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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):               January 25, 1995
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                           GREYHOUND FINANCIAL CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




         DELAWARE                       1-7543                        94-1278569
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(State or Other Jurisdiction          (Commission               (I.R.S. Employer
     of Incorporation)                File Number)           Identification No.)



DIAL CORPORATE CENTER, PHOENIX, ARIZONA                                    85077
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(Address of principal executive offices)                              (Zip Code)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code:                 602/207-6900
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Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

         (c)     Exhibits:

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                      Exhibits                                    Title                       
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                         1.1                Underwriting Agreement, dated January 25, 1995,
                                            between the Registrant and CS First Boston Corporation.

                         4.1                Officers' Certificate, dated January 31, 1995, without
                                            exhibit, pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Indenture, dated
                                            as of September 1, 1992, between the Registrant and The Chase
                                            Manhattan Bank, N.A., establishing the terms of the Registrant's
                                            8% Notes due January 15, 1997 (the "Notes").

                         4.2                Specimen certificate evidencing the Notes. 
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                                   SIGNATURES


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 thereunto duly authorized.




                           GREYHOUND FINANCIAL CORPORATION

                                  (Registrant)



Dated:  January 31, 1995 By: /s/  Bruno A. Marszowski
                             ----------------------------------------------
                             Bruno A. Marszowski, Senior Vice President,
                             Chief Financial Officer and Controller
                             Principal Financial Officer/Authorized Officer





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                                                                     EXHIBIT 1.1

                                                                  EXECUTION COPY



                                  $125,000,000

                        GREYHOUND FINANCIAL CORPORATION
                            (a Delaware corporation)

                         8% Notes Due January 15, 1997

                             UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT


                                                                January 25, 1995


CS FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
Park Avenue Plaza
New York, New York  10055

Dear Sirs:

         Greyhound Financial Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), confirms its agreement with CS First Boston Corporation (the
"Underwriter") with respect to the sale by the Company and the purchase by the
Underwriter of $125,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's 8%
Notes Due January 15, 1997 (the "Securities").  The Securities are to be issued
pursuant to an indenture dated as of September 1, 1992 (the "Indenture")
between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., as trustee (the
"Trustee").

         Prior to the purchase and public offering of the Securities by the
Underwriter, the Company and the Underwriter shall enter into an agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the "Pricing Agreement").  The
Pricing Agreement may take the form of an exchange of any standard form of
written telecommunication between the Company and the Underwriter and shall
specify such applicable information as is indicated in Exhibit A hereto.  The
offering of the Securities will be governed by this Agreement, as supplemented
by the Pricing Agreement.  From and after the date of the execution and
delivery of the Pricing Agreement, this Agreement shall be deemed to
incorporate the Pricing Agreement.

         The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-52845) for the
registration of $1,000,000,000 of its Senior Debt Securities, including the
Securities, and the offering thereof from time to time under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), has filed such amendments
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thereto, if any, as may have been required to the date hereof, and will file
such additional amendments thereto and such amended prospectuses as may
hereafter be required.  Such registration statement has been declared effective
by the Commission and the Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended (the "1939 Act").  Such registration statement (as
amended, if applicable) and the prospectus constituting a part thereof
(including in each case all documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference therein pursuant to the 1933 Act, the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), or otherwise, are hereinafter
referred to as the "Registration Statement" and the "Prospectus," respectively,
except that if any revised prospectus shall be provided to the Underwriter by
the Company for use in connection with the offering of the Securities which
differs from the Prospectus on file at the Commission at the time the
Registration Statement became effective (whether or not such revised prospectus
is required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act
Regulations), the term "Prospectus" shall refer to such revised prospectus from
and after the time it is first provided to the Underwriter for such use.  All
references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other
information which is "contained," "included" or "stated" in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus (and all other references of like import) shall be
deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other
information which are or are deemed to be incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and all references
in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the filing of any documents
under the 1934 Act after the date of this Agreement which are or are deemed to
be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as
the case may be.

         The Company understands that the Underwriter proposes to make a public
offering of the Securities as soon as the Underwriter deems advisable after the
Pricing Agreement has been executed and delivered.

         Section 1.  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

         (a)  The Company represents and warrants to the Underwriter as of the
date hereof, as of the date of the Pricing Agreement (such latter date being
hereinafter referred to as the "Representation Date") and as of the Closing
Time (as defined in Section 2) as follows:

              (i)  At the time the Registration Statement became effective and
         at the Representation Date, the Registration Statement did comply and
         will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933
         Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1939 Act, and the rules and
         regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (the




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         "1939 Act Regulations") and did not and will 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 not
         misleading.  The Prospectus, at the Representation Date (unless the
         term "Prospectus" refers to a prospectus provided to the Underwriter by
         the Company for use in connection with the offering of the Securities
         differing from the Prospectus on file at the Commission at the time the
         Registration Statement becomes effective, in which case at the time it
         is first provided to the Underwriter for such use) and at Closing Time
         referred to in Section 2 hereof, will not include an untrue statement
         of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order
         to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
         which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the
         representations and warranties in this subsection (i) shall not apply
         to that part of the Registration Statement which shall constitute the
         Statement of Eligibility under the 1939 Act on Form T-1 of the Trustee
         or apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement
         or Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
         furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriter expressly for
         use in the Registration Statement or Prospectus.

             (ii)  The documents of the Company incorporated by reference in the
         Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the
         Commission, complied with and will comply in all material respects with
         the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations
         thereunder (the "1934 Act Regulations"), and, when read together and
         with the other information in the Prospectus, at the time the
         Registration Statement became, and any amendments thereto become,
         effective, did not and will 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 or are made, not misleading.

