the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus,
(ii) the suspension or material limitation of trading in securities or other
instruments on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the
Chicago Board of Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the
Chicago Board of Trade or the Nasdaq National Market or limitation on prices
for securities or other instruments on any such exchange or the Nasdaq
National Market, (iii) the suspension of trading of any securities of the
Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market, (iv) the enactment,
publication, decree or other promulgation of any federal or state statute,
regulation, rule or order of any court or other governmental authority which
in your opinion materially and adversely affects, or will materially and
adversely affect, the business, prospects, financial condition or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (v) the
declaration of a banking moratorium by either federal or New York State
authorities or (vi) the taking of any action by any federal, state or local
government or agency in

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respect of its monetary or fiscal affairs which in your opinion has a material
adverse effect on the financial markets in the United States.

         If on the Closing Date or on an Option Closing Date, as the case may
be, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase the
Securities, which it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date
and the aggregate number of Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters, as the case may be, agreed but failed or refused to purchase is
not more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be
purchased on such date by all Underwriters, each non-defaulting Underwriter
shall be obligated severally, in the proportion which the aggregate principal
amount of Securities set forth opposite its name in Schedule I and II bears to
the aggregate principal amount of Securities which all the non-defaulting
Underwriters, as the case may be, have agreed to purchase, or in such other
proportion as you may specify, to purchase the Securities which such
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, as the case may be, agreed but failed
or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the
aggregate principal amount of Securities which any Underwriter has agreed to
purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof be increased pursuant to this Section 9
by an amount in excess of one-ninth of such Securities without the written
consent of such Underwriter. If on the Closing Date any Underwriter or
Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities and the aggregate
principal amount of Securities with respect to which such default occurs in
more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be
purchased by all Underwriters and arrangements satisfactory to you and the
Company for purchase of such Securities are not made within 48 hours after
such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of
any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company. In any such case which does not
result in termination of this Agreement, either you or the Company shall have
the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven
days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be
effected. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any
defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of any such
Underwriter under this Agreement.

         10.     Miscellaneous. Notices given pursuant to any provision of this
Agreement shall be addressed as follows: (a) if to the Company, to Donaldson,
Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc., 277 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10172, Attention:
Michael A. Boyd, and (b) if to any Underwriter or to you, to you c/o
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation, 277 Park Avenue, New
York, New York 10172, Attention: Syndicate Department, or in any case to such
other address as the person to be notified may have requested in writing.

         The respective indemnities, contribution agreements, representations,
warranties and other statements of the Company, its officers and directors and
of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement
shall remain operative and in full force and effect, and will survive delivery
of and payment for the Securities, regardless of (i) any investigation, or
statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter
or by or on behalf of the Company, the officers or directors of the Company or
any controlling person of the

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Company, (ii) acceptance of the Securities and payment for them hereunder and
(iii) termination of this Agreement.

         If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters because of
any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or
to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, the Company agrees to
reimburse the several Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including
the fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them.

         If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Company because of any
failure or refusal on the part of an Underwriter or Underwriters to comply
with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, the
defaulting Underwriter agrees to reimburse the several Underwriters and the
Company for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements
of counsel) reasonably incurred by them.

         Except as otherwise provided, this Agreement has been and is made
solely for the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Company, the
Underwriters, any controlling persons referred to herein and their respective
successors and assigns, all as and to the extent provided in this Agreement,
and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this
Agreement. The term "successors and assigns" shall not include a purchaser of
any of the Securities from any of the several Underwriters merely because of
such purchase.

         This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.

         This Agreement may be signed in various counterparts which together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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         Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement
between the Company and the several Underwriters.

                                    Very truly yours,

                                    DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE, INC.


                                    By: /s/ Charles J. Henrickson
                                        ------------------------------
                                        Name:  Charles J. Henrickson
                                        Title: Senior Vice President/Treasurer

DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE SECURITIES CORPORATION,
    As the sole U.S. Underwriter named on Schedule I hereto


By: /s/ Roger Thomson
   ----------------------------
   Name: Roger Thomson
   Title: Senior Vice President

DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE INTERNATIONAL
BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS LONDON BRANCH
BANQUE PARIBAS
CHASE MANHATTAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
CITIBANK INTERNATIONAL PLC
COMMERZBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
CREDIT LYONNAIS
DEUTSCHE BANK AG LONDON
SOCIETE GENERALE STRAUSS TURNBULL SECURITIES LIMITED
UBS LIMITED
DRESDNER BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
PAINEWEBBER INTERNATIONAL (U.K.) LTD.
SALOMON BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

         Acting severally and on behalf of  themselves as the
            International Managers named in Schedule II hereto

By:   DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE INTERNATIONAL,


         By: /s/ Joe Seet
            -------------------------------
            Name:  Joe Seet
            Title: Director and Authorized Signatory

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                                  SCHEDULE I


                                                  Principal Amount of
Underwriters                                      Securities to be Purchased
- ------------                                      --------------------------

Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette                       US $ 65 million
  Securities Corporation






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                                  SCHEDULE II



                                                            Principal Amount of
International Managers                               Securities to be Purchased
- ----------------------                               --------------------------
Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette International.....................US $  150 million
Banque National de Paris London Branch........................US $   10 million
Banque Paribas................................................US $   12 million
Chase Manhattan International Limited.........................US $   10 million
Citibank International plc....................................US $   10 million
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft................................US $   12 million
Credit Lyonnais...............................................US $   10 million
Deutsche Bank AG London.......................................US $   24 million
Societe Generale Strauss Turnbull Securities Limited..........US $   12 million
UBS Limited...................................................US $   10 million
Dresdner Bank Aktiengesellschaft..............................US $    5 million
Merrill Lynch International...................................US $    5 million
Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited....................US $    5 million
PaineWebber International (U.K.) Ltd..........................US $    5 million
Salomon Brothers International Limited........................US $    5 million

                                              Total............US $ 285 MILLION



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                                   EXHIBIT A

                        SPECIFIC NON-U.S. RESTRICTIONS

         In addition to the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement requiring
compliance with all applicable laws and regulations in each jurisdiction, the
following specific restrictions are applicable.

