MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES INC
S-3/A, 1999-02-03
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 3, 1999.
                                                    Registration No. 333-67543

                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                           WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                             AMENDMENT NO. 1 to
                                  FORM S-3
                        REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                         THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                      MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC.
           (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

                                  DELAWARE
                      (State or other jurisdiction of
                       incorporation or organization)

                                 36-2668272
                    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

                                 ---------
                        1166 Avenue of the Americas
                          New York, NY 10036-2774
                               (212) 345-5000
  (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,
             of each Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)

                            Gregory F. Van Gundy
                       General Counsel and Secretary
                      Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
                        1166 Avenue of the Americas
                          New York, NY 10036-2774
                              (212) 345 -5000

         (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
                 Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

                                  Copy to:
                            Gregory A. Fernicola
                  Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
                              919 Third Avenue
                          New York, New York 10022
                               (212) 735-3000


      Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
 From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.

      If the only securities being registered on this Form are being
offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the
following box. |_|
      If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be
offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection
with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. |X|
      If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an
offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the
following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of
the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. |_|
      If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule
462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering. |_|
      If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant
to Rule 434, please check the following box: |_|



      The Registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date
or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the
Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that
this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance
with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration
statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting
pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.


Prospectus

                               $2,700,000,000

                      Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

             Common Stock, Preferred Stock and Debt Securities

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Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. may sell

      o     common stock to the public.

      o     preferred stock to the public.

      o     debt securities to the public.


      We urge you to read this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus
supplement, which will describe the specific terms of the common stock, the
preferred stock and the debt securities, carefully before you make your
investment decision.


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Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities
commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if
this prospectus or the accompanying prospectus supplement is truthful or
complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.


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This prospectus may not be used to sell securities unless accompanied by a
prospectus supplement.

          The date of this prospectus is February   , 1999



                           ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

      This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed
with the SEC using a "shelf" registration process. Under this shelf
process, we may sell any combination of the securities described in this
prospectus in one of more offerings up to a total dollar amount of
$2,700,000,000. This prospectus provides you with a general description of
the securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities, we will provide
a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the
terms of that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or
change information contained in this prospectus. You should read both this
prospectus and any prospectus supplement together with additional
information described under the heading "Where You Can Find More
Information."


                          WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE
                                INFORMATION

      Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. files reports, proxy statements, and
other information with the SEC. Such reports, proxy statements, and other
information concerning Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. can be read and
copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further
information on the Public Reference Room. The SEC maintains an internet
site at http://www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information
statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically
with the SEC, including Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. Marsh & McLennan
Companies, Inc.'s common stock is listed and traded on the New York Stock
Exchange, the Chicago Stock Exchange, the Pacific Exchange and the London
Stock Exchange. These reports, proxy statements and other information are
also available for inspection at the offices of the NYSE, 20 Broad Street,
New York, New York 10005, the offices of the CSE, 440 South LaSalle Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60605 and at the offices of the PE, 115 Sansome Street,
2nd Floor, San Francisco, California 94104.

      This prospectus is part of a registration statement filed with the
SEC by Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. The full registration statement can
be obtained from the SEC as indicated above, or from Marsh & McLennan
Companies, Inc.

      The SEC allows Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. to "incorporate by
reference" the information it files with the SEC. This permits Marsh &
McLennan Companies, Inc. to disclose important information to you by
referencing these filed documents. Any information referenced this way is
considered part of this prospectus, and any information filed with the SEC
subsequent to this prospectus will automatically be deemed to update and
supersede this information. Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. incorporates
by reference the following documents which have been filed with the SEC:

o     Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997;

o     Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 1998,
      June 30, 1998 and September 30, 1998;

o     Current Reports on Form 8-K filed August 25, 1998, November 12, 1998
      and December 23, 1998, as amended by the Current Report on Form 8-K/A
      filed February 3, 1999;

o     Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on March 31,
      1998;

o     Registration Statement on Form 8- B dated May 22, 1969, as amended by
      the Amendment to Application or Report on Form 8 dated February 3,
      1987; and

o     Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated October 10, 1997.

      Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. incorporates by reference the
documents listed above and any future filings made with the SEC pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 (the
"Exchange Act") until Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. files a
post-effective amendment which indicates the termination of the offering 
of the securities made by this Prospectus.

      Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. will provide without charge upon
written or oral request, a copy of any or all of the documents which are
incorporated by reference to this prospectus, other than exhibits which are
specifically incorporated by reference into such documents. Requests should
be directed to Investor Relations, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., 1166
Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036- 2774 (telephone number
(212) 345-5000).


                              MARSH & MCLENNAN
                              COMPANIES, INC.

      Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. ("MMC"), a professional services
organization with origins dating from 1871 in the United States, is a
holding company which, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides
clients with analysis, advice and transactional capabilities in the fields
of insurance and reinsurance broking, investment management and consulting.


                              USE OF PROCEEDS

      MMC intends to use the proceeds of any securities sold for general
corporate purposes, including working capital, acquisitions, retirement of
debt and other business opportunities.


                             RATIO OF EARNINGS
                              TO FIXED CHARGES

      The following table sets forth the ratio of earnings to fixed charges
for MMC. For the year ended December 31, 1997, income before taxes included
special charges totaling $297 million.

Excluding those charges, the ratio of earnings to fixed charges would have
been 5.9.

                                              Nine Months Ended
          Year Ended December 31,               September 30,
          -----------------------             -----------------
      1997  1996  1995   1994  1993           1998     1997
      ----  ----  ----   ----- ----           ----     ----

       4.4   6.0   5.8   6.3    6.0            7.1      6.2


DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

    This prospectus contains a summary of the common stock, preferred stock
and debt securities of MMC. These summaries are not meant to be a complete
description of each security. However, this prospectus and the accompanying
prospectus supplement contain the material terms and conditions for each
security.


                               DESCRIPTION OF
                               CAPITAL STOCK

    MMC's authorized capital stock consists of 406,000,000 shares of
capital stock, 400,000,000 of such shares being common stock, par value
$1.00 per share, and 6,000,000 shares being preferred stock, par value
$1.00 per share. No shares of preferred stock were issued or outstanding as
of February 3, 1999.

Common Stock

    Voting Rights. Each holder of common stock is entitled to one vote for
each share held on all matters to be voted upon by the stockholders of MMC.

    Dividends. The holders of common stock, subject to any preferences that
may be applicable to any outstanding series of preferred stock, are
entitled to receive ratably such dividends out of assets legally available
therefor at such times and in such amounts as the Board of Directors may
from time to time determine.

    Liquidation and Dissolution. Upon liquidation or dissolution of MMC,
the holders of the common stock will be entitled to share ratably in the
assets of MMC legally available for distribution to stockholders after
payment of liabilities and subject to the prior rights of any holders of
any preferred stock then outstanding.

    Other Rights. Holders of the common stock have no conversion, sinking
fund, redemption, preemptive or subscription rights. In addition, the
common stock does not have cumulative voting rights. Shares of the common
stock are not subject to further calls or assessments by MMC.

Directors' Liability

    The Certificate of Incorporation provides that a member of the Board of
Directors shall not be personally liable to MMC or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for
liability

 o  for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to MMC or its
    stockholders,

o   for acts or omissions by the director not in good faith or which
    involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,

o   under section 174 of the DGCL (relating to the declaration of dividends
    and purchase or redemption of shares in violation of the DGCL), or

o   for transactions from which the director derived an improper personal
    benefit.

    The Certificate of Incorporation also provides for indemnification of
directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware law.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

    The Bank of New York acts as transfer agent and registrar for the
common stock. 

Stockholder Rights Plan

    On September 18, 1997, the Board of Directors of MMC declared a
dividend distribution of one right for each outstanding share of common
stock to stockholders on September 29, 1997. Each right entitles the
registered holder to purchase from the Company a unit consisting of one
two-hundredth of a share (a "Unit") of Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock, no par value (the "Series A Preferred Stock") at a
purchase price of $260 per Unit, subject to adjustment. The description and
terms of the Rights are set forth in a Rights Agreement between MMC and
Harris Trust Company of New York, as Right Agent.

    Initially, the Rights will be attached to all common stock certificates
representing shares then outstanding, and no separate rights certificates
will be distributed. Subject to certain exceptions specified in the Rights
Agreement, the Rights will separate from the common stock and a
distribution date will occur upon the earlier of:

o   10 days following a public announcement that a person or group of
    affiliated or associated persons (an "Acquiring Person") has acquired
    beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the outstanding shares of common
    stock (the "Stock Acquisition Date"), other than as a result of
    repurchases of stock by MMC or certain inadvertent actions by
    institutional or certain other stockholders, or

o   10 business days (or such later date as the Board shall determine)
    following the commencement of a tender offer or exchange offer that
    would result in a person or group becoming an Acquiring Person.

Until the distribution date:

o   the Rights will be evidenced by the common stock certificates and will
    be transferred with and only with common stock certificates,

o   new common stock certificates issued after the record date will contain
    a notation incorporating the Rights Agreement by reference and

o   the surrender for transfer of any certificates for common stock
    outstanding will also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated
    with the common stock represented by such certificate.

    Pursuant to the Rights Agreement, MMC reserves the right to require
prior to the occurrence of a Triggering Event (as defined below) that, upon
any exercise of Rights, a number of Rights be exercised so that only whole
shares of Series A preferred stock will be issued.

    The Rights are not exercisable until the distribution date and will
expire at 5:00 P.M. (New York City time) on September 29, 2007, unless such
date is extended or the Rights are earlier redeemed or exchanged by MMC as
described below.

    As soon as practicable after the distribution date, rights certificates
will be mailed to holders of common stock on the distribution date and,
thereafter, the separate rights certificates alone will represent the
Rights. Except as otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, only
shares of common stock issued prior to the distribution date will be issued
with rights.

    In the event that a Person becomes an Acquiring Person, except pursuant
to an offer for all outstanding shares of common stock which the directors
determine to be at a price that is fair and not inadequate and otherwise in
the best interests of MMC and its stockholders, after receiving advice from
one or more investment banking firms, each holder of a Right will
thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise, common stock (or, in
certain circumstances, cash, property or other securities of MMC) having a
value equal to two times the exercise price of the Right. Notwithstanding
any of the foregoing, following the occurrence of any of the events set
forth in this paragraph, all Rights that are, or (under certain
circumstances specified in the Rights Agreement) were, beneficially owned
by any Acquiring Person will be null and void. However, Rights are not
exercisable following the occurrence of the events set forth above until
such time as the Rights are no longer redeemable by MMC as set forth below.

    For example, at an exercise price of $260 per Right, each Right not
owned by an Acquiring Person (or by certain related parties) following an
event set forth in the preceding paragraph would entitle its holder to
purchase $520 worth of common stock (or other consideration, as noted
above) for $260. Assuming that the common stock had a per share value of
$65 at such time, the holder of each valid Right would be entitled to
purchase 8 shares of common stock for $260.

    In the event that, at any time following the Stock Acquisition Date:

o   MMC is acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction
    in which MMC is not the surviving corporation (other than with an
    entity which acquired the shares pursuant to an offer described in the
    second preceding paragraph),

o   MMC engages in a merger or other business combination transaction in
    which MMC is the surviving corporation and the common stock of MMC is
    changed or exchanged, or

o   more than 50% of MMC's assets or earning power is sold or transferred,

each holder of a Right (except Rights which have previously been voided as
set forth above) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise,
common stock of the acquiring company having a value equal to two times the
exercise price of the Right. The events set forth in this paragraph and in
the second preceding paragraph are referred to as the "Triggering Events."

    At any time after a person becomes an Acquiring Person and prior to the
acquisition by such person or group of fifty percent (50%) or more of the
outstanding common stock, the Board may exchange the Rights (other than
Rights owned by such person or group which have become void), in whole or
in part, at an exchange ratio of one share of common stock, or one
two-hundredth of a share of Series A Preferred Stock (or of a share of a
class or series of MMC's preferred stock having equivalent rights,
preferences and privileges), per Right (subject to adjustment).

    At any time until ten days following the Stock Acquisition Date, MMC
may redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part, at a price of $.01 per
Right (payable in cash, common stock or other consideration deemed
appropriate by the Board of Directors). Immediately upon the action of the
Board of Directors ordering redemption of the Rights, the Rights will
terminate and the only right of the holders of Rights will be to receive
the $.01 redemption price.

    Until a Right is exercised, the holder thereof, as such, will have no
rights as a stockholder of MMC, including, without limitation, the right to
vote or receive dividends. While the distribution of the Rights will not be
taxable under United States law to stockholders or to MMC, the stockholders
may, depending upon the circumstances, recognize taxable income under
United States law in the event that the Rights become exercisable for
common stock (or other consideration) of MMC or for common stock of the
acquiring company or in the event of the redemption of the Rights as set
forth above.

    Any of the provisions of the Rights Agreement may be amended by the
Board of Directors of MMC prior to the distribution date. After the
distribution date, the provisions of the Rights Agreement may be amended by
the Board in order to cure any ambiguity, to make changes which do not
adversely affect the interests of holders of Rights, or to shorten or
lengthen any time period under the Rights Agreement. The foregoing
notwithstanding, no amendment may be made at such time as the Rights are
not redeemable.

    As of December 31, 1998, there were 260,664,482 shares of MMC common
stock issued and outstanding and 3,754,182 shares of common stock in the
treasury. As of December 31, 1998, options to purchase approximately 26.5
million shares of common stock were outstanding. So long as the Rights are
attached to the common stock, one additional Right (as such number may be
adjusted pursuant to the provisions of the Rights Agreement) shall be
deemed to be delivered for each share of common stock issued or transferred
by MMC in the future. In addition, following the distribution date and
prior to the expiration or redemption of the Rights, MMC may issue Rights
when it issues common stock only if the Board deems it to be necessary or
appropriate, or in connection with the issuance of shares of common stock
pursuant to the exercise of stock options or under employee plans or upon
the exercise, conversion or exchange or certain securities of the Company.
Two million shares of Series A Preferred Stock are initially reserved for
issuance upon exercise of the Rights.

    The Rights may have certain anti-takeover effects. The Rights will
cause substantial dilution to a person or group that attempts to acquire
the Company in a manner which causes the Rights to become discount Rights
unless the offer is conditional on a substantial number of Rights being
acquired. The Rights, however, should not affect any prospective offeror
willing to make an offer at a price that is fair and not inadequate and
otherwise in the best interest of MMC and its stockholders. The Rights
should not interfere with any merger or other business combination approved
by the Board since the Board may, at its option, at any time until ten days
following the Stock Acquisition Date redeem all but not less than all the
then outstanding Rights at the redemption price.

Certain Provisions of MMC's Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and By-
laws and the Delaware General
Corporation Law

    Classified Board of Directors. MMC's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation divides the Board of Directors into three classes, each class
to consist as nearly as possible of one-third of the directors. Each
director serves for a term of three years and until his or her successor is
elected and qualified. Pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, the
number of directors of MMC will be fixed from time to time by the Board of
Directors.

    Removal of Directors by Stockholders. The DGCL provides that members of
a classified board of directors may only be removed for cause by the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of
capital stock of MMC entitled to vote on the election of such directors.

    Stockholder Nomination of Directors. MMC's Restated By-laws provide
that written notice must be given of any stockholder nomination of a
director not less than sixty nor more than ninety days prior to the date of
the meeting at which directors are to be elected; provided, that if the
date for such meeting is not the date set forth in the By-laws and less
than seventy five days notice or prior public disclosure of the date for
such meeting is given to stockholders, then notice by a stockholder shall
be timely if received by MMC no later than fifteen days following the date
such public disclosure was made.

    No Action by Written Consent. The Certificate of Incorporation provides
that stockholders of MMC may not act by written consent and may only act at
duly called meetings of such stockholders.

    Interested Stockholder Provision. Article EIGHTH of the Certificate of
Incorporation provides for higher stockholder voting requirements for
certain transactions (such as business combinations) with or otherwise
involving an Interested Stockholder (as defined below). Such a transaction
must be approved by the holders of a majority of MMC's outstanding voting
power, voting together as a single class (but excluding any voting stock
owned by an Interested Stockholder), unless such transaction is approved by
a majority of Disinterested Directors (as defined below), in which case the
voting requirements of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation and MMC's
By-laws otherwise applicable govern. Article EIGHTH does not alter the
additional requirements regarding class votes available to holders of
Preferred Stock, if any, which arise under the DGCL and the Certificate of
Incorporation.

    Transactions covered by Article EIGHTH include mergers of MMC or any of
its subsidiaries with an Interested Stockholder, sales of all or any
substantial part of the assets of MMC and its subsidiaries to an Interested
Stockholder, the issuance or delivery of any securities of MMC or any of
its subsidiaries to an Interested Stockholder, any loan, advance or
guarantee, pledge or other financial assistance provided by MMC or any of
its subsidiaries to the Interested Stockholder, any voluntary dissolution
or liquidation of MMC or amendment to MMC's By-laws, a reclassification of
securities or recapitalization of MMC or other transaction (if such
reclassification, recapitalization or other transaction results in the
Interested Stockholder increasing its proportionate share of any class of
MMC's capital stock) or any agreement, contract, or other arrangement to do
any of the foregoing.

    An "Interested Stockholder" is defined in Article EIGHTH as any other
corporation, person, or entity which

o   beneficially owns or controls, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of
    the voting stock of MMC (or has announced a plan or intention to
    acquire such securities), and any affiliate or associate of such
    corporation, person, or entity or

o   is an affiliate or associate of MMC and at any time within two years
    prior to the date in question was the beneficial owner of 10% or more
    of the voting stock of MMC.

Specifically excluded from the definition of Interested Stockholder are

o   MMC and any of its subsidiaries and

o   any profit-sharing, employee stock ownership or other employee benefit
    plan of MMC or any subsidiary, or trustees or fiduciaries for such.

    A "Disinterested Director" is defined in Article EIGHTH as a director
who

o   is not an affiliate, associate, representative, agent or employee of
    an Interested Stockholder, and

o   was a member of the Board of Directors prior to the time that the
    Interested Stockholder involved in the transaction being considered
    became an Interested Stockholder, and

o   any successor to a Disinterested Director, while such successor is a
    member of the Board of Directors, who is not an affiliate, associate,
    representative, agent or employee of an Interested Stockholder and who
    was nominated by a majority of the Disinterested Directors.

    Article EIGHTH may not be altered, amended, or repealed without the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of MMC's outstanding voting
power, voting together as a single class (but excluding any voting stock
owned by an Interested Stockholder), except if recommended by a majority of
Disinterested Directors, in which case the voting requirements of the DGCL,
the Certificate of Incorporation and MMC's By-laws otherwise applicable
govern.

    Delaware Business Combination Statute. MMC is subject to Section 203 of
the DGCL, which restricts certain transactions and business combinations
between a corporation and an "interested stockholder" (which is generally
defined by Section 203 to be a person owning 15% or more of the
corporation's outstanding voting stock) for a period of three years from
the date the stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. Subject to
certain exceptions, unless the transaction is approved by the Board of
Directors and the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting
stock of the corporation (excluding shares held by the interested
stockholder), Section 203 prohibits significant business transactions such
as

o   a merger with, disposition of significant assets to or receipt of
    disproportionate financial benefits by the interested stockholder, or

o   any other transaction that would increase the interested stockholder's
    proportionate ownership of any class or series of MMC's capital stock.

The statutory ban does not apply if:

o   prior to the time that any stockholder became an interested
    stockholder, the Board of Directors approved either the business
    combination or the transaction in which such stockholder became an
    interested stockholder, or

o   upon consummation of the transaction in which any stockholder
    becomes an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owns at
    least 85% of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation (excluding
    shares held by persons who are both directors and officers or by certain
    employee stock plans).

Preferred Stock

    General. MMC is authorized to issue 6,000,000 shares of preferred
stock, none of which currently is issued or outstanding. The Board of
Directors of MMC has the authority, without further action by the
stockholders, to issue shares of preferred stock in one or more series and
to fix the number of shares, dividend rights, conversion rights, voting
rights, redemption rights, liquidation preferences, sinking funds, and any
other rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions applicable to each
such series of preferred stock.

    Voting Rights. The holders of preferred stock will have the right to
vote separately as a class on any proposal involving fundamental changes in
the rights of holders of such preferred stock pursuant to the Delaware
General Corporation Law (the "DGCL").

    Conversion or Exchange. The terms, if any, on which the preferred stock
may be convertible into or exchangeable for common stock, debt securities
or other preferred stock of MMC will be set forth in the prospectus
supplement relating thereto. Such terms will include provisions as to
whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the holder or
at the option of MMC, and may include provisions pursuant to which the
number of shares of common stock or other securities of MMC to be received
by the holders of preferred stock would be subject to adjustment.

    Stockholder Rights Plan. In connection with MMC's Stockholder Rights
Plan described below, the Board of Directors has authorized the issuance of
up to 2,000,000 shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
upon exercise of preferred stock purchase rights issued under the Rights
Plan.


                               DESCRIPTION OF
                              DEBT SECURITIES

    The Debt Securities will be our direct unsecured general obligations.
The Debt Securities will be either senior debt securities or subordinated
debt securities. The Debt Securities will be issued under one or more
separate indentures between us and State Street Bank and Trust as Trustee.
Senior notes will be issued under a "Senior Indenture" and subordinated
notes will be issued under a "Subordinated Indenture". Together the Senior
Indentures and the Subordinated Indentures are called "Indentures".

    We have summarized material provisions of the Indenture below. The
summary is not complete. The forms of the indentures have been filed as
exhibits to the registration statement and you should read the Indentures
for provisions that may be important to you. In the summary below, we have
included references to section numbers of the applicable Indentures so that
you can easily locate these provisions. Capitalized terms used in the
summary have the meanings specified in the Indentures.

General

    The Debt Securities will be our direct unsecured obligations. The
senior notes will rank equally with all of our other senior and
unsubordinated debt. The subordinated notes will have a junior position to
all of our senior debt.

    Because we are a holding company that conducts all of our operations
through our subsidiaries, holders of notes will generally have a junior
position to claims or creditors of our subsidiaries, including trade
creditors, debtholders, secured creditors, taxing authorities, guarantee
holders and any preferred stockholders. MMC has no outstanding shares of
preferred stock. All of our operating subsidiaries have ongoing corporate
debt programs used to finance their business activities. As of December 31,
1998, our subsidiaries had approximately $900 million of outstanding debt.

    A prospectus supplement relating to any series of notes being offered
will include specific terms relating to the offering. The terms relating to
a series of notes will be set forth in an officer's certificate or a
supplemental indenture and will include some or all of the following:

o   the title;

o   any limit on the amount that may be issued;

o   whether or not such series of notes will be issued in global form, the
    terms and who the depository will be;

o   the maturity date(s);

o   the annual interest rate(s) (which may be fixed or variable) or the
    method for determining the rate(s) and the date(s) interest will begin
    to accrue, the date(s) interest will be payable and the regular record
    dates for interest payment dates or the method for determining such
    date(s);

o   the place(s) where payments shall be payable;

o   MMC's right, if any, to defer payment of interest and the maximum length
    of any such deferral period;

o   the date, if any, after which, and the price(s) at which, such series
    of notes may, pursuant to any optional redemption provisions, be
    redeemed at MMC's option, and other related terms and provisions;

o   the date(s), if any, on which, and the price(s) at which MMC is
    obligated, pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund provisions or
    otherwise, to redeem, or at the Holder's option to purchase, such
    series of notes and other related terms and provisions;

o   any provisions granting special rights to holders when a specified
    event occurs;

o   any changes to or additional events of default or covenants;

o   any special tax implications of the notes, including provisions for
    original issue discount securities, if offered;

o   the denominations in which such series of notes will be issued, if
    other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof;
    and

o   any other terms (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the
    Indenture).

Conversion or Exchange Rights

    The terms, if any, on which a series of notes may be convertible into
or exchangeable for common stock, preferred stock or other debt securities
of MMC will be described in a prospectus supplement. Such terms will
include provisions as to whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at
the option of the holder or at the option of MMC, and may include
provisions pursuant to which the number of shares of common stock or other
securities of MMC to be received by the holders of such series of notes
would be subject to adjustment. (Section 2.01)

Covenants

Under the Indentures, MMC will:

o   pay the principal, interest and any premium on the notes when due
    (Section 4.01); and

o   maintain a place of payment (Section 4.02).


Consolidation, Merger or Sale

    The Indentures do not contain any covenant which restricts the ability
of MMC to merge or consolidate, or sell, convey, transfer or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of its assets. However, any successor
or acquiror of such assets must assume all of the obligations of MMC under
the Indentures or the notes, as appropriate. (Sections 10.01 &10.02)

Events of Default Under the Indenture

    The following are events of default under the Indentures with respect
to any series of notes issued:

o   failure to pay interest when due and such failure continues for 90 days
    and the time for payment has not been extended or deferred;

o   failure to pay the principal (or premium, if any) when due;

o   failure to observe or perform any other covenant contained in the notes
    or the Indentures (other than a covenant specifically relating to
    another series of notes), and such failure continues for 90 days after
    MMC receives notice from the Debenture Trustee or holders of at least
    25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding notes of that
    series; and

o   certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of MMC.

    If an event of default with respect to notes of any series occurs and
is continuing, the Debenture Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding notes of that series, by
notice in writing to MMC (and to the Debenture Trustee if notice is given
by such holders), may declare the unpaid principal of, premium, if any, and
accrued interest, if any, due and payable immediately. (Section 6.01)

    The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding notes
of an affected series may waive any default or event of default with
respect to such series and its consequences, except defaults or events of
default regarding:

o   payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest; or

o   certain covenants containing limitations on MMC's ability to make
    payments on debt securities in certain circumstances.

