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                        Registration No.



                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM T-1

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

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

                            WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
               (Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

        Delaware                                          51-0055023
(State of incorporation)                    (I.R.S. employer identification no.)

                               Rodney Square North
                            1100 North Market Street
                           Wilmington, Delaware 19890
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                               Cynthia L. Corliss
                        Vice President and Trust Counsel
                            Wilmington Trust Company
                               Rodney Square North
                           Wilmington, Delaware 19890
                                 (302) 651-8516
            (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)


                         The First American Corporation

               (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

     California                                           95-1068610
(State of incorporation)                    (I.R.S. employer identification no.)

     1 First American Way
     Santa Ana, California                                92707-5913

(Address of principal executive offices)                  (Zip Code)


                       $200,000,000 ___% Senior Notes Due 20__

                       (Title of the indenture securities)



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ITEM 1.   GENERAL INFORMATION.

          Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

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

          Federal Deposit Insurance Co.     State Bank Commissioner
          Five Penn Center                   Dover, Delaware
          Suite #2901
          Philadelphia, PA

          (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

          The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

ITEM 2.   AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR.

          If  the  obligor  is  an  affiliate  of  the  trustee,  describe  each
affiliation:

          Based upon an  examination of the books and records of the trustee and
upon  information  furnished by the obligor,  the obligor is not an affiliate of
the trustee.

ITEM 3.   LIST OF EXHIBITS.

          List below all exhibits filed as part of this Statement of Eligibility
and Qualification.

          A.   Copy of the Charter of Wilmington  Trust Company,  which includes
               the  certificate  of authority  of  Wilmington  Trust  Company to
               commence  business  and the  authorization  of  Wilmington  Trust
               Company to exercise corporate trust powers.

          B.   Copy of By-Laws of Wilmington Trust Company.

          C.   Consent of Wilmington Trust Company required by Section 321(b) of
               Trust Indenture Act.

          D.   Copy of most  recent  Report of  Condition  of  Wilmington  Trust
               Company.

          Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Trust  Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended,  the trustee,  Wilmington  Trust Company,  a corporation  organized and
existing  under  the  laws of  Delaware,  has  duly  caused  this  Statement  of
Eligibility  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  all in the City of Wilmington  and State of Delaware on the 3rd day
of October, 2000.

                                             WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY


                                             By:/s/ Norma P. Closs
                                                ---------------------
                                             Name:  Norma P. Closs
                                                    Vice President

[SEAL]

Attest:  /s/ Patricia A. Evans
         ----------------------
         Assistant Secretary

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                                 AMENDED CHARTER

                            Wilmington Trust Company

                              Wilmington, Delaware

                           As existing on May 9, 1987



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                                 Amended Charter

                                       or

                              Act of Incorporation

                                       of

                            Wilmington Trust Company

          Wilmington  Trust Company,  originally  incorporated  by an Act of the
General  Assembly of the State of Delaware,  entitled "An Act to Incorporate the
Delaware Guarantee and Trust Company", approved March 2, A.D. 1901, and the name
of which company was changed to "Wilmington Trust Company" by an amendment filed
in the Office of the Secretary of State on March 18, A.D.  1903, and the Charter
or Act of  Incorporation of which company has been from time to time amended and
changed by merger agreements pursuant to the corporation law for state banks and
trust  companies  of the  State of  Delaware,  does  hereby  alter and amend its
Charter or Act of Incorporation so that the same as so altered and amended shall
in its entirety read as follows:

     First: - The name of this corporation is Wilmington Trust Company.

     Second:  - The location of its principal office in the State of Delaware is
     at Rodney Square North,  in the City of  Wilmington,  County of New Castle;
     the name of its resident agent is Wilmington Trust Company whose address is
     Rodney Square North,  in said City. In addition to such  principal  office,
     the said  corporation  maintains and operates branch offices in the City of
     Newark,  New  Castle  County,  Delaware,  the Town of  Newport,  New Castle
     County,  Delaware, at Claymont, New Castle County, Delaware, at Greenville,
     New Castle County Delaware,  and at Milford Cross Roads, New Castle County,
     Delaware,  and shall be  empowered  to open,  maintain  and operate  branch
     offices at Ninth and Shipley  Streets,  418  Delaware  Avenue,  2120 Market
     Street, and 3605 Market Street,  all in the City of Wilmington,  New Castle
     County,  Delaware,  and such other branch  offices or places of business as
     may be  authorized  from  time to time by the  agency  or  agencies  of the
     government of the State of Delaware empowered to confer such authority.

     Third:  - (a) The  nature of the  business  and the  objects  and  purposes
     proposed to be transacted,  promoted or carried on by this  Corporation are
     to do any or all of the things  herein  mentioned  as fully and to the same
     extent as natural  persons  might or could do and in any part of the world,
     viz.:

               (1) To sue and be sued,  complain  and defend in any Court of law
               or equity and to make and use a common  seal,  and alter the seal
               at pleasure,  to hold,  purchase,  convey,  mortgage or otherwise
               deal in real and  personal  estate and  property,  and to appoint
               such officers and agents as the business of the Corporation shall
               require,  to make by-laws not inconsistent  with the Constitution
               or laws of the United States or of this State, to discount bills,
               notes or other  evidences of debt, to receive  deposits of money,
               or  securities  for  money,  to buy gold and silver  bullion  and
               foreign coins,  to buy and sell bills of exchange,  and generally
               to use, exercise and enjoy all the powers, rights, privileges and
               franchises   incident  to  a  corporation  which  are  proper  or
               necessary for the  transaction of the business of the Corporation
               hereby created.

               (2) To insure titles to real and personal property, or any estate
               or  interests  therein,  and to  guarantee  the  holder  of  such
               property, real or personal,  against any claim or claims, adverse
               to his interest therein,  and to prepare and give certificates of
               title for any lands or  premises  in the  State of  Delaware,  or
               elsewhere.

               (3) To act as factor,  agent,  broker or attorney in the receipt,
               collection,  custody, investment and management of funds, and the
               purchase,  sale,  management  and  disposal  of  property  of all
               descriptions,  and to prepare and execute all papers which may be
               necessary or proper in such business.

               (4) To prepare and draw  agreements,  contracts,  deeds,  leases,
               conveyances,   mortgages,   bonds  and  legal   papers  of  every
               description,  and to carry on the business of conveyancing in all
               its branches.

               (5) To receive  upon  deposit  for  safekeeping  money,  jewelry,
               plate,  deeds,  bonds and any and all other personal  property of
               every sort and kind, from executors,  administrators,  guardians,
               public officers, courts, receivers, assignees, trustees, and from
               all fiduciaries,  and from all other persons and individuals, and
               from all  corporations  whether  state,  municipal,  corporate or
               private,  and to rent boxes,  safes, vaults and other receptacles
               for such property.

               (6) To act as agent or otherwise for the purpose of  registering,
               issuing,   certificating,    countersigning,    transferring   or
               underwriting  the  stock,  bonds  or  other  obligations  of  any
               corporation,  association, state or municipality, and may receive
               and  manage any  sinking  fund  therefor  on such terms as may be
               agreed upon between the two  parties,  and in like manner may act
               as Treasurer of any corporation or municipality.