         Australia. Each Underwriter acknowledges that no prospectus in
relation to the Securities has been lodged with or registered by the
Australian Securities Commission. Accordingly, each Underwriter represents,
warrants and agrees to and with the Company that such Underwriter and its
affiliates (i) have not, directly or indirectly, offered for subscription or
purchase or issued invitations to subscribe for or buy nor have they sold any
Securities, (ii) will not, directly or indirectly, offer for subscription or
purchase or issue invitations to subscribe for or buy nor will they sell any
Securities, and (iii) have not distributed any Prospectus or other document
inviting applications or offers to subscribe for or buy any Securities or
offering any Securities for subscription or purchase, in each case in
Australia or to any resident of Australia (including corporations and other
entities incorporated under the laws of Australia but not including a
permanent establishment of such corporation or other entity located outside
Australia) other than if any of the Securities are to be offered in Australia
by way of an excluded issue of securities, an excluded offer of securities for
subscription or purchase, or an excluded invitation to subscribe for or buy
securities in compliance with the Corporations Law. In addition, each
Underwriter represents, warrants and agrees to and with the Company that such
Underwriter and its affiliates, after the initial distribution of any
Securities, will not (directly or indirectly) offer for subscription or
purchase, or issue invitations to subscribe for, or buy or sell, the
Securities or distribute any draft or definitive document in relation to any
such offer, invitation, purchase or sale in Australia, except in compliance
with the Corporations Law, the Corporations Regulations and any other
applicable laws.

         Belgium. Each Underwriter acknowledges that no issue of Securities or
the Prospectus has been filed with, or submitted for approval to, the
Commission for Banking and Finance in the Kingdom of Belgium. Accordingly,
each Underwriter represents, warrants and agrees to and with the Company that
such Underwriter and its affiliates (i) have not distributed, and will not
distribute, the Prospectus to the public in the Kingdom of Belgium, (ii) have
not publicly offered, and will not publicly offer, Securities for sale in the
Kingdom of Belgium and (iii) have not taken, and will not take, any steps that
would constitute or result in a public offering of Securities in the Kingdom
of Belgium.

         Canada. Each Underwriter represents, warrants and agrees to and with
the Company that such Underwriter and its affiliates (i) will offer Securities
for sale directly and through other investment dealers and brokers only as
permitted by applicable securities laws of Canada, upon the terms set forth in
the Prospectus and in this Agreement, (ii) will not solicit offers to purchase
or sell Securities so as to require registration thereof or filing of a
prospectus with respect thereto under the laws of any jurisdiction, including,
without limitation, the United States of America, and (iii) will require each
other investment dealer and broker to agree with such Underwriter not to so
solicit or sell.

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         China. Each Underwriter acknowledges that the Securities have not and
will not be registered under the relevant laws of the People's Republic of
China. Accordingly, each Underwriter represents, warrants and agrees to and
with the Company that such Underwriter and its affiliates have not made, and
will not make, any offer, promotion, solicitation for sales or sale of or for,
as the case may be, any Securities in the People's Republic of China.

         France. Each Underwriter represents, warrants and agrees to and with
the Company that the Securities will be issued outside France and that such
Underwriter and its affiliates have not offered or sold, and will not offer or
sell, directly or indirectly, any Securities to the public in France, and the
Prospectus or any other offering material relating to such Securities will not
be distributed, and such Underwriter will not cause the Prospectus or such
other material to be distributed, to the public in France.

         Germany. Each Underwriter represents, warrants and agrees to and with
the Company that such Underwriter and its affiliates have not, directly or
indirectly, offered or sold and will not, directly or indirectly, offer or
sell in Germany, by means of any document, any Securities (i) other than for
an aggregate purchase price per purchaser of at least DM 80,000 (or the
foreign currency equivalent) or such other amount as may be stipulated from
time to time by applicable German law or (ii) other than in accordance with
the provisions of the German Securities Prospectus Act of 13th December, 1990,
as amended, or any other laws applicable in Germany governing the issue,
offering and sale of securities.

         Hong Kong. Each Underwriter represents, warrants and agrees to and
with the Company that such Underwriter and its affiliates have not, directly
or indirectly, offered or sold and will not, directly or indirectly, offer or
sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than to
persons whose ordinary business it is to buy or sell shares or debentures,
whether as principal or agent, or in circumstances which do not constitute an
offer to the public within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of
Hong Kong; each Underwriter represents, warrants and agrees to and with the
Company that, unless they are persons who are permitted to do so under the
securities laws of Hong Kong, such Underwriter and its affiliates have not
issued, or had in their possession for the purposes of issuing, and they will
not issue, or have in their possession for the purposes of issuing, any
advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities other than
with respect to Securities intended to be disposed of to persons outside Hong
Kong or to persons whose business involves the acquisition, disposal, or
holding of securities, whether as principal or as agent.

         Italy. Each Underwriter acknowledges that no offer or sale of
Securities in Italy to the public at large or distribution of the Prospectus
or of any other offering material has been or will be made. Each Underwriter
also represents, warrants and agrees to and with the Company that such
Underwriter and its affiliates (i) have not offered or sold and will not offer
or sell in Italy, by means of any distribution channel, any Securities other
than to persons or entities which qualify by law as professional investors,
and (ii) have complied and will comply with all relevant provisions in force
at the time with respect to anything done by them in Italy in relation to such
Securities.


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         Japan. Each Underwriter represents, warrants and agrees to and with
the Company that such Underwriter and its affiliates have not offered or sold,
and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in
Japan or to any resident of Japan or to any person for reoffering or resale,
directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except in
compliance with, or pursuant to an exemption from, the registration
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Law available thereunder and in
compliance with the other relevant laws of Japan.

         Netherlands. Each Underwriter represents, warrants and agrees to and
with the Company that such Underwriter and its affiliates (i) have not offered
or sold, and will not offer or sell, Securities and (ii) have not distributed,
and will not distribute, the Prospectus, in each case to any person or entity
in the Netherlands other than natural persons and/or legal entities which
trade or invest in securities in the course of their profession or business
(which includes banks, investment banks, pension funds, insurance companies,
securities firms, investment institutions and other entities, including,
without limitation, treasuries and finance companies of large enterprises
which trade or invest in securities). The foregoing restrictions will not
apply to any offer or sale of Securities in the Netherlands in respect of
which (i) the denomination is in excess of Dutch Guilders 100,000 or the
equivalent thereof in other currencies or currency units, (ii) another
exemption specified in the Securities Transactions Supervision Act, as amended
from time to time ("STSA"), or any of its implementing regulations applies and
the requirements applicable to such exemption are complied with or (iii) the
prohibition contained in Article 3 sub-section 1 of the STSA does not apply.

         New Zealand. Each Underwriter represents, warrants and agrees to and
with the Company that such Underwriter and its affiliates (i) have not offered
or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any Securities
and (ii) have not distributed and will not distribute, directly or indirectly,
any offering materials or advertisement in relation to any offer of
Securities, in each case in New Zealand other than (x) to persons whose
principal business is the investment of money or who, in the course of and for
the purposes of their business, habitually invest money or who in all
circumstances can properly be regarded as having been selected otherwise than
as members of the public or (y) in other circumstances where there is no
contravention of the Securities Act 1978 of New Zealand (or any statutory
modification or reenactment of, or statutory substitution, for the Securities
Act 1978 of New Zealand).