    Any such waiver shall cure such default or event of default. (Section 6.06)

    Subject to the terms of the Indentures, if an event of default under an
Indenture shall occur and be continuing, the Debenture Trustee will be
under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under such
Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of the
applicable series of notes, unless such holders have offered the Debenture
Trustee reasonable indemnity. The holders of a majority in principal amount
of the outstanding notes of any series will have the right to direct the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Debenture Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred on the Debenture Trustee, with respect to the notes of that
series, provided that:

o   it is not in conflict with any law or the applicable Indenture;

o   the Debenture Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by it
    which is not inconsistent with such direction; and

o   subject to its duties under the Trust Indenture Act, the Debenture
    Trustee need not take any action that might involve it in personal
    liability or might be unduly prejudicial to the holders not involved in
    the proceeding. (Sections 6.04 and 6.06)

    A holder of the notes of any series will only have the right to
institute a proceeding under the Indentures or to appoint a receiver or
trustee, or to seek other remedies if:

o   the holder has given written notice to the Debenture Trustee of a
    continuing event of default with respect to that series;

o   the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
    outstanding notes of that series have made written request, and such
    holders have offered reasonable indemnity to the Debenture Trustee to
    institute such proceedings as trustee; and

o   the Debenture Trustee does not institute such proceeding, and does not
    receive from the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
    the outstanding notes of that series other conflicting directions
    within 60 days after such notice, request and offer.

    These limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by a holder of
notes if MMC defaults in the payment of the principal, premium, if any, or
interest on, the notes. (Section 6.04)

    MMC will periodically file statements with the Debenture Trustee
regarding its compliance with certain of the covenants in the Indentures. 
(Section 5.03)

Modification of Indenture; Waiver

    MMC and the Debenture Trustee may change an Indenture without the
consent of any holders with respect to certain matters, including:

o   to fix any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in such Indenture; and

o   to change anything that does not materially adversely affect the
    interests of any holder of notes of any series. (Section 9.01)

    In addition, under the Indentures, the rights of holders of a series of
notes may be changed by MMC and the Debenture Trustee with the written
consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the outstanding notes of each series that is affected. However, the
following changes may only be made with the consent of each holder of any
outstanding notes affected:

o   extending the fixed maturity of such series of notes;

o   reducing the principal amount, reducing the rate of or extending the
    time of payment of interest, or any premium payable upon the redemption
    of any such notes; or

o   reducing the percentage of notes, the holders of which are required to
    consent to any amendment. (Section 9.02)


Form, Exchange, and Transfer

    The notes of each series will be issued only in fully registered form
without coupons and, unless otherwise specified in the applicable
prospectus supplement, in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof. The Indentures will provide that notes of a series may be issued
in temporary or permanent global form and may be issued as book-entry
securities that will be deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository
Trust Company or another depository named by MMC and identified in a
Prospectus Supplement with respect to such series. (Sections 2.03, 2.06 and
2.11)

    At the option of the holder, notes of any series will be exchangeable
for other notes of the same series, in any authorized denomination and of
like tenor and aggregate principal amount.

    Notes may be presented for exchange or for registration of transfer
(duly endorsed or with the form of transfer endorsed thereon duly executed
if so required by MMC or the Security Registrar) at the office of the
Security Registrar or at the office of any transfer agent designated by MMC
for such purpose. Unless otherwise provided in the notes to be transferred
or exchanged, no service charge will be made for any registration of
transfer or exchange, but MMC may require payment of any taxes or other
governmental charges. The Security Registrar and any transfer agent (in
addition to the Security Registrar) initially designated by MMC for any
notes will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement. MMC may at any
time designate additional transfer agents or rescind the designation of any
transfer agent or approve a change in the office through which any transfer
agent acts, except that MMC will be required to maintain a transfer agent
in each place of payment for the notes of each series.

    If the notes of any series are to be redeemed, MMC will not be required
to:

o   issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any notes of that series
    during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the
    day of mailing of a notice of redemption of any such notes that may be
    selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day
    of such mailing; or

o   register the transfer of or exchange any notes so selected for
    redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any
    such notes being redeemed in part. (Section 2.05)


Information Concerning the Debenture Trustee

    The Debenture Trustee, other than during the occurrence and continuance
of an event of default under an Indenture, undertakes to perform only such
duties as are specifically set forth in the Indentures and, upon an event
of default under an Indenture, must use the same degree of care as a
prudent person would exercise or use in the conduct of his or her own
affairs. Subject to this provision, the Debenture Trustee is under no
obligation to exercise any of the powers given it by the Indentures at the
request of any holder of notes unless it is offered reasonable security and
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that it might incur.
The Debenture Trustee is not required to spend or risk its own money or
otherwise become financially liable while performing its duties unless it
reasonably believes that it will be repaid or receive adequate indemnity.
(Section 7.01)

Payment and Paying Agents

    The interest on any notes on any interest payment date will be paid to
the person in whose name such notes (or one or more predecessor securities)
are registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such
interest. (Sections 2.03 and 3.03)

    Principal of and any premium and interest on the notes of a particular
series will be paid at the office of the paying agents designated by MMC,
except that interest may be paid by check mailed to the holder. The
corporate trust office of the Debenture Trustee in The City of New York
will be designated as MMC's sole paying agent for payments with respect to
notes of each series. Any other paying agents initially designated by MMC
for the notes of a particular series will be named in the applicable
prospectus supplement. MMC will be required to maintain a paying agent in
each place of payment for the notes of a particular series. (Sections 4.01,
4.02 and 4.03)

    All moneys paid by MMC to a paying agent or the Debenture Trustee for
the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any notes
which remains unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal,
premium or interest has become due and payable will be repaid to MMC, and
the holder of the security thereafter may look only to MMC for payment
thereof.

Governing Law

    The Indentures and the notes will be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York except to the extent that
the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable. (Section 13.05)

Subordination of Subordinated Notes

    The subordinated notes will be unsecured and will be subordinate and
junior in priority of payment to certain of MMC's other indebtedness to the
extent described in a prospectus supplement. The Subordinated Indenture
does not limit the amount of subordinated notes which MMC may issue, nor
does it limit MMC from issuing any other secured or unsecured debt.
(Section 14.01)


                            PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

    MMC may sell common stock, preferred stock or any series of debt
securities being offered hereby in one or more of the following ways from
time to time:

o   to underwriters for resale to the public or to institutional investors;

o   directly to institutional investors; or

o   through agents to the public or to institutional investors.

    The prospectus supplements will set forth the terms of the offering of
the securities, including the name or names of any underwriters or agents,
the purchase price of such securities and the proceeds to MMC from such
sale, any underwriting discounts or agency fees and other item's
constituting underwriters' or agents' compensation, any initial public
offering price, any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid
to dealers and any securities exchanges on which such securities may be
listed.

    If underwriters are used in the sale, the securities will be acquired by
the underwriters for their own account and may be resold from time to time in
one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed
public offering price or prices, which may be changed, at market prices
prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market
prices or at negotiated prices.

    Unless otherwise set forth in a prospectus supplement, the obligations
of the underwriters to purchase any series of securities will be subject to
certain conditions precedent and the underwriters will be obligated to
purchase all of such series of securities, if any are purchased.

    Underwriters and agents may be entitled under agreements entered into
with MMC to indemnification by MMC against certain civil liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, or to contribution
with respect to payments which the underwriters or agents may be required
to make in respect thereof. Underwriters and agents may be customers of,
engage in transactions with, or perform services for MMC and its affiliates
in the ordinary course of business.

    Each series of securities will be a new issue of securities and will
have no established trading market other than the common stock which is
listed on the NYSE, the CSE, the PE and the LSE. Any common stock sold
pursuant to a prospectus supplement will be listed on the NYSE, the CSE,
the PE and the LSE, subject to official notice of issuance. Any
underwriters to whom securities are sold by MMC for public offering and
sale may make a market in the securities, but such underwriters will not be
obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time
without notice. The securities, other than the common stock, may or may not
be listed on a national securities exchange.


                               LEGAL OPINIONS

    The validity of the securities being offered hereby is being passed
upon for MMC by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, New
York.


                                  EXPERTS

    The consolidated financial statements and supplemental notes of MMC and
its subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and 1996 and for each of the years
in the three year period ended December 31, 1997, included and incorporated
by reference in MMC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1997 and incorporated by reference into this Prospectus, have
been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors, as stated in
their reports, which are incorporated herein by reference, and have been so
incorporated in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their
authority as experts in accounting and auditing. The consolidated financial
statements of Sedgwick Group plc as of December 31, 1997, incorporated by
reference into this Prospectus, have been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers,
Chartered Accountants.


                                  PART II
                   INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 14.  Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

    The following table sets forth the expenses to be borne by MMC in
connection with the offerings described in this Registration Statement. All
such expenses other than the Securities and Exchange Commission
registration fee are estimates.

      Securities and Exchange Commission Registration Fee...  $750,600
      Transfer Agents, Trustees and Depositary's
         Fees and Expenses................................      10,000
      Printing and Engraving Fees and Expenses............      75,000
      Accounting Fees and Expenses........................     100,000
      Legal Fees..........................................     150,000
      Rating Agency Fees..................................     100,000
      Miscellaneous (including Listing
         Fees, if applicable).............................      14,400
                                                            ----------
                Total.....................................  $ 1,200,000
                                                            ===========


Item 15.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers

      As authorized by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware, each director and officer of MMC may be indemnified by
MMC against expenses (including attorney's fees, judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred in connection
with the defense or settlement of any threatened, pending or completed
legal proceedings in which he is involved by reason of the fact that he is
or was a director or officer of MMC if he acted in good faith and in a
manner that he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of MMC and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if
he had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. If the
legal proceeding, however, is by or in the right of MMC, the director or
officer may not be indemnified in respect of any claim, issue or matter as
to which he shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or
misconduct in the performance of his duty to MMC unless a court determines
otherwise.

      In addition, MMC maintains directors' and officers' liability
policies.

      Article Sixth of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of MMC
provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, directors of MMC
will not be liable for monetary damages to MMC or its stockholders for
breaches of their fiduciary duties. In addition, Article Sixth of the
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of MMC and Article VI of the Bylaws
of MMC provide that MMC shall indemnify directors and officers to the
fullest extent authorized by the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware.


Item 16.  Exhibits

      The following is a list of all exhibits filed as a part of this
Registration Statement on Form S-3, including those incorporated herein by
reference.

Exhibit
Number                    Description of Exhibits

1.1         The form of Underwriting Agreement will be filed as an exhibit
            to a Current Report of the registrant on Form 8-K and
            incorporated herein by reference.
4.1         Form of Senior Indenture.
4.2         Form of Subordinated Indenture.
4.3         The form of any Senior Note with respect to each particular
            series of Senior Notes issued hereunder will be filed as an
            exhibit to a Current Report of the registrant on Form 8-K and
            incorporated herein by reference.
4.4         The form of any Subordinated Note with respect to each
            particular series of Subordinated Notes issued hereunder will
            be filed as an exhibit to a Current Report of the registrant on
            Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
4.5         The form of any certificate of designation with respect to any
            preferred stock issued hereunder will be filed as an exhibit to
            a Current Report of the registrant on Form 8-K and incorporated
            herein by reference.
5.1         Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.*
12.1        Statement re:  Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed
            Charges.
23.1        Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Accountants.
23.2        Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included
            in Exhibit 5.1).
23.3        Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Chartered Accountants.
24.1        Power of Attorney of certain officers and directors of the
            registrant.*
25.1        Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture
            Act of 1939, as amended, of State Street Bank and Trust, as
            Trustee under the Senior Indenture.
25.2        Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture
            Act of 1939, as amended, of State Street Bank and Trust, as
            Trustee under the Subordinated Indenture.

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* Previously filed.


Item 17.  Undertakings

      The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

      (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: (i) To
include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act
of 1933; (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration statement; notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement; (iii) To include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement, provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and 1(ii)
do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished
to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference
in the registration statement;

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

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

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

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


                                 SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Marsh &
McLennan Companies, Inc. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement or amendment thereto to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of New York, in the State of New York on February 3, 1999.

                             MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC.



                             By  /s/ A.J.C. Smith
                                 ----------------------------------
                                 Name:  A.J.C. Smith
                                 Title: Chairman & Chief Executive Officer



      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

      Signature                  Title                          Date
      ---------                  -----                          ----



/s/ A.J.C. Smith               Chairman & Chief Executive    February 3, 1999
- --------------------------     Officer (Principal 
A.J.C. Smith                   Executive Officer)      



       *                       Senior Vice President         February 3, 1999
- --------------------------     & Chief Financial
Frank J. Borelli               Officer (Principal 
                               Financial Officer)



/s/ Douglas C. Davis           Vice President and            February 3, 1999
- ---------------------------    Controller (Principal
Douglas C. Davis               Accounting Officer)



        *                      Director                      February 3, 1999
- ---------------------------
Norman Barham



        *                      Director                      February 3, 1999
- ---------------------------
Lewis W. Bernard



        *                      Director                      February 3, 1999
- ---------------------------
Peter Coster



        *                      Director                      February 3, 1999
- ---------------------------
Robert F. Erburu



        *                      Director                      February 3, 1999
- --------------------------
Jeffrey W. Greenberg



        *                      Director                      February 3, 1999
- --------------------------
Ray J. Groves



        *                      Director                      February 3, 1999
- --------------------------
Stephen R. Hardis



        *                      Director                      February 3, 1999
- --------------------------
Gwendolyn S. King



        *                      Director                      February 3, 1999
- --------------------------
The Rt. Hon. Lord Lang of
Monkton



       *                       Director                      February 3, 1999
- ---------------------------
Lawrence J. Lasser



       *                       Director                      February 3, 1999
- --------------------------
David A. Olsen



       *                       Director                      February 3, 1999
- --------------------------
John D. Ong



        *                      Director                      February 3, 1999
- --------------------------
George Putnam



         *                     Director                      February 3, 1999
- --------------------------
Adele Smith Simmons



         *                     Director                      February 3, 1999
- --------------------------
John T. Sinnott



         *                     Director                      February 3, 1999
- --------------------------
Frank J. Tasco



         *                     Director                      February 3, 1999
- --------------------------
Saxon Riley



          *                    Director                      February 3, 1999
- -------------------------
W. R. P. White-Cooper



      * Gregory F. Van Gundy, by signing his name hereto, does hereby
execute this Registration Statement on behalf of the directors of the
Registrant indicated above by asterisks, pursuant to powers of attorney
duly executed by such directors and filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement.


                              By:  /s/ Gregory F. Van Gundy 
                                   ----------------------------
                                  Gregory F. Van Gundy
                                  Attorney-in-fact



                               EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number                    Description of Exhibits

1.1         The form of Underwriting Agreement will be filed as an exhibit
            to a Current Report of the registrant on Form 8-K and
            incorporated herein by reference.
4.1         Form of Senior Indenture.
4.2         Form of Subordinated Indenture.
4.3         The form of any Senior Note with respect to each particular
            series of Senior Notes issued hereunder will be filed as an
            exhibit to a Current Report of the registrant on Form 8-K and
            incorporated herein by reference.
4.4         The form of any Subordinated Note with respect to each
            particular series of Subordinated Notes issued hereunder will
            be filed as an exhibit to a Current Report of the registrant on
            Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
4.5         The form of any certificate of designation with respect to any
            preferred stock issued hereunder will be filed as an exhibit to
            a Current Report of the registrant on Form 8-K and incorporated
            herein by reference.
5.1         Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.*
12.1        Statement re:  Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed
            Charges.
23.1        Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Accountants.
23.2        Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included
            in Exhibit 5.1).
23.3        Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Chartered Accountants.
24.1        Power of Attorney of certain officers and directors of the
            registrant.*
25.1        Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture
            Act of 1939, as amended, of State Street Bank and Trust, as
            Trustee under the Senior Indenture.
25.2        Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture
            Act of 1939, as amended, of State Street Bank and Trust, as
            Trustee under the Subordinated Indenture.

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*Previously filed.





                                                             Exhibit 4.1


                      MARSH & McLENNAN COMPANIES INC., 
                                   Issuer 
  
  
                                    AND
  
  
                     STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
                                   Trustee
  
                     ___________________________________ 
  
  
                                 INDENTURE 
  
                    Dated as of [                ], 1999 
  
                    ___________________________________ 
  
  
                         Senior Debt Securities 
  
  
  
  
  
                           CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE(1)
  
  
     Section of 
 Trust Indenture Act                                     Section of 
 of 1939, as amended                                     Indenture  
 -------------------                                     ---------
  
 310(a)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7.09 
 310(b)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7.08 
                                                         7.10 
 310(c)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   Inapplicable 
 311(a)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7.13(a) 
 311(b)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7.13(b) 
 311(c)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   Inapplicable 
 312(a)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5.01 
                                                         5.02(a) 
 312(b)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5.02(b) 
 312(c)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5.02(c) 
 313(a)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5.04(a) 
 313(b)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5.04(b) 
 313(c)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5.04(a) 
                                                         5.04(b) 
 313(d)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5.04(c) 
 314(a)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5.03 
 314(b)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   Inapplicable 
 314(c)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   13.06 
 314(d)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   Inapplicable 
 314(e)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   13.06 
 314(f)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   Inapplicable 
 315(a)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7.01(a) 
                                                         7.02 
 315(b)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6.07 
 315(c)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7.01 
 315(d)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7.01(b) 
                                                         7.01(c) 
 315(e)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6.07 
 316(a)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6.06 
                                                         8.04 
 316(b)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6.04 
 316(c)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8.01 
 317(a)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6.02 
 317(b)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4.03 
 318(a)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   13.08
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 (1)   This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Indenture
       and shall not have any bearing on the interpretation of any of its
       terms or provisions.
                                             


                             TABLE OF CONTENTS(1)
  
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 PARTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    1 
  
 RECITALS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    1 
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 (1)    This Table of Contents does not constitute part of the Indenture
        and shall not have any bearing upon the interpretation of any of
        its terms or provisions.

  
                                 ARTICLE I.
  
                                DEFINITIONS 

 SECTION 1.01   Definitions of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    1 
           Affiliate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    2
           Authenticating Agent  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    2
           Bankruptcy Law  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    2
           Board of Directors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    2
           Board Resolution  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    2
           Business Day  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    2
           Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    2
           Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    2
           Corporate Trust Office  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    2
           Custodian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    2
           Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    3
           Depositary  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    3
           Event of Default  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    3
           Global Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    3
           Governmental Obligations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    3
           "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder"  . . . . . . . . . . . .    3
           Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    3
           Interest Payment Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    3
           Officers' Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    4
           Opinion of Counsel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    4
           Outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    4
           Person  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    4
           Predecessor Security  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    4
           Responsible Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    4
           Securities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    5
           Securityholder  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    5
           Subsidiary  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    5
           Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    5
           Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    5
           Voting Stock  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    5

                                 ARTICLE II.

             ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION 
                         AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES 
  
 SECTION 2.01   Designation and Terms of Securities  . . . . . . . . .    5 
 SECTION 2.02   Form of Securities and Trustee's Certificate . . . . .    7 
 SECTION 2.03   Denominations:  Provisions for Payment . . . . . . . .    8 
 SECTION 2.04   Execution and Authentications  . . . . . . . . . . . .    9 
 SECTION 2.05   Registration of Transfer and Exchange  . . . . . . . .   10 
 SECTION 2.06   Temporary Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   11 
 SECTION 2.07   Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities  . . .   12 
 SECTION 2.08   Cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   13 
 SECTION 2.09   Benefits of Indenture  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   13 
 SECTION 2.10   Authenticating Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   13 
 SECTION 2.11   Global Securities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   14 

                                 ARTICLE III
  
            REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS 
  
 SECTION 3.01   Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   15 
 SECTION 3.02   Notice of Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   15 
 SECTION 3.03   Payment Upon Redemption  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   16 
 SECTION 3.04   Sinking Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   17 
 SECTION 3.05   Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with
                  Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   17 
 SECTION 3.06   Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund  . . . . . .   17 

                                 ARTICLE IV.
  
                              CERTAIN COVENANTS

 SECTION 4.01   Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest . . . . . .   18 
 SECTION 4.02   Maintenance of Office or Agency  . . . . . . . . . . .   18 
 SECTION 4.03   Paying Agents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   18 
 SECTION 4.04   Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee . . .   20 
 SECTION 4.05   Compliance with Consolidation Provisions . . . . . . .   20 

                                 ARTICLE V.

                     SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS 
                       BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE 

 SECTION 5.01   Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
                  Securityholders  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   20 
 SECTION 5.02   Preservation Of Information; Communications With
                  Securityholders  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   20 
 SECTION 5.03   Reports by the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   21 
 SECTION 5.04   Reports by the Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   21 

                                 ARTICLE VI.

                 REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
                             ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

 SECTION 6.01   Events of Default  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   22 
 SECTION 6.02   Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
                  Enforcement by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   24 
 SECTION 6.03   Application of Moneys Collected  . . . . . . . . . . .   25 
 SECTION 6.04   Limitation on Suits  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   26 
 SECTION 6.05   Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission
                  Not Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   27 
 SECTION 6.06   Control by Securityholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   27 
 SECTION 6.07   Undertaking to Pay Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   28 

                                ARTICLE VII.

                           CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
  
 SECTION 7.01   Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee . . . .   28 
 SECTION 7.02   Certain Rights of Trustee  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   29 
 SECTION 7.03   Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance
                  or Securities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   31 
 SECTION 7.04   May Hold Securities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   31 
 SECTION 7.05   Moneys Held in Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   31 
 SECTION 7.06   Compensation and Reimbursement . . . . . . . . . . . .   31 
 SECTION 7.07   Reliance on Officers' Certificate  . . . . . . . . . .   32 
 SECTION 7.08   Disqualification; Conflicting Interests  . . . . . . .   32 
 SECTION 7.09   Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility  . . . . . . .   32 
 SECTION 7.10   Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor  . .   33 
 SECTION 7.11   Acceptance of Appointment By Successor . . . . . . . .   34 
 SECTION 7.12   Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession
                  to Business  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   35
 SECTION 7.13   Preferential Collection of Claims Against the
                  Company  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   36 

                                ARTICLE VIII.

                       CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
  
 SECTION 8.01   Evidence of Action by Securityholders  . . . . . . . .   36 
 SECTION 8.02   Proof of Execution by Securityholders  . . . . . . . .   37 
 SECTION 8.03   Who May be Deemed Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   37 
 SECTION 8.04   Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded  . . .   37 
 SECTION 8.05   Actions Binding on Future Securityholders  . . . . . .   38 

                                 ARTICLE IX.

                           SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
  
 SECTION 9.01   Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of
                  Securityholders  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   38 
 SECTION 9.02   Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
                  Securityholders  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   39 
 SECTION 9.03   Effect of Supplemental Indentures  . . . . . . . . . .   40 
 SECTION 9.04   Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures . . . .   40
 SECTION 9.05   Execution of Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . .   40 

                                 ARTICLE X.

                            SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
  
 SECTION 10.01  Company May Consolidate, Etc.  . . . . . . . . . . . .   41
 SECTION 10.02  Successor Corporation Substituted  . . . . . . . . . .   41
 SECTION 10.03  Evidence of Consolidation, Etc. to Trustee . . . . . .   42

                                 ARTICLE XI.

                         SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
  
 SECTION 11.01  Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture  . . . . . . .   42
 SECTION 11.02  Discharge of Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   43
 SECTION 11.03  Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust . . . . . . . . .   43
 SECTION 11.04  Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents  . . . . . . .   43
 SECTION 11.05  Repayment to Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   43
  
                                ARTICLE XII.
  
                IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,  
                           OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS 
  
 SECTION 12.01  No Recourse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   44

                                ARTICLE XIII.

                          MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
  
 SECTION 13.01  Effect on Successors and Assigns.  . . . . . . . . . .   44
 SECTION 13.02  Actions by Successor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   45
 SECTION 13.03  Surrender of Company Powers  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   45
 SECTION 13.04  Notices  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   45
 SECTION 13.05  Governing Law  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   45
 SECTION 13.06  Treatment of Securities as Debt  . . . . . . . . . . .   46
 SECTION 13.07  Compliance Certificates and Opinions . . . . . . . . .   46
 SECTION 13.08  Payments on Business Days  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   46
 SECTION 13.09  Conflict with Trust Indenture Act  . . . . . . . . . .   46
 SECTION 13.10  Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   47
 SECTION 13.11  Separability.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   47 
 SECTION 13.12  Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   47




           INDENTURE, dated as of [      ], 1999, among Marsh & McLennan
 Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and State Street
 Bank and Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"): 
  
           WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly
 authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the
 issuance of unsecured debt securities (hereinafter referred to as the
 "Securities"), in an unlimited aggregate principal amount to be issued from
 time to time in one or more series as in this Indenture provided, as
 registered Securities without coupons, to be authenticated by the
 certificate of the Trustee; 
  
           WHEREAS, to provide the terms and conditions upon which the
 Securities are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has
 duly authorized the execution of this Indenture; and 
  
           WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid
 agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done. 
  
           NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase
 of the Securities by the holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and
 agreed as follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of
 Securities: 

  
                                  ARTICLE I.

                                 DEFINITIONS
  
           SECTION 1.01   Definitions of Terms.
  
           The terms defined in this Section (except as in this Indenture
 otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for
 all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto
 shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section and shall
 include the plural as well as the singular.  All other terms used in this
 Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended,
 or that are by reference in such Act defined in the Securities Act of 1933,
 as amended (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the
 context otherwise requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms
 in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the
 date of the execution of this instrument. 
  
           "Affiliate" means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) any
 Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding with power to
 vote 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities or other ownership
 interests of the specified Person, (b) any Person 10% or more of whose
 outstanding voting securities or other ownership interests are directly or
 indirectly owned, controlled or held with power to vote by the specified
 Person, (c) any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by,
 or under common control with the specified Person, (d) a partnership in
 which the specified Person is a general partner, (e) any officer or
 director of the specified Person, and (f) if the specified Person is an
 individual, any entity of which the specified Person is an officer,
 director or general partner. 
  
           "Authenticating Agent" means an authenticating agent with respect
 to all or any of the series of Securities appointed with respect to all or
 any series of the Securities by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.10. 
  
           "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar
 federal or state law for the relief of debtors. 
  
           "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Company
 or any duly authorized committee of such Board. 
  
           "Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
 Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly
 adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the
 date of such certification. 
  
           "Business Day" means, with respect to any series of Securities,
 any day other than a day on which Federal or State banking institutions in
 the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, are authorized or obligated
 by law, executive order or regulation to close. 
  
           "Certificate" means a certificate signed by the principal
 executive officer, the principal financial officer, the Treasurer or the
 principal accounting officer of the Company.  The Certificate need not
 comply with the provisions of Section 13.07. 
  