            (iii)  The accountants who certified the financial statements
         included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus are independent
         public accountants as required by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act
         Regulations.

             (iv)  The financial statements included or incorporated by
         reference in the Prospectus present fairly the respective financial
         position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, Fleet
         Factors Corp. and TriCon Capital Corporation as of the dates indicated
         and the results of each of their respective operations for the periods
         specified; and except as stated therein, said financial statements have
         been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting
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         basis; the unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements,
         together with the related notes included or incorporated by reference
         in the Prospectus have been prepared on a basis substantially
         consistent with the audited financial statements of the Company set
         forth therein, the assumptions on which such unaudited pro forma
         consolidated financial statements have been prepared are reasonable and
         are set forth in the notes thereto, and such unaudited pro forma
         consolidated financial statements have been prepared, and the pro forma
         adjustments set forth therein have been applied, in accordance with the
         applicable accounting requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act
         Regulations (including, without limitation, Regulation S-X promulgated
         by the Commission), and such pro forma adjustments have been properly
         applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of such
         statements.

              (v)  Since the respective dates as of which information is given
         in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except as otherwise
         stated therein or contemplated thereby, (A) there has been no material
         adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company
         and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise or in the earnings,
         affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries
         considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary
         course of business, and (B) there have been no material transactions
         entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries other than those
         in the ordinary course of business.

             (vi)  The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
         existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
         of Delaware with corporate power and authority to own, lease and
         operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the
         Registration Statement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign
         corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each
         jurisdiction in which such qualification is required or appropriate,
         except where the failure of the Company to so qualify, in the
         aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on the consolidated
         financial condition or combined operations of the Company and its
         Subsidiaries or of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (as
         those terms are defined in the Indenture).

            (vii)  Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and
         is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of
         the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has corporate power and
         authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its
         business as described in the Registration Statement and is duly
         qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good
         standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required
         or appropriate, except where the





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         failure of the subsidiaries to so qualify, in the aggregate, will not
         have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition
         or combined operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries or of the
         Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; all of the issued and
         outstanding capital stock of each such subsidiary has been duly
         authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and
         all the capital stock of each such subsidiary is owned by the Company
         or its affiliates, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of
         any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity.

           (viii)  The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the
         Company is as set forth in the Prospectus and the shares of issued and
         outstanding Common Stock set forth thereunder have been duly authorized
         and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and GFC
         Financial Corporation ("GFC") owns directly or indirectly all of the
         outstanding shares of the Common Stock, which Common Stock constitutes
         all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company, free
         and clear of any claims, liens, encumbrances or liabilities.

             (ix)  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in
         violation of its charter or in default in the performance or observance
         of any obligations, agreements, covenants or conditions, which alone or
         in the aggregate are material, contained in any contracts, indentures,
         mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments, which
         alone or in the aggregate are material, to which it is a party or by
         which it or any of them or their properties may be bound; and the
         execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Indenture
         and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and
         therein have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and
         will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under, or
         result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance
         upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
         pursuant to any material contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement,
         note, lease or other instrument to which the Company or any of its
         subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or
         to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its
         subsidiaries is subject, nor will such action result in any violation
         of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or, to the
         best of its knowledge, any law, administrative regulation or
         administrative or court order or decree; and no consent, approval,
         authorization, order or decree of any court or governmental agency or
         body is required for the consummation by the Company of the
         transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such as may be
         required under the 1933 Act, the 1939 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations or
         state securities or Blue Sky laws in





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         connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the
         Underwriter.

              (x)  The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess or have
         obtained, can obtain on reasonable terms or are in the process of
         obtaining, all material governmental licenses, permits, consents,
         orders, approvals and other authorizations necessary to lease or own,
         as the case may be, and to operate their respective properties and to
         carry on their respective businesses as presently conducted, except
         such as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in
         connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by you.

             (xi)  The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess adequate
         trademarks, service marks and trade names necessary to conduct the
         business now operated by them, and neither the Company nor any of its
         subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement of or conflict
         with asserted rights of others with respect to any trademarks,
         servicemarks or trade names which, singly or in the aggregate, if the
         subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably
         be expected to materially adversely affect the conduct of the business,
         operations, financial condition or income of the Company and its
         subsidiaries considered as one enterprise.

            (xii)  There is no action, suit or proceeding before or by any court
         or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or,
         to the actual knowledge of the Company, threatened against or
         affecting, the Company or any of its subsidiaries, which would
         reasonably be expected to result in any material adverse change in the
         condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company and its subsidiaries
         considered as one enterprise, or in the business prospects of the
         Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise or might
         materially and adversely affect the consummation of this Agreement;
         and there are no material contracts or documents of the Company or any
         of its subsidiaries which are required to be filed as exhibits to the
         Registration Statement by the 1933 Act or by the 1933 Act Regulations  
         which have not been so filed.

           (xiii)  No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company
         or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company,
         is imminent; and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent
         labor disturbance by the employees of any of its principal suppliers,
         manufacturers or contractors which would be expected to result in any
         material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in
         the earnings, affairs or business prospects of the Company and its
         subsidiaries considered as one enterprise.





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            (xiv)  The Securities have been duly authorized for issuance and
         sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued, authenticated and
         delivered pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and the
         Indenture against payment of the consideration set forth in the Pricing
         Agreement, the Securities will constitute valid and legally binding
         obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms,
         except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
         or other laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or
         by general equity principles, including concepts of commercial
         reasonableness, and will be entitled to the benefits provided by the
         Indenture; the Securities and the Indenture conform in all material
         respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the
         Registration Statement; and, after giving effect to the sale of the
         Securities and the sale of any other securities registered pursuant to
         the Registration Statement to be issued prior to the delivery of the
         Securities, the aggregate amount of Securities which have been issued
         and sold by the Company will not exceed the amount of securities
         registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.