         Portugal. Each Underwriter represents, warrants and agrees to and
with the Company that offers and sales, direct or indirect, of Securities have
not been and will not be made in Portugal except pursuant to an exemption from
the registration requirements of the Portuguese Stock Exchange Law available
thereunder, and in compliance with other relevant laws of Portugal.

         Singapore. Each Underwriter acknowledges that the Prospectus has not
been registered as a prospectus with the Registrar of Companies in Singapore.
Accordingly, each Underwriter represents, warrants and agrees to and with the
Company that such Underwriter and its affiliates have not offered or sold, and
will not offer or sell, any Securities, nor will they circulate or distribute
the Prospectus or any other offering document or material relating to the
Securities, directly or indirectly, to the public or any member of the public
in Singapore other than (i) to an

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institutional investor or other person specified in Section 106C of the
Companies Act, Chapter 50 of Singapore (the "SINGAPORE COMPANIES ACT"), (ii)
to a sophisticated investor, and in accordance with the conditions, specified
in Section 106D of the Singapore Companies Act or (iii) otherwise pursuant to,
and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of
the Singapore Companies Act.

         Spain. The Prospectus has not been registered with the Comision
Nacional del Mercado de Valores. Accordingly, each Underwriter represents,
warrants and agrees that the Prospectus has not been and will not be
distributed in the Kingdom of Spain to any person. Each Underwriter
represents, warrants and agrees to and with the Company that such Underwriter
and its affiliates have not offered or sold and will not offer or sell any
Securities to the public in Spain and have not made and will not make any kind
of advertisement of the Securities to the public in Spain, except according to
Spanish regulations regarding public offerings of securities (Ofertas publicas
de venta de valores). Each Underwriter also acknowledges that the offering in
Spain of Securities with a maturity in excess of eighteen months if (x)
zero-coupon Securities, (y) the explicit interest rate is lower than the
minimum rate set by the Spanish government at such time or (z) interest is due
in installments less often than once a year, is subject to the prior approval
of the Direccion General del Tesoro y Politica Financiera.

         Sweden. Each Underwriter represents, warrants and agrees to and with
the Company that such Underwriter and its affiliates (i) have not, directly or
indirectly, offered or sold and will not, directly or indirectly, offer or
sell in Sweden any Securities by way of public offer, and (ii) have not
offered or sold and will not offer or sell any Securities to any investor in
Sweden unless the minimum purchase by such investor is to be at least Swedish
kronor 300,000 or the equivalent thereof in other currencies or currency units
in aggregate principal amount of such Securities.

         Switzerland. Each Underwriter that directly or indirectly, offers or
sells in Switzerland, by means of any document, any Securities represents,
warrants and agrees to and with the Company that it is a bank domiciled in
Switzerland that is regulated under Article 8 of the Federal Law on Bank and
Savings Banks of 1934 (as amended) (which includes a branch or subsidiary
located in Switzerland of a foreign bank).

         Taiwan. Each Underwriter acknowledges that the Securities have not
and will not be registered under the Securities and Exchange Law of the
Republic of China. Accordingly, each Underwriter represents, warrants and
agrees to and with the Company that such Underwriter and its affiliates have
not made, and will not make, any offer, promotion, solicitation for sales or
sale of or for, as the case may be, any Securities in Taiwan.

         United Kingdom. Each Underwriter represents, warrants and agrees to
and with the Company that (i) such Underwriter has not offered or sold
Securities that have a maturity of one year or more and, prior to six months
after the issue date of such Securities, will not offer or sell any such
Securities to persons in the United Kingdom except to persons whose ordinary
activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of
investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their businesses or
otherwise in circumstances which have not resulted and will not result in an
offer to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the Public
Offers of Securities Regulations 1995, (ii) such Underwriter has complied and
will

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comply with all applicable provisions of the Financial Services Act of 1986
with respect to anything done by them in relation to the Securities in, from
or otherwise involving the United Kingdom, and (iii) such Underwriter has only
issued or passed on and will only issue or pass on in the United Kingdom any
document received by it in connection with an issue of Securities to a person
who is of a kind described in Article 11(3) of the Financial Services Act of
1986 (Investment Advertisements) (Exemptions) Order 1996 or is a person to
whom such document may otherwise lawfully be issued or passed on.

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                                                                         DRAFT






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                      DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE, INC.
                                as the Company

                                      and

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



                           THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
                                  as Trustee


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




                         First Supplemental Indenture
                        Dated as of September ___, 1997



                 Global Floating Rate Notes due September 2002




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                              TABLE OF CONTENTS*

                                                                           Page

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY.......................................................1

ARTICLE 1

RELATION TO INDENTURE; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION..................................2
SECTION 1.1 Relation to Indenture.............................................2
SECTION 1.2 General Provisions................................................2

ARTICLE 2

AMENDMENTS TO THE INDENTURE...................................................3
SECTION 2.1 Definitions.......................................................3
SECTION 2.2 Other Definitions.................................................3
SECTION 2.3 Establishment of Series...........................................3
SECTION 2.4 Form of Debt Securities...........................................4

ARTICLE 3

MISCELLANEOUS................................................................18
SECTION 3.1 Continued Effectiveness of Indenture.............................18
SECTION 3.2 Purpose..........................................................18
SECTION 3.3 Rights of Trustee................................................18
SECTION 3.4 Benefits of First Supplemental Indenture.........................19
SECTION 3.5 Governing Law....................................................19
SECTION 3.6 Successors.......................................................19
SECTION 3.7 Duplicate Originals..............................................19
SECTION 3.8 Separability.....................................................19
SECTION 3.9 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.................................19

SIGNATURES...................................................................20


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*Note:     The Table of Contents shall not for any purposes be deemed to 
           be a part of the Indenture.

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         FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of September ___, 1997 between
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as the Company,
and The Chase Manhattan Bank, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee.


