VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORP
10-Q, 2000-05-15
SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES
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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                   Form 10-Q

                QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                         For the quarterly period ended
                                 March 31, 2000
                                       or
               TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                For the transition period from ...... to ......

                         Commission file number 0-19654



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                       VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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               Delaware                             77-0138960
   (State or other jurisdiction of               (I.R.S. Employer
    incorporation or organization)              Identification No.)

                                741 Calle Plano
                              Camarillo, CA  93012
                    (Address of principal executive offices)
                                 (805) 388-3700
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days:  Yes  (X)  No  ( ).

     As of April 28, 2000, there were 164,520,989 shares of $0.01 par value
common stock outstanding.

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                       VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                         Page Number

PART I         FINANCIAL INFORMATION
<S>                                                                                        <C>
   Item 1      Financial Statements:

               Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2000                   2
               (unaudited) and September 30, 1999

               Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for                3
               the Three Months ended March 31, 2000, March 31, 1999
               and December 31, 1999 and the Six Months ended March 31, 2000
               and March 31, 1999

               Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for                4
               the Six Months ended March 31, 2000 and March 31, 1999

               Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements               6

   Item 2      Management's Discussion and Analysis of                                      8
               Financial Condition and Results of Operations

   Item 3      Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk                   16


PART II        OTHER INFORMATION

   Item 2      Changes in Securities                                                       17

   Item 4      Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders                         17

   Item 6      Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K                                            18
</TABLE>

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                                     PART I
                             FINANCIAL INFORMATION

                       VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
                     CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                       (in thousands, except share data)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                March 31, 2000  Sept. 30, 1999
                                                                --------------  --------------
                                                                (Unaudited)
                                         ASSETS
<S>                                                               <C>              <C>
Current assets:
 Cash and cash equivalents                                       $   33,359       $ 81,912
 Short-term investments                                             615,916        107,245
 Accounts receivable, net                                            88,294         69,034
 Inventories, net                                                    33,509         26,931
 Prepaid expenses                                                    16,384          5,462
 Deferred tax assets, net                                            48,902         26,918
                                                                 ----------       --------
  Total current assets                                              836,364        317,502
                                                                 ----------       --------

Long-term investments                                               295,712         38,063
Property and equipment, net                                         100,044         78,723
Restricted long-term deposits                                        76,057         67,334
Intangible assets, net                                              460,587         14,609
Deferred tax assets, net                                              6,237          6,237
Other assets                                                         18,072            425
                                                                 ----------       --------
                                                                 $1,793,073       $522,893
                                                                 ==========       ========
</TABLE>



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

<S>                                                              <C>              <C>
Current liabilities:
 Accounts payable                                                $    8,616       $ 15,118
 Accrued expenses and other current liabilities                      24,460         12,832
 Income taxes payable                                                 5,122          5,517
 Current portion of long-term debt                                    1,852          2,013
                                                                 ----------       --------
     Total current liabilities                                       40,050         35,480
                                                                 ----------       --------
Long-term debt                                                        1,371            725
Convertible subordinated debt                                       720,000              -

Minority interest                                                       697              -
Shareholders' equity:
 Common stock, $.01 par value.  Authorized 500,000,000
  shares; issued and outstanding 164,299,059 and 156,176,636
  shares on March 31, 2000 and Sept. 30, 1999, respectively           1,642          1,561
 Additional paid-in capital                                         919,197        380,035
 Retained earnings                                                  110,116        105,092
                                                                 ----------       --------
     Total shareholders' equity                                   1,030,955        486,688
                                                                 ----------       --------
                                                                 $1,793,073       $522,893
                                                                 ==========       ========
</TABLE>

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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                       VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
                CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                                  (Unaudited)
                     (in thousands, except per share data)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                                                          Three Months Ended                       Six Months Ended
                                            ----------------------------------------------   -----------------------------
                                            Mar. 31, 2000    Mar. 31, 1999   Dec. 31, 1999   Mar. 31, 2000   Mar. 31, 1999
                                            --------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------
<S>                                         <C>              <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>

Revenues                                         $100,167         $ 66,937        $ 89,223        $189,390        $127,645