           "Company" means Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a corporation
 duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and,
 subject to the provisions of Article Ten, shall also include its successors
 and assigns. 
  
           "Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at
 which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be
 principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at
 [                                              ], except that whenever a
 provision herein refers to an office or agency of the Trustee in the
 Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, such office is located, at the
 date hereof, at  [                    ]. 
  
           "Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, or
 similar official under any Bankruptcy Law. 
  
           "Default" means any event, act or condition that with notice or
 lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default. 
  
           "Depositary" means, with respect to Securities of any series, for
 which the Company shall determine that such Securities will be issued as a
 Global Security, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, another
 clearing agency, or any successor registered as a clearing agency under the
 Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or
 other applicable statute or regulation, which, in each case, shall be
 designated by the Company pursuant to either Section 2.01 or 2.11. 
  
           "Event of Default" means, with respect to Securities of a
 particular series any event specified in Section 6.01, continued for the
 period of time, if any, therein designated. 
  
           "Global Security" means, with respect to any series of
 Securities, a Security executed by the Company and delivered by the Trustee
 to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary's instruction, all in
 accordance with the Indenture, which shall be registered in the name of the
 Depositary or its nominee. 
  
           "Governmental Obligations" means securities that are (i) direct
 obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its
 full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled
 or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United
 States of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a
 full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America that, in
 either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer
 thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank (as
 defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) as
 custodian with respect to any such Governmental Obligation or a specific
 payment of principal of or interest on any such Governmental Obligation
 held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary
 receipt; provided, however, that (except as required by law) such custodian
 is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the
 holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian
 in respect of the Governmental Obligation or the specific payment of
 principal of or interest on the Governmental Obligation evidenced by such
 depositary receipt. 
  
           "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder", and other words of similar
 import, refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
 Article, Section or other subdivision. 
  
           "Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it
 may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
 supplemental hereto entered into in accordance with the terms hereof. 
  
           "Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any
 installment of interest on a Security of a particular series, means the
 date specified in such Security or in a Board Resolution or in an indenture
 supplemental hereto with respect to such series as the fixed date on which
 an installment of interest with respect to Securities of that series is due
 and payable. 
  
           "Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the
 Chairman or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer
 or the Controller or an Assistant Controller or the Secretary or an
 Assistant Secretary of the Company that is delivered to the Trustee in
 accordance with the terms hereof.  Each such certificate shall include the
 statements provided for in Section 13.07, if and to the extent required by
 the provisions thereof. 
  
           "Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion in writing of legal
 counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company that is
 delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof.  Each such
 opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.07, if and
 to the extent required by the provisions thereof. 
  
           "Outstanding", when used with reference to Securities of any
 series, means, subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, as of any
 particular time, all Securities of that series theretofore authenticated
 and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except (a) Securities
 theretofore canceled by the Trustee or any paying agent, or delivered to
 the Trustee or any paying agent for cancellation or that have previously
 been canceled; (b) Securities or portions thereof for the payment or
 redemption of which moneys or Governmental Obligations in the necessary
 amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any
 paying agent (other than the Company) or shall have been set aside and
 segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own
 paying agent); provided, however, that if such Securities or portions of
 such Securities are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of
 such redemption shall have been given as in Article Three provided, or
 provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such
 notice; and (c) Securities in lieu of or in substitution for which other
 Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the
 terms of Section 2.07. 
  
           "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint-
 venture, joint-stock company, unincorporated organization or government or
 any agency or political subdivision thereof. 
  
           "Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every
 previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
 evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this
 definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 2.07 in
 lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence
 the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Security. 
  
           "Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee means
 the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chairman, any Vice President,
 the Secretary, the Treasurer, any trust officer, any corporate trust
 officer or any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee
 customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the Persons
 who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any
 corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and
 familiarity with the particular subject. 
  
           "Securities" means the debt Securities authenticated and
 delivered under this Indenture. 

           "Securityholder", "holder of Securities", "registered holder", or
 other similar term, means the Person or Persons in whose name or names a
 particular Security shall be registered on the books of the Company kept
 for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. 
  
           "Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, (i) any
 corporation at least a majority of whose outstanding Voting Stock shall at
 the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more
 of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries,
 (ii) any general partnership, joint venture or similar entity, at least a
 majority of whose outstanding partnership or similar interests shall at the
 time be owned by such Person, or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by
 such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries and (iii) any limited
 partnership of which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a general
 partner. 
  
           "Trustee" means State Street Bank and Trust Company, and, subject
 to the provisions of Article Seven, shall also include its successors and
 assigns, and, if at any time there is more than one Person acting in such
 capacity hereunder, "Trustee" shall mean each such Person.  The term
 "Trustee" as used with respect to a particular series of the Securities
 shall mean the trustee with respect to that series. 
  
           "Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
 amended, subject to the provisions of Sections 9.01, 9.02, and 10.01, as in
 effect at the date of execution of this instrument. 
  
           "Voting Stock", as applied to stock of any Person, means shares,
 interests, participations or other equivalents in the equity interest
 (however designated) in such Person having ordinary voting power for the
 election of a majority of the directors (or the equivalent) of such Person,
 other than shares, interests, participations or other equivalents having
 such power only by reason of the occurrence of a contingency.   
  

                                 ARTICLE II.

                    ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION,
                  REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES 
  
           SECTION 2.01   Designation and Terms of Securities.
  
           (a)  The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be
 authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.  The
 Securities may be issued in one or more series up to the aggregate
 principal amount of Securities of that series from time to time authorized
 by or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company or pursuant to one or
 more indentures supplemental hereto.  Prior to the initial issuance of
 Securities of any series, there shall be established in or pursuant to a
 Board Resolution of the Company, and set forth in an Officers' Certificate
 of the Company, or established in one or more indentures supplemental
 hereto:
  
           (1)  the title of the Security of the series (which shall
      distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities);
  
           (2)  any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
      Securities of that series that may be authenticated and delivered
      under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and
      delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in
      lieu of, other Securities of that series);
  
           (3)  the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities
      of the series is payable;
  
           (4)  the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series
      shall bear interest or the manner of calculation of such rate or
      rates, if any;
  
           (5)  the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the
      Interest Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable or the
      manner of determination of such Interest Payment Dates and the record
      date for the determination of holders to whom interest is payable on
      any such Interest Payment Dates;
  
           (6)  the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods
      and the duration of such extension;
  
           (7)  the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
      which and the terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the
      series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the
      Company;
  
           (8)  the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase
      Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
      provisions (including payments made in cash in participation of future
      sinking fund obligations) or at the option of a holder thereof and the
      period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the
      terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the series shall be
      redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
      obligation;
  
           (9)  the form of the Securities of the series including the form
      of the Certificate of Authentication for such series;
  
           (10) if other than denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars
      ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which
      the Securities of the series shall be issuable;
  
           (11) any and all other terms with respect to such series (which
      terms shall not be inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture)
      including any terms which may be required by or advisable under United
      States laws or regulations or advisable in connection with the
      marketing of Securities of that series; 
  
           (12) whether the Securities are issuable as a Global Security
      and, in such case, the identity for the Depositary for such series;
  
           (13) whether the Securities will be convertible into shares of
      common stock or other securities of the Company and, if  so, the terms
      and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible,
      including the conversion price and the conversion period;
  
           (14) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of
      the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be
      payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
      pursuant to Section 6.01;
  
           (15) any additional or different Events of Default or restrictive
      covenants provided for with respect to the Securities of the series;
  
           (16) any provisions granting special rights to holders when a
      specified event occurs; and
  
           (17) any special tax implications of the notes, including
      provisions for original issue discount securities, if offered.
  
           All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical
 except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or
 pursuant to any such Board Resolution or in any indentures supplemental
 hereto. 
  
           If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken
 pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company, a copy of an appropriate
 record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
 Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
 delivery of the Officers' Certificate of the Company setting forth the
 terms of the series. 
  
           Securities of any particular series may be issued at various
 times, with different dates on which the principal or any installment of
 principal is payable, with different rates of interest, if any, or
 different methods by which rates of interest may be determined, with
 different dates on which such interest may be payable and with different
 redemption dates. 
  
           SECTION 2.02   Form of Securities and Trustee's Certificate.
  
           The Securities of any series and the Trustee's certificate of
 authentication to be borne by such Securities shall be substantially of the
 tenor and purport as set forth in one or more indentures supplemental
 hereto or as provided in a Board Resolution of the Company and as set forth
 in an Officers' Certificate of the Company and may have such letters,
 numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or
 endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the Company may
 deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
 Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or
 regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any
 stock exchange on which Securities of that series may be listed, or to
 conform to usage. 
  
           SECTION 2.03   Denominations:  Provisions for Payment.
  
           The Securities shall be issuable as registered Securities and in
 the denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral
 multiple thereof, subject to Section 2.01(11).  The Securities of a
 particular series shall bear interest payable on the dates and at the rate
 specified with respect to that series.  The principal of and the interest
 on the Securities of any series, as well as any premium thereon in case of
 redemption thereof prior to maturity, shall be payable in the coin or
 currency of the United States of America that at the time is legal tender
 for public and private debt, at the office or agency of the Company
 maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State
 of New York.  Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. 
 Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
 composed of twelve 30-day months. 
  
           The interest installment on any Security that is payable, and is
 punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for
 Securities of that series shall be paid to the Person in whose name said
 Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close
 of business on the regular record date for such interest installment.  In
 the event that any Security of a particular series or portion thereof is
 called for redemption and the redemption date is subsequent to a regular
 record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such
 Interest Payment Date, interest on such Security will be paid upon
 presentation and surrender of such Security as provided in Section 3.03. 
  
           Any interest on any Security that is payable, but is not
 punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for
 Securities of the same series (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall
 forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant
 regular record date by virtue of having been such holder; and such
 Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its election, as
 provided in clause (1) or clause (2) below: 
  
           (1)  The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on
      Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their
      respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
      business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted
      Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner:  the Company
      shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted
      Interest proposed to be paid on each such Security and the date of the
      proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with
      the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed
      to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make
      arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the
      date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in
      trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted
      Interest as in this clause provided.  Thereupon the Trustee shall fix
      a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which
      shall not be more than 15 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of
      the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by
      the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment.  The Trustee shall
      promptly notify the Company of such special record date and, in the
      name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the
      proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record
      date therefor to be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each
      Securityholder at his or her address as it appears in the Security
      Register (as hereinafter defined), not less than 10 days prior to such
      special record date.  Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
      Interest and the special record date therefor having been mailed as
      aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in
      whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor
      Securities) are registered on such special record date and shall be no
      longer payable pursuant to the following clause (2).
  
           (2)  The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on
      any Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
      requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may
      be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange,
      if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed
      payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be
      deemed practicable by the Trustee.
  
           Unless otherwise set forth in a Board Resolution of the Company
 or one or more indentures supplemental hereto establishing the terms of any
 series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, the term "regular
 record date" as used in this Section with respect to a series of Securities
 with respect to any Interest Payment Date for such series shall mean either
 the fifteenth day of the month immediately preceding the month in which an
 Interest Payment Date established for such series pursuant to Section 2.01
 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the first day of a
 month, or the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in
 which an Interest Payment Date established for such series pursuant to
 Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the
 fifteenth day of a month, whether or not such date is a Business Day. 
  
           Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each
 Security of a series delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in
 exchange for or in lieu of any other Security of such series shall carry
 the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried
 by such other Security. 
  
           SECTION 2.04   Execution and Authentications.
  
           The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Company by its
 Chairman, or one of its Vice Presidents, together with its Treasurer, or
 one of its Assistant Treasurers, or its Secretary, or one of its Assistant
 Secretaries, under its corporate seal attested by its Secretary or one of
 its Assistant Secretaries.  Signatures may be in the form of a manual or
 facsimile signature.  The Company may use the facsimile signature of any
 Person who shall have been a Chairman or Vice President thereof, or of any
 Person who shall have been a Secretary or Assistant Secretary thereof,
 notwithstanding the fact that at the time the Securities shall be
 authenticated and delivered or disposed of such Person shall have ceased to
 be the Chairman or a Vice President, or the Secretary or an Assistant
 Secretary, of the Company.  The seal of the Company may be in the form of a
 facsimile of such seal and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or
 otherwise reproduced on the Securities.  The Securities may contain such
 notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
 usage.  Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication by the
 Trustee. 
  
           A Security shall not be valid until authenticated manually by an
 authorized signatory of the Trustee, or by an Authenticating Agent.  Such
 signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so authenticated
 has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the holder is
 entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. 
  
           At any time and from time to time after the execution and
 delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any
 series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together
 with a written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of
 such Securities, signed by its Chairman or any Vice President and its
 Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, and the Trustee in accordance with
 such written order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. 
  
           In authenticating such Securities and accepting the additional
 responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the
 Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall
 be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
 form and terms thereof have been established in conformity with the
 provisions of this Indenture. 
  
           The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities
 if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the
 Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this
 Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not reasonably acceptable to the
 Trustee. 
  
           SECTION 2.05   Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
  
           (a)  Securities of any series may be exchanged upon presentation
 thereof at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose
 in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York, for other
 Securities of such series of authorized denominations, and for a like
 aggregate principal amount, upon payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
 tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, all as provided in
 this Section.  In respect of any Securities so surrendered for exchange,
 the Company shall execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and such office
 or agency shall deliver in exchange therefor the Security or Securities of
 the same series that the Securityholder making the exchange shall be
 entitled to receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.
  
           (b)  The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, at its office
 or agency designated for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City
 and State of New York, or such other location designated by the Company a
 register or registers (herein referred to as the "Security Register") in
 which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
 Company shall register the Securities and the transfers of Securities as in
 this Article provided and which at all reasonable times shall be open for
 inspection by the Trustee.  The registrar for the purpose of registering
 Securities and transfer of Securities as herein provided shall be appointed
 as authorized by Board Resolution (the "Security Registrar").
  
           Upon surrender for transfer of any Security at the office or
 agency of the Company designated for such purpose, the Company shall
 execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall
 deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Security or
 Securities of the same series as the Security presented for a like
 aggregate principal amount. 
  
           All Securities presented or surrendered for exchange or
 registration of transfer, as provided in this Section, shall be accompanied
 (if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) by a written
 instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company
 or the Security Registrar, duly executed by the registered holder or by
 such holder's duly authorized attorney in writing. 
  
           (c)  No service charge shall be made for any exchange or
 registration of transfer of Securities, or issue of new Securities in case
 of partial redemption of any series, but the Company may require payment of
 a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in relation
 thereto, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.06, the second
 paragraph of Section 3.03 and Section 9.04 not involving any transfer.
  
           (d)  The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, exchange or
 register the transfer of any Securities during a period beginning at the
 opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
 redemption of less than all the Outstanding Securities of the same series
 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, nor (ii) to
 register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of any series or
 portions thereof called for redemption.  The provisions of this Section
 2.05 are, with respect to any Global Security, subject to Section 2.11
 hereof.
  
           SECTION 2.06   Temporary Securities.
  
           Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series,
 the Company may execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
 temporary Securities (printed, lithographed or typewritten) of any
 authorized denomination.  Such temporary Securities shall be substantially
 in the form of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued,
 but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate
 for temporary Securities, all as may be determined by the Company.  Every
 temporary Security of any series shall be executed by the Company and be
 authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially
 the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Securities of such
 series.  Without unnecessary delay the Company will execute and will
 furnish definitive Securities of such series and thereupon any or all
 temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange therefor
 (without charge to the holders), at the office or agency of the Company
 designated for the purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State
 of New York, and the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency
 shall deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate
 principal amount of definitive Securities of such series, unless the
 Company advises the Trustee to the effect that definitive Securities need
 not be executed and furnished until further notice from the Company.  Until
 so exchanged, the temporary Securities of such series shall be entitled to
 the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such
 series authenticated and delivered hereunder. 
  
           SECTION 2.07   Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities.
  
           In case any temporary or definitive Security shall become
 mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company (subject to the next
 succeeding sentence) shall execute, and upon the Company's request the
 Trustee (subject as aforesaid) shall authenticate and deliver, a new
 Security of the same series, bearing a number not contemporaneously
 outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Security, or in
 lieu of and in substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. 
 In every case the applicant for a substituted Security shall furnish to the
 Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by
 them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss
 or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and the Trustee
 evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of the
 applicant's Security and of the ownership thereof.  The Trustee may
 authenticate any such substituted Security and deliver the same upon the
 written request or authorization of any officer of the Company.  Upon the
 issuance of any substituted Security, the Company may require the payment
 of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may
 be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees
 and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.  In case any Security
 that has matured or is about to mature shall become mutilated or be
 destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute
 Security, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender
 thereof except in the case of a mutilated Security) if the applicant for
 such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or
 indemnity as they may require to save them harmless, and, in case of
 destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and
 the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the
 ownership thereof. 
  
           Every replacement Security issued pursuant to the provisions of
 this Section shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the
 Company whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security
 shall be found at any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and shall be
 entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately
 with any and all other Securities of the same series duly issued hereunder. 
 All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the
 foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or
 payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, and shall
 preclude (to the extent lawful) any and all other rights or remedies,
 notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the
 contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable
 instruments or other securities without their surrender. 
  
           SECTION 2.08   Cancellation.
  
           All Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment,
 redemption, exchange or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to
 the Company or any paying agent, be delivered to the Trustee for
 cancellation, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it,
 and no Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly
 required or permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture.  On
 request of the Company at the time of such surrender, the Trustee shall
 deliver to the Company canceled Securities held by the Trustee.  In the
 absence of such request the Trustee may dispose of canceled Securities in
 accordance with its standard procedures and deliver a certificate of
 disposition to the Company.  If the Company shall otherwise acquire any of
 the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption
 or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless
 and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. 
  
           SECTION 2.09   Benefits of Indenture.
  
           Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or
 implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the
 parties hereto and the holders of the Securities any legal or equitable
 right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any
 covenant, condition or provision herein contained; all such covenants,
 conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto
 and of the holders of the Securities. 
  
           SECTION 2.10   Authenticating Agent.
  
           So long as any of the Securities of any series remain Outstanding
 there may be an Authenticating Agent for any or all such series of
 Securities which the Trustee shall have the right to appoint.  Said
 Authenticating Agent shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to
 authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange, transfer or
 partial redemption thereof, and Securities so authenticated shall be
 entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and
 obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. 
 All references in this Indenture to the authentication of Securities by the
 Trustee shall be deemed to include authentication by an Authenticating
 Agent for such series.  Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to
 the Company and shall be a corporation that has a combined capital and
 surplus, as most recently reported or determined by it, sufficient under
 the laws of any jurisdiction under which it is organized or in which it is
 doing business to conduct a trust business, and that is otherwise
 authorized under such laws to conduct such business and is subject to
 supervision or examination by Federal or State authorities.  If at any time
 any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
 these provisions, it shall resign immediately. 
  
           Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written
 notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company.  The Trustee may
 at any time (and upon request by the Company shall) terminate the agency of
 any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such
 Authenticating Agent and to the Company.  Upon resignation, termination or
 cessation of eligibility of any Authenticating Agent, the Trustee may
 appoint an eligible successor Authenticating Agent acceptable to the
 Company.  Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its
 appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and
 duties of its predecessor hereunder as if originally named as an
 Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto. 
  
           SECTION 2.11   Global Securities.
  
           (a)  If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 2.01 that
 the Securities of a particular series are to be issued as a Global
 Security, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in
 accordance with Section 2.04, authenticate and deliver, a Global Security
 that (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to
 the aggregate principal amount of, all of the Outstanding Securities of
 such series, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its
 nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or
 pursuant to the Depositary's instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend
 substantially to the following effect:  "Except as otherwise provided in
 Section 2.11 of the Indenture, this Security may be transferred, in whole
 but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a
 successor Depositary or to a nominee of such successor Depositary."
  
           (b)  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.05, the Global
 Security of a series may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in
 the manner provided in Section 2.05, only to another nominee of the
 Depositary for such series, or to a successor Depositary for such series
 selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor
 Depositary.
  
           (c)  If at any time the Depositary for a series of the Securities
 notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
 Depositary for such series or if at any time the Depositary for such series
 shall no longer be registered or in good standing under the Exchange Act,
 or other applicable statute or regulation, and a successor Depositary for
 such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the
 Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the
 case may be, this Section 2.11 shall no longer be applicable to the
 Securities of such series and the Company will execute, and subject to
 Section 2.05, the Trustee will authenticate and deliver the Securities of
 such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized
 denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
 amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange for such Global
 Security.  In addition, the Company may at any time determine that the
 Securities of any series shall no longer be represented by a Global
 Security and that the provisions of this Section 2.11 shall no longer apply
 to the Securities of such series.  In such event the Company will execute
 and subject to Section 2.05, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers'
 Certificate evidencing such determination by the Company, will authenticate
 and deliver the Securities of such series in definitive registered form
 without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal
 amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security of such series
 in exchange for such Global Security.  Upon the exchange of the Global
 Security for such Securities in definitive registered form without coupons,
 in authorized denominations, the Global Security shall be canceled by the
 Trustee.  Such Securities in definitive registered form issued in exchange
 for the Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.11(c) shall be
 registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the
 Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect
 participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee.  The Trustee shall
 deliver such Securities to the Depositary for delivery to the Persons in
 whose names such Securities are so registered.
  
  
                                ARTICLE III.

            REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS
  
           SECTION 3.01   Redemption.
  
           The Company may redeem the Securities of any series issued
 hereunder on and after the dates and in accordance with the terms
 established for such series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof. 
  
           SECTION 3.02   Notice of Redemption.
  
           (a)  In case the Company shall desire to exercise such right to
 redeem all or, as the case may be, a portion of the Securities of any
 series in accordance with the right reserved so to do, the Company shall,
 or shall cause the Trustee to, give notice of such redemption to holders of
 the Securities of such series to be redeemed by mailing, first class
 postage prepaid, a notice of such redemption not less than 30 days and not
 more than 90 days before the date fixed for redemption of that series to
 such holders at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Security
 Register unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be
 redeemed.  Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be
 conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the
 registered holder receives the notice.  In any case, failure duly to give
 such notice to the holder of any Security of any series designated for
 redemption in whole or in part, or any defect in the notice, shall not
 affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other
 Securities of such series or any other series.  In the case of any
 redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such
 redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this
 Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers'
 Certificate evidencing compliance with any such restriction.
  
           Each such notice of redemption shall specify the date fixed for
 redemption and the redemption price at which Securities of that series are
 to be redeemed, and shall state that payment of the redemption price of
 such Securities to be redeemed will be made at the office or agency of the
 Company in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York, upon
 presentation and surrender of such Securities, that interest accrued to the
 date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice, that
 from and after said date interest will cease to accrue and that the
 redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.  If less than all
 the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the notice to the holders of
 Securities of that series to be redeemed in whole or in part shall specify
 the particular Securities to be so redeemed.  In case any Security is to be
 redeemed in part only, the notice that relates to such Security shall state
 the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, and shall state
 that on and after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Security, a
 new Security or Securities of such series in principal amount equal to the
 unredeemed portion thereof will be issued. 
  
           (b)  If less than all the Securities of a series are to be
 redeemed, the Company shall give the Trustee at least 45 days' notice in
 advance of the date fixed for redemption as to the aggregate principal
 amount of Securities of the series to be redeemed, and thereupon the
 Trustee shall select, by lot or in such other manner as it shall deem
 appropriate and fair in its discretion and that may provide for the
 selection of a portion or portions (equal to one thousand U.S. dollars
 ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of such
 Securities of a denomination larger than $1,000, the Securities to be
 redeemed and shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the
 numbers of the Securities to be redeemed, in whole or in part.
  
           The Company may, if and whenever it shall so elect, by delivery
 of instructions signed on its behalf by its Chairman or any Vice President,
 instruct the Trustee or any paying agent to call all or any part of the
 Securities of a particular series for redemption and to give notice of
 redemption in the manner set forth in this Section, such notice to be in
 the name of the Company or its own name as the Trustee or such paying agent
 may deem advisable.  In any case in which notice of redemption is to be
 given by the Trustee or any such paying agent, the Company shall deliver or
 cause to be delivered to, or permit to remain with, the Trustee or such
 paying agent, as the case may be, such Security Register, transfer books or
 other records, or suitable copies or extracts therefrom, sufficient to
 enable the Trustee or such paying agent to give any notice by mail that may
 be required under the provisions of this Section. 
  
           SECTION 3.03   Payment Upon Redemption.
  
           (a)  If the giving of notice of redemption shall have been
 completed as above provided, the Securities or portions of Securities of
 the series to be redeemed specified in such notice shall become due and
 payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the
 applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date
 fixed for redemption and interest on such Securities or portions of
 Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the date fixed for
 redemption, unless the Company shall default in the payment of such
 redemption price and accrued interest with respect to any such Security or
 portion thereof.  On presentation and surrender of such Securities on or
 after the date fixed for redemption at the place of payment specified in
 the notice, said Securities shall be paid and redeemed at the applicable
 redemption price for such series, together with interest accrued thereon to
 the date fixed for redemption (but if the date fixed for redemption is an
 interest payment date, the interest installment payable on such date shall
 be payable to the registered holder at the close of business on the
 applicable record date pursuant to Section 2.03).
  
           (b)  Upon presentation of any Security of such series that is to
 be redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
 authenticate and the office or agency where the Security is presented shall
 deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new
 Security of the same series of authorized denominations in principal amount
 equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented.
  
           SECTION 3.04   Sinking Fund.
  
           The provisions of Sections 3.04, 3.05 and 3.06 shall be
 applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a
 series, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for
 Securities of such series. 
  
           The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by
 the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory
 sinking fund payment," and any payment in excess of such minimum amount
 provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to
 as an "optional sinking fund payment".  If provided for by the terms of
 Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may
 be subject to reduction as provided in Section 3.05.  Each sinking fund
 payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as
 provided for by the terms of Securities of such series. 
  
           SECTION 3.05   Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with
 Securities.
  