                            RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

         WHEREAS, the Company has executed and delivered the Indenture, dated
as of September 3, 1997 (the "Base Indenture") to the Trustee to provide for
the issuance from time to time of the Company's debentures, notes or other
evidences of indebtedness (the "Securities") to be issued from time to time in
one or more series as may from time to time be authorized in accordance with
the terms of the Base Indenture, as may thereafter be supplemented;

         WHEREAS, Section 9.1 of the Base Indenture provides, among other
things, that the Company and the Trustee may enter into indentures
supplemental to the Base Indenture without the consent of holders of
Securities for, among other things, the purpose of establishing the forms and
terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Section 2.3 thereof and to
add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of the Base Indenture in
respect of one or more series of Securities to be issued thereunder;

         WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, the Company
desires to provide for the establishment of a new series of its Securities to
be known as its "Global Floating Rate Notes due September 2002" (the "Notes"),
the terms, provisions and conditions of such Notes and the form thereof to be
set forth as provided in the Base Indenture as supplemented by this First
Supplemental Indenture; and

         WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Notes when executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid and binding
obligations of the Company and to make this First Supplemental Indenture a
valid supplemental indenture and agreement of the Company according to its
terms, have been done;

         NOW, THEREFORE:

         In consideration of the premises and the purchase and acceptance of
the Notes by the holders thereof, and for the purpose of setting forth the
terms, provisions and conditions of the Notes and the form thereof, the
Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and
proportionate benefit of the respective holders from time to time of the Notes
as follows:




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                                   ARTICLE 1

                 RELATION TO INDENTURE; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

         SECTION 1.1 Relation to Indenture. This First Supplemental Indenture
constitutes an integral part of the Base Indenture but is effective only with
respect to the Notes issued under the Base Indenture as supplemented by this
First Supplemental Indenture.

         SECTION 1.2 General Provisions. For all purposes of this First
Supplemental Indenture:

                  (i) references herein to the Indenture shall mean the Base
         Indenture as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture;

                  (ii) a term defined in the Base Indenture has the same
         meaning when used in this First Supplemental Indenture unless
         otherwise defined herein (in which case the definition set forth
         herein shall govern);

                  (iii) a term defined anywhere in this First Supplemental
         Indenture has the same meaning throughout;

                  (iv) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the
         meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

                  (v) words in the singular include the plural, and words in
         the plural include the singular;

                  (vi) "herein," "hereof" and other words of similar import
         refer to this First Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any
         particular Article, Section or other subdivision;

                  (vii) all references to Sections or Articles refer to
         Sections or Articles of this First Supplemental Indenture unless
         otherwise indicated; and

                  (viii) use of masculine, feminine or neuter pronouns should
         not be deemed a limitation, and the use of any such pronouns should
         be construed to include, where appropriate, the other pronouns.


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                                   ARTICLE 2

                          AMENDMENTS TO THE INDENTURE

         SECTION 2.1 Definitions. Section 1.1 of the Base Indenture is amended
so that the following definitions are amended, restated or added in
alphabetical order:

         "Luxembourg Paying Agent" means the Paying Agent appointed by the
Company pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Base Indenture to accept Notes
presented for payment in Luxembourg and to pay interest, if any, on the Notes.

         SECTION 2.2 Other Definitions. Section 1.2 of the Indenture is
amended so that the following definitions are added in alphabetical order:


             Term                                Defined in Section
             ----                                ------------------
Business Day                           2.4 of the First Supplemental Indenture
London Business Day                    2.4 of the First Supplemental Indenture
United States                          2.4 of the First Supplemental Indenture
U.S. Holder                            2.4 of the First Supplemental Indenture

         SECTION 2.3 Establishment of Series. There is hereby established,
pursuant to the authority granted under the Base Indenture, a series of
Securities that shall be known and designated as the "Global Floating Rate
Notes due September 2002" of the Company. The Notes will mature on September
18, 2002, and the Notes shall each bear interest at a floating rate based on
the three-month LIBOR rate from September 18, 1997 or from the most recent
date with respect to which interest has been paid, as the case may be, payable
on December 17, 1997 and quarterly thereafter on the third Wednesday of March,
June, September and December in each year, until the principal thereof is paid
or duly provided for.

         The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated
and delivered is limited to $350,000,000 in principal amount of Notes, except
for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section 2.7, 2.8, 2.10 or
3.2 of the Base Indenture.

         The Notes shall be redeemable as provided in Article Three of the
Base Indenture. The terms of redemption are set forth in the form of the Note
as set forth in Section 2.4 of this First Supplemental Indenture.


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         SECTION 2.4 Form of Debt Securities. (a) The form of the face of any
Note authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be substantially as follows:

                                 FACE OF NOTE

R-__
CUSIP:   257661AC2
ISIN:    US257661AC28
Common Code:  8040133


                      DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE, INC.

                 GLOBAL FLOATING RATE NOTES DUE SEPTEMBER 2002

         UNLESS THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY ("DTC") TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO
SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN.

         TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS
MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.7 OF
THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN).

<TABLE>
<S>                                               <C>
Issue (Title): Global Floating Rate Notes Due     Specified Payment Currency
September 2002                                      Interest: U.S. Dollars                           
                                                    Principal: U.S. Dollars                          
                                                                                                   
Registered  Principal Amount:                     Exchange Rate Agent: N/A                         
                                                                                                   
Type of Global Security                           Subject to Redemption Prior to                   
[X] DTC Global Security                           Maturity Date                                    
                                                  [ ]  No                                          
Registered Holder                                 [X]  Yes                                         
[X] Cede & Co.                                         Initial Redemption Date: September 20, 2000 
                                                       Initial Redemption Percentage:  100%        
Original Issue Date: September 18, 1997                Annual Redemption Percentage                
                                                         Reduction:  N/A                           
Maturity Date:  September 18, 2002                     Subsequent:  On any Interest Payment Date   
                                                                                                   
                                                                   
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<TABLE>
<S>                                                    <C>
Optional Repayment Date(s): N/A                        Interest Reset Date(s): Each Interest Payment
                                                       Date

Interest Rate Basis or Bases:                          Interest Category:
  If LIBOR:                                            [X]  Regular Floating Rate Note                
    [X] LIBOR Reuters                                  [ ]  Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note             
    [ ] LIBOR Telerate                                      Fixed Rate Commencement Date:             
                                                            Fixed Rate Interest:  _____ %             
Index Currency: N/A                                    [ ]  Inverse Floating Rate Note                
                                                            Fixed Interest Rate:                      
Index Maturity: N/A                                    [ ]  Original Issue Discount Note              
                                                            Issue Price:  ______ %                    
Initial Interest Rate: 5.96875%                                   
                                                       Authorized Denominations (if other than        
Interest Payment Date(s): the third Wednesday          minimum denominations of U.S. $1,000 and       
   of each December, March, June and                   integral multiples thereof)                    
September, commencing December 17, 1997                    Minimum Denominations:  N/A                
                                                           Additional Increments:  N/A                
Spread (plus or minus): 0.0025%                                                             
[X] Plus                                               Other/Additional Provisions:                   
[ ] Minus                                              [X] No                                         
                                                       [ ] Yes                                        
Spread Multiplier: N/A                                                                                             
                                                       Addendum:                                      
Initial Interest Reset Date: December 17, 1997                                  [ ] There are no Addemdums hereto              
                                                       [ ] Number of Addendums: __________            
Minimum Interest Rate: N/A

