COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY INC
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

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

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        DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): MARCH 20, 1998

                        COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC.
               (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)

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           MARYLAND
 (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION                0-12989                             56-1431377
      OF INCORPORATION)              (COMMISSION FILE NUMBER)         (IRS EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)
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                 400 EAST SOUTH STREET, SUITE 500
                         ORLANDO, FLORIDA                                           32801
             (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)                            (ZIP CODE)
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       REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (407) 423-7348


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ITEM 1.  CHANGES IN CONTROL OF REGISTRANT.

                  Not Applicable.

ITEM 2.  ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.

                  Not Applicable.

ITEM 3.  BANKRUPTCY OR RECEIVERSHIP.

                  Not Applicable.

ITEM 4.  CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT.

                  Not Applicable.

ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

         Concurrently with the filing of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the
Registrant filed a Prospectus Supplement to the Registration Statement on Form
S-3, File No. 333-24773 (the "Registration Statement"), with respect to the
offering by the Registrant of $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its
7 1/8% Notes due 2008. The Registration Statement was declared effective by the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 22, 1997. 

ITEM 6. RESIGNATION OF REGISTRANT'S DIRECTORS.

                  Not Applicable.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(a)-(b)           Not Applicable.

(c)       Exhibits.

 Exhibit No.                          Description

     1.2        Form of Underwriting Agreement, which is being filed pursuant to
                Regulation S-K, Item 601(b)(1) in lieu of filing the otherwise
                required exhibit to the Registration Statement, under the
                Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and
                which, since this Form 8-K filing is incorporated by reference
                in such Registration Statement, is set forth in full in such
                Registration Statement. (Filed herewith.)

     4.1        Form of Indenture, which is being filed pursuant to Regulation
                S-K, item 601(b)(4) in lieu of in lieu of filing the otherwise
                required exhibit to the Registration Statement under the
                Securities Act, and which, since this Form 8-K filing is
                incorporated by reference in such Registration
                Statement, is set forth in full in such Registration Statement.
                (Filed herewith.)

     4.2        Form of Supplemental Indenture, which is being filed pursuant to
                Regulation S-K, item 601(b)(4) in lieu of filing the otherwise
                required exhibit to the Registration Statement under the
                Securities Act, and which, since this Form 8-K filing is
                incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement, is set
                forth in full in such Registration Statement. (Filed herewith.)

     4.3        Form of 7 1/8% Notes due 2008, which is being filed pursuant to
                Regulation S-K, item 601(b)(4) in lieu of filing the otherwise
                required exhibit to the Registration Statement under the
                Securities Act, and which, since this Form 8-K filing is
                incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement, is set
                forth in full in such Registration Statement. (Filed herewith.)

      5         Opinion of Shaw Pittman Potts & Trowbridge, which is being filed
                pursuant to Regulation S-K, Item 601(b)(5) in lieu of filing the
                otherwise required exhibit to the Registration Statement under
                the Securities Act, and which, since this Form 8-K filing is
                incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement, is set
                forth in full in such Registration Statement. (Filed herewith.)
                                                           
      12        Statement of Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed
                Charges, which is being filed pursuant to Regulation
                S-K, Item 601(b)(12) in lieu of filing the otherwise required
                exhibit to the Registration Statement under the Securities Act,
                and which, since this Form 8-K filing is incorporated by
                reference in such Registration Statement, is set forth in full
                in such Registration Statement. (Filed herewith.)
                                                           
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    23.1        Consent of Shaw Pittman Potts & Trowbridge (contained in the
                opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto), which is being filed
                pursuant to Regulation S-K, Item 601(b)(23) in lieu of filing
                the otherwise required exhibit to the Registration Statement
                under the Securities Act, and which, since this Form 8-K filing
                is incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement, is
                set forth in full in such Registration Statement. (Filed
                herewith.)

    23.2        Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP. (Filed herewith.)

     25         Statement of Eligibility of Trustee, which is being filed
                pursuant to Regulation S-K, Item 601(b)(25) in lieu of filing
                the otherwise required exhibit to the Registration Statement
                under the Securities Act, and which, since this Form 8-K filing
                is incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement, is
                set forth in full in such Registration Statement. (Filed
                herewith.)

ITEM 8.  CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR.

                  Not Applicable.


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                                   SIGNATURES

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

                                   COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC.

Dated: March 20, 1998              By: Kevin B. Habicht
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                                       Kevin B. Habicht, Chief Financial Officer


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

 Exhibit No.                            Description
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     1.2        Form of Underwriting Agreement, which is being filed pursuant 
                to Regulation S-K, Item 601(b)(1) in lieu of filing the 
                otherwise required exhibit to the Registration Statement on 
                Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement"), File No. 333-24773, 
                under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities 
                Act"), and which, since this Form 8-K filing is incorporated 
                by reference in such Registration Statement, is set forth in 
                full in such Registration Statement. (Filed herewith.)

     4.1        Form of Indenture, which is being filed pursuant to Regulation
                S-K, item 601(b)(4) in lieu of filing the otherwise
                required exhibit to the Registration Statement under the
                Securities Act, and which, since this Form 8-K filing is
                incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement, is set
                forth in full in such Registration Statement. (Filed herewith.)

     4.2        Form of Supplemental Indenture, which is being filed pursuant to
                Regulation S-K, item 601(b)(4) in lieu of filing the otherwise
                required exhibit to the Registration Statement under the
                Securities Act, and which, since this Form 8-K filing is
                incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement, is set
                forth in full in such Registration Statement. (Filed herewith.)
                                               
     4.3        Form of 7 1/8% Notes due 2008, which is being filed pursuant to
                Regulation S-K, item 601(b)(4) in lieu of filing the otherwise
                required exhibit to the Registration Statement under the
                Securities Act, and which, since this Form 8-K filing is
                incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement, is set
                forth in full in such Registration Statement. (Filed herewith.)

      5         Opinion of Shaw Pittman Potts & Trowbridge, which is being filed
                pursuant to Regulation S-K, Item 601(b)(5) in lieu of filing the
                otherwise required exhibit to the Registration Statement under
                the Securities Act, and which, since this Form 8-K filing is
                incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement, is set
                forth in full in such Registration Statement. (Filed herewith.)

     12         Statement of Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed
                Charges, which is being filed pursuant to Regulation S-K, Item 
                601(b)(12) in lieu of filing the otherwise required
                exhibit to the Registration Statement under the Securities
                Act, and which, since this Form 8-K filing is incorporated by
                reference in such Registration Statement, is set forth in full
                in such Registration Statement. (Filed herewith.)
                                               
     23.1       Consents of Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge (contained in the
                opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto), which is being filed
                pursuant to Regulation S-K, Item 601(b)(23) in lieu of filing
                the otherwise required exhibit to the Registration Statement
                under the Securities Act, and which, since this Form 8-K filing
                is incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement, is
                set forth in full in such Registration Statement. (Filed
                herewith.)

     23.2       Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP. (Filed herewith.)

      25        Statement of Eligibility of Trustee, which is being filed
                pursuant to Regulation S-K, Item 601(b)(25) in lieu of filing
                the otherwise required exhibit to the Registration Statement
                under the Securities Act, and which, since this Form 8-K filing
                is incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement, is
                set forth in full in such Registration Statement. (Filed
                herewith.)


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                       COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC.

                               __% NOTES DUE 2008

                             UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT


                                                                  March   , 1998


J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
SALOMON BROTHERS INC
  c/o J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
  60 Wall Street
  New York, New York  10260

Dear Sirs:

         Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to issue and sell to the underwriters named in Schedule II
hereto (collectively, the "Underwriters"), the principal amount of its debt
securities identified in Schedule I hereto (the "Securities"), to be issued
under the indenture specified in Schedule I hereto (the "Indenture") between
the Company and the Trustee identified in such Schedule (the "Trustee").

         The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") in accordance with the provisions of Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder (collectively, the "Securities Act"), a registration statement (the
file number of which is set forth in Schedule I hereto) on Form S-3, relating
to certain securities (the "Shelf Securities") to be issued from time to time
by the Company.  The Company also has filed with, or proposes to file with, the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act a prospectus
supplement specifically relating to the Securities.  The registration statement
as amended to the date of this Agreement is hereinafter referred to as the
"Registration Statement" and the related prospectus covering the Shelf
Securities in the form first used to confirm sales of the Securities is
hereinafter referred to as the "Basic Prospectus."  The Basic Prospectus as
supplemented by the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the
Securities in the form first used to confirm sales of the Securities is
hereinafter referred to as the "Prospectus." Any reference in this Agreement to
the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any preliminary form of
Prospectus (a "preliminary prospectus") previously filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424 or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include
the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3
under the Securi-





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ties Act which were filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(collectively, the "Exchange Act") on or before the date of this Agreement or
the date of the Basic Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus,
as the case may be; and any reference to "amend," "amendment" or "supplement"
with respect the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any
documents filed under the Exchange Act after the date of this Agreement, or the
date of the Basic Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as
the case may be, which are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.

         The Company hereby agrees with the Underwriters as follows:

         1.      The Company agrees to issue and sell the Securities to the
several Underwriters as hereinafter provided, and each Underwriter, on the
basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to
the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees to purchase, severally and not
jointly, from the Company the respective principal amount of Securities set
forth opposite such Underwriter's name in Schedule II hereto at the purchase
price set forth in Schedule I hereto plus accrued interest, if any, from the
date specified in Schedule I hereto to the date of payment and delivery.

         2.      The Company understands that the several Underwriters intend
(i) to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Securities
and (ii) initially to offer the Securities upon the terms set forth in the
Prospectus.

         3.      Payment for the Securities shall be made to the Company or to
its order in immediately available funds on the date and at the time and place
set forth in Schedule I hereto (or at such other time and place on the same or
such other date, not later than the third Business Day thereafter, as you and
the Company may agree in writing).  Such payment will be made upon delivery to,
or to you for the respective accounts of, such Underwriters of the Securities
registered in such names and in such denominations as you shall request not
less than two full Business Days prior to the date of delivery, with any
transfer taxes payable in connection with transfer to the Underwriters duly
paid by the Company.  As used herein, the term "Business Day" means any day
other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New
York City.  The time and date of such payment and delivery with respect to the
Securities are referred to herein as the "Closing Date."  The Securities will
be delivered through the book entry facilities of The Depository Trust Company
("DTC") and will be made available for inspection by you by 1:00 P.M. on the
Business Day prior to the Closing Date at such place in New York City as you,
DTC and the Company shall agree.

         4.      The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:

         (a)     no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary
prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each preliminary prospectus
filed as part of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of
any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424





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under the Securities Act, complied when so filed in all material respects with
the Securities Act, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; provided that this representation and warranty shall
not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the
Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein;

         (b)     the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the
Commission under the Securities Act; no stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that
purpose has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by
the Commission; and the Registration Statement and Prospectus (as amended or
supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements
thereto) comply, or will comply, as the case may be, in all material respects
with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the
"Trust Indenture Act"), and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective
date as to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and as of the
date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and the
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented at the Closing Date, if applicable, will
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; except that the
foregoing representations and warranties shall not apply to (i) that part of
the Registration Statement which constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and
Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee, and (ii)
statements or omissions in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus made in
reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter
furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly
for use therein;

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

         (d)     the historical financial statements and the related notes
thereto, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, comply in all mate-





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rial respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act,
as applicable, and present fairly the financial position of the Company as of
the dates indicated and the results of its operations and the changes in its
cash flows for the periods specified; the financial statements with respect to
the properties acquired or to be acquired by the Company, if any, together with
related notes and schedules, as set forth or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, present fairly the financial position
and the results of operations of such properties at the indicated dates and for
the indicated periods; the foregoing financial statements have been prepared in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis, and the supporting schedules included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus present fairly the
information required to be stated therein; the summary financial and
statistical data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and
have been compiled on a basis consistent with the financial statements
presented therein; the pro forma financial information, and the related notes
thereto, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus has been prepared in accordance with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable; the
assumptions used in preparing such pro forma information are reasonable and the
adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions
referred to therein; and the other financial and statistical information and
data set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any
amendment or supplement thereto) are accurately presented in all material
respects and prepared on a basis consistent with the books and records of the
Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined below);

         (e)     except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), subsequent to the
respective dates as of which such information is given in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the
Company and its Subsidiaries have not incurred any liability or obligation,
direct or contingent, or entered into any transaction, not in the ordinary
course of business, that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, and
there has not been any change in the capital stock, or material increase in the
short-term debt or long-term debt, of the Company and its Subsidiaries, or any
material adverse change, or any development involving or which may reasonably
be expected to involve, a prospective material adverse change, in the condition
(financial or other), business, net worth or results of operations of the
Company and its Subsidiaries;

         (f)     the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing
as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the state of Maryland, with
power and authority (corporate or other) to own, lease and operate its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for
the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each
other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties, or conducts any
business, so as to require such qualification (which jurisdictions of foreign
qualification are identified in Schedule III hereto), other than where the
failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not (1) have a material
adverse effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, the earnings, business
affairs, prospects, properties, sharehold-





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ers' equity or results of operations of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (2) adversely affect the issuance, validity, or
enforceability of the Securities or the enforceability of the Indenture or (3)
adversely affect the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement (each of (1), (2) and (3) above, a "Material Adverse Effect");
except for investments in its Subsidiaries or in securities as described in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus, the Company has no equity or other
interest in, or rights to acquire, an equity or other interest in any
corporation, partnership, trust or other entity; each of the Company's
Subsidiaries (within the meaning of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act) is
identified on Schedule IV hereto (the "Subsidiaries") and has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a corporation or limited partnership, as
the case may be, in good standing under the laws of its states of organization
with power and authority (corporate or other) to own its properties and conduct
its business as presently conducted and as described in the Prospectus, and has
been duly qualified as a foreign corporation or limited partnership, as the
case may be, for the transaction of business and in good standing under the
laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties, or
conducts any business, so as to require such qualification (which jurisdictions
of organization and foreign qualification are identified in Schedule IV
hereto), other than where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing
would not have a Material Adverse Effect; all the outstanding shares of capital
stock or partnership interests of each Subsidiary have been duly authorized and
validly issued, are fully-paid and non-assessable, and are owned by the
Company, directly or indirectly, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
security interests and claims; and except for investments in securities as
described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, the Subsidiaries have no
equity or other interest in, or rights to acquire, an equity or other interest
in any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity;

         (g)     this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company;

         (h)     the Securities have been duly authorized, and, when issued,
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture, will
have been duly and validly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and
will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and entitled to
the benefits provided by the Indenture; the Indenture has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company, and has been duly qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of
the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms; and
the Securities and the Indenture will conform to the statements relating
thereto contained in the Prospectus;

         (i)     neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, nor with
the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would be, in violation of or in
default under (A) (i) its Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, Certificate of
Limited Partnership or Limited Partnership Agreement, as the case may be, or
(ii) to the best of the Company's knowledge, any law, ordinance, administrative
or governmental rule or regulation applicable to the Company or its
Subsidiaries, which violation would have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii)
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body having jurisdiction over the Company or its Subsidiaries, or (B) any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, partnership agreement or
other agreement or other instrument or obligation to which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which they or any of their properties are
bound, except, with respect to this clause (2), for violations and defaults
which individually or in the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse
Effect; the issue and sale of the Securities and the performance by the Company
of all of the provisions of its obligations under the Securities, the Indenture
and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein
contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms
or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed
of trust, loan agreement, partnership agreement or other material agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the
property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, nor
will any such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Articles
of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Company or any applicable law or statute
or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body
having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties; and no consent,
approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any
such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of
the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture, except such consents,
approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as have been
obtained under the Securities Act, the Trust Indenture Act and as may be
required under state securities or Blue Sky Laws in connection with the
purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters;

         (j)     (A)  to the best of the Company's knowledge, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any municipal, state or
federal law, rule or regulation concerning any of the properties described in
the Prospectus as owned by them (the "Properties") which would have a Material
Adverse Effect; (B) to the best of the Company's knowledge, each of the
Properties complies with all applicable zoning laws, ordinances and regulations
in all material respects and, if and to the extent there is a failure to
comply, such failure does not materially impair the value of any such
Properties and will not result in a forfeiture or reversion of title thereof;
(C) neither the Company nor either of its Subsidiaries has received from any
governmental authority any written notice of any condemnation of or zoning
change affecting any of the Properties, and the Company does not know of any
such condemnation or zoning change which is threatened and which if consummated
would have a Material Adverse Effect; (D) the leases under which the Company
leases the Properties as lessor (the "Leases") are in full force and effect and
have been entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Company; (E)
the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have complied with their respective
obligations under the Leases in all material respects and the Company does not
know of any default by any other party to the Leases which, alone or together
with other such defaults, would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company
and its Subsidiaries or any of the Properties subject to a Lease; and (G) all
liens, charges, encumbrances, claims or restrictions on or affecting the
properties and assets (including the Properties) of the Company and its
Subsidiaries that are required to be disclosed in the Prospectus are disclosed
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         (k)     other than as set forth or contemplated in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened to which the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be the subject which, if
determined adversely to the Company, could individually or in the aggregate
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and, to the best of
the Company's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by
governmental authorities or threatened by others; and there are no statutes,
regulations, contracts or other documents of a character required to be filed
as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus which are not filed or described as
required; and the descriptions of the terms of all such statutes, regulations,
contracts and documents contained or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus are complete and correct in all material
respects;

         (l)     the Company's authorized, issued and outstanding
capitalization is as set forth in the Prospectus; and all of the issued shares
of beneficial interest of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and
issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are free of any preemptive or
similar rights;

         (m)     the Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable
title in fee simple to all of the properties and assets reflected in the
financial statements or as described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus as owned by them (including the Properties) and good and marketable
title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free of any lien,
mortgage, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind except those reflected in
such financial statements or as described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus or which do not materially affect or detract from the value of such
property or interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such
property by the Company and the Subsidiaries; the Company and the Subsidiaries
occupy their leased properties under valid and binding leases conforming to the
description thereof set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus;

         (n)     the mortgages and deeds of trust encumbering the Properties
are not (i) cross-defaulted to any indebtedness other than indebtedness of the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries or (ii) cross-collateralized to any property
not owned by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries;

         (o)     the Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of
recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such
amounts as are customary in the business in which they are engaged and is
adequate for the value of their properties; all policies of insurance insuring
the Company or the Subsidiaries or their respective business, assets,
employees, officers and trustees or directors, as the case may be, are in full
force and effect; the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with the
terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects and there are
no claims by the Company or by the Subsidiaries under any such policy or
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reservation of rights clause, other than claims which individually or in the
aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect; neither the Company nor any
of its Subsidiaries had been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied
for, and the Company does not have any reason to believe that the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries will not be able to renew its respective existing
insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar
coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its respective
businesses at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect;

         (p)     the Company and its Subsidiaries have title insurance on each
of the Properties in an amount at least equal to the greater of (a) the cost of
acquisition of such Property and (b) the replacement cost of the improvements
located on such Property;

         (q)     the Company has filed all Federal, State and foreign income
tax returns which have been required to be filed and have paid all taxes
indicated by said returns and all assessments received by it to the extent that
such taxes have become due and are not being contested in good faith;

         (r)     each of the Company and the Subsidiaries owns, possesses or
has obtained all material licenses, permits, certificates, consents, orders,
approvals and other authorizations from, and has made all material declarations
and filings with, all federal, state, local and other governmental authorities
(including foreign regulatory agencies), all self-regulatory organizations and
all courts and other tribunals, domestic or foreign, necessary to own or lease,
as the case may be, and to operate its properties and to carry on its business
as conducted as of the date hereof, except in each case where the failure to
obtain licenses, permits, certificates, consents, orders, approvals and other
authorizations, or to make all declarations and filings, would not have a
Material Adverse Effect, and none of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries has
received any notice of any proceeding relating to revocation or modification of
any such license, permit, certificate, consent, order, approval or other
authorization, except as described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus and except, in each case, where such revocation or modification
would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company and each of the
Subsidiaries are in compliance with all laws, rules and regulations relating to
the conduct of their respective businesses as conducted as of the date hereof,
except where noncompliance with such laws, rules or regulations would not have
a Material Adverse Effect; and, except as described in the Prospectus, none of
such permits contains any restriction that is materially burdensome to the
Company and its Subsidiaries.

         (s)     to the Company's knowledge, the accountants, KPMG Peat
Marwick, LLP, who have certified or shall certify the financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) are independent public
accountants as required by the Securities Act;

         (t)     no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among
the Company or the Subsidiaries on the one hand, and the directors, officers,
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the Company or the Subsidiaries on the other hand, which is required by the
Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
which is not so described;

         (u)     to the Company's knowledge, neither the Company and its
Subsidiaries nor any employee or agent of the Company and its Subsidiaries has
made any payment of funds of the Company or its Subsidiaries or received or
retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation, which payment,
receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the
Prospectus;

         (v)     no labor dispute with the employees of the Company and its
Subsidiaries exists or is threatened or imminent that could result in a
Material Adverse Effect;

         (w)     the Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess all patents,
trademarks, trademark registrations, service marks, service mark registrations,
trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets and rights
described in the Prospectus as being owned by them or necessary for the conduct
of their respective businesses, and the Company is not aware of any claim to
the contrary or any challenge by any other person to the rights of the Company
and its Subsidiaries with respect to the foregoing;

         (x)     the Company has never been, is not now, and immediately after
giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities under this Agreement
will not be, an "investment company" or entity "controlled" by an "investment
company", within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
(the "Investment Company Act");

         (y)     the Company is organized in conformity with the requirements
for qualification as a real estate investment trust under Sections 856 through
860 of the Code and the rules and regulations thereunder; as of the close of
any taxable year, the Company has had no earnings and profits accumulated in a
non-REIT year within the meaning of Section 857(a)(2)(B) of the Code, and the
Company's past and proposed method of operation have enabled it, and will
enable it, to meet the requirements for taxation as a REIT under the Code for
all years of its taxable operations ending on or before December 31, 1997;

         (z)     each of the Company's Subsidiaries is in compliance with all
requirements applicable to a "qualified REIT subsidiary" within the meaning of
Section 856(i) of the Code and all applicable regulations under the Code, and
the Company is not aware of any fact that would negatively impact such
qualifications;

         (aa)    the conditions for the use of a registration statement on Form
S-3 set forth in the General Instructions on Form S-3 have been satisfied and
the Company is entitled to use such form for the transactions contemplated
herein;

         (ab)    (i)      to the best of the Company's knowledge, the Company,
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all applicable Environmental Laws, except as disclosed in the Environmental
Reports (defined below) and not likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;

                 (ii)     the Company and its Subsidiaries have not at any time
and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, no other party has at any time
handled, buried, stored, retained, refined, transported, processed,
manufactured, generated, produced, spilled, allowed to seep, leak, escape or
leach, or be pumped, poured, emitted, emptied, discharged, injected, dumped,
transferred or otherwise disposed of or dealt with, Hazardous Materials (as
defined below) on, to, under or from the Properties, except as disclosed in the
environmental site assessment reports obtained by the Company on or before the
date hereof in connection with the purchase of any of the Properties and
provided to the Underwriters or their counsel (collectively, the "Environmental
Reports") and not likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries intends to use the Properties or any
subsequently acquired properties for the purpose of handling, burying, storing,
retaining, refining, transporting, processing, manufacturing, generating,
producing, spilling, seeping, leaking, escaping, leaching, pumping, pouring,
emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, dumping, transferring or otherwise
disposing of or dealing with Hazardous Materials;

                 (iii)    to the best of the Company's knowledge, no seepage,
leak, escape, leach, discharge, injection, release, emission, spill, pumping,
pouring, emptying or dumping of Hazardous Materials into waters on or adjacent
to the Properties has occurred, is occurring or is reasonably expected to
occur, except as disclosed in the Environmental Reports and not likely to have
a Material Adverse Effect;

                 (iv)     neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
received notice from any Governmental Authority or other person of, and does
not have knowledge of, any occurrence or circumstance which, with notice,
passage of time, or failure to act, would give rise to, any claim under or
pursuant to any Environmental Law or under common law pertaining to Hazardous
Materials on or originating from the Properties or arising out of the conduct
of any party with respect to the Properties, except as disclosed in the
Environmental Reports;

                 (v)      to the best of the Company's knowledge, the
Properties are not included or proposed for inclusion on any federal, state, or
local lists of sites which require or might require environmental cleanup,
including, but not limited to, the National Priorities List or CERCLIS List
issued pursuant to CERCLA (as defined below) by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency;

                 as used herein, "Hazardous Material" shall include, without
limitation, any flammable explosive, radioactive materials, hazardous
materials, hazardous wastes, hazardous or toxic substances, or related
materials, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls ("PCBs"), petroleum products and
by-products and substances defined or listed as "hazardous substances," "toxic
substances," "hazardous waste," or "hazardous materials" in any Federal, state
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                 as used herein, "Environmental Law" shall mean all laws,
regulations or ordinances of any Federal, state or local governmental authority
having or claiming jurisdiction over any of the Properties (a "Governmental
Authority") that are designed to protect public health and the environment or
regulate the handling of Hazardous Materials, including, without limitation,
the comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq.) ("CERCLA"), the Hazardous
Material Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. Section 1801 et seq.), the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et
seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. Section
1251 et seq.), and the Clear Air Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et
seq.), and any and all analogous future federal or present or future state or
local laws;

         (ac)    in the ordinary course of its business, the Company conducts a
periodic review of the effect of Environmental Laws on the business, operations
and properties of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in the course of which it
identifies and evaluates associated costs and liabilities (including, without
limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up,
closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit,
license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any
potential liabilities to third parties).  On the basis of such review, the
Company has reasonably concluded that such associated costs and liabilities
would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;

         (ad)    subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Prospectus, (i) the Company has not purchased any of its
outstanding shares of beneficial interest (other than repurchases of fractional
shares), nor declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or distribution of
any kind on its shares of beneficial interest other than regular periodic
dividends on its shares of beneficial interest (preferred and common); and (ii)
there has not been any material change in the shares of beneficial interest,
short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company, except as described in or
contemplated by the Prospectus;

         (ae)    no Subsidiary is currently prohibited directly or indirectly
from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on
such Subsidiary's capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or
advances to such Subsidiary from the Company of from transferring any of such
Subsidiary's assets or property to the Company or any other Subsidiary of the
Company, except as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus;

         (af)    the Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to
occur of (i) the Closing Date and (ii) completion of the distribution of the
Securities, will not distribute any offering material in connection with the
offering and sale of the Securities other than the Registration Statement, the
preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or other material permitted by the Act;
the Company has not, directly or indirectly, (i) taken any action designed to
cause or to result in, or that has constituted or which might reasonably be
expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities or
(ii) since the filing of the Registration Statement (A) sold, bid for,
purchased, or paid anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of, the
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pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other
securities of the Company;

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

         (ah)    to the best of the Company's knowledge, the Company does no
business with any person or affiliate located in Cuba within the meaning of
Florida Rule 3E-900.001.

         5.      The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters
as follows:

         (a)     to file the Prospectus in a form approved by you pursuant to
Rule 424 under the Securities Act not later than the Commission's close of
business on the second Business Day following the date of determination of the
offering price of the Securities; and to furnish copies of the Prospectus to
the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on
the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities
as you may reasonably request;

         (b)     to deliver to each Underwriter and counsel for the
Underwriters, at the expense of the Company, a signed copy of the Registration
Statement (as originally filed) and each amendment thereto, in each case
including exhibits and documents incorporated by reference therein and, during
the period mentioned in paragraph (e) below, to each of the Underwriters as
many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements
thereto) and documents incorporated by reference therein as you may reasonably
request, when filed with Commission.

         (c)     before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, to furnish to you a copy of any proposed amendment
or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, for your review,
and not to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you
reasonably object;

         (d)     to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or
information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act for so long
as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or
sale of the Securities, and during such same period, to advise the Underwriters
and counsel for the Underwriters promptly, and to confirm such advice in
writing, (i) when any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have become
effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the
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ment to the Prospectus or for any additional information, (iii) of the issuance
by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for
that purpose, (iv) of the occurrence of any event, within the period referenced
in paragraph (e) below, as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser,
not misleading, and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offer and
sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for
such purpose; and to use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such
stop order or notification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the
withdrawal thereof;

         (e)     if, during such period after the first date of the public
offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a
prospectus relating to the Securities is required by law to be delivered in
connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur as a
result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the
Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if it is necessary
to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, forthwith to prepare
and furnish, at the expense of the Company, to the Underwriters and to the
dealers (whose names and addresses you will furnish to the Company) to which
Securities may have been sold by you on behalf of the Underwriters and to any
other dealers upon request, such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as
may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or
supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus is
delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply
with law;

         (f)     to endeavor to qualify the Securities for offer and sale under
the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you shall reasonably
request and to continue such qualification in effect so long as reasonably
required for distribution of the Securities and to pay all fees and expenses
(including fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters) reasonably
incurred in connection with such qualification and in connection with the
determination of the eligibility of the Securities for investment under the
laws of such jurisdictions as you may designate; provided that the Company
shall not be required to file a general consent to service of process in any
jurisdiction;

         (g)     to make generally available to its security holders and to you
as soon as practicable but not later than 15 months after the effective date of
the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) of the Commission
promulgated under the Securities Act) an earnings statement covering a period
of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the
Company occurring after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which
shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule
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         (h)     so long as the Securities are outstanding, to furnish to you
copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to
holders of Securities, and copies of any reports and financial statements
furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange;

         (i)     during the period beginning on the date hereof and continuing
to and including the Business Day following the Closing Date, not to offer,
sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of or
guaranteed by the Company which are substantially similar to the Securities
without your prior written consent;

         (j)     to use the net proceeds of the offering of the Securities in
the manner specified in the Prospectus under "Use of Proceeds;"

         (k)     whether or not the transactions contemplated in this
Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay all costs and
expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all costs and expenses (i)
incident to the preparation, issuance, execution, authentication and delivery
of the Securities, including any expenses of the Trustee, (ii) incident to the
preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus (including in each
case all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto), (iii) incurred in
connection with the registration or qualification and determination of
eligibility for investment of the Securities under the laws of such
jurisdictions as the Underwriters may designate (including fees of counsel for
the Underwriters and their disbursements), (iv) in connection with the listing
of the Securities on any stock exchange, (v) related to any filing with
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., (vi) in connection with the
printing (including word processing and duplication costs) and delivery of this
Agreement, the Indenture, the Preliminary and Supplemental Blue Sky Memoranda
and any Legal Investment Survey and the furnishing to Underwriters and dealers
of copies of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including mailing
and shipping, as herein provided, (vii) payable to rating agencies in
connection with the rating of the Securities, (viii) any expenses incurred by
the Company in connection with a "road show" presentation to potential
investors and (ix) the cost and charges of any transfer agent; and

         (l)     to the best of its knowledge, the Company has complied and
will endeavor to comply with all provisions of Florida H.B. 1771, Section 1,
paragraph 17,130 of Florida Securities and Investor Act, and all regulations
thereunder relating to issuers doing business with Cuba.

         6.      The several obligations of the Underwriters hereunder shall be
subject to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to
the following conditions:

         (a)     the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424 within the applicable time period prescribed for such
filing by the rules and regulations under the Securities Act; no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect,
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Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the
Commission shall have been complied with to your satisfaction;

         (b)     the representations and warranties of the Company contained
herein are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as
of the Closing Date and the Company shall have complied with all agreements and
all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior
to the Closing Date;

         (c)     subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
prior to the Closing Date, there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor
shall any notice have been given of (i) any intended or potential downgrading
or (ii) any review or possible change that does not indicate an improvement, in
the rating accorded any securities of or guaranteed by the Company by any
"nationally recognized statistical rating organization," as such term is
defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act;

         (d)     since the respective dates as of which information is given in
the Prospectus there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or
long-term debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any material
adverse change or any development involving a material adverse change, in or
affecting the general affairs, business, prospects, management, properties,
financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or
contemplated in the Prospectus, the effect of which in your judgment makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the
delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus;

         (e)     you shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a
certificate of the Chairman of the Board of Directors or President or Chief
Executive Officer of the Company and the Chief Financial or Accounting Officer
of the Company satisfactory to you to the effect set forth in subsections (a)
through (c) of this Section and to the further effect that there has not
occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs,
business, prospects, management, properties, financial position, stockholders'
equity or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole from that set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement.