             (xv)  The Company and its subsidiaries have made all necessary
         filings and taken all other necessary action so that, with respect to
         all of the equipment and other property reflected in the consolidated
         balance sheets of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of
         September 30, 1994, and with respect to all equipment and other
         property acquired by the Company or a subsidiary since then, the
         interest of the Company or of the appropriate subsidiary in such
         equipment or other property is free and clear, in all material
         respects, of any claims, liens, encumbrances or liabilities not also
         reflected in such consolidated balance sheets and that the interest of
         the Company or of the appropriate subsidiary has, in all material
         respects, been perfected so as not to be subordinate to the claim of a
         purchaser in due course or any other bona fide purchaser.

            (xvi)  The financing contracts reflected in the consolidated balance
         sheets of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of September
         30, 1994, and the financing contracts entered into by the Company or a
         subsidiary since then are, in all material respects, legal, valid and
         binding obligations of the obligors enforceable in accordance with
         their respective terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by
         bankruptcy, insolvency, or other laws relating to or affecting
         creditors' rights generally or by general equity principles, including
         concepts of commercial reasonableness; the obligors thereunder are, in
         all material respects, in the good faith business judgment of the
         Company and except to the extent reflected or stated in the Prospectus,





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         financially capable of performing their respective obligations
         thereunder, and any defaults in the payments under all such contracts
         in the aggregate, at the date hereof, are not of such amount that, were
         no more payments to be received under the financing contracts in
         respect of which such defaults exist, and after considering estimated
         collateral values to be recovered, the consolidated financial condition
         or operations of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, or of
         the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, would be materially
         adversely affected thereby, excluding impairment of related reserves.

           (xvii)  The Indenture has been duly and validly authorized, executed
         and delivered by the Company and to the best of the Company's
         knowledge, the Trustee; and the Indenture constitutes a legally valid
         and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with
         its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws
         relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by general
         equity principles, including concepts of commercial reasonableness.

          (xviii)  The Company is not an "investment company" nor is the Company
         "controlled" by an "investment company" as such terms are defined in
         the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company
         Act").

            (xix)  Neither the Company nor any affiliate thereof (as defined in
         Section 517.021(1), Florida Statutes) does business with the government
         of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba.

         (b)  Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered
to the Underwriter or to counsel for the Underwriter shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriter as to the matters
covered thereby.

         Section 2.  SALE AND DELIVERY TO UNDERWRITER; CLOSING.

         (a)  On the basis of the representations and warranties herein
contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company
agrees to sell to the Underwriter and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from
the Company, at the price set forth in the Pricing Agreement, $125,000,000
aggregate principal amount of the Securities.

         (b)  Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of the
certificates for, the Securities shall be made at the offices of the Company,
Dial Tower, 1850 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona, 85004 or at such other
place as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriter and the Company, at 10:00
a.m., New York City time, on January 31, 1995, or such other time not later
than ten business days after execution of the Pricing Agreement as shall be
agreed upon by the Underwriter and the Company (such time and





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date of payment and delivery being herein called "Closing Time").  Payment
shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds
against delivery to the Underwriter of certificates for the Securities to be
purchased by it.  Certificates for the Securities shall be in such
denominations and registered in such names as the Underwriter may request in
writing at least two business days before Closing Time.  The certificates for
the Securities will be made available for examination and packaging by the
Underwriter not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the last business
day prior to Closing Time at the offices of the Trustee.

         Section 3.  COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.  The Company covenants with the
Underwriter as follows:

              (a)  The Company will notify the Underwriter immediately, and
         confirm the notice in writing, (i) of the effectiveness of the
         Registration Statement and any amendment thereto (including any
         post-effective amendment), (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the
         Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to
         the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the
         Prospectus or for additional information, and (iv) of the issuance by
         the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
         Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that
         purpose. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the
         issuance of any such stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to
         obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.

              (b)  The Company will give the Underwriter notice of its intention
         to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement
         (including any post-effective amendment) or any amendment or supplement
         to the Prospectus (including any revised prospectus which the Company
         proposes for use by the Underwriter in connection with the offering of
         the Securities which differs from the prospectus on file at the
         Commission at the time the Registration Statement becomes effective,
         whether or not such revised prospectus is required to be filed pursuant
         to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations, whether pursuant to the
         1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise), will furnish the Underwriter with
         copies of any such amendment or supplement a reasonable amount of time
         prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not
         file any such amendment or supplement or use any such prospectus to
         which the Underwriter or counsel for the Underwriter shall object.

              (c)  The Company has delivered to your counsel one signed copy and
         will deliver to the Underwriter as many conformed copies of the
         Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment
         thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by
         reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be
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         reference therein) as the Underwriter may reasonably request.

              (d)  The Company will furnish to the Underwriter, from time to
         time during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered
         under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, such number of copies of the
         Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as the Underwriter may
         reasonably request for the purposes contemplated by the 1933 Act or the
         1934 Act or the respective applicable rules and regulations of the
         Commission thereunder.

              (e)  If any event shall occur as a result of which it is
         necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter, to amend or
         supplement the Prospectus in order to make the Prospectus not
         misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is
         required to be delivered to a purchaser, the Company will forthwith
         amend or supplement the Prospectus (in form and substance satisfactory
         to counsel for the Underwriter) so that, as so amended or supplemented,
         the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact
         or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
         statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the
         time it is required to be delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, and
         the Company will furnish to the Underwriter a reasonable number of
         copies of such amendment or supplement.