               (7) To act as Trustee under any deed of trust, mortgage,  bond or
               other instrument issued by any state, municipality, body politic,
               corporation,   association   or  person,   either   alone  or  in
               conjunction  with any other  person or  persons,  corporation  or
               corporations.

               (8) To  guarantee  the  validity,  performance  or  effect of any
               contract or agreement, and the fidelity of persons holding places
               of  responsibility  or trust; to become surety for any person, or
               persons, for the faithful performance of any trust, office, duty,
               contract or agreement,  either by itself or in  conjunction  with
               any other person, or persons, corporation, or corporations, or in
               like  manner   become   surety   upon  any  bond,   recognizance,
               obligation, judgment, suit, order, or decree to be entered in any
               court of record  within the State of  Delaware or  elsewhere,  or
               which may now or hereafter be required by any law, judge, officer
               or court in the State of Delaware or elsewhere.

               (9) To act by any and every  method of  appointment  as  trustee,
               trustee  in   bankruptcy,   receiver,   assignee,   assignee   in
               bankruptcy, executor, administrator,  guardian, bailee, or in any
               other trust capacity in the  receiving,  holding,  managing,  and
               disposing of any and all estates and property,  real, personal or
               mixed,   and  to  be  appointed  as  such  trustee,   trustee  in
               bankruptcy, receiver, assignee, assignee in bankruptcy, executor,
               administrator,  guardian or bailee by any persons,  corporations,
               court,  officer,  or  authority,  in the  State  of  Delaware  or
               elsewhere;  and whenever this  Corporation is so appointed by any
               person,  corporation,  court,  officer or authority such trustee,
               trustee  in   bankruptcy,   receiver,   assignee,   assignee   in
               bankruptcy, executor, administrator,  guardian, bailee, or in any
               other trust capacity,  it shall not be required to give bond with
               surety, but its capital stock shall be taken and held as security
               for  the  performance  of the  duties  devolving  upon it by such
               appointment.

               (10) And for its care,  management and trouble,  and the exercise
               of any of its powers hereby given,  or for the performance of any
               of the  duties  which  it may  undertake  or be  called  upon  to
               perform,  or for the  assumption of any  responsibility  the said
               Corporation may be entitled to receive a proper compensation.

               (11)  To  purchase,  receive,  hold  and  own  bonds,  mortgages,
               debentures,  shares  of  capital  stock,  and  other  securities,
               obligations,  contracts  and  evidences of  indebtedness,  of any
               private,  public or municipal  corporation within and without the
               State of Delaware,  or of the Government of the United States, or
               of any state, territory, colony, or possession thereof, or of any
               foreign government or country; to receive,  collect, receipt for,
               and dispose of interest,  dividends  and income upon and from any
               of the bonds,  mortgages,  debentures,  notes,  shares of capital
               stock,   securities,   obligations,   contracts,   evidences   of
               indebtedness  and other  property  held and  owned by it,  and to
               exercise  in respect of all such  bonds,  mortgages,  debentures,
               notes,   shares  of  capital  stock,   securities,   obligations,
               contracts,  evidences of indebtedness and other property, any and
               all the  rights,  powers  and  privileges  of  individual  owners
               thereof,  including the right to vote thereon; to invest and deal
               in and  with  any of the  moneys  of the  Corporation  upon  such
               securities and in such manner as it may think fit and proper, and
               from time to time to vary or realize such  investments;  to issue
               bonds  and  secure  the  same by  pledges  or  deeds  of trust or
               mortgages of or upon the whole or any part of the  property  held
               or owned by the  Corporation,  and to sell and pledge such bonds,
               as and when the Board of Directors  shall  determine,  and in the
               promotion of its said corporate business of investment and to the
               extent authorized by law, to lease, purchase, hold, sell, assign,
               transfer,  pledge, mortgage and convey real and personal property
               of any name and nature and any estate or interest therein.

          (b) In furtherance of, and not in limitation,  of the powers conferred
          by the laws of the State of Delaware,  it is hereby expressly provided
          that the said Corporation shall also have the following powers:

               (1) To do any or all of the things herein set forth,  to the same
               extent as natural  persons  might or could do, and in any part of
               the world.

               (2) To acquire the good will, rights, property and franchises and
               to undertake the whole or any part of the assets and  liabilities
               of any person, firm,  association or corporation,  and to pay for
               the same in cash, stock of this Corporation,  bonds or otherwise;
               to hold or in any  manner to  dispose of the whole or any part of
               the property so  purchased;  to conduct in any lawful  manner the
               whole or any part of any  business so  acquired,  and to exercise
               all the powers  necessary or  convenient in and about the conduct
               and management of such business.

               (3) To take,  hold, own, deal in, mortgage or otherwise lien, and
               to lease,  sell,  exchange,  transfer,  or in any manner whatever
               dispose of property, real, personal or mixed, wherever situated.

               (4) To enter into, make, perform and carry out contracts of every
               kind with any person,  firm,  association  or  corporation,  and,
               without  limit as to  amount,  to draw,  make,  accept,  endorse,
               discount,  execute and issue promissory notes,  drafts,  bills of
               exchange,  warrants,  bonds, debentures,  and other negotiable or
               transferable instruments.

               (5) To have  one or more  offices,  to carry on all or any of its
               operations and businesses, without restriction to the same extent
               as natural  persons  might or could do, to purchase or  otherwise
               acquire,  to hold,  own, to mortgage,  sell,  convey or otherwise
               dispose  of,  real and  personal  property,  of every  class  and
               description,  in any State, District,  Territory or Colony of the
               United States, and in any foreign country or place.

               (6) It is the  intention  that the  objects,  purposes and powers
               specified and clauses  contained in this paragraph  shall (except
               where otherwise expressed in said paragraph) be nowise limited or
               restricted  by reference  to or  inference  from the terms of any
               other clause of this or any other paragraph in this charter,  but
               that the objects,  purposes  and powers  specified in each of the
               clauses  of this  paragraph  shall  be  regarded  as  independent
               objects, purposes and powers.

     Fourth:  - (a) The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the
     Corporation shall have authority to issue is forty-one million (41,000,000)
     shares, consisting of:

               (1) One million  (1,000,000) shares of Preferred stock, par value
               $10.00 per share (hereinafter  referred to as "Preferred Stock");
               and

               (2) Forty million  (40,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value
               $1.00 per share (hereinafter referred to as "Common Stock").