         (f)     Shaw Pittman Potts & Trowbridge, counsel for the Company,
shall have furnished to you its written opinion, dated the Closing Date, in
form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that:

                 (i)          the Company has been duly organized and is
         validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of
         Maryland, with power and authority (corporate or other) to own its
         properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus as
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                 (ii)         the Company has been duly qualified as a foreign
         corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing
         under the laws of each other  jurisdiction in which it owns or leases
         properties, or conducts any business, so as to require such
         qualification, other than where the failure to be so qualified or in
         good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect;

                 (iii)        each of the Subsidiaries has been duly organized
         and is validly existing as a corporation or limited partnership, as
         the case may be, in good standing under the laws of their
         jurisdictions of organization, with power and authority (corporate or
         other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in
         the Prospectus as amended or supplemented;

                 (iv)         each of the Subsidiaries has been duly qualified
         as a foreign corporation or limited partnership, as the case may be,
         for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws
         of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties, or
         conducts any business, so as to require such qualification, other than
         where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not
         have a Material Adverse Effect;

                 (v)          all of the outstanding shares of capital stock or
         partnership interests of each Subsidiary have been duly and validly
         authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and are
         owned by the Company, directly or indirectly, free and clear of any
         security interests, liens, encumbrances, and claims;

                 (vi)         (a)  the Registration Statement and the
         Prospectus and any supplements or amendments thereto (except for the
         financial statements and the notes thereto and the schedules and other
         financial and statistical data included therein, as to which such
         counsel need not express any opinion) comply as to form in all
         material respects with the requirements of the Act; and (b) each of
         the Incorporated Documents (except for the financial statements and
         the notes thereto and the schedules and other financial and
         statistical data included therein, as to which counsel need not
         express any opinion) complies as to form in all material respects with
         the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
         thereunder;

                 (vii)        to the knowledge of such counsel, based upon such
         inquiry as such counsel deems appropriate, other than as described or
         contemplated in the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), there are
         no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened against the
         Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or to which the Company or any of
         its Subsidiaries or any properties of the Company and any of its
         Subsidiaries is subject, which are required to be described in the
         Registration Statement or Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
         thereto) and there are no agreements, contracts, indentures, leases or
         other instruments that are required to be described in the
         Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any amendment or
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         by reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or any
         Incorporated Document that are not described, filed or incorporated as
         required, as the case may be;

                 (viii)       to the knowledge of such counsel, neither the
         Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any law,
         ordinance, administrative or governmental rule or regulation
         applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or of any decree
         of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over
         the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

                 (ix)         such counsel is not aware of any certificates,
         authorizations, licenses or permits required by any federal regulatory
         authority which are necessary for the Company and its Subsidiaries to
         conduct their respective businesses other than any such certificates,
         authorization, licenses or permits which have been obtained; to the
         knowledge of such counsel, neither the Company nor any of its
         Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the
         revocation or modification of nay certificate, authorization license
         or permit issued by any federal, state, municipal or foreign
         regulatory authority which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject
         of an unfavorable decision, ruling or funding, would result in a
         material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise),
         business prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company
         or its Subsidiaries;

                 (x)          this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
         and delivered by the Company;

                 (xi)         the Securities have been duly authorized and
         executed by the Company and when authenticated in accordance with the
         terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the
         Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will
         constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company
         entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, enforceable in
         accordance with their terms, except that the enforceability thereof
         may be limited by or subject to (a) bankruptcy, insolvency,
         reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, moratorium or
         similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors' rights
         generally and (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether
         enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or equity);

                 (xii)        the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed
         and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and legally
         binding instrument of the Company enforceable against the Company in
         accordance with its terms, except that the enforceability thereof may
         be limited by or subject to (a) bankruptcy, insolvency,
         reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, moratorium or
         similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors' rights
         generally and (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether
         enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or equity); and
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                 (xiii)       the Indenture and the Securities conform in all
         material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Registration
         Statement and the Prospectus;

                 (xiv)        to the knowledge of such counsel, neither the
         Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is (a) in violation of its
         respective articles of incorporation or by-laws or (b) in default in
         the performance of any material obligation, agreement or condition
         contained in any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of
         indebtedness set forth on Schedule A attached to such opinion, except
         as may be disclosed in the Prospectus;

                 (xv)         neither the offer, sale or delivery of the
         Securities, the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of
         its obligations under the Securities, the Indenture and this
         Agreement, compliance by the Company with the provisions hereof nor
         consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby
         and thereby (a) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will
         constitute a breach of, or a default under, (1) the articles of
         incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
         (2) any agreement, indenture, lease or other instrument to which the
         Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company
         or any properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound
         (A) that is an exhibit to the Registration Statement or (B) which is
         known to such counsel, all of which have been waived in connection
         with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement); or (b) results
         or will result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
         encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or its
         Subsidiaries, pursuant to any agreement, indenture, lease or other
         instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party
         or by which the Company or any properties of the Company or any of its
         Subsidiaries is bound (1) that is incorporated by reference or an
         exhibit to the Registration Statement or (2) which is known to such
         counsel; or (c) violates or will violate (1) any existing federal or
         Maryland law, regulation or ruling (assuming compliance with all
         applicable state securities and Blue Sky laws, regulations, rulings
         and orders) or (2) to the knowledge of such counsel, any judgment,
         injunction, order or decree applicable to the Company or its
         Subsidiaries or any properties of the Company or any of its
         Subsidiaries;

                 (xvi)        the Company's authorized, issued and outstanding
         shares of capital stock is as set forth under the caption
         "Capitalization" in the Prospectus; the authorized capital stock of
         the Company conforms in all material respects as to legal matters to
         the description thereof contained in the Prospectus under the caption
         "Description of Capital Stock"; and all of the shares of capital stock
         of the Company outstanding prior to the issuance of the Securities
         have been duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
         nonassessable;

                 (xvii)       no consent, approval, authorization, order,
         registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental
         agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or
         the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by this
         Agreement or the Indenture, except such consents, approvals,
         authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as have been
         obtained under the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act





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         and as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in
         connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the
         Underwriter;

                 (xviii)      to the knowledge of such counsel, (a) neither the
         Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any federal law
         or regulation relating to occupational safety and health or to the
         environment, including, without limitation, the storage, handling,
         transportation or disposal of hazardous or toxic materials, (b) the
         Company and its Subsidiaries have received all permits, registrations,
         licenses and other approvals required of them under applicable federal
         occupational and safety and health and environmental laws and
         regulations to conduct their respective businesses and (c) the Company
         and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all terms and conditions
         of any such permit, registration, license or approval, except any such
         violation of law or regulation, failure to receive required permits,
         registrations, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with
         the terms and conditions of such permits, registrations, licenses or
         approvals which would not, singly or in the aggregate result in a
         Material Adverse Effect;

                 (xix)        the statements in the Prospectus, insofar as they
         are descriptions of contracts or agreements or constitute statements
         of law or legal conclusions, are accurate and present fairly the
         information required to be shown in all material respects;

                 (xx)         commencing with the Company's initial taxable
         year, the Company has qualified as a REIT under the Code for all
         taxable years ending on or before December 31, 1997, and its past and
         proposed method of operation will enable it to qualify as a REIT under
         the Code for its taxable year ending on December 31, 1998; and each of
         the Company's Subsidiaries is a "qualified REIT subsidiary" within the
         meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code; and the Company is not an
         open-end investment company, unit investment trust, closed-end
         investment company or face-amount certificate company that is or is
         required to be registered under the Investment Company Act;

                 (xxi)        the investments of the Company described in the
         Prospectus are permitted investments under the Declaration of Trust of
         the Company;

                 (xxii)       the Registration Statement was declared effective
         under the Securities Act and the Indenture was qualified under the
         Trust Indenture Act as of the date and time specified in such opinion,
         the Prospectus was filed with the Commission pursuant to subparagraph
         of Rule 424 specified in such opinion on the date specified therein
         and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
         Statement has been issued and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no
         proceeding for that purpose is pending or threatened by the
         Commission;

                 (xxiii)      such counsel (A) is of the opinion that each
         document incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and
         the Prospectus (except for the historical and pro forma financial
         statements included therein as to which such counsel need express no





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         opinion) complied as to form in all material respects with the
         Exchange Act when filed with Commission, (B) believes that (except for
         the historical and pro forma financial statements included therein as
         to which such counsel need express no belief) each part of the
         Registration Statement (including the documents incorporated by
         reference therein) filed with the Commission pursuant to the
         Securities Act relating to the Securities, when such part became
         effective, did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
         omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
         necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (C) is of the
         opinion that the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any
         amendments and supplements thereto (except for the historical and
         pro forma financial statement included therein as to which such
         counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material
         respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust
         Indenture Act and (D) believes that (except for the financial
         statements included therein as to which such counsel need express no
         belief) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, on the date of
         this Agreement, did not contain any untrue statement of a material
         fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
         necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that the
         Prospectus as amended or supplemented, if applicable, on the Closing
         Date does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
         to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
         therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
         not misleading; and

                 (xxiv)       the Company is not, and will not become as a
         result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
         Agreement, an "investment company" or entity "controlled" by an
         "investment company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act,
         and has not been an "investment company" at any time.

         In rendering such opinions, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters
involving the application of laws other than the laws of the United States and
the States of New York and Maryland, to the extent such counsel deems proper
and to the extent specified in such opinion, if at all, upon an opinion or
opinions (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Underwriters'
counsel) of other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Underwriters' counsel,
familiar with the applicable laws; (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent
such counsel deems proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the
Company and certificates or other written statements of officials of
jurisdictions having custody of documents respecting the corporate existence or
good standing of the Company.  The opinion of such counsel for the Company
shall state that the opinion of any such other counsel is in form satisfactory
to such counsel and, in such counsel's opinion, the Underwriters and they are
justified in relying thereon.  With respect to the matters to be covered in
subparagraph (xix) above counsel may state its opinion and belief is based upon
their participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto (other than the documents
incorporated by reference therein) and review and discussion of the contents
thereof (including the documents incorporated by reference therein) but is
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         (g)     on the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, KPMG
Peat Marwick LLP shall have furnished to you letters, dated such date, in form
and substance satisfactory to you, containing statements and information of the
type customarily included in accountants "comfort letters" to underwriters with
respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including, without
limitation, a statements incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, in accordance with the standards established by the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants;

         (h)     you shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an
opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel to the
Underwriters, with respect to the validity of the Indenture and the Securities,
the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and other related matters as the
Underwriters may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such
papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass
upon such matters;

         (i)     on or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have
furnished to the Underwriters such further certificates and documents
confirming the representations and warranties contained herein and related
matters as you shall reasonably request.

         The opinions and certificates mentioned in this Agreement shall be
deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in all
material respects satisfactory to the Underwriters and to Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for the Underwriters.

         7.      The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the
meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and
liabilities (including without limitation the legal fees and other expenses
incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim
asserted) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (as
amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or
supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, or caused by any omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished
to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use
therein.

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





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For purposes of this Section 7 and Sections 4(a) and 4(b), the only written
information furnished by the Underwriters to the Company expressly for use in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus is (a) the information in the
last paragraph on the cover page of the Prospectus specifically relating to the
Securities, (b) the information regarding stabilization in the first paragraph
on the inside front cover page of the Prospectus specifically relating to the
Securities and (c) the information in the third and sixth paragraphs, under the
caption "Underwriting" in the Prospectus.

         If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or
regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against
any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either of
the two preceding paragraphs, such person (the "Indemnified Person") shall
promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the
"Indemnifying Person") in writing, and the Indemnifying Person, upon request of
the Indemnified Person, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others the
Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and
expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding.  In any such proceeding,
any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the
fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified
Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have
mutually agreed to the contrary, (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within
a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified
Person or (iii) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any
impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified
Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be
inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them.  It
is understood that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any
proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the
fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local
counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall
be reimbursed as they are incurred.  Any such separate firm for the
Underwriters and such control persons of Underwriters shall be designated in
writing by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and any such separate firm for the
Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and
such control persons of the Company or authorized representatives shall be
designated in writing by the Company.  The Indemnifying Person shall not be
liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written
consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for
the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify any Indemnified
Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or
judgment.  Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an
Indemnified Person shall have requested an Indemnifying Person to reimburse the
Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the
third sentence of this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person agrees that it shall
be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written
consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt
by such Indemnifying Person of the aforesaid request and (ii) such Indemnifying
Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such
request prior to the date of such settlement.  No Indemnifying Person shall,
without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any
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in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and
indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless
such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person
from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.

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

         The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro
rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.
The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses,
claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth
above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in
connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall an
Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.  No
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.  The Underwriters'
obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion
to the



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respective principal amounts of Securities set forth opposite their names in
Schedule II hereto, and not joint.

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

         The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7
and the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company set forth in
this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless
of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on
behalf of any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter or by or on
behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any other person
controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the
Securities.

         8.      Notwithstanding anything herein contained, this Agreement may
be terminated in your absolute discretion by notice given to the Company, if
after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing
Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on
or by, as the case may be, any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American
Stock Exchange, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., the
Chicago Board Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago
Board of Trade, (ii) trading of any securities of or guaranteed by the Company
shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market,
(iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York or
Florida shall have been declared by either Federal, New York State or Florida
State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation
of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis
that, in your judgment is material and adverse and which, in your judgment,
makes it impracticable to market the Securities on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus.

         9.      If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the Underwriters
shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities which it or they have agreed to
purchase under this Agreement, and the aggregate principal amount of
Securities, which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed
or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal
amount of the Securities, the other Underwriter or Underwriters shall be
obligated severally in the proportions that the principal amount of Securities
set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule II hereto bears to the
aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all
such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as the
non-defaulting Underwriters may specify, to purchase the Securities which such
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase
on such date; provided that in no event shall the principal amount of
Securities that any Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to Section 1 be
increased pursuant to this Section 9 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of
such principal amount of Securities without the written consent of such
Underwriter.  If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall
fail or refuse to purchase Securities and the aggregate principal amount of
Securities with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of
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satisfactory to the Underwriters and the Company for the purchase of such
Securities are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement
shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter
or the Company.  In any such case either you or the Company shall have the
right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days,
in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement and
in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected.
Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting
Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under
this Agreement.

         10.     If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or
any of them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to
comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or
if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under
this Agreement or any condition of the Underwriters' obligations cannot be
fulfilled, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters or such
Underwriters as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves,
severally, for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and expenses of
their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this
Agreement or the offering of Securities.

         11.     This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be legally
binding upon the Company, the Underwriters, any controlling persons referred to
herein and their respective successors and assigns.  Nothing expressed or
mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other
person, firm or corporation any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained.  No
purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor
by reason merely of such purchase.

         12.     Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by you
jointly or by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. alone on behalf of the Underwriters,
and any such action taken by you jointly or by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
alone shall be binding upon the Underwriters.  All notices and other
communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication.
Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Underwriters, c/o J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., 60 Wall Street, New York, New York  10260, Attention:
Syndicate Department, with a copy to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP,
919 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022, Attention: Stacy J. Kanter, Esq.
Notices to the Company shall be given to it at Commercial Net Lease Realty,
Inc., 400 East South Street, Suite 50, Orlando, Florida 32801, Attention:
James M. Seneff, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, with a copy to Shaw
Pittman Potts & Trowbridge, 2300 N Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037-1128,
Attention:  John M. McDonald.

         13.     This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made
and to be performed within the State of New York.





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         14.     This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which
shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.





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

                                    Very truly yours,

                                    COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC.



                                    By:
                                       ---------------------------------------
                                       Name:
                                       Title:




Accepted:  March 12, 1998

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
SALOMON BROTHERS INC

By: J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.,


By:
   ------------------------------
   Name:
   Title:

For themselves and as Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed in Schedule II hereto
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                                                                      SCHEDULE I


<TABLE>
<S>                                                <C>
Representatives:                                   J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
                                                   Goldman, Sachs & Co.
                                                   Salomon Brothers Inc


Underwriting Agreement dated:                      March     , 1998
                                                         ----

Registration Statement No.:                        333-24773

Title of Securities:                                   % Notes due 2008 (the "2008 Notes")
                                                   ----

Aggregate principal amount:                        $100,000,000 of 2008 Notes

Price to Public:                                        % of the principal amount of the 2008 Notes,
                                                   plus accrued interest, if any, from          , 1998 to the
                                                   Closing Date
Underwriting Discount:

Indenture:                                         Indenture dated as of March    , 1998 and the
                                                   Supplemental Indenture dated as of March   , 1998, both
                                                   between Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc. and
                                                   First Union National Bank (the "Trustee")

Maturity:                                          ___________, 2008

Interest Rate:                                        % with respect to the 2008 Notes

Interest Payment Dates:

Optional Redemption Provisions:                    The Securities are redeemable at any time at the
                                                   option of the Company, in whole or in part, at a
                                                   redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the principal
                                                   amount of the notes being redeemed plus accrued
                                                   interest thereon to the redemption date and
                                                   (ii) the Make-Whole Amount (as defined in the
                                                   Prospectus Supplement relating to the Securities
                                                   dated March   , 1998), if any

Sinking Fund Provisions:                           None
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<S>                                                <C>
Other Significant Provisions:                      None

Closing Date and Time of Delivery:                 The Closing will be held at 10:00 a.m. (E.S.T.) On
                                                   March   , 1998, with the Securities being delivered
                                                   through the book-entry facilities of The Depository
                                                   Trust Company ("DTC") and made available for
                                                   checking by DTC and the Trustee at lease 24 hours
                                                   prior to the Closing Date.


Closing Location:                                  Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
                                                   919 Third Avenue
                                                   New York, NY  10022
</TABLE>

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                                                                     SCHEDULE II



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                   Principal Amount
                                                   of 2008 Notes
Underwriter                                        To Be Purchased
- -----------                                        ---------------
<S>                                                <C>
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.                        $

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Salomon Brothers Inc

     Total.........................                $
                                                    ============================
</TABLE>

<PAGE>   31
                                                                    SCHEDULE III

                       STATES OF FOREIGN QUALIFICATION OF
                       COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC.


                                    Arkansas
                                    Alabama
                                    Arizona
                                   California
                                    Colorado
                                    Delaware
                                    Florida
                                    Georgia
                                    Illinois
                                     Kansas
                                    Kentucky
                                   Louisiana
                                     Maine
                                    Maryland
                                    Michigan
                                   Minnesota
                                  Mississippi
                                    Missouri
                                 North Carolina
                                  North Dakota
                                     Nevada
                                 New Hampshire
                                   New Jersey
                                   New Mexico
                                    New York
                                      Ohio
                                    Oklahoma
                                     Oregon
                                  Pennsylvania
                                  Rhode Island
                                 South Carolina
                                   Tennessee
                                     Texas
                                    Virginia
                                   Washington
                                   Wisconsin
                                 West Virginia
<PAGE>   32
                                                                     SCHEDULE IV



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    JURISDICTION                                    PERCENTAGE OF
           NAME OF                                       OF            STATES OF FOREIGN           EQUITY INTEREST
         SUBSIDIARY                                 ORGANIZATION         QUALIFICATION             OWNED BY COMPANY
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                 <C>               <C>                              <C>
Net Lease Realty I, Inc.                              Maryland          Florida, Georgia                 100%

Net Lease Realty II, Inc.                             Maryland              Florida                      100%

Net Lease Realty III, Inc.                            Maryland              Florida                      100%

Net Lease Realty IV, Inc.                             Maryland              Florida                      100%

Net Lease Institutional Realty, L.P.                 Delaware(1)       Georgia, Florida,                 20%(2)
                                                                           New York,
                                                                        Tennessee, Texas
</TABLE>


____________________

  (1)     Organized as  a limited partnership under Delaware law.

  (2)     The Company holds a 20% general partnership interest in Net Lease
          Institutional Realty, L.P.


<PAGE>   1
                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1



                       COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC.

                                       TO

                           FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK,

                                    TRUSTEE

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

                                   INDENTURE

                           DATED AS OF MARCH   , 1998

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

                                DEBT SECURITIES
<PAGE>   2
                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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<S>                                                                                                                         <C>
ARTICLE I   DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL
            APPLICATION  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1

    Section 1.1      Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1
    Section 1.2      Compliance Certificates and Opinions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
    Section 1.3      Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
    Section 1.4      Acts of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
    Section 1.5      Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
    Section 1.6      Notice to Holders; Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
    Section 1.7      Counterparts; Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
    Section 1.8      Successors and Assigns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
    Section 1.9      Severability Clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
    Section 1.10     Benefits of Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
    Section 1.11     Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
    Section 1.12     Legal Holidays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
    Section 1.13     Immunity of Stockholders, Directors, Offices and Agents of the Company  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
    Section 1.14     Conflict with Trust Indenture Act  . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19

ARTICLE II  SECURITIES FORMS  . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19

    Section 2.1      Forms of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
    Section 2.2      Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
    Section 2.3      Securities Issuable in Global Form .  . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

ARTICLE III THE SECURITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22

    Section 3.1      Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
    Section 3.2      Denominations     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
    Section 3.3      Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
    Section 3.4      Temporary Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
    Section 3.5      Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  32
    Section 3.6      Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  37
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    Section 3.7      Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  38
    Section 3.8      Persons Deemed Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
    Section 3.9      Cancellation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  42
    Section 3.10     Computation of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  42

ARTICLE IV  SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE. . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  43

    Section 4.1      Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  43
    Section 4.2      Application of Trust Funds . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  44
    Section 4.3      Reinstatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  45

ARTICLE V   REMEDIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  45

    Section 5.1      Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  45
    Section 5.2      Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  47
    Section 5.3      Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  49
    Section 5.4      Trustee May File Proofs of Claim  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  50
    Section 5.5      Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities or Coupons  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  51
    Section 5.6      Application of Money Collected  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  51
    Section 5.7      Limitation on Suits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  52
    Section 5.8      Unconditional Rights of Holders to Receive Principal,
                     Premium, If Any, Interest and Additional Amounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  53
    Section 5.9      Restoration of Rights and Remedies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  53
    Section 5.10     Rights and Remedies Cumulative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  53
    Section 5.11     Delay or Omission Not Waiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  54
    Section 5.12     Control by Holders of Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  54
    Section 5.13     Waiver of past Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  54
    Section 5.14     Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  55
    Section 5.15     Undertaking for Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  55

ARTICLE VI  THE TRUSTEE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  56

    Section 6.1      Notice of Defaults  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  56
    Section 6.2      Certain Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  56
    Section 6.3      Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  59
    Section 6.4      May Hold Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  59
    Section 6.5      Money Held in Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  59

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    Section 6.6      Compensation and Reimbursement.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
    Section 6.7      Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Conflicting Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
    Section 6.8      Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  61
    Section 6.9      Acceptance of Appointment by Successor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  63
    Section 6.10     Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  64
    Section 6.11     Appointment of Authenticating Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  64
    Section 6.12     Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  66
    
ARTICLE VII          HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  68

    Section 7.1      Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  68
    Section 7.2      Reports by Trustee . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  68
    Section 7.3      Reports by Company . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  69
    Section 7.4      Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
                     Holders   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  69

ARTICLE VIII         CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, LEASE OR CONVEYANCE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  70

    Section 8.1      Consolidations and Mergers of Company and Sales,
                     Leases and Conveyances Permitted Subject to Certain
                     Conditions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  70
    Section 8.2      Rights and Duties of Successor Corporation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  71
    Section 8.3      Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  71

ARTICLE IX  SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  72

    Section 9.1      Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  72
    Section 9.2      Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  73
    Section 9.3      Execution of Supplemental Indentures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  75
    Section 9.4      Effect of Supplemental Indentures   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  75
    Section 9.5      Conformity with Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  75
    Section 9.6      Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  75
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ARTICLE X   COVENANTS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  76

    Section 10.1     Payment of Principal, Premium or Make-whole
                     Amount, If Any, Interest and Additional Amounts, If
                     Any . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  76
    Section 10.2     Maintenance of Office or Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  76
    Section 10.3     Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  78
    Section 10.4     Existence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  80
    Section 10.5     Maintenance of Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  81
    Section 10.6     Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  81
    Section 10.7     Payment of Taxes and Other Claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  81
    Section 10.8     Provision of Financial Information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  81
    Section 10.9     Statement as to Compliance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  82
    Section 10.10    Additional Amounts  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  82
    Section 10.11    Waiver of Certain Covenants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  84

ARTICLE XI  REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  84

    Section 11.1     Applicability of Article  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  84
    Section 11.2     Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  84
    Section 11.3     Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  84
    Section 11.4     Notice of Redemption  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  85
    Section 11.5     Deposit of Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  87
    Section 11.6     Securities Payable on Redemption Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  87
    Section 11.7     Securities Redeemed in Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  88

ARTICLE XII          SINKING FUNDS   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  89

    Section 12.1     Applicability of Article  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  89
    Section 12.2     Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  89
    Section 12.3     Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  90

ARTICLE XIII         REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  90

    Section 13.1     Applicability of Article  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  91
    Section 13.2     Repayment of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  91
    Section 13.3     Exercise of Option  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  91
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    Section 13.4     When Securities Presented for Repayment Become
                     Due and Payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
    Section 13.5     Securities Repaid in Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

ARTICLE XIV          DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

    Section 14.1     Applicability of Article; Company's Option to Effect
                     Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
    Section 14.2     Defeasance and Discharge  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
    Section 14.3     Covenant Defeasance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
    Section 14.4     Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant                                                                   
                     Defeasance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
    Section 14.5     Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be                                                       
                     Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
                                                                                                                            
ARTICLE XV           MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES  .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

    Section 15.1     Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
    Section 15.2     Call, Notice and Place of Meetings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
    Section 15.3     Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  100
    Section 15.4     Quorum; Action  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  100
    Section 15.5     Determination of Voting Rights, Conduct and   
                     Adjournment of Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  101
    Section 15.6     Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  102

SIGNATURES AND SEALS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..  104

Exhibit A     Form of Debt Security  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  A-1
              
Exhibit B-2   Form of Certification  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  B-1
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                       COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC.

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust
Indenture Act" or "TIA") and Indenture dated as of March   , 1998.

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             Section 310(a)(1)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6.7
             Section 310(a)(2)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6.7
             Section 310(a)(5)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6.7
             Section 310(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6.4, 6.7, 6.8
             Section 311  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6.4
             Section 312  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7.1
             Section 313(a) - (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7.2
             Section 313(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6,1, 7.2, 7.3
             Section 313(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7.2
             Section 314(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7.3
             Section 314(a)(4)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   10.9
             Section 314(c)(1) - (2)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1.2
             Section 314(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1.2
             Section 313(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3.3, 6.2
             Section 315(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6.1
             Section 315(c) - (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6.12
             Section 315(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5.15, 6.8
             Section 316(a) (last sentence) . . . . . . . . . . .   1.1 ("Outstanding")
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             Section 316(a)(1)(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5.2, 5.12
             Section 316(a)(1)(B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5.13
             Section 316(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5.8
             Section 317(a)(1)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5.3
             Section 317(a)(2)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5.4
             Section 318(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1.11
             Section 318(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1.11
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NOTE:    This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed
         to be a part of the Indenture.

         Attention should also be directed to TIA Section 318(c), which
provides that the provisions of Sections 310 to and including 317 of the Trust
Indenture Act are a part of and govern every qualified indenture, whether or
not physically contained therein.

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         INDENTURE, dated as of March   , 1998 between COMMERCIAL NET LEASE
REALTY, INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), having its principal
office at 400 East South Street, Suite 500, Orlando, Florida 32801-2878, and
First Union National Bank, a national banking association organized under the
laws of the United States of America, as Trustee hereunder (the "Trustee"),
having its Corporate Trust Office at 225 Water Street, Third Floor,
Jacksonville, Florida 32202.

                            RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

         The Company deems it necessary to issue from time to time for its
lawful purposes debt securities (hereinafter called the "Securities")
evidencing its indebtedness, and has duly authorized the execution and delivery
of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of the
Securities, to be issued in one or more series as provided in this Indenture.

         This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA"), that are deemed to be
incorporated into this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be
governed by such provisions.

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

                   NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

         For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for
the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as
follows:

                                   ARTICLE I

            DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 1.1       DEFINITIONS

         For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

                 (1)      the terms defined in this Article I have the meanings
assigned to them in this Article I, and include the plural as well as the
singular;





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                 (2)      all other terms used herein which are defined in the
TIA, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to
them therein, and the terms "cash transaction" and "self-liquidating paper," as
used in TIA Section 311, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the rules
of the Commission adopted under the TIA;

                 (3)      all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein
have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP; and

                 (4)      the words "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.

         "Act," when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified
in Section 1.4.

         "Additional Amounts" means any additional amounts which are required
by a Security or by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, under circumstances
specified therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes
imposed on certain Holders and which are owing to such Holders.

         "Affiliate" or any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person.  For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting Securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.

         "Authenticating Agent" means any authenticating agent appointed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 6.11 to act on behalf of the Trustee to
authenticate Securities.

         "Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, printed in the English
language or in an official language of the country of publication, customarily
published on each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays
or holidays, and of general circulation in each place in connection with which
the term is used or in the financial community of each such place.  Whenever
successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the
successive publications may be made in the same or in different Authorized
Newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case
on any Business Day.





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         "Bankruptcy Law" has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.

         "Bearer Security" means any Security established pursuant to Section 
2.1 which is payable to bearer.

         "Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the Company, or
any committee of that board duly authorized to act hereunder.

         "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, and delivered to the Trustee.

         "Business Day," when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any
other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities,
means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 3.1, any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is not a day on
which banking institutions in that Place of Payment or particular location are
authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

         "CEDEL" means Centrale de Livraison de Valeurs Mobilieres, S.A., or
its successor.

         "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from
time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), or, if at any time after execution of this
instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now
assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such
duties on such date.

         "Common Stock" means, with respect to any Person, all shares of
capital stock issued by such Person other than Preferred Stock.

         "Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor corporation shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor corporation.

         "Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written
request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the
Board, the President, any Senior Vice President or Vice President and by its
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Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to 
the Trustee.

         "Conversion Event" means the cessation of use of (1) a Foreign
Currency both by the government of the country which issued such currency and
for the settlement of transactions by a central bank or other public
institutions of or within the international banking community, (2) the ECU both
within the European Monetary System and for the settlement of transactions by
public institutions of or within the European Community, or (3) any currency
unit (or composite currency) other than the ECU for the purposes for which it
was established.

         "Corporate Trust Office" means the designated 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 225
Water Street, Third Floor, Jacksonville, Florida 32202.

         "Corporation" includes corporations, associations, companies and
business trusts.

         "coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a
Bearer Security.

         "Custodian" has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.

         "Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 3.7.

         "Dollar" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal
tender for the payment of public and private debts.

         "Euroclear" means Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels
office, or its successor as operator of the Euroclear System.

         "European Communities" means the European Economic Community, the
European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.

         "European Monetary System" means the European Monetary System
established by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the council of the
European Communities.

         "Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Article V.





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         "ECU" means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised from
time to time by the Council of the European Communities.

         "Foreign Currency" means any currency, currency unit or composite
currency, including, without limitation, the ECU, issued by the government of
one or more countries other than the United States of America or by any
recognized confederation or association of such governments.

         "GAAP" means, except as otherwise provided herein, generally accepted
accounting principles, as in effect from time to time, as used in the United
States applied on a consistent basis.

         "Global Security" means a security evidencing all or a part of a
series of Securities issued to and registered in the name of the depositary for
such series, or its nominee, in accordance with Section 3.5, and bearing the
legend prescribed in Section 2.3.

         "Government Obligations" means securities which are (1) direct
obligations of the United States or the government which issued the Foreign
Currency in which the securities of a particular series are payable, for the
payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (2) obligations of a
Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality
of the United States or such government which issued the Foreign Currency in
which the securities of such series are payable, the payment of which is
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United
States or such other government, which, in either case, are not callable or
redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a
depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect
to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or
principal of any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the
account of the holder of a depository 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 Government Obligation or the
specific payment of interest on or principal of the Government Obligation
evidenced by such depository receipt.

         "Holder" means in the case of a Registered Security, the Person in
whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case
of a Bearer Security, the bearer thereof and, when used with respect to any
coupon, shall mean the bearer thereof.





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         "Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may
be supplemented or amended from time to time by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as
contemplated by Section 3.1; provided, however, that, if at any time more than
one Person is acting as Trustee under this instrument, "Indenture" shall mean,
with respect to any one or more series of Securities for which such Person is
Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or as it may be supplemented or
amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered
into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms
of the, or those, particular series of Securities for which such Person is
Trustee established as contemplated by Section 3.1, exclusive, however, of any
provisions or terms which relate solely to other series of Securities for which
such Person is Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions were
adopted, and exclusive of any provisions of terms adopted by means of one or
more indentures supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such Person
had become such Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was not a
party.

         "Indexed Security" means a Security the terms of which provide that
the principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less
than the principal face amount thereof at original issuance.

         "Interest," when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount
Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest
payable after Maturity, and, when used with respect to a Security which
provides for the payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 10.10,
includes such Additional Amounts.

         "Interest Payment Date," when used with respect to any Security, means
the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.

         "Make-Whole Amount," when used with respect to any Security, means the
amount, if any, in addition to principal which is required by a Security, under
the terms and conditions specified therein or as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1, to be paid by the Company to the Holder thereof in
connection with any optional redemption or accelerated payment of such
Security.

         "Maturity," when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption, notice of option to elect
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         "Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board of Directors, the President, any Senior Vice President or Vice
President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.

         "Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company or who may be an employee of or other Counsel for the
Company and who shall be satisfactory to the Trustee and delivered to the
Trustee.

         "Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides
for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon
a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof Pursuant to Section 5.2.