              (f)  The Company will endeavor, in cooperation with the
         Underwriter, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the
         applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions of
         the United States as the Underwriter may designate; provided, however,
         that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to
         service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation in any
         jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified.  In each jurisdiction in
         which the Securities have been so qualified, the Company will file such
         statements and reports as may be required by the laws of such
         jurisdiction to continue such qualifications in effect for a period of
         not less than one year from the effective date of this Agreement. The
         Company will promptly advise the Underwriter of the receipt by the
         Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
         qualification of the Securities for sale in any state or jurisdiction
         or the initiating or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.

              (g)  The Company will make generally available to its security
         holders as soon as practicable, but not later than 60 days after the
         close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form
         complying with the provisions of Rule 158 of the 1933 Act Regulations)
         covering a twelve month period beginning not later than the first day
         of the





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         Company's fiscal quarter next following the "effective date" (as
         defined in said Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.

              (h)  The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the
         sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Prospectus under
         the caption "Use of Proceeds."

              (i)  Immediately following the execution of the Pricing Agreement,
         the Company will prepare, and file or transmit for filing with the
         Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations,
         copies of a supplement to the Prospectus containing the terms of the
         Securities and such other information as the Underwriter and the
         Company deem appropriate.

              (j)  From the date of this Agreement until Closing Time, the
         Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter,
         directly or indirectly, sell, offer to sell, contract to sell, or
         otherwise dispose of, or announce the offering of, any Securities or
         securities similar to the Securities, or any securities convertible
         into or exchangeable or exercisable for any Securities or any such
         similar securities, except for Securities sold to the Underwriter
         pursuant to this Agreement.

              (k)  The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is
         required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, will file
         all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to
         Section 13, 14 or 15 of the 1934 Act within the time periods required
         by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.

         Section 4.  PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.  The Company will pay all expenses
incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including
(a) the printing and filing of the Registration Statement as originally filed
and of each amendment thereto, (b) the printing or reproducing of this
Agreement, the Pricing Agreement and the Indenture, (c) the preparation,
issuance and delivery of the certificates for the Securities to the Underwriter,
(d) the fees and disbursements of the Company's counsel and accountants, (e) the
qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fee
and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter in connection therewith and in
connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any Legal Investment
Survey, (f) the printing and delivery to the Underwriter of copies of the
Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, of
each preliminary prospectus, and of the Prospectus and any amendments or
supplements thereto, (g) the printing and delivery to the Underwriter of copies
of the Blue Sky Survey and any Legal Investment Survey, (h) any fees of any
rating agencies rating the Securities, (i) the fees and expenses of the Trustee,
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connection with the Indenture and the Securities and (j) any fees and expenses
of a depositary in connection with the holding of the Securities in book-entry
form.

         If this Agreement is terminated by the Underwriter in accordance with
the provisions of Section 5 or Section 9(a)(i) hereof, the Company shall
reimburse the Underwriter for its out-of-pocket expenses, including the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter.

         Section 5.  CONDITIONS OF UNDERWRITER'S OBLIGATIONS.  The obligations
of the Underwriter hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations
and warranties of the Company herein contained, to the performance by the
Company of its obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:

              (a)  At Closing Time no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
         the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act or
         proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by the Commission.  The
         supplement to the Prospectus referred to in Section 3(i) of this
         Agreement shall have been transmitted to the Commission for filing
         pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations within the
         prescribed time period, and prior to Closing Time the Company shall
         have provided evidence satisfactory to the Underwriter of such timely
         filing.

              (b)  At Closing Time the Underwriter shall have received:

                   (1)  The opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of William J.
              Hallinan, Esq., Senior Vice President --General Counsel of the
              Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the
              Underwriter, to the effect that:

                        (i)  The Company has been duly incorporated and is
                   validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
                   laws of the State of Delaware.

                       (ii)  The Company has corporate power and corporate
                   authority to own, lease and operate its properties and
                   conduct its business as described in the Registration
                   Statement.

                      (iii)  The Company is duly qualified as a foreign
                   corporation to transact business and is in good standing in
                   each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required,
                   except where the failure of the Company to so qualify, in the
                   aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on the
                   consolidated financial condition or combined operations of
                   the Company and its Subsidiaries or of the Company and its
                   Restricted





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                   Subsidiaries (as those terms are defined in the Indenture).

                       (iv)  Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly
                   incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good
                   standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
                   incorporation, has corporate power and corporate authority to
                   own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its
                   business as described in the Registration Statement, and is
                   duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business
                   and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
                   qualification is required, except where the failure to so
                   qualify, in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse
                   effect on the consolidated financial condition or combined
                   operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries or of the
                   Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; and all of the
                   issued and outstanding capital stock of each such subsidiary
                   has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid
                   and nonassessable, and all of such capital stock is owned by
                   the Company or its affiliates, free and clear of any
                   mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or claim.

                        (v)  The authorized, issued and outstanding capital
                   stock of the Company is as set forth in the Prospectus and
                   the shares of issued and outstanding Common Stock set forth
                   therein have been duly authorized and validly issued and are
                   fully paid and nonassessable; GFC owns, directly or
                   indirectly, all of the outstanding shares of the Common
                   Stock, which Common Stock constitutes all of the issued and
                   outstanding capital stock of the Company, free and clear of
                   any claims, liens and encumbrances.

                       (vi)  This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement have each
                   been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

                      (vii)  The Indenture has been duly and validly authorized,
                   executed and delivered by the Company and to such counsel's
                   knowledge, the Trustee; the Indenture constitutes a valid and
                   binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance
                   with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited
                   by bankruptcy, insolvency, or other laws relating to or
                   affecting creditors' rights generally or by general equity
                   principles, including concepts of commercial reasonableness.