          (b) Shares of  Preferred  Stock may be issued from time to time in one
          or more series as may from time to time be  determined by the Board of
          Directors each of said series to be distinctly designated.  All shares
          of any  one  series  of  Preferred  Stock  shall  be  alike  in  every
          particular,  except  that  there may be  different  dates  from  which
          dividends,  if any,  thereon shall be cumulative,  if made cumulative.
          The voting powers and the  preferences  and  relative,  participating,
          optional  and  other  special  rights  of each  such  series,  and the
          qualifications,  limitations  or  restrictions  thereof,  if any,  may
          differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding;
          and,  subject to the provisions of  subparagraph 1 of Paragraph (c) of
          this Article  Fourth,  the Board of Directors  of the  Corporation  is
          hereby expressly granted authority to fix by resolution or resolutions
          adopted prior to the issuance of any shares of a particular  series of
          Preferred Stock, the voting powers and the  designations,  preferences
          and   relative,   optional   and  other   special   rights,   and  the
          qualifications,   limitations   and   restrictions   of  such  series,
          including,  but without limiting the generality of the foregoing,  the
          following:

               (1) The  distinctive  designation of, and the number of shares of
               Preferred Stock which shall constitute such series,  which number
               may be increased (except where otherwise provided by the Board of
               Directors)  or  decreased  (but not  below  the  number of shares
               thereof then outstanding) from time to time by like action of the
               Board of Directors;

               (2) The rate and times at which,  and the terms and conditions on
               which, dividends, if any, on Preferred Stock of such series shall
               be paid,  the extent of the  preference  or relation,  if any, of
               such  dividends  to the  dividends  payable on any other class or
               classes,  or  series  of the  same or other  class  of stock  and
               whether such dividends shall be cumulative or non-cumulative;

               (3) The right,  if any, of the holders of Preferred Stock of such
               series to convert the same into or exchange the same for,  shares
               of any other class or classes or of any series of the same or any
               other class or classes of stock of the  Corporation and the terms
               and conditions of such conversion or exchange;

               (4)  Whether  or not  Preferred  Stock  of such  series  shall be
               subject to redemption, and the redemption price or prices and the
               time or times at which,  and the terms and  conditions  on which,
               Preferred Stock of such series may be redeemed.

               (5) The rights, if any, of the holders of Preferred Stock of such
               series upon the  voluntary or  involuntary  liquidation,  merger,
               consolidation,  distribution  or sale of assets,  dissolution  or
               winding-up, of the Corporation.

               (6) The  terms of the  sinking  fund or  redemption  or  purchase
               account,  if any, to be provided for the Preferred  Stock of such
               series; and

               (7) The voting  powers,  if any, of the holders of such series of
               Preferred Stock which may, without limiting the generality of the
               foregoing  include the right,  voting as a series or by itself or
               together  with other series of  Preferred  Stock or all series of
               Preferred Stock as a class, to elect one or more directors of the
               Corporation  if there shall have been a default in the payment of
               dividends on any one or more series of  Preferred  Stock or under
               such  circumstances  and  on  such  conditions  as the  Board  of
               Directors may determine.

          (c) (1) After the requirements with respect to preferential  dividends
          on the  Preferred  Stock (fixed in accordance  with the  provisions of
          section (b) of this Article  Fourth),  if any, shall have been met and
          after the Corporation  shall have complied with all the  requirements,
          if any,  with respect to the setting aside of sums as sinking funds or
          redemption  or  purchase   accounts  (fixed  in  accordance  with  the
          provisions of section (b) of this Article Fourth), and subject further
          to any conditions which may be fixed in accordance with the provisions
          of section (b) of this  Article  Fourth,  then and not  otherwise  the
          holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends as
          may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors.

               (2) After  distribution in full of the  preferential  amount,  if
               any,  (fixed in accordance  with the provisions of section (b) of
               this  Article  Fourth),  to be  distributed  to  the  holders  of
               Preferred   Stock  in  the  event  of  voluntary  or  involuntary
               liquidation,  distribution  or sale  of  assets,  dissolution  or
               winding-up,  of the Corporation,  the holders of the Common Stock
               shall be entitled to receive all of the  remaining  assets of the
               Corporation,  tangible and intangible, of whatever kind available
               for  distribution  to  stockholders  ratably in proportion to the
               number of shares of Common Stock held by them respectively.

               (3)  Except  as  may  otherwise  be  required  by  law  or by the
               provisions of such resolution or resolutions as may be adopted by
               the Board of  Directors  pursuant to section (b) of this  Article
               Fourth,  each  holder  of  Common  Stock  shall  have one vote in
               respect of each share of Common  Stock held on all matters  voted
               upon by the stockholders.

          (d) No holder of any of the  shares of any class or series of stock or
          of options,  warrants or other rights to purchase  shares of any class
          or series of stock or of other  securities  of the  Corporation  shall
          have any  preemptive  right to purchase or subscribe  for any unissued
          stock of any class or series or any additional  shares of any class or
          series  to be  issued by  reason  of any  increase  of the  authorized
          capital  stock of the  Corporation  of any class or series,  or bonds,
          certificates   of   indebtedness,   debentures  or  other   securities
          convertible  into or exchangeable  for stock of the Corporation of any
          class or series,  or carrying any right to purchase stock of any class
          or series, but any such unissued stock, additional authorized issue of
          shares of any class or series of stock or securities  convertible into
          or  exchangeable  for stock,  or carrying any right to purchase stock,
          may be issued and disposed of pursuant to  resolution  of the Board of
          Directors  to  such  persons,  firms,  corporations  or  associations,
          whether such  holders or others,  and upon such terms as may be deemed
          advisable  by the  Board  of  Directors  in the  exercise  of its sole
          discretion.

          (e) The  relative  powers,  preferences  and rights of each  series of
          Preferred  Stock in relation to the relative  powers,  preferences and
          rights of each other series of Preferred Stock shall, in each case, be
          as fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors in the resolution
          or resolutions adopted pursuant to authority granted in section (b) of
          this  Article  Fourth  and the  consent,  by class or  series  vote or
          otherwise,  of the holders of such of the series of Preferred Stock as
          are  from  time to time  outstanding  shall  not be  required  for the
          issuance by the Board of  Directors  of any other  series of Preferred
          Stock whether or not the powers,  preferences and rights of such other
          series  shall be fixed by the Board of Directors as senior to, or on a
          parity with, the powers,  preferences  and rights of such  outstanding
          series, or any of them; provided, however, that the Board of Directors
          may  provide  in the  resolution  or  resolutions  as to any series of
          Preferred Stock adopted pursuant to section (b) of this Article Fourth
          that the  consent  of the  holders  of a  majority  (or  such  greater
          proportion  as shall be therein  fixed) of the  outstanding  shares of
          such series  voting  thereon shall be required for the issuance of any
          or all other series of Preferred Stock.

          (f) Subject to the provisions of section (e),  shares of any series of
          Preferred  Stock  may be  issued  from  time to time as the  Board  of
          Directors of the Corporation shall determine and on such terms and for
          such consideration as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

          (g)  Shares  of Common  Stock  may be issued  from time to time as the
          Board of  Directors of the  Corporation  shall  determine  and on such
          terms  and for such  consideration  as shall be fixed by the  Board of
          Directors.

          (h) The  authorized  amount of shares of Common Stock and of Preferred
          Stock may,  without a class or series vote,  be increased or decreased
          from time to time by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority
          of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon.