         "Outstanding," when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:

                 (1)      Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

                 (2)      Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or
redemption (including repayment at the option of the Holder) money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore been deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in
trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the
Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto; provided,
however, that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption
has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor
satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;

                 (3)      Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections
14.2 and 14.3, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance and/or
covenant defeasance as provided in Article XIV;

                 (4)      Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section
3.6 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such
Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee
proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser
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                 (5)      Securities converted into Common Stock or Preferred
Stock pursuant to or in accordance with this Indenture if the terms of such
Securities provide for convertibility pursuant to Section 3.1;

         provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the
requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder
or are present at a meeting of Holders for quorum purposes, and for the purpose
of making the calculation required by TIA Section 313, (i) the principal amount
of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such
determination or calculation and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for
such purpose shall be equal to the amount of principal thereof that would be
(or shall have been declared to be) due and payable, at the time of such
determination, upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 5.2, (ii) the principal amount of any Security denominated
in a Foreign Currency that may be counted in making such determination or
calculation and that shall be deemed Outstanding for such purpose shall be
equal to the Dollar equivalent, determined pursuant to Section 3.1 as of the
date such  Security is originally issued by the Company, of the principal
amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar
equivalent as of such date of original issuance of the amount determined as
provided in clause (i) above) of such Security, (iii) the principal amount of
any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such determination or
calculation and that shall be deemed outstanding for such purpose shall be
equal to the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original
issuance, unless otherwise provided with respect to such Security pursuant to
Section 3.1, and (iv) Securities owned by the Company or of any other obligor
upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor
shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making such calculation
or in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall
be so disregarded.  Securities owned as provided in clause (iv) above which
have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act
with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such
other obligor.  In case of a dispute as to such right, the advice of counsel
shall be full protection in respect of any decision made by the Trustee in
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         "Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on any
Securities or coupons on behalf of the Company.

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

         "Place of Payment," when used with respect to the Securities of or
within any series, means the place or places where the principal of (and
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest on such Securities are
payable as specified as contemplated by Sections 3.1 and 10.2 or the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee.

         "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 3.6 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or a Security to which a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or
the Security to which the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon
appertains.

         "Preferred Stock" means, with respect to any Person, all capital stock
issued by such Person that are entitled to a preference or priority over any
other capital Stock issued by such Person with respect to any distribution of
such Person's assets, whether by dividend or upon any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

         "Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, in whole or in part, means the date fixed for such redemption by or
pursuant to this Indenture.

         "Redemption Price," when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.

         "Registered Security" shall mean any Security which is registered in 
the Security Register.

         "Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Registered Securities of or within any series means the date
specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.1, whether or not a
Business Day.



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         "Repayment Date" means, when used with respect to any Security to be
repaid at the option of the Holder, the date fixed for such repayment by or
pursuant to this Indenture.

         "Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee, means
the chairman or vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or vice
chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the president,
any vice president (whether or not designated by a number or a word or words
added before or after the title "vice presidents"), the secretary, any
assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any
assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the controller
or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to
those performed by any of the above-designated officers and also means, with
respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such
matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge and familiarity with the
particular subject.

         "Security" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and, more particularly, means any Security or Securities
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that, if
at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this
Indenture, "Securities" with respect to the Indenture as to which such Person
is Trustee shall have the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture
and shall more particularly mean Securities authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which
such Person is not Trustee.

         "Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 3.5.

         "Significant Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary which is a "significant
subsidiary" (as defined in Article I, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of the Company.

         "Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Registered Securities of or within any series means a date fixed by the Company
pursuant to Section 3.7.

         "Stated Maturity," when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified
in such Security or a coupon representing such installment of interest as the
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principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due
and payable.

         "Subsidiary" means a corporation a majority of the outstanding voting
stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or
more other Subsidiaries of the Company.  For the purposes of this definition,
"voting stock" means stock having voting power for the election of directors,
whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such
voting power by reason of any contingency.

         "Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended and as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed,
except as provided in Section 9.5.

         "Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder;
provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person,
"Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean only
the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

         "United States" means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, the United States of America (including the
states and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and
other areas subject to its jurisdiction.

         "United States Person" means, unless otherwise specified with respect
to any Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, an individual who is a citizen or
resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity
created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or an estate or
trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation
regardless of its source.

         "Yield to Maturity" means the yield to maturity, computed at the time
of issuance of a Security (or, if applicable, at the most recent
redetermination of interest on such Security) and as set forth in such Security
in accordance with generally accepted United States bond yield computation
principles.





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Section 1.2      COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS

         Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to
the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if
any, 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, if any, have been complied with, except
that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing
of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture
relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate
or opinion need be furnished.

         Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (including certificates
delivered pursuant to Section 10.9) shall include:

                 (1)      a statement that each individual signing such
certificate or opinion has read such condition or covenant and the definitions
herein relating thereto;

                 (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 each such
individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such condition
or covenant has been complied with; and

                 (4)      a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each
such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

Section 1.3      FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE

         In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion as to some matters and one or more
other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give
an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.





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         Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, or a
certificate or representations by counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the
exercise or reasonable care should know, that the opinion, certificate or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or
opinion is based are erroneous.  Any such Opinion of Counsel or certificate or
representations may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the
Company stating that the information as to such factual matters is in the
possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows that the certificate,
opinion or representations as to such matters are erroneous.

         Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.

Section 1.4      ACTS OF HOLDERS

         (a)     Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken
by Holders of the Outstanding Securities of all series or one or more series,
as the case may be, may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments
of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents
duly appointed in writing.  If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer
Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Holders of Securities of such series may, alternatively, be embodied in and
evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities of such series voting in favor
thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any
meeting of Holders of Securities of such series duly called and held in
accordance with the provisions of Article XV, or a combination of such
instruments and any such record.  Except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or
instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is
hereby expressly required, to the Company.  Such instrument or instruments and
any such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are
herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such
instrument or instruments or so voting at any such meeting.  Proof of execution
of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the
holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of
this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company and any
agent of the Trustee or the Company, if made in the manner provided in this
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meeting of Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in
Section 15.6.

         (b)     The fact and date of the execution by any person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument of writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof.  Where
such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof
of his authority.  The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

         (c)     The ownership of Registered Securities shall be proved by the
Security Register.  As to any matter relating to beneficial ownership interests
in any Global Security, the appropriate depositary's records shall be
dispositive for purposes of this Indenture.

         (d)     The ownership of Bearer Securities may be proved by the
production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as
depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker or other depositary, whenever
situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be
satisfactory, showing that at the date therein mentioned such Person had on
deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein
described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or affidavit of the
Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is
deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory.  The Trustee  and the Company may
assume that such ownership of any Bearer Security continues until (1) another
certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect of the same
Bearer Security is produced, or (2) such Bearer Security is produced to the
Trustee by some other Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in
exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer
Outstanding.  The ownership of Bearer Securities may also be proved in any
other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

         (e)     If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of Registered
Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, in or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders
entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
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have no obligation to do so.  Notwithstanding TIA Section 316(c), such record
date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such Board
Resolution, which shall be a date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to
the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith and not
later than the date such solicitation is completed.  If such a record date is
fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the
Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed
to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite
proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as
of such record date; provided, however, that no such authorization, agreement
or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless
it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not
later then eleven months after the record date.

         (f)     Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every
future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon
the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof
in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, any
Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent or the Company
in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Security.

Section 1.5      NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

         Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to
be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,

         (1)     the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in
writing to or with the Trustee at 225 Water Street, Third Floor, Jacksonville,
Florida 32202; or

         (2)     the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company
addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first
paragraph of this Indenture or at any other address previously furnished in
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pany, Attention: Chief Financial Officer (with a copy to the Company's general
counsel); or

                 (3)     either the Trustee or the Company, by the other party 
shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if given by facsimile 
transmission, receipt confirmed by telephone followed by an original copy
delivered by guaranteed overnight courier; if to the Trustee at facsimile
number (904) 361-7735; and if to the Company at facsimile number (407)
648-8756.

Section 1.6       NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER

         Where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to Holders of
Registered Securities by the Company or the Trustee, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing
and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each such Holder affected by such
event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than
the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, if any, prescribed for
the giving of such notice.  In any case where notice to Holders of Registered
Securities is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any
defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Registered
Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities
given as provided herein.  Any notice mailed to a Holder in the manner herein
prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder,
whether or not such Holder actually receives such notice.

         If by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail
service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such
notice by mail, then such notification to Holders of Registered Securities as
shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient
notification to such Holders for every purpose hereunder.

         Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or otherwise specified
with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, where this Indenture
provides for notice to Holders of Bearer Securities of any event, such notice
shall be sufficiently given if published in an Authorized Newspaper in the City
of New York and the City of Orlando and in such other city or cities as may be
specified in such Securities on a Business Day, such publication to be not
later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, if any,
prescribed for the giving of such notice.  Any such notice shall be deemed to
have been given on the date of such publication or, if published more than
once, on the date of the first such publication.


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         If by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized
Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be
impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided
above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as shall be given
with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice to such
Holders for every purpose hereunder.  Neither the failure to give notice by
publication to any particular Holder of Bearer Securities as provided above,
nor any defect in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of such
notice with respect to other Holders of Bearer Securities or the sufficiency of
any notice to Holders of Registered Securities given as provided herein.

         Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English
language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of
the country of publication.

         Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice
may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either
before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such
notice.  Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such
filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken
in reliance upon such waiver.

Section 1.7      COUNTERPARTS; EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF
                 CONTENTS

         This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which when executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same Indenture.  The
Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

Section 1.8      SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

         All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

Section 1.9      SEVERABILITY CLAUSE

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


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Section 1.10     BENEFITS OF INDENTURE

         Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities or coupons, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security
Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent and their successors
hereunder and the Holders any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under this Indenture.

Section 1.11     GOVERNING LAW

         This indenture and the Securities and coupons shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York.  This Indenture
is subject to the provisions of the TIA that are required to be part of this
Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

Section 1.12     LEGAL HOLIDAYS

         In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date,
Repayment Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity of any
Security or the last date on which a Holder has the right to convert or
exchange a Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then
(notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture of any Security or
coupon other than a provision in the Securities of any series which
specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu hereof), payment of
interest or any Additional Amounts or principal (and premium or Make-Whole
Amount, if any) or conversion or exchange of such security need not be made at
such Place of Payment on such date but (except as otherwise provided in the
supplemental indenture with respect to such Security) may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect
as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date or
sinking fund payment date, or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity, or on such
last day of conversion or exchange, provided that no interest shall accrue on
the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date, Repayment Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or
Maturity, as the case may be.

Section 1.13     IMMUNITY OF STOCKHOLDERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICES AND
                 AGENTS OF THE COMPANY

         No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement
contained in this Indenture, or in any Security, or because of any indebtedness
evidenced thereby, shall be had against any past, present or future
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officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either
directly or through the Company or any successor, under any rule of law,
statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or
by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being
expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities by the
Holders and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

Section 1.14     CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT

         If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another
provision hereof which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture
by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision
shall control.  If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any
provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the
latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or
to be excluded, as the case may be.

                                   ARTICLE II

                               SECURITIES FORMS

Section 2.1      FORMS OF SECURITIES

         The Registered Securities, if any, of each series and the Bearer
Securities, if any, of each series and related coupons shall be substantially
in the form of Exhibit A hereto or in such other form as shall be established
in one or more indentures supplemental hereto or approved from time to time by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution in accordance with Section 3.1, shall have
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as
are required or permitted by this Indenture or any indenture supplemental
hereto, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or
designation and such legends or endorsements placed 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 with any rule or
regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock
exchange on which the Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage.

         Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, Bearer
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         Subject to Section 3.4, the definitive Securities and coupons shall be
printed, lithographed or engraved, or produced by any combination of these
methods, on a steel engraved border or steel engraved borders or mechanically
reproduced on safety paper or may be produced in any other manner, all as
determined by the officers of the Company executing such Securities or coupons,
as evidenced by their execution of such Securities or coupons.

Section 2.2      FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

         Subject to Section 6.11, the Trustee's certificate of authentication
shall be in substantially the following form:

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in
the within-mentioned Indenture. 


                                         [NAME OF TRUSTEE], as Trustee



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

Section 2.3      SECURITIES ISSUABLE IN GLOBAL FORM

         If Securities of or within a series are issuable in the form of one or
more Global Securities, then, notwithstanding clause (8) of Section 3.1 and the
provisions of Section 3.2, any such Global Security or Securities may provide
that it or they shall represent the aggregate amount of all Outstanding
Securities of such series (or such lesser amount as is permitted by the terms
thereof) from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the
aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series represented thereby
may from time to time be increased or decreased to reflect exchanges.  Any
endorsement of any Global Security to reflect the amount, or any increase or
decrease in the amount, or changes in the rights of Holders thereof, of
Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in such
manner or by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the
Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.3 or 3.4.
Subject to the provisions of Section 3.3 and, if applicable, Section 3.4, the
Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Global Security in permanent global
form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons
specified therein or in the applicable Company Order.  If a Company Order
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simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect  to
endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Global Security shall be in writing
but need not comply with Section 1.2 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion
of Counsel.

         The provisions of the last sentence of Section 3.3 shall apply to any
Security represented by a Global Security if such Security was never issued and
sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the Global Security
together with written instructions (which need not comply with Section 1.2 and
need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction
in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby, together with the
written statement contemplated by the last sentence of Section 3.3.

         Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.7, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, payment of principal of and any
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest on any Global Security in
permanent global form shall be made to the registered Holder thereof.

         Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.8 and except as provided
in the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the
Company and the Trustee shall treat as the Holder of such principal amount of
Outstanding Securities represented by a permanent Global Security (1) in the
case of a permanent Global Security in registered form, the Holder of such
permanent Global Security in registered form or (2) in the case of a permanent
Global Security in bearer form, Euroclear or CEDEL.

         Any Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a
legend in substantially the following form:

                 "This Security is a Global Security within the meaning set
                 forth in the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is
                 registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a
                 Depositary.  This Security is exchangeable for Securities
                 registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary
                 or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in
                 the Indenture, and may not be transferred except as a whole by
                 the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee
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                 Depositary or by the Depositary or its nominee to a successor
                 Depositary or its nominee."

                                  ARTICLE III

                                 THE SECURITIES

Section 3.1      AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES

         The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

         The Securities may be issued in one or more series.  There shall be
established in one or more Board Resolutions or pursuant to authority granted
by one or more Board Resolutions and, subject to Section 3.3, set forth in an
Officer's Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series:

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

                 (2)      any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of the 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 the
series pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6, 11.7 or 13.5);

                 (3)      the date or dates, or the method by which such date
or dates will be determined, on which the principal of the Securities of the
series shall be payable;

                 (4)      the rate or rates at which the Securities of the
series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates
shall be determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue or
the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest
Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable and the Regular Record
Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Registered Security on any
Interest Payment Date, or the method by which such date shall be determined,
and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months;

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                 (5)      the place or places where the principal of (and
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any), interest, if any, on, and Additional
Amounts, if any, payable in respect of, Securities of the series shall be
payable, where any Securities of the series may be surrendered for registration
of transfer, exchange or conversion and where notices or demands to or upon the
Company in respect of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be
served;

                 (6)      the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which, the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or
composite currency or currencies in which, and other terms and conditions upon
which Securities of the series may pursuant to any optional or mandatory
redemption provisions, be redeemed, as a whole or in part, at the option of the
Company, if the Company is to have the option;

                 (7)      the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem,
repay or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or
analogous provision or at the option of a Holder thereof, and the period or
periods within which or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at
which, the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency
or currencies in which, and other terms and conditions upon which Securities of
the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, as a whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligation;

                 (8)      if other than denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the
series shall be issuable;

                 (9)      if other than the Trustee, the identity of each
Security Registrar and/or Paying Agent;

                 (10)     if other than the principal amount thereof, the
portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series that shall be
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 5.2 or, if applicable, the portion of the principal amount of
Securities of the series that is convertible in accordance with the provisions
of this Indenture, or the method by which such portion shall be determined;

                 (11)     if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency or
Currencies in which payment of the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole
Amount, if any) and interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities
of the series shall be payable or in which the Securities of the series shall
be denominated and the manner

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of determining the equivalent thereof in Dollars for purposes of the definition
of "Outstanding" in Section 1.1 and the terms and conditions relating thereto;

                 (12)     whether the amount of payments of principal of (and
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of
the series may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other
method (which index, formula or method may, but need not, be based, without
limitation, on one or more currencies, currency units, composite currencies,
commodities, equity indices or other indices), and the manner in which such
amounts shall be determined;

                 (13)     whether the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole
Amount, if any) or interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities of
the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder
thereof, in a currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite
currency or currencies other than that in which such Securities are denominated
or stated to be payable, the period or periods within which, and the terms and
conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of,
and identity of the exchange rate agent with responsibility for, determining
the exchange rate between the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or
composite currency or currencies in which such Securities are denominated or
stated to be payable and the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or
composite currency or currencies in which such Securities are to be so payable;

                 (14)     provisions, if any, granting special rights to the
Holders of Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events as may
be specified;

                 (15)     any deletions from, modifications of or additions to
the Events of Default or covenants of the Company with respect to Securities of
the series, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are consistent
with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;

                 (16)     whether Securities of the series are to be issuable
as Registered Securities, Bearer Securities (with or without coupons) or both,
any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of Bearer Securities
and the terms upon which Bearer Securities of the series may be exchanged for
Registered Securities of the series and vice versa (if permitted by applicable
laws and regulations), whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable
initially in temporary global form and whether any Securities of the series are
to be issuable in permanent global form with or without coupons and, if so,
whether beneficial owners of interests in any such permanent Global Security
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Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and
denomination and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if
other than in the manner provided in Section 3.5, and, if Registered Securities
of the series are to be issuable as a Global Security, the identity of the
depositary for such series;

                 (17)     the date as of which any Bearer Securities of the
series and any temporary Global Security representing Outstanding Securities of
the series shall be dated if other than the date of original issuance of the
first Security of the series to be issued;

                 (18)     the Person to whom any interest on any Registered
Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name
that Security or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close
of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, the manner in which,
or the Person to whom, any interest on any Bearer Security of the series shall
be payable, if otherwise than upon presentation and surrender of the coupons
appertaining thereto as they severally mature, and the extent to which, or the
manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary Global Security on an
Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner provided in
Section 3.4;

                 (19)     the applicability, if any, of Sections 14.2 and/or
14.3 to the Securities of the series and any provisions in modification of, in
addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Article XIV;

                 (20)     if the Securities of such series are to be issuable
in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary
Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other
documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and/or terms of
such certificates, documents or conditions;

                 (21)     if the Securities of the series are to be issued upon
the exercise of warrants, the time, manner and place for such Securities to be
authenticated and delivered;

                 (22)     whether and under what circumstances the Company will
pay Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section 10.10 on the Securities of
the series in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge and, if so,
whether the Company will have the option to redeem such Securities rather than
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                 (23)     the obligation, if any, of the Company to permit the
conversion of the Securities of such series into the Company's Common Stock or
Preferred Stock, as the case may be, and the terms and conditions upon which
such conversion shall be effected (including, without limitation, the initial
conversion price or rate, the conversion period, any adjustment of the
applicable conversion price and any requirements relative to the reservation of
such shares for purpose of conversion) and applicable limitations on the
ownership or transferability of the Common Stock or Preferred Stock into which
such Securities are convertible; and

                 (24)     any other terms of the series (which terms shall not
be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).

         All Securities of any one series and the coupons appertaining to any
Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except, in
the case of Registered Securities, as to denomination and except as may
otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution (subject to
Section 3.3) and set forth in such Officers' Certificate or in any such
indenture supplemental hereto.  All Securities of any one series need not be
issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be
reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional
Securities of such series.

         If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established by
action taken pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions, a copy of an
appropriate record of such action(s) shall be certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or before
the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of the
Securities of such series.

Section 3.2      DENOMINATIONS

         The Securities of each series shall be issuable in such denominations
as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.  With respect to
Securities of any series denominated in Dollars, in the absence of any such
provisions with respect to the Securities or any series, the Securities of such
series, other than Securities issued in global form (which may be of any
denomination), shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof.

Section 3.3      EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING

         The Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be executed
on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its President or one of
its Senior Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon, and
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its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries.  The signature of any of
these officers on the Securities and coupons may be manual or facsimile
signatures of the present or any future such authorized officer and may be
imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Securities.

         Securities or coupons bearing the manual or facsimile signature of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind
the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased
to hold such offices before the authentication and delivery of such Securities
or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities or coupons.

         At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series, together with
any coupon appertaining thereto, executed by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and
delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company
Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities; provided, however, that,
in connection with its original issuance, no Bearer Security shall be mailed or
otherwise delivered to any location in the United States; and provided further
that, unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities
pursuant to Section 3.1, a Bearer Security may be delivered in connection with
its original issuance only if the Person entitled to receive such Bearer
Security shall have furnished a certificate to Euroclear or CEDEL, as the case
may be, in the form set forth in Exhibit B-1 to this Indenture or such other
certificate as may be specified with respect to any series of Securities
pursuant to Section 3.1, dated no earlier than 15 days before the earlier of
the date on which such Bearer Security is delivered and the date on which any
temporary Security first becomes exchangeable for such Bearer Security in
accordance with the terms of such temporary Security and this Indenture.  If
any Security shall be represented by a permanent global Bearer Security, then,
for purposes of this Section 3.3 and Section 3.4, the notation of a beneficial
owner's interest therein upon original issuance of such Security or upon
exchange of a portion of a temporary Global Security shall be deemed to be
delivery in connection with its original issuance of such beneficial owner's
interest in such permanent Global Security.  Except as permitted by Section
3.6, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless
all appurtenant coupons for interest then matured have been detached and
canceled.

         If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time
and if the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such series
shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the
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issuance of such Securities and determining the terms of particular Securities
of such series, such as interest rate or formula, maturity date, date of
issuance and date from which interest shall accrue.  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 TIA Section 315(a) through 315(d)) shall be fully protected in
relying upon,

         (1)     an Opinion of Counsel stating that:

                 (A)      the form or forms of such Securities and any coupons
         have been established in conformity with the provisions of this
         Indenture;

                 (B)      the terms of such Securities and any coupons have
         been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
         and

                 (C)      such Securities, together with any coupons
         appertaining thereto, when completed by appropriate insertions and
         executed and delivered by the Company to the Trustee for
         authentication in accordance with this Indenture, authenticated and
         delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and issued
         by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified
         in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute legal, valid and legally
         binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with
         their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
         transfer, reorganization and other similar laws of general
         applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors'
         rights generally and to general equitable principles; and

         (2)     an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent
provided for in this Indenture relating to the issuance of the Securities have
been complied with and that, to the best of the knowledge of the signers of
such certificate, no Event of Default with respect to any of the Securities
shall have occurred and be continuing.

If such form or terms have been so established, 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,
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Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.

         Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1 and of the preceding
paragraph, if all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one
time, it shall not be necessary to deliver an Officers' Certificate otherwise
required pursuant to Section 3.1 or a Company Order, or an Opinion of Counsel
or an Officers' Certificate otherwise required pursuant to the preceding
paragraph at the time of issuance of each Security of such series, but such
order, opinion and certificates, with appropriate modifications to cover such
future issuances, shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the
first Security of such series.

         Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication
and each Bearer Security shall be dated as of the date specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1.

         No Security or coupon shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on
such Security or Security to which such coupon appertains a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein duly executed by
the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized signatory, and such
certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such security has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.  Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if any Security (including a Global Security) shall have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company,
and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as
provided in Section 3.9 together with a written statement (which need not
comply with Section 1.2 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel)
stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for
all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture.

Section 3.4      TEMPORARY SECURITIES

         (a)     Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any
series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any
authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive
Securities in lieu of which they are issued, in registered form, or, if
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and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as
conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities.  In the case of
Securities of any series, such temporary Securities may be in global form.

         Except in the case of temporary Global Securities (which shall be
exchanged as otherwise provided herein or as otherwise provided in or pursuant
to a Board Resolution), if temporary Securities of any series are issued, the
Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay.  After the preparation of definitive Securities of such
series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for
definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities
of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for
that series, without charge to the Holder.  Upon surrender for cancellation of
any one or more temporary Securities of any series (accompanied by any
nonmatured coupons appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal
amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations;
provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in
exchange for a temporary Registered security; and provided further that a
definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary
Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in Section
3.3.  Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities of such series.

         (b)     Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, the following provisions of this Section 3.4 shall govern the
exchange of temporary Securities other than through the facilities of The
Depository Trust Company ("DTC").  If any such temporary Security is issued in
global form, then such temporary Global Security shall, unless otherwise
provided therein, be delivered to the London office of a depositary or common
depositary (the "Common Depositary"), for the benefit of Euroclear and CEDEL,
for credit to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of such
Securities (or to such other accounts as they may direct).

         Without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the date
specified in, or determined pursuant to the terms of, any such temporary Global
Security (the "Exchange Date"), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee
definitive Securities, in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of such temporary Global Security, executed by the Company.  On or after
the Exchange Date, such temporary Global Security shall be surrendered by the
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the Company's agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or from time to
time in part, for definitive Securities without charge, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such temporary Global
Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the
same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of
such temporary Global Security to be exchanged.  The definitive Securities to
be delivered in exchange for any such temporary Global Security shall be in
bearer form, registered form, permanent global bearer form or permanent global
registered form, or any combination thereof, as specified as contemplated by
Section 3.1, and, if any combination thereof is so specified, as requested by
the beneficial owner thereof; provided, however, that, unless otherwise
specified in such temporary Global Security, upon such presentation by the
Common Depositary, such temporary Global Security is accompanied by a
certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by
Euroclear as to the portion of such temporary Global Security held for its
account then to be exchanged and a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a
subsequent date and signed by CEDEL as to the portion of such temporary Global
Security held for its account then to be exchanged, each in the form set forth
in Exhibit B-2 to this Indenture or in such other form as may be established
pursuant to Section 3.1; and provided further that definitive Bearer Securities
shall be delivered in exchange for a portion of a temporary Global Security
only in compliance with the requirements of Section 3.3.

         (c)     Unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global Security,
the interest of a beneficial owner of Securities of a series in a temporary
Global Security shall be exchanged for definitive Securities of the same series
and of like tenor following the Exchange Date when the account holder instructs
Euroclear or CEDEL, as the case may be, to request such exchange on his behalf
and delivers to Euroclear or CEDEL, as the case may be, a certificate in the
form set forth in Exhibit B-1 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may
be established pursuant to Section 3.1), dated no earlier than 15 days prior to
the Exchange Date, copies of which certificate shall be available from the
offices of Euroclear and CEDEL, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent appointed
for such series of Securities and each Paying Agent.  Unless otherwise
specified in such temporary Global Security, any such exchange shall be made
free of charge to the beneficial owners of such temporary Global Security,
except that a Person receiving definitive Securities must bear the cost of
insurance, postage, transportation and the like unless such Person takes
delivery of such definitive Securities in person at the offices of Euroclear or
CEDEL.  Definitive Securities in bearer form to the delivered in exchange for
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portion of a temporary Global Security shall be delivered only outside the
United States.

         Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, the temporary
Securities of any series shall in all respects been entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of the same series and
of like tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, interest payable on a
temporary Global Security on an Interest Payment Date for Securities of such
series occurring prior to the applicable Exchange Date shall be payable to
Euroclear and CEDEL on such Interest Payment Date upon delivery by Euroclear
and CEDEL to the Trustee of a certificate or certificates in the form set forth
in Exhibit B-2 to this Indenture (for in such other forms as may be established
pursuant to Section 3.1), for credit without further interest on or after such
Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts of Persons who are the
beneficial owners of such temporary Global Security on such Interest Payment
Date and who have each delivered to Euroclear or CEDEL, as the case may be, a
certificate dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the Interest Payment Date
occurring prior to such Exchange Date in the form set forth in Exhibit B-1 to
this Indenture (or in such other forms as may be established pursuant to
Section 3.1).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, the
certifications made pursuant to this paragraph shall satisfy the certification
requirements of the preceding two paragraphs and of the third paragraph of
Section 3.3 and the interests of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of
the temporary Global Security with respect to which such certification was made
will be exchanged for definitive Securities of the same series and of like
tenor on the Exchange Date or the date of certification if such date occurs
after the Exchange Date, without further act or deed by such beneficial owners.
Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, no payments of principal or
interest owing with respect to a beneficial interest in a temporary Global
Security will be made unless and until such temporary Global Security shall
have been exchanged for an interest in a definitive Security.  Any interest so
received by Euroclear and CEDEL and not paid as herein provided shall be
returned to the Trustee prior to the expiration of two years after such
Interest Payment Date in order to be repaid to the Company.

Section 3.5       REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND
                  EXCHANGE

         The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee or in any office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment a
register for each series of Securities (the registers maintained in such office
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office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes
referred to collectively as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribed, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities.  The Security
Register shall be in written form or any other form capable of being converted
into written form within a reasonable time.  The Trustee, at its Corporate
Trust Office, is hereby initially appointed "Security Registrar" for the
purpose of registering Registered Securities and transfers of Registered
Securities on such Security Register as herein provided.  If the Trustee shall
cease to be Security Registrar, it shall have the right to examine the Security
Register at all reasonable times.

         Subject to the provisions of this Section 3.5, upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at any office
or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of
the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities
of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, and
containing identical term and provisions.

         Subject to the provisions of this Section 3.5, at the option of the
Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for other
Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination or
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, containing identical
terms and provisions, upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be
exchanged at any such office or agency.  Whenever any such Registered
Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the
Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.  Unless otherwise specified
with respect to any series of Securities as contemplated by Section 3.1, Bearer
Securities may not be issued in exchange for Registered Securities.

         If (but only if) permitted by the applicable Board Resolution and
(subject to Section 3.3) set forth in the applicable Officers' Certificate, or
in any indenture supplemental hereto, delivered as contemplated by Section 3.1,
at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of any series may be exchanged
for Registered Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations
and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon surrender of the
Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency, with all
unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default thereto appertaining.  If
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any such unmatured coupon or coupons or matured coupon or coupons in default,
any such permitted exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are
accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company in an amount equal to
the face amount of such missing coupon or coupons, or the surrender of such
missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there
is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save
each of them and any Paying Agent harmless.  If thereafter the Holder of such
Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect
of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to
receive the amount of such payment; provided, however, that, except as
otherwise provided in Section 10.2, interest represented by coupons shall be
payable only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons at an office or
agency located outside the United States.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such office or
agency in a permitted exchange for a Registered Security of the same series and
like tenor after the close of business at such office or agency on (1) any
Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency
on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (2) any Special Record Date and
before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed
date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be
surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or
proposed date for payment as the case may be, and interest or Defaulted
Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date
or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered
Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only
to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture.  Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the
Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1, any permanent Global Security shall be
exchangeable only as provided in this paragraph.  If the depositary for any
permanent Global Security is DTC, then, unless the terms of such Global
Security expressly permit such Global Security to be exchanged in whole or in
part for definitive Securities, a Global Security may be transferred, in whole
but not in part, only to a nominee of DTC, or by a nominee of DTC to DTC, or to
a successor to DTC for such Global Security selected or approved by the Company
or to a nominee of such successor to DTC.  If at any time DTC notifies the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the
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ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, if so
required by applicable law or regulation, the Company shall appoint a successor
depositary with respect to such Global Security or Securities.  If (1) a
successor depositary for such Global Security or Securities is not appointed by
the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes
aware of such unwillingness, inability or ineligibility, (2) an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing and the beneficial owners representing a
majority in principal amount of the applicable series of Securities represented
by such Global Security or Securities advise DTC to cease acting as depositary
for such Global Security or Securities, or (3) the Company, in its sole
discretion, determines at any time that all Outstanding Securities (but not
less than all) of any series issued or issuable in the form of one or more
Global Securities shall no longer be represented by such Global Security or
Securities, then the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, definitive Securities of like series, rank, tenor and terms in
definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount
of such  Global Security or Securities.  If any beneficial owner of an interest
in a permanent Global Security is otherwise entitled to exchange such interest
for Securities of such series and of like tenor and principal amount of another
authorized form and denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 3.1
and provided that any applicable notice provided in the permanent Global
Security shall have been given, then without unnecessary delay but in any event
not later than the earliest date on which such interest may be so exchanged,
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
definitive Securities in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of such beneficial owner's interest in such permanent Global Security.
On or after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such
permanent Global Security shall be surrendered for exchange by DTC or such
other depositary as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect
thereto to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose; provided,
however, that no such exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities to be redeemed
and ending on the relevant Redemption Date if the Security for which exchange
is requested may be among those selected for redemption; and provided further
that no Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a portion of a permanent
Global Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the
United States.  If a Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion
of a permanent Global Security after the close of business at the office or
agency where such exchange occurs on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the
opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment
Date or (ii) any Special Record Date and the opening of business at such office
or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest,
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Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date
or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of such Registered
Security, but will be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date
for payment, as the case may be, only to the Person to whom interest in respect
of such portion of such permanent Global Security is payable in accordance with
the provisions of this Indenture.