Maximum Interest Rate: N/A






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         Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together
with its successors and assigns, the "Company"), for value received, hereby
promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assignees, the principal sum of
$________________ on the Maturity Date specified above (except to the extent
redeemed or repaid prior to the Maturity Date) and to pay interest thereon
from the Original Issue Date specified above at a rate per annum equal to the
Initial Interest Rate specified above until the first Interest Reset Date next
succeeding the Original Issue Date specified above, and thereafter at a rate
per annum determined in accordance with the provisions specified on the
reverse hereof until the principal hereof is paid or duly made available for
payment (except as provided below). The Company will pay interest in arrears
on each Interest Payment Date (as specified above) commencing on December 17,
1997 and on the Maturity Date (or any Redemption Date) (these and certain
other capitalized terms used herein are defined on the reverse of this Note);
provided, however, that (i) if an Interest Payment Date (other than the
Maturity Date (or any Redemption Date)) would fall on a day that is not a
Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be the next succeeding Business
Day, and (ii) if the Maturity Date (or any Redemption Date or Repayment Date)
falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment of principal,
premium, if any, and interest shall be made on the next succeeding Business
Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on the date such
payment was due, and interest on principal shall accrue for the period from
and after the Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date (or any Redemption
Date) to such next succeeding Business Day and no interest shall accrue on the
interest payable on the Interest Payment Date for the period from and after
such Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date (or any Redemption Date) to
such next succeeding Business Day.

         Payment of the principal of this Note, any premium and the interest
due at the Maturity Date (or any Redemption Date) will be paid by wire
transfer of immediately available funds against presentation of this Note at
the office of The Chase Manhattan Bank (the "Paying Agent") currently located
at 450 West 33rd Street, New York, New York, or at the office of Chase
Manhattan Bank Luxembourg S.A. (the "Luxembourg Paying Agent") currently
located at 5, rue Plaetis, L-2338 Luxembourg; provided, however, that payments
of interest, other than interest due at maturity (or any Redemption Date), may
be made by United States dollar check mailed to the address of the person
entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Note register at the
close of business on the Record Date; provided, further, that (i) the
Depositary as holder of the Notes and (ii) a holder of $5,000,000 or more in
aggregate principal amount of Notes in certificated form will be entitled to
receive payments of interest, other than interest due at maturity (or any
Redemption Date), in each case, by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to an account within the United States maintained by the holder of this
Note if appropriate wire transfer instructions in writing have been received
by the Paying Agent not less than 10 days prior to the applicable Interest
Payment Date.

         Interest on this Note will accrue from and including the most recent
Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or,
if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from and including the
Original Issue Date, to but excluding the related Interest Payment Date, the
Maturity Date or any Redemption Date, as the case may be, until the principal

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hereof has been paid or duly made available for payment (except as provided
herein). The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on
any Interest Payment Date, will, subject to certain exceptions described in
the Indenture, be paid to the person in whose name this Note (or one or more
predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the date 15
calendar days prior to an Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business
Day) (each such date a "Record Date"); provided, however, that interest
payable on the Maturity Date (or any Redemption Date) will be payable to the
person to whom the principal hereof shall be payable.

         Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

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



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


                                   DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE, INC.


                                   By:______________________________
                                      Title:


                                   By:______________________________
                                      Title:

[SEAL]


Attest:


By:___________________________
Title:

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Trustee and Authenticating Agent


By:____________________________
    Authorized Signatory

DATED:


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(b)      The form of the reverse of any Note authenticated and delivered 
hereunder shall be substantially as follows:

                                REVERSE OF NOTE

                      DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE, INC.

                 GLOBAL FLOATING RATE NOTES DUE SEPTEMBER 2002

         This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities having
maturities of nine months or more from the date of issue (the "Notes") of the
Company. The Notes are issuable under an Indenture, dated as of September 3,
1997, as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of September
___, 1997 (as supplemented, the "Indenture") between the Company and The Chase
Manhattan Bank, as trustee (the "Trustee"), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of
the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities of the
Company, the Trustee and holders of the Notes and the terms upon which the
Notes are to be authenticated and delivered. The Chase Manhattan Bank has been
appointed Authenticating Agent and Calculation Agent (the "Authenticating
Agent" and "Calculation Agent", respectively, which terms include any
successor authenticating agent or calculation agent, as the case may be) with
respect to the Notes. The Chase Manhattan Bank at its corporate trust office
in The City of New York has been appointed the registrar and Paying Agent with
respect to the Notes, and Chase Manhattan Bank Luxembourg S.A. at its office
in Luxembourg has been appointed the Luxembourg Paying Agent with respect to
the Notes. To the extent not inconsistent herewith, the terms of the Indenture
are hereby incorporated by reference herein.

         This Note will not be subject to any sinking fund and will not be
subject to repayment at the option of the holder prior to maturity.

         This Note will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company
on any Interest Payment Date on or after the Initial Redemption Date specified
on the face hereof, in whole or from time to time in part in increments of
U.S. $1,000 (provided that any remaining principal amount hereof shall be at
least U.S. $1,000) at 100% of the unpaid principal amount of Notes to be
redeemed, together with unpaid interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for
redemption (each, a "Redemption Date"), on notice given no more than 60 nor
less than 30 calendar days prior to the Redemption Date and in accordance with
the provisions of the Indenture. In the event of redemption of this Note in
part only, a new Note of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof and
otherwise having the same terms as this Note shall be issued in the name of
the holder hereof upon the presentation and surrender hereof.

         This Note shall bear a floating rate of interest determined by
reference to LIBOR (as defined below) plus 25 basis points. Commencing on the
Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest on this Note shall be
payable shall be reset as of each Interest Reset Date specified

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on the face hereof; provided, however, that the interest rate in effect for
the period, if any, from the Original Issue Date to the Initial Interest Reset
Date shall be the Initial Interest Rate.

         If any Interest Reset Date would otherwise be a day that is not a
Business Day, such Interest Reset Date shall be postponed to the next
succeeding Business Day, except that if such Business Day falls in the next
succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset Date shall be the immediately
preceding Business Day.

         The Interest Determination Date shall be the second London Business
Day preceding such Interest Reset Date.

         The Calculation Agent shall determine the interest rate hereon for
each Interest Reset Date in accordance with the foregoing no later than the
Calculation Date. The Calculation Date is the tenth calendar day after such
Interest Determination Date, or if such day is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day. The interest rate on this Note will in no event be
higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law, as the same may be
modified by United States law of general application.