Costs and expenses:
 Cost of revenues                                  34,995           25,009          31,624          66,619          48,234
 Engineering, research & development               17,166           12,210          14,920          32,086          23,162
 Selling, general & administrative                 11,387            9,100          10,195          21,582          16,948
 Purchased in-process research &
  development                                      45,614                -               -          45,614               -
                                                 --------         --------        --------        --------        --------
  Total costs & expenses                          109,162           46,319          56,739         165,901          88,344
                                                 --------         --------        --------        --------        --------

Income (loss) from operations                      (8,995)          20,618          32,484          23,489          39,301
Other income, net                                   3,683            2,768           2,794           6,477           5,249
                                                 --------         --------        --------        --------        --------

Income (loss) before income taxes                  (5,312)          23,386          35,278          29,966          44,550
Income taxes                                       13,300            7,868          11,642          24,942          14,428
                                                 --------         --------        --------        --------        --------

Net income (loss)                                $(18,612)        $ 15,518        $ 23,636        $  5,024        $ 30,122
                                                 ========         ========        ========        ========        ========

Net income (loss) per share
 Basic                                             $(0.12)           $0.10           $0.15           $0.03           $0.20
                                                 ========         ========        ========        ========        ========
 Diluted                                           $(0.12)           $0.09           $0.14           $0.03           $0.18
                                                 ========         ========        ========        ========        ========

Shares used in per share computations:
 Basic                                            158,711          151,918         156,753         157,767         151,588
                                                 ========         ========        ========        ========        ========
 Diluted                                          158,711          165,880         169,845         171,058         165,630
                                                 ========         ========        ========        ========        ========
</TABLE>

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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                       VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
                CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                  (Unaudited)
                                 (in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         Six Months Ended
                                                                  -------------------------------
                                                                  Mar. 31, 2000    Mar. 31, 1999
                                                                  --------------   --------------
<S>                                                               <C>              <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income                                                            $   5,024         $ 30,122
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
provided by operating activities:
 Depreciation and amortization                                           14,033           10,535
 Interest expense on debt issue costs                                       158               --
 Amortization of debt discount                                              178               --
 Purchased in-process research & development                             45,614               --
Change in assets and liabilities:
  (Increase) decrease in, net of effects of acquisition:
   Accounts receivable, net                                             (19,250)          (7,675)
   Inventories                                                           (6,578)          (3,584)
   Prepaid expenses                                                     (10,818)          (1,754)
   Other assets                                                             200           (5,335)
  Increase (decrease) in, net of effects of acquisition:
   Accounts payable                                                      (6,586)             282
   Accrued expenses and other current liabilities                        (7,870)           3,445
   Income taxes payable                                                  24,547           11,408
                                                                      ---------         --------
     Net cash provided by operating activities                           38,652           37,444
                                                                      ---------         --------
Cash flows from investing activities:
 Investments, net                                                      (766,320)           3,740
 Capital expenditures                                                   (33,086)         (18,897)
 Restricted long-term deposits                                           (8,723)           1,594
 Cash acquired in business combination                                      991         (12,816)
                                                                      ---------         --------
     Net cash used in investing activities                             (807,138)         (26,379)
                                                                      ---------         --------
Cash flows from financing activities:
 Principal payments under long-term debt                                 (2,008)            (464)
 Proceeds from issuance of convertible subordinated debt                720,000               --
 Cash paid for debt issue costs                                         (18,000)              --
 Capital contributions by minority interest limited partners                697               --
 Elimination of duplicate period of pooled companies                          -              834
 Proceeds from issuance of common stock                                  19,244           13,322
                                                                      ---------         --------
     Net cash provided by financing activities                          719,933           13,692
                                                                      ---------         --------
     Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents               (48,553)          24,757
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period                         81,912           76,963
                                                                      ---------         --------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period                            $  33,359         $101,720
                                                                      =========         ========
</TABLE>
See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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                       VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
                CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                  (Unaudited)
                                 (in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                        Six Months Ended
                                                                --------------------------------
                                                                 Mar. 31, 2000      Mar. 31, 1999
                                                                ----------------   -------------
<S>                                                              <C>               <C>
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:

Cash paid during the period for:

     Interest                                                       $     --           $     7
                                                                    ========           =======
     Income taxes                                                   $    256           $ 1,582
                                                                    ========           =======

Supplemental disclosures of non-cash transactions:

  Issuance of stock options in purchase transaction                 $ 50,531           $   300
                                                                    ========           =======
  Issuance of common stock in purchase transaction                  $422,542           $    --
                                                                    ========           =======
  Issuance of notes payable in purchase transaction                 $     --           $ 2,725
                                                                    ========           =======
  Increase in equity associated with tax benefit from exercise
     of stock options                                               $ 46,926           $22,643
                                                                    ========           =======
 </TABLE>
See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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                       VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
              NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Note 1.  Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

   The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited
and include the accounts of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation and its
subsidiaries (the "Company").  All intercompany accounts and transactions have
been eliminated.  In management's opinion, all adjustments (consisting only of
normal recurring accruals) which are necessary for a fair presentation of
financial condition and results of operations are reflected in the attached
interim financial statements.  This report should be read in conjunction with
the audited financial statements presented in the 1999 Annual Report.  Footnotes
and other disclosures which would substantially duplicate the disclosures in the
Company's audited financial statements for fiscal year 1999 contained in the
Annual Report have been omitted.  The interim financial information herein is
not necessarily representative of the results to be expected for any subsequent
period.

   Computation of Net Income per Share

   The reconciliation of shares used to calculate basic and diluted income per
share consists of the following (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                    Three Months Ended                       Six Months Ended
                                                     ---------------------------------------------    -----------------------------
                                                     Mar. 31, 2000   Mar. 31, 1999   Dec. 31, 2000    Mar. 31, 2000   Mar. 31, 1999
                                                     -------------   -------------   -------------    -------------   -------------
<S>                                                  <C>             <C>             <C>              <C>             <C>
Shares used in basic per share computations -
  weighted average shares outstanding                      158,711         151,918         156,753          157,767         151,588
Net effect of dilutive common share equivalents
  based on treasury stock method                                --          13,962          13,092           13,291          14,042
                                                           -------         -------         -------          -------         -------
Shares used in diluted per share computations              158,711         165,880         169,845          171,058         165,630
                                                           =======         =======         =======          =======         =======
</TABLE>

   Common stock equivalents to purchase 283,102 shares that were outstanding at
March 31, 1999, were not included in the computation of diluted net income per
share, as their effect would have been antidilutive.  Common stock equivalents
to purchase 19,685,685 shares that were outstanding at March 31, 2000, were not
included in the computation of diluted net income per share for the quarter
ended March 31, 2000, because, due to the net loss position, the effect would be
antidilutive.

   Comprehensive Income

   On October 1, 1998 the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income."  This statement establishes
standards for reporting and display of comprehensive income and its components
in a full set of general-purpose financial statements.  The Company has no
components of other comprehensive income.  Therefore comprehensive income is the
same as reported net income.

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   Segment Reporting

   On October 1, 1998 the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related
Information."  This statement establishes standards for reporting operating
segment information in annual financial statements and interim reports issued to
shareholders.  The Company operates in only one segment, as defined by SFAS No.
133.  Substantially all long-lived assets are located in the United States.

     Reclassifications and Restatements

   Where necessary, prior periods' information has been reclassified to conform
to the current period condensed consolidated financial statement presentation.

   On September 13, 1999, the Board of Directors approved a 2 for 1 stock split
of the Company's Common Stock that was effected on October 20, 1999.  All
references to the number of common shares, weighted average number of common
shares and per share data for all periods presented have been adjusted to
reflect the stock split.

Note 2.  Inventories, net

Inventories consist of the following (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                        March 31, 2000   September 30, 1999
                                        --------------   ------------------
<S>                                     <C>              <C>
Raw materials                               $ 6,258           $ 5,168
Work in process and finished goods           27,251            21,763
                                             -------           -------
                                            $33,509           $26,931
                                            =======           =======
</TABLE>
Note 3.  Long Term Debt

During March 2000, the Company completed a private offering of $720 million of
4% convertible subordinated debentures due 2005.  Net proceeds received by the
Company, after costs of issuance, were approximately $702 million.  Interest is
payable in arrears semiannually on March 15 and September 15 of each year,
beginning September 15, 2000.  The debentures are convertible into the Company's
common stock at $112.19 per share, subject to certain adjustments.  The notes
may be redeemed, at the Company's option, on or after March 15, 2003 at
specified redemption prices.  For the quarter ended March 31, 2000, interest
expense relating to the convertible subordinated debentures aggregated $1.4
million.