     Fifth: - (a) The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be conducted
     and managed by a Board of Directors.  The number of directors  constituting
     the entire Board shall be not less than five nor more than  twenty-five  as
     fixed from time to time by vote of a majority of the whole Board, provided,
     however, that the number of directors shall not be reduced so as to shorten
     the term of any director at the time in office, and provided further,  that
     the number of directors  constituting  the whole Board shall be twenty-four
     until otherwise fixed by a majority of the whole Board.

          (b) The Board of  Directors  shall be divided into three  classes,  as
          nearly  equal  in  number  as  the  then  total  number  of  directors
          constituting  the whole Board permits,  with the term of office of one
          class  expiring each year. At the annual  meeting of  stockholders  in
          1982, directors of the first class shall be elected to hold office for
          a term expiring at the next succeeding  annual  meeting,  directors of
          the second  class shall be elected to hold office for a term  expiring
          at the second  succeeding  annual  meeting and  directors of the third
          class shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the third
          succeeding annual meeting. Any vacancies in the Board of Directors for
          any reason,  and any newly created  directorships  resulting  from any
          increase in the  directors,  may be filled by the Board of  Directors,
          acting by a majority of the  directors  then in office,  although less
          than a quorum, and any directors so chosen shall hold office until the
          next annual election of directors.  At such election, the stockholders
          shall elect a successor to such director to hold office until the next
          election of the class for which such  director  shall have been chosen
          and until his successor shall be elected and qualified. No decrease in
          the  number  of  directors  shall  shorten  the term of any  incumbent
          director.

          (c)  Notwithstanding  any other  provisions  of this Charter or Act of
          Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation  (and  notwithstanding
          the fact that some lesser  percentage  may be specified  by law,  this
          Charter or Act of  Incorporation  or the By-Laws of the  Corporation),
          any director or the entire Board of Directors of the  Corporation  may
          be removed at any time without cause, but only by the affirmative vote
          of the  holders of  two-thirds  or more of the  outstanding  shares of
          capital  stock of the  Corporation  entitled to vote  generally in the
          election of directors  (considered for this purpose as one class) cast
          at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose.

          (d) Nominations for the election of directors may be made by the Board
          of Directors or by any  stockholder  entitled to vote for the election
          of  directors.  Such  nominations  shall be made by notice in writing,
          delivered  or  mailed  by first  class  United  States  mail,  postage
          prepaid, to the Secretary of the Corporation not less than 14 days nor
          more than 50 days prior to any meeting of the stockholders  called for
          the election of  directors;  provided,  however,  that if less than 21
          days'  notice of the meeting is given to  stockholders,  such  written
          notice shall be delivered or mailed,  as prescribed,  to the Secretary
          of the  Corporation  not  later  than  the  close of the  seventh  day
          following  the day on  which  notice  of the  meeting  was  mailed  to
          stockholders. Notice of nominations which are proposed by the Board of
          Directors shall be given by the Chairman on behalf of the Board.

          (e) Each  notice  under  subsection  (d) shall set forth (i) the name,
          age, business address and, if known, residence address of each nominee
          proposed in such notice,  (ii) the principal  occupation or employment
          of such  nominee  and  (iii)  the  number  of  shares  of stock of the
          Corporation which are beneficially owned by each such nominee.

          (f) The Chairman of the meeting may, if the facts  warrant,  determine
          and  declare  to the  meeting  that  a  nomination  was  not  made  in
          accordance  with  the  foregoing  procedure,   and  if  he  should  so
          determine,  he shall  so  declare  to the  meeting  and the  defective
          nomination shall be disregarded.

          (g) No action required to be taken or which may be taken at any annual
          or special  meeting of  stockholders  of the  Corporation may be taken
          without  a  meeting,  and the  power of  stockholders  to  consent  in
          writing,   without  a  meeting,   to  the  taking  of  any  action  is
          specifically denied.

     Sixth: - The Directors  shall choose such officers,  agents and servants as
     may be provided in the By-Laws as they may from time to time find necessary
     or proper.

     Seventh:  - The Corporation hereby created is hereby given the same powers,
     rights and privileges as may be conferred upon corporations organized under
     the Act entitled "An Act  Providing a General  Corporation  Law",  approved
     March 10, 1899, as from time to time amended.

     Eighth: - This Act shall be deemed and taken to be a private Act.

     Ninth: - This Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

     Tenth: - The Board of Directors,  by resolution passed by a majority of the
     whole Board,  may  designate any of their number to constitute an Executive
     Committee,  which Committee, to the extent provided in said resolution,  or
     in the  By-Laws  of the  Company,  shall have and may  exercise  all of the
     powers of the Board of  Directors  in the  management  of the  business and
     affairs of the  Corporation,  and shall have power to authorize the seal of
     the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it.

     Eleventh:  - The private property of the  stockholders  shall not be liable
     for the payment of corporate debts to any extent whatever.

     Twelfth: - The Corporation may transact business in any part of the world.

     Thirteenth:  - The  Board of  Directors  of the  Corporation  is  expressly
     authorized  to make,  alter or repeal the By-Laws of the  Corporation  by a
     vote of the majority of the entire Board.  The stockholders may make, alter
     or repeal any By-Law whether or not adopted by them, provided however, that
     any such additional  By-Laws,  alterations or repeal may be adopted only by
     the  affirmative  vote  of  the  holders  of  two-thirds  or  more  of  the
     outstanding  shares of capital  stock of the  Corporation  entitled to vote
     generally in the election of directors  (considered for this purpose as one
     class).

     Fourteenth: - Meetings of the Directors may be held outside of the State of
     Delaware  at such  places  as may be from  time to time  designated  by the
     Board,  and the Directors may keep the books of the Company  outside of the
     State of Delaware at such places as may be from time to time  designated by
     them.

     Fifteenth:  - (a) (1) In addition to any affirmative  vote required by law,
     and except as otherwise  expressly provided in sections (b) and (c) of this
     Article Fifteenth:

          (A) any merger or  consolidation  of the Corporation or any Subsidiary
          (as hereinafter  defined) with or into (i) any Interested  Stockholder
          (as hereinafter defined) or (ii) any other corporation (whether or not
          itself  an  Interested  Stockholder),  which,  after  such  merger  or
          consolidation,  would be an Affiliate (as  hereinafter  defined) of an
          Interested Stockholder, or

          (B) any sale, lease,  exchange,  mortgage,  pledge,  transfer or other
          disposition (in one  transaction or a series of related  transactions)
          to or  with  any  Interested  Stockholder  or  any  Affiliate  of  any
          Interested  Stockholder  of  any  assets  of  the  Corporation  or any
          Subsidiary  having an  aggregate  fair market value of  $1,000,000  or
          more, or

          (C) the issuance or transfer by the  Corporation or any Subsidiary (in
          one transaction or a series of related transactions) of any securities
          of the Corporation or any Subsidiary to any Interested  Stockholder or
          any  Affiliate  of any  Interested  Stockholder  in exchange for cash,
          securities  or other  property (or a  combination  thereof)  having an
          aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more, or

          (D) the  adoption  of any  plan or  proposal  for the  liquidation  or
          dissolution of the Corporation, or

          (E) any  reclassification  of securities  (including any reverse stock
          split),  or  recapitalization  of the  Corporation,  or any  merger or
          consolidation  of the Corporation  with any of its Subsidiaries or any
          similar  transaction  (whether  or  not  with  or  into  or  otherwise
          involving an Interested Stockholder) which has the effect, directly or
          indirectly,  of increasing the proportionate  share of the outstanding
          shares  of any  class  of  equity  or  convertible  securities  of the
          Corporation or any Subsidiary which is directly or indirectly owned by
          any  Interested  Stockholder,  or  any  Affiliate  of  any  Interested
          Stockholder,

shall require the affirmative  vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the
outstanding  shares  of  capital  stock  of the  Corporation  entitled  to  vote
generally  in the  election  of  directors,  considered  for the purpose of this
Article Fifteenth as one class ("Voting Shares"). Such affirmative vote shall be
required  notwithstanding  the fact that no vote may be  required,  or that some
lesser percentage may be specified, by law or in any agreement with any national
securities exchange or otherwise.