         All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of  transfer or exchange.

         Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange or redemption shall (if so required by the Company or
the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer (including evidence of title and identity) in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

         No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 3.4, 9.6, 11.7 or 13.5 not involving any
transfer.

         The Company or the Trustee, as applicable, shall not be required (1)
to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security if such Security
may be among those selected for redemption during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before selection of the Securities to be redeemed
under Section 11.3 and ending at the close of business on (A) if such
Securities are issuable only as Registered Securities, the day of the mailing
of the relevant notice of redemption and (B) if such Securities are issuable as
Bearer Securities, the day of the first publication of the relevant notice of
redemption or, if such Securities are also issuable as Registered Securities
and there is no publication, the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption,
or (2) to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so
selected for redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of any
Registered Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be
redeemed, or (3) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption,
except that such Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of
that series and like tenor; provided, however, that such Registered Security
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surrendered for redemption, or (4) to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange any Security which has been surrendered for repayment at the option of
the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.

Section 3.6       MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES

         If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon
appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company, together with,
in proper cases, such security or indemnity as may be required by the Company
or the Trustee to save each of them or any agent of either of them harmless,
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and principal amount,
containing identical terms and provisions and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if
any, appertaining to the surrendered Security.

         If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (1)
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Security or coupon and (2) such security or indemnity as may be required by
them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in
the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security or
coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute
and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any
such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the Security to
which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all appurtenant
coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen), a new security of the same series and
principal amount, containing identical terms and provisions and bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the
coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to
the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains.

         Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two paragraphs, in case
any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or coupon has become or
is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead
of issuing a new Security, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any,
appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to
which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, pay such Security or
coupon; provided, however, that payment of principal of (and premium and
Make-Whole Amount, if any), any interest on and any Additional Amounts with
respect to, Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section
10.2, be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States
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Section 3.1, any interest on Bearer Securities shall be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto.

         Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section 3.6, 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.

         Every new Security of any series with its coupons, if any, issued
pursuant to this Section 3.6 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security,
or in exchange for a Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon
appertains, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of
the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its
coupons, if any, or the destroyed, lost or stolen coupon shall be at any time
enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this
Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that
series and their coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.

         The provisions of this Section 3.6 are exclusive and shall preclude
(to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or
coupons.

Section 3.7      PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED

         Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities
in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1, interest on any Registered
Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date for such interest at the office or agency of the
Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 10.2; provided,
however, that each installment of interest on any Registered Security may at
the Company's option be paid by (1) mailing a check for such interest, payable
to or upon the written order of the Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section
3.8, to the address of such Person as it appears on the Security Register or
(2) transfer to an account maintained by the payee located inside the United
States.

         Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect
to the Securities of any series, payment of interest may be made, in the case
of a Bearer Security, by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a
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         Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1, every
permanent Global Security will provide that interest, if any, payable on any
Interest Payment Date will be paid to DTC, Euroclear and/or CEDEL, as the case
may be, with respect to that portion of such permanent Global Security held for
its account by Cede & Co. or the Common Depositary, as the case may be, for the
purpose of permitting such party to credit the interest received by it in
respect of such permanent Global Security to the accounts of the beneficial
owners thereof.

         In case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered in exchange for
a Registered Security of such series after the close of business (at an office
or agency in a Place of Payment for such series) on any Regular Record Date and
before the opening of business (at such office or agency) on the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered
without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date and interest will not
be payable on such Interest Payment Date in respect of the Registered Security
issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the
Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture.

         Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities
in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1, any interest on any
Registered Security of any series that is payable, but is not punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called "Defaulted
Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder thereof
on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election, in each
case as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

                 (1)      The Company may elect to make payment of any
         Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of
         such series (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
         Registered Security of such series and the date of the proposed
         payment (which shall not be less than 20 days after such notice is
         received by the Trustee), and at the same time the Company shall
         deposit with the Trustee an amount of money in the currency or
         currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies
         in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as
         otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for the Securities of such
         series) equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect
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         to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the
         proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for
         the benefit for 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 be
         not more than 15 days and not 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
         Holder of Securities of such series at his address as it appears in
         the Security Register not less than 10 days prior to such Special
         Record Date.  The Trustee may, in its discretion, in the name and at
         the expense of the Company, cause a similar notice to be published at
         least once in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment, but
         such publications shall not be a condition precedent to the
         establishment of 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 the Securities of such
         series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at
         the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer
         be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).  In case a Bearer
         Security of any series is surrendered at the office or agency in a
         Place of Payment for such series in exchange for a Registered Security
         of such series after the close of business at such office or agency on
         any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such
         office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted
         Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon
         relating to such proposed date of payment and Defaulted Interest will
         not be payable on such proposed date of payment in respect of the
         Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but
         will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in
         accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

                 (2)      The Company may make payment of any Defaulted
         Interest on the Registered Securities of any series 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
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         proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall
         be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

         Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.7 and Section
3.5, each Security delivered under this Indenture, upon registration of
transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the
rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by
such other Security.

Section 3.8      PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS

         Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered as
the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of
(and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any), and (subject to Sections 3.5 and
3.7) interest on, such Registered Security and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Registered Security be overdue, and neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.  All such payments so made to any such
Person, or upon such Person's order, be valid, and, shall to the extent of the
sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for money
payable upon any such Security.

         Title to any Bearer Security and any coupons appertaining thereto
shall pass by delivery.  The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company
or the Trustee may treat the Holder of any Bearer Security and the Holder of
any coupon as the absolute owner of such Security or coupon for the purpose of
receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security or coupon be overdue, and neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.

         No Holder of any beneficial interest in any Global Security held on
its behalf by a depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with
respect to such Global Security and such depositary shall be treated by the
Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner
of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever.  None of the Company, the
Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or
payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global
Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to
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         Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Global Security,
nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the
Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy
or other authorization furnished by any depositary, as a Holder, with respect
to such Global Security or impair, as between such depositary and owners of
beneficial interests in such Global Security, the operation of customary
practices governing the exercise of the rights of such depositary (or its
nominee) as Holder of such Global Security.


Section 3.9      CANCELLATION

         All Securities and coupons surrendered for payment, redemption,
repayment at the option of the Holder, registration of transfer or exchange or
conversion or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered
to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee, and any such
Securities and coupons and Securities and coupons surrendered directly to the
Trustee for any such purpose shall be promptly canceled by it.  The Company may
at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in
any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person
for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously
authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all
Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee.  If the
Company shall so 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 surrendered to the Trustee for
cancellation.  No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange
for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section 3.9, except as
expressly permitted by this Indenture.  Canceled Securities and coupons held by
the Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee and the Trustee shall deliver a
certificate of such destruction to the Company, unless the Trustee is otherwise
directed by a Company Order.


Section 3.10     COMPUTATION OF INTEREST

         Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 with
respect to Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months.


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                                   ARTICLE IV

                           SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 4.1      SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

         This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further
effect with respect to any series of Securities specified in such Company
Request (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities of such series herein expressly provided for and any
right to receive Additional Amounts, as provided in Section 10.10), and the
Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, and at the expense of the Company,
shall execute instruments in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and
the Company acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to
such series when

                 (1)      either

                          (A)  all Securities of such series theretofore
                 authenticated and delivered and all coupons, if
                 any,appertaining thereto (other than (i) coupons appertaining
                 to Bearer Securities surrendered in exchange for Registered
                 Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose surrender
                 is not required or has been waived as provided in Section 3.5,
                 (ii) Securities and coupons of such series which have been
                 destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid
                 as provided in Section 3.6, (iii) Coupons appertaining to
                 Securities called for redemption and maturing after the
                 relevant Redemption Date, whose surrender has been waived as,
                 provided in Section 11.6, and (iv) Securities and coupons of
                 such series for whose payment money has theretofore been
                 deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the
                 Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged
                 from such trust, as provided in Section 10.3) have been
                 delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or

                          (B)     all Securities of such series and, in the
                 case of (i) or (ii) below, any coupons appertaining thereto
                 not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation

                                  (i)  have become due and payable or

                                  (ii) will become due and payable at their 
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                                  (iii) if redeemable at the option of the
                          Company, are to be called for redemption within one
                          year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
                          for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee
                          in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,

and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust
for such purpose an amount in the currency or currencies, currency unit or
units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such
series are payable, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on
such Securities and such coupons not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, for principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and
interest, and any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, to the date of such
deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the
Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;

                (2)      the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other 
sums payable hereunder by the Company; and

                (3)      the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture as to such series have been  complied with. 

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under
Section 6.6, the obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under
Section 6.11 and, if money shall have been deposited with and held by the
Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section 4.1, the
obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.2 and the last paragraph or Section
10.3 shall survive. 

Section 4.2     APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS

         Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all
money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust
and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the
coupons and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto of the principal (and
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and any interest and Additional Amounts
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been deposited with or received by the Trustee, but such money need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.             

Section 4.3     REINSTATEMENT

         If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in
accordance with this Article IV by reason of any order or judgment of any court
or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, the Company's obligations under this Indenture and the Securities
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to
this Article IV until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to
apply all money held in trust with respect to the Securities; provided,
however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium
or interest on any Securities following the reinstatement of its obligations,
the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of the Securities
to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.


                                  ARTICLE V

                                   REMEDIES

Section 5.1     EVENTS OF DEFAULT

         "Event of Default," wherever used herein with respect to any
particular series of Securities, means any one of the following events
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether or not it shall be
voluntary  or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any
judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body) unless such event is specifically deleted
or modified in or pursuant to the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or
Officers' Certificate establishing the terms of such series pursuant to this
Indenture: 

                (1)      default in the payment of any interest
         upon or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of any Security of
         that series or of any coupon appertaining thereto, when such interest,
         Additional Amounts or coupon becomes due and payable, and continuance
         of such default for a period of 30 days; or



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                (2)      default in the payment of the principal of (or
         premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) any Security of that series
         when it becomes due and payable at its Maturity; or

                (3)      default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment,
         when and as due by the terms of any Security of that series; or

                (4)      default in the performance, or breach, of any
         covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture with respect to
         any Security of that series (other than a covenant or warranty a
         default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in
         this Section 5.1 specifically dealt with), and continuance of such
         default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given,
         by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to
         the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in
         principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a
         written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to
         be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
         hereunder; or

                (5)      default under any bond, debenture, note, mortgage,
         indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which
         there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed
         by the Company (or by any Subsidiary, the repayment of which the
         Company has guaranteed or for which the Company is directly
         responsible or liable as obligor or guarantor), having an aggregate
         principal amount outstanding of at least $10,000,000, whether such
         indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default
         shall have resulted in such indebtedness becoming or being declared
         due and payable prior to the date on which it would other wise have
         become due and payable, without such indebtedness having been
         discharged, or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled,
         within a period of 10 days after there shall have been given written
         notice, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee
         or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in
         principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a
         written notice specifying such default and requiring the Company to
         cause such indebtedness to be discharged or cause such acceleration to
         be rescinded or annulled and stating that such notice is a "Notice of
         Default" hereunder; or

                (6)      the Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to
        or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law: 

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                         (A)      commences a voluntary case; 

                         (B)      consents to the entry of an order for relief
                against it in an involuntary case;

                         (C)      consents to the appointment of a Custodian 
                of it or for all or substantially all of its property; or

                         (D)      makes a general assignment for the benefit of
                its creditors; or

                (7)      a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or
        decree under any Bankruptcy Law that: 

                        (A)     is for relief against the Company or any 
                Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case; 

                        (B)     appoints a Custodian of the Company or any 
                Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of 
                either of its property; or 

                        (C)     orders the liquidation of the Company or any 
                Significant Subsidiary, and the order or decree remains 
                unstayed and in effect for 90 days; or 

                (8)     the entry by a court of competent jurisdiction of one 
        or more judgments, orders or decrees against the Company or any of its
        Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount (excluding amounts covered by 
        insurance) in excess of $10,000,000 and such judgements, orders or
        decrees remain undischarged, unstayed and unsatisfied in an aggregate
        amount (excluding amounts covered by insurance) in excess of $10,000,000
        for a period of 30 consecutive days; or 

                (9)      any other Event of Default provided with respect to
        Securities of that series.

As used in this Section 5.1, the term "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S.
Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors and the term
"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or other similar
official under any Bankruptcy Law.  

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Section 5.2     ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT

        If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the
time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the
Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if
Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed
Securities, such portion of the principal as may be specified in the terms
thereof) of all the Securities of that series to be due and payable
immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given
by the Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal or specified
portion thereof shall become immediately due and payable.

         At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article V provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration of acceleration and its
consequences if: 

                (1)      the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a 
sum sufficient to pay in the currency unit or composite currency in which the
Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 3.1 for the Securities of such series): 

                          (A)      all overdue installments of interest on, and
                any Additional Amounts, if any, payable in respect of, all
                Outstanding Securities of that series and any related coupons;

                          (B)      the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole 
                Amount, if any, on) any Outstanding Securities of that series
                which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of
                acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates borne by
                or provided for in such Securities;

                          (C)      to the extent that payment of such interest
                is lawful, interest upon overdue installments of interest and
                any Additional Amounts, if any, at the rate or rates borne by or
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                          (D)      all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee
                hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
                disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
                counsel; and
                                   
                (2)       all Events of Default with respect to Securities of
that series, other than the nonpayment of the principal of (or premium or
Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on Securities of that series which have
become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived
as provided in Section 5.13.  

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.  
   
Section 5.3      COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR 
                 ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE

        The Company covenants that if:

                (1)     default is made in the payment of any installment of
interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on any Security of any series and any
related coupon when such interest or Additional Amount becomes due and payable
and such default continues for a period of 30 days or 

                (2)     default is made in the payment of the principal of (or
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) any Security of any series at its
Maturity, 
                      
then the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities of such series and coupons, the whole
amount then due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal (and
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest and Additional Amounts, if
any, with interest upon any overdue principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount,
if any) and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable, upon any overdue installments of interest or Additional Amounts, if
any, at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities, and, in
addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to, cover the costs
and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee and its agents and counsel.

         If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as Trustee of an express trust, may institute
a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same
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Company or any other obligor upon such Securities of such 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 any other obligor upon such Securities of such
series, wherever situated.

         If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series
and any related coupons by any such appropriate judicial proceedings as the
Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights,
whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this
Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce
any other proper remedy. 

Section  5.4    TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM

         In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities
of any series shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by
declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made
any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal, premium or
Make-Whole Amount, if any, or interest or Additional Amounts, if any) shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise: 

                (1)      to file and prove a claim for the whole amount, or 
such lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, of
principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest and Additional
Amounts, if any, owing and unpaid in respect of the  Securities and to file such
other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the
claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and its agents and counsel)
and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and 

                (2)      to collect and receive any money or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;         

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or
other similar official) in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
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of Securities of such series and coupons to make such payments to the Trustee,
and if the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee, their agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Trustee or any predecessor Trustee under Section 6.6.

         Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a
Security or coupon any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities or coupons or the rights of any Holder
thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Holder of a Security or coupon in any such proceeding; provided, however, that
the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee
in bankruptcy or similar official and may be a member of the creditor's
committee.

         In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any proceedings
involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the
Trustee shall be a party), the Trustee shall be held to represent all the
Holders of the Securities, and it shall not be necessary to make any Holders of
the Securities parties to any such proceedings. 

Section 5.5     TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF 
                SECURITIES OR COUPONS

         All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of the
Securities or coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Securities or coupons or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such 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 the payment of the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and its
agents and counsel, be  for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Securities and coupons in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

Section 5.6     APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED

         Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article V shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium
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Amount, if any) or interest and any Additional Amounts, if any, upon
presentation of the Securities or coupons, or both, as the case may be, and the
notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender
thereof if fully paid:

                 FIRST:  To the payment of costs and expenses of collection,
         including all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
         reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of the Trustee,
         its agents and counsel and all amounts due the Trustee and any
         predecessor Trustee under Section 6.6;

                 SECOND:  To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid
         upon the Securities and coupons for the principal (and premium or
         Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest and any Additional Amounts, if
         any, payable 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 aggregate amounts due and payable on such
         Securities and coupons for principal (and premium or Make-Whole
         Amount, if any), interest and Additional Amounts, if any,
         respectively; and

                 THIRD:  To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the
         Company.

Section 5.7     LIMITATION ON SUITS

         No Holder of any Security of any series or any related coupon shall
have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect
to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any
other remedy hereunder, unless: 

                (1)      such Holder has previously given written notice to the
Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that
series;           

                (2)      the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the
Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own
name as Trustee hereunder; 

                (3)      such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and
liabilities to be  incurred in compliance with such request; 

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                (4)      the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceeding; and 
                                                       
                (5)      no direction inconsistent with such written request has
been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; 

it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of
such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such
Holders. 

Section 5.8     UNCONDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, 
                PREMIUM, IF ANY, INTEREST AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS

         Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Security or coupon shall have the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium or
Make-Whole Amount, if any) and (subject to Sections 3.5 and 3.7) interest on,
and any Additional Amounts, if any, in respect of, such Security or payment of
such coupon on the respective due dates expressed in such Security or coupon
(or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired
without the consent of such Holder. 

Section 5.9     RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

         If the Trustee or any Holder of a Security or coupon has instituted
any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such
proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been
determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such
case, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of Securities and coupons shall,
subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and
respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and
remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such
proceeding had been instituted.

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         Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons in the
last paragraph of Section 3.6, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or
reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or coupons is intended
to be exclusive of any other right  or remedy, and every right and remedy
shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every
other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or
in equity or otherwise.  The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. 

Section 5.11    DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER

         No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security
or coupon to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default
shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event
of Default or an acquiescence therein.  Every right and remedy given by this
Article V or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time
to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the
Holders of Securities or coupons, as the case may be.  

Section 5.12    CONTROL BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

         The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series 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 the Securities of such series, provided that 

                (1)     such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of
law or with this Indenture;

                (2)     the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by
the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and 

                (3)     the Trustee need not take any action which might involve
it in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the Holders of Securities
of such series not joining therein, it being understood that (subject to Section
6.2) the Trustee shall have no duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or
forebearance are unduly prejudicial to such Holders.

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         Nothing in this Indenture shall impair the right of the Trustee in its
discretion to take any action deemed proper by the Trustee and which is not
inconsistent with such direction by Holders.

Section 5.13    WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS

         The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series and any related coupons waive any past default
hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default

                (1)      in the payment of the principal of (or  premium or
Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on or Additional Amounts, if any, payable
in respect of any Security of such series or any related coupons or 
                           
                (2)      in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which
under Article IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder
of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.                          

         Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.  

Section 5.14    WAIVER OF USURY, STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS

         The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever
claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of
any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and
permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.  

Section 5.15    UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS

         All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security
by his 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
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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 any
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 5.15 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in
the aggregate more than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of
the payment of the principal of (or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or
interest on and Additional Amounts, if any, payable in respect of any Security
on or after the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security  (or,
in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).

                                  ARTICLE VI

                                 THE TRUSTEE

Section 6.1     NOTICE OF DEFAULTS

         Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with
respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit in the
manner and to extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), notice of such default
hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or
waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment
of the principal of (or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on or
any Additional Amounts, if any, payable in respect of any Security of such
series, or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to the
Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such
notice if and so long as Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith
determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the
Holders of the Securities and coupons of such series; and provided further that
in the case of any default or breach of the character specified in Section
5.1(4) with respect to the Securities and coupons of such series, no such
notice to Holders shall be given until at least 60 days after the occurrence
thereof.  For the purpose of this Section 6.1, the term "default" means any
event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event
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Section 6.2     CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE

         Subject to the provisions of TIA Section 315(a) through 315(d):

                (1)     the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting
or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officers' Certificate,
certificate, statement, instrument, Opinion of Counsel, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon or
other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties; 

                (2)     any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein
shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order (other
than delivery of any Security, together with any coupons appertaining thereto,
to the Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 3.3 which
shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided therein) and any resolution of the
Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a  Board Resolution;      

                (3)     when in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence
be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part,
rely upon an Officers' Certificate; 

                (4)      before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, the
Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel and any
Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith
and in reliance thereon; 

                (5)      the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of the rights or power vested in it by this Indenture at the request or
direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related
coupons pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to
the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against
the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance
with such request or direction;                

                (6)      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, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture, note, coupon or other paper or document, unless
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Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series; provided 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 expenses or liabilities as a condition to proceeding; the
reasonable expenses of every such examination shall be paid by the Holders or,
if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Holders upon demand.  The
Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to
make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the
books, records and premises of the Company, relevant to the facts or matters
that are the subject of its inquiry, personally or by agent or attorney; 

                (7)      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; 

                (8)      the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be
authorized or within the discretion, rights or power conferred upon it by this
Indenture;          

                (9)      the permissive rights of the Trustee to do things
enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty and the Trustee
shall not be answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct; 
and 
                         
                (10)     except for (i) a default under Sections 5.1(1) and (2)
hereof, or (ii) any other event of which the Trustee has "actual knowledge" and
which event, with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, would
constitute an Event of Default under this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be
deemed to have notice of any default or Event of Default unless specifically
notified in writing of such event by the Company or the Holders of not less
than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding; as
used herein, the term "actual knowledge" means the actual fact or statement of
knowing, without any duty to make any investigation with regard thereto.      

         The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have
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believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk
or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

         Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee
undertakes to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Indenture against the Trustee.  

Section 6.3     NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES

         The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the
Trustee's certificate of authentication, and in any coupons shall be taken as
the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating
Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness.  The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Securities or coupons, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly
authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture,  authenticate the Securities
and perform its obligations hereunder. Neither the Trustee nor any
Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.  

Section 6.4     MAY HOLD SECURITIES

         The Trustee, any Paying Agent, Security Registrar, Authenticating
Agent or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and coupons and,
subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and 311, may otherwise deal with the Company
with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent,
Security Registrar, Authenticating Agent or such other agent.  

Section 6.5     MONEY HELD IN TRUST

         Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder 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 money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed with Company.  

Section 6.6     COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT

         The Company agrees:

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                (1)      to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the
Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation for all services rendered
by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of
law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); 

                (2)      except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to
reimburse each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee upon its request for
all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the
Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its
agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be
attributable to its negligence or willful misconduct; and                  

                (3)      to indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor
Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense
incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on its own part, arising out
of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts
hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against or
investigating any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.                         

         When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection
with an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(6) or Section 5.1(7), the
expenses (including  the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law.

         As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company
under this Section 6.6, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities
upon all property and money held or collected by the Trustee as such, except
money held in trust for the payment of principal of (or premium or Make-Whole
Amount, if any) or interest on or Additional Amounts, if any, payable in
respect of particular Securities or any coupons.

         The provisions of this Section 6.6 shall survive the termination of
this Indenture.

Section 6.7     CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY; CONFLICTING
                INTERESTS

         There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be
eligible to act as Trustee under TIA Section 310(a)(1) and shall have a
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Surplus of at least $50,000,000.  If such corporation publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the requirements of Federal,
state, territorial or District of Columbia supervising or examining authority,
then for the purposes of this Section 6.7, 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.  If at any time the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 6.7, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article VI.  Neither the Company nor any Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under common control
with, the Company shall serve as Trustee.  

Section 6.8     RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR

        (a)     No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of
a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article VI shall become effective until
the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 6.9.  

        (b)     The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the
Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the
Company.  If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have
been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice or
resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.            

        (c)     The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the
Securities of any series by Act of the  Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Trustee
and to the Company.  

        (d)     If at any time: 

                (1)      the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions
        of TIA Section 310(b) after written request therefor by the Company or
        by any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a
        Security for at least six months; or                                  

                (2)      the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section
        6.7 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the
        Company or by any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder
        of a Security for at least six months; or


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                (3)      the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall
        be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of
        its property shall be appointed 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, (i) the Company by or pursuant to a Board Resolution
may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee with respect to all
Securities, or (ii) subject to TIA Section 315(e), any Holder of a Security who
has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on
behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all
Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.  

        (e)      If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause with
respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by or pursuant to
a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with
respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any
such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or
more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any particular series).  If, within one year
after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such
vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall
be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring
Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance
of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by
the Company.  If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of Securities
and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder of a
Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at
least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee with respect to Securities of such series.  

        (f)      The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series
in the manner provided for notices to the Holders of Securities in Section 1.6. 
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name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and
the address of its Corporate Trust Office.      

Section 6.9     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 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, subject
nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 6.6.  

        (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, pursuant to Article IX, 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) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with
respect to all Securities, 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 and 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 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 and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or
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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 all 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)      Uponrequest 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 6.9, 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 VI.          

Section 6.10    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 all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder;
provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this
Article VI, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of the parties hereto.  In case any Securities or coupons 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 or coupons so
authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself
authenticated such Securities or coupons.  In case any Securities or coupons
shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any such
successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such Securities or coupons, in
either its own name or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and
effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of
the Trustee.

Section 6.11    APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT


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         At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Trustee
may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more
series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee
to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange, registration of
transfer or partial redemption or repayment 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.  Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing
signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, a copy of which instrument
shall be promptly furnished to the Company.  Wherever reference is made in this
Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or
the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to
include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent.  Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a bank or trust company or
corporation organized and doing business and in good standing under the laws of
the United States or of any state or the District of Columbia, authorized under
such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus
of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by
Federal or state  authorities.  If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports
of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the requirements of the
aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section 6.11, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent
shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most
recent report of condition so published.  In case at any time an Authenticating
Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 6.11, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner
and with the effect specified in this Section 6.11.

         Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section 6.11, without the execution or filing of any paper or
further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

         An Authenticating Agent for any series of Securities may at any time
resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee for such series
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Company.  The Trustee for any series of Securities may at any time terminate the
agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to
such Authenticating Agent and to the Company.  Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 6.11, the Trustee for such series may appoint a
successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and
shall give notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series
with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve in the manner set
forth in Section 1.6.  Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its
appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties
of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an
Authenticating Agent herein.  No successor Authenticating Agent shall be
appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 6.11.

         The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to
time reasonable compensation, including reimbursement of its reasonable
expenses for  its services under this Section 6.11.

         If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant
to this Section 6.11, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon,
in addition to or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an
alternate certificate of authentication substantially in the following form:

         This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
                     
                                          [NAME OF TRUSTEE], as Trustee



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



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

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        (a)     With respect to the Securities of any series, except during
the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such
series: 

                (1)     the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties
        and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture,
        and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
        Indenture against the Trustee; and 

                (2)     in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
        conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness
        of the opinions expressed therein, upon 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 which 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 requirements of this
        Indenture, but shall not be under any duty to verify the contents or
        accuracy thereof.

        (b)     In case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of
any series has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall, with respect to
Securities of such series, exercise 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.                                             

        (c)      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)      this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the
        effect of Subsection (a) of this Section; 
                          
                 (2)       the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
        judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, 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 a majority in principal amount of
        the Outstanding Securities of any series 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 such series; 
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                (4)        no provision of this Indenture shall require
        the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any
        financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder,
        or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have
        reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
        adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably
        assured to it.                       

        (d)      Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision
of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section 6.12.                     

                                 ARTICLE VII

              HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

Section 7.1     DISCLOSURE OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS

         Every Holder of Securities or coupons, by receiving and holding the
same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent nor any Paying Agent nor any Security
Registrar shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any
information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities in
accordance with TIA Section 312, regardless of the source from which such
information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by
reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under TIA Section
312(b).  

Section 7.2     REPORTS BY TRUSTEE

         The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the
Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required by TIA Section
313 at the times and in the manner provided by the TIA, which shall
initially be not less than every twelve months commencing on March __, 1999.
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders,
be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange, if any, upon which any
Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company.  The Company
will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.

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Section 7.3     REPORTS BY COMPANY

         The Company will:

                (1)      file with the Trustee, within 15 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) which 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 it will file with the Trustee and the
Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to
time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information,
documents and reports which 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; 

                (2)      file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance
with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such
additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the
Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required
from time to time by such rules and regulations; and                          

                (3)      transmit by mail to the Holders of Securities,
within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to
the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), such summaries of any information,
documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to clauses
(1) and (2) of this Section 7.3 as may be required by rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by the Commission.  

Section 7.4     COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS

         The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:

                (1)      semiannually, not later than 15 days after the
Regular Record Date for interest for each series of Securities, a list, in such
form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Holders of Securities of such series as of such Regular Record Date or, if there
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interest for such series of Securities, semiannually, upon such dates as are set
forth in the Board Resolution or indenture supplemental hereto authorizing such
series, and 

                (2)      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, so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, no
such list shall be required to be furnished.

                                 ARTICLE VIII

               CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, LEASE OR CONVEYANCE

Section 8.1    CONSOLIDATIONS AND MERGERS OF COMPANY AND SALES, LEASES AND
               CONVEYANCES PERMITTED SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS 

        The Company may consolidate with, or sell, lease or convey all or
substantially all of its assets to, or merge with or into any other entity,
provided that in any such case, (1) either the Company shall be the continuing
entity, or the successor entity shall be an entity organized and existing under
the laws of the United States or a state thereof and such successor entity shall
expressly assume the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium
or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and any interest (including all Additional
Amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 10.10) on all of the Securities,
according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of
all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the
Company by supplemental indenture, complying with Article IX, satisfactory to
the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by such entity and (2)
immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any
indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary as a
result thereof as having been incurred by the Company or such Subsidiary at the
time of such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice
or the lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have
occurred and be continuing.

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Section 8.2     RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

         In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance
and upon any such assumption by the successor corporation, such successor
corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same
effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first part, and the
predecessor corporation, except in the event of a lease, shall be relieved of
any  further obligation under this Indenture and the Securities.  Such successor
corporation thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own
name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the Securities issuable
hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and
delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor corporation,
instead of the Company, and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations
in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver
any Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the
officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Securities
which such successor corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed and
delivered to the Trustee for that purpose.  All the Securities so issued shall
in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the
Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture as though all of such Securities had been issued at the date of the
execution hereof.

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

Section  8.3    OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE AND OPINION OF COUNSEL

         Any consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance permitted under
Section 8.1 is also subject to the condition that the Trustee receive an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that any such
consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance, and the assumption by any
successor corporation, complies with the provisions of this Article VIII and
that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction
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                                  ARTICLE IX

                           SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES


Section 9.1     SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS

         Without the consent of any Holders of Securities or coupons, the
Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee,
at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the
following purposes: 

                (1)      to evidence the succession of another Person to the
Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company
herein and in the Securities contained; or

                (2)      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; or         

                (3)      to add any additional Events of Default
for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such
Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
Securities, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included
solely for the benefit of such series); provided, however, that in respect of
any such additional Events of Default such supplemental indenture may provide
for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or
longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an
immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies available to
the Trustee upon such default or may limit the right of the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of that or those series of Securities to
which such additional Events of Default apply to waive such default; or 

                (4)     to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture to provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal,
to change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal of or any
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, or interest on and Additional Amounts, if
any, payable in respect of Bearer Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be
issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be
issued in exchange for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations or to
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Securities in uncertificated form; provided, however, that any such action shall
not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or
any related coupons in any material respect; or 

                (5)     to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective
only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the
execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of
such provision; or 

                (6)     to secure the Securities; or 

                (7)     to establish the form or terms of Securities of any
series and any related coupons as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1, including
the provisions and procedures relating to Securities  convertible into Common
Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be; or                  

                (8)     to evidence and provide for the acceptance of
appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more series and to 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; or 

                (9)     to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other
provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, that such provisions shall not
adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or
any related coupons in any material respect; or                               

                (10)    to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to
such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and
discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Sections 4.1, 14.2 and 14.3;
provided, however, that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests
of the Holders of Securities of such series and any related coupons or any other
series of Securities in any material respect.

Section 9.2     SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS

         With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of all Outstanding Securities affected by such supplemental
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Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the
Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee
may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose
of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Securities and any related coupons under this Indenture; provided,
however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby: 

                (1)      change the Stated Maturity of the principal of (or
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) or any installment of principal of or
interest on or Additional Amounts, if any, payable in respect of any Security;
or reduce the principal amount thereof or state the rate or amount of interest
thereon or any Additional Amounts, if any, payable in respect thereof, or any
premium or Make-Whole Amount payable upon the redemption  thereof, or change any
obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 10.10
(except as contemplated by Section 8.1(1) and permitted by Section 9.1(1)), or
reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that
would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 5.2 or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy
pursuant to Section 5.4, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the
option of the Holder of any Security, or change any Place of Payment where, or
the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or
currencies in which, any Security or any premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any,
or the interest thereon or Additional Amounts, if any, payable in respect
thereof is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of
any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of
redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the Redemption
Date or the Repayment Date, as the case may be), or 

                (2)      reduce the percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required
for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required
for any waiver with respect to such series (or compliance with certain
provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or reduce the requirements of
Section 15.4 for quorum or voting, or

                (3)      modify any of the provisions of this Section 9.2,
Section 5.13 or 10.11, except to increase the required percentage to effect
such action or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture
cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby.