           The Company (i) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series
 (other than any Securities previously called for redemption) and (ii) may
 apply as a credit Securities of a series that have been redeemed either at
 the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or
 through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments
 pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of
 all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities
 of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities
 as provided for by the terms of such series, provided that such Securities
 have not been previously so credited.  Such Securities shall be received
 and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the redemption price
 specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the
 sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced
 accordingly. 
  
           SECTION 3.06   Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
  
           Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for
 any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an
 Officers' Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking
 fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of the series, the
 portion thereof, if any, that is to be satisfied by delivering and
 crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.05 and the basis
 for such credit and will, together with such Officers' Certificate, deliver
 to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered.  Not less than 30 days
 before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the
 Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner
 specified in Section 3.02 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be
 given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner
 provided in Section 3.02.  Such notice having been duly given, the
 redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the
 manner stated in Section 3.03. 
  
  
                                 ARTICLE IV.

                              CERTAIN COVENANTS
  
           SECTION 4.01   Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
  
           The Company will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the
 principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that
 series at the time and place and in the manner provided herein and
 established with respect to such Securities. 
  
           SECTION 4.02   Maintenance of Office or Agency.
  
           So long as any series of the Securities remain Outstanding, the
 Company agrees to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan,
 the City and State of New York, with respect to each such series and at
 such other location or locations as may be designated as provided in this
 Section 4.02, where (i) Securities of that series may be presented for
 payment, (ii) Securities of that series may be presented as hereinabove
 authorized for registration of transfer and exchange, and (iii) notices and
 demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series
 and this Indenture may be given or served, such designation to continue
 with respect to such office or agency until the Company shall, by written
 notice signed by its Chairman or a Vice President and delivered to the
 trustee, designate some other office or agency for such purposes or any of
 them.  If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required
 office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address
 thereof, such presentations, notices and demands may be made or served at
 the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints
 the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, notices and
 demands. 
  
           SECTION 4.03   Paying Agents.
  
           (a)  If the Company shall appoint one or more paying agents for
 all or any series of the Securities, other than the Trustee, the Company
 will cause each such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an
 instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the
 provisions of this Section:
  
           (1)  that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the
      payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the
      Securities of that series (whether such sums have been paid to it by
      the Company or by any other obligor of such Securities) in trust for
      the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto;
  
           (2)  that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the
      Company (or by any other obligor of such Securities) to make any
      payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the
      Securities of that series when the same shall be due and payable;
  
           (3)  that it will, at any time during the continuance of any
      failure referred to in the preceding paragraph (a)(2) above, upon the
      written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums
      so held in trust by such paying agent; and
  
           (4)  that it will perform all other duties of paying agent as set
      forth in this Indenture.
  
           (b)  If the Company shall act as its own paying agent with
 respect to any series of the Securities, it will on or before each due date
 of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of that
 series, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the
 Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay such principal (and
 premium, if any) or interest so becoming due on Securities of that series
 until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as
 herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of such action, or any
 failure (by it or any other obligor on such Securities) to take such
 action.  Whenever the Company shall have one or more paying agents for any
 series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of
 (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit
 with the paying agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (an premium, if
 any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the
 benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and
 (unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify
 the Trustee of this action or failure so to act.
  
           (c)  Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary,
 (i) the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section is
 subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, and (ii) the Company may at any
 time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this
 Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or direct any paying agent to pay,
 to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such paying agent,
 such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same terms and conditions as
 those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such paying agent;
 and, upon such payment by any paying agent to the Trustee, such paying
 agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
 money.

           SECTION 4.04   Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee.
  
           The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the
 office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.10, a
 Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder. 
  
           SECTION 4.05   Compliance with Consolidation Provisions.
  
           The Company will not, while any of the Securities remain
 Outstanding, consolidate with, or merge into, or merge into itself, or sell
 or convey all or substantially all of its property to any other company
 unless the provisions of Article Ten hereof are complied with. 
  

                                 ARTICLE V.

                     SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS
                       BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE 
  
           SECTION 5.01   Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
                          Securityholders. 
  
           The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
 (a) on a monthly basis on each regular record date (as defined in Section
 2.03) a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the
 names and addresses of the holders of each series of Securities as of such
 regular record date, provided that the Company shall not be obligated to
 furnish or cause to furnish such list at any time that the list shall not
 differ in any respect from the most recent list furnished to the Trustee by
 the Company and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in
 writing within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such
 request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15
 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that, in
 either case, no such list need be furnished for any series for which the
 Trustee shall be the Security Registrar. 
  
           SECTION 5.02   Preservation Of Information; Communications With
                          Securityholders. 
  
           (a)  The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is
 reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of
 the holders of Securities contained in the most recent list furnished to it
 as provided in Section 5.01 and as to the names and addresses of holders of
 Securities received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar
 (if acting in such capacity).
  
           (b)  The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided
 in Section 5.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
  
           (c)  Securityholders may communicate as provided in Section
 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Securityholders with respect
 to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities.
  
           SECTION 5.03   Reports by the Company.
  
           (a)  The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee,
 within 30 days after the Company is required to file the same with the
 Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents
 and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as
 the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe)
 that the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to
 Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not
 required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of
 such sections, then to file with the Trustee and the Commission, in
 accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by
 the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information,
 documents and reports that may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the
 Exchange Act, in respect of a security listed and registered on a national
 securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules
 and regulations.
  
           (b)  The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee
 and the Commission, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed
 from to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and
 reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and
 covenants provided for in this Indenture as may be required from time to
 time by such rules and regulations.
  
           (c)  The Company covenants and agrees to transmit by mail, first
 class postage prepaid, or reputable over-night delivery service that
 provides for evidence of receipt, to the Securityholders, as their names
 and addresses appear upon the Security Register, within 30 days after the
 filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information,
 documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to
 subsections (a) and (b) of this Section as may be required by rules and
 regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
  
           SECTION 5.04   Reports by the Trustee.
  
           (a)  On or before July 15 in each year in which any of the
 Securities are Outstanding, the Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class
 postage prepaid, to the Securityholders, as their names and addresses
 appear upon the Security Register, a brief report dated as of the preceding
 May 15, if and to the extent required under Section 313(a) of the Trust
 Indenture Act.
  
           (b)  The Trustee shall comply with Section 313(b) and 313(c) of
 the Trust Indenture Act.
  
           (c)  A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
 transmission to Securityholders, be filed by the Trustee with the Company,
 with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed (if so
 listed) and also with the Commission.  The Company agrees to notify the
 Trustee when any Securities become listed on any stock exchange.
  

                                 ARTICLE VI.

                 REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
                            ON EVENT OF DEFAULT 
  
           SECTION 6.01   Events of Default.
  
           (a)  Whenever used herein with respect to Securities of a
 particular series, "Event of Default" means any one or more of the
 following events that has occurred and is continuing:
  
           (1)  the Company defaults in the payment of any installment of
      interest upon any of the Securities of that series, as and when the
      same shall become due and payable, and continuance of such default for
      a period of 90 days; provided, however, that a valid extension of an
      interest payment period by the Company in accordance with the terms of
      any indenture supplemental hereto, shall not constitute a default in
      the payment of interest for this purpose;
  
           (2)  the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of (or
      premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of that series as and when
      the same shall become due and payable whether at maturity, upon
      redemption, by declaration or otherwise, or in any payment required by
      any sinking or analogous fund established with respect to that series;
      provided, however, that a valid extension of the maturity of such
      Securities in accordance with the terms of any indenture supplemental
      hereto shall not constitute a default in the payment of principal or
      premium, if any;
  
           (3)  the Company fails to observe or perform any other of its
      covenants or agreements with respect to that series contained in this
      Indenture or otherwise established with respect to that series of
      Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof (other than a covenant or
      agreement that has been expressly included in this Indenture solely
      for the benefit of one or more series of Securities other than such
      series) for a period of 90 days after the date on which written notice
      of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied and stating that
      such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder, shall have been given
      to the Company by the Trustee, by registered or certified mail, or to
      the Company and the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in
      principal amount of the Securities of that series at the time
      Outstanding;
  
           (4)  the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any
      Bankruptcy Law (i) commences a voluntary case, (ii) consents to the
      entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, (iii)
      consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or
      substantially all of its property or (iv) makes a general assignment
      for the benefit of its creditors; or
  
           (5)  a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order under any
      Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for relief against the Company in an
      involuntary case, (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company for all or
      substantially all of their respective property, or (iii) orders the
      liquidation of the Company, and the order or decree remains unstayed
      and in effect for 90 days.
  
           (b)  In each and every such case, unless the principal of all the
 Securities of that series shall have already become due and payable, either
 the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal
 amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding hereunder, by
 notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by such
 Securityholders), may declare the principal of all the Securities of that
 series to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the
 same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable, notwithstanding
 anything contained in this Indenture or in the Securities of that series or
 established with respect to that series pursuant to Section 2.01 to the
 contrary.
  
           (c)  At any time after the principal of the Securities of that
 series shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment
 or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or
 entered as hereinafter provided, the holders of a majority in aggregate
 principal amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding
 hereunder, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind
 and annul such declaration and its consequences if:  (i) the Company has
 paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured
 installments of interest upon all the Securities of that series and the
 principal of (and premium, if any, on) any and all Securities of that
 series that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with
 interest upon such principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent that
 such payment is enforceable under applicable law, upon overdue installments
 of interest, at the rate per annum expressed in the Securities of that
 series to the date of such payment or deposit) and the amount payable to
 the Trustee under Section 7.06, and (ii) any and all Events of Default
 under the Indenture with respect to such series, other than the nonpayment
 of principal on Securities of that series that shall not have become due by
 their terms, shall have been remedied or waived as provided in Section
 6.06.
  
           No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect
 any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon. 
  
           (d)  In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any
 right with respect to Securities of that series under this Indenture and
 such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such
 rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have been
 determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the
 Company, and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their former
 positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the
 Company and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceedings had
 been taken.
  
           SECTION 6.02   Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
                          Enforcement by Trustee. 
  
           (a)  The Company covenants that (1) in case it shall default in
 the payment of any installment of interest on any of the Securities of a
 series, or any payment required by any sinking or analogous fund
 established with respect to that series as and when the same shall have
 become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period
 of 90 Business Days, or (2) in case it shall default in the payment of the
 principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of a series
 when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon maturity of
 the Securities of a series or upon redemption or upon declaration or
 otherwise, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the
 Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Securities of that series,
 the whole amount that then shall have been become due and payable on all
 such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) or interest, or both,
 as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal (and premium,
 if any) and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable
 under applicable law) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate per
 annum expressed in the Securities of that series; and, in addition thereto,
 such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses
 of collection, and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06.
  
           (b)  If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon
 such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express
 trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or
 proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and
 unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or
 final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the
 Company or other obligor upon the Securities of that series and collect the
 moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out
 of the property of the Company or other obligor upon the Securities of that
 series, wherever situated.
  
           (c)  In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
 bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or
 judicial proceedings affected the Company, or its creditors or property,
 the Trustee shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and take any
 action therein that may be permitted by the court and shall (except as may
 be otherwise provided by law) be entitled to file such proofs of claim and
 other papers and documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to
 have the claims of the Trustee and of the holders of Securities of such
 series allowed for the entire amount due and payable by the Company under
 the Indenture at the date of institution of such proceedings and for any
 additional amount that may become due and payable by the Company after such
 date, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
 deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute the same after the
 deduction of the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06; and any
 receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby
 authorized by each of the holders of Securities of such series to make such
 payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent
 to the making of such payments directly to such Securityholders, to pay to
 the Trustee any amount due it under Section 7.06.
  
           (d)  All rights of action and of asserting claims under this
 Indenture, or under any of the terms established with respect to Securities
 of that series, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of
 any of such Securities, or the production thereof at any trial or other
 proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by
 the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express
 trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for payment to
 the Trustee of any amounts due under Section 7.06, be for the ratable
 benefit of the holders of the Securities of such series.
  
           In case of an Event of Default hereunder, the Trustee may in its
 discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this
 Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
 deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at
 law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific
 enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or in
 aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce
 any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture
 or by law. 
  
           Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee
 to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
 Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
 composition affecting the Securities of that series or the rights of any
 holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim
 of any Securityholder in any such proceeding. 
  
           SECTION 6.03   Application of Moneys Collected.
  
           Any moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article with
 respect to a particular series of Securities shall be applied in the
 following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of
 the distribution of such moneys on account of principal (or premium, if
 any) or interest, upon presentation of the Securities of that series, and
 notation thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender
 thereof if fully paid: 
  
           FIRST:  To the payment of costs and expenses of collection and of
      all amounts payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06; and 
  
           SECOND:  To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon
      Securities of such series for principal (and premium, if any) and
      interest, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money
      has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any
      kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for
      principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively. 
  
           SECTION 6.04   Limitation on Suits.
  
           No holder of any Security of any series shall have any right by
 virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any
 suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with
 respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee,
 or for any other remedy hereunder, unless (i) such holder previously shall
 have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the
 continuance thereof with respect to the Securities of such series
 specifying such Event of Default, as hereinbefore provided; (ii) the
 holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
 Securities of such series then Outstanding shall have made written request
 upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own
 name as trustee hereunder; (iii) such holder or holders shall have offered
 to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the
 costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby; and (iv)
 the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer
 of indemnity, shall have failed to institute any such action, suit or
 proceeding and (v) during such 60 day period, the holders of a majority in
 principal amount of the Securities of that series do not give the Trustee a
 direction inconsistent with the request. 
  
           Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, any
 other provisions of this Indenture, the right of any holder of any Security
 to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
 on such Security, as therein provided, on or after the respective due dates
 expressed in such Security (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption
 date), or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or
 after such respective dates or redemption date, shall not be impaired or
 affected without the consent of such holder and by accepting a Security
 hereunder it is expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker
 and holder of every Security of such series with every other such taker and
 holder and the Trustee, that no one or more holders of Securities of such
 series shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue or by
 availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice
 the rights of the holders of any other of such Securities, or to obtain or
 seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such holder, or to
 enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein
 provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of
 Securities of such series.  For the protection and enforcement of the
 provisions of this Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee
 shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in
 equity. 
  
           SECTION 6.05   Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission
                          Not Waiver. 
  
           (a)  Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.07, all powers and
 remedies given by this Article to the Trustee or to the Securityholders
 shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not
 exclusive of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the
 holders of the Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce
 the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in
 this Indenture or otherwise established with respect to such Securities.
  
           (b)  No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any
 of the Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of
 Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right
 or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or on
 acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.04, every
 power and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or the
 Securityholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall
 be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Securityholders.
  
           SECTION 6.06   Control by Securityholders.
  
           The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
 Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, determined in accordance
 with Section 8.04, shall have the right to direct the time, method and
 place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee,
 or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to
 such series; provided, however, that such direction shall not be in
 conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture or be unduly
 prejudicial to the rights of holders of Securities of any other series at
 the time Outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04.  Subject
 to the provisions of Section 7.01, the Trustee shall have the right to
 decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by
 a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, determine that the
 proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability. 
 The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
 of any series at the time Outstanding affected thereby, determined in
 accordance with Section 8.04, may on behalf of the holders of all of the
 Securities of such series waive any past default in the performance of any
 of the covenants contained herein or established pursuant to Section 2.01
 with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default in the
 payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any of the
 Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due by the
 terms of such Securities otherwise than by acceleration (unless such
 default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments
 of interest and principal and any premium has been deposited with the
 Trustee (in accordance with Section 6.01(c)).  Upon any such waiver, the
 default covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured for all purposes of
 this Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the
 Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and
 rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any
 subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon. 
  
           SECTION 6.07   Undertaking to Pay Costs.  
  
           All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any
 Securities by such holder's acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have
 agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the
 enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit
 against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the
 filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the
 costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess
 reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party
 litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of
 the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of
 this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any
 suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group of Securityholders, holding
 more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
 of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the
 enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
 interest on any Security of such series, on or after the respective due
 dates expressed in such Security or established pursuant to this Indenture. 
  
  
                                ARTICLE VII.

                           CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
  
           SECTION 7.01   Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.
  
           (a)  The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default
 with respect to the Securities of a series and after the curing of all
 Events of Default with respect to the Securities of that series that may
 have occurred, shall undertake to perform with respect to the Securities of
 such series such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth
 in this Indenture, and no implied covenants shall be read into this
 Indenture against the Trustee.  In case an Event of Default with respect to
 the Securities of a series has occurred (that has not been cured or
 waived), the Trustee shall exercise with respect to Securities of that
 series such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and
 use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man
 would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own
 affairs.
  
           (b)  No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve
 the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent
 failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
  
           (1)  prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect
      to the Securities of a series and after the curing or waiving of all
      such Events of Default with respect to that series that may have
      occurred:
  
                (i)  the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall
           with respect to the Securities of such series be determined
           solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the
           Trustee shall not be liable with respect to the Securities
           of such series except for the performance of such duties and
           obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture,
           and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into
           this Indenture against the Trustee; and
  
                (ii) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the
           Trustee, the Trustee may with respect to the Securities of
           such series conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
           statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
           therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the
           Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
           Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or
           opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically
           required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall
           be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or
           not they conform to the requirement of this Indenture;
  
           (2)  the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
      made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of
      the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee, was negligent
      in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
  
           (3)  the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
      taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with
      the direction of the holders of not less than a majority in principal
      amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding
      relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
      for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or
      power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to
      the Securities of that series; and
  
           (4)  None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall
      require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
      personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
      or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is
      reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or
      liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this
      Indenture or adequate indemnity against such risk is not reasonably
      assured to it.
  
           SECTION 7.02   Certain Rights of Trustee.
  
           Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01: 
           (a)  The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
 refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
 instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval,
 bond, security or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and
 to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
  
           (b)  Any request, direction, order or demand of the Company
 mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution or
 an instrument signed in the name of the Company, by the Chairman or any
 Vice President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the
 Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer thereof (unless other evidence in
 respect thereof is specifically prescribed herein);
  
           (c)  The Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice
 of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
 authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or
 omitted hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
  
           (d)  The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
 the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order
 or direction of any of the Securityholders, pursuant to the provisions of
 this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the
 Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
 liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby; nothing contained
 herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the
 occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to a series of the
 Securities (that has not been cured or waived) to exercise with respect to
 Securities of that series such of the rights and powers vested in it by
 this Indenture, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their
 exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in
 the conduct of his own affairs;
  
           (e)  The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or
 omitted to be taken by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized
 or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this
 Indenture;
  
           (f)  The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
 into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
 instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval,
 bond, security, or other papers or documents, unless requested in writing
 so to do by the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of
 the Outstanding Securities of the particular series affected thereby
 (determined as provided in Section 8.04); provided, however, that if the
 payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or
 liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation
 is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by
 the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may
 require reasonable indemnity against such costs, expenses or liabilities as
 a condition to so proceeding.  The reasonable expense of every such
 examination shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall
 be repaid by the Company upon demand; and
  
           (g)  The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
 hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through
 agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any
 misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed
 with due care by it hereunder.
  
           SECTION 7.03   Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance
                          or Securities. 
  
           (a)  The recitals contained herein and in the Securities shall be
 taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no
 responsibility for the correctness of the same.
  
           (b)  The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
 sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities.
  
           (c)  The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or
 application by the Company of any of the Securities or of the proceeds of
 such Securities, or for the use or application of any moneys paid over by
 the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture or
 established pursuant to Section 2.01, or for the use or application of any
 moneys received by any paying agent other than the Trustee.
  
           SECTION 7.04   May Hold Securities.
  
           The Trustee or any paying agent or Security Registrar, in its
 individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
 Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee,
 paying agent or Security Registrar. 
  
           SECTION 7.05   Moneys Held in Trust.
  
           Subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, all moneys received
 by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in
 trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be
 segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.  The
 Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any moneys received by
 it hereunder except such as it may agree with the Company to pay thereon. 
  
           SECTION 7.06   Compensation and Reimbursement.
  
           (a)  The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee, and
 the Trustee shall be entitled to, such reasonable compensation (which shall
 not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
 trustee of an express trust), as the Company, and the Trustee may from time
 to time agree in writing, for all services rendered by it in the execution
 of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of
 the powers and duties hereunder of the Trustee, and, except as otherwise
 expressly provided herein, the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee
 upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances
 incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of
 this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
 disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its
 employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from
 its negligence or bad faith.  The Company also covenants to indemnify the
 Trustee (and its officers, agents, directors and employees) for, and to
 hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without
 negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee and arising out of or in
 connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including
 the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability
 in the premises.
  
           (b)  The obligations of the Company under this Section to
 compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee
 for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional
 indebtedness hereunder.  Such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a
 lien prior to that of the Securities upon all property and funds held or
 collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the
 benefit of the holders of particular Securities.
  
           SECTION 7.07   Reliance on Officers' Certificate.
  
           Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the
 administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem
 it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
 taking or suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, such matter
 (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically
 prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of
 the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an
 Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee and such certificate, in the
 absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be
 full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be
 taken by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof. 
  
           SECTION 7.08   Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
  
           If the Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting interest"
 within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the
 Trustee and the Company shall in all respects comply with the provisions of
 Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. 
  
           SECTION 7.09   Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
  
           There shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to the
 Securities issued hereunder which shall at all times be a corporation
 organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America
 or any State or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a
 corporation or other Person permitted to act as trustee by the Commission,
 authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a
 combined capital and surplus of at least 50 million U.S. dollars
 ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State,
 Territorial, or District of Columbia authority.  If such corporation
 publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
 requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for
 the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
 corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set
 forth in its most recent report of condition so published.  The Company may
 not, nor may any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by,
 or under common control with the Company, serve as Trustee.  In case at any
 time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
 provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the
 manner and with the effect specified in Section 7.10. 
  
           SECTION 7.10   Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
  
           (a)  The Trustee or any successor hereafter appointed, may at any
 time resign with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving
 written notice thereof to the Company and by transmitting notice of
 resignation by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Securityholders of
 such series, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security
 Register.  Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall
 promptly appoint a successor trustee with respect to Securities of such
 series by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board
 of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the
 resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee.  If no successor
 trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within
 30 days after the mailing of such notice of resignation, the resigning
 Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
 appointment of a successor trustee with respect to Securities of such
 series, or any Securityholder of that series who has been a bona fide
 holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months may on behalf of
 himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the
 appointment of a successor trustee.  Such court may thereupon after such
 notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor
 trustee.
  
           (b)  In case at any time any one of the following shall occur:
  
           (1)  the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of
      Section 7.08 after written request therefor by the Company or by any
      Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or
      Securities for at least six months; or
  
           (2)  the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
      the provisions of Section 7.09 and shall fail to resign after written
      request therefor by the Company or by any such Securityholder; or
  
           (3)  the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be
      adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or commence a voluntary bankruptcy
      proceeding, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be
      appointed or consented to, or any public officer shall take charge or
      control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose
      of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then, in any such
      case, the Company may remove the Trustee with respect to all
      Securities and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in
      duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of
      which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one
      copy to the successor trustee, or, unless the Trustee's duty to resign
      is stayed as provided herein, any Securityholder who has been a bona
      fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months may,
      on behalf of that holder and all others similarly situated, petition
      any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and
      the appointment of a successor trustee.  Such court may thereupon
      after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove
      the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.
  
           (c)  The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
 the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding may at any time remove
 the Trustee with respect to such series by so notifying the Trustee and the
 Company and may appoint a successor Trustee for such series with the
 consent of the Company.
  
           (d)  Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of
 a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of a series pursuant to
 any of the provisions of this Section shall become effective upon
 acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section
 7.11.
  
           (e)  Any successor trustee appointed pursuant to this Section may
 be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more series or all of
 such series, and at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect
 to the Securities of any particular series.
  
           SECTION 7.11   Acceptance of Appointment By Successor.
  
           (a)  In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee
 with respect to all Securities, every such successor trustee so appointed
 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring
 Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
 resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and
 such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
 become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
 retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor
 trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute
 and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the
 rights, powers, and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign,
 transfer and deliver to such successor trustee all property and money held
 by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
  
           (b)  In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee
 with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the
 Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor trustee with respect to
 the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture
 supplemental hereto wherein each successor trustee shall accept such
 appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be
 necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each
 successor trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
 Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
 appointment of such successor trustee relates, (2) shall contain such
 provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all
 the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect
 to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee
 is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and
 (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall
 be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
 hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein
 or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees
 co-trustees of the same trust, that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a
 trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts
 hereunder administered by any other such Trustee and that no Trustee shall
 be responsible for any act or failure to act on the part of any other
 Trustee hereunder; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental
 indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
 effective to the extent provided therein, such retiring Trustee shall with
 respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment
 of such successor trustee relates have no further responsibility for the
 exercise of rights and powers or for the performance of the duties and
 obligations vested in the Trustee under this Indenture, and each such
 successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
 become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
 retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to
 which the appointment of such successor trustee relates; but, on request of
 the Company or any successor trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly
 assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee, to the extent
 contemplated by such supplemental indenture, the property and money held by
 such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or
 those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates.
  
           (c)  Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company
 shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting
 in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights, powers and
 trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may
 be.
  
           (d)  No successor trustee shall accept its appointment unless at
 the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified and
 eligible under this Article.
  
           (e)  Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as
 provided in this Section, the Company shall transmit notice of the
 succession of such trustee hereunder by mail, first class postage prepaid,
 to the Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the
 Security Register.  If the Company fails to transmit such notice within ten
 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the
 successor trustee shall cause such notice to be transmitted at the expense
 of the Company.
  
           SECTION 7.12   Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
 Business.
  
           Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted
 or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
 merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party,
 or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of the
 Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that
 such corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08
 and eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09, without the execution or
 filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties
 hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.  In case any
 Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee
 then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to
 such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the
 Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor
 Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities. 
  
           SECTION 7.13   Preferential Collection of Claims Against the
 Company.
  
           The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust
 Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship described in Section
 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.  A Trustee who has resigned or been
 removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to
 the extent included therein. 
  