               (2) The  term  "business  combination"  as  used in this  Article
               Fifteenth shall mean any transaction  which is referred to in any
               one or more of clauses  (A)  through  (E) of  paragraph  1 of the
               section (a).

          (b) The provisions of section (a) of this Article  Fifteenth shall not
          be applicable to any particular business combination and such business
          combination shall require only such affirmative vote as is required by
          law and any other provisions of the Charter or Act of Incorporation or
          By-Laws if such business  combination  has been approved by a majority
          of the whole Board.

          (c) For the purposes of this Article Fifteenth:

               (1) A "person" shall mean any  individual,  firm,  corporation or
               other entity.

               (2)  "Interested  Stockholder"  shall  mean,  in  respect  of any
               business  combination,  any person (other than the Corporation or
               any  Subsidiary)  who or  which  as of the  record  date  for the
               determination  of stockholders  entitled to notice of and to vote
               on  such  business  combination,  or  immediately  prior  to  the
               consummation of any such transaction:

          (A) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly,  of more than 10%
          of the Voting Shares, or

          (B) is an  Affiliate  of the  Corporation  and at any time  within two
          years prior thereto was the beneficial owner,  directly or indirectly,
          of not less than 10% of the then outstanding voting Shares, or

          (C) is an  assignee  of or has  otherwise  succeeded  in any  share of
          capital  stock of the  Corporation  which were at any time  within two
          years prior thereto beneficially owned by any Interested  Stockholder,
          and such assignment or succession shall have occurred in the course of
          a  transaction  or  series  of  transactions  not  involving  a public
          offering within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933.

               (3) A  person  shall  be the  "beneficial  owner"  of any  Voting
               Shares:

          (A) which such  person or any of its  Affiliates  and  Associates  (as
          hereafter defined) beneficially own, directly or indirectly, or

          (B) which such person or any of its  Affiliates or Associates  has (i)
          the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or
          only  after  the  passage  of  time),   pursuant  to  any   agreement,
          arrangement  or  understanding  or upon  the  exercise  of  conversion
          rights,  exchange rights,  warrants or options, or otherwise,  or (ii)
          the  right  to  vote  pursuant  to  any   agreement,   arrangement  or
          understanding, or

          (C) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other
          person with which such first mentioned person or any of its Affiliates
          or Associates has any agreement,  arrangement or understanding for the
          purpose of  acquiring,  holding,  voting or disposing of any shares of
          capital stock of the Corporation.

               (4) The  outstanding  Voting Shares shall  include  shares deemed
               owned  through  application  of paragraph (3) above but shall not
               include any other Voting Shares which may be issuable pursuant to
               any agreement, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or
               options or otherwise.

               (5)  "Affiliate"  and  "Associate"   shall  have  the  respective
               meanings given those terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and
               Regulations  under the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as in
               effect on December 31, 1981.

               (6)  "Subsidiary"  shall mean any corporation of which a majority
               of any class of equity security (as defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the
               General Rules and Regulations  under the Securities  Exchange Act
               of 1934, as in effect on December 31, 1981) is owned, directly or
               indirectly, by the Corporation;  provided,  however, that for the
               purposes of the definition of Investment Stockholder set forth in
               paragraph  (2) of this section (c), the term  "Subsidiary"  shall
               mean only a  corporation  of which a  majority  of each  class of
               equity  security  is  owned,  directly  or  indirectly,   by  the
               Corporation.

          (d)  majority  of the  directors  shall  have  the  power  and duty to
          determine  for the purposes of this Article  Fifteenth on the basis of
          information   known  to  them,   (1)  the  number  of  Voting   Shares
          beneficially  owned by any person (2) whether a person is an Affiliate
          or  Associate  of  another,  (3)  whether a person  has an  agreement,
          arrangement or  understanding  with another as to the matters referred
          to in paragraph (3) of section (c), or (4) whether the assets  subject
          to any  business  combination  or the  consideration  received for the
          issuance  or  transfer  of  securities  by  the  Corporation,  or  any
          Subsidiary has an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more.

          (e) Nothing  contained in this Article Fifteenth shall be construed to
          relieve  any  Interested  Stockholder  from any  fiduciary  obligation
          imposed by law.

     Sixteenth:  Notwithstanding  any other  provision of this Charter or Act of
     Incorporation  or the  By-Laws of the  Corporation  (and in addition to any
     other  vote  that  may  be  required  by  law,   this  Charter  or  Act  of
     Incorporation  by the By-Laws),  the affirmative  vote of the holders of at
     least  two-thirds  of the  outstanding  shares of the capital  stock of the
     Corporation  entitled  to  vote  generally  in the  election  of  directors
     (considered  for this  purpose as one class)  shall be  required  to amend,
     alter or repeal any provision of Articles Fifth,  Thirteenth,  Fifteenth or
     Sixteenth of this Charter or Act of Incorporation.

     Seventeenth:  (a) a Director of this Corporation shall not be liable to the
     Corporation  or  its  stockholders  for  monetary  damages  for  breach  of
     fiduciary  duty as a  Director,  except to the extent such  exemption  from
     liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the Delaware General
     Corporation Laws as the same exists or may hereafter be amended.

          (b) Any repeal or  modification  of the foregoing  paragraph shall not
          adversely  affect  any  right  or  protection  of a  Director  of  the
          Corporation  existing  hereunder  with  respect to any act or omission
          occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification."



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                                    EXHIBIT B

                                     BY-LAWS



                            WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY

                              WILMINGTON, DELAWARE

                        As existing on February 20, 2000


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                       BY-LAWS OF WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY


                                    ARTICLE I
                             Stockholders' Meetings

          Section 1. The Annual Meeting of Stockholders shall be held on
the third Thursday in April each year at the principal  office at the Company or
at such other date,  time,  or place as may be  designated  by resolution by the
Board of Directors.

          Section 2. Special  meetings of all  stockholders may be called at any
time by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the President.