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         It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section
9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but
it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

         A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or
other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for
the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies
the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such
covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under
this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series. 

Section  9.3    EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

         In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article IX or the modification thereby
of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and (subject to TIA Section 315) shall be fully protected in relying
upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental
indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.  The Trustee may, but
shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which
affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.  

Section 9.4     EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

         Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article
IX, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such
supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes;
and every Holder of Securities that are theretofore or thereafter authenticated
and delivered hereunder and of any coupon appertaining thereto shall be bound
thereby.  

Section 9.5     CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT

         Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article IX
shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

Section 9.6     REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

         Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article IX may, and
shall, if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the
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for in such supplemental indenture.  If the Company shall so determine, new
Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.

                                  ARTICLE X

                                  COVENANTS

Section 10.1    PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM OR MAKE-WHOLE AMOUNT, IF ANY,
                INTEREST AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS, IF ANY 

        The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each
series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest on and any Additional
Amounts, if any, payable in respect of the Securities of that series in
accordance with the terms of such series of Securities, any coupons appertaining
thereto and this Indenture.  Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 3.1 with respect to any series of Securities, any interest due on and
any Additional Amounts payable in respect of Bearer Securities on or before
Maturity, shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several
coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they
severally mature.  Unless otherwise specified with respect to Securities of any
series pursuant to Section 3.1, at the option of the Company, all payments of
principal may be paid by check to the registered Holder of the Registered
Security or other person entitled thereto against surrender of such Security.  

Section 10.2     MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY

         If Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities,
the Company shall maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented
or surrendered for payment or conversion, where Securities of that series may
be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and
this Indenture may be served.  If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer
Securities, the Company will maintain:  (1) in the Borough of Manhattan, the
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any Registered Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for
payment or conversion, where any Registered Securities of that series may be
surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be
surrendered for exchange, where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served and
where Bearer Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented or
surrendered for payment or conversion in the circumstances described in the
following paragraph (and not otherwise); (2) subject to any laws or regulations
applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series which is located
outside the United States, an office or agency where Securities of that series
and related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment (including
payment of any Additional Amounts payable on Securities of that series pursuant
to Section 10.10) or conversion; provided, however, that if the Securities of
that series are listed on any stock exchange located outside the United States
and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying
Agent for the Securities of that series in any required city located outside the
United States, as the case may be, so long as the Securities of that series are
listed on such exchange; and (3) subject to any laws or regulations  applicable
thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series located outside the United States
an office or agency where any Securities of that series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for
exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served.  The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the
location, of each such office or agency.  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, surrenders, notices and
demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee,
except that Bearer Securities of that series and the related coupons may be
presented and surrendered for payment (including payment of any Additional
Amounts payable on Bearer Securities of that series pursuant to Section 10.10)
or conversion at the offices specified in the Security, in London, England, and
the Company hereby appoints the same as its agent to receive such respective
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands, and the Company hereby appoints
the Trustee its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands.

         Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 3.1, no payment of principal, premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, or
interest on or Additional Amounts, if any, in respect of Bearer Securities
shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by
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mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account
maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided, however, that,
if the Securities of a series are payable in Dollars, payment of principal of
and any premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest on any Bearer
Security (including any Additional Amounts payable on Securities of such series
pursuant to Section 10.10) shall be made at the office of the Company's Paying
Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, if (but only if)
payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium or Make-Whole
Amount, if any, interest or Additional Amounts, if any, as the case may be, at
all offices or agencies outside the United States maintained for the purpose by
the Company in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively
precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.

         The Company may from time to time designate one or more other offices
or agencies where the Securities of  one or more series may be presented or
surrendered for any or all of such purposes, and may from time to time rescind
such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission
shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office
or agency in accordance with the requirements set forth above for Securities of
any series for such purposes.  The Company will give prompt written notice to
the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the
location of any such other office or agency.  Unless otherwise specified with
respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to a series of
Securities, the Company hereby designates as a Place of Payment for each series
of Securities the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan,
the City of New York, and initially appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office as Paying Agent in such city and as its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

         Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 3.1, if and so long as the Securities of any series (1) are denominated
in a Foreign Currency or (2) may be payable in a Foreign Currency, or so long
as it is required under any other provision of this Indenture, then the Company
will maintain with respect to each series of Securities, or as so required, at
least one exchange rate agent.  

Section 10.3    MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST

         If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to any series of any Securities and any related coupons, it will, on or
before each due date of the principal of (and premium or Make-whole Amount, if
any), or interest on or Additional Amounts, if any, in respect of any of the
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segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a
sum in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency
or currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for the Securities of such series)
sufficient to pay the principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or
interest or Additional Amounts, if any, so becoming due until such sums shall be
paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will
promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

         Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any
series of Securities and any related coupons, it will, on or before each due
date of the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any),  or
interest on or Additional Amounts, if any, in respect of any Securities of that
series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum (in the currency or currencies,
currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies described in the
preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal (and premium or Make-Whole
Amount, if any) or interest or Additional Amounts, if any, so becoming due,
such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
principal, premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, or interest or Additional
Amounts, if any, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will
promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

         The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section 10.3, that such Paying Agent will 

                (1)      hold all sums held by it for the payment of principal
of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on or Additional
Amounts, if any, payable in respect of Securities in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided; 

                (2)      give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any such payment of
principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on or
Additional Amounts, if any, payable in respect of the Securities of that series;
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                (3)      at any time during the continuance of any such default
upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums
so held in trust by such Paying Agent.                         
 
         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
by Company Order 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 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 sums.

         Except as otherwise provided in the Securities of any series, any
money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the
Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium or
Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on, or any Additional Amounts, if any,
payable in respect of, any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for
two years after such principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any),
interest or Additional Amounts, if any, has become due and payable shall be
paid to the Company upon Company Request or (if then held by the Company) shall
be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall
thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for
payment of such principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any)
or interest on, or any Additional Amounts, if any, payable in respect of, any
Security, without interest thereon, and all liability of the Trustee or such
Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company
as Trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee
or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at
the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized
Newspaper, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid
to the Company.  

Section 10.4     EXISTENCE

         Subject to Article VIII, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence, all material rights (by certificate of incorporation, by-laws and
statute) and material franchises; provided, however, that the Company shall not
be required to preserve any right or franchise if the Board of Directors shall
determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct
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Section 10.5   MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES

        The Company will cause all of its material properties used or useful in
the conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary to be maintained
and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all
necessary equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals,
replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of
the Company may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection
therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided,
however, that the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be prevented from
selling or otherwise disposing for value of their properties in the ordinary
course of their business.

Section 10.6   INSURANCE

        The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep in
force upon all of its properties and operations policies of insurance carried
with responsible companies in such amounts and covering all such risks as shall
be customary in the industry in accordance with prevailing market conditions and
availability. 

Section 10.7   PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS

        The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,
before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges levied or imposed upon it or any Subsidiary or upon the
income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary and (2) all lawful
claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a
lien upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that
the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or
discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability
or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings. 

Section 10.8    PROVISION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION

        Whether or not the Company is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, the Company will, to the extent permitted under the Exchange Act,
file with the Commission the annual reports, quarterly reports and other
documents which the Company would have been required to file with the Commission
pursuant to such Section 13 or 15(d) if the Company were so subject, such
documents to be filed with the Commission on or prior to the respective dates
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Dates") by which the Company would have been required so to file such documents
if the Company were so subject.

        The Company will also in any event (x) within 15 days of each Required
Filing Date (i) if the Company is not then subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses
appear in the Security Register, without cost to such Holders, copies of the
annual reports and quarterly reports which the Company would have been required
to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
if the Company were subject to such Sections, and (ii) file with the Trustee
copies of annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents which the
Company would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if the Company were subject to such Sections and
(y) if filing such documents by the Company with the Commission is not permitted
under the Exchange Act, promptly upon written request and payment of the
reasonable cost of duplication and delivery, supply copies of such documents to
any prospective Holder.

Section 10.9    STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE

        The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year, a brief certificate from the principal executive officer,
principal financial officer or principal accounting officer as to his or her
knowledge of the Company's compliance with all conditions and covenants under
this Indenture and, in the event of any noncompliance, specifying such
noncompliance and the nature and status thereof. For purposes of this Section
10.9, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace
or requirement of notice under this Indenture. 

Section 10.10 ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS

        If any Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional
Amounts, the Company will pay to the Holder of any Security of such series or
any coupon appertaining thereto Additional Amounts as may be specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in
any context except in the case of Section 5.2(l), the payment of the principal
of or any premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, or interest on, or in respect
of, any Security of any series or payment of any related coupon or the net
proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such
mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts
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pursuant to Section 3.1 to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts
are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms and
express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any
provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in
those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

        Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, if the
Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at least
10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that series of
Securities (or if the Securities of that series will not bear interest prior to
Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal and any premium or
Make-Whole Amount, if any, is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of
payment of principal and any premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, or interest
if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the
below-mentioned Officers' Certificate, the Company will furnish the Trustee and
the Company's principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the
Trustee, with an Officers' Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying
Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and any premium or
Make-Whole Amount, if any, or interest on the Securities of that series shall be
made to Holders of Securities of that series or any related coupons who are not
United States Persons without withholding for or on account of any tax,
assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of the
series. If any such withholding shall be required, then such Officers'
Certificate shall specify by Country the amount, if any, required to be withheld
on such payments to such Holders of Securities of that series or related coupons
and the Company will pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional
Amounts required by the terms of such Securities. If the Trustee or any Paying
Agent, as the case may be, shall not so receive the above-mentioned Officers'
Certificate, then the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall be entitled (1) to
assume that no such withholding or deduction is required with respect to any
payment of principal or interest with respect to any Securities of a series or
related coupons until it shall have received a certificate advising otherwise
and (2) to make all payments of principal and interest with respect to the
Securities of a series or related coupons without withholding or deductions
until otherwise advised. The Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any
Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or
expense reasonably incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on their
part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of
them or in reliance on any Officers' Certificate furnished pursuant to this
Section 10.10 or in reliance on the Company's not furnishing such an Officers'
Certificate.



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Section 10.11   WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS

        The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term,
provision or condition set forth in Sections 10.4 to 10.8, inclusive, if before
or after the time for such compliance, the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of such series, by act of such
Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive
compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to
or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived,
and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company
and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or
condition shall remain in full force and effect.


                                   ARTICLE XI

                            REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

Section 11.1    APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE

        Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated
Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of any series)
in accordance with this Article XI. 

Section 11.2    ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE

        The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced
by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election
of the Company of less than all of the Securities of any series, the Company
shall, at least 45 days prior to the giving of the notice of redemption in
Section 11.4 (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee),
notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of
Securities of such series to be redeemed. 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 such restriction. 

Section 11.3    SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED

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        If less than all the Securities of any series issued on the same day
with the same terms are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed
shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the
Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series issued on such date with
the same terms not previously called for redemption, by such method as the
Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection
for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for
Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal
amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum
authorized denomination for Securities of that series.

        The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar
(if other than itself) in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and,
in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal
amount thereof to be redeemed.

        For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be
redeemed. 

Section 11.4    NOTICE OF REDEMPTION

        Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section
1.6, not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date,
unless a shorter period is specified by the terms of such series established
pursuant to Section 3.1, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, but
failure to give such notice in the manner herein provided to the Holder of any
Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the
notice to any such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for
the redemption of any other such Security or portion thereof.

        Any notice that is mailed to the Holders of Securities in the manner
herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether
or not the Holder receives the notice.

        All notices of redemption shall state:

                (1) the Redemption Date;

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                (2) the Redemption Price, accrued interest to the Redemption
Date payable, as provided in Section 11.6, if any, and Additional Amounts, if
any;

                (3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to
be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the
principal amount) of the particular Security or Securities to be redeemed;

                (4) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the
notice which relates to such Security shall state that on and after the
Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, the holder will receive,
without a charge, a new Security or Securities or authorized denominations for
the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed;

                (5) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price and
accrued interest to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 11.6, if
any, will become due and payable upon each such Security, or the portion thereof
to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon shall cease to accrue
on and after said date;

                (6) the Place or Places of Payment where such Securities,
together in the case of Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining thereto,
if any, maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of
the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, or for conversion;

                (7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the
case; 

                (8) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer
Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be
accompanied by all coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption
or the amount of any such missing coupon or coupons will be deducted from the
Redemption Price, unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the
Trustee for such series and any Paying Agent is furnished;

                (9) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and
any Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer
Securities may be exchanged for Securities not subject to redemption on this
Redemption Date pursuant to Section 3.5 or otherwise, the last date, as
determined by the Company, on which such exchanges may be made;

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                (11) if applicable, that a Holder of Securities who desires to
convert Securities for redemption must satisfy the requirements for conversion
contained in such Securities, the then-existing conversion price or rate, the
place or places where such Securities may be surrendered for conversion, and the
date and time when the option to convert shall expire.

        Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the
Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.

Section 11.5    DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE

        On or before any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying
Agent, which it may not do in the case of a sinking fund payment under Article
XII, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 10.3) an amount of money
in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or
currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for the Securities of such series)
sufficient to pay on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price of, and (except if
the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all
the Securities or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date.

        If any Securities called for redemption are converted, any money
deposited with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent or so segregated and held in
trust for the redemption of such Security shall be paid to the Company upon
Company Request or, if then held by the Company, shall be discharged from such
trust.

Section 11.6    SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE

        Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so
to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified in the currency or currencies, currency unit
or units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such
series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for
the Securities of such series) (together with accrued interest, if any, to the
Redemption Date), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default
in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities
shall, if the same were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and the coupons
for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed,
except to the extent provided below, shall be void. 

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Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said
notice, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after
the Redemption Date, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the
Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption
Date; provided, however, that installments of interest on Bearer Securities
whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable
only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as
otherwise provided in Section 10.2) and, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1, only upon presentation and surrender of coupons for
such interest; and provided further that, except as otherwise provided with
respect to Securities convertible into Common Stock or Preferred Stock,
installments of interest on Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to
the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one
or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on
the relevant record dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section
3.7.

        If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be
accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such
Security may be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal
to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing
coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be
furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of
them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security
shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in
respect of which deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such
Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however,
that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office or
agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in
Section 10.2) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1,
only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.

        If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium or Make-Whole
Amount, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the
rate borne by the Security.

Section 11.7 SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART

        Any Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant
to the provisions of this Article XI or of Article XII) shall be surrendered at
a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires,
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by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and
the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his or her attorney duly
authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge a
new Security or Securities of the same series of any authorized denomination as
requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange
for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered. If a
Global Security is so surrendered, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver to the depositary, without service charge, a new
Global Security in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed
portion of the principal of the Global Security so surrendered.


                                   ARTICLE XII

                                  SINKING FUNDS

Section 12.1    APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE

        The provisions of this Article XII shall be applicable to any sinking
fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 3.1 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 such Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional
sinking fund payment." If provided for by the terms of any Securities of any
series, the cash amount of any mandatory sinking fund payment may be subject to
reduction as provided in Section 12.2. 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 12.2    SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH
                SECURITIES

        The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any mandatory
sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of a series, (1) deliver
Outstanding Securities of such series (other than any previously called for
redemption) together, in the case of any Bearer Securities of such series, with
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appertaining thereto and (2) apply as a credit Securities of such series which
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, as provided for by the terms
of such Securities, or which have otherwise been acquired by the Company;
Provided, however, that such Securities so delivered or applied as a credit have
not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited
for such purpose by the Trustee at the applicable Redemption Price specified in
such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the
amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

Section 12.3    REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND

        Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for
Securities of any series, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund
payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash in the currency or
currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which
the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 3.1 for the Securities of such series) and the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities
of that series pursuant to Section 12.2, and the optional amount, if any, to be
added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and will also
deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered and credited. If such
Officers' Certificate shall specify an optional amount to be added in cash to
the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, the Company shall thereupon be
obligated to pay the amount therein specified. 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
11.3 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 11.4. Such
notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made
upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 11.6 and 11.7.


                                  ARTICLE XIII

                       REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS

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Section 13.1    APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE

        Repayment of Securities of any series before their Stated Maturity at
the option of Holders thereof shall be made in accordance with the terms of such
Securities, if any, and (except as otherwise specified by the terms of such
series established pursuant to Section 3.1) in accordance with this Article
XIII.

Section 13.2    REPAYMENT OF SECURITIES

        Securities of any series subject to repayment in whole or in part at the
option of the Holders thereof will, unless otherwise provided in the terms of
such Securities, be repaid at a price equal to the principal amount thereof,
together with interest, if any, thereon accrued to the Repayment Date specified
in or pursuant to the terms of such Securities. The Company covenants that on or
prior to the Repayment Date it will deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying
Agent (or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold
in trust as provided in Section 10.3) an amount of money in the currency or
currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which
the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 3.1 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay the
principal (or, if so provided by the terms of the Securities of any series, a
percentage of the principal) of, and (except if the Repayment Date shall be an
Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities or portions
thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid on such date. 

Section 13.3    EXERCISE OF OPTION

        Securities of any series subject to repayment at the option of the
Holders thereof will contain an "Option to Elect Repayment" form on the reverse
of such Securities. In order for any Security to be repaid at the option of the
Holder, the Trustee must receive at the Place of Payment therefor specified in
the terms of such Security (or at such other place or places of which the
Company shall from time to time notify the Holders of such Securities) not
earlier than 60 days nor later than 30 days prior to the Repayment Date (1) the
Security so providing for such repayment together with the "Option to Elect
Repayment" form on the reverse thereof duly completed by the Holder (or by the
Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing) or (2) a telegram, telex,
facsimile transmission or letter from a member of a national securities
exchange, or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or a
commercial bank or trust company in the United States setting forth the name of
the Holder of the Security, the principal amount of the Security, the principal
amount of the Security to be repaid, the CUSIP number, if any, or a description
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terms of the Security, a statement that the option to elect repayment is being
exercised thereby and a guarantee that the Security to be repaid, together with
the duly completed form entitled "Option to Elect Repayment" on the reverse of
the Security, will be received by the Trustee not later than the fifth Business
Day after the date of such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter;
provided, however, that such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter
shall only be effective if such Security and form duly completed are received by
the Trustee by such fifth Business Day. If less than the entire principal amount
of such Security is to be repaid in accordance with the terms of such Security,
the principal amount of such Security to be repaid, in increments of the minimum
denomination for Securities of such series, and the denomination or
denominations of the Security or Securities to be issued to the Holder for the
portion of the principal amount of such Security surrendered that is not to be
repaid, must be specified. The principal amount of any Security providing for
repayment at the option of the Holder thereof may not be repaid in part if,
following such repayment, the unpaid principal amount of such Security would be
less than the minimum authorized denomination of Securities of the series of
which such Security to be repaid is a part. Except as otherwise may be provided
by the terms of any Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder
thereof, exercise or the repayment option by the Holder shall be irrevocable
unless waived by the Company.

Section 13.4    WHEN SECURITIES PRESENTED FOR REPAYMENT BECOME
                DUE AND PAYABLE

           If Securities of any series providing for repayment at the option of
the Holders thereof shall have been surrendered as provided in this Article XIII
and as provided by or pursuant to the terms of such Securities, such Securities
or the portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid shall become due and
payable and shall be paid by the Company on the Repayment Date therein
specified, and on and after such Repayment Date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of such Securities on such Repayment Date) such
Securities shall, if the same were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and
the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be
repaid, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of
any such Security for repayment in accordance with such provisions, together
with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Repayment
Date, the principal amount of such Security so to be repaid shall be paid by the
Company, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Repayment Date;
provided, however, that coupons whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the
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United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 10.2) and, unless
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1, only upon presentation and
surrender of such coupons; and provided further that, in the case of Registered
Securities, installments of interest, if any, whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to the Repayment Date shall be payable (but without interest thereon,
unless the Company shall default in the payment thereof) to the Holders of such
Registered Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such
at the close of business on the relevant record dates according to their terms
and the provisions of Section 3.7.

        If any Bearer Security surrendered for repayment shall not be
accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Repayment Date, such
Security may be paid after deducting from the amount payable therefor as
provided in Section 13.2 an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing
coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the
Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity
as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If
thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any
Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have
been made as provided in the preceding sentence, such Holder shall be entitled
to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however, that interest represented
by coupons shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the
United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 10.2) and, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, only upon presentation and
surrender of those coupons.

        If the principal amount of any Security surrendered for repayment shall
not be so repaid upon surrender thereof, such principal amount (together with
interest, if any, thereon accrued to such Repayment Date) shall, until paid,
bear interest from the Repayment Date at the rate of interest or Yield to
Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) set forth in such
Security. 

Section 13.5    SECURITIES REPAID IN PART

        Upon surrender of any Registered Security which is to be repaid in part
only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
to the Holder of such Security, without service charge and at the expense of the
Company, a new Registered Security or Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denomination specified by the Holder, in an aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the portion of the principal of such
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                                   ARTICLE XIV

                       DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 14.1    APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE; COMPANY'S OPTION TO
                EFFECT DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE 


        If, pursuant to Section 3.1, provision is made for either or both of (1)
defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under Section 14.2 or (2)
covenant defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under Section 14.3,
then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be, together
with the other provisions of this Article XIV (with such modifications thereto
as may be specified pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to any Securities),
shall be applicable to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, and
the Company may at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to
such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, elect to have Section 14.2
(if applicable) or Section 14.3 (if applicable) be applied to such Outstanding
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto upon compliance with the
conditions set forth below in this Article XIV.

Section 14.2    DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE

        Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to this
Section 14.2 with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the Company
shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to
such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto on the date the
conditions set forth in Section 14.4 are satisfied (hereinafter, "defeasance").
For this purpose, such defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have
paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Outstanding
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, which shall thereafter be
deemed to be "Outstanding" only for the purposes of Section 14.5 and the other
Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (1) and (2) below, and to have
satisfied all of its other obligations under such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto and this Indenture insofar as such Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of
the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except
for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged
hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto to receive, solely from the trust fund described in
Section 14.4 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of
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any) and interest, if any, on such Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto when such payments are due, (2) the Company's obligations with respect
to such Securities under Sections 3.5, 3.6, 10.2 and 10.3 and with respect to
the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities as contemplated by
Section 10.10, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the
Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article XIV. Subject to compliance with this
Article XIV, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 14.2
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 14.3 with respect
to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto. 

Section 14.3    COVENANT DEFEASANCE

        Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to this
Section with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the Company shall
be released from its obligations under Sections 10.4 to 10.8, inclusive and, if
specified pursuant to Section 3.1, its obligations under any other covenant,
with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto
on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 14.4 are satisfied
(hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"), and such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto shall thereafter be deemed to be not "Outstanding" for the
purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and
the consequences of any thereof) in connection with Sections 10.4 to 10.8,
inclusive, or such other covenant, but shall continue to be deemed "Outstanding"
for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance
means that, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no
liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such
Section or such other covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any
reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or such other covenant or by
reason of reference in any such Section or such other covenant to any other
provision herein or in any other document, and such omission to comply shall not
constitute a default or an Event of Default under Section 501(4) or 501(8) or
otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as specified above, the remainder of
this Indenture and such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be
unaffected thereby.

Section 14.4    CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT
                DEFEASANCE

        The following shall be the conditions to application of Section 14.2 or
Section 14.3 to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series and any coupons
appertaining thereto:

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                (1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another Trustee satisfying the requirements of
Section 6.7 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article XIV
applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the
following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely
to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto, (A) an amount in such currency, currencies or currency unit in which
such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto are then specified as
payable at Stated Maturity, or (B) Government Obligations applicable to such
Securities and coupons appertaining thereto (determined on the basis of the
currency, currencies or currency unit in which such Securities and coupons
appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity) which
through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in
accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due
date of any payment of principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any)
and interest, if any, on such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto,
money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in any case, in an amount
sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of such principal and
interest, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or
other qualifying Trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) the principal of (and
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest, if any, on such Outstanding
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto on the Stated Maturity of such
principal or installment of principal or interest and (ii) any mandatory sinking
fund payments or analogous payments applicable to such Outstanding Securities
and any coupons appertaining thereto on the day on which such payments are due
and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto.

                (2) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any
other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound.

                (3) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of
time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to such Securities
and any coupons appertaining thereto shall have occurred and be continuing on
the date of such deposit or, insofar as Sections 5.1(6) and 5.1(7) are
concerned, at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date
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understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the
expiration of such period).

                (4) In the case of an election under Section 14.2, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the
Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue
Service a ruling or (B) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has
been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the
effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of
such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto will not
recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of
such defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts,
in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
defeasance had not occurred.

                (5) In the case of an election under Section 14.3, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto will
not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result
of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the
same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the
case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred.

                (6) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent to the defeasance under Section 14.2 or the covenant defeasance under
Section 14.3 (as the case may be) have been complied with and an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that either (A) as a result of a deposit pursuant to
clause (1) above and the related exercise of the Company's option under Section
14.2 or 14.3 (as the case may be), registration is not required under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, by the Company, with respect to the
trust funds representing such deposit or by the Trustee for such trust funds or
(B) all necessary registrations under said Act have been effected.

                (7) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 14.4,
such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any
additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed
on the Company in connection therewith pursuant to Section 3.1. 

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Section 14.5    DEPOSITED MONEY AND GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO
                BE HELD IN TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

        Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all
money and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant
to Section 3.1) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or
other qualifying Trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 14.5, the
"Trustee") pursuant to Section 14.4 in respect of any Outstanding Securities of
any series and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be held in trust and
applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and
any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture, to the payment, either
directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own
Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities
and any coupons appertaining thereto of all sums due and to become due thereon
in respect of principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest
and Additional Amounts, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law.

        Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Security pursuant to
Section 3.1, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 14.4(l) has been made,
(1) the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was made is
entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 3.1 or the terms of such
Security to receive payment in a currency or currency unit other than that in
which the deposit pursuant to Section 14.4(l) has been made in respect of such
Security or (2) a Conversion Event occurs in respect of the currency or currency
unit in which the deposit pursuant to Section 14.4(l) has been made, the
indebtedness represented by such Security and any coupons appertaining thereto
shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and satisfied
through the payment of the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if
any), and interest, if any, on such Security as the same becomes due out of the
proceeds yielded by converting (from time to time as specified below in the case
of any such election) the amount or other property deposited in respect of such
Security into the currency or currency unit in which such Security becomes
payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based on the applicable
market exchange rate for such currency or currency unit in effect on the second
Business Day prior to each payment date, except, with respect to a Conversion
Event, for such currency or currency unit in effect (as nearly as feasible) at
the time of the Conversion Event.

           The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee
or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to Section 14.4 or the principal and interest received in
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than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the
Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto.

        Anything in this Article XIV to the contrary notwithstanding, subject
to Section 6.6, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to
time upon Company Request any money or Government Obligations (or other property
and any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 14.4 which, in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in
excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to
effect a defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with
this Article XIV.

                                   ARTICLE XV
                        MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

Section 15.1    PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED

        A meeting of Holders of Securities of any series may be called at any
time and from time to time pursuant to this Article XV to make, give or take any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of
Securities of such series.

Section 15.2    CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS

                                                                             
                (1) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series for any purpose specified in Section 15.1, to be held
at such time and at such place as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every
meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, setting forth the time and the
place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at
such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 1.6, not less
than 20 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

                (2) In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board
Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series shall have requested the Trustee to call a
meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in
Section 15.1, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action
proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the
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such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request or shall not
thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the
Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above
specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place for such
meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as
provided in clause (1) of this Section 15.2.

Section 15.3    PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS

        To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series, a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of
such series or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a
Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such
Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to
speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons
entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the
Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.

Section 15.4    QUORUM; ACTION

        The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of
Holders of Securities of such series; provided, however, that if any action is
to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent or waiver which this
Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of not less than a
specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a
series, the Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum.
In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes after the time appointed for any
such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of
Securities of such series, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be
adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of
the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum
at the reconvening of any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be
further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days; at the reconvening of
any meeting adjourned or further adjourned for lack of a quorum, the persons
entitled to vote 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding
Securities shall constitute a quorum for the taking of any action set forth in
the notice of the original meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned
meeting shall be given as provided in Section 15.2(2), except that such notice
need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the
meeting is scheduled to be reconvened.

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        Except as limited by the proviso to Section 9.2, any resolution
presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is
present as aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
provided, however, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section 9.2, any
resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action which this Indenture expressly provides
may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is
less than a majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a
series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and
at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders
of such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of that series.

        Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section 15.4 shall be
binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the related coupons,
whether or not present or represented at the meeting.

        Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 15.4, if any
action is to be taken at a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series with
respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action that this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given
or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in principal amount of all
Outstanding Securities affected thereby, or of the Holders of such series and
one or more additional series:

                (1) there shall be no minimum quorum requirement for such
meeting and

                (2) the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series that vote in favor of such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be taken into account in
determining whether such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action has been made, given or taken under this
Indenture. 

Section 15.5    DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS, CONDUCT AND 
                ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS

                (1) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture, the
Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any
meeting of Holders of Securities of a series in regard to proof of the holding
of Securities of


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such series and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment
and duties of inspector of elections, the submission and examination of proxies,
certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters
concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as
otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of
Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 1.4 and the
appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 1.4
or by having the signature of the Person executing the proxy witnessed or
guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized by Section 1.4 to
certify to the holding of Bearer Securities. Such regulations may provide that
written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed
valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 1.4 or other proof.

                (2) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing appoint a
temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by
the Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section 15.2(2), in which
case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting,
as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A
permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by
vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.

                (3) At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series or
proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by him; provided,
however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any
Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting
to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote,
except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.

                (4) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly
called pursuant to Section 15.2 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned
from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting, and the
meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

 Section 15.6   COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS

        The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be
subscribed the


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signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of their
representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of
the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The
permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who
shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who
shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written
reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in
duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be
attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any
vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having
knowledge of the fact, setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and
showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 15.2 and, if
applicable, Section 15.4. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the
affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such
copy shall be delivered to the Company and another to the Trustee to be
preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted
at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence
of the matters therein stated.


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                              SIGNATURES AND SEALS

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

                                         COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC.

                                         By:
                                            -----------------------------------
                                          Name:
                                          Title:

                                         FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK,
                                         as Trustee

                                         By:
                                            -----------------------------------
                                          Name:
                                          Title:


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                                    EXHIBIT A

                  FORM OF REDEEMABLE OR NONREDEEMABLE SECURITY

                               [FACE OF SECURITY]

[If the Holder of this Security (as indicated below it) is The Depository Trust
Company ("DTC") or a nominee of DTC, this Security is a Global Security and the
following two legends apply;

UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY ("DTC"), 55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK TO THE
ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND SUCH
SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER
USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL, SINCE THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES
IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY
DTC TO A NOMINEE THEREOF OR BY AS NOMINEE THEREOF TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF
DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH
SUCCESSOR.]

[if this security is an original issue discount security, insert -- FOR PURPOSES
OF SECTIONS 1273 AND 1275 OF THE UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, THE AMOUNT
OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THIS SECURITY IS ___% OF ITS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT, THE
ISSUE DATE IS ______________________, 19__ [AND] THE YIELD TO MATURITY IS ____%.
[THE METHOD USED TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT APPLICABLE
TO THE SHORT ACCRUAL PERIOD OF _________________, 19__ TO ________________,
19__, IS ____% OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS SECURITY.]


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                        COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC.

                             [Designation of Series]

No. ______                                                               $_____

COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC., a Maryland corporation (herein referred to as
the "Company," which term includes any successor corporations under the
Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby
promises to pay to _________________________ or registered assigns the principal
sum of ______________ Dollars on ____________________ (the "Stated Maturity
Date") [or insert date fixed for earlier redemption (the "Redemption Date") and,
together with the Stated Maturity Date with respect to principal repayable on
such date, the "Maturity Date")].

[if the security is to bear interest prior to maturity, insert -- and to pay
interest thereon from __________________ or from the most recent interest
payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually
on _____________ and ______________ in each year (each, an "Interest Payment
Date"), commencing _____________, at the rate of ____% per annum, until the
principal hereof is paid or duly provided for. The interest so payable, and
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as
provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Holder in whose name this Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the _______________
or ______________ (whether or not a Business Day, as defined below), as the case
may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date [at the office or agency of
the Company maintained for such purpose; provided, however, that such interest
may be paid, at the Company's option, by mailing a check to such Holder at his
registered address or by transfer of funds to an account maintained by such
Holder within the United States]. Any such interest not so punctually paid or
duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Holder in whose name this Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed
by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this
series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid
at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of
any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed,
and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in the Indenture. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months.]


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[If the security is not to bear interest prior to maturity, insert -- The
principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at the
[Stated] Maturity Date and in such case the overdue principal of this Security
shall bear interest at the rate of ____% per annum (to the extent that the
payment such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the
date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been
made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on
demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand
shall bear interest at the rate of ____% per annum (to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from
the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has
been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on
demand.]