         Determination of LIBOR. LIBOR with respect to this Note shall be
determined with respect to each Interest Reset Date as follows:

                  (i) With respect to an Interest Determination Date, LIBOR
         will be the arithmetic mean of the offered rates (unless the
         specified Designated LIBOR Page by its terms provides only for a
         single rate, in which case such single rate shall be used) for
         three-month deposits in the London interbank market in U.S. dollars
         and commencing on the second London Business day immediately
         following such Interest Determination Date that appear on the
         Designated LIBOR Page as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on such Interest
         Determination Date, if at least two such offered rates appear
         (unless, as aforesaid, only a single rate is required) on such
         Designated LIBOR Page. If no rate appears on the Designated LIBOR
         Page (or, if the Designated LIBOR Page by its terms provides for more
         than a single rate but fewer than two offered rates appear on such
         Page), LIBOR in respect of such Interest Determination Date will be
         determined as if the parties had specified the rate described in
         clause (ii) below.

                  (ii) With respect to an Interest Determination Date relating
         to a LIBOR Note to which the last sentence of clause (i) above
         applies, the Calculation Agent will request the principal London
         offices of each of four major reference banks in the London interbank
         market, as selected by the Calculation Agent, to provide the
         Calculation Agent with its offered quotation for three-month deposits
         in U.S. dollars designated on the face hereof commencing on the
         second London Business Day immediately following such Interest
         Determination Date to prime banks in the London interbank market at
         approximately 11:00 A.M., London time on such Interest Determination
         Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single
         transaction in U.S. dollars in such market at such time.

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         If at least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR determined on
         such Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of such
         quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR
         determined on such Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic
         mean of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 A.M., in The City of
         New York, on such Interest Determination Date for three-month loans
         made in U.S. dollars to leading European banks commencing on the
         second London Business Day immediately following such Interest
         Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative
         for a single transaction in U.S. dollars in such market at such time
         by three major banks in The City of New York selected by the
         Calculation Agent; provided, however, that if the banks so selected
         by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this
         sentence, LIBOR will be LIBOR determined with respect to the Interest
         Reset Date preceding the applicable Interest Determination Date.

         "Designated LIBOR Page" means the display on the Reuters Monitor
Money Rates Service for the purpose of displaying the London interbank offered
rates of major banks for U.S. dollars (or such other pages as may replace that
page or that service for the purpose of displaying such rates).

         At the request of the holder hereof, the Trustee will provide to the
holder hereof the interest rate hereon then in effect and, if determined, the
interest rate that will become effective as of the next Interest Reset Date.

         Interest payments on this Note will include interest accrued to but
excluding the Interest Payment Dates or the Maturity Date (or any Redemption
Date or Repayment Date), as the case may be. Accrued interest hereon shall be
an amount calculated by multiplying the face amount hereof by an accrued
interest factor. Such accrued interest factor shall be computed by adding the
interest factor calculated for each day in the period for which interest is
being paid. The interest factor for each such date shall be computed by
dividing the interest rate applicable to such day by 360. All percentages
resulting from any calculation of the rate of interest on this Note will be
rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage
point (.0000001), with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded
upward, and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculation on
this Note will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent rounded
upward). Except as set forth above or on the face hereof, the interest rate in
effect on any Interest Reset Date will be the applicable rate as reset on such
date and the interest rate applicable to any other day will be the interest
rate from the immediately preceding Interest Reset Date (or, if none, the
Initial Interest Rate).

         Payment of Additional Amounts. The Company will, subject to the
exceptions and limitations set forth below, pay as additional interest on the
Notes, such additional amounts as are necessary in order that the net payment
by the Company or a paying agent of the principal of and interest on the Notes
to a person that is not a U.S. Holder (as defined below), after deduction for
any present or future tax, assessment or governmental charge of the United
States or a political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein,
imposed by withholding with respect

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to the payment, will not be less than the amount provided in the Notes to be
then due and payable; provided, however, that the foregoing obligation to pay
additional amounts shall not apply:

         (1) to a tax, assessment or governmental charge that is imposed or
withheld solely by reason of the holder, or a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary,
member or shareholder of the holder if the holder is an estate, trust,
partnership or corporation, or a person holding a power over an estate or
trust administered by a fiduciary holder, being considered as:

                  (a) being or having been present or engaged in trade or
         business in the United States or having or having had a permanent
         establishment in the United States;

                  (b) having a current or former relationship with the United
         States, including a relationship as a citizen or resident thereof;

                  (c) being or having been a foreign or domestic personal
         holding company, a passive foreign investment company or a controlled
         foreign corporation with respect to the United States or a
         corporation that has accumulated earnings to avoid United States
         federal income tax; or

                  (d) being or having been a "10-percent shareholder" of the
         Company as defined in section 871(h)(3) of the United States Internal
         Revenue Code or any successor provision;

         (2) to any holder that is not the sole beneficial owner of the Notes,
or a portion thereof, or that is a fiduciary or partnership, but only to the
extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, a
beneficial owner or member of the partnership would not have been entitled to
the payment of an additional amount had the beneficiary, settlor, beneficial
owner or member received directly its beneficial or distributive share of the
payment;

         (3) to a tax, assessment or governmental charge that is imposed or
withheld solely by reason of the failure of the holder or any other person to
comply with certification, identification or information reporting
requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection
with the United States of the holder or beneficial owner of such Note, if
compliance is required by statute, by regulation of the United States Treasury
Department or by an applicable income tax treaty to which the United States is
a party as a precondition to exemption from such tax, assessment or other
governmental charge;

         (4) to a tax, assessment or governmental charge that is imposed
otherwise than by withholding by the Company or a paying agent from the
payment;

         (5) to a tax, assessment or governmental charge that is imposed or
withheld solely by reason of a change in law, regulation, or administrative or
judicial interpretation that becomes

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effective more than 15 days after the payment becomes due or is duly provided
for, whichever occurs later;

         (6) to an estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, wealth
or personal property tax or a similar tax, assessment or governmental charge;

         (7) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to
be withheld by any paying agent from any payment of principal of or interest
on any Note, if such payment can be made without such withholding by any other
paying agent; or

         (8) in the case of any combination of items (1), (2), (3), (4), (5),
(6) and (7).

         The Notes are subject in all cases to any tax, fiscal or other law or
regulation or administrative or judicial interpretation applicable thereto.
Except as specifically provided in this Note, the Company shall not be
required to make any payment with respect to any tax, assessment or
governmental charge imposed by any government or a political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof or therein.