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                     (viii)  The Securities are in due and proper form, have
                   been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate
                   action for issuance, offer and sale by the Company to the
                   Underwriter as contemplated by this Agreement and, when
                   executed and authenticated as specified in the Indenture and
                   delivered against payment of the consideration therefor in
                   accordance with this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement,
                   will be valid and binding obligations of the Company,
                   enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as
                   enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
                   or other laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights
                   generally, or by general equity principles, including
                   concepts of commercial reasonableness, and each holder of
                   Securities will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

                       (ix)  The statements in the Prospectus under the captions
                   "Description of Notes" and "Description of Securities,"
                   insofar as they purport to summarize certain provisions of
                   documents specifically referred to therein, are accurate
                   summaries of the subject matter thereof.

                        (x)  The Indenture is qualified under the 1939 Act.

                       (xi)  The Registration Statement is effective under the
                   1933 Act and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no
                   stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
                   Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings
                   therefor have been initiated or threatened by the Commission.

                      (xii)  At the time the Registration Statement became
                   effective and at the Representation Date, the Registration
                   Statement (other than the financial statements, schedules and
                   other financial and statistical data included therein, as to
                   which no opinion need be rendered) complied as to form in all
                   material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act, the
                   1939 Act and the regulations of those Acts.

                     (xiii)  There are no legal or governmental proceedings
                   pending or to the best of such counsel's knowledge,
                   threatened which are required to be disclosed in the
                   Registration Statement, other than those disclosed therein,
                   and all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which
                   the Company or any subsidiary is a party or of which any of
                   their property is the subject which





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                   are not described in the Registration Statement, including
                   ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, are
                   reasonably expected to be, alone or in the aggregate, not
                   material.

                      (xiv)  To the best of such counsel's knowledge, there are
                   no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes,
                   leases or other instruments required to be described or
                   referred to, or incorporated by reference in, the
                   Registration Statement or to be filed as exhibits thereto
                   other than those described or referred to therein or filed or
                   incorporated by reference as exhibits thereto, the
                   descriptions thereof or references thereto are correct, and
                   no default exists by the Company in the due performance or
                   observance of obligations, agreements, covenants or
                   conditions, which alone or in the aggregate are material,
                   contained in any contracts, indentures, loan agreements,
                   notes, leases or other instruments, which alone or in the
                   aggregate are material, so described, referred to, filed or
                   incorporated by reference.

                       (xv)  No consent, approval, authorization, or order of
                   any court or governmental authority or agency is required in
                   connection with the sale of the Securities, except such as
                   may be required under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act
                   Regulations or state securities laws; and the execution and
                   delivery of this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement and the
                   Indenture and the consummation of the transactions
                   contemplated herein and therein did not and will not conflict
                   with or constitute a breach of, or default under, or result
                   in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
                   encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any
                   subsidiary pursuant to, any contract, indenture, mortgage,
                   loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument known to such
                   counsel and to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries
                   is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to
                   which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of
                   its subsidiaries is subject, or any law, administrative
                   regulation or administrative or court decree known to such
                   counsel to be applicable to the Company of any court or
                   governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator
                   having jurisdiction over the Company; nor will such action
                   result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or
                   by-laws of the Company.





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                      (xvi)  Each document, if any, filed pursuant to the 1934
                   Act (other than the financial statements, schedules and other
                   financial and statistical data included therein, as to which
                   no opinion need be rendered) and incorporated by reference in
                   the Prospectus, complied when filed as to form in all
                   material respects with the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act
                   Regulations thereunder.

                     (xvii)  To the best of such counsel's knowledge, the
                   Company and its subsidiaries own or possess or have obtained
                   adequate trademarks, servicemarks and trade names necessary
                   to conduct the business now operated by them, and neither the
                   Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice
                   of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others
                   with respect to any trademarks, service marks or trade names
                   which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an
                   unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be
                   expected to materially adversely affect the conduct of the
                   business, operations, financial condition or income of the
                   Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise.

                    (xviii)  The Company is not an "investment company" nor is
                   it "controlled" by an "investment company" as such terms are
                   defined in the Investment Company Act.

                   In giving such opinion such counsel may rely as to all
              matters of law other than the federal laws of the United States of
              America, the laws of the State of Arizona, and the General
              Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and as to all matters of
              foreign law, upon opinions of counsel satisfactory to counsel to
              the Underwriter, in which case, the opinion shall state that
              although such counsel has not made an independent investigation of
              the laws of any jurisdiction other than the federal laws United
              States of America, the General Corporation Law of the State of
              Delaware or the laws of Arizona, such counsel believes the
              Underwriter and he are entitled so to rely.  In giving the
              opinions referred to in the foregoing clause (iv), such counsel
              may omit reference to a foreign subsidiary so long as (A) he shall
              have delivered to the Underwriter a signed opinion of other
              counsel for such foreign subsidiary, satisfactory to counsel to
              the Underwriter which other opinion shall give substantially the
              same opinions with respect to such foreign subsidiary as required
              by the foregoing clause (iv), and (B) he states that such other
              opinion is satisfactory to him and that although he has not made
              an independent investigation of the foreign laws applicable to
              such foreign subsidiary, he





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              believes the Underwriter is entitled to rely on such other
              opinion.

                   (2)  The opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of Brown & Wood,
              counsel for the Underwriter, with respect to the matters set forth
              in (i) and (vii) through (xii), inclusive, of subsection (b)(1) of
              this Section.