The principal of this Security payable on the [Stated] Maturity Date [or the
principal of, premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, and, if the Redemption Date
is not an Interest Payment Date, interest on this Security payable on the
Redemption Date] will be paid against presentation of this Security at the
office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in ________________,
in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal
tender for the payment of public and private debts.

Interest payable on this Security on any Interest Payment Date and on the
[Stated] Maturity Date [or Redemption Date, as the case may be,] will include
interest accrued from and including the next preceding Interest Payment Date in
respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for (or from and
including _______________, if no interest has been paid on this Security) to but
excluding such Interest Payment Date or the [Stated] Maturity Date [or
Redemption Date, as the case may be]. If any Interest Payment Date or the
[Stated] Maturity Date [or Redemption Date] falls on a day that is not a
Business Day, principal, premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, and/or interest
payable with respect to such Interest Payment Date or [Stated] Maturity Date [or
Redemption Date, as the case may be,] will be paid on the next succeeding
Business Day with the same force and effect as if it were paid on the date such
payment was due, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the
period from and after such Interest Payment Date or [Stated] Maturity Date [or
Redemption Date, as the case may be]. "Business Day" means any day, other than a
Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York are not required or authorized by
law or executive order to close.


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[If this security is a global security, insert -- All payments of principal,
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest in respect of this Security
will be made by the Company in immediately available funds.]

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

Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee
by manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this Security shall
not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed
under its [facsimile] corporate seal.

Dated:                                             COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY,
      -----------------------                      INC.
                                                                               

                                                   By:
                                                      -------------------------
Attest:

- ------------------------------------------------------
Secretary


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                              [Reverse of Security]

                        COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC.

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company,
issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of
March __, 1998 (herein called the "Indenture") between the Company and First
Union National Bank, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee," which term
includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the series of
which this Security is a part), to which Indenture and all indentures
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company,
the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the
Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one
of the duly authorized series of Securities designated on the face hereof
(collectively, the "Securities"), [if applicable, insert -- and the aggregate
principal amount of the securities to be issued under such series is limited to
$___________ (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon transfer
of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Securities).] All terms used in this
Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with
the effect provided in the Indenture.

[if applicable, insert -- The Securities may not be redeemed prior to the
[Stated] Maturity Date.]  

[if applicable, insert -- The Securities are subject to redemption [(1) [if
applicable, insert -- on ___________ in any year commencing with the year _____
and ending with the year _____ through operation of the sinking fund for this
series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount and (2) ] [if
applicable, insert -- at any time [on or after _________________], as a whole or
in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed on or before
_______________, ____% and if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning
______________ of the years indicated, at the Redemption Prices indicated below.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                   <C>                       <C>            <C>
       Year           Redemption Price          Year           Redemption Price
       ----           ----------------          ----           ----------------

</TABLE>



                                      A-5
<PAGE>   118


and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ____% of the principal amount,
together, in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert -- (whether
through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)], with accrued interest to
the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest on this
Security whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be
payable to the Holder of this Security, or one or more Predecessor Securities,
of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on
the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]

[if applicable, insert -- The Securities are subject to redemption (1) on
____________ in any year commencing with the year ____ and ending with the year
____ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption
Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below and (2) at any
time [on or after _____________], as a whole or in part, at the election of the
Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through
operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount)
set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning
_____________ of the years indicated,

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                   <C>                                  <C>    
                             Redemption Price for                   Redemption Price for
                              Redemption Through                   Redemption Otherwise
                               Operation of the                   Than Through Operation
        Year                     Sinking Fund                      of the Sinking Fund
  ---------------     ---------------------------------    ----------------------------------

</TABLE>




and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ____% of the principal amount,
together, in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise), with accrued interest to the Redemption Date;
provided, however, that installments of interest on this Security whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holder of
this Security, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of
business on the relevant record dates referred to on the face hereof, all as
provided in the Indenture.]



                                      A-6


<PAGE>   119




[if applicable, insert -- Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not,
prior to _____________, redeem any Securities as contemplated by [clause (2) of]
the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding
operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of money borrowed having
an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally
accepted financial practice) of less than ____% per annum.]

[if applicable, insert -- The sinking fund for the Securities provides for the
redemption on ___________ in each year, beginning with the year ____ and ending
with the year ____, of [not less than] $__________] [("mandatory sinking fund")
and not more than $______] aggregate principal amount of the Securities. [The
Securities acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through
[mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [mandatory]
sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made in the [describe order]
order in which they become due.]]

Notice of redemption will be given by mail to Holders of Securities, not less
than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, all as provided in
the Indenture.

In the event of redemption of the Security in part only, a new Security or
Securities for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the
Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

[if applicable, insert conversion provisions set forth in any board resolution
or indenture supplemental to the indenture.]

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at
any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not
less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of all Securities issued
under the Indenture at the time Outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture
also contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority of
the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, on behalf of the
Holders of all such Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain
provisions of the Indenture. Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit the
Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount, in
certain instances, of the Outstanding Securities of any series to waive, on
behalf of all of the Holders of Securities of such series, certain past defaults
under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waive by the
Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon 




                                      A-7
<PAGE>   120

all future Holders of this Security and other Securities issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof,
whether or not notation of such consent of waiver is made upon this Security.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if
any) and interest on this Security at the times, places and rate, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein [and
herein] set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register of the Company upon surrender of this security for registration of
transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal
of (and premium or Make- Whole Amount, if any) and interest on this Security are
payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by,
the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon
one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein [and
herein] set forth, this Security is exchangeable for a like aggregate principal
amount of Securities of different authorized denominations but otherwise having
the same terms and conditions, as requested by the Holder hereof surrendering
the same.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form [without
coupons] in denominations of $________ and any integral multiple thereof. No
service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

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



                                      A-8
<PAGE>   121

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or premium or Make-
Whole Amount, if any, or the interest on this Security, or for any claim based
hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the
Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any past, present or
future stockholder, employee, officer or director, as such, of the Company or of
any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, whether
by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of
any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the
acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof,
expressly waived and released.

The Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of [the State of New York] applicable to agreements
made and to be performed entirely in such State.

                     TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

        This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

                                       [NAME OF TRUSTEE], as Trustee

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


                                      A-9
<PAGE>   122


                                    EXHIBIT B

                             FORMS OF CERTIFICATION

                                   EXHIBIT B-1

               FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY PERSON ENTITLED
                TO RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST
                       PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE

                                   CERTIFICATE

     [Insert title or sufficient description of Securities to be delivered]

        This is to certify that, as of the date hereof, and except as set forth
below, the above-captioned Securities held by you for our account (i) are owned
by person(s) that are not citizens or residents of the United States, domestic
partnerships, domestic corporations or any estate or trust the income of which
is subject to the United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source
("United States Person(s)"), (ii) are owned by United States Person(s) that are
(a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (financial
institutions, as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section
1.165-12(c)(1)(v) are herein referred to as "financial institutions") purchasing
for their own account or for resale or (b) United States Person(s) who acquired
the Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions
and who hold the Securities through such United States financial institutions on
the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States
financial institution hereby agrees, on its own behalf or through its agent,
that you may advise Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc. or its agent that such
financial institution will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A),
(B) or (C) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and
the regulations thereunder), or (iii) are owned by United States or foreign
financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during the restricted period (as
defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)),
and, in addition, if the owner is a United States or foreign financial
institution described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in
clause (i) or (ii)), this is to further certify that such financial institution
has not acquired the Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to
a United States Person or to a person within the United States or its
possessions.

                                      B-1
<PAGE>   123

        As used herein, "United States" means the United States of America
(including the States and the District of Columbia); and its "possessions"
include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island
and the Northern Mariana Islands.

        We undertake to advise you promptly by tested telex on or prior to the
date on which you intend to submit your certification relating to the
above-captioned Securities held by you for our account in accordance with your
Operating Procedures if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such
date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this
certification applies as of such date.

        This certificate excepts and does not relate to [US $______________] of
such interest in the above-captioned Securities in respect of which we are not
able to certify and as to which we understand an exchange for an interest in a
permanent Global Security or an exchange for and delivery of definitive
Securities (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) cannot be made until we
do so certify.

        We understand that this certificate may be required in connection with
certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal
proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this
certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce
this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.

Dated:  ____________________, ______
[To be dated no earlier than the 15th day
prior to (i) the Exchange Date or (ii) the
relevant Interest Payment Date occurring
prior to the Exchange Date, as applicable]

                                          [Name of Person Making Certification]

                                           -------------------------------------
                                           (Authorized Signatory)
                                           Name:
                                           Title:

                                      B-2
<PAGE>   124

                                   EXHIBIT B-2

                  FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EUROCLEAR
                AND CEDEL S.A. IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF
                 A PORTION OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY OR TO
               OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE

                                   CERTIFICATE

     [Insert title or sufficient description of Securities to be delivered]

        This is to certify that, based solely on written certifications that we
have received in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from
each of the persons appearing in our records as persons entitled to a portion of
the principal amount set forth below (our "Member Organizations") substantially
in the form attached hereto, as of the date hereof, [U.S. $] _________ principal
amount of the above-captioned Securities (i) is owned by person(s) that are not
citizens or residents of the United States, domestic partnerships, domestic
corporations or any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United
States Federal income taxation regardless of its source ("United States
Person(s)"), (ii) is owned by United States Person(s) that are (a) foreign
branches of United States financial institutions (financial institutions, as
defined in Unites States Treasury Regulations Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v), are
herein referred to as "financial institutions") purchasing for their own account
or for resale or (b) United States Person(s) who acquired the Securities through
foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the
Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof
(and in either case (a) or (b), each such financial institution has agreed, on
its own behalf or through its agent, that we may advise Commercial Net Lease
Realty, Inc. or its agent that such financial institution will comply with the
requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder), or (iii) is owned by United
States or foreign financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during the
restricted period (as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section
1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7), and, to the further effect, that financial institutions
described in clause (iii) (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii))
have certified that they have not acquired the Securities for purposes of resale
directly or indirectly to a United States Person or to a person within the
United States or its possessions.



                                      B-3
<PAGE>   125

        As used herein, "United States" means the United States of America
(including the States and the District of Columbia); and its "possessions"
include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island
and the Northern Mariana Islands.

        We further certify that (i) we are not making available herewith for
exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) any portion of the
temporary Global Security representing the above-captioned Securities excepted
in the above-referenced certificates of Member Organizations and (ii) as of the
date hereof we have not received any notification from any of our Member
Organizations to the effect that the statements made by such Member
Organizations with respect to any portion of the part submitted herewith for
exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) are no longer true and
cannot be relied upon as of the date hereof.

        We understand that this certification is required in connection with
certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal
proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this
certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce
this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.

Dated:  ____________________,
[To be dated no earlier than 
the Exchange Date or (ii) the
relevant Interest Payment Date
occurring prior to the Exchange
Date, as applicable]

                                    [Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New
                                    York, Brussels Office,] as Operator of the
                                    Euroclear System [CEDEL S.A.]

                                    By:
                                       ----------------------------------------



                                      B-4

<PAGE>   1
                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.2


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                       COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC.

                                                             Issuer
                                                             ------
                                       to

                           FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK

                                                             Trustee
                                                             -------

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


                          Supplemental Indenture No. 1

                          Dated as of  March   , 1998


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




                                 $100,000,000
                                       of
                                % Notes due 2008

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<PAGE>   2
                 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 1, dated as of March   , 1998 (the
"Supplemental Indenture"), between COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC., a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland
(herein called the "Company"), and First Union National Bank, a national
banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").

                            RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

                 The Company has heretofore delivered to the Trustee an
Indenture, dated as of March   , 1998 (the "Indenture"), a form of which has
been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-24773), providing for the issuance from time to
time of Debt Securities of the Company (the "Securities").

                 Section 3.1 of the Indenture provides for various matters with
respect to any series of Securities issued under the Indenture to be
established in an indenture supplemental to the Indenture.

                 Section 9.1(7) of the Indenture provides for the Company and
the Trustee to enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture to
establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as provided by Sections
2.1 and 3.1 of the Indenture.

                 The Board of Directors of the Company has duly adopted
resolutions authorizing the Company to execute and deliver this Supplemental
Indenture.

                 All the conditions and requirements necessary to make this
Supplemental Indenture, when duly executed and delivered, a valid and binding
agreement in accordance with its terms and for the purposes herein expressed,
have been performed and fulfilled.

            NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

                 For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of
each of the series of Securities provided for herein by the Holders thereof, it
is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of
all Holders of the Notes or of either series thereof, as follows:
<PAGE>   3

                                  ARTICLE ONE

                       RELATION TO INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS

                 SECTION 1.1.  Relation to Indenture.

                 This Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of
the Indenture.

                 SECTION 1.2.  Definitions.

                 For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, except as
otherwise expressly provided for or unless the context otherwise requires:

                 (1)      Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
         have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture; and

                 (2)      All references herein to Articles and Sections,
         unless otherwise specified, refer to the corresponding Articles and
         Sections of this Supplemental Indenture.

                 "Acquired Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of a Person (i)
existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or (ii) assumed in
connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case, other
than Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such
Person becoming a Subsidiary or such acquisition.  Acquired Indebtedness shall
be deemed to be incurred on the date of the related acquisition of assets from
any Person or the date the acquired Person becomes a Subsidiary.

                 "Advisor Transaction" means the merger of CNL Realty Advisors,
Inc. with and into a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company which was
consummated on January 1, 1998.

                 "Annual Debt Service Charge" for any period means the
aggregate interest expense for such period in respect of, and the amortization
during such period of any original issue discount of, Indebtedness of the
Company and its Subsidiaries and the amount of dividends which are payable
during such period in respect of any Disqualified Stock.

                 "Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday,
that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in the
City of New York or in the City of Charlotte are authorized or required by law,
regulation or executive order to close.





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<PAGE>   4
                 "Capital Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any capital
stock (including preferred stock), shares, interests, participations or other
ownership  interests (however designated) of such Person and any rights (other
than debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for corporate stock),
warrants or options to purchase any thereof.

                 "Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service" for any
period means Earnings from Operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries plus
amounts which have been deducted, and minus amounts which have been added, for
the following (without duplication):  (i) interest on Indebtedness of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, (ii) provision for taxes of the Company and its
Subsidiaries based on income, (iii) amortization of debt discount, (iv)
provisions for gains and losses on properties and property depreciation and
amortization, (v) the effect of any noncash charge resulting from a change in
accounting principles in determining Earnings from Operations for such period
and (vi) amortization of deferred charges.

                 "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 225
Water Street, Third Floor, Jacksonville, Florida  32202, and for purposes of
the Place of Payment provisions of Sections 3.5 and 10.2 of the Indenture, is
located at 1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd., Charlotte, North Carolina  28288-1153.

                 "Disqualified Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any
Capital Stock of such Person which by the terms of such Capital Stock (or by
the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is
exchangeable or exercisable), upon the happening of any event or otherwise (i)
matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or
otherwise (other than Capital Stock which is redeemable solely in exchange for
common stock), (ii) is convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for
Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or (iii) is redeemable at the option of the
holder thereof, in whole or in part (other than Capital Stock which is
redeemable solely in exchange for Capital Stock which is not Disqualified Stock
or the redemption price of which may, at the option of such Person, be paid in
Capital Stock which is not Disqualified Stock), in each case on or prior to the
Stated Maturity of the Notes.

                 "Earnings from Operations" for any period means net earnings
excluding (i) gains and losses on sales of investments, (ii) extraordinary
items, (iii) property valuation losses and (iv) costs and expenses associated
with the Advisor Transaction (which will include the fair market value, at the
time of issuance, of the shares of the Company's common stock, $.01 par value,
issuable to the former stockholders of the CNL Realty Advisors, Inc.  as a
result of the Advisor Transaction, and reasonable attorneys' and accountants'
fees and miscellaneous other expenses incurred by the Company in connection
therewith), net as reflected in the financial





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<PAGE>   5
statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

                 "Encumbrance" means any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge or
security interest of any kind.

                 "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the
Commission.

                 "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles as used
in the United States applied on a consistent basis as in effect from time to
time; provided that solely for purposes of any calculation required by the
financial covenants contained herein, "GAAP" shall mean generally accepted
accounting principles as used in the United States on the date hereof, applied
on a consistent basis.

                 "Indebtedness" of the Company or any Subsidiary means any
indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether or not contingent, in
respect of (i) borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or
similar instruments whether or not such indebtedness is secured by any
Encumbrance existing on property owned by the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii)
indebtedness for borrowed money of a Person other than the Company or a
Subsidiary which is secured by any Encumbrance existing on property owned by
the Company or any Subsidiary, to the extent of the lesser of (x) the amount of
indebtedness so secured and (y) the fair market value (as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors of the Company) of the property subject to such
Encumbrance, (iii) the reimbursement obligations, contingent or otherwise, in
connection with any letters of credit actually issued or amounts representing
the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or
services, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade
payable, or all conditional sale obligations or obligations under any title
retention agreement, (iv) the principal amount of all obligations of the
Company or any Subsidiary with respect to redemption, repayment or other
repurchase of any Disqualified Stock, or (v) any lease of property by the
Company or any Subsidiary as lessee which is reflected on the Company's
consolidated balance sheet as a capitalized lease in accordance with GAAP, and
also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by the
Company or any Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or
otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of
business), Indebtedness of another Person (other than the  Company or any
Subsidiary) (it being understood that Indebtedness shall be deemed to be
incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary whenever the Company or such
Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in
respect thereof).

                 "Make-Whole Amount" means, in connection with any optional
redemption or accelerated payment of any 2008 Note, the excess, if any, of (i)
the





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<PAGE>   6
aggregate present value as of the date of such redemption or accelerated
payment of each dollar of principal being redeemed or paid and the amount of
interest (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption or
accelerated payment) that would have been payable in respect of such dollar if
such redemption or accelerated payment had not been made, determined by
discounting, on a semi-annual basis, such principal and interest at the
Reinvestment Rate (determined on the third Business Day preceding the date such
notice of Redemption is given or declaration of acceleration is made) from the
respective dates on which such principal and interest would have been payable
if such redemption or accelerated payment had not been made, over (ii) the
aggregate principal amount of the 2008 Notes being redeemed or paid.

                 "Notes" has the meaning specified in Section 2.1 hereof.

                 "Reinvestment Rate" means .25% (twenty-five one hundredths of
one percent) plus the arithmetic mean of the yields under the respective
headings "This Week" and "Last Week" published in the Statistical Release under
the caption "Treasury Constant Maturities" for the maturity (rounded to the
nearest month) corresponding to the remaining life to maturity, as of the
payment date of the principal being redeemed or paid.  If no maturity exactly
corresponds to such maturity, yields for the two published maturities most
closely corresponding to such maturity shall be calculated pursuant to the
immediately preceding sentence and the Reinvestment Rate shall be interpolated
or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding in each of
such relevant periods to the nearest month.  For such purposes of calculating
the Reinvestment Rate, the most recent Statistical Release published prior to
the date of determination of the Make-Whole Amount shall be used.

                 "Statistical Release" means the statistical release designated
"H.15(519)" or any successor publication which is published weekly by the
Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United
States government securities adjusted to constant maturities or, if such
statistical release is not published at the time of any determination of the
Make-Whole Amount, then such other reasonably comparable index which shall be
designated by the Company.

                 "Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any
corporation or other entity of which a majority of (i) the voting power of the
voting equity securities or (ii) the outstanding equity interests of which are
owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.  For the purposes of this
definition, "voting equity securities" means equity securities having voting
power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no
senior class of security has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

                 "Total Assets" as of any date means the sum of (i) the
Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and (ii) all other assets of the Company and
its Subsidiaries deter-





                                      5
<PAGE>   7
mined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding accounts
receivable and intangibles).

                 "Total Unencumbered Assets" as of any date means the sum of
(i) those Undepreciated Real Estate Assets not subject to an Encumbrance for
borrowed money and (ii) all other assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries
not subject to an Encumbrance for borrowed money, all determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding accounts receivable
and intangibles).

                 "2008 Notes" has the meaning specified in Section 2.1 hereof.

                 "Undepreciated Real Estate Assets" as of any date means the
cost (original cost plus capital improvements) of real estate assets of the
Company and its Subsidiaries on such date, before depreciation and
amortization, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

                 "Unsecured Indebtedness" means Indebtedness which is not
secured by any Encumbrance upon any of the properties of the Company or any
Subsidiary.


                                 ARTICLE TWO

                             THE SERIES OF NOTES

                 SECTION 2.1.  Title of the Securities.

                 There shall be a series of Securities designated the "  %
Notes due 2008" (the "2008 Notes" or the "Notes").

                 SECTION 2.2.  Limitation on Aggregate Principal Amount.

                 The aggregate principal amount of the 2008 Notes shall be
limited to $100,000,000, and, except as provided in this Section and in Section
3.6 of the Indenture, the Company shall not execute and the Trustee shall not
authenticate or deliver 2008 Notes in excess of such aggregate principal
amount.

                 Nothing contained in this Section 2.2 or elsewhere in this
Supplemental Indenture, or in the Notes, is intended to or shall limit
execution by the Company or authentication or delivery by the Trustee of Notes
under the circumstances contemplated by Sections 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6, 11.7
and 13.5 of the Indenture.





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                 SECTION 2.3.  Interest and Interest Rates; Maturity Date of
Notes.

                 The 2008 Notes will bear interest at a rate of   % per annum,
from  March   ,  1998 or from the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date
to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semi-annually in
arrears on               and                of each year, commencing          
  , 1998 (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), to the Person in whose name such 
Note is registered at the close of business on              or            
(whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such 
Interest Payment Date (each, a "Regular Record Date").  Interest will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.  The
interest so payable on any Note which is not punctually paid or duly provided
for on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Person in whose name such Note is registered on the relevant Regular Record
Date, and such defaulted interest shall instead be payable to the Person in
whose name such Note is registered on the Special Record Date or other
specified date determined in accordance with the Indenture.

                 If any Interest Payment Date or Maturity falls on a day that
is not a Business Day, the required payment shall be made on the next Business
Day as if it were made on the date such payment was due and no interest shall
accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest
Payment Date or Maturity, as the case may be.

                 The 2008 Notes will mature on             , 2008.

                 SECTION 2.4.  Limitations on Incurrence of Indebtedness.

                 (a)      The Company will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to, incur any Indebtedness if, immediately  after giving effect to
the incurrence of such additional Indebtedness and the application of the
proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding
Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 60% of the sum of (without
duplication) (i) the Total Assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the
end of the calendar quarter covered in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with
the Commission (or, if such filing is not permitted under the Exchange Act,
with the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Indebtedness and
(ii) the purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable
acquired, and the amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the
extent such proceeds were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages
receivable or used to reduce Indebtedness), by the Company or any Subsidiary
since the end of such calendar quarter, including those proceeds obtained in
connection with the incurrence of such additional Indebtedness.





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                 (b)      In addition to the limitation set forth in subsection
(a) of this Section 2.4, the Company will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to, incur any Indebtedness if the ratio of Consolidated Income
Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service Charge for the four
consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date on which such
additional Indebtedness is to be incurred shall have been less than 1.5:1, on a
pro forma basis after giving effect thereto and to the application of the
proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that (i) such Indebtedness
and any other Indebtedness incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries since
the first day of such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds
therefrom, including to refinance other Indebtedness, had occurred at the
beginning of such period; (ii) the repayment or retirement of any other
Indebtedness by the Company and its Subsidiaries since the first day of such
four-quarter period had been repaid or retired at the beginning of such period
(except that, in making such computation, the amount of Indebtedness under any
revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon the average daily
balance of such Indebtedness during such period); (iii) in the case of Acquired
Indebtedness or Indebtedness incurred in connection with any acquisition since
the first day of such four-quarter period, the related acquisition had occurred
as of the first day of such period with the appropriate adjustments with
respect to such acquisition being included in such pro forma calculation; and
(iv) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by the Company or its
Subsidiaries of any asset or group of assets since the first day of such
four-quarter period, whether by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset
purchase or sale, such acquisition or  disposition or any related repayment of
Indebtedness had occurred as of the first day of such period with the
appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition or disposition being
included in such pro forma calculation.

                 (c)      In addition to the limitations set forth in
subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 2.4, the Company will not, and will not
permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Indebtedness secured by any Encumbrance
upon any of the property of the Company or any Subsidiary if, immediately after
giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Indebtedness and the
application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all
outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis which is secured by any Encumbrance on property of the Company or any
Subsidiary is greater than 40% of the sum of (without duplication) (i) the
Total Assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the calendar
quarter covered in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or,
if such filing is not permitted under the Exchange Act, with the Trustee) prior
to the incurrence of such additional Indebtedness and (ii) the purchase price
of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of
any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent that such proceeds
were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to
reduce Indebtedness), by the Company or any Subsidiary since the end of such
calendar quarter,





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including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such
additional Indebtedness.

                 (d)      The Company and its Subsidiaries may not at any time
own Total Unencumbered Assets equal to less than 150% of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Unsecured Indebtedness of the Company and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

                 (e)      For purposes of this Section 2.4, Indebtedness shall
be deemed to be "incurred" by the Company or a Subsidiary whenever the Company
or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable
in respect thereof.

                 SECTION 2.5.  Redemption.

                 The Notes may be redeemed at any time at the option of the
Company, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the
principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued interest thereon to
the Redemption Date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any, with respect to
such Notes (the "Redemption Price").

                 SECTION 2.6.  Places of Payment.

                 The Places of Payment where the Notes may be presented or
surrendered for payment, where the Notes may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to and upon the Company in
respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served shall be in the City of
Charlotte, North Carolina, and the office or agency for such purpose shall
initially be located at First Union National Bank, 1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd.,
Charlotte, North Carolina  28288-1153.

                 SECTION 2.7.  Method of Payment.

                 Payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes will be
made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose (which
shall initially be an office or agency of the Trustee), in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that, at the
option of the Company, payments of principal and interest on the Notes (other
than payments of principal and interest due at Maturity) may be made (i) by
check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address
shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer to an account
maintained by the Person entitled thereto located within the United States,
provided, that such Person owns 2008 Notes in an aggregate principal amount





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of at least $        and such Person makes a written request therefor for the
appropriate Interest Payment Date.

                 SECTION 2.8.  Currency.

                 Principal and interest on the Notes shall be payable in
Dollars.

                 SECTION 2.9.  Registered Securities; Global Form.

                 The Notes shall be issuable and transferable in fully
registered form as Registered Securities, without coupons.  The Notes shall
each be issued in the form of one or more permanent Global Securities.  The
depository for the Notes shall be The Depository Trust Company ("DTC").  The
Notes shall not be issuable in definitive form except as provided in Section
3.5 of the Indenture.

                 SECTION 2.10.  Form of Notes.

                 The 2008 Notes shall be substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit A hereto.

                 SECTION 2.11.  Registrar and Paying Agent.

                 The Trustee shall initially serve as Registrar and Paying
Agent for the Notes.

                 SECTION 2.12.  Defeasance.

                  The provisions of Sections 14.2 and 14.3 of the Indenture,
together with the other provisions of Article XIV of the Indenture, shall be
applicable to the Notes.  The provisions of Section 14.3 of the Indenture shall
apply to the covenants set forth in Section 2.4 of this Supplemental Indenture
and to those covenants specified in Section 14.3 of the Indenture.

                 SECTION 2.13.  Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and
Annulment.

                 The provisions of the first paragraph of Section 5.2 of the
Indenture as applicable with respect to the Notes shall be deemed to be amended
and restated in their entirety to read as follows:

                 If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any
series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such
case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal (or, if any
Securities are Original Issue Discount





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Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal as may be
specified in the terms thereof) of, and the Make-Whole Amount, if any, on, all
the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in
writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon
any such declaration such principal or specified portion thereof shall become
immediately due and payable.  If an Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of any series set forth in Section 5.1(6) of the Indenture occurs
and is continuing, then in every such case all the Securities of that series
shall become immediately due and payable, without notice to the Company, at the
principal amount thereof (or, if any Securities are Original Issue Discount
Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal as may be
specified in the terms thereof) plus accrued interest to the date the
Securities of that series are paid plus the Make-Whole Amount, if any, on the
Securities of that series.

                 SECTION 2.14.  Waiver of Certain Covenants.

                 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10.11 of the
Indenture, the Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any
term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 10.4 to 10.8, inclusive, of
the Indenture, with Section 2.4 of this Supplemental  Indenture and with any
other term, provision or condition with respect to the Notes or either series
thereof (except any such term, provision or condition which could not be
amended without the consent of all Holders of the Notes or such series thereof,
as applicable), if before or after the time for such compliance the Holders of
at least a majority in principal amount of all outstanding Notes or such series
thereof, as applicable, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in
such instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or condition.
Except to the extent so expressly waived, and until such waiver shall become
effective, the obligations of the Company in respect of any such term,
provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.


                                 ARTICLE THREE

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

                 SECTION 3.1.  Ratification of Indenture.

                 Except as expressly modified or amended hereby, the Indenture
continues in full force and effect and is in all respects confirmed and
preserved.

                 SECTION 3.2. Fiscal Year.

                 The Company shall notify the Trustee of its fiscal year and
any change thereof.





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                 SECTION 3.3.  Governing Law.

                 This Supplemental Indenture and each Note shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.  This
Supplemental Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939, as amended, and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such
provisions.

                 SECTION 3.4.  Counterparts.

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





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                 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers
hereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first written above.


                                             COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC.



                                             By:
                                                -------------------------------
                                                Name:
                                                Title:
                                             
                                             
                                              FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK,
                                                 as Trustee
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             By:
                                                -------------------------------
                                                Name:
                                                Title:





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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.3


UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), 55 WATER STREET, NEW
YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION
OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN
THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER
ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS
WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF
DTC. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
PERSON OTHER THAN DTC OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED
IN THE INDENTURE, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A
NOMINEE OF DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ITS NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE.

Registered No.  ________                                        PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
CUSIP No.:  __________                                           $

                        COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC.

                                 % NOTE DUE 2008

           COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC., a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Maryland (herein referred to as the
"Company" which term shall include any successor corporation under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE &
CO., or registered assigns, upon presentation, the principal sum of             
on         , 2008 and to pay interest on the outstanding principal amount 
thereon from            , 1998, or from the immediately preceding Interest 
Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually
in arrears on                 and                in each year, commencing 
March   , 1998, at the rate of   % per annum, until the entire principal hereof 
is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable and punctually 
paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the 
Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is registered at 
the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest which shall 
be the or (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding 
such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly 
provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular 
Record Date, and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of 
such Defaulted Interest 

<PAGE>   2

to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of the
Securities not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to such Special
Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payment of the principal
of and interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency maintained
for that purpose in the City of New York, New York, or elsewhere as provided in
the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at
the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts;
provided, however, that at the option of the Company payments of principal and
interest on the Notes (other than payments of principal and interest due at
Maturity) may be made (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire
transfer to an account of the Person entitled thereto located within the United
States.

           Securities of this series are one of a duly authorized issue of
securities of the Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be
issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of March , 1998, as
supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 1, dated as of March , 1998 (as so
supplemented, herein called the "Indenture"), between the Company and First
Union National Bank (herein called the "Trustee," which term includes any
successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company,
the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the
Securities are authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series
designated in the first page thereof, limited in aggregate principal amount to 
$              .

           Securities of this series may be redeemed at any time at the option
of the Company, in whole or in part, upon notice of not more than 60 nor less
than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date, at a redemption price equal to the
sum of (i) the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed plus accrued
interest thereon to the Redemption Date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any,
with respect to such Securities.

           The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a)
the entire indebtedness of the Company on this Security and (b) certain
restrictive covenants and the related defaults and Events of Default applicable
to the Company, in each case, upon compliance by the Company with certain
conditions set forth in the Indenture, which provisions apply to this Security.

           If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities shall occur and
be continuing, the principal of the Securities may be declared due and payable
in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.



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<PAGE>   3


           As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or
for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given
written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity and the Trustee
shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with
such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60
days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing
shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the
enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any interest on or after the
respective due dates expressed herein.

           The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided,
the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of each series of Securities then Outstanding affected
thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of
specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at
the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series,
to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and
certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such
consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding
upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any
Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor
or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made
upon this Security.

           No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and
Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place and
rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

           As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any Place of Payment where the principal of
(and Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest on this Security are payable, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the
Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or
more new Securities 



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<PAGE>   4

of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal
amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

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

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

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

           No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement
contained in the Indenture or in this Security, or because of any indebtedness
evidenced hereby or thereby, shall be had against any promoter, as such, or
against any past, present or future shareholder, officer or director, as such,
of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or
any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by
the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or
otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the
acceptance of this Security by the Holder thereof and as part of the
consideration for the issue of the Securities of this series.

           All capitalized terms used in this Security which are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

           THE INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES, INCLUDING THIS SECURITY, SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

           Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused "CUSIP" numbers to be
printed on the Securities of this series as a convenience to the Holders of such
Securities. No representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such
CUSIP numbers as printed on the Securities, and reliance may be placed only on
the other identification numbers printed hereon.

           Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
or on behalf of the Trustee by manual signature, this Security shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose.



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           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC. has caused this
instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

Dated:

                                               COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC.

                                               By:
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                   Name:
                                                   Title:

[corporate seal]


Attest:




Secretary



TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

           This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated:

                                               FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK,
                                                   as Trustee

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



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                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM

                   FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby
                        sells, assigns and transfers unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL
SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING
NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
- --------------------------------

                                 ...............................................
- -------------------------------- 


 ................................................................................
              (Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address including
                              Zip Code of Assignee)

 ................................................................................
the within Security of Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc. and hereby does 
irrevocably constitute and appoint

 ....................................................................... Attorney
to transfer said Security on the books of the within-named Company with full 
power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:.................    .....................................................

                           .....................................................



NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it
appears on the first page of the within Security in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.



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<PAGE>   1


                 [LETTERHEAD OF SHAW PITTMAN POTTS & TROWBRIDGE]

                                 March 20, 1998

Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc.
400 East South Street
Suite 500
Orlando, Florida  32801

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         We have acted as counsel to Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc., a
Maryland corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the Registration
Statement on Form S-3, Registration No. 333-24773 (the "Registration
Statement"), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and declared
effective by the Commission on April 22, 1997. Pursuant to the Registration
Statement, the Company proposes to issue and sell $100,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of its 7 1/8% Notes due 2008 (the "Notes") to the public 
pursuant to the terms set forth in the prospectus supplement dated March
19, 1998 (the "Prospectus Supplement") to the prospectus filed as part of the
Registration Statement.

         Based upon our examination of the originals or copies of such
documents, corporate records, certificates of officers of the Company and other
instruments as we have deemed necessary and upon the laws as presently in
effect, we are of the opinion that:

         1. The Indenture to be entered into by the Company and First Union
National Bank (the "Indenture") and the Supplemental Indenture to be entered
into by the Company and First Union National Bank (the "Supplemental
Indenture"), when duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto, will
represent valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the
Company in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may
be subject to (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance
or transfer, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally,
(b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (c) the enforceability of
forum selection clauses in the federal courts.

         2. When issued, authenticated and delivered pursuant to the
Supplemental Indenture, the Notes will represent valid and binding obligations
of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their
respective terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (a)
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or transfer,
moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally, (b) general
principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law) and (c) the enforceability of forum selection
clauses in the federal courts.

         We express no opinion as to the enforceability of any provisions
contained in the Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture or the Notes that
constitute waivers which are prohibited by law prior to default.

         We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Prospectus Supplement. We also consent to the reference to Shaw Pittman Potts &
Trowbridge under the caption "Legal Matters" in the Prospectus Supplement.


                                        Very truly yours,

                                        /s/ Shaw Pittman Potts & Trowbridge
                                        SHAW PITTMAN POTTS & TROWBRIDGE



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                                  EXHIBIT 12



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>                              
                                                         1997            1996             1995            1994            1993     
<S>                                                   <C>              <C>              <C>             <C>             <C>
Net Earnings Before                                                                                                                
  Extraordinary Item                                  30,384,643       19,839,374       12,707,271      8,915,373       3,521,914  
                                                                              
                                                                                                                                   
Fixed Charges:                                                                                                                     
  Interest (Excluding Capitalized Interest)           11,477,929        7,206,291        3,834,388        497,670         381,075  
  Amortization of Loan Costs                             825,014          748,638          322,176        254,080          20,421  
                                                      ----------       ----------       ----------      ---------       ---------  
                                                      12,302,943        7,954,929        4,156,564        751,750         401,496  
Net Earnings Before Extraordinary                                                                                                  
  Item and Fixed Charges                              42,687,586       27,794,303       16,863,835      9,667,123       3,923,410  
                                                                              
Divided by Fixed Charges (Including Capitalized 
  Interest):
  Fixed Charges                                       12,302,943        7,954,929        4,156,564        751,750         401,496
  Capitalized Interest                                   133,202                0                0              0               0
                                                      ----------       ----------        ---------      ---------       ---------
                                                      12,436,145        7,954,929        4,156,564        751,750         401,496

                                                      ----------       ----------        ---------      ---------       ---------
Ratio of Net Earnings to Fixed Charges                      3.43             3.49             4.06          12.86            9.77
                                                      ==========       ==========        =========      =========       =========
</TABLE>












<PAGE>   1


                      [Letterhead of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP]

               Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountants

The Board of Directors
Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc.

We consent to the use of our reports incorporated herein by reference and to the
reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.

                                             /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Orlando, Florida
March 20, 1998


<PAGE>   1
                                                                      EXHIBIT 25

                                    FORM T-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)                         _____

                            First Union National Bank
               (Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

                            United States of America
   (Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization if not a U.S. national bank)

                                   22-1147033
                     (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

                                 One First Union
                            301 South College Street
                            Charlotte, North Carolina
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                      28288
                                   (Zip code)

                                 Mary B. Knauer
                            First Union National Bank
                        Corporate Trust Department FL0122
                          225 Water Street, Third Floor
                           Jacksonville, Florida 32202
                                  (904)361-3160
            (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

                        Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc.
               (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

                                    Maryland
         (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

                                   56-1431377
                      (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

                              400 East South Street
                                Orlando, Florida
                                 (407) 422-1574
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                      32801
                                   (Zip code)
                        Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc.
                                 Notes Due 2008
                       (Title of the indenture securities)


<PAGE>   2



     1.   GENERAL INFORMATION. Furnish the following information as to the
trustee:

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

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

         NAME                                       ADDRESS

<S>                                             <C>
Board of Governors of the Federal                Washington, D.C.
Reserve System

Comptroller of the Currency                      Washington, D.C.

Federal Deposit Insurance                        Washington, D.C.
Corporation
</TABLE>

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

     The Trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

     2.   AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR. If the obligor is an affiliate of the
trustee, describe each such affiliation.

     The obligor is not an affiliate of the trustee. (See Note 1 on page 6.)

     3.   VOTING SECURITIES OF THE TRUSTEE. Furnish the following information as
to each class of voting securities of the trustee:

     As of March 6, 1998 (Insert date within 31 days).

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
              COL. A                                  COL. B
              TITLE OF CLASS                          AMOUNT OUTSTANDING
<S>                                                 <C>
              Common Stock                            568,500,000
</TABLE>

             (See Note 1 on page 6.)

     4.   TRUSTEESHIPS UNDER OTHER INDENTURES. If the trustee is a trustee under
another indenture under which any other securities, or certificates of interest
or participation in any other securities, of the obligor are outstanding,
furnish the following information:

          a.   Title of the securities outstanding under each such other
indenture.

          Not  Applicable.

          b.   A brief statement of the facts relied upon as a basis for the
claim that no conflicting interest within the meaning of Section 310(b)(1) of
the Act arises as a result of the trusteeship under any such other indenture,
including a statement as to how the indenture securities will rank as compared
with the securities issued under such other indenture.

          Not Applicable.

                                        2


<PAGE>   3




     5.   INTERLOCKING DIRECTORATES AND SIMILAR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE OBLIGOR
OR UNDERWRITERS. If the trustee or any of the directors or executive officers of
the trustee is a director, officer, partner, employee, appointee, or
representative of the obligor of any underwriter for the obligor, identify each
such person having any such connection and state the nature of each such
connection.

     Not Applicable - see answer to Item 13.

     6.   VOTING SECURITIES OF THE TRUSTEE OWNED BY THE OBLIGOR OR ITS
OFFICIALS. Furnish the following information as to the voting securities of the
trustee owned beneficially by the obligor and each director, partner, and
executive officer of the obligor.

     As of______________________(Insert date within 31 days).

<TABLE>
<S>                 <C>                     <C>                  <C>
                                                                 COL. D
                                             COL. C              PERCENTAGE OF VOTING SECURITIES
COL. A               COL. B                  AMOUNT OWNED        REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT GIVEN
NAME OF OWNER        TITLE OF CLASS          BENEFICIALLY        IN COL. C
</TABLE>

     Not Applicable - see answer to Item 13.






     7.   VOTING SECURITIES OF THE TRUSTEE OWNED BY UNDERWRITERS OR THEIR
OFFICIALS. Furnish the following information as to the voting securities of the
trustee owned beneficially by each underwriter for the obligor and each
director, partner, and executive officer of each such underwriter:

     As of __________________ (Insert date within 31 days).


<TABLE>
<S>                 <C>                     <C>                  <C>
                                                                 COL. D
                                            COL. C               PERCENTAGE OF VOTING SECURITIES
COL. A             COL. B                   AMOUNT OWNED         REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT GIVEN
NAME OF OWNER      TITLE OF CLASS           BENEFICIALLY         IN COL. C
</TABLE>

     Not Applicable - see answer to Item 13.




     8.    SECURITIES OF THE OBLIGOR OWNED OR HELD BY THE TRUSTEE. Furnish
the following information as to securities of the obligor owned beneficially or
held as collateral security for obligations in default by the trustee:

     As of __________________(Insert date within 31 days).

                                        3


<PAGE>   4


<TABLE>
<S>                      <C>                          <C>                           <C>
                                                       COL. C
                                                       AMOUNT OWNED                  COL.
                          COL. B                       BENEFICIALLY OR               PERCENT OF CLASS
                          WHETHER THE SECURITIES       HELD AS COLLATERAL            REPRESENTED BY
COL. A                    ARE VOTING OR                SECURITY FOR                  AMOUNT GIVEN
TITLE OF CLASS            NONVOTING SECURITIES         OBLIGATIONS IN DEFAULT        IN COL. C
</TABLE>

     Not Applicable - see answer to Item 13.

     9.   SECURITIES OF UNDERWRITERS OWNED OR HELD BY THE TRUSTEE. If the 
trustee owns beneficially or hold as collateral security for obligations in
default any securities of an underwriter for the obligor, furnish the following
information as to each class of securities of such underwriter any of which are
so owned or held by the trustee:

           As of _________________ (Insert date within 31 days).


<TABLE>
<S>                                 <C>                      <C>                                        <C>
                                                             COL. C                                      COL. D
                                                             AMOUNT OWNED BENEFICIALLY                   PERCENT OF CLASS
COL. A                              COL. B                   OR HELD AS COLLATERAL                       REPRESENTED BY
TITLE OF ISSUER                     AMOUNT                   SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS                    AMOUNT GIVEN
AND TITLE OF CLASS                  OUTSTANDING              IN DEFAULT BY TRUSTEE                       IN COL. C
</TABLE>

     Not Applicable - see answer to Item 13.

     10.   OWNERSHIP OR HOLDINGS BY THE TRUSTEE OF VOTING SECURITIES OF CERTAIN
AFFILIATES OR SECURITY HOLDERS OF THE OBLIGOR. If the trustee owns beneficially
or holds as collateral security for obligations in default voting securities of
a person who, to the knowledge of the trustee (1) owns 10 percent or more of the
voting securities of the obligor or (2) is an affiliate, other than a
subsidiary, of the obligor, furnish the following information as to the voting
securities of such person:

     As of __________________ (Insert date within 31 days).

<TABLE>
<S>                                 <C>                      <C>                                           <C>
                                                             COL. C                                         COL. D
                                                             AMOUNT OWNED BENEFICIALLY                      PERCENT OF CLASS
COL. A                              COL. B                   OR HELD AS COLLATERAL                          REPRESENTED BY
TITLE OF ISSUER                     AMOUNT                   SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS                       AMOUNT GIVEN
AND TITLE OF CLASS                  OUTSTANDING              IN DEFAULT BY TRUSTEE                          IN COL. C
</TABLE>

     Not Applicable - see answer to Item 13.

     11.  OWNERSHIP OR HOLDINGS BY THE TRUSTEE OF ANY SECURITIES OF A PERSON
OWNING 50 PERCENT OR MORE OF THE VOTING SECURITIES OF THE OBLIGOR. If the
trustee owns beneficially or holds as collateral security for obligations in
default any securities of a person who, to the knowledge of the trustee, owns 50
percent or more of the voting securities of the obligor, furnish the following
information as to each class of securities of such person any of which are so
owned or held by the trustee:

     As of__________________(Insert date within 31 days).

                                        4


<PAGE>   5

<TABLE>
<S>                                 <C>                      <C>                                           <C>
                                                             COL. C                                         COL. D
                                                             AMOUNT OWNED BENEFICIALLY                      PERCENT OF CLASS
COL. A                              COL. B                   OR HELD AS COLLATERAL                          REPRESENTED BY
TITLE OF ISSUER                     AMOUNT                   SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS                       AMOUNT GIVEN
AND TITLE OF CLASS                  OUTSTANDING              IN DEFAULT BY TRUSTEE                          IN COL. C
</TABLE>

     Not Applicable - See answer to Item 13.

     12.  INDEBTEDNESS OF THE OBLIGOR TO THE TRUSTEE. Except as noted in
the instructions, if the obligor is indebted to the trustee, furnish the
following information:

     As of__________________(Insert date within 31 days).

<TABLE>
<S>                                           <C>                                           <C>
COL. A                                        COL. B                                         COL. C
NATURE OF INDEBTEDNESS                        AMOUNT OUTSTANDING                             DATE DUE
</TABLE>

     Not Applicable - See answer to Item 13.

     13.  DEFAULTS BY THE OBLIGOR.

          a.   State whether there is or has been a default with respect to the
securities under this indenture.  Explain the nature of any such default.

     None.

          b.   If the trustee is a trustee under another indenture under which
any other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in any other
securities, of the obligor are outstanding, or is trustee for more than one
outstanding series of securities under the indenture, state whether there has
been a default under any such indenture or series, identify the indenture or
series affected, and explain the nature of any such default.

     None.

     14.  AFFILIATIONS WITH THE UNDERWRITERS. If any underwriter is an affiliate
of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

     Not Applicable.

     15.  FOREIGN TRUSTEE. Identify the order or rule pursuant to which the
foreign trustee is authorized to act as sole trustee under indentures qualified
or to be qualified under the Act.

     Not Applicable.

     16.  LIST OF EXHIBITS. List below all exhibits filed as a part of this
statement of eligibility.

          1.   Articles of Association of First Union National Bank as now in
effect.

          2.   Certificate of Authority of the trustee to commence business.

                                        5


<PAGE>   6



          3.   Copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate
trust powers.

          4.   Existing bylaws of the trustee.

          5.   Not Applicable.

          6.   The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.

          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.

          8.   Not Applicable.

          9.   Not Applicable.

                                     NOTES:

           Note 1: The trustee is a subsidiary of First Union Corporation, a
bank holding company; all of the voting securities of the trustee are held by
First Union Corporation. The voting securities of First Union Corporation are
described in Item 3.

                                    SIGNATURE

           Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 the
trustee, First Union National Bank, a national banking association [state form
of organization] organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the city of
Jacksonville, and State [or other jurisdiction] of Florida, on the 18 day of
March , 1998.

                            FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
                                            (Trustee)

                            By: /s/ MARY B. KNAUER
                               -------------------------------------------------
                                  Mary B. Knauer, Vice President
                                          (Name and Title)

                                        6


<PAGE>   7


                                   EXHIBIT 1
                                                               Charter No. 22693


                           FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK

                            ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
                   (as restated effective February 26, 1998)


For the purpose of organizing an Association to carry on the business of
banking under the laws of the United States, the undersigned do enter into the
following Articles of Association:

   FIRST.  The title of this Association shall be FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK.

   SECOND.  The main office of the Association shall be in Charlotte, County of
Mecklenburg, State of North Carolina.  The general business of the Association
shall be conducted at its main office and its branches.

   THIRD.  The Board of Directors of this Association shall consist of not less
than five nor more than twenty-five directors, the exact number of directors
within such minimum and maximum limits to be fixed and determined from time to
time by resolution of a majority of the full Board of Directors or by
resolution of the shareholders at any annual or special meeting thereof.
Unless otherwise provided by the laws of the United States, any vacancy in the
Board of Directors for any reason, including an increase in the number thereof,
may be filled by action of the Board of Directors.

   FOURTH.  The annual meeting of the shareholders for the election of
directors and the transaction of whatever other business may be brought before
said meeting shall be held at the main office or such other place as the Board
of Directors may designate, on the day of each year specified therefor in the
By-Laws, but if no election is held on that day, it may be held on any
subsequent day according to the provisions of law; and all elections shall be
held according to such lawful regulations as may be prescribed by the Board of
Directors.

   Nominations for election to the Board of Directors may be made by the Board
of Directors or by any stockholder of any outstanding class of capital stock of
the bank entitled to vote for election of directors.  Nominations, other than
those made by or on behalf of the existing management of the bank, shall be
made in writing and shall be delivered or mailed to the President of the bank
and to the Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, D.C., not less than 14 days
nor more than 50 days prior to any meeting of stockholders called for the
election of
<PAGE>   8
directors, provided, however, that if less than 21 days' notice of the  meeting
is given to shareholders, such nomination shall be mailed or delivered to the
President of the Bank and to the Comptroller of the Currency not later than the
close of business on the seventh day following the day on which the notice of
meeting was mailed.  Such notification shall contain the following information
to the extent known to the notifying shareholder: (a) the name and address of
each proposed nominee; (b) the principal occupation of each proposed nominee;
(c) the total number of shares of capital stock of the bank that will be voted
for each proposed nominee; (d) the name and residence address of the notifying
shareholder; and (e) the number of shares of capital stock of the bank owned by
the notifying shareholder.  Nominations not made in accordance herewith may, in
his discretion, be disregarded by the Chairman of the meeting, and upon his
instructions, the vote tellers may disregard all votes cast for each such
nominee.


   FIFTH.

   (a)   General.  The amount of capital stock of this Association shall be (I)
25,000,000 shares of common stock of the par value of twenty dollars ($20.00)
each (the "Common Stock") and (ii) 160,540 shares of preferred stock of the par
value of one dollar ($ 1.  00) each (the "Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock"),
having the rights, privileges and preferences set forth below, but said capital
stock may be increased or decreased from time to time in accordance with the
provisions of the laws of the United States.

   (b)  Terms of the Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock.

   1.    General.   Each share of Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock shall be
   identical in all respects with the other shares of Non-Cumulative Preferred
   Stock.  The authorized number of shares of Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock
   may from time to time be increased or decreased (but not below the number
   then outstanding) by the Board of Directors.  Shares of Non-Cumulative
   Preferred Stock redeemed by the Association shall be canceled and shall
   revert to authorized but unissued shares of Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock.

   2.    Dividends.

         (a)  General.  The holders of Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock shall be
         entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of
         Directors, but only out of funds legally available therefor,
         non-cumulative cash dividends at the annual rate of $83.75 per share,
         and no more, payable quarterly on the first days of December, March,
         June and September, respectively, in each year with respect to the
         quarterly dividend period (or portion thereof) ending 





                                       2
<PAGE>   9
         on the day preceding such respective dividend payment date, to
         shareholders of record on the respective date, not exceeding fifty days
         preceding such dividend payment date, fixed for that purpose by the
         Board of Directors in advance of payment of each particular dividend.
         Notwithstanding the foregoing, the cash dividend to be paid on the
         first dividend payment date after the initial issuance of
         Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock and on any dividend payment date with
         respect to a partial dividend period shall be $83.75 per share
         multiplied by the fraction produced by dividing the number of days
         since such initial issuance or in such partial dividend period, as the
         case may be, by 360.

         (b)  Non-cumulative Dividends.  Dividends on the shares of
         Non-cumulative Stock shall not be cumulative and no rights shall accrue
         to the holders of shares of Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock by reason of
         the fact that the Association may fail to declare or pay dividends on
         the shares of Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock in any amount in any
         quarterly dividend period, whether or not the earnings of the
         Association in any quarterly dividend period were sufficient to pay
         such dividends in whole or in part, and the Association shall have no
         obligation at any time to pay any such dividend.

         (c)  Payment of Dividends.  So long as any share of Non-Cumulative
         Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend whatsoever shall be
         paid or declared and no distribution made on any junior stock other
         than a dividend payable in junior stock, and no shares of junior stock
         shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by
         the Association, directly or indirectly (other than as a result of a
         reclassification of junior stock, or the exchange or conversion of one
         junior stock for or into another junior stock, or other than through
         the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of
         other junior stock), unless all dividends on all shares of
         non-cumulative Preferred Stock and non-cumulative Preferred Stock
         ranking on a parity as to dividends with the shares of Non-Cumulative
         Preferred Stock for the most recent dividend period ended prior to the
         date of such payment or declaration shall have been paid in full and
         all dividends on all shares of cumulative Preferred Stock ranking on a
         parity as to dividends with the shares of Non-Cumulative Stock
         (notwithstanding that dividends on such stock are cumulative) for all
         past dividend periods shall have been paid in full.  Subject to the
         foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, stock or
         otherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors may be
         declared and paid on any junior stock from time to time out of any
         funds legally available therefor, and the Non-Cumulative Preferred
         Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends,
         whether payable in cash, stock or otherwise.  No dividends shall be
         paid or declared upon any shares of any





                                       3
<PAGE>   10
         class or series of stock of the Association ranking on a parity
         (whether dividends on such stock are cumulative or non-cumulative) with
         the Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock in the payment of dividends for any
         period unless at or prior to the time of such payment or declaration
         all dividends payable on the Non-cumulative Preferred Stock for the
         most recent dividend period ended prior to the date of such payment or
         declaration shall have been paid in full.  When dividends are not paid
         in full, as aforesaid, upon the Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock and any
         other series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity as to dividends
         (whether dividends on such stock are cumulative or non-cumulative) with
         the Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, all dividends declared upon the
         Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock and any other series of Preferred Stock
         ranking on a parity as to dividends with the Non-Cumulative  Preferred
         Stock shall be declared pro rata so that the amount of dividends
         declared per share on the Non-cumulative Preferred Stock and such other
         Preferred Stock shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio
         that accrued dividends per share on the Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock
         (but without any accumulation in respect of any unpaid dividends for
         prior dividend periods on the shares of Non-Cumulative Stock) and such
         other Preferred Stock bear to each other.  No interest, or sum of money
         in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend
         payment or payments on the Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock which may be
         in arrears.

   3.    Voting.  The holders of Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock shall not have
         any right to vote for the election of directors or for any other
         purpose.

   4.    Redemption.

         (a)  Optional Redemption.  The Association, at the option of the Board
         of Directors, may redeem the whole or any part of the shares of
         Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, at any time or
         from time to time after the fifth anniversary of the date of original
         issuance of the Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, upon notice given as
         hereinafter specified, at the redemption price per share equal to
         $1,000 plus an amount equal to the amount of accrued and unpaid
         dividends from the immediately preceding dividend payment date (but
         without any accumulation for unpaid dividends for prior dividend
         periods on the shares of Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock) to the
         redemption date.

         (b)  Procedures. Notice of every redemption of shares of Non-Cumulative
         Preferred Stock shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid,
         addressed to the holders of record of the shares to be redeemed at
         their respective last addresses as they shall appear on the books of
         the Association.  Such mailing shall be at least 10 days and not more
         than 60





                                       4
<PAGE>   11
         days prior to the date fixed for redemption.  Any notice which is
         mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed
         to have been duly given, whether or not the shareholder receives such
         notice, and failure duly to give such notice by mail, or any defect in
         such notice, to any holder of shares of Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock
         designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the
         proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Non-Cumulative
         Preferred Stock.

         In case of redemption of a part only of the shares of Non-Cumulative
         Preferred Stock at the time outstanding the redemption may be either
         pro rata or by lot or by such other means as the Board of Directors of
         the Association in its discretion shall determine.  The Board of
         Directors shall have full power and authority, subject to the
         provisions herein contained, to prescribe the terms and conditions
         upon which shares of the Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock shall be
         redeemed from time to time.

         If notice of redemption shall have been duly given, and, if on or
         before the redemption date specified therein, all funds necessary for
         such redemption shall have been set aside by the Association, separate
         and apart from its other funds, in trust for the pro rata benefit of
         the  holders of the shares called for redemption, so as to be and
         continue to be available therefor, then, notwithstanding that any
         certificate for shares so called for redemption shall not have been
         surrendered for cancellation, all shares so called for redemption
         shall no longer be deemed outstanding on and after such redemption
         date, and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on
         such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the
         holders thereof to, receive the amount payable on redemption thereof,
         without interest.

         If such notice of redemption shall have been duly given or if the
         Association shall have given to the bank or trust company hereinafter
         referred to irrevocable authorization promptly to give such notice,
         and, if on or before the redemption date specified therein, the funds
         necessary for such redemption shall have been deposited by the
         Association with such bank or trust company in trust for the pro rata
         benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, then,
         notwithstanding that any certificate for shares so called for
         redemption shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, from and
         after the time of such deposit, all shares so called for redemption
         shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights with
         respect to such shares shall forthwith cease and terminate, except
         only the right of the holders thereof to receive from such bank or
         trust company at any time after the time of such deposit the funds so
         deposited, without interest.  The aforesaid bank or trust company
         shall be organized and in good standing





                                       5
<PAGE>   12
         under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof,
         shall have capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating at least
         $50,000,000 according to its last published statement of condition,
         and shall be identified in the notice of redemption.  Any interest
         accrued on such funds shall be paid to the Association from time to
         time.  In case fewer than all the shares of Non-Cumulative Preferred
         Stock represented by a stock certificate are redeemed, a new
         certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares without
         cost to the holder thereof.

         Any funds so set aside or deposited, as the case may be, and unclaimed
         at the end of the relevant escheat period under applicable state law
         from such redemption date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
         released or repaid to the Association, after which repayment the
         holders of the shares so called for redemption shall look only to the
         Association for payment thereof.

     5.  Liquidation.

         (a)  Liquidation Preference.  In the event of any voluntary
         liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the
         Association, the holders of Non-cumulative Preferred Stock shall be
         entitled, before any distribution or payment is made to the holders of
         any junior stock, to be paid in full an amount per share equal to an
         amount equal to $1,000 plus an amount equal to the amount of accrued
         and unpaid dividends per share from the immediately preceding dividend
         payment date (but without any accumulation for unpaid dividends for
         prior dividend periods on the shares of Non-cumulative Preferred
         Stock) per share to such distribution or payment date (the
         "liquidation amount").

         In the event of any involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up
         of the affairs of the Association, then, before any distribution or
         payment shall be made to the holders of any junior stock, the holders
         of Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock shall be entitled to be paid in full
         an amount per share equal to the liquidation amount.

         If such payment shall have been made in full to all holders of shares
         of Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, the remaining assets of the
         Association shall be distributed among the holders of junior stock,
         according to their respective rights and preferences and in each case
         according to their respective numbers of shares.

         (b)  Insufficient Assets.  In the event that, upon any such voluntary
         or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the available
         assets of the Association are insufficient to pay such liquidation
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         outstanding shares of Non-cumulative Preferred Stock, then the holders
         of Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock  shall share ratably in any
         distribution of assets in proportion to the full amounts to which they
         would otherwise be respectively entitled.

         (c)  Interpretation.  For the purposes of this paragraph 5, the
         consolidation or merger of the Association with any other corporation
         or association shall not be deemed to constitute a liquidation,
         dissolution or winding up of the Association.

   6.    Preemptive Rights.  The Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock is not entitled
         to any preemptive, subscription, conversion or exchange rights in
         respect of any securities of the Association.

   7.    Definitions. As used herein with respect to the Non-Cumulative
         Preferred Stock, the following terms shall have the following
         meanings:

         (a)  The term "junior stock" shall mean the Common Stock and any other
         class or series of shares of the Association hereafter authorized over
         which the Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock has preference or priority in
         the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets on any
         liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Association.

         (b) The term "accrued dividends", with respect to any share of any
         class or series, shall mean an amount computed at the annual dividend
         rate for the class or series of which the particular share is a part,
         from, if such share is cumulative, the date on which dividends on such
         share became cumulative to and including the date to which such
         dividends are to be accrued, less the aggregate amount of all
         dividends theretofore paid thereon and, if such share is
         noncumulative, the relevant date designated to and including the date
         to which such dividends are accrued, less the aggregate amount of all
         dividends theretofore paid with respect to such period.

         (c) The term "Preferred Stock" shall mean all outstanding shares of
         all series of preferred stock of the Association as defined in this
         Article Fifth of the Articles of Association, as amended, of the
         Association.

   8.    Restriction on Transfer.  No shares of Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock,
         or any interest therein, may be sold, pledged, transferred or
         otherwise disposed of without the prior written consent of the
         Association.  The foregoing restriction shall be stated on any
         certificate for any shares of Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock.





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   9.    Additional Rights.  The shares of Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock shall
         not have any relative, participating, optional or other special rights
         and powers other than as set forth herein.

   SIXTH.  The Board of Directors shall appoint one of its members President of
this Association, who shall be Chairman of the Board, unless the Board appoints
another director to be the Chairman.  The Board of Directors shall have the
power to appoint one or more Vice Presidents; and to appoint a cashier or such
other officers and employees as may be required to transact the business of
this Association.

   The Board of Directors shall have the power to define the duties of the
officers and employees of the Association, to fix the salaries to be paid to
them; to dismiss them, to require bonds from them and to fix the penalty
thereof; to regulate the manner in which any increase of the capital of the
Association shall be made; to manage and administer the business and affairs of
the Association; to make all By-Laws that it may be lawful for them to make;
and generally to do and perform all acts that it may be legal for a Board of
Directors to do and perform.

   SEVENTH.  The Board of Directors shall have the power to change the location
of the main office to any other place within the limits of Charlotte, North
Carolina, without the approval of the shareholders but subject to the approval
of the Comptroller of the Currency; and shall have the power to establish or
change the location of any branch or branches of the Association to any other
location, without the approval of the shareholders but subject to the approval
of the Comptroller of the Currency.

   EIGHTH.  The corporate existence of this Association shall continue until
terminated in accordance with the laws of the United States.

   NINTH.  The Board of Directors of this Association, or any three or more
shareholders owning, in the aggregate, not less than 10 percent of the stock of
this Association, may call a special meeting of shareholders at any time.
Unless otherwise provided by the laws of the United States, a notice of the
time, place, and purpose of every annual and special meeting of the
shareholders shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed at
least ten days prior to the date of such meeting to each shareholder of record
at his address as shown upon the books of this Association.

   TENTH.  Each director and executive officer of this Association shall be
indemnified by the association against liability in any proceeding (including
without limitation a proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Association
itself) arising out of his status as such or his activities in either of the
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for any liability incurred on account of activities which were at the time
taken known or believed by such person to be clearly in conflict with the best
interests of the Association.  Liabilities incurred by a director or executive
officer of the Association in defending a  proceeding shall be paid by the
Association in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding upon receipt
of an undertaking by the director or executive officer to repay such amount if
it shall be determined, as provided in the last paragraph of this Article
Tenth, that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Association against
such liabilities.

   The indemnity against liability in the preceding paragraph of this Article
Tenth, including liabilities incurred in defending a proceeding, shall be
automatic and self-operative.

   Any director, officer or employee of this Association who serves at the
request of the Association as a director, officer, employee or agent of a
charitable, not-for-profit, religious, educational or hospital corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or a trade association,
or as a trustee or administrator under an employee benefit plan, or who serves
at the request of the Association as a director, officer or employee of a
business corporation in connection with the administration of an estate or
trust by the Association, shall have the right to be indemnified by the
Association, subject to the provisions set forth in the following paragraph of
this Article Tenth, against liabilities in any manner arising out of or
attributable to such status or activities in any such capacity, except for any
liability incurred on account of activities which were at the time taken known
or believed by such person to be clearly in conflict with the best interests of
the Association, or of the corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
enterprise, Association or plan being served by such person.

   In the case of all persons except the directors and executive officers of
the Association, the determination of whether a person is entitled to
indemnification under the preceding paragraph of this Article Tenth shall be
made by and in the sole discretion of the Chief Executive Officer of the
Association.  In the case of the directors and executive officers of the
Association, the indemnity against liability in the preceding paragraph of this
Article Tenth shall be automatic and self-operative.

   For purposes of this Article Tenth of these Articles of Association only,
the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

   (a)   "Association" means First Union National Bank and its direct and
indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries.

   (b)   "Director" means an individual who is or was a director of the
Association.





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   (c)   "Executive officer" means an officer of the Association who by
resolution of the Board of Directors of the Association has been determined to
be an executive officer of the Association for purposes of Regulation O of the
Federal Reserve Board.

   (d)   "Liability" means the obligation to pay a judgment, settlement,
penalty, fine (including an excise tax assessed with respect to an employee
benefit plan), or reasonable expenses, including counsel fees and expenses,
incurred with respect to a proceeding.

   (e)   "Party" includes an individual who was, is, or is threatened to be
made a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding.

   (f)   "Proceeding" means any threatened, pending, or completed claim,
action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or
investigative and whether formal or informal.

   The Association shall have no obligation to indemnify any person for an
amount paid in settlement of a proceeding unless the Association consents in
writing to such settlement.

   The right to indemnification herein provided for shall apply to persons who
are directors, officers, or employees of banks or other entities that are
hereafter merged or otherwise combined with the Association only after the
effective date of such merger or other combination and only as to their status
and activities after such date.

   The right to indemnification herein provided for shall inure to the benefit
of the heirs and legal representatives of any person entitled to such right.