         Redemption by the Company Upon a Tax Event. If (a) as a result of any
change in, or amendment to, the laws (or any regulations or rulings
promulgated thereunder) of the United States (or any political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof or therein), or any change in, or amendments to,
official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws,
regulations or rulings, which change or amendment is announced or becomes
effective on or after the date of the Original Issue Date set forth on the
face of this Note, the Company becomes or will become obligated to pay
additional amounts as described above or (b) any act is taken by a taxing
authority of the United States on or after the Original Issue Date set forth
on the face of this Note, whether or not such act is taken with respect to the
Company or any affiliate, that results in a substantial probability that the
Company will or may be required to pay such additional amounts, then the
Company may, at its option, redeem, as a whole, but not in part, the Notes on
any Interest Payment Date on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior
notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount,
together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption;
provided that the Company determines, in its business judgment, that the
obligation to pay such additional amounts cannot be avoided by the use of
reasonable measures available to it, not including substitution of the obligor
under the Notes. No redemption, pursuant to (b) above may be made unless the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee a certificate, signed by a duly
authorized officer, stating that an act taken by a taxing authority of the
United States results in a substantial probability that it will or may be
required to pay the additional amounts described herein under the heading
"Payment of Additional Amounts" and that the Company is therefore entitled, to
redeem the Notes pursuant to their terms.

         This Note is unsecured and ranks pari passu with all other unsecured
and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company.

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         This Note, and any Note or Notes issued upon transfer or exchange
hereof, is issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, and, is
issuable only in denominations of U.S. $1,000 or any integral multiple of U.S.
$1,000 in excess thereof, unless otherwise specified on the face hereof.

         In case a Default or an Event of Default with respect to the Notes,
as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the
principal hereof and the interest accrued hereon, if any, may be declared, and
upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the
effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

         The Indenture contains provisions which provide that, without prior
notice to any holders of Notes, the Company and the Trustee may amend the
Indenture and the Notes of any series with the written consent of the holders
of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of all series
affected by such amendment (all such series voting as one class), and the
holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of all
series affected thereby (all such series voting as one class) by written
notice to the Trustee may waive future compliance by the Company with any
provision of the Indenture or the Notes of such series; provided that, without
the consent of each holder of the Notes of each series affected thereby, an
amendment or waiver, including a waiver of past defaults, may not: (i) extend
the stated maturity of the principal of, or any sinking fund obligation or any
installment of interest on, such holder's Note, or reduce the principal amount
thereof or the rate of interest thereon (including any amount in respect of
original issue discount), or any premium payable with respect thereto, or
adversely affect the rights of such holder under any mandatory redemption or
repurchase provision or any right of redemption or repurchase at the option of
such holder or change any place of payment where, or the currency in which,
any Note of such series or any premium or the interest thereon is payable, or
impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on
or after the due date therefor; (ii) reduce the percentage in principal amount
of outstanding Notes of the relevant series the consent of whose holders is
required for any such supplemental indenture, for any waiver of compliance
with certain provisions of the Indenture or certain Defaults and their
consequences provided for in the Indenture; (iii) waive a Default in the
payment of principal of or interest on any Note of such holder; or (iv) modify
any of the provisions of the Indenture governing supplemental indentures with
the consent of noteholders except to increase any such percentage or to
provide that certain other provisions of the Indenture cannot be modified or
waived without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Note affected
thereby.

         It is also provided in the Indenture that, subject to certain
conditions, the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Notes of all series affected (voting as a single class), by notice
to the Trustee, may waive an existing Default or Event of Default with respect
to the Notes of such series and its consequences, except a Default in the
payment of principal of or interest on any Note or in respect of a covenant or
provision of the Indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the holder of each outstanding Note affected. Upon any such waiver,
such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default with respect to
the Notes of such series arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured,
for

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every purpose of the Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereto.

         All determinations referred to above made by the Company or its
agents shall be at its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest
error, be conclusive for all purposes and binding on holders of Notes.

         So long as this Note shall be outstanding, the Company will cause to
be maintained offices or agencies for the payment of the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on this Note as herein provided in the Borough
of Manhattan, The City of New York and in Luxembourg, and an office or agency
in said Borough of Manhattan for the registration, transfer and exchange as
aforesaid of the Notes. The Company may designate other agencies for the
payment of said principal, premium, if any, and interest at such place or
places (subject to applicable laws and regulations) as the Company may decide.
So long as there shall be any such agency, the Company shall keep the Trustee
advised of the names and locations of such agencies, if any are so designated.

         So long as this Note shall remain outstanding and listed on the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange, all notices made to noteholders will be published
in a leading newspaper in Luxembourg.

         No provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair
the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note at the time, place,
and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein and in the Indenture prescribed
unless otherwise agreed between the Company and the registered holder of this
Note.

         Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, a new
Note or Notes of authorized denominations for an equal aggregate principal
amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the
limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge except for any tax or
other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

         Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer,
the Company or any agent of the Company, the registrar of the Notes or the
Trustee may treat the holder in whose name this Note is registered as the
owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Registrar, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.

         No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, or
premium, if any, or the interest on, this Note, for any claim based hereon, or
otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any
indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, shareholder, officer
or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any
successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any successor
corporation,

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whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the
enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability
being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue
hereof, expressly waived and released.

         This Note shall for all purposes be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York (without regard to the
conflicts of law principles thereof).

         As used herein:

         "Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday and
that is not a day on which banking institutions are generally authorized or
obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close in The City of New
York and such day is also a London Business Day;

         "London Business Day" means any day on which dealings in deposits in
U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market;

         "United States" or "U.S." means the United States of America
(including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories, its
possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction; and

         "U.S. Holder" means the beneficial owner of a Note that is (i) for
U.S. federal income tax purposes a citizen or resident of the United States
(including certain former citizens and former long-term residents), (ii) a
corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the
laws of the United States or of any political subdivision thereof, (iii) an
estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation
regardless of its source, or (iv) a trust with respect to the administration
of which a court within the United States is able to exercise primary
supervision and one or more U.S. fiduciaries have the authority to control all
substantial decisions of the trust.

         All other terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture
and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in
the Indenture.

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                                 ABBREVIATIONS

         The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:

         TEN COM-as tenants in common

         TEN ENT-as tenants by the entireties

         JT TEN-as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as 
                tenants in common

         UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-_________Custodian________
                             (Cust)          (Minor)

         Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act_________
                                           (State)

         Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above
list.