                   (3)  In giving their opinions required by subsections (b)(1)
              and (b)(2), respectively, of this Section, Mr. Hallinan and Brown
              & Wood shall each additionally state that nothing has come to
              their attention that would lead such counsel to believe that the
              Registration Statement (other than the financial statements,
              schedules and other financial and statistical data included or
              incorporated therein, and the Form T-1, as to which no statement
              need be made), at the time it became effective or at the
              Representation Date, contained an 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 (other than the financial
              statements, schedules and other financial and statistical data
              included or incorporated therein, as to which no statement need
              be made), at the Representation Date (unless the term
              "Prospectus" refers to a prospectus which has been provided to
              the Underwriter by the Company for use in connection with the
              offering of the Securities that differs from the Prospectus on
              file at the Commission at the time the Registration Statement
              became effective, in which case at the time it is first provided
              to the Underwriter for such use) or at Closing Time, included an
              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.

              (c)  At Closing Time there shall not have been, since the date
         hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given
         in the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition,
         financial or otherwise, of the Company and its subsidiaries considered
         as one enterprise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business
         prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one
         enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business,
         and the Underwriter shall have received a certificate of the Chairman,
         President and Chief Executive Officer or a Senior Vice President or a
         Vice President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief
         accounting officer of the Company, dated as of Closing Time, to the
         effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse change, (ii)
         the representations and warranties in Section 1





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         hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though
         expressly made at and as of Closing Time, (iii) the Company has
         complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part
         to be performed or satisfied at or prior to Closing Time, and (iv) no
         stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
         has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been initiated
         or threatened by the Commission.  As used in this Section 5(c), the
         term "Prospectus" means the Prospectus in the form first used to
         confirm sales of the Securities.

              (d)  At the time of execution of this Agreement, the Underwriter
         shall have received from Deloitte & Touche a letter dated such date, in
         form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, and substantially
         in the same form as the draft letter previously delivered to and
         approved by the Underwriter.

              (e)  At Closing Time the Underwriter shall have received from
         Deloitte & Touche a letter, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect
         that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant
         to subsection (d) of this Section, except that the "specified date"
         referred to in such letter shall be a date not more than five days
         prior to Closing Time.

              (f)  All proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the
         issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be
         reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and
         counsel for the Underwriter.

         If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been
fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be
terminated by the Underwriter by notice to the Company at any time at or prior
to Closing Time, and such termination shall be without liability of any party
to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof.

         Section 6.  INDEMNIFICATION.

         (a)  The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter
and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of
Section 15 of the 1933 Act as follows:

              (i)  against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
         expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or
         alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
         Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or the omission or
         alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated
         therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or
         arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
         material fact contained in any preliminary





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         prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto)
         or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact
         necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
         circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

             (ii)  against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
         expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount
         paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or
         proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened,
         or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or
         omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, if such
         settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company; and

            (iii)  against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred
         (including, subject to Section 6(c) hereof, the fees and disbursements
         of counsel chosen by the Underwriter), incurred in investigating,
         preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or
         proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened,
         or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or
         omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the
         extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above;

PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the
Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment
thereto) or any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto).

         (b)  The Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company,
its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and
each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15
of the 1933 Act, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense
described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as
incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged
untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any
amendment thereto) or any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use in the
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such preliminary prospectus
or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).

         (c)  Each indemnified party shall give as promptly as reasonably
practicable notice to each indemnifying party of any





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action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought
hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such
indemnifying party from any liability which it may have otherwise than on
account of this indemnity agreement, except to the extent of any prejudice to
such indemnifying party arising from the failure to provide such notice.  An
indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of such
action.  In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and
expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel per
jurisdiction) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in
connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the
same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances.

         Section 7.  CONTRIBUTION.  To provide for just and equitable
contribution in circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided for in
Section 6 hereof is for any reason held to be unenforceable by the indemnified
parties although  applicable in accordance with its terms, the Company and the
Underwriter shall contribute to the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims,
damages and expenses of the nature contemplated by said indemnity agreement
incurred by the Company and the Underwriter, as incurred, in such proportions
that the Underwriter is responsible for that portion represented by the
percentage that the underwriting discount appearing on the cover page of the
Prospectus bears to the initial public offering price appearing thereon and the
Company is responsible for the balance; provided, however, that no person guilty
of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933
Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of
such fraudulent misrepresentation.  Furthermore, in no event shall the
Underwriter be required to contribute an amount in excess of the total
underwriting discounts received by the Underwriter in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  For purposes of this Section, each
person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of
the 1933 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and
each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the
Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within
the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Company.

         Section 8.  REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS TO SURVIVE
DELIVERY.  All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this
Agreement and the Pricing Agreement, or contained in certificates of officers of
the Company submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force
and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the
Underwriter or controlling person, or by or on behalf of the Company, and shall
survive delivery of the Securities to the Underwriter.





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         Section 9.  TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT.
                     
         (a)  The Underwriter may terminate this Agreement, immediately upon
notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to Closing Time (i) if there has
been, since the date of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the
condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or
business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one
enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii)
if there has occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other
calamity or crisis the effect of which on the financial markets of the United
States is such as to make it, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter,
impracticable to market the Securities or enforce contracts for the sale of the
Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been
suspended by the Commission or a national securities exchange, or if trading
generally on either the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange
has been suspended, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or
maximum ranges for prices for securities have been required, by either of said
exchanges or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority, or
if a banking moratorium has been declared by federal or New York authorities, or
(iv) if the rating assigned by any nationally recognized statistical rating
organization to any debt securities of the Company shall have been lowered or if
any such rating agency shall have publicly announced subsequent to the date of
this agreement that it has placed any debt securities of the Company on what is
commonly termed a "watch list" for possible downgrading.  As used in this
Section 9(a), the term "Prospectus" means the Prospectus in the form first used
to confirm sales of the Securities.