   No revocation of, change in, or adoption of any resolution or provision in
the Articles of Association or By-laws of the Association inconsistent with,
this Article Tenth shall adversely affect the rights of any director, officer,
or employee of the Association with respect to (i) any proceeding commenced or
threatened prior to such revocation, change, or adoption, or (ii) any
proceeding arising out of any act or omission occurring prior to such
revocation, change, or adoption, in either case, without the written consent of
such director, officer, or employee.

   The rights hereunder shall be in addition to and not exclusive of any other
rights to which a director, officer, or employee of the Association may be
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   The Association shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, or employee of the
Association, or is or was serving at the request of the Association as a
director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust, trade association, employee benefit plan, or other
enterprise, against any liability asserted against such director, officer, or
employee in any such capacity, or arising out of their status as such, whether
or not the Association would have the power to indemnify such director,
officer, or employee against such liability, excluding insurance coverage for a
formal order assessing civil money penalties against an Association director or
employee.

   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided herein, no person shall
have a right to indemnification with respect to any liability (i) incurred in
an administrative proceeding or action instituted by an appropriate bank
regulatory agency which proceeding or action results in a final order assessing
civil money penalties or requiring affirmative action by an individual or
individuals in the form of payments to the Association, (ii) to the extent such
person is entitled to receive payment therefor under any insurance policy or
from any corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, trade association,
employee benefit plan, or other enterprise other than the Association, or (iii)
to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction  determines that such
indemnification is void or prohibited under state or federal law.

   ELEVENTH.  These Articles of Association may be amended at any regular or
special meeting of the shareholders by the affirmative vote of the holders of a
majority of the stock of this Association, unless the vote of holders of a
greater amount of stock is required by law, and in that case, by the vote of
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                                   EXHIBIT 2

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Comptroller of the Currency
Administrator of National Banks

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Washington, D.C. 20219



                                 CERTIFICATE

I, Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that the
document hereto attached is a true and correct copy, as recorded in this
Office, of the Charter Certificate for "First Union National Bank," Charlotte,
North Carolina, (Charter No. 22693).

                                  IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto

                                  subscribed my name and caused my seal of

                                  office to be affixed to these presents at the

                                  Treasury Department in the City of Washington

                                  and District of Columbia, this 4th day of

                                  March, 1998.


[SEAL]


                                  /s/ EUGENE A. LUDWIG 
                                  --------------------------------------
                                  Comptroller of the Currency
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                                   EXHIBIT 2

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Comptroller of the Currency
Administrator of National Banks

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Washington, D.C. 20219


                                  CERTIFICATE


I, Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that:

1.    The Comptroller of the Currency, pursuant to Revised Statutes
324, et seq., as amended, 12 U.S.C. 1, et seq., as amended, has possession,
custody and control of all records pertaining to the chartering of all National
Banking Associations.

2.    "First Union National Bank," Charlotte, North Carolina, (Charter No. 
22693) is a National Banking Association formed under the laws of the United
States and is authorized thereunder to transact the business of banking on the
date of this Certificate.

                                  IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto

                                  subscribed my name and caused my seal of

                                  office to be affixed to these presents at the

                                  Treasury Department in the City of Washington

                                  and District of Columbia, this 4th day of

                                  March, 1998.


[SEAL]


                                  /s/ EUGENE A. LUDWIG 
                                  --------------------------------------
                                  Comptroller of the Currency
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                                   EXHIBIT 3

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Comptroller of the Currency
Administrator of National Banks

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Washington, D.C. 20219



                        Certificate of Fiduciary Powers


I, Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that:

1.    The Comptroller of the Currency, pursuant to Revised Statutes 324, et 
seq., as amended, 12 U.S.C. 1, et seq., as amended, has possession, custody and
control of all records pertaining to the chartering of all National Banking 
Associations.

2.    "First Union National Bank, Charlotte, North Carolina, (Charter No. 
22693), was granted, under the hand and seal of the Comptroller, the right to 
act in all fiduciary capacities authorized under the provisions of the Act of 
Congress approved September 28, 1962, 76 Stat. 668, 12 U.S.C. 92a, and that 
the authority so granted remains in full force and effect on the date of this 
Certificate.

                                  IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto

                                  subscribed my name and caused my seal of

                                  office to be affixed to these presents at the

                                  Treasury Department in the City of Washington

                                  and District of Columbia, this 4th day of

                                  March, 1998.

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                                  /s/ EUGENE A. LUDWIG 
                                  --------------------------------------
                                  Comptroller of the Currency
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                                   EXHIBIT 4




                                   BY-LAWS OF

                           FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK

                               CHARTER NO. 22693


                    AS RESTATED EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 26, 1998
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                                   BY-LAWS OF

                           FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK


                                   ARTICLE I

                            Meetings of Shareholders

         Section 1.1 Annual Meeting.  The annual meeting of the shareholders
for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as
may properly come before the meeting shall be held on the third Tuesday of
April in each year, commencing with the year 1998, except that the Board of
Directors may, from time to time and upon passage of a resolution specifically
setting forth its reasons, set such other date for such meeting during the
month of April as the Board of Directors may deem necessary or appropriate;
provided, however, that if an annual meeting would otherwise fall on a legal
holiday, then such annual meeting shall be held on the second business day
following such legal holiday.  The holders of a majority of the outstanding
shares entitled to vote which are represented at any meeting of the
shareholders may choose persons to act as Chairman and as Secretary of the
meeting.

         Section 1.2 Special Meetings.  Except as otherwise specifically
provided by statute, special meetings of the shareholders may be called for any
purpose at any time by the Board of Directors or by any three or more
shareholders owning, in the aggregate, not less than ten percent of the stock
of the Association.  Every such special meeting, unless otherwise provided by
law, shall be called by mailing, postage prepaid, not less than ten days prior
to the date fixed for such meeting, to each shareholder at his address
appearing on the books of the Association, a notice stating the purpose of the
meeting.

         Section 1.3 Nominations for Directors.  Nominations for election to
the Board of Directors may be made by the Board of Directors or by any
stockholder of any outstanding class of capital stock of the bank entitled to
vote for the election of directors.  Nominations, other than those made by or
on behalf of the existing management of the bank, shall be made in writing and
shall be delivered or mailed to the President of the Bank and to the
Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, D. C., not less than 14 days nor more
than 50 days prior to any meeting of stockholders called for the election of
directors, provided however, that if less than 21 days' notice of such meeting
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nomination shall be mailed or delivered to the President of the Bank and to the
Comptroller of the Currency not later than the close of business on the seventh
day following the day on which the notice of meeting was mailed.  Such
notification shall contain the following information to the  extent known to
the notifying shareholder: (a) the name and address of each proposed nominee;
(b) the principal occupation of each proposed nominee; (c) the total number of
shares of capital stock of the bank that will be voted for each proposed
nominee; (d) the name and residence address of the notifying shareholder; and
(e) the number of shares of capital stock of the bank owned by the notifying
shareholder.  Nominations not made in accordance herewith may, in his
discretion, be disregarded by the chairman of the meeting, and upon his
instructions, the vote tellers may disregard all votes cast for each such
nominee.

         Section 1.4 Judges of Election.  The Board may at any time appoint
from among the shareholders three or more persons to serve as Judges of
Election at any meeting of shareholders; to act as judges and tellers with
respect to all votes by ballot at such meeting and to file with the Secretary
of the meeting a Certificate under their hands, certifying the result thereof.

         Section 1.5 Proxies.  Shareholders may vote at any meeting of the
shareholders by proxies duly authorized in writing, but no officer or employee
of this Association shall act as proxy.  Proxies shall be valid only for one
meeting, to be specified therein, and any adjournments of such meeting.
Proxies shall be dated and shall be filed with the records of the meeting.

         Section 1.6 Quorum.  A majority of the outstanding capital stock,
represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of
shareholders, unless otherwise provided by law; but less than a quorum may
adjourn any meeting, from time to time, and the meeting may be held, as
adjourned, without further notice.  A majority of the votes cast shall decide
every question or matter submitted to the shareholders at any meeting, unless
otherwise provided by law or by the Articles of Association.

                                   ARTICLE II

                                   Directors

         Section 2.1 Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors (hereinafter
referred to as the "Board"), shall have power to manage and administer the
business and affairs of the Association.  Except as expressly limited by law,
all corporate powers of the Association shall be vested in and may be exercised
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         Section 2.2 Number.  The Board shall consist of not less than five nor
more than twenty-five directors, the exact number within such minimum and
maximum limits to be fixed and determined from time to time by resolution of a
majority of the full Board or by resolution of the shareholders at any meeting
thereof; provided, however, that a majority of the full Board of Directors may
not increase the number of directors to a number which, (1) exceeds by more
than two the number of directors last elected by shareholders where such number
was fifteen or less, and (2) to a number which exceeds by more than four the
number of directors last elected by shareholders where such number was sixteen
or more, but in no event shall the number of directors exceed twenty-five.

         Section 2.3 Organization Meeting.  The Secretary of the meeting upon
receiving the certificate of the judges, of the result of any election, shall
notify the directors-elect of their election and of the time at which they are
required to meet at the Main Office of the Association for the purpose of
organizing the new Board and electing and appointing officers of the
Association for the succeeding year.  Such meeting shall be held as soon
thereafter as practicable.  If, at the time fixed for such meeting, there shall
not be a quorum present, the directors present may adjourn the meeting from
time to time, until a quorum is obtained.

         Section 2.4 Regular Meetings.  Regular meetings of the Board of
Directors shall be held at such place and time as may be designated by
resolution of the Board of Directors.  Upon adoption of such resolution, no
further notice of such meeting dates or the places or  times thereof shall be
required.  Upon the failure of the Board of Directors to adopt such a
resolution, regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held, without
notice, on the third Tuesday in February, April, June, August, October and
December, commencing with the year 1997, at the main office or at such other
place and time as may be designated by the Board of Directors.  When any
regular meeting of the Board would otherwise fall on a holiday, the meeting
shall be held on the next business day unless the Board shall designate some
other day.

         Section 2.5 Special Meetings.  Special meetings of the Board of
Directors may be called by the President of the Association, or at the request
of three (3) or more directors.  Each member of the Board of Directors shall be
given notice stating the time and place, by telegram, letter, or in person, of
each such special meeting.

         Section 2.6 Quorum.  A majority of the directors shall constitute a
quorum at any meeting, except when otherwise provided by law; but a less number
may adjourn any meeting, from time to time, and the meeting may be held, as
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         Section 2.7 Vacancies.  When any vacancy occurs among the directors,
the remaining members of the Board, in accordance with the laws of the United
States, may appoint a director to fill such vacancy at any regular meeting of
the Board, or at a special meeting called for that purpose.

         Section 2.8 Advisory Boards.  The Board of Directors may appoint
Advisory Boards for each of the states in which the Association conducts
operations.  Each such Advisory Board shall consist of as many persons as the
Board of Directors may determine.  The duties of each Advisory Board shall be
to consult and advise with the Board of Directors and senior officers of the
Association in such state with regard to the best interests of the Association
and to perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may lawfully
delegate.  The senior officer in such state, or such officers as directed by
such senior officer, may appoint advisory boards for geographic regions within
such state and may consult with the State Advisory Boards prior to such
appointments.

                                  ARTICLE III

                            Committees of the Board

         Section 3.1  The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a
majority of the number of directors fixed by these By-Laws, may designate two
or more directors to constitute an Executive Committee and other committees,
each of which, to the extent authorized by law and provided in such resolution,
shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors and
the management of the Association.  The designation of any committee and the
delegation thereto of authority shall not operate to relieve the Board of
Directors, or any member thereof, of any responsibility or liability imposed
upon it or any member of the Board of Directors by law.  The Board of Directors
reserves to itself alone the power to act on (1) dissolution, merger or
consolidation, or disposition of substantially all corporate property, (2)
designation of committees or filling vacancies on the Board of Directors or on
a committee of the Board (except as hereinafter provided), (3) adoption,
amendment or repeal of By-laws, (4) amendment or repeal of any resolution of
the Board which by its terms is not so amendable or repealable, and (5)
declaration of dividends, issuance of stock, or recommendations to stockholders
of any action requiring stockholder approval.

         The Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors of
the Association may change the membership of any committee at any time, fill
vacancies therein, discharge any committee or member thereof either with or
without cause at any time, and change at any time the authority and
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         A majority of the members of any committee of the Board of Directors
may fix such committee's rules of procedure.  All action by any committee shall
be reported to the Board of Directors at a meeting succeeding such action,
except such actions as the Board may not require to be reported to it in the
resolution creating any such committee.  Any action by any committee shall be
subject to revision, alteration, and approval by the Board of Directors, except
to the extent otherwise provided in the resolution creating such committee;
provided,  however, that no rights or acts of third parties shall be affected
by any such revision or alteration.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                             Officers and Employees

         Section 4.1 Officers.  The officers of the Association may be a
Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, one or more Chairmen or
Vice Chairmen (who shall not be required to be directors of the Association), a
President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Cashier or Treasurer,
and such other officers, including officers holding similar or equivalent
titles to the above in regions, divisions or functional units of the
Association, as may be appointed by the Board of Directors.  The Chairman of
the Board and the President shall be members of the Board of Directors.  Any
two or more offices may be held by one person, but no officer shall sign or
execute any document in more than one capacity.

         Section 4.2 Election, Term of Office, and Qualification.  Each officer
shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall hold office until the
annual meeting of the Board of Directors held next after his election or until
his successor shall have been duly chosen and qualified, or until his death, or
until he shall resign, or shall have been disqualified, or shall have been
removed from office.

         Section 4.2(a) Officers Acting as Assistant Secretary.
Notwithstanding Section 1 of these By-laws, any Senior Vice President, Vice
President, or Assistant Vice President shall have, by virtue of his office, and
by authority of the By-laws, the authority from time to time to act as an
Assistant Secretary of the Bank, and to such extent, said officers are
appointed to the office of Assistant Secretary.

         Section 4.3 Chief Executive Officer.  The Board of Directors shall
designate one of its members to be the President of this Association, and the
officer so designated shall be an ex officio member of all committees of the
Association except the Examining Committee, and its Chief Executive Officer
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         Section 4.4 Duties of Officers.  The duties of all officers shall be
prescribed by the Board of Directors.  Nevertheless, the Board of Directors may
delegate to the Chief Executive Officer the authority to prescribe the duties
of other officers of the corporation not inconsistent with law, the charter,
and these By-laws, and to appoint other employees, prescribe their duties, and
to dismiss them.  Notwithstanding such delegation of authority, any officer or
employee also may be dismissed at any time by the Board of Directors.

         Section 4.5 Other Employees.  The Board of Directors may appoint from
time to time such tellers, vault custodians, bookkeepers, and other clerks,
agents, and employees as it may deem advisable for the prompt and orderly
transaction of the business of the Association, define their duties, fix the
salary to be paid them, and dismiss them.  Subject to the authority of the
Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or any other officer of the
Association authorized by him, may appoint and dismiss all such tellers, vault
custodians, bookkeepers and other clerks, agents, and employees, prescribe
their duties and the conditions of their employment, and from time to time fix
their compensation.

         Section 4.6 Removal and Resignation.  Any officer or employee of the
Association may be removed either with or without cause by the Board of
Directors.  Any employee other than an officer elected by the Board of
Directors may be dismissed in accordance with the provisions of the preceding
Section 4.5.  Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to
the Board of Directors or to the Chief Executive Officer of the Association.
Any such resignation shall become effective upon its being accepted by the
Board of Directors, or the Chief Executive Officer.

                                   ARTICLE V

                                Fiduciary Powers

         Section 5.1 Capital Management Group.  There shall be an area of this
Association known as the Capital Management Group which shall be responsible
for the exercise of the fiduciary powers of this Association.  The Capital
Management Group shall consist of four service areas: Fiduciary Services,
Retail Services, Investments and Marketing.  The Fiduciary Services unit shall
consist of personal trust, employee benefits, corporate trust and operations.
The General Office for the Fiduciary Services unit shall be located in
Charlotte, N.C., with City Trust Offices located in such cities within the
State of North Carolina as designated by the Board of Directors.

         Section 5.2 Trust Officers.  There shall be a General Trust Officer of
this Association whose duties shall be to manage, supervise and direct all the
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of the Capital Management Group.  Further, there shall be one or more Senior
Trust Officers designated to assist the General Trust Officer in the
performance of his duties.  They shall do or cause to be done all things
necessary or proper in carrying out the business of the Capital Management
Group in accordance with provisions of applicable law and regulation.

         Section 5.3 Capital Management/General Trust Committee. There shall be
a Capital Management/General Trust Committee composed of not less than four (4)
members of the Board of Directors or officers of this Association who shall be
appointed annually or from time to time by the Board of Directors of the
Association. The General Trust Officer shall serve as an ex-officio member of
the Committee.  Each member shall serve until  his successor is appointed. The
Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board may change the membership of
the Capital Management/General Trust Committee at any time, fill vacancies
therein, or discharge any member thereof with or without cause at any time.
The Committee shall counsel and advise on all matters relating to the business
or affairs of the Capital Management Group and shall adopt overall policies for
the conduct of the business of the Capital Management Group including but not
limited to: general administration, investment policies, new business
development, and review for approval of major assignments of functional
responsibilities.  The Committee shall meet at least quarterly or as called for
by its Chairman or any three (3) members of the Committee.  A quorum shall
consist of three (3) members.  In carrying out its responsibilities, the
Capital Management/General Trust Committee shall review the actions of all
officers, employees and committees utilized by this Association in connection
with the activities of the Capital Management Group and may assign the
administration and performance of any fiduciary powers or duties to any of such
officers or employees or to the Investment Policy Committee, Personal Trust
Administration Committee, Account Review Committee, Corporate and Institutional
Accounts Committee, or any other committees it shall designate.  One of the
methods to be used in the review process will be the thorough scrutiny of the
Report of Examination by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the
reports of the Audit Division of First Union Corporation, as they relate to the
activities of the Capital Management Group.  These reviews shall be in addition
to reviews of such reports by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
The Chairman of the Capital Management/ General Trust Committee shall be
appointed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors.  He shall cause to be
recorded in appropriate minutes all actions taken by the Committee.  The
minutes shall be signed by its Secretary and approved by its Chairman.
Further, the Committee shall summarize all actions taken by it and shall submit
a report of its proceedings to the Board of Directors at its next regularly
scheduled meeting following a meeting of the Capital Management/General Trust
Committee.  As  required by Section 9.7 of Regulation





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9 of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Directors retains
responsibility for the proper exercise of the fiduciary powers of this
Association.

         The Fiduciary Services unit of the Capital Management Group will
maintain a list of securities approved for investment in fiduciary accounts and
will from time to time provide the Capital Management/General Trust Committee
with current information relative to such list and also with respect to
transactions in other securities not on such list.  It is the policy of this
Association that members of the Capital Management/General Trust Committee
should not buy, sell or trade in securities which are on such approved list or
in any other securities in which the Fiduciary Services unit has taken, or
intends to take, a position in fiduciary accounts in any circumstances in which
any such transaction could be viewed as a possible conflict of interest or
could constitute a violation of applicable law or regulation.  Accordingly, if
any such securities are owned by any member of the Capital Management/General
Trust Committee at the time of appointment to such Committee, the Capital
Management Group shall be promptly so informed in writing.  If any member of
the Capital Management/General Trust Committee intends to buy, sell, or trade
in any such securities while serving as a member of the Committee, he should
first notify the Capital Management Group in order to make certain that any
proposed transaction will not constitute a violation of this policy or of
applicable law or regulation.

         Section 5.4 Investment Policy Committee.  There shall be an Investment
Policy Committee composed of not less than seven (7) officers and/or employees
of this Association who shall be appointed annually or from time to time by the
Board of Directors.  Each member shall serve until his successor is appointed.
Meetings shall be called by the Chairman or any two (2) members of the
Committee.  A quorum shall consist of five (5) members.  The Investment Policy
Committee shall exercise such fiduciary powers and perform such duties as may
be assigned to it by the Capital Management/General Trust Committee.  All
actions taken by the Investment Policy Committee shall be recorded in
appropriate minutes, signed by the Secretary thereof, approved by its Chairman
and submitted to the Capital Management/General Trust Committee at its next
ensuing regular meeting for its review and approval.

         Section 5.5 Personal Trust Administration Committee.  There shall be a
Personal Trust Administration Committee composed of not less than five (5)
officers, who shall be appointed annually or from time to time by the Board of
Directors.  Each member shall serve until his successor is appointed.  Meetings
shall be called by the Chairman or any three (3) members of the Committee.  A
quorum shall consist of three (3) members.  The Personal  Trust Administration
Committee shall exercise such fiduciary powers and perform such duties as may
be assigned to it by the Capital Management/General Trust Committee.  All
action





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taken by the Personal Trust Administration Committee shall be recorded in
appropriate minutes signed by the Secretary thereof, approved by its Chairman,
and submitted to the Capital Management/General Trust Committee at its next
ensuing regular meeting for its review and approval.

         Section 5.6 Account Review Committee.  There shall be an Account
Review Committee composed of not less than four (4) officers and/or employees
of this Association, who shall be appointed annually or from time to time by
the Board of Directors.  Each member shall serve until his successor is
appointed.  Meetings shall be called by the Chairman or any two (2) members of
the Committee.  A quorum shall consist of three (3) members.  The Account
Review Committee shall exercise such fiduciary powers and perform such duties
as may be assigned to it by the Capital Management/General Trust Committee.
All actions  taken by the Account Review Committee shall be recorded in
appropriate minutes, signed by the Secretary thereof, approved by its Chairman
and submitted to the Capital Management/ General Trust Committee at its next
ensuing regular meeting for its review and approval.

         Section 5.7 Corporate and Institutional Accounts Committee.  There
shall be a Corporate and Institutional Accounts Committee composed of not less
than five (5) officers and/or employees of this Association, who shall be
appointed annually, or from time to time, by the Capital Management/General
Trust Committee and approved by the Board of Directors.  Meetings may be called
by the Chairman or any two (2) members of the Committee.  A quorum shall
consist of three (3) members.  The Corporate and Institutional Accounts
Committee shall exercise such fiduciary powers and duties as may be assigned to
it by the General Trust Committee.  All actions taken by the Corporate and
Institutional Accounts Committee shall be recorded in appropriate minutes,
signed by the Secretary thereof, approved by its Chairman and made available to
the General Trust Committee at its next ensuing regular meeting for its review
and approval.



                                   ARTICLE VI

                          Stock and Stock Certificates

         Section 6.1 Transfers.  Shares of stock shall be transferable on the
books of the Association, and a transfer book shall be kept in which all
transfers of stock shall be recorded.  Every person becoming a shareholder by
such transfer shall, in proportion to his shares, succeed to all rights and
liabilities of the prior holder of such shares.





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         Section 6.2 Stock Certificates.  Certificates of stock shall bear the
signature of the Chairman, the Vice Chairman, the President, or a Vice
President (which may be engraved, printed, or impressed), and shall be signed
manually or by facsimile process by the Secretary, Assistant Secretary,
Cashier, Assistant Cashier, or any other officer appointed by the Board of
Directors for that purpose, to be known as an Authorized Officer, and the seal
of the Association shall be engraved thereon.  Each certificate shall recite on
its face that the stock represented thereby is transferable only upon the books
of the Association properly endorsed.


                                  ARTICLE VII

                                 Corporate Seal

         Section 7.1  The President, the Cashier, the Secretary, or  any
Assistant Cashier, or Assistant Secretary, or other officer thereunto
designated by the Board of Directors shall have authority to affix the
corporate seal to any document requiring such seal, and to attest the same.
Such seal shall be substantially in the following form.


                                  ARTICLE VIII

                            Miscellaneous Provisions

         Section 8.1 Fiscal Year.  The fiscal year of the Association shall be
the calendar year.

         Section 8.2 Execution of Instruments.  All agreements, indentures,
mortgages, deeds, conveyances, transfers, certificates, declarations, receipts,
discharges, releases, satisfactions, settlements, petitions, notices,
applications, schedules, accounts, affidavits, bonds, undertakings, proxies,
and other instruments or documents may be signed, executed, acknowledged,
verified, delivered or accepted in behalf of the Association by the Chairman of
the Board,  the Vice Chairman of the Board, any Chairman or Vice Chairman, the
President, any Vice President or Assistant Vice President, the Secretary or any
Assistant Secretary, the Cashier or Treasurer or any Assistant Cashier or
Assistant Treasurer, or any officer holding similar or equivalent titles to the
above in any regions, divisions or functional units of the Association, or, if
in connection with the exercise of fiduciary powers of the Association, by any
of said officers or by any Trust Officer or Assistant Trust Officer (or
equivalent titles); provided, however, that where required, any such instrument
shall be attested by one of said officers other than the officer executing such
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instruments may also be executed, acknowledged, verified, delivered or accepted
in behalf of the Association in such other manner and by such other officers as
the Board of Directors may from time to time direct.  The provisions of this
Section 8.2 are supplementary to any other provision of these By-laws.

         Section 8.3 Records.  The Articles of Association, the By-laws, and
the proceedings of all meetings of the shareholders, the Board of Directors,
standing committees of the Board, shall be recorded in appropriate minute books
provided for the purpose.  The minutes of each meeting shall be signed by the
Secretary, Cashier, or other officer appointed to act as Secretary of the
meeting.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                                    By-laws

         Section 9.1 Inspection.  A copy of the By-laws, with all amendments
thereto, shall at all times be kept in a convenient place at the Head Office of
the Association, and shall be open  for inspection to all shareholders, during
banking hours.

         Section 9.2 Amendments.  The By-laws may be amended, altered or
repealed, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors, by a
vote of a majority of the whole number of Directors.





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                                   Exhibit A


                           First Union National Bank
                                   Article X
                               Emergency By-laws



         In the event of an emergency declared by the President of the United
States or the person performing his functions, the officers and employees of
this Association will continue to conduct the affairs of the Association under
such guidance from the directors or the Executive Committee as may be available
except as to matters which by statute require specific approval of the Board of
Directors and subject to conformance with any applicable governmental
directives during the emergency.

                       OFFICERS PRO TEMPORE AND DISASTER

         Section 1.  The surviving members of the Board of Directors or the
Executive Committee shall have the power, in the absence or disability of any
officer, or upon the refusal of any officer to act, to delegate and prescribe
such officer's powers and duties to any other officer, or to any director, for
the time being.

         Section 2.  In the event of a state of disaster of sufficient severity
to prevent the conduct and management of the affairs and business of this
Association by its directors and officers as contemplated by these By-laws, any
two or more available members of the then incumbent Executive Committee shall
constitute a quorum of that Committee for the full conduct and management of
the affairs and business of the Association in accordance with the provisions
of Article II of these By-laws; and in addition, such Committee shall be
empowered to exercise all of the powers reserved to the General Trust Committee
under Section 5.3 of Article V hereof.  In the event of the unavailability,
at such time, of a minimum of two members of the then incumbent Executive
Committee, any three available directors shall constitute the Executive
Committee for the full conduct and management of the affairs and business of
the Association in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this section.
This By-law shall be subject to implementation by resolutions of the Board of
Directors passed from time to time for that purpose, and any provisions of
these By-laws (other than this section) and any resolutions which are contrary
to the provisions of this section or to the provisions of any such implementary
resolutions shall be suspended until it shall be





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determined by an interim Executive Committee acting under this section that it
shall be to the advantage of this Association to resume the  conduct and
management of its affairs and business under all of the other provisions of
these By-laws.

                               Officer Succession

         BE IT RESOLVED, that if consequent upon war or warlike damage or
disaster, the Chief Executive Officer of this Association cannot be located by
the then acting Head Officer or is unable to assume or to continue normal
executive duties, then the authority and duties of the Chief Executive Officer
shall, without further action of the Board of Directors, be automatically
assumed by one of the following persons in the order designated:

         Chairman
         President
         Division Head/Area Administrator - Within this officer class, officers
         shall take seniority on the basis of length of service in such office
         or, in the event of equality, length of service as an officer of the
         Association.

         Any one of the above persons who in accordance with this resolution
assumes the authority and duties of the Chief Executive Officer shall continue
to serve until he resigns or until five-sixths of the other officers who are
attached to the then acting Head Office decide in writing he is unable to
perform said duties or until the elected Chief Executive Officer of this
Association, or a person higher on the above list, shall become available to
perform the duties of Chief Executive Officer of the Association.

         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that anyone dealing with this Association may
accept a certification by any three officers that a specified individual is
acting as Chief Executive Officer in accordance with this resolution; and that
anyone accepting such certification may continue to consider it in force until
notified in writing of a change, said notice of change to carry the signatures
of three officers of the Association.

                              Alternate Locations

         The offices of the Association at which its business shall be
conducted shall be the main office thereof in each city which is designated as
a City Office (and branches, if any), and any other legally authorized location
which may be leased or acquired by this Association to carry on its business.
During an emergency resulting in any authorized place of business of this
Association being unable to function, the business ordinarily conducted at such
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elsewhere in suitable quarters, in addition to or in lieu of the locations
heretofore mentioned, as may be designated by the Board of Directors or by the
Executive Committee or by such persons as are then, in  accordance with
resolutions adopted from time to time by the Board of Directors dealing with
the exercise of authority in the time of such emergency, conducting the affairs
of this Association.  Any temporarily relocated place of business of this
Association shall be returned to its legally authorized location as soon as
practicable and such temporary place of business shall then be discontinued.

                              Acting Head Offices

         BE IT RESOLVED, that in case of and provided because of war or warlike
damage or disaster, the General Office of this Association, located in
Charlotte, North Carolina, is unable temporarily to continue its functions, the
Raleigh office, located in Raleigh, North Carolina, shall automatically and
without further action of this Board of Directors, become the "Acting Head
Office of this Association";

         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that if by reason of said war or warlike
damage or disaster, both the General Office of this Association and the said
Raleigh Office of this Association are unable to carry on their functions, then
and in such case, the Asheville Office of this Association, located in
Asheville, North Carolina, shall, without further action of this Board of
Directors, become the "Acting Head Office of this Association"; and if neither
the Raleigh Office nor the Asheville Office can carry on their functions, then
the Greensboro Office of this Association, located in Greensboro, North
Carolina, shall, without further action of this Board of Directors, become the
"Acting Head Office of this Association"; and if neither the Raleigh Office,
the Asheville Office, nor the Greensboro Office can carry on their functions,
then the Lumberton Office of this Association, located in Lumberton, North
Carolina, shall, without further action of this Board of Directors, become the
"Acting Head Office of this Association".  The Head Office shall resume its
functions at its legally authorized location as soon as practicable.





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                                    EXHIBIT 6

     First Union National Bank, pursuant to the requirements of Section 321(b)
of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Act") in connection with
the proposed issuance by Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc. of its Notes due 
2008 hereby consents 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, as contemplated
by Section 321(b) of the Act.

Dated:  March 18, 1998                    FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK



                                          By: /s/ MARY B. KNAUER
                                             -----------------------------------
                                               Mary B. Knauer, Vice President


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                              REPORT OF CONDITION

                                                                       EXHIBIT 7


Consolidating domestic and foreign subsidiaries of the First Union National
Bank, Avondale, Pennsylvania, at the close of business on December 31, 1997,
published in response to call made by Comptroller of the Currency, under title
12, United States Code, Section 161. Charter Number 22693 Comptroller of the
Currency Northeastern District.

STATEMENT OF RESOURCES AND LIABILITIES
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                             ASSETS
                                                                                               Thousand of Dollars
                                                                                               -------------------
<S>                                                                                                 <C>
Cash and balance due from depository institutions:
  Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    1,725,148
  Interest-bearing balances  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    4,216,934
Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    /////////
  Hold-to-maturity securities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      337,471
  Available-for-sale securities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    3,949,655
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements                                          /////////
  to resell  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   51,999
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loan and leases, net of unearned income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,757,193
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  196,929
LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  0
Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and
reserve  . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            15,560,264
Assets held in trading accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                     0
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .               418,837
Other real estate owned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                36,598
Investment in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated                                              /////////
companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                37,868
Customer's liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                91,787
Intangible assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .               382,749
Other assets  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             1,043,467
Total assets  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            27,852,777
                                                                 LIABILITIES
Deposits:
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<S>                                                                                                 <C>
                 In domestic offices  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   20,810,085
                   Noninterest-bearing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3,480,114
                   interest-bearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,329,971
                 In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries,
                 and IBFs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      736,612
                   Noninterest-bearing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  136
                   Interest-bearing   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  736,476
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements                                         /////////
to repurchase                                                                                        2,581,021
Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     64,236
Trading liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          0
Other borrowed money: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  /////////
With a remaining maturity of one year or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          0
With a remaining maturity of one year through three years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      7,510
With a remaining maturity of more than three years  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      5,777
Not Applicable                                                                                       /////////
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     93,594
Subordinated notes and debentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    450,000
Other liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    812,999
Total liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,561,834

                                                     EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    160,540
Common Stock  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    452,156
Surplus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1,303,224
Undivided profits and capital reserves  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    342,689
Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale                                          /////////
  securities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     32,334
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          0
Total equity capital  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2,290,943
Total liabilities and equity  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,852,777
</TABLE>


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