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                                  ASSIGNMENT

         FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and 
transfer(s) unto


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[PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF
ASSIGNEE]


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[PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF
ASSIGNEE]

the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing such person attorney to transfer such Note on the books of the
Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Signature____________________________

Signature Guarantee__________________

Dated:_______________________________


NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of the within Note in every particular without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

                                   ARTICLE 3

                                 MISCELLANEOUS

         SECTION 3.1 Continued Effectiveness of Indenture. Except as amended
hereby, the Base Indenture shall continue in full force and effect.

         SECTION 3.2 Purpose. The purpose of this First Supplemental Indenture
is to effect the amendments set forth herein. The Company represents and
warrants that all the conditions and requirements necessary to make this First
Supplemental Indenture, when duly executed and delivered, a valid and binding
agreement in accordance with its terms and for the purposes herein expressed,
have been performed and fulfilled.

         SECTION 3.3 Rights of Trustee. The Trustee executes this First
Supplemental Indenture only on the condition that it shall have and enjoy with
respect thereto all of the rights, duties, and immunities as set forth in the
Indenture.


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         SECTION 3.4 Benefits of First Supplemental Indenture. Nothing in this
First Supplemental Indenture or in the related Debt Securities, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their
successors hereunder, any Paying Agent and the Holders of Debt Securities of
any series created on or after the date hereof, any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this First Supplemental Indenture.

         SECTION 3.5 Governing Law. The laws of the State of New York (without
regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof) shall govern this First
Supplemental Indenture.

         SECTION 3.6 Successors. All agreements of the Company in this First
Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of the
Trustee in this First Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.

         SECTION 3.7 Duplicate Originals. The parties may sign any number of
copies of this First Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an
original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

         SECTION 3.8 Separability. In case any provision in this First
Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.

         SECTION 3.9 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. The Table of Contents
and headings of the Articles and Sections of this First Supplemental Indenture
have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are not to be
considered a part hereof and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the
terms and provisions hereof.



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                                  SIGNATURES

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first written
above.


(SEAL)                                  DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE, INC., 
Attest:                                   as the Company                    
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                        By:
- --------------------------                 --------------------------
                                           Name:                     
                                           Title:                    
                                        


(SEAL)                                  THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,   
Attest:                                   as Trustee                      
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                        By:
- --------------------------                 --------------------------
                                           Name:                     
                                           Title:                    
                                        







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STATE OF NEW YORK                   )
                                    )     ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK                  )

          On the _______________ day of ________________1997, before me
personally came _______________________, to me known, who, being by me duly
sworn, did depose and say that he is ________________________ of DONALDSON,
LUFKIN & JENRETTE, INC., one of the corporations described in and which
executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation;
that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was
so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and
that he signed his name thereto by like authority.



                                                    -------------------
                                                       Notary Public

STATE OF NEW YORK                   )
                                    )     ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK                  )

          On the _______________ day of ________________1997, before me
personally came _______________________, to me known, who, being by me duly
sworn, did depose and say that he is ________________________ of THE CHASE
MANHATTAN BANK, one of the corporations described in and which executed the
foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the
seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed
by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed
his name thereto by like authority.



                                                    -------------------
                                                       Notary Public

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                              September 17, 1997






Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc.
277 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10172

Ladies and Gentlemen:

                  We have acted as special counsel in connection with the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement")
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, for the registration of the sale by Donaldson, Lufkin
& Jenrette, Inc. (the "Company") from time to time of up to $1,000,000,000
aggregate principal amount of senior and subordinated debt securities (the
"Debt Securities"). Pursuant to the Registration Statement, the Company has
filed a Prospectus Supplement dated September 12, 1997, to the Prospectus
dated August 22, 1997, providing for the issuance of Global Floating Rate
Notes due September 2002 (the "Notes").

                  We have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise
identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records,
certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed
necessary for the purposes of rendering this opinion.



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Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc.
September 17, 1997

                                     - 2 -


                  On the basis of the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

                  The Notes issued pursuant to the Indenture dated September
3, 1997, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, to be dated as
of September 18, 1997 (together, the "Indenture"), each between the Company
and the Trustee, have been duly authorized and, when executed, authenticated,
issued and delivered in accordance with the Indenture and the Underwriting
Agreement, dated September 12, 1997, such Notes will constitute a valid and
binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except as (a) the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or similar laws
now or hereinafter in effect relating to or affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and (b) the availability of equitable remedies may
be limited by equitable principles of general applicability (regardless of
whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

                  In connection with the opinion expressed above, we have
assumed that, none of the terms of the Notes to be established subsequent to
the date hereof, will violate any applicable law or will result in a violation
of any provision of any instrument or agreement then binding upon the Company,
or any restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having
jurisdiction over the Company.

                  This opinion is based as to matters of law solely on
applicable provisions of (i) the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware, as amended, (ii) New York contract law (but not including any
statutes, ordinances, administrative decisions, rules or regulations of any
political subdivision of the State of New York), and (iii) federal statutes
and regulations, and we express no opinion as to any other laws, statutes,
ordinances, rules or regulations. We are licensed to practice law in the
District of Columbia and do not hold ourselves out as beings experts in the
laws of any other jurisdiction. Although we do not hold ourselves out as being
experts in the laws of any other jurisdiction, we have made such investigation
of the laws of the States of Delaware and New York as we deemed necessary to
express the opinions set forth herein.

                  We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an
exhibit to the Form 8-K which will be filed in connection with the issuance of
the Notes.


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Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc.
September 17, 1997

                                     - 3 -

                  This opinion is rendered solely to you in connection with
the above matter. This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other
purpose or relied upon by or furnished to any other person without our prior
written consent.

                                            Very truly yours,

                                            WILMER, CUTLER & PICKERING



                                             By: /s/ Russell J. Bruemmer
                                                ------------------------------
                                                Russell J. Bruemmer, a partner



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                              [WCP LETTERHEAD]





            		     September 17, 1997


Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Incorporated
277 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10172

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have acted as special tax counsel to Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc.
(the "Company") in connection with the issuance of $350,000,000 of the Company's
Global Floating Rate Notes due September 2002 (the "Notes"). We hereby confirm
the opinion (the "Opinion") set forth under the caption "Certain United States
Federal Income Tax Considerations" in the prospectus supplement, dated 
September 12,1997 (the "Prospectus Supplement"), that supplements the 
registration statement on Form S-3 filed by the Company with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission on August 22, 1997.

     We hereby consent to the use of our name under the caption "Certain United
States Federal Income Tax Considerations" in the Prospectus Supplement. The 
issuance of such a consent does not concede that we are an "Expert" for the 
purposes of the Securities Act of 1933.

                                                  Sincerely,

                                                  WILMER, CUTLER & PICKERING

						  By: /s/ Terrill A. Hyde
                                                     --------------------------
                                                     Terrill A. Hyde
                                                     A Partner





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