          Section 3. Notice of all meetings of the  stockholders  shall be given
by mailing to each  stockholder  at least ten (10) days before said meeting,  at
his last known address, a written or printed notice fixing the time and place of
such meeting.

          Section 4. A majority in the amount of the capital stock of
the Company  issued and  outstanding  on the record date, as herein  determined,
shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of stockholders for the transaction of
any business, but the holders of a small number of shares may adjourn, from time
to time,  without further notice,  until a quorum is secured.  At each annual or
special meeting of stockholders, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote,
either  in  person  or by  proxy,  for each  share of  stock  registered  in the
stockholder's  name on the books of the  Company on the record date for any such
meeting as determined herein.

                                   ARTICLE II
                                    Directors

          Section 1. The authorized number of directors that shall
constitute  the  Board  of  Directors  shall be  fixed  from  time to time by or
pursuant to a resolution passed by a majority of the Board within the parameters
set by the Charter of the Bank. No more than two directors may also be employees
of the Company or any affiliate thereof.

          Section 2. Except as provided in these Bylaws or as otherwise required
by law, there shall be no qualifications for election or service as directors of
the  Company.  In  addition  to any  other  provisions  of these  Bylaws,  to be
qualified for  nomination  for Election or appointment to the Board of Directors
each person must have not  attained the age of  sixty-nine  years at the time of
such election or  appointment,  provided  however,  the Nominating and Corporate
Governance  Committee may waive such qualification as to a particular  candidate
otherwise  qualified to serve as a director upon a good faith  determination  by
such  committee  that such a waiver is in the best  interests of the Company and
its stockholders.  The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall not be qualified
to continue to serve as a director upon the  termination  of his or her services
in that office for any reason.

          Section 3. The class of Directors so elected shall hold office
for three years or until their successors are elected and qualified.

          Section 4. The  affairs and  business of the Company  shall be managed
and conducted by the Board of Directors.

          Section 5. The Board of Directors  shall meet at the principal  office
of the Company or elsewhere in its  discretion at such times to be determined by
a  majority  of its  members,  or at the call of the  Chairman  of the  Board of
Directors or the President.

          Section 6. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be
called  at any  time  by  the  Chairman  of the  Board  of  Directors  or by the
President,  and shall be called  upon the  written  request of a majority of the
directors.

          Section 7. A majority of the directors  elected and qualified shall be
necessary to constitute a quorum for the  transaction of business at any meeting
of the Board of Directors.

          Section 8. Written  notice  shall be sent by mail to each  director of
any special meeting of the Board of Directors,  and of any change in the time or
place of any regular meeting,  stating the time and place of such meeting, which
shall be mailed not less than two days before the time of holding such meeting.

          Section 9. In the event of the death, resignation,  removal, inability
to act, or  disqualification of any director,  the Board of Directors,  although
less than a quorum,  shall have the right to elect the  successor who shall hold
office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the
vacancy  occurred,  and until  such  director's  successor  shall have been duly
elected and qualified.

          Section 10. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after
its election by the stockholders shall appoint an Executive  Committee,  a Trust
Committee, an Audit Committee and a Compensation Committee, and shall elect from
its own members a Chairman of the Board of Directors  and a President who may be
the same  person.  The Board of  Directors  shall also  elect at such  meeting a
Secretary and a Treasurer,  who may be the same person,  may appoint at any time
such other  committees  and elect or appoint such other  officers as it may deem
advisable.  The Board of  Directors  may also elect at such  meeting one or more
Associate Directors.

          Section 11. The Board of Directors may at any time remove,
with or  without  cause,  any  member of any  Committee  appointed  by it or any
associate  director  or  officer  elected  by it and may  appoint  or elect  his
successor.

          Section 12. The Board of Directors  may  designate an officer to be in
charge of such of the  departments  or  divisions  of the Company as it may deem
advisable.

                                   ARTICLE III
                                   Committees

          Section 1. Executive Committee

               (A) The  Executive  Committee  shall be composed of not more than
nine  members  who  shall be  selected  by the Board of  Directors  from its own
members and who shall hold office during the pleasure of the Board.

               (B) The  Executive  Committee  shall  have all the  powers of the
Board of Directors when it is not in session to transact all business for and in
behalf of the Company that may be brought before it.

               (C) The Executive Committee shall meet at the principal office of
the Company or elsewhere in its  discretion  at such times to be determined by a
majority  of its  members,  or at the  call  of the  Chairman  of the  Executive
Committee or at the call of the Chairman of the Board of Directors. The majority
of its members shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the  transaction of
business.  Special  meetings of the Executive  Committee may be held at any time
when a quorum is present.

               (D) Minutes of each meeting of the Executive  Committee  shall be
kept and submitted to the Board of Directors at its next meeting.

               (E) The  Executive  Committee  shall advise and  superintend  all
investments  that may be made of the funds of the Company,  and shall direct the
disposal of the same, in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Board
of Directors from time to time make.

               (F) In the event of a state of disaster of sufficient severity to
prevent the conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Company by
its  directors and officers as  contemplated  by these By-Laws any two available
members of the  Executive  Committee as  constituted  immediately  prior to such
disaster  shall  constitute a quorum of that  Committee for the full conduct and
management  of the affairs and  business of the Company in  accordance  with the
provisions  of Article III of these  By-Laws;  and if less than three members of
the Trust Committee is constituted  immediately  prior to such disaster shall be
available for the  transaction of its business,  such Executive  Committee shall
also be empowered to exercise all of the powers  reserved to the Trust Committee
under Article III Section 2 hereof. In the event of the unavailability,  at such
time,  of a  minimum  of two  members  of such  Executive  Committee,  any three
available  directors  shall  constitute  the  Executive  Committee  for the full
conduct and  management of the affairs and business of the Company in accordance
with the foregoing  provisions of this Section.  This By-Law shall be subject to
implementation  by Resolutions of the Board of Directors  presently  existing or
hereafter passed from time to time for that purpose, and any provisions of these
By-Laws (other than this Section) and any resolutions  which are contrary to the
provisions  of  this  Section  or to the  provisions  of any  such  implementary
Resolutions  shall be suspended  during such a disaster period until it shall be
determined by any interim Executive  Committee acting under this section that it
shall be to the advantage of the Company to resume the conduct and management of
its affairs and business under all of the other provisions of these By-Laws.

          Section 2. Audit Committee

               (A) The Audit  Committee  shall be composed  of five  members who
shall be selected by the Board of Directors  from its own members,  none of whom
shall be an officer of the Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the
Board.

               (B) The Audit Committee shall have general  supervision  over the
Audit  Division in all matters  however  subject to the approval of the Board of
Directors; it shall consider all matters brought to its attention by the officer
in charge of the Audit  Division,  review  all  reports  of  examination  of the
Company made by any governmental agency or such independent auditor employed for
that  purpose,  and make such  recommendations  to the Board of  Directors  with
respect thereto or with respect to any other matters  pertaining to auditing the
Company as it shall deem desirable.

               (C) The Audit  Committee  shall meet  whenever  and  wherever the
majority of its members  shall deem it to be proper for the  transaction  of its
business, and a majority of its Committee shall constitute a quorum.