         (b)  If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such
termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as
provided in Section 4 hereof.

         Section 10.  NOTICES.  All notices and other communications hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or
transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication.  Notices to the
Underwriter shall be directed to CS First Boston Corporation, Park Avenue Plaza,
New York, New York 10055, Attention: Investment Banking Department - Transaction
Advisory Group, facsimile: (212) 318-0532; and notices to the Company shall be
directed to it at Greyhound Financial Corporation, Dial Tower, 1850 North
Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85004, Attention:  Robert J. Fitzsimmons,
Senior Vice President -- Treasurer, facsimile: (602) 207-5543.

         Section 11.  PARTIES.  This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement shall
each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriter and the Company
and their respective successors.  Nothing expressed or mentioned in this
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Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or
corporation, other than the Underwriter and the Company and their respective
successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in
Sections 6 and 7 hereof and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or the
Pricing Agreement or any provision herein or therein contained.  This Agreement
and the Pricing Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof and thereof
are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriter and the
Company and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and
officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the
benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from
the Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such
purchase.

         Section 12.  GOVERNING LAW AND TIME.  This Agreement and the Pricing
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in said
State.  Except where otherwise provided, specified times of day refer to New
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         If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon
this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement
between the Underwriter and the Company in accordance with its terms.

                                       Very truly yours,

                                       GREYHOUND FINANCIAL CORPORATION



                                       By: /s/ Bruno A. Marszowsky
                                           ------------------------
                                           Bruno A. Marszowski
                                           Senior Vice President --
                                           Controller and Chief
                                           Financial Officer



CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
as of the date first above written:

CS FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION



By: /s/   J.D. McSpadden
    ------------------------
    Name: J.D. McSpadden
    Title: Managing Director





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                                                                       EXHIBIT A


                                  $125,000,000

                        GREYHOUND FINANCIAL CORPORATION
                            (a Delaware corporation)

                         8% Notes Due January 15, 1997

                               PRICING AGREEMENT


                                                                January 25, 1995



CS FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
Park Avenue Plaza
New York, New York  10055

Dear Sirs:

         Reference is made to the Underwriting Agreement, dated January 25, 1995
(the "Underwriting Agreement"), relating to the purchase by CS First Boston
Corporation (the "Underwriter") of $125,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8%
Notes Due January 15, 1997 (the "Securities") of Greyhound Financial Corporation
(the "Company").

         Pursuant to Section 2 of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agrees
with the Underwriter as follows:

              1.  The initial public offering price of the Securities shall be
         99.89% of the principal amount thereof.

              2.  The purchase price of the Securities to be paid by the
         Underwriter shall be 99.59% of the principal amount thereof.





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         If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon
this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement
between the Underwriter and the Company in accordance with its terms.

                                       Very truly yours,

                                       GREYHOUND FINANCIAL CORPORATION



                                       By: /s/ Bruno A. Marszowski
                                           ------------------------
                                           Bruno A. Marszowski
                                           Senior Vice President --
                                           Controller and Chief
                                           Financial Officer




CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
as of the date first above written:

CS FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION



By: /s/ J.D. McSpadden
    ------------------------
    Name: J.D. McSpadden
    Title: Managing Director





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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1



                             OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE


         We, Samuel L. Eichenfield and Robert J. Fitzsimmons, do hereby certify
that we are the duly elected Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
Executive Officer and Senior Vice President-Treasurer, respectively, of
Greyhound Financial Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company").  We
further certify that, pursuant to resolutions of the Board of Directors of the
Company, duly adopted by unanimous written consent on July 31, 1992 and March
25, 1994 and resolutions of the Pricing Committee thereof duly adopted by
unanimous written consent on January 25, 1995, a series of the Company's Debt
Securities, entitled "8% Notes Due January 15, 1997", is hereby established
pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Indenture dated as of September 1, 1992 (the
"Indenture") between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.; and that
said series shall have the following terms and provisions (unless otherwise
defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture);

         1.      the title of these securities, which shall constitute a
separate series of Securities under the Indenture, shall be the "8% Notes Due
January 15, 1997" (the "Notes");

         2.      the aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be
outstanding is $125,000,000 (except as otherwise provided in Section 2.06, 2.08
or 13.05 of the Indenture);

         3.      the principal amount of the Notes is payable on January 15,
1997;

         4.      interest on the Notes shall accrue at a fixed rate of interest
as more fully described in the attached form of Note.  The Notes will bear
interest from January 31, 1995, and such interest will be payable semi-annually
on July 15 and January 15 of each year, commencing on July 15, 1995 (each, an
"Interest Payment Date").  The Record Dates with respect to the Notes shall be
each July 1 and January 1, respectively, whether or not a Business Day,
preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date.  Interest on the Notes will be
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

         5.      principal of and interest on the Notes will be payable in
immediately available funds at the office of the Trustee in The City of New
York designated for such purpose.

         6.      the Notes are not redeemable at the option of the Company
prior to the Stated Maturity of the principal thereof and will not be subject
to any sinking fund.
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         7.      the entire principal amount of the Notes shall initially be
issued in global form, for which The Depository Trust Company (the
"Depositary") shall be the Depositary; the global Security representing the
Notes shall only be exchangeable for Notes in definitive form pursuant to and
in accordance with the terms of Sections 2.05 and 2.08 of the Indenture.




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         The certificate evidencing the Notes shall be substantially in the
form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
and caused to be affixed hereto the seal of the Company as of this 31st day of
January, 1995.