  
                                ARTICLE VIII.

                       CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
  
           SECTION 8.01   Evidence of Action by Securityholders.
  
           Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a
 majority or specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the
 Securities of a particular series may take any action (including the making
 of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or
 the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any
 such action the holders of such majority or specified percentage of that
 series have joined therein may be evidenced by any instrument or any number
 of instruments of similar tenor executed by such holders of Securities of
 that series in Person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing. 
  
           If the Company shall solicit from the Securityholders of any
 series any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
 waiver or other action, the Company may, at its option, as evidenced by an
 Officers' Certificate, fix in advance a record date for such series for the
 determination of Securityholders entitled to give such request, demand,
 authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the
 Company shall have no obligation to do so.  If such a record date is fixed,
 such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
 other action may be given before or after the record date, but only the
 Securityholders of record at the close of business on the record date shall
 be deemed to be Securityholders for the purposes of determining whether
 Securityholders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities of
 that series have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand,
 authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for
 that purpose the Outstanding Securities of that series shall be computed as
 of the record date; provided, however, that no such authorization,
 agreement or consent by such Securityholders on the record date shall be
 deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the
 provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record
 date. 
  
           SECTION 8.02   Proof of Execution by Securityholders.
  
           Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, proof of the execution
 of any instrument by a Securityholder (such proof will not require
 notarization) or his agent or proxy and proof of the holding by any Person
 of any of the Securities shall be sufficient if made in the following
 manner: 
  
           (a)  The fact and date of the execution by any such Person of any
 instrument may be proved in any reasonable manner acceptable to the
 Trustee.
  
           (b)  The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security
 Register of such Securities or by a certificate of the Security Registrar
 thereof.
  
           (c)  The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter
 referred to in this Section as it shall deem necessary.
  
           SECTION 8.03   Who May be Deemed Owners.
  
           Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of any
 Security, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Security
 Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name such Security shall
 be registered upon the books of the Company as the absolute owner of such
 Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding
 any notice of ownership or writing thereon made by anyone other than the
 Security Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account
 of the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.03)
 interest on such Security and for all other purposes; and neither the
 Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Security Registrar
 shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. 
  
           SECTION 8.04   Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded.
  
           In determining whether the holders of the requisite aggregate
 principal amount of Securities of a particular series have concurred in any
 direction, consent of waiver under this Indenture, the Securities of that
 series that are owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities
 of that series or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or
 controlled by or under common control with the Company or any other obligor
 on the Securities of that series shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
 Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the
 purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on
 any such direction, consent or waiver, only Securities of such series that
 the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.  The
 Securities so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
 Outstanding for the purposes of this Section, if the pledgee shall
 establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act
 with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not a Person
 directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
 indirect common control with the Company or any such other obligor.  In
 case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon
 the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. 
  
           SECTION 8.05   Actions Binding on Future Securityholders.
  
           At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the
 Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the
 holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the
 Securities of a particular series specified in this Indenture in connection
 with such action, any holder of a Security of that series that is shown by
 the evidence to be included in the Securities the holders of which have
 consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee,
 and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02, revoke such action
 so far as concerns such Security.  Except as aforesaid any such action
 taken by the holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon
 such holder and upon all future holders and owners of such Security, and of
 any Security issued in exchange therefor, on registration of transfer
 thereof or in place thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in
 regard thereto is made upon such Security.  Any action taken by the holders
 of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the
 Securities of a particular series specified in this Indenture in connection
 with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the
 Trustee and the holders of all the Securities of that series. 
  
  
                                 ARTICLE IX.

                           SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
  
           SECTION 9.01   Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of
 Securityholders.
  
           In addition to any supplemental indenture otherwise authorized by
 this Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at
 any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which
 shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in
 effect), without the consent of the Securityholders, for one or more of the
 following purposes: 
  
           (a)  to cure any ambiguity, defect, or inconsistency herein, in
 the Securities of any series;
  
           (b)  to comply with Article Ten;
  
           (c)  to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or
 in place of certificated Securities;
  
           (d)  to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of
 the holders of all or any Series of Securities (and if such covenants are
 to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that
 such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such
 series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
 Company;
  
           (e)  to add to, delete from, or revise the conditions,
 limitations, and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms, or purposes
 of issue, authentication, and delivery of Securities, as herein set forth;
  
           (f)  to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights
 of any Securityholder in any material respect; or
  
           (g)  to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and
 terms and conditions of the Securities of any series as provided in Section
 2.01, to establish the form of any certifications required to be furnished
 pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or any series of Securities, or to
 add to the rights of the holders of any series of Securities.
  
           The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the
 execution of any such supplemental indenture, and to make any further
 appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but
 the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental
 indenture that affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under
 this Indenture or otherwise. 
  
           Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this
 Section may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent
 of the holders of any of the Securities at the time Outstanding,
 notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02. 
  
           SECTION 9.02   Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
 Securityholders.
  
           With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 8.01) of the
 holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
 Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture or
 indentures at the time Outstanding, the Company, when authorized by  Board
 Resolutions, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter
 into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to
 the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect) for the
 purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
 eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental
 indenture or of modifying in any manner not covered by Section 9.01 the
 rights of the holders of the Securities of such series under this
 Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall,
 without the consent of the holders of each Security then Outstanding and
 affected thereby, (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Securities of any
 series, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or
 extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium
 payable upon the redemption thereof or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage
 of Securities, the holders of which are required to consent to any such
 supplemental indenture. 
  
           It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders
 of any series affected thereby under this Section to approve the particular
 form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if
 such consent shall approve the substance thereof. 
  
           SECTION 9.03   Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
  
           Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the
 provisions of this Article or of Section 10.01, this Indenture shall, with
 respect to such series, be and be deemed to be modified and amended in
 accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights,
 obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the
 Company and the holders of Securities of the series affected thereby shall
 thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all
 respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and
 conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be
 part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all
 purposes. 
  
           SECTION 9.04   Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures.
  
           Securities of any series, affected by a supplemental indenture,
 authenticated and delivered after the execution of such supplemental
 indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Section 10.01,
 may bear a notation in form approved by the Company, provided such form
 meets the requirements of any exchange upon which such series may be
 listed, as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture.  If
 the Company shall so determine, new Securities of that series so modified
 as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, to
 any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental
 indenture may be prepared by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee and
 delivered in exchange for the Securities of that series then Outstanding. 
  
           SECTION 9.05   Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
  
           Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by its Board
 Resolutions authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture,
 and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of
 Securityholders required to consent thereto as aforesaid, the Trustee shall
 join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture
 unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee's own rights, duties
 or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee
 may in its discretion but shall not be obligated to enter into such
 supplemental indenture.  The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section
 7.01, may receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any
 supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article is authorized or
 permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Article and that it is
 proper for the Trustee under the provisions of this Article to join in the
 execution thereof; provided, however, that such Opinion of Counsel need not
 be provided in connection with the execution of a supplemental indenture
 that establishes the terms of a series of Securities pursuant to Section
 2.01 hereof. 
  
           Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of
 any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the
 Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, a notice,
 setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental
 indenture, to the Securityholders of all series affected thereby as their
 names and addresses appear upon the  Security Register.  Any failure of the
 Trustee to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in
 any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture. 
  
  
                                 ARTICLE X.

                            SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
  
           SECTION 10.01  Company May Consolidate, Etc.
  
           Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities
 shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any
 other corporation or corporations (whether or not affiliated with the
 Company) or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or
 its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent
 any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of the property of the
 Company or its successor or successors as an entirety, or substantially as
 an entirety, to any other corporation (whether or not affiliated with the
 Company or its successor or successors) authorized to acquire and operate
 the same; provided, however, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that,
 upon any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other
 disposition, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (premium, if
 any) and interest on all of the Securities of all series in accordance with
 the terms of each series, according to their tenor and the due and punctual
 performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of this
 Indenture with respect to each series or established with respect to such
 series pursuant to Section 2.01 to be kept or performed by the Company
 shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture (which shall conform
 to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect)
 satisfactory in form to the Trustee executed and delivered to the Trustee
 by the entity formed by such consolidation, or into which the Company shall
 have been merged, or by the entity which shall have acquired such property. 
  
           SECTION 10.02  Successor Corporation Substituted.
  
           (a)  In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance,
 transfer or other disposition and upon the assumption by the successor
 corporation, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the
 Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual
 payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all of the
 Securities of all series Outstanding and the due and punctual performance
 of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture or established
 with respect to each series of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 to
 be performed by the Company with respect to each series, such successor
 corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company with the
 same effect as if it had been named as the Company herein, and thereupon
 the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and
 covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
  
           (b)  In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance,
 transfer or other disposition such changes in phraseology and form (but not
 in substance) may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may
 be appropriate.
  
           (c)  Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the
 Securities shall prevent the Company from merging into itself or acquiring
 by purchase or otherwise all or any part of the property of any other
 Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company).
  
           SECTION 10.03  Evidence of Consolidation, Etc. to Trustee.
  
           The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, may
 receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such
 consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, and
 any such assumption, comply with the provisions of this Article. 
  
  
                                 ARTICLE XI.

                         SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
  
           SECTION 11.01  Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
  
           If at any time:  (a) the Company shall have delivered to the
 Trustee for cancellation all Securities of a series theretofore
 authenticated (other than any Securities that shall have ben destroyed,
 lost or stolen and that shall have been replaced or paid as provided in
 Section 2.07) and Securities for whose payment money or Governmental
 Obligations have theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held
 in trust by the Company  (and thereupon repaid to the Company or discharged
 from such trust, as provided in Section 11.05); or (b) all such Securities
 of a particular series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
 cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to
 become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption
 within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the
 giving of notice of redemption, and the Company shall deposit or cause to
 be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds the entire amount in  moneys
 or Governmental Obligations sufficient or a combination thereof, sufficient
 in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
 accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
 Trustee, to pay at maturity or upon redemption all Securities of that
 series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including
 principal (and premium, if any) and interest due or to become due to such
 date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and if
 the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable
 hereunder with respect to such series by the Company then this Indenture
 shall thereupon cease to be of further effect with respect to such series
 except for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03
 and 7.10, that shall survive until the date of maturity or redemption date,
 as the case may be, and Sections 7.06 and 11.05, that shall survive to such
 date and thereafter, and the Trustee, on demand of the Company and at the
 cost and expense of the Company shall execute proper instruments
 acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect
 to such series. 
  
           SECTION 11.02  Discharge of Obligations.
  
           If at any time all such Securities of a particular series not
 heretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or that have not
 become due and payable as described in Section 11.01 shall have been paid
 by the Company  by depositing irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds
 moneys or an amount of Governmental Obligations sufficient to pay at
 maturity or upon redemption all such Securities of that series not
 theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal
 (and premium, if any) and interest due or to become due to such date of
 maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and if the
 Company  shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable
 hereunder by the Company  with respect to such series, then after the date
 such moneys or Governmental Obligations, as the case may be, are deposited
 with the Trustee the obligations of the Company  under this Indenture with
 respect to such series shall cease to be of further effect except for the
 provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4,01, 4.02, 4,03, 7.06, 7.10 and
 11.05 hereof that shall survive until such Securities shall mature and be
 paid.  Thereafter, Sections 7.06 and 11.05 shall survive. 
  
           SECTION 11.03  Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust.
  
           All moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with the Trustee
 pursuant to Sections 11.01 or 11.02 shall be held in trust and shall be
 available for payment as due, either directly or through any paying agent
 (including the Company acting as its own paying agent), to the holders of
 the particular series of Securities for the payment or redemption of which
 such moneys or Governmental Obligations have been deposited with the
 Trustee. 
  
           SECTION 11.04  Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents.
  
           In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this
 Indenture all moneys or Governmental Obligations then held by any paying
 agent under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon demand of the
 Company, be paid to the Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall be
 released from all further liability with respect to such moneys or
 Governmental Obligations. 
  
           SECTION 11.05  Repayment to Company.
  
           Any moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with any paying
 agent or the Trustee, or then held by the Company, in trust for payment of
 principal of or premium or interest on the Securities of a particular
 series that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the holders of such
 Securities for at least two years after the date upon which the principal
 of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Securities shall have
 respectively become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company on May
 31 of each year or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from
 such trust; and thereupon the paying agent and the Trustee shall be
 released from all further liability with respect to such moneys or
 Governmental Obligations, and the holder of any of the Securities entitled
 to receive such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor,
 look only to the Company for the payment thereof. 
  
  
                                ARTICLE XII.

              IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS
                               AND DIRECTORS 
  
           SECTION 12.01  No Recourse.
  
           No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement
 of this Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or
 otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator,
 stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future as such, of the
 Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or
 through the Company or any such predecessor or successor corporation,
 whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the
 enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly
 understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are
 solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever
 shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators,
 stockholders, officers or directors as such, of the Company or of any
 predecessor or successor corporation, or any of them, because of the
 creation of  the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of
 the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in
 any of the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such
 personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in
 equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and
 claims against, every such incorporator, stockholder, officer or director
 as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or
 under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in
 this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby
 expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration
 for, the execution of this Indenture and the issuance of such Securities. 
  
  
                                ARTICLE XIII.

                          MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
  
           SECTION 13.01  Effect on Successors and Assigns.
  
           All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this
 Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Company shall bind their
 respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. 
  
           SECTION 13.02  Actions by Successor.
  
           Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture
 authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or
 officer of the Company shall and may be done and performed with like force
 and effect by the corresponding board, committee or officer of any
 corporation that shall at the time be the lawful sole successor of the
 Company. 
  
           SECTION 13.03  Surrender of Company Powers.
  
           The Company by instrument in writing executed by authority of 2/3
 (two-thirds) of its Board of Directors and delivered to the Trustee may
 surrender any of the powers reserved to the Company, and thereupon such
 power so surrendered shall terminate both as to the Company and as to any
 successor corporation. 
  
           SECTION 13.04  Notices.
  
           Except as otherwise expressly provided herein any notice or
 demand that by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to
 be given or served by the Trustee or by the holders of Securities to or on
 the Company may be given or served by being deposited first class postage
 prepaid in a post-office letterbox addressed (until another address is
 filed in writing by the Company with the Trustee), as follows:  Marsh &
 McLennan Companies, Inc., 1166 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 
 10036-2774.  Any notice, election, request or demand by the Company or any
 Securityholder to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been
 sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made in writing
 at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. 
  
           SECTION 13.05  Governing Law.
  
           This Indenture and each Security shall be deemed to be a contract
 made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes
 shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State. 
  
           SECTION 13.06  Treatment of Securities as Debt.
  
           It is intended that the Securities will be treated as
 indebtedness and not as equity for federal income tax purposes.  The
 provisions of this Indenture shall be interpreted to further this
 intention. 
  
           SECTION 13.07  Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
  
           (a)  Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee
 to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the
 Company, shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that
 all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the
 proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating
 that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been
 complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as
 to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any
 provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or
 demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
  
           (b)  Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture
 and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or
 covenant in this Indenture shall include (1) a statement that the Person
 making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (2)
 a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
 investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
 certificate or opinion are based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of
 such Person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary
 to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
 covenant or condition has been complied with; and (4) a statement as to
 whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant
 has been complied with.
  
           SECTION 13.08  Payments on Business Days.
  
           Except as provided pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board
 Resolution, and as set forth in an Officers' Certificate, or established in
 one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture, in any case where
 the date of maturity of interest or principal of any Security or the date
 of redemption of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then payment of
 interest or principal (and premium, if any) may be made on the next
 succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the
 nominal date of maturity or redemption, and no interest shall accrue for
 the period after such nominal date. 
  
           SECTION 13.09  Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
  
           If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits,
 qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317,
 inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control. 
  
           SECTION 13.10  Counterparts.
  
           This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts,
 each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together
 constitute but one and the same instrument. 
  
           SECTION 13.11  Separability.
  
           In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this
 Indenture or in the Securities of any series shall for any reason be held
 to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity,
 illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of
 this Indenture or of such Securities, but this Indenture and such
 Securities shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or
 unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein. 
  
           SECTION 13.12  Assignment.
  
           The Company will have the right at all times to assign any of its
 rights or obligations under this Indenture to a direct or indirect wholly-
 owned Subsidiary of the Company, provided that, in the event of any such
 assignment, the Company, will remain liable for all such obligations. 
 Subject to the foregoing, the Indenture is binding upon and inures to the
 benefit of the parties thereto and their respective successors and assigns. 
 This Indenture may not otherwise be assigned by the parties thereto. 

           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture
 to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written. 
  
                               MARSH & McLENNAN COMPANIES, INC. 
  
   
                               By: __________________________________
                                   Name: 
                                   Title: 
  
  
                               STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, 
                                as Trustee 
  
  
                               By: __________________________________
                                   Name: 
                                   Title: 





                                                              Exhibit 4.2

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                      MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES INC.,
                                   Issuer




                                    AND


                    STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
                                  Trustee


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



                                 INDENTURE

                           Dated as of [ ], 1999


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



                        Subordinated Debt Securities


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                            CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*


    Section of
Trust Indenture Act                                    Section of
of 1939, as amended                                    Indenture 
- -------------------                                    ----------

310(a)...................................................7.09
310(b)...................................................7.08
                                                         7.10
310(c)...................................................Inapplicable
311(a)...................................................7.13(a)
311(b)...................................................7.13(b)
311(c)...................................................Inapplicable
312(a).................................................. 5.01
                                                         5.02(a)
312(b)...................................................5.02(b)
312(c)...................................................5.02(c)
313(a)...................................................5.04(a)
313(b)...................................................5.04(b)
313(c)...................................................5.04(a)
                                                         5.04(b)
313(d)...................................................5.04(c)
314(a)...................................................5.03
314(b)...................................................Inapplicable
314(c)...................................................13.06
314(d)...................................................Inapplicable
314(e)...................................................13.06
314(f)...................................................Inapplicable
315(a)...................................................7.01(a)
                                                         7.02
315(b)...................................................6.07
315(c)...................................................7.01
315(d)...................................................7.01(b)
                                                         7.01(c)
315(e)...................................................6.07
316(a)...................................................6.06
                                                         8.04
316(b)...................................................6.04
316(c)...................................................8.01
317(a)...................................................6.02
317(b)...................................................4.03
318(a)..................................................13.08

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*     This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Indenture
      and shall not have any bearing on the interpretation of any of its
      terms or provisions.




                             TABLE OF CONTENTS*

                                                                     Page
                                                                     ----

PARTIES............................................................    1

RECITALS............................................................   1

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*     This Table of Contents does not constitute part of the Indenture and
      shall not have any bearing upon the interpretation of any of its
      terms or provisions.


                                 ARTICLE I.

                                DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01 Definitions of Terms..................................    1
            Affiliate..............................................    1
            Authenticating Agent...................................    2
            Bankruptcy Law.........................................    2
            Board of Directors.....................................    2
            Board Resolution.......................................    2
            Business Day...........................................    2
            Certificate............................................    2
            Company................................................    2
            Corporate Trust Office.................................    2
            Custodian..............................................    2
            Default................................................    3
            Depositary.............................................    3
            Event of Default.......................................    3
            Global Security........................................    3
            Governmental Obligations...............................    3
            "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder".....................    3
            Indenture..............................................    3
            Interest Payment Date..................................    3
            Officers' Certificate..................................    4
            Opinion of Counsel.....................................    4
            Outstanding............................................    4
            Person.................................................    4
            Predecessor Security...................................    4
            Responsible Officer....................................    4
            Securityholder.........................................    5
            Subsidiary.............................................    5
            Trustee................................................    5
            Trust Indenture Act....................................    5
            Voting Stock...........................................    5


                                ARTICLE II.

                   ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION,
                  REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

SECTION 2.01  Designation and Terms of Securities...................   5
SECTION 2.02  Form of Securities and Trustee's Certificate..........   8
SECTION 2.03  Denominations:  Provisions for Payment................   8
SECTION 2.04  Execution and Authentications.........................  10
SECTION 2.05  Registration of Transfer and Exchange.................  11
SECTION 2.06  Temporary Securities..................................  12
SECTION 2.07  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities.......  12
SECTION 2.08  Cancellation..........................................  13
SECTION 2.09  Benefits of Indenture.................................  13
SECTION 2.10  Authenticating Agent..................................  14
SECTION 2.11  Global Securities.....................................  14

                                ARTICLE III

                REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS

SECTION 3.01  Redemption............................................  15
SECTION 3.02  Notice of Redemption..................................  16
SECTION 3.03  Payment Upon Redemption................................ 17
SECTION 3.04  Sinking Fund........................................... 17
SECTION 3.05  Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with 
              Securities............................................. 18
SECTION 3.06  Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.............. 18

                                ARTICLE IV.

                             CERTAIN COVENANTS

SECTION 4.01  Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest............. 18
SECTION 4.02  Maintenance of Office or Agency........................ 19
SECTION 4.03  Paying Agents.......................................... 19
SECTION 4.04  Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee....... 21
SECTION 4.05  Compliance with Consolidation Provisions............... 21

                                 ARTICLE V.

                     SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS
                       BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 5.01  Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
              Securityholders........................................ 21
SECTION 5.02  Preservation Of Information; Communications With
              Securityholders.......................................  21
SECTION 5.03  Reports by the Company................................  22
SECTION 5.04  Reports by the Trustee................................  22

                                ARTICLE VI.

                REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
                            ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

SECTION 6.01  Events of Default...................................... 23
SECTION 6.02  Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement
              by Trustee............................................. 25
SECTION 6.03  Application of Moneys Collected........................ 26
SECTION 6.04  Limitation on Suits.................................... 27
SECTION 6.05  Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission  
              Not Waiver............................................  28
SECTION 6.06  Control by Securityholders............................  28
SECTION 6.07  Undertaking to Pay Costs..............................  29

                                ARTICLE VII.

                           CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 7.01  Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee........  29
SECTION 7.02  Certain Rights of Trustee.............................  30
SECTION 7.03  Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance 
              or Securities.........................................  32
SECTION 7.04  May Hold Securities...................................  32
SECTION 7.05  Moneys Held in Trust..................................  32
SECTION 7.06  Compensation and Reimbursement........................  32
SECTION 7.07  Reliance on Officers' Certificate...................... 33
SECTION 7.08  Disqualification; Conflicting Interests................ 33
SECTION 7.09  Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility................ 33
SECTION 7.10  Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor...... 34
SECTION 7.11  Acceptance of Appointment By Successor................. 35
SECTION 7.12  Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession 
              to Business...........................................  36
SECTION 7.13  Preferential Collection of Claims Against the 
              Company...............................................  37

                               ARTICLE VIII.

                       CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

SECTION 8.01  Evidence of Action by Securityholders.................  37
SECTION 8.02  Proof of Execution by Securityholders.................  38
SECTION 8.03  Who May be Deemed Owners..............................  38
SECTION 8.04  Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded.......  38
SECTION 8.05  Actions Binding on Future Securityholders.............  39

                                ARTICLE IX.

                          SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

SECTION 9.01  Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of 
              Securityholders.......................................  39
SECTION 9.02  Supplemental Indentures With Consent of 
              Securityholders.......................................  40
SECTION 9.03  Effect of Supplemental Indentures.....................  41
SECTION 9.04  Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures........  41

                                 ARTICLE X.

                           SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

SECTION 10.01  Company May Consolidate, Etc.........................  42
SECTION 10.02  Successor Corporation Substituted....................  42
SECTION 10.03  Evidence of Consolidation, Etc. to Trustee...........  43

                                ARTICLE XI.

                         SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 11.01  Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture..............  43
SECTION 11.02  Discharge of Obligations.............................  44
SECTION 11.03  Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust.................  44
SECTION 11.04  Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents..............  44
SECTION 11.05  Repayment to Company.................................  44

                                ARTICLE XII.

                  IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
                           OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

SECTION 12.01  No Recourse..........................................  45

                               ARTICLE XIII.

                          MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 13.01  Effect on Successors and Assigns.....................  46
SECTION 13.02  Actions by Successor.................................  46
SECTION 13.03  Surrender of Company Powers..........................  46
SECTION 13.04  Notices..............................................  46
SECTION 13.05  Governing Law........................................  46
SECTION 13.06  Treatment of Securities as Debt......................  47
SECTION 13.07  Compliance Certificates and Opinions.................  47
SECTION 13.08  Payments on Business Days............................  47
SECTION 13.09  Conflict with Trust Indenture Act....................  47
SECTION 13.10  Counterparts.........................................  48
SECTION 13.11  Separability.........................................  48
SECTION 13.12  Assignment...........................................  48

                                ARTICLE XIV.

                        SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

SECTION 14.01  Subordination Terms..................................  48




            INDENTURE, dated as of [ ], 1999, among Marsh & McLennan
Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and State Street
Bank and Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"):

            WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has
duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for
the issuance of unsecured subordinated debt securities (hereinafter
referred to as the "Securities"), in an unlimited aggregate principal
amount to be issued from time to time in one or more series as in this
Indenture provided, as registered Securities without coupons, to be
authenticated by the certificate of the Trustee;

            WHEREAS, to provide the terms and conditions upon which the
Securities are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has
duly authorized the execution of this Indenture; and

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

            NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
purchase of the Securities by the holders thereof, it is mutually
covenanted and agreed as follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the
holders of Securities:


                                 ARTICLE I.

                                DEFINITIONS

            SECTION 1.01 Definitions of Terms.

            The terms defined in this Section (except as in this Indenture
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for
all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto
shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section and shall
include the plural as well as the singular. All other terms used in this
Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended,
or that are by reference in such Act defined in the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms
in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the
date of the execution of this instrument.

            "Affiliate" means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) any
Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding with power to
vote 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities or other ownership
interests of the specified Person, (b) any Person 10% or more of whose
outstanding voting securities or other ownership interests are directly or
indirectly owned, controlled or held with power to vote by the specified
Person, (c) any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by,
or under common control with the specified Person, (d) a partnership in
which the specified Person is a general partner, (e) any officer or
director of the specified Person, and (f) if the specified Person is an
individual, any entity of which the specified Person is an officer,
director or general partner.