          Section 3. Compensation Committee

               (A) The Compensation Committee shall be composed of not more than
five (5) members who shall be  selected by the Board of  Directors  from its own
members who are not officers of the Company and who shall hold office during the
pleasure of the Board.

               (B) The  Compensation  Committee shall in general advise upon all
matters  of policy  concerning  the  Company  brought  to its  attention  by the
management  and from time to time review the  management  of the Company,  major
organizational   matters,   including   salaries  and   employee   benefits  and
specifically shall administer the Executive Incentive Compensation Plan.

               (C) Meetings of the  Compensation  Committee may be called at any
time by the Chairman of the Compensation Committee, the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, or the President of the Company.

          Section 4. Associate Directors

               (A) Any person who has served as a director may be elected by the
Board of Directors as an associate director, to serve during the pleasure of the
Board.

               (B) An  associate  director  shall  be  entitled  to  attend  all
directors  meetings and  participate in the discussion of all matters brought to
the Board,  with the exception that he would have no right to vote. An associate
director will be eligible for appointment to Committees of the Company, with the
exception  of  the  Executive   Committee,   Audit  Committee  and  Compensation
Committee, which must be comprised solely of active directors.

          Section 5. Absence or Disqualification of Any Member of a Committee

               (A) In the  absence  or  disqualification  of any  member  of any
Committee  created under Article III of the By-Laws of this Company,  the member
or members  thereof  present at any meeting and not  disqualified  from  voting,
whether or not he or they constitute a quorum,  may unanimously  appoint another
member of the Board of  Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such
absent or disqualified member.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                                    Officers

          Section 1. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside at all
meetings of the Board and shall have such further authority and powers and shall
perform such duties as the Board of  Directors  may from time to time confer and
direct.  He shall also  exercise such powers and perform such duties as may from
time to time be agreed upon between himself and the President of the Company.

          Section 2. The Vice  Chairman of the Board.  The Vice  Chairman of the
Board of  Directors  shall  preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors at
which the Chairman of the Board shall not be present and shall have such further
authority  and powers and shall perform such duties as the Board of Directors or
the Chairman of the Board may from time to time confer and direct.

          Section 3. The President  shall have the powers and duties  pertaining
to the  office of the  President  conferred  or  imposed  upon him by statute or
assigned to him by the Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the
Board the  President  shall have the powers  and duties of the  Chairman  of the
Board.

          Section 4. The Chairman of the Board of Directors or the  President as
designated  by the  Board of  Directors,  shall  carry  into  effect  all  legal
directions of the Executive  Committee and of the Board of Directors,  and shall
at all  times  exercise  general  supervision  over the  interest,  affairs  and
operations of the Company and perform all duties incident to his office.

          Section  5.  There  may  be  one  or  more  Vice  Presidents,  however
denominated  by the  Board of  Directors,  who may at any time  perform  all the
duties of the Chairman of the Board of Directors  and/or the  President and such
other  powers  and  duties as may from time to time be  assigned  to them by the
Board of Directors,  the Executive  Committee,  the Chairman of the Board or the
President  and by the officer in charge of the  department  or division to which
they are assigned.

          Section  6. The  Secretary  shall  attend  to the  giving of notice of
meetings  of the  stockholders  and  the  Board  of  Directors,  as  well as the
Committees  thereof, to the keeping of accurate minutes of all such meetings and
to recording  the same in the minute  books of the  Company.  In addition to the
other notice  requirements of these By-Laws and as may be practicable  under the
circumstances,  all such notices  shall be in writing and mailed well in advance
of the  scheduled  date of any  other  meeting.  He shall  have  custody  of the
corporate  seal  and  shall  affix  the  same to any  documents  requiring  such
corporate seal and to attest the same.

          Section 7. The  Treasurer  shall  have  general  supervision  over all
assets and liabilities of the Company.  He shall be custodian of and responsible
for all monies, funds and valuables of the Company and for the keeping of proper
records of the evidence of property or indebtedness  and of all the transactions
of the Company.  He shall have general  supervision of the  expenditures  of the
Company and shall report to the Board of  Directors  at each regular  meeting of
the  condition of the Company,  and perform such other duties as may be assigned
to him from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Executive Committee.

          Section  8.  There  may be a  Controller  who shall  exercise  general
supervision over the internal operations of the Company,  including  accounting,
and  shall  render  to the  Board of  Directors  at  appropriate  times a report
relating to the general condition and internal operations of the Company.

          There may be one or more subordinate accounting or controller officers
however  denominated,  who may  perform  the duties of the  Controller  and such
duties as may be prescribed by the Controller.

          Section 9. The officer  designated  by the Board of Directors to be in
charge of the Audit  Division  of the  Company  with such  title as the Board of
Directors shall prescribe,  shall report to and be directly  responsible only to
the Board of  Directors.

          There shall be an Auditor and there may be one or more Audit Officers,
however  denominated,  who may  perform  all the duties of the  Auditor and such
duties as may be prescribed by the officer in charge of the Audit Division.

          Section 10. There may be one or more officers,  subordinate in rank to
all Vice Presidents with such functional titles as shall be determined from time
to time by the  Board of  Directors,  who  shall  ex  officio  hold  the  office
Assistant  Secretary  of this  Company and who may perform such duties as may be
prescribed  by the officer in charge of the  department or division to whom they
are assigned.

          Section 11. The powers and duties of all other officers of the Company
shall be those usually  pertaining to their respective  offices,  subject to the
direction of the Board of Directors,  the Executive  Committee,  Chairman of the
Board of Directors or the President and the officer in charge of the  department
or division to which they are assigned.

                                    ARTICLE V
                          Stock and Stock Certificates

          Section 1. Shares of stock shall be  transferrable on the books of the
Company and a transfer  book shall be kept in which all transfers of stock shall
be recorded.

          Section  2.  Certificates  of stock  shall bear the  signature  of the
President or any Vice President,  however  denominated by the Board of Directors
and countersigned by the Secretary or Treasurer or an Assistant  Secretary,  and
the seal of the corporation  shall be engraved  thereon.  Each certificate shall
recite that the stock represented  thereby is transferrable  only upon the books
of the Company by the holder  thereof or his  attorney,  upon  surrender  of the
certificate  properly  endorsed.  Any  certificate  of stock  surrendered to the
Company shall be cancelled at the time of transfer, and before a new certificate
or certificates shall be issued in lieu thereof. Duplicate certificates of stock
shall be issued  only upon giving such  security as may be  satisfactory  to the
Board of Directors or the Executive Committee.

          Section 3. The Board of Directors of the Company is  authorized to fix
in advance a record date for the  determination of the stockholders  entitled to
notice of,  and to vote at, any  meeting  of  stockholders  and any  adjournment
thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend,  or to any allotment or
rights,  or to  exercise  any  rights in respect of any  change,  conversion  or
exchange  of capital  stock,  or in  connection  with  obtaining  the consent of
stockholders  for any  purpose,  which record date shall not be more than 60 nor
less than 10 days proceeding the date of any meeting of stockholders or the date
for the payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the
date when any change or  conversion  or exchange of capital  stock shall go into
effect, or a date in connection with obtaining such consent.