                                        ----------------------------------
                                              Samuel L. Eichenfield
                                         Chairman of the Board, President
                                           and Chief Executive Officer

[SEAL]

                                        ----------------------------------
                                              Robert J. Fitzsimmons
                                         Senior Vice President-Treasurer





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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.2





                         FACE OF FIXED RATE GLOBAL NOTE

     UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO ISSUER OR ITS AGENT
FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED
IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY
AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO
SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS 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 INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.

REGISTERED No. 001                              REGISTERED PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
CUSIP No. 398037AS0                                   $125,000,000.00


                        GREYHOUND FINANCIAL CORPORATION
                         8% NOTES DUE JANUARY 15, 1997

     GREYHOUND FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company" or the "Issuer," which
term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or its registered
assigns, the principal sum of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE MILLION ($125,000,000)
DOLLARS on January 15, 1997 (the "Maturity Date") and to pay interest thereon at
the rate per annum described below until the principal hereof is paid or duly
made available for payment.  This Note will bear interest from January 31, 1995,
at 8% per annum, payable semi-annually on July 15 and January 15 in each year,
commencing on July 15, 1995 (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), to Holders of
record on the preceding July 1 and January 1, respectively (each, a "Record
Date").  Interest will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months.  If any Interest Payment Date would otherwise be a day that is
not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date will be postponed to the next day
that is a Business Day, and such interest payment will have the same force and
effect as if made on such Maturity Date or Interest Payment Date, as the case
may be, and no interest shall accrue with respect to such payment for the period
from and after such Maturity Date or Interest Payment Date.  As used herein,
"Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday, and that, in the
City of New York, is not a day on which banking institutions are generally
authorized or obligated by law to close.  The interest payment at maturity will
include interest accrued to but excluding the Maturity Date and will be payable
to the person to whom principal is payable.




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     The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any 
Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person
in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the Record   
Date for such Interest Payment Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if and to the    
extent the Company shall default in the payment of the interest due on such    
Interest Payment Date, the defaulted interest shall be paid to the Person in   
whose name this Note is registered on a subsequent record date, such record    
date to be not less than five days prior to the date of payment of such        
defaulted interest, established by notice given by mail by or on behalf of the  
Company to the Holder of this Note not less than 15 days preceding such        
subsequent record date.                                                        

     Payment of the principal of or interest on this Note will be made at the  
office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in the City of New 
York and in such place or places as the Company may from time to time designate
by written notice to the Trustee, in such coin or currency of the United Sates 
of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and 
private debts, provided that payment of interest on any Interest Payment Date  
may at the option of the Company be made by check mailed first-class to the   
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the     
Security Register.                                                             
                                                                               
     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.                                     
                                                                               
     This Note is one of a separate series of Securities designated under the  
Indenture as "8% Notes Due January 15, 1997" (the "Notes").                    
                                                                               
     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the  
Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized   
signatories, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture
or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.                                     



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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed, manually or in facsimile, and an imprint or facsimile of its corporate
seal to be imprinted hereon.

Dated:  January 31, 1995           GREYHOUND FINANCIAL CORPORATION


[SEAL]
                                   By:
                                       -------------------------------------
                                       Samuel L. Eichenfield
                                       Chairman of the Board of Directors,
                                       President and Chief Executive Officer

Attest:


By:
    -------------------
    William J. Hallinan
    Secretary


TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities issued
under the Indenture described herein.

THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A.,
  as Trustee


By:
    --------------------------
       Authorized Signatory





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                                    Reverse

                        GREYHOUND FINANCIAL CORPORATION
                         8% NOTES DUE JANUARY 15, 1997

     This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of the Company
(hereinafter called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued under an
indenture, dated as of September 1, 1992 (the "Indenture"), between the Company
and The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., as Trustee (the "Trustee", which term
includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of a
respective rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee
and the holders of the Notes (the "Holders") and the Securities and the terms
upon which the Notes and the Securities are to be authenticated and delivered.

     Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, the Notes will be issued in
global form only registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company (the
"Depositary") or its nominee.  The Notes will not be issued in definitive form,
except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, and ownership of the Notes shall
be maintained in book-entry form by the Depositary for the accounts of
participating organizations of the Depositary.

     This Note will not be subject to a sinking fund and is not redeemable at
the option of the Company prior to the Maturity Date stated above.  The
Indenture provides for the defeasance of the Notes in certain circumstances.

     If an event of default with respect to this Note shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared due and payable in the
manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities at the time outstanding which are affected thereby. The Indenture
also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in
principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time outstanding, on
behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by
the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults
under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by
Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon
all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu





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hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Note.

     As set forth in, and subject to, the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder
of any Note will have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the
Indenture or for any remedy thereunder unless:  (a) such Holder shall have
previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing event of default
with respect to the Notes; (b) the Holders of 25% or more in principal amount of
outstanding Notes shall have made written request and offered reasonable
indemnity and security satisfactory to the Trustee to institute such proceeding;
and (c) the Trustee shall have failed to institute such proceeding within 60
days of receiving such notice, request and offer; provided that such limitations
do not apply to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement of
payment of the principal of or interest on this Note on or after the respective
due dates expressed herein.

     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provisions 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 and interest on this Note at
the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency herein or in the
Indenture prescribed.

     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Security Register of
the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York or such other place or places as the Company may designate by written
notice to the Trustee, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Notes of the same series and of like tenor, of
authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be
issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

     The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.  As provided in the 
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes are 
exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of different 
authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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





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

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

     The Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.





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


______________________________________________________________________________
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE


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

______________________________________________________________________________
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing


_____________________________________________ attorney to transfer such Note on
the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.



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.





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