            "Authenticating Agent" means an authenticating agent with
respect to all or any of the series of Securities appointed with respect to
all or any series of the Securities by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 2.10.

            "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar
federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

            "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the
Company or any duly authorized committee of such Board.

            "Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly
adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the
date of such certification.

            "Business Day" means, with respect to any series of Securities,
any day other than a day on which Federal or State banking institutions in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, are authorized or obligated
by law, executive order or regulation to close.

            "Certificate" means a certificate signed by the principal
executive officer, the principal financial officer, the Treasurer or the
principal accounting officer of the Company. The Certificate need not
comply with the provisions of Section 13.07.

            "Company" means Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a corporation
duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and,
subject to the provisions of Article Ten, shall also include its successors
and assigns.

            "Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at
which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be
principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at [
], except that whenever a provision herein refers to an office or agency of
the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, such office
is located, at the date hereof, at [                ].

            "Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

            "Default" means any event, act or condition that with notice or
lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

            "Depositary" means, with respect to Securities of any series,
for which the Company shall determine that such Securities will be issued
as a Global Security, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York,
another clearing agency, or any successor registered as a clearing agency
under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), or other applicable statute or regulation, which, in each case,
shall be designated by the Company pursuant to either Section 2.01 or 2.11.

            "Event of Default" means, with respect to Securities of a
particular series any event specified in Section 6.01, continued for the
period of time, if any, therein designated.

            "Global Security" means, with respect to any series of
Securities, a Security executed by the Company and delivered by the Trustee
to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary's instruction, all in
accordance with the Indenture, which shall be registered in the name of the
Depositary or its nominee.

            "Governmental Obligations" means securities that are (i) direct
obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its
full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled
or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United
States of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a
full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America that, in
either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer
thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank (as
defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) as
custodian with respect to any such Governmental Obligation or a specific
payment of principal of or interest on any such Governmental Obligation
held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary
receipt; provided, however, that (except as required by law) such custodian
is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the
holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian
in respect of the Governmental Obligation or the specific payment of
principal of or interest on the Governmental Obligation evidenced by such
depositary receipt.

            "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder", and other words of similar
import, refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision.

            "Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as
it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more
indentures supplemental hereto entered into in accordance with the terms
hereof.

            "Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any
installment of interest on a Security of a particular series, means the
date specified in such Security or in a Board Resolution or in an indenture
supplemental hereto with respect to such series as the fixed date on which
an installment of interest with respect to Securities of that series is due
and payable.

            "Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the
Chairman or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer
or the Controller or an Assistant Controller or the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company that is delivered to the Trustee in
accordance with the terms hereof. Each such certificate shall include the
statements provided for in Section 13.07, if and to the extent required by
the provisions thereof.

            "Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion in writing of legal
counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company that is
delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof. Each such
opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.07, if and
to the extent required by the provisions thereof.

            "Outstanding", when used with reference to Securities of any
series, means, subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, as of any
particular time, all Securities of that series theretofore authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except (a) Securities
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or any paying agent, or delivered to
the Trustee or any paying agent for cancellation or that have previously
been canceled; (b) Securities or portions thereof for the payment or
redemption of which moneys or Governmental Obligations in the necessary
amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any
paying agent (other than the Company) or shall have been set aside and
segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own
paying agent); provided, however, that if such Securities or portions of
such Securities are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of
such redemption shall have been given as in Article Three provided, or
provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such
notice; and (c) Securities in lieu of or in substitution for which other
Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the
terms of Section 2.07.

            "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership,
joint-venture, joint-stock company, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

            "Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every
previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 2.07 in
lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence
the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Security.

            "Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee
means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chairman, any Vice
President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, any trust officer, any corporate
trust officer or any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the Persons
who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any
corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.

            "Securities" means the debt Securities authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture.

            "Securityholder", "holder of Securities", "registered holder",
or other similar term, means the Person or Persons in whose name or names a
particular Security shall be registered on the books of the Company kept
for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

            "Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, (i) any
corporation at least a majority of whose outstanding Voting Stock shall at
the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more
of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries,
(ii) any general partnership, joint venture or similar entity, at least a
majority of whose outstanding partnership or similar interests shall at the
time be owned by such Person, or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by
such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries and (iii) any limited
partnership of which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a general
partner.

            "Trustee" means State Street Bank and Trust Company, and,
subject to the provisions of Article Seven, shall also include its
successors and assigns, and, if at any time there is more than one Person
acting in such capacity hereunder, "Trustee" shall mean each such Person.
The term "Trustee" as used with respect to a particular series of the
Securities shall mean the trustee with respect to that series.

            "Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, subject to the provisions of Sections 9.01, 9.02, and 10.01, as in
effect at the date of execution of this instrument.

            "Voting Stock", as applied to stock of any Person, means
shares, interests, participations or other equivalents in the equity
interest (however designated) in such Person having ordinary voting power
for the election of a majority of the directors (or the equivalent) of such
Person, other than shares, interests, participations or other equivalents
having such power only by reason of the occurrence of a contingency.

                                ARTICLE II.

                   ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION,
                  REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

            SECTION 2.01 Designation and Terms of Securities.

            (a) The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The
Securities may be issued in one or more series up to the aggregate
principal amount of Securities of that series from time to time authorized
by or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company or pursuant to one or
more indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the initial issuance of
Securities of any series, there shall be established in or pursuant to a
Board Resolution of the Company, and set forth in an Officers' Certificate
of the Company, or established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto:

            (1)   the title of the Security of the series (which shall
      distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities);

            (2)   any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
      Securities of that series that may be authenticated and delivered
      under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and
      delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in
      lieu of, other Securities of that series);

            (3)   the date or dates on which the principal of the
      Securities of the series is payable;

            (4)   the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series
      shall bear interest or the manner of calculation of such rate or
      rates, if any;

            (5)   the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue,
      the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable or
      the manner of determination of such Interest Payment Dates and the
      record date for the determination of holders to whom interest is
      payable on any such Interest Payment Dates;

            (6)   the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods
      and the duration of such extension;

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

            (8)   the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or
      purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or
      analogous provisions (including payments made in cash in
      participation of future sinking fund obligations) or at the option of
      a holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or
      prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon which, Securities
      of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part,
      pursuant to such obligation;

            (9)   the subordination terms of the Securities of the series;

            (10)  the form of the Securities of the series including the
      form of the Certificate of Authentication for such series;

            (11)  if other than denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars
      ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which
      the Securities of the series shall be issuable;

            (12)  any and all other terms with respect to such series
      (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the terms of this
      Indenture) including any terms which may be required by or advisable
      under United States laws or regulations or advisable in connection
      with the marketing of Securities of that series;

            (13)  whether the Securities are issuable as a Global Security
      and, in such case, the identity for the Depositary for such series;

            (14)  whether the Securities will be convertible into shares of
      common stock or other securities of the Company and, if so, the terms
      and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible,
      including the conversion price and the conversion period;

            (15)  if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion
      of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be
      payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
      pursuant to Section 6.01;

            (16)  any additional or different Events of Default or
      restrictive covenants provided for with respect to the Securities of
      the series; and

            (17)  any provisions granting special rights to holders when a
      specified event occurs; and

            (18)  any special tax implications of the notes, including
      provisions for original issue discount securities, if offered.

            All Securities of any one series shall be substantially
identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided
in or pursuant to any such Board Resolution or in any indentures
supplemental hereto.

            If any of the terms of the series are established by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company, a copy of an
appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior
to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate of the Company setting forth
the terms of the series.

            Securities of any particular series may be issued at various
times, with different dates on which the principal or any installment of
principal is payable, with different rates of interest, if any, or
different methods by which rates of interest may be determined, with
different dates on which such interest may be payable and with different
redemption dates.

            SECTION 2.02 Form of Securities and Trustee's Certificate.

            The Securities of any series and the Trustee's certificate of
authentication to be borne by such Securities shall be substantially of the
tenor and purport as set forth in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto or as provided in a Board Resolution of the Company and as set forth
in an Officers' Certificate of the Company and may have such letters,
numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or
endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the Company may
deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or
regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any
stock exchange on which Securities of that series may be listed, or to
conform to usage.

            SECTION 2.03 Denominations:  Provisions for Payment.

            The Securities shall be issuable as registered Securities and
in the denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral
multiple thereof, subject to Section 2.01(11). The Securities of a
particular series shall bear interest payable on the dates and at the rate
specified with respect to that series. The principal of and the interest on
the Securities of any series, as well as any premium thereon in case of
redemption thereof prior to maturity, shall be payable in the coin or
currency of the United States of America that at the time is legal tender
for public and private debt, at the office or agency of the Company
maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State
of New York. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
composed of twelve 30-day months.

            The interest installment on any Security that is payable, and
is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for
Securities of that series shall be paid to the Person in whose name said
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close
of business on the regular record date for such interest installment. In
the event that any Security of a particular series or portion thereof is
called for redemption and the redemption date is subsequent to a regular
record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such
Interest Payment Date, interest on such Security will be paid upon
presentation and surrender of such Security as provided in Section 3.03.

            Any interest on any Security that is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for
Securities of the same series (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant
regular record date by virtue of having been such holder; and such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its election, as
provided in clause (1) or clause (2) below:

            (1)  The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on
      Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their
      respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
      business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted
      Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner: the Company
      shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted
      Interest proposed to be paid on each such Security and the date of
      the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit
      with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount
      proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall
      make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior
      to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be
      held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
      Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee
      shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted
      Interest which shall not be more than 15 nor less than 10 days prior
      to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after
      the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The
      Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such special record date
      and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause
      notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
      special record date therefor to be mailed, first class postage
      prepaid, to each Securityholder at his or her address as it appears
      in the Security Register (as hereinafter defined), not less than 10
      days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed
      payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date
      therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest
      shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their
      respective Predecessor Securities) are registered on such special
      record date and shall be no longer payable pursuant to the following
      clause (2).

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

            Unless otherwise set forth in a Board Resolution of the Company
or one or more indentures supplemental hereto establishing the terms of any
series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, the term "regular
record date" as used in this Section with respect to a series of Securities
with respect to any Interest Payment Date for such series shall mean either
the fifteenth day of the month immediately preceding the month in which an
Interest Payment Date established for such series pursuant to Section 2.01
hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the first day of a
month, or the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in
which an Interest Payment Date established for such series pursuant to
Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the
fifteenth day of a month, whether or not such date is a Business Day.

            Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each
Security of a series delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Security of such series shall carry
the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried
by such other Security.

            SECTION 2.04 Execution and Authentications.

            The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman, or one of its Vice Presidents, together with its Treasurer, or
one of its Assistant Treasurers, or its Secretary, or one of its Assistant
Secretaries, under its corporate seal attested by its Secretary or one of
its Assistant Secretaries. Signatures may be in the form of a manual or
facsimile signature. The Company may use the facsimile signature of any
Person who shall have been a Chairman or Vice President thereof, or of any
Person who shall have been a Secretary or Assistant Secretary thereof,
notwithstanding the fact that at the time the Securities shall be
authenticated and delivered or disposed of such Person shall have ceased to
be the Chairman or a Vice President, or the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, of the Company. The seal of the Company may be in the form of a
facsimile of such seal and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or
otherwise reproduced on the Securities. The Securities may contain such
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
usage. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication by the
Trustee.

            A Security shall not be valid until authenticated manually by
an authorized signatory of the Trustee, or by an Authenticating Agent. Such
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so authenticated
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the holder is
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

            At any time and from time to time after the execution and
delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any
series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together
with a written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of
such Securities, signed by its Chairman or any Vice President and its
Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, and the Trustee in accordance with
such written order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities.

            In authenticating such Securities and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall
be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
form and terms thereof have been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture.

            The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such
Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will
affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities
and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.

            SECTION 2.05 Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

            (a) Securities of any series may be exchanged upon presentation
thereof at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose
in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York, for other
Securities of such series of authorized denominations, and for a like
aggregate principal amount, upon payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, all as provided in
this Section. In respect of any Securities so surrendered for exchange, the
Company shall execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or
agency shall deliver in exchange therefor the Security or Securities of the
same series that the Securityholder making the exchange shall be entitled
to receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.

            (b) The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, at its office
or agency designated for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City
and State of New York, or such other location designated by the Company a
register or registers (herein referred to as the "Security Register") in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Company shall register the Securities and the transfers of Securities as in
this Article provided and which at all reasonable times shall be open for
inspection by the Trustee. The registrar for the purpose of registering
Securities and transfer of Securities as herein provided shall be appointed
as authorized by Board Resolution (the "Security Registrar").

            Upon surrender for transfer of any Security at the office or
agency of the Company designated for such purpose, the Company shall
execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall
deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Security or
Securities of the same series as the Security presented for a like
aggregate principal amount.

            All Securities presented or surrendered for exchange or
registration of transfer, as provided in this Section, shall be accompanied
(if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company
or the Security Registrar, duly executed by the registered holder or by
such holder's duly authorized attorney in writing.

            (c) No service charge shall be made for any exchange or
registration of transfer of Securities, or issue of new Securities in case
of partial redemption of any series, but the Company may require payment of
a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in relation
thereto, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.06, the second
paragraph of Section 3.03 and Section 9.04 not involving any transfer.

            (d) The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, exchange or
register the transfer of any Securities during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
redemption of less than all the Outstanding Securities of the same series
and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, nor (ii) to
register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of any series or
portions thereof called for redemption. The provisions of this Section 2.05
are, with respect to any Global Security, subject to Section 2.11 hereof.

            SECTION 2.06 Temporary Securities.

            Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series,
the Company may execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
temporary Securities (printed, lithographed or typewritten) of any
authorized denomination. Such temporary Securities shall be substantially
in the form of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued,
but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate
for temporary Securities, all as may be determined by the Company. Every
temporary Security of any series shall be executed by the Company and be
authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially
the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Securities of such
series. Without unnecessary delay the Company will execute and will furnish
definitive Securities of such series and thereupon any or all temporary
Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange therefor (without
charge to the holders), at the office or agency of the Company designated
for the purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New
York, and the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall
deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate
principal amount of definitive Securities of such series, unless the
Company advises the Trustee to the effect that definitive Securities need
not be executed and furnished until further notice from the Company. Until
so exchanged, the temporary Securities of such series shall be entitled to
the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such
series authenticated and delivered hereunder.

            SECTION 2.07 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities.

            In case any temporary or definitive Security shall become
mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company (subject to the next
succeeding sentence) shall execute, and upon the Company's request the
Trustee (subject as aforesaid) shall authenticate and deliver, a new
Security of the same series, bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Security, or in
lieu of and in substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen.
In every case the applicant for a substituted Security shall furnish to the
Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by
them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss
or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and the Trustee
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of the
applicant's Security and of the ownership thereof. The Trustee may
authenticate any such substituted Security and deliver the same upon the
written request or authorization of any officer of the Company. Upon the
issuance of any substituted Security, the Company may require the payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may
be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees
and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. In case any Security that
has matured or is about to mature shall become mutilated or be destroyed,
lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Security,
pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except
in the case of a mutilated Security) if the applicant for such payment
shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as
they may require to save them harmless, and, in case of destruction, loss
or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the Trustee of
the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership
thereof.

            Every replacement Security issued pursuant to the provisions of
this Section shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the
Company whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security
shall be found at any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately
with any and all other Securities of the same series duly issued hereunder.
All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the
foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) any and all other rights or remedies,
notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the
contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable
instruments or other securities without their surrender.

            SECTION 2.08 Cancellation.

            All Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment,
redemption, exchange or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to
the Company or any paying agent, be delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it,
and no Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly
required or permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. On
request of the Company at the time of such surrender, the Trustee shall
deliver to the Company canceled Securities held by the Trustee. In the
absence of such request the Trustee may dispose of canceled Securities in
accordance with its standard procedures and deliver a certificate of
disposition to the Company. If the Company shall otherwise acquire any of
the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption
or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless
and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

            SECTION 2.09 Benefits of Indenture.

            Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or
implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the
parties hereto and the holders of the Securities (and, with respect to the
provisions of Article Fourteen, the holders of Senior Indebtedness) any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this
Indenture, or under any covenant, condition or provision herein contained;
all such covenants, conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of
the parties hereto and of the holders of the Securities (and, with respect
to the provisions of Article Fourteen, the holders of Senior Indebtedness).

            SECTION 2.10 Authenticating Agent.

            So long as any of the Securities of any series remain
Outstanding there may be an Authenticating Agent for any or all such series
of Securities which the Trustee shall have the right to appoint. Said
Authenticating Agent shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to
authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange, transfer or
partial redemption thereof, and Securities so authenticated shall be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and
obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder.
All references in this Indenture to the authentication of Securities by the
Trustee shall be deemed to include authentication by an Authenticating
Agent for such series. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall be a corporation that has a combined capital and surplus,
as most recently reported or determined by it, sufficient under the laws of
any jurisdiction under which it is organized or in which it is doing
business to conduct a trust business, and that is otherwise authorized
under such laws to conduct such business and is subject to supervision or
examination by Federal or State authorities. If at any time any
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with these
provisions, it shall resign immediately.

            Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving
written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The
Trustee may at any time (and upon request by the Company shall) terminate
the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of
termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon
resignation, termination or cessation of eligibility of any Authenticating
Agent, the Trustee may appoint an eligible successor Authenticating Agent
acceptable to the Company. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon
acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder as if originally
named as an Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto.

            SECTION 2.11 Global Securities.

            (a) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 2.01
that the Securities of a particular series are to be issued as a Global
Security, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in
accordance with Section 2.04, authenticate and deliver, a Global Security
that (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to
the aggregate principal amount of, all of the Outstanding Securities of
such series, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its
nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or
pursuant to the Depositary's instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend
substantially to the following effect: "Except as otherwise provided in
Section 2.11 of the Indenture, this Security may be transferred, in whole
but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a
successor Depositary or to a nominee of such successor Depositary."

            (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.05, the Global
Security of a series may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in
the manner provided in Section 2.05, only to another nominee of the
Depositary for such series, or to a successor Depositary for such series
selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor
Depositary.

            (c) If at any time the Depositary for a series of the
Securities notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue
as Depositary for such series or if at any time the Depositary for such
series shall no longer be registered or in good standing under the Exchange
Act, or other applicable statute or regulation, and a successor Depositary
for such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the
Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the
case may be, this Section 2.11 shall no longer be applicable to the
Securities of such series and the Company will execute, and subject to
Section 2.05, the Trustee will authenticate and deliver the Securities of
such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized
denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange for such Global
Security. In addition, the Company may at any time determine that the
Securities of any series shall no longer be represented by a Global
Security and that the provisions of this Section 2.11 shall no longer apply
to the Securities of such series. In such event the Company will execute
and subject to Section 2.05, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers'
Certificate evidencing such determination by the Company, will authenticate
and deliver the Securities of such series in definitive registered form
without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security of such series
in exchange for such Global Security. Upon the exchange of the Global
Security for such Securities in definitive registered form without coupons,
in authorized denominations, the Global Security shall be canceled by the
Trustee. Such Securities in definitive registered form issued in exchange
for the Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.11(c) shall be
registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the
Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect
participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall
deliver such Securities to the Depositary for delivery to the Persons in
whose names such Securities are so registered.


                                ARTICLE III.

                REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS

            SECTION 3.01 Redemption.

            The Company may redeem the Securities of any series issued
hereunder on and after the dates and in accordance with the terms
established for such series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.

            SECTION 3.02 Notice of Redemption.

            (a) In case the Company shall desire to exercise such right to
redeem all or, as the case may be, a portion of the Securities of any
series in accordance with the right reserved so to do, the Company shall,
or shall cause the Trustee to, give notice of such redemption to holders of
the Securities of such series to be redeemed by mailing, first class
postage prepaid, a notice of such redemption not less than 30 days and not
more than 90 days before the date fixed for redemption of that series to
such holders at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Security
Register unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be
redeemed. Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the
registered holder receives the notice. In any case, failure duly to give
such notice to the holder of any Security of any series designated for
redemption in whole or in part, or any defect in the notice, shall not
affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other
Securities of such series or any other series. In the case of any
redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such
redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this
Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers'
Certificate evidencing compliance with any such restriction.

            Each such notice of redemption shall specify the date fixed for
redemption and the redemption price at which Securities of that series are
to be redeemed, and shall state that payment of the redemption price of
such Securities to be redeemed will be made at the office or agency of the
Company in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York, upon
presentation and surrender of such Securities, that interest accrued to the
date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice, that
from and after said date interest will cease to accrue and that the
redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case. If less than all the
Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the notice to the holders of
Securities of that series to be redeemed in whole or in part shall specify
the particular Securities to be so redeemed. In case any Security is to be
redeemed in part only, the notice that relates to such Security shall state
the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, and shall state
that on and after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Security, a
new Security or Securities of such series in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

            (b) If less than all the Securities of a series are to be
redeemed, the Company shall give the Trustee at least 45 days' notice in
advance of the date fixed for redemption as to the aggregate principal
amount of Securities of the series to be redeemed, and thereupon the
Trustee shall select, by lot or in such other manner as it shall deem
appropriate and fair in its discretion and that may provide for the
selection of a portion or portions (equal to one thousand U.S. dollars
($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of such
Securities of a denomination larger than $1,000, the Securities to be
redeemed and shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the
numbers of the Securities to be redeemed, in whole or in part.

            The Company may, if and whenever it shall so elect, by delivery
of instructions signed on its behalf by its Chairman or any Vice President,
instruct the Trustee or any paying agent to call all or any part of the
Securities of a particular series for redemption and to give notice of
redemption in the manner set forth in this Section, such notice to be in
the name of the Company or its own name as the Trustee or such paying agent
may deem advisable. In any case in which notice of redemption is to be
given by the Trustee or any such paying agent, the Company shall deliver or
cause to be delivered to, or permit to remain with, the Trustee or such
paying agent, as the case may be, such Security Register, transfer books or
other records, or suitable copies or extracts therefrom, sufficient to
enable the Trustee or such paying agent to give any notice by mail that may
be required under the provisions of this Section.

            SECTION 3.03 Payment Upon Redemption.

            (a) If the giving of notice of redemption shall have been
completed as above provided, the Securities or portions of Securities of
the series to be redeemed specified in such notice shall become due and
payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the
applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date
fixed for redemption and interest on such Securities or portions of
Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the date fixed for
redemption, unless the Company shall default in the payment of such
redemption price and accrued interest with respect to any such Security or
portion thereof. On presentation and surrender of such Securities on or
after the date fixed for redemption at the place of payment specified in
the notice, said Securities shall be paid and redeemed at the applicable
redemption price for such series, together with interest accrued thereon to
the date fixed for redemption (but if the date fixed for redemption is an
interest payment date, the interest installment payable on such date shall
be payable to the registered holder at the close of business on the
applicable record date pursuant to Section 2.03).

            (b) Upon presentation of any Security of such series that is to
be redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and the office or agency where the Security is presented shall
deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new
Security of the same series of authorized denominations in principal amount
equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented.

            SECTION 3.04 Sinking Fund.

            The provisions of Sections 3.04, 3.05 and 3.06 shall be
applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a
series, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for
Securities of such series.

            The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by
the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory
sinking fund payment," and any payment in excess of such minimum amount
provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to
as an "optional sinking fund payment". If provided for by the terms of
Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may
be subject to reduction as provided in Section 3.05. Each sinking fund
payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as
provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.

            SECTION 3.05 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with
Securities.

            The Company (i) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series
(other than any Securities previously called for redemption) and (ii) may
apply as a credit Securities of a series that have been redeemed either at
the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or
through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments
pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of
all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities
of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities
as provided for by the terms of such series, provided that such Securities
have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and
credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the redemption price specified
in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and
the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

            SECTION 3.06 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

            Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date
for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking
fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of the series, the
portion thereof, if any, that is to be satisfied by delivering and
crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.05 and the basis
for such credit and will, together with such Officers' Certificate, deliver
to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days
before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the
Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner
specified in Section 3.02 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be
given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner
provided in Section 3.02. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the
manner stated in Section 3.03.


                                ARTICLE IV.

                             CERTAIN COVENANTS

            SECTION 4.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

            The Company will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid
the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of
that series at the time and place and in the manner provided herein and
established with respect to such Securities.

            SECTION 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.

            So long as any series of the Securities remain Outstanding, the
Company agrees to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan,
the City and State of New York, with respect to each such series and at
such other location or locations as may be designated as provided in this
Section 4.02, where (i) Securities of that series may be presented for
payment, (ii) Securities of that series may be presented as hereinabove
authorized for registration of transfer and exchange, and (iii) notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series
and this Indenture may be given or served, such designation to continue
with respect to such office or agency until the Company shall, by written
notice signed by its Chairman or a Vice President and delivered to the
trustee, designate some other office or agency for such purposes or any of
them. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required
office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address
thereof, such presentations, notices and demands may be made or served at
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints
the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, notices and
demands.

            SECTION 4.03 Paying Agents.

            (a) If the Company shall appoint one or more paying agents for
all or any series of the Securities, other than the Trustee, the Company
will cause each such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an
instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of this Section:

            (1) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the
      payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the
      Securities of that series (whether such sums have been paid to it by
      the Company or by any other obligor of such Securities) in trust for
      the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto;

            (2) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the
      Company (or by any other obligor of such Securities) to make any
      payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the
      Securities of that series when the same shall be due and payable;

            (3) that it will, at any time during the continuance of any
      failure referred to in the preceding paragraph (a)(2) above, upon the
      written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums
      so held in trust by such paying agent; and

            (4) that it will perform all other duties of paying agent as
      set forth in this Indenture.

            (b) If the Company shall act as its own paying agent with
respect to any series of the Securities, it will on or before each due date
of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of that
series, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay such principal (and
premium, if any) or interest so becoming due on Securities of that series
until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as
herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of such action, or any
failure (by it or any other obligor on such Securities) to take such
action. Whenever the Company shall have one or more paying agents for any
series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit
with the paying agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (an premium, if
any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and
(unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify
the Trustee of this action or failure so to act.