                                   ARTICLE VI
                                      Seal

          Section 1. The corporate seal of the Company shall be in the following
form:

                    Between two concentric circles the words
                    "Wilmington Trust Company" within the inner
                    circle the words "Wilmington, Delaware."

                                   ARTICLE VII
                                   Fiscal Year

          Section 1. The fiscal year of the Company shall be the
calendar year.

                                  ARTICLE VIII
                     Execution of Instruments of the Company

          Section  1. The  Chairman  of the  Board,  the  President  or any Vice
President,  however denominated by the Board of Directors, shall have full power
and authority to enter into, make, sign, execute, acknowledge and/or deliver and
the Secretary or any Assistant  Secretary shall have full power and authority to
attest  and  affix  the  corporate  seal of the  Company  to any and all  deeds,
conveyances,   assignments,   releases,  contracts,  agreements,  bonds,  notes,
mortgages and all other instruments  incident to the business of this Company or
in acting as executor,  administrator,  guardian, trustee, agent or in any other
fiduciary or  representative  capacity by any and every method of appointment or
by whatever  person,  corporation,  court  officer or  authority in the State of
Delaware, or elsewhere, without any specific authority,  ratification,  approval
or  confirmation by the Board of Directors or the Executive  Committee,  and any
and all such  instruments  shall  have the same  force  and  validity  as though
expressly authorized by the Board of Directors and/or the Executive Committee.

                                   ARTICLE IX
               Compensation of Directors and Members of Committees

          Section 1.  Directors  and associate  directors of the Company,  other
than salaried officers of the Company,  shall be paid such reasonable  honoraria
or fees for  attending  meetings  of the  Board  of  Directors  as the  Board of
Directors may from time to time determine. Directors and associate directors who
serve as members of  committees,  other than salaried  employees of the Company,
shall be paid such  reasonable  honoraria  or fees for  services  as  members of
committees  as the Board of  Directors  shall  from time to time  determine  and
directors  and  associate  directors  may be  employed  by the  Company for such
special  services as the Board of Directors may from time to time  determine and
shall be paid for such special services so performed reasonable  compensation as
may be determined by the Board of Directors.

                                    ARTICLE X
                                 Indemnification

          Section 1. (A) The Corporation  shall indemnify and hold harmless,  to
the fullest  extent  permitted by applicable  law as it presently  exists or may
hereafter be amended,  any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made
a party or is  otherwise  involved in any action,  suit or  proceeding,  whether
civil,  criminal,  administrative or investigative (a "proceeding") by reason of
the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was
a director,  officer,  employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving
at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or
agent  of  another  corporation  or  of a  partnership,  joint  venture,  trust,
enterprise  or  non-profit  entity,  including  service with respect to employee
benefit plans,  against all liability and loss suffered and expenses  reasonably
incurred by such person.  The Corporation shall indemnify a person in connection
with a proceeding initiated by such person only if the proceeding was authorized
by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

               (B) The Corporation  shall pay the expenses incurred in defending
any proceeding in advance of its final disposition,  provided, however, that the
payment of  expenses  incurred  by a Director  or officer in his  capacity  as a
Director or officer in advance of the final  disposition of the proceeding shall
be made only upon receipt of an  undertaking by the Director or officer to repay
all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately  determined that the Director or
officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

               (C) If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses,  under
this  Article X is not paid in full  within  ninety  days after a written  claim
therefor  has been  received by the  Corporation  the  claimant may file suit to
recover the unpaid  amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part,
shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting  such claim. In any such
action the  Corporation  shall have the burden of proving  that the claimant was
not  entitled to the  requested  indemnification  of payment of  expenses  under
applicable law.

               (D) The rights  conferred  on any person by this  Article X shall
not be  exclusive  of any other  rights  which such person may have or hereafter
acquire  under any statute,  provision  of the Charter or Act of  Incorporation,
these By-Laws,  agreement,  vote of stockholders or  disinterested  Directors or
otherwise.

               (E) Any repeal or  modification  of the  foregoing  provisions of
this Article X shall not adversely  affect any right or protection  hereunder of
any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such
repeal or modification.

                                   ARTICLE XI
                            Amendments to the By-Laws

          Section 1. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole
or in part,  and any new  By-Law or By-Laws  adopted  at any  regular or special
meeting of the Board of  Directors  by a vote of the majority of all the members
of the Board of Directors then in office.



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                                    EXHIBIT C

                             Section 321(b) Consent


          Pursuant  to Section  321(b) of the Trust  Indenture  Act of 1939,  as
amended,  Wilmington  Trust Company hereby consents that reports of examinations
by Federal, State,  Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such
authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon requests therefor.

                                         WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY


Dated: October 3, 2000                   By:/s/ Norma P. Closs
                                            --------------------
                                         Name: Norma P. Closs
                                         Title: Vice President




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                                    EXHIBIT D

                                     NOTICE


This form is intended to assist  state  nonmember  banks and savings  banks with
state  publication  requirements.  It has not been approved by any state banking
authorities.  Refer to your appropriate state banking authorities for your state
publication requirements.



                       R E P O R T   O F   C O N D I T I O N

                   Consolidating domestic subsidiaries of the

           WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY                        of    WILMINGTON
----------------------------------------------------------    -------------
                  Name of Bank                                       City

in the State of   DELAWARE  , at the close of business on June 30, 2000.

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<CAPTION>

ASSETS                                                                      Thousands of dollars

<C>                                                                           <S>

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
     Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coins                        219,052
     Interest-bearing balances                                                        0
Held-to-maturity securities                                                      24,122
Available-for-sale securities                                                 1,481,169
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell          386,497
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases, net of unearned income                                      4,636,653
     LESS:  Allowance for loan and lease losses                                  69,352
     LESS:  Allocated transfer risk reserve                                           0
     Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and reserve         4,567,301
Assets held in trading accounts                                                       0
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)                        121,339
Other real estate owned                                                             758
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies               1,645
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding                          0
Intangible assets                                                                 4,912
Other assets                                                                    113,928
Total assets                                                                  6,920,723


LIABILITIES

Deposits:
In domestic offices                                                           5,287,587
     Noninterest-bearing                               926,575
     Interest-bearing                                4,361,012
Federal funds purchased and Securities sold under agreements to repurchase      389,701
Demand  notes  issued to the U.S.  Treasury                                      47,188
Trading  liabilities  (from Schedule RC-D)                                            0
Other borrowed money:                                                           ///////
     With original maturity of one year or less                                 663,000
     With original maturity of more than one year                                43,000
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding                              0
Subordinated notes and debentures                                                     0
Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)                                           60,895
Total liabilities                                                             6,491,371


EQUITY CAPITAL

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus                                         0
Common Stock                                                                        500
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)                         62,118
Undivided profits and capital reserves                                          404,149
Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities         (37,415)
Total equity capital                                                            429,352
Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock, and equity capital           6,920,723

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