            (c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary,
(i) the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section is
subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, and (ii) the Company may at any
time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or direct any paying agent to pay,
to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such paying agent,
such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same terms and conditions as
those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such paying agent;
and, upon such payment by any paying agent to the Trustee, such paying
agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
money.

            SECTION 4.04 Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee.

            The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in
the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section
7.10, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

            SECTION 4.05 Compliance with Consolidation Provisions.

            The Company will not, while any of the Securities remain
Outstanding, consolidate with, or merge into, or merge into itself, or sell
or convey all or substantially all of its property to any other company
unless the provisions of Article Ten hereof are complied with.

                                 ARTICLE V.

                     SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS
                       BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

            SECTION 5.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses
                         of Securityholders.

            The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Trustee (a) on a monthly basis on each regular record date (as defined in
Section 2.03) a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require,
of the names and addresses of the holders of each series of Securities as
of such regular record date, provided that the Company shall not be
obligated to furnish or cause to furnish such list at any time that the
list shall not differ in any respect from the most recent list furnished to
the Trustee by the Company and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may
request in writing within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any
such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than
15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that,
in either case, no such list need be furnished for any series for which the
Trustee shall be the Security Registrar.

            SECTION 5.02 Preservation Of Information; Communications With
                         Securityholders.

            (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of
the holders of Securities contained in the most recent list furnished to it
as provided in Section 5.01 and as to the names and addresses of holders of
Securities received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar
(if acting in such capacity).

            (b) The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as
provided in Section 5.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

            (c) Securityholders may communicate as provided in Section
312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Securityholders with respect
to their rights under this Indenture or
under the Securities.

            SECTION 5.03 Reports by the Company.

            (a) The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee,
within 30 days after the Company is required to file the same with the
Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents
and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as
the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe)
that the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not
required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of
such sections, then to file with the Trustee and the Commission, in
accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by
the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information,
documents and reports that may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the
Exchange Act, in respect of a security listed and registered on a national
securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules
and regulations.

            (b) The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee
and the Commission, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed
from to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and
reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and
covenants provided for in this Indenture as may be required from time to
time by such rules and regulations.

            (c) The Company covenants and agrees to transmit by mail, first
class postage prepaid, or reputable over-night delivery service that
provides for evidence of receipt, to the Securityholders, as their names
and addresses appear upon the Security Register, within 30 days after the
filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information,
documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to
subsections (a) and (b) of this Section as may be required by rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.

            SECTION 5.04 Reports by the Trustee.

            (a) On or before July 15 in each year in which any of the
Securities are Outstanding, the Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class
postage prepaid, to the Securityholders, as their names and addresses
appear upon the Security Register, a brief report dated as of the preceding
May 15, if and to the extent required under Section 313(a) of the Trust
Indenture Act.

            (b) The Trustee shall comply with Section 313(b) and 313(c) of the
Trust Indenture Act.

            (c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Securityholders, be filed by the Trustee with the Company,
with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed (if so
listed) and also with the Commission. The Company agrees to notify the
Trustee when any Securities become listed on any stock exchange.


                                ARTICLE VI.

                REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
                            ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

            SECTION 6.01 Events of Default.

            (a) Whenever used herein with respect to Securities of a
particular series, "Event of Default" means any one or more of the
following events that has occurred and is continuing:

            (1) the Company defaults in the payment of any installment of
      interest upon any of the Securities of that series, as and when the
      same shall become due and payable, and continuance of such default
      for a period of 90 days; provided, however, that a valid extension of
      an interest payment period by the Company in accordance with the
      terms of any indenture supplemental hereto, shall not constitute a
      default in the payment of interest for this purpose;

            (2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of (or
      premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of that series as and when
      the same shall become due and payable whether at maturity, upon
      redemption, by declaration or otherwise, or in any payment required
      by any sinking or analogous fund established with respect to that
      series; provided, however, that a valid extension of the maturity of
      such Securities in accordance with the terms of any indenture
      supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the payment of
      principal or premium, if any;

            (3) the Company fails to observe or perform any other of its
      covenants or agreements with respect to that series contained in this
      Indenture or otherwise established with respect to that series of
      Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof (other than a covenant or
      agreement that has been expressly included in this Indenture solely
      for the benefit of one or more series of Securities other than such
      series) for a period of 90 days after the date on which written
      notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied and stating
      that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder, shall have been
      given to the Company by the Trustee, by registered or certified mail,
      or to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in
      principal amount of the Securities of that series at the time
      Outstanding;

            (4) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any
      Bankruptcy Law (i) commences a voluntary case, (ii) consents to the
      entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, (iii)
      consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or
      substantially all of its property or (iv) makes a general assignment
      for the benefit of its creditors; or

            (5) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order under any
      Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for relief against the Company in an
      involuntary case, (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company for all or
      substantially all of their respective property, or (iii) orders the
      liquidation of the Company, and the order or decree remains unstayed
      and in effect for 90 days.

            (b) In each and every such case, unless the principal of all
the Securities of that series shall have already become due and payable,
either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding
hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given
by such Securityholders), may declare the principal of all the Securities
of that series to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such
declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable,
notwithstanding anything contained in this Indenture or in the Securities
of that series or established with respect to that series pursuant to
Section 2.01 to the contrary.

            (c) At any time after the principal of the Securities of that
series shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment
or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or
entered as hereinafter provided, the holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding
hereunder, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind
and annul such declaration and its consequences if: (i) the Company has
paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured
installments of interest upon all the Securities of that series and the
principal of (and premium, if any, on) any and all Securities of that
series that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with
interest upon such principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent that
such payment is enforceable under applicable law, upon overdue installments
of interest, at the rate per annum expressed in the Securities of that
series to the date of such payment or deposit) and the amount payable to
the Trustee under Section 7.06, and (ii) any and all Events of Default
under the Indenture with respect to such series, other than the nonpayment
of principal on Securities of that series that shall not have become due by
their terms, shall have been remedied or waived as provided in Section
6.06.

            No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect
any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

            (d) In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any
right with respect to Securities of that series under this Indenture and
such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such
rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have been
determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the
Company, and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their former
positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the
Company and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceedings had
been taken.

            SECTION 6.02 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
                         Enforcement by Trustee.

            (a) The Company covenants that (1) in case it shall default in
the payment of any installment of interest on any of the Securities of a
series, or any payment required by any sinking or analogous fund
established with respect to that series as and when the same shall have
become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period
of 90 Business Days, or (2) in case it shall default in the payment of the
principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of a series
when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon maturity of
the Securities of a series or upon redemption or upon declaration or
otherwise, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the
Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Securities of that series,
the whole amount that then shall have been become due and payable on all
such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) or interest, or both,
as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal (and premium,
if any) and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable
under applicable law) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate per
annum expressed in the Securities of that series; and, in addition thereto,
such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses
of collection, and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06.

            (b) If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith
upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express
trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or
proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and
unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or
final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the
Company or other obligor upon the Securities of that series and collect the
moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out
of the property of the Company or other obligor upon the Securities of that
series, wherever situated.

            (c) In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or
judicial proceedings affected the Company, or its creditors or property,
the Trustee shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and take any
action therein that may be permitted by the court and shall (except as may
be otherwise provided by law) be entitled to file such proofs of claim and
other papers and documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to
have the claims of the Trustee and of the holders of Securities of such
series allowed for the entire amount due and payable by the Company under
the Indenture at the date of institution of such proceedings and for any
additional amount that may become due and payable by the Company after such
date, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute the same after the
deduction of the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06; and any
receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby
authorized by each of the holders of Securities of such series to make such
payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent
to the making of such payments directly to such Securityholders, to pay to
the Trustee any amount due it under Section 7.06.

            (d) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this
Indenture, or under any of the terms established with respect to Securities
of that series, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of
any of such Securities, or the production thereof at any trial or other
proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by
the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express
trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for payment to
the Trustee of any amounts due under Section 7.06, be for the ratable
benefit of the holders of the Securities of such series.

            In case of an Event of Default hereunder, the Trustee may in
its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by
this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee
shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either
at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or in
aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce
any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture
or by law.

            Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities of that series or the rights of any
holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim
of any Securityholder in any such proceeding.

            SECTION 6.03 Application of Moneys Collected.

            Any moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article
with respect to a particular series of Securities shall be applied in the
following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of
the distribution of such moneys on account of principal (or premium, if
any) or interest, upon presentation of the Securities of that series, and
notation thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender
thereof if fully paid:

            FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses of collection and 
      of all amounts payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06;

            SECOND: To the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the 
      Company if and to the extent required by Article Fourteen; and

            THIRD: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon
      Securities of such series for principal (and premium, if any) and
      interest, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money
      has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any
      kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for
      principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively.

            SECTION 6.04 Limitation on Suits.

            No holder of any Security of any series shall have any right by
virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any
suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with
respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee,
or for any other remedy hereunder, unless (i) such holder previously shall
have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the
continuance thereof with respect to the Securities of such series
specifying such Event of Default, as hereinbefore provided; (ii) the
holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of such series then Outstanding shall have made written request
upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own
name as trustee hereunder; (iii) such holder or holders shall have offered
to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the
costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby; and (iv)
the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer
of indemnity, shall have failed to institute any such action, suit or
proceeding and (v) during such 60 day period, the holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Securities of that series do not give the Trustee a
direction inconsistent with the request.

            Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, any
other provisions of this Indenture, the right of any holder of any Security
to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
on such Security, as therein provided, on or after the respective due dates
expressed in such Security (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption
date), or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or
after such respective dates or redemption date, shall not be impaired or
affected without the consent of such holder and by accepting a Security
hereunder it is expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker
and holder of every Security of such series with every other such taker and
holder and the Trustee, that no one or more holders of Securities of such
series shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue or by
availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice
the rights of the holders of any other of such Securities, or to obtain or
seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such holder, or to
enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein
provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of
Securities of such series. For the protection and enforcement of the
provisions of this Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee
shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in
equity.

            SECTION 6.05 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission
                         Not Waiver.

            (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.07, all powers
and remedies given by this Article to the Trustee or to the Securityholders
shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not
exclusive of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the
holders of the Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce
the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in
this Indenture or otherwise established with respect to such Securities.

            (b) No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any
of the Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of
Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right
or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or on
acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.04, every
power and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or the
Securityholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall
be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Securityholders.

            SECTION 6.06 Control by Securityholders.

            The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, determined in accordance
with Section 8.04, shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee,
or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to
such series; provided, however, that such direction shall not be in
conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture or be unduly
prejudicial to the rights of holders of Securities of any other series at
the time Outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04. Subject to
the provisions of Section 7.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline
to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a
Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, determine that the
proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability. The
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
any series at the time Outstanding affected thereby, determined in
accordance with Section 8.04, may on behalf of the holders of all of the
Securities of such series waive any past default in the performance of any
of the covenants contained herein or established pursuant to Section 2.01
with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default in the
payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any of the
Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due by the
terms of such Securities otherwise than by acceleration (unless such
default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments
of interest and principal and any premium has been deposited with the
Trustee (in accordance with Section 6.01(c)). Upon any such waiver, the
default covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured for all purposes of
this Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the
Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and
rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

            SECTION 6.07 Undertaking to Pay Costs.

            All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any
Securities by such holder's acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have
agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the
enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the
filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the
costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess
reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party
litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of
the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of
this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any
suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group of Securityholders, holding
more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the
enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on any Security of such series, on or after the respective due
dates expressed in such Security or established pursuant to this Indenture.


                                ARTICLE VII.

                           CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

            SECTION 7.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.

            (a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default
with respect to the Securities of a series and after the curing of all
Events of Default with respect to the Securities of that series that may
have occurred, shall undertake to perform with respect to the Securities of
such series such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth
in this Indenture, and no implied covenants shall be read into this
Indenture against the Trustee. In case an Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of a series has occurred (that has not been cured or
waived), the Trustee shall exercise with respect to Securities of that
series such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and
use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man
would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own
affairs.

            (b) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to
relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

            (1) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect
      to the Securities of a series and after the curing or waiving of all
      such Events of Default with respect to that series that may have 
      occurred:

                  (i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall with
            respect to the Securities of such series be determined solely
            by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee
            shall not be liable with respect to the Securities of such
            series except for the performance of such duties and
            obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture,
            and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
            Indenture against the Trustee; and

                  (ii) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the
            Trustee, the Trustee may with respect to the Securities of such
            series conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and
            the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any
            certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and
            conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the
            case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision
            hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the
            Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same
            to determine whether or not they conform to the requirement of
            this Indenture;

            (2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
      made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers
      of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee, was
      negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

            (3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
      taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with
      the direction of the holders of not less than a majority in principal
      amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding
      relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
      for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or
      power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to
      the Securities of that series; and

            (4) None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall
      require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise
      incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its
      duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is
      reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or
      liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this
      Indenture or adequate indemnity against such risk is not reasonably
      assured to it.

            SECTION 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee.

            Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01:

            (a) The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval,
bond, security or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and
to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

            (b) Any request, direction, order or demand of the Company
mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution or
an instrument signed in the name of the Company, by the Chairman or any
Vice President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the
Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer thereof (unless other evidence in
respect thereof is specifically prescribed herein);

            (c) The Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice
of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or
omitted hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

            (d) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order
or direction of any of the Securityholders, pursuant to the provisions of
this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the
Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby; nothing contained
herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to a series of the
Securities (that has not been cured or waived) to exercise with respect to
Securities of that series such of the rights and powers vested in it by
this Indenture, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in
the conduct of his own affairs;

            (e) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized
or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Indenture;

            (f) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval,
bond, security, or other papers or documents, unless requested in writing
so to do by the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of the particular series affected thereby
(determined as provided in Section 8.04); provided, however, that if the
payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or
liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation
is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by
the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may
require reasonable indemnity against such costs, expenses or liabilities as
a condition to so proceeding. The reasonable expense of every such
examination shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall
be repaid by the Company upon demand; and

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

            SECTION 7.03 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or
                         Issuance or Securities.

            (a) The recitals contained herein and in the Securities shall
be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for the correctness of the same.

            (b) The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities.

            (c) The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of any of the Securities or of the proceeds of
such Securities, or for the use or application of any moneys paid over by
the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture or
established pursuant to Section 2.01, or for the use or application of any
moneys received by any paying agent other than the Trustee.

            SECTION 7.04 May Hold Securities.

            The Trustee or any paying agent or Security Registrar, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee,
paying agent or Security Registrar.

            SECTION 7.05 Moneys Held in Trust.

            Subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, all moneys received
by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in
trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The
Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any moneys received by
it hereunder except such as it may agree with the Company to pay thereon.

            SECTION 7.06 Compensation and Reimbursement.

            (a) The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee, and
the Trustee shall be entitled to, such reasonable compensation (which shall
not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust), as the Company, and the Trustee may from time
to time agree in writing, for all services rendered by it in the execution
of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of
the powers and duties hereunder of the Trustee, and, except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee
upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of
this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its
employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from
its negligence or bad faith. The Company also covenants to indemnify the
Trustee (and its officers, agents, directors and employees) for, and to
hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without
negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee and arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including
the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability
in the premises.

            (b) The obligations of the Company under this Section to
compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee
for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional
indebtedness hereunder. Such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a
lien prior to that of the Securities upon all property and funds held or
collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the
benefit of the holders of particular Securities.

            SECTION 7.07 Reliance on Officers' Certificate.

            Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the
administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem
it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking or suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, such matter
(unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of
the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an
Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee and such certificate, in the
absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be
full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be
taken by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

            SECTION 7.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.

            If the Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting interest"
within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the
Trustee and the Company shall in all respects comply with the provisions of
Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

            SECTION 7.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

            There shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to the
Securities issued hereunder which shall at all times be a corporation
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America
or any State or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a
corporation or other Person permitted to act as trustee by the Commission,
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a
combined capital and surplus of at least 50 million U.S. dollars
($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State,
Territorial, or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for
the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set
forth in its most recent report of condition so published. The Company may
not, nor may any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by,
or under common control with the Company, serve as Trustee. In case at any
time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the
manner and with the effect specified in Section 7.10.

            SECTION 7.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

            (a) The Trustee or any successor hereafter appointed, may at
any time resign with respect to the Securities of one or more series by
giving written notice thereof to the Company and by transmitting notice of
resignation by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Securityholders of
such series, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security
Register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall
promptly appoint a successor trustee with respect to Securities of such
series by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board
of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the
resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor
trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within
30 days after the mailing of such notice of resignation, the resigning
Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor trustee with respect to Securities of such
series, or any Securityholder of that series who has been a bona fide
holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months may on behalf of
himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the
appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such
notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor
trustee.

            (b) In case at any time any one of the following shall occur:

            (1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of
      Section 7.08 after written request therefor by the Company or by any
      Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or
      Securities for at least six months; or

            (2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
      the provisions of Section 7.09 and shall fail to resign after written
      request therefor by the Company or by any such Securityholder; or

            (3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be
      adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or commence a voluntary bankruptcy
      proceeding, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be
      appointed or consented to, or any public officer shall take charge or
      control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose
      of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then, in any such
      case, the Company may remove the Trustee with respect to all
      Securities and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in
      duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of
      which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one
      copy to the successor trustee, or, unless the Trustee's duty to
      resign is stayed as provided herein, any Securityholder who has been
      a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six
      months may, on behalf of that holder and all others similarly
      situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
      removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee.
      Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem
      proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor
      trustee.

            (c) The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding may at any time remove
the Trustee with respect to such series by so notifying the Trustee and the
Company and may appoint a successor Trustee for such series with the
consent of the Company.

            (d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment
of a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of a series pursuant
to any of the provisions of this Section shall become effective upon
acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section
7.11.

            (e) Any successor trustee appointed pursuant to this Section
may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more series or
all of such series, and at any time there shall be only one Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any particular series.

            SECTION 7.11 Acceptance of Appointment By Successor.

            (a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee
with respect to all Securities, every such successor trustee so appointed
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring
Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and
such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor
trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute
and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the
rights, powers, and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor trustee all property and money held
by such retiring Trustee hereunder.

            (b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the
Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor trustee with respect to
the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor trustee shall accept such
appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be
necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each
successor trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor trustee relates, (2) shall contain such
provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all
the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect
to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee
is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and
(3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall
be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein
or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees
co-trustees of the same trust, that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a
trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts
hereunder administered by any other such Trustee and that no Trustee shall
be responsible for any act or failure to act on the part of any other
Trustee hereunder; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental
indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective to the extent provided therein, such retiring Trustee shall with
respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment
of such successor trustee relates have no further responsibility for the
exercise of rights and powers or for the performance of the duties and
obligations vested in the Trustee under this Indenture, and each such
successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to
which the appointment of such successor trustee relates; but, on request of
the Company or any successor trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly
assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee, to the extent
contemplated by such supplemental indenture, the property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or
those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates.

            (c) Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company
shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting
in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights, powers and
trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may
be.

            (d) No successor trustee shall accept its appointment unless at
the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified and
eligible under this Article.

            (e) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as
provided in this Section, the Company shall transmit notice of the
succession of such trustee hereunder by mail, first class postage prepaid,
to the Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the
Security Register. If the Company fails to transmit such notice within ten
days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the
successor trustee shall cause such notice to be transmitted at the expense
of the Company.

            SECTION 7.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business.

            Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided that such corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of
Section 7.08 and eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of
the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In
case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by
the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or
consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication
and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such
successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.

            SECTION 7.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the
Company.

            The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust
Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship described in Section
311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to
the extent included therein.


                               ARTICLE VIII.

                       CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

            SECTION 8.01 Evidence of Action by Securityholders.

            Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a
majority or specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of a particular series may take any action (including the making
of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or
the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any
such action the holders of such majority or specified percentage of that
series have joined therein may be evidenced by any instrument or any number
of instruments of similar tenor executed by such holders of Securities of
that series in Person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing.

            If the Company shall solicit from the Securityholders of any
series any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action, the Company may, at its option, as evidenced by an
Officers' Certificate, fix in advance a record date for such series for the
determination of Securityholders entitled to give such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the
Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed,
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action may be given before or after the record date, but only the
Securityholders of record at the close of business on the record date shall
be deemed to be Securityholders for the purposes of determining whether
Securityholders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities of
that series have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for
that purpose the Outstanding Securities of that series shall be computed as
of the record date; provided, however, that no such authorization,
agreement or consent by such Securityholders on the record date shall be
deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the
provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record
date.

            SECTION 8.02 Proof of Execution by Securityholders.

            Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, proof of the
execution of any instrument by a Securityholder (such proof will not
require notarization) or his agent or proxy and proof of the holding by any
Person of any of the Securities shall be sufficient if made in the
following manner:

            (a) The fact and date of the execution by any such Person of
any instrument may be proved in any reasonable manner acceptable to the
Trustee.

            (b) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security
Register of such Securities or by a certificate of the Security Registrar
thereof.

            (c) The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter
referred to in this Section as it shall deem necessary.

            SECTION 8.03 Who May be Deemed Owners.

            Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of
any Security, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Security
Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name such Security shall
be registered upon the books of the Company as the absolute owner of such
Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding
any notice of ownership or writing thereon made by anyone other than the
Security Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account
of the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.03)
interest on such Security and for all other purposes; and neither the
Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Security Registrar
shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

            SECTION 8.04 Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded.

            In determining whether the holders of the requisite aggregate
principal amount of Securities of a particular series have concurred in any
direction, consent of waiver under this Indenture, the Securities of that
series that are owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities
of that series or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under common control with the Company or any other obligor
on the Securities of that series shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the
purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on
any such direction, consent or waiver, only Securities of such series that
the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. The
Securities so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding for the purposes of this Section, if the
pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's
right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not
a Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under
direct or indirect common control with the Company or any such other
obligor. In case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee
taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee.

            SECTION 8.05 Actions Binding on Future Securityholders.

            At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the
Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the
holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of a particular series specified in this Indenture in connection
with such action, any holder of a Security of that series that is shown by
the evidence to be included in the Securities the holders of which have
consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee,
and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02, revoke such action
so far as concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken
by the holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such
holder and upon all future holders and owners of such Security, and of any
Security issued in exchange therefor, on registration of transfer thereof
or in place thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard
thereto is made upon such Security. Any action taken by the holders of the
majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a
particular series specified in this Indenture in connection with such
action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Trustee and the
holders of all the Securities of that series.


                                ARTICLE IX.

                          SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

            SECTION 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of
Securityholders.

            In addition to any supplemental indenture otherwise authorized
by this Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at
any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which
shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in
effect), without the consent of the Securityholders, for one or more of the
following purposes:

            (a)   to cure any ambiguity, defect, or inconsistency herein, 
in the Securities of any series;

            (b)   to comply with Article Ten;

            (c) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or
in place of certificated Securities;

            (d) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of
the holders of all or any Series of Securities (and if such covenants are
to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that
such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such
series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
Company;

            (e) to add to, delete from, or revise the conditions,
limitations, and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms, or purposes
of issue, authentication, and delivery of Securities, as herein set forth;

            (f) to make any change that does not adversely affect the
rights of any Securityholder in any material respect; or

            (g) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and
terms and conditions of the Securities of any series as provided in Section
2.01, to establish the form of any certifications required to be furnished
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or any series of Securities, or to
add to the rights of the holders of any series of Securities.

            The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in
the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and to make any further
appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but
the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental
indenture that affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under
this Indenture or otherwise.

            Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this
Section may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent
of the holders of any of the Securities at the time Outstanding,
notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02.

            SECTION 9.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of  
Securityholders.

            With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 8.01) of the
holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture or
indentures at the time Outstanding, the Company, when authorized by Board
Resolutions, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter
into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to
the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect) for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental
indenture or of modifying in any manner not covered by Section 9.01 the
rights of the holders of the Securities of such series under this
Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall,
without the consent of the holders of each Security then Outstanding and
affected thereby, (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Securities of any
series, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or
extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium
payable upon the redemption thereof or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage
of Securities, the holders of which are required to consent to any such
supplemental indenture.

            It shall not be necessary for the consent of the
Securityholders of any series affected thereby under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it
shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance
thereof.

            SECTION 9.03 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

            Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to
the provisions of this Article or of Section 10.01, this Indenture shall,
with respect to such series, be and be deemed to be modified and amended in
accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights,
obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the
Company and the holders of Securities of the series affected thereby shall
thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all
respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and
conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be
part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all
purposes.

            SECTION 9.04 Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures.

            Securities of any series, affected by a supplemental indenture,
authenticated and delivered after the execution of such supplemental
indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Section 10.01,
may bear a notation in form approved by the Company, provided such form
meets the requirements of any exchange upon which such series may be
listed, as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If
the Company shall so determine, new Securities of that series so modified
as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, to
any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental
indenture may be prepared by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee and
delivered in exchange for the Securities of that series then Outstanding.

            SECTION 9.05 Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

            Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by its Board
Resolutions authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture,
and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of
Securityholders required to consent thereto as aforesaid, the Trustee shall
join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture
unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee's own rights, duties
or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee
may in its discretion but shall not be obligated to enter into such
supplemental indenture. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section
7.01, may receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any
supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article is authorized or
permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Article and that it is
proper for the Trustee under the provisions of this Article to join in the
execution thereof; provided, however, that such Opinion of Counsel need not
be provided in connection with the execution of a supplemental indenture
that establishes the terms of a series of Securities pursuant to Section
2.01 hereof.

            Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, a notice,
setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental
indenture, to the Securityholders of all series affected thereby as their
names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. Any failure of the
Trustee to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in
any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.


                                 ARTICLE X.

                           SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

            SECTION 10.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc.

            Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities
shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any
other corporation or corporations (whether or not affiliated with the
Company) or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or
its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent
any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of the property of the
Company or its successor or successors as an entirety, or substantially as
an entirety, to any other corporation (whether or not affiliated with the
Company or its successor or successors) authorized to acquire and operate
the same; provided, however, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that,
upon any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other
disposition, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (premium, if
any) and interest on all of the Securities of all series in accordance with
the terms of each series, according to their tenor and the due and punctual
performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of this
Indenture with respect to each series or established with respect to such
series pursuant to Section 2.01 to be kept or performed by the Company
shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture (which shall conform
to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect)
satisfactory in form to the Trustee executed and delivered to the Trustee
by the entity formed by such consolidation, or into which the Company shall
have been merged, or by the entity which shall have acquired such property.

            SECTION 10.02 Successor Corporation Substituted.

            (a) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale,
conveyance, transfer or other disposition and upon the assumption by the
successor corporation, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to
the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and
punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all
of the Securities of all series Outstanding and the due and punctual
performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture or
established with respect to each series of the Securities pursuant to
Section 2.01 to be performed by the Company with respect to each series,
such successor corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for the
Company with the same effect as if it had been named as the Company herein,
and thereupon the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all
obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

            (b) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale,
conveyance, transfer or other disposition such changes in phraseology and
form (but not in substance) may be made in the Securities thereafter to be
issued as may be appropriate.

            (c) Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the
Securities shall prevent the Company from merging into itself or acquiring
by purchase or otherwise all or any part of the property of any other
Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company).

            SECTION 10.03 Evidence of Consolidation, Etc. to Trustee.

            The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, may
receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such
consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, and
any such assumption, comply with the provisions of this Article.


                                ARTICLE XI.

                         SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

            SECTION 11.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

            If at any time: (a) the Company shall have delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation all Securities of a series theretofore
authenticated (other than any Securities that shall have ben destroyed,
lost or stolen and that shall have been replaced or paid as provided in
Section 2.07) and Securities for whose payment money or Governmental
Obligations have theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held
in trust by the Company (and thereupon repaid to the Company or discharged
from such trust, as provided in Section 11.05); or (b) all such Securities
of a particular series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to
become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption
within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the
giving of notice of redemption, and the Company shall deposit or cause to
be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds the entire amount in moneys or
Governmental Obligations sufficient or a combination thereof, sufficient in
the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee, to pay at maturity or upon redemption all Securities of that
series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including
principal (and premium, if any) and interest due or to become due to such
date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and if
the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder with respect to such series by the Company then this Indenture
shall thereupon cease to be of further effect with respect to such series
except for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03
and 7.10, that shall survive until the date of maturity or redemption date,
as the case may be, and Sections 7.06 and 11.05, that shall survive to such
date and thereafter, and the Trustee, on demand of the Company and at the
cost and expense of the Company shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect
to such series.

            SECTION 11.02 Discharge of Obligations.

            If at any time all such Securities of a particular series not
heretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or that have not
become due and payable as described in Section 11.01 shall have been paid
by the Company by depositing irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds
moneys or an amount of Governmental Obligations sufficient to pay at
maturity or upon redemption all such Securities of that series not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal
(and premium, if any) and interest due or to become due to such date of
maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and if the
Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder
by the Company with respect to such series, then after the date such moneys
or Governmental Obligations, as the case may be, are deposited with the
Trustee the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to
such series shall cease to be of further effect except for the provisions
of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4,01, 4.02, 4,03, 7.06, 7.10 and 11.05 hereof
that shall survive until such Securities shall mature and be paid.
Thereafter, Sections 7.06 and 11.05 shall survive.

            SECTION 11.03 Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust.

            All moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Sections 11.01 or 11.02 shall be held in trust and
shall be available for payment as due, either directly or through any
paying agent (including the Company acting as its own paying agent), to the
holders of the particular series of Securities for the payment or
redemption of which such moneys or Governmental Obligations have been
deposited with the Trustee.

            SECTION 11.04 Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents.

            In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture all moneys or Governmental Obligations then held by any paying
agent under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon demand of the
Company, be paid to the Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such moneys or
Governmental Obligations.

            SECTION 11.05 Repayment to Company.

            Any moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with any
paying agent or the Trustee, or then held by the Company, in trust for
payment of principal of or premium or interest on the Securities of a
particular series that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the holders
of such Securities for at least two years after the date upon which the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Securities shall
have respectively become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company on
May 31 of each year or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged
from such trust; and thereupon the paying agent and the Trustee shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such moneys or
Governmental Obligations, and the holder of any of the Securities entitled
to receive such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor,
look only to the Company for the payment thereof.


                                ARTICLE XII.

             IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS
                               AND DIRECTORS

            SECTION 12.01 No Recourse.

            No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement
of this Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or
otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator,
stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future as such, of the
Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or
through the Company or any such predecessor or successor corporation,
whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the
enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly
understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are
solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever
shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators,
stockholders, officers or directors as such, of the Company or of any
predecessor or successor corporation, or any of them, because of the
creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of
the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in
any of the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such
personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in
equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and
claims against, every such incorporator, stockholder, officer or director
as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or
under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in
this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby
expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration
for, the execution of this Indenture and the issuance of such Securities.


                               ARTICLE XIII.

                          MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

            SECTION 13.01 Effect on Successors and Assigns.

            All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in
this Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Company shall bind their
respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

            SECTION 13.02 Actions by Successor.

            Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture
authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or
officer of the Company shall and may be done and performed with like force
and effect by the corresponding board, committee or officer of any
corporation that shall at the time be the lawful sole successor of the
Company.

            SECTION 13.03 Surrender of Company Powers.

            The Company by instrument in writing executed by authority of
2/3 (two-thirds) of its Board of Directors and delivered to the Trustee may
surrender any of the powers reserved to the Company, and thereupon such
power so surrendered shall terminate both as to the Company and as to any
successor corporation.

            SECTION 13.04 Notices.

            Except as otherwise expressly provided herein any notice or
demand that by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to
be given or served by the Trustee or by the holders of Securities to or on
the Company may be given or served by being deposited first class postage
prepaid in a post-office letterbox addressed (until another address is
filed in writing by the Company with the Trustee), as follows: Marsh &
McLennan Companies, Inc., 1166 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York
10036-2774. Any notice, election, request or demand by the Company or any
Securityholder to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been
sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made in writing
at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

            SECTION 13.05 Governing Law.

            This Indenture and each Security shall be deemed to be a
contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all
purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State.

            SECTION 13.06 Treatment of Securities as Debt.

            It is intended that the Securities will be treated as
indebtedness and not as equity for federal income tax purposes. The
provisions of this Indenture shall be interpreted to further this
intention.

            SECTION 13.07 Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

            (a) Upon any application or demand by the Company to the
Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture,
the Company, shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating
that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to
the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel
stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent
have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or
demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically
required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular
application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be
furnished.

            (b) Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture
and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant in this Indenture shall include (1) a statement that the Person
making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (2)
a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of
such Person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary
to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
covenant or condition has been complied with; and (4) a statement as to
whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant
has been complied with.

            SECTION 13.08 Payments on Business Days.

            Except as provided pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board
Resolution, and as set forth in an Officers' Certificate, or established in
one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture, in any case where
the date of maturity of interest or principal of any Security or the date
of redemption of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then payment of
interest or principal (and premium, if any) may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the
nominal date of maturity or redemption, and no interest shall accrue for
the period after such nominal date.

            SECTION 13.09 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

            If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture
limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to
317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall
control.

            SECTION 13.10 Counterparts.

            This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.

            SECTION 13.11 Separability.

            In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Indenture or in the Securities of any series shall for any reason be held
to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of
this Indenture or of such Securities, but this Indenture and such
Securities shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or
unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

            SECTION 13.12 Assignment.

            The Company will have the right at all times to assign any of
its rights or obligations under this Indenture to a direct or indirect
wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, provided that, in the event of any
such assignment, the Company, will remain liable for all such obligations.
Subject to the foregoing, the Indenture is binding upon and inures to the
benefit of the parties thereto and their respective successors and assigns.
This Indenture may not otherwise be assigned by the parties thereto.


                                ARTICLE XIV.

                        SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

            SECTION 14.01 Subordination Terms.

            The payment by the Company of the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on any series of Securities issued hereunder shall be
subordinated to the extent set forth in an indenture supplemental hereto
relating to such Securities.



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

                                    MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC.



                                    By:________________________________
                                    Name:
                                    Title:



                                    STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
                                    as Trustee


                                    By:________________________________ 
                                    Name:
                                    Title:





                                                                Exhibit 12.1


Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
(In millions of dollars, except ratios)

The following table sets forth the ratio of earnings to fixed charges for
Marsh & McLennan. For the year ended December 31, 1997 income before taxes
included special charges totaling $297 million. Excluding those charges, the 
ratio of earnings to fixed charges would have been 5.9.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                        Nine Months
                                           Ended
                                       September 30,                 Years Ended December 31,
                                     ------------------   ----------------------------------------------
                                       1998      1997        1997      1996     1995     1994     1993
                                     --------- --------   --------- --------- -------- -------- --------
<S>                                   <C>        <C>         <C>       <C>      <C>      <C>      <C> 
Earnings

Income before income taxes            $1,008     $728        $662      $668     $650     $632     $559

Interest expense                          94       77         106        62       63       51       46

Portion of rents representative
of the interest factors                   71       64          88        72       73       69       66

Amortization of capitalized
interest                                   1        1           1         1        1        1        1
                                    --------   ------     -------    ------   ------   ------   ------
                                       1,174      870         857       803      787      753      672
                                    ========   ======     =======    ======   ======   ======   ======
Fixed Charges

Interest expense                          94       77         106        62       63       51       46

Portion of rents representative
of the interest factors                   71       64          88        72       73       69       66
                                      ------    -----       -----     -----    -----    -----    -----
                                         165      141         194       134      136      120      112
                                      ======    =====       =====     =====    =====    =====    =====

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges       7.1      6.2         4.4       6.0      5.8      6.3      6.0

</TABLE>





                                                                EXHIBIT 23.1 
  
  
                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
  
 We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Amendment No. 1 to
 Registration Statement No. 333-67543 of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. on
 Form S-3 of our reports dated March 6, 1998, appearing in and incorporated
 by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Marsh & McLennan
 Companies, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 1997 and to the reference
 to us under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus, which is part of this
 Registration Statement. 
  
  
  
 New York, New York 
 February 3, 1999 
  
  
                                    /s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
  




                                                               Exhibit 23.3 

  
                 Letter of Consent of Independent Auditors 
  
 PricewaterhouseCoopers, as the successor firm of Coopers & Lybrand, consent
 to the inclusion in this Form 8-K/A of March & McLennan Companies, Inc.
 (Commission File No. 1-5998) of our report dated February 17,1998, except
 for notes 24(c) and 35 dated May 7, 1998, on our December 31, 1997 audit of
 the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule of
 Sedgwick Group plc. 
  
 We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the Amendment No. 1 to
 the Registration Statement of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. on Form S-3
 (File No. 333-67543) of our report dated February 17, 1998 except for notes
 24(c) and 35 dated May 7, 1998 on our December 31, 1997 audit of the
 consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule of
 Sedgwick Group plc. 
  
  
                                       /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers 
  
  
 PricewaterhouseCoopers 
 Chartered Accountants 
 London, England 
 February 3, 1999





                                                              Exhibit 25.1


                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                 ---------

                     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) X
                                   -----

                    STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
            (Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)


             Massachusetts                               04-1867445
   (Jurisdiction of incorporation or                  (I.R.S. Employer
  organization if not a U.S. national bank)           Identification No.)


     225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts            02110
     (Address of principal executive offices)            (Zip Code)
               

     John R. Towers, Esq. Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary
              225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
                               (617) 654-3253
         (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

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


                      MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC.
            (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)


               DELAWARE                               36-2668272
    (State or other jurisdiction of                (I.R.S. Employer
    incorporation or organization)                Identification No.)


                        1166 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
                          NEW YORK, NY 10036-2774
                               (617) 386-3273
            (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

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


                           SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
                      (Title of indenture securities)





                                  GENERAL

ITEM 1.   GENERAL INFORMATION.

      FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS TO THE TRUSTEE:

      (a) NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH EXAMINING OR SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY TO
          WHICH IT IS SUBJECT.

            Department of Banking and Insurance of The Commonwealth
            of Massachusetts, 100 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

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

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

            The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

ITEM 2.   AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.

      IF THE OBLIGOR IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE TRUSTEE, DESCRIBE EACH SUCH
AFFILIATION.

            The obligor is not an affiliate of the trustee or of its
            parent, State Street Boston Corporation.

            (See note on page 2.)

ITEM 3. THROUGH ITEM 15.   NOT APPLICABLE.

ITEM 16.   LIST OF EXHIBITS.

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

      1. A COPY OF THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE TRUSTEE AS NOW IN
         EFFECT.

            A copy of the Articles of Association of the trustee, as now in
            effect, is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
            as Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Statement of Eligibility
            and Qualification of Trustee (Form T-1) filed with the
            Registration Statement of Morse Shoe, Inc. (File No. 22-17940)
            and is incorporated herein by reference thereto.

      2. A COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY OF THE TRUSTEE TO COMMENCE
         BUSINESS, IF NOT CONTAINED IN THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION.

            A copy of a Statement from the Commissioner of Banks of
            Massachusetts that no certificate of authority for the trustee
            to commence business was necessary or issued is on file with
            the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 2 to
            Amendment No. 1 to the Statement of Eligibility and
            Qualification of Trustee (Form T-1) filed with the Registration
            Statement of Morse Shoe, Inc. (File No. 22-17940) and is
            incorporated herein by reference thereto.


      3. A COPY OF THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE TRUSTEE TO EXERCISE CORPORATE
         TRUST POWERS, IF SUCH AUTHORIZATION IS NOT CONTAINED IN THE
         DOCUMENTS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (1) OR (2), ABOVE.

            A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise
            corporate trust powers is on file with the Securities and
            Exchange Commission as Exhibit 3 to Amendment No. 1 to the
            Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of Trustee (Form
            T-1) filed with the Registration Statement of Morse Shoe, Inc.
            (File No. 22-17940) and is incorporated herein by reference
            thereto.

      4. A COPY OF THE EXISTING BY-LAWS OF THE TRUSTEE, OR INSTRUMENTS
         CORRESPONDING THERETO.

            A copy of the by-laws of the trustee, as now in effect, is on
            file with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4
            to the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of Trustee
            (Form T-1) filed with the Registration Statement of Eastern
            Edison Company (File No. 33-37823) and is incorporated herein
            by reference thereto.

      5. A COPY OF EACH INDENTURE REFERRED TO IN ITEM 4. IF THE OBLIGOR IS
         IN DEFAULT.

            Not applicable.

      6. THE CONSENTS OF UNITED STATES INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEES REQUIRED BY
         SECTION 321(B) OF THE ACT.

            The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the
            Act is annexed hereto as Exhibit 6 and made a part hereof.

      7. A COPY OF THE LATEST REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE TRUSTEE PUBLISHED
         PURSUANT TO LAW OR THE REQUIREMENTS OF ITS SUPERVISING OR
         EXAMINING AUTHORITY.

            A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee
            published pursuant to law or the requirements of its
            supervising or examining authority is annexed hereto as Exhibit
            7 and made a part hereof.


                                   NOTES

      In answering any item of this Statement of Eligibility and
Qualification which relates to matters peculiarly within the knowledge of
the obligor or any underwriter for the obligor, the trustee has relied upon
information furnished to it by the obligor and the underwriters, and the
trustee disclaims responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of such
information.

      The answer furnished to Item 2. of this statement will be amended, if
necessary, to reflect any facts which differ from those stated and which
would have been required to be stated if known at the date hereof.



                                 SIGNATURE

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, State Street Bank and Trust Company, a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
has duly caused this statement of eligibility and qualification to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in
the City of Boston and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 1ST DAY OF
FEBRUARY, 1999.

                                    STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY


                                    By:  /s/  ROLAND S. GUSTAFSEN         
                                       ---------------------------------
                                              ROLAND S. GUSTAFSEN
                                            ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT





                                 EXHIBIT 6

                           CONSENT OF THE TRUSTEE


      Pursuant to the requirements of Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended, in connection with the proposed issuance pursuant
to an offering registration statement by MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC.,
of its SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES we hereby consent that reports of examination
by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by
such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request
therefor.

                                    STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY


                                    By:  /s/  ROLAND S. GUSTAFSEN         
                                       ---------------------------------
                                              ROLAND S. GUSTAFSEN
                                            ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT

DATED:  FEBRUARY  1, 1999




                                 EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of State Street Bank and Trust Company,
Massachusetts and foreign and domestic subsidiaries, a state banking
institution organized and operating under the banking laws of this
commonwealth and a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of
business June 30, 1998, published in accordance with a call made by the
Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the
Federal Reserve Act and in accordance with a call made by the Commissioner
of Banks under General Laws, Chapter 172, Section 22(a).


                                                                   Thousands
                                                                       of
ASSETS                                                              Dollars

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
      Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin.........   1,553,703
      Interest-bearing balances..................................  12,440,716
Securities.......................................................   9,436,138
Federal funds sold and securities purchased                           
      under agreements to resell in domestic offices                  
      of the bank and its Edge subsidiary........................   8,785,353
Loans and lease financing receivables:
      Loans and leases, net of unearned income.......  6,633,608
      Allowance for loan and lease losses............     92,999
      Allocated transfer risk reserve................          0
      Loans and leases, net of unearned income
        and allowances...........................................   6,540,609
Assets held in trading accounts..................................   1,267,679
Premises and fixed assets........................................     491,928
Other real estate owned..........................................         100
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries.......................       1,278
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances
      outstanding................................................      68,312
Intangible assets................................................     231,294
Other assets.....................................................   1,667,282
                                                                   ----------

Total assets.....................................................  42,484,392
                                                                   ==========

LIABILITIES

Deposits:
      In domestic offices........................................  12,553,371
            Noninterest-bearing...................... 10,204,405
            Interest-bearing.........................  2,348,966
      In foreign offices and Edge subsidiary.....................  16,961,571
            Noninterest-bearing......................    154,792
            Interest-bearing......................... 16,806,779
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under                     
      agreements to repurchase in domestic offices
      of the bank and of its Edge subsidiary.....................   8,182,794
Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury and Trading
      Liabilities................................................           0
Trading liabilities..............................................     883,096

Other borrowed money.............................................     361,141
Subordinated notes and debentures................................           0
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and 
      outstanding................................................      68,289
Other liabilities................................................   1,017,284

Total liabilities................................................  40,027,546
                                                                   ----------

EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus....................           0
Common stock.....................................................      29,931
Surplus..........................................................     455,288
Undivided profits and capital reserves/Net unrealized
      holding gains (losses).....................................   1,964,924
Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale
      securities.................................................      15,557
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments..............      (8,854)
Total equity capital.............................................   2,456,846
                                                                   ----------

Total liabilities and equity capital.............................  42,484,392
                                                                   ----------




I, Rex S. Schuette, Senior Vice President and Comptroller of the above
named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been
prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System and is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.

                                        /s/  Rex S. Schuette


We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of
Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of
our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the
instructions issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
and is true and correct.

                                        /s/  David A. Spina
                                        /s/  Marshall N. Carter
                                        /s/  Truman S. Casner





                                                                 Exhibit 25.2

                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549


                                 ---------

                     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) X


                    STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
            (Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)


             Massachusetts                            04-1867445
   (Jurisdiction of incorporation or               (I.R.S. Employer
  organization if not a U.S. national             Identification No.)
               bank)


     225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts        02110
    (Address of principal executive                   (Zip Code)
               offices)

     John R. Towers, Esq. Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary
              225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
                               (617) 654-3253
         (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

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


                      Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
            (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)


               Delaware                               36-2668272
    (State or other jurisdiction of                (I.R.S. Employer
    incorporation or organization)                Identification No.)

                        1166 Avenue of the Americas
                          New York, NY 10036-2774
                                (617) 386-3273
             (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)


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

                        Subordinated Debt Securities
                      (Title of indenture securities)



                                  GENERAL

Item 1.   General Information.

      Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

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

            Department of Banking and Insurance of The Commonwealth of
            Massachusetts, 100 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

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

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

            The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Item 2.   Affiliations with Obligor.

            If the Obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each
            such affiliation.

            The obligor is not an affiliate of the trustee or of its
            parent, State Street Boston Corporation.

            (See note on page 2.)

Item 3. through Item 15.   Not applicable.

Item 16.   List of Exhibits.

      List below all exhibits filed as part of this statement of
eligibility.

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

            A copy of the Articles of Association of the trustee, as now in
            effect, is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
            as Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Statement of Eligibility
            and Qualification of Trustee (Form T-1) filed with the
            Registration Statement of Morse Shoe, Inc. (File No. 22-17940)
            and is incorporated herein by reference thereto.

      2. A copy of the certificate of authority of the trustee to commence
      business, if not contained in the articles of association.

            A copy of a Statement from the Commissioner of Banks of
            Massachusetts that no certificate of authority for the trustee
            to commence business was necessary or issued is on file with
            the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 2 to
            Amendment No. 1 to the Statement of Eligibility and
            Qualification of Trustee (Form T-1) filed with the Registration
            Statement of Morse Shoe, Inc. (File No. 22-17940) and is
            incorporated herein by reference thereto.

      3. A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate
      trust powers, if such authorization is not contained in the documents
      specified in paragraph (1) or (2), above.

            A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise
            corporate trust powers is on file with the Securities and
            Exchange Commission as Exhibit 3 to Amendment No. 1 to the
            Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of Trustee (Form
            T-1) filed with the Registration Statement of Morse Shoe, Inc.
            (File No. 22-17940) and is incorporated herein by reference
            thereto.

      4. A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee, or instruments
      corresponding thereto.

            A copy of the by-laws of the trustee, as now in effect, is on
            file with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4
            to the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of Trustee
            (Form T-1) filed with the Registration Statement of Eastern
            Edison Company (File No. 33-37823) and is incorporated herein
            by reference thereto.

      5. A copy of each indenture referred to in Item 4. if the obligor is
      in default.

            Not applicable.

      6. The consents of United States institutional trustees required by
      Section 321(b) of the Act.

            The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the
            Act is annexed hereto as Exhibit 6 and made a part hereof.

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

            A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee
            published pursuant to law or the requirements of its
            supervising or examining authority is annexed hereto as Exhibit
            7 and made a part hereof.


                                   NOTES

      In answering any item of this Statement of Eligibility and
Qualification which relates to matters peculiarly within the knowledge of
the obligor or any underwriter for the obligor, the trustee has relied upon
information furnished to it by the obligor and the underwriters, and the
trustee disclaims responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of such
information.

      The answer furnished to Item 2. of this statement will be amended, if
necessary, to reflect any facts which differ from those stated and which
would have been required to be stated if known at the date hereof.


                                 SIGNATURE

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, State Street Bank and Trust Company, a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
has duly caused this statement of eligibility and qualification to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in
the City of Boston and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 1st day of
February, 1999.

                                    STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY


                                    By:   /s/ Roland S. Gustafsen 
                                        --------------------------------
                                             Roland S. Gustafsen
                                             Assistant Vice President


                                 EXHIBIT 6


                           CONSENT OF THE TRUSTEE


      Pursuant to the requirements of Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended, in connection with the proposed issuance pursuant
to an offering registration statement by Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.,
of its Subordinated Debt Securities we hereby consent that reports of
examination by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be
furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission
upon request therefor.

                                    STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY


                                    By:  /s/ Roland S. Gustafsen 
                                         -----------------------------
                                             Roland S. Gustafsen
                                             Assistant Vice President

Dated:  February  1, 1999



                                 EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of State Street Bank and Trust Company,
Massachusetts and foreign and domestic subsidiaries, a state banking
institution organized and operating under the banking laws of this
commonwealth and a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of
business June 30, 1998, published in accordance with a call made by the
Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the
Federal Reserve Act and in accordance with a call made by the Commissioner
of Banks under General Laws, Chapter 172, Section 22(a).


                                                                    Thousands
                                                                       of
ASSETS                                                               Dollars

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
      Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin..........   1,553,703
      Interest-bearing balances...................................  12,440,716
Securities........................................................   9,436,138
Federal funds sold and securities purchased 
      under agreements to resell in domestic offices
      of the bank and its Edge subsidiary.........................   8,785,353
Loans and lease financing receivables:
      Loans and leases, net of unearned  
      income..............................6,633,608
      Allowance for loan and lease losses.   92,999
      Allocated transfer risk reserve.....        0
      Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowances.....   6,540,609
Assets held in trading accounts...................................   1,267,679
Premises and fixed assets.........................................     491,928
Other real estate owned...........................................         100
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries........................       1,278
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding......      68,312
Intangible assets.................................................     231,294
Other assets......................................................   1,667,282
                                                                    ----------

Total assets......................................................  42,484,392
                                                                    ==========

LIABILITIES

Deposits:
      In domestic offices.........................................  12,553,371
            Noninterest-bearing...........10,204,405
            Interest-bearing...............2,348,966
      In foreign offices and Edge subsidiary......................  16,961,571
            Noninterest-bearing............  154,792
            Interest-bearing..............16,806,779
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under                     
      agreements to repurchase in domestic offices of                 
      the bank and of its Edge subsidiary.........................   8,182,794
Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury and Trading Liabilities..           0
Trading liabilities...............................................     883,096

Other borrowed money..............................................     361,141
Subordinated notes and debentures.................................           0
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding..........      68,289
Other liabilities.................................................   1,017,284

Total liabilities.................................................  40,027,546
                                                                    ----------

EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus.....................           0
Common stock......................................................      29,931
Surplus...........................................................     455,288
Undivided profits and capital reserves/Net unrealized holding         
gains (losses)....................................................   1,964,924
Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale 
securities........................................................      15,557
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments...............      (8,854)
Total equity capital..............................................   2,456,846
                                                                    ----------

Total liabilities and equity capital..............................  42,484,392
                                                                    ----------



I, Rex S. Schuette, Senior Vice President and Comptroller of the above
named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been
prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System and is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.

                                    /s/  Rex S. Schuette


We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of
Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of
our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the
instructions issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
and is true and correct.

                                    /s/  David A. Spina
                                    /s/  Marshall N. Carter
                                    /s/  Truman S. Casner





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