Note 4.  Business Combinations

On March 31, 2000, the Company acquired all of the equity interests of Orologic,
Inc. ("Orologic") in exchange for 4,546,883 shares of common stock and stock
options to purchase 543,815 shares of common stock valued, in the aggregate, at
approximately $490 million, which

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includes estimated direct acquisition costs of $17 million. Orologic is a
"fabless" semiconductor company that develops high performance system on a chip
solutions that enable data packet processing at OC-48 and OC-192 rates. The
acquisition of Orologic was recorded using the purchase method of accounting.
Therefore, the consideration was allocated based upon the relative fair values
of the tangible and intangible assets and liabilities acquired. The allocation
includes purchased in-process research and development of $45.6 million, which
has been charged to expense in the three month period ended March 31, 2000,
identifiable intangibles of $813,000, and excess consideration of $446 million
recorded as goodwill. Goodwill and the other identifiable intangibles will be
amortized over their estimated useful lives ranging from 2 to 6 years. Pro forma
consolidated results of operations for the six month period ended March 31, 2000
and 1999 are summarized below to reflect the acquisition of Orologic as if it
had occurred on October 1, 1999 and 1998, respectively:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                Six months ended
                                                     March 31,
(in thousands except per share data)           2000            1999
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<S>                                       <C>               <C>
Revenues                                     $189,640         127,705
Net loss                                      (36,872)         (7,518)
Net loss per share - basic and diluted          (0.23)          (0.05)
</TABLE>

Note 5.      Subsequent Event

In April 2000, the Company agreed to acquire all of the equity interests of
SiTera, Inc. (SiTera) in exchange for $750 million of the Company's common
stock.  SiTera is a provider of Intelligent Network Processing for service
provider, carrier edge and large enterprise markets.  The transaction is
expected to be completed in the quarter ending June 30, 2000.  The Company
expects the transaction to be accounted for as a pooling-of-interests; however,
pooling-of-interests accounting is not a condition to closing.


Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
         of Operations

   The information set forth in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations" below includes "forward looking
statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), in particular, in "Results of Operations--
Orologic Acquisition and Income Taxes," and in "Liquidity and Capital Resources-
- -Investing and Financing Activities," and is subject to the safe harbor created
by that section.  Factors that management believes could cause results to differ
materially from those projected in the forward looking statements are set forth
below in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations" and "Factors That May Affect Future Operating Results."

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Results of Operations

   Revenues

   Total revenues in the second quarter of fiscal 2000 were $100.2 million, a
50% increase over the $66.9 million recorded in the second quarter of fiscal
1999 and a 12% increase over the $89.2 million recorded in the prior quarter.
For the six months ended March 31, 2000, total revenues were $189.4 million, a
48% over the $127.6 million recorded in the six months ended March 31, 1999.
The increase in total revenues was due to unit growth in shipments of existing
products, as well as the introduction of new products to customers in the
communications market.

   Cost of Revenues

   Cost of revenues as a percentage of total revenues in the second quarter of
fiscal 2000 was 34.9% compared to 37.4% in the second quarter of fiscal 1999 and
35.4% in the prior quarter.  The decrease in cost of revenues as a percentage of
total revenues resulted primarily from a reduction in per unit costs associated
with increased utilization of the Company's Colorado Springs wafer fabrication
facility, as well as improved manufacturing yields during the first and second
quarters of fiscal 2000.


   Engineering, Research and Development Costs

   Engineering, research and development expenses were $17.2 million in the
second quarter of fiscal 2000 compared to $12.2 million in the second quarter of
fiscal 1999 and $14.9 million in the prior quarter.  For the six months ended
March 31, 2000, engineering, research, and development costs were $32.1 million
compared to $23.2 million in the six month period ended March 31, 1999.  The
increases were principally due to increased headcount and higher costs to
support the Company's continuing efforts to develop new products.  As a
percentage of total revenues, engineering, research and development costs were
17.1% in the second quarter of fiscal 2000, 18.2% in the second quarter of
fiscal 1999, and 16.7% in the prior quarter.  For the six months ended March 31,
2000, engineering, research and development costs as a percentage of total
revenues decreased to 16.9% from 18.1%, in the comparable period a year ago. The
Company expects these costs to continue to increase as a result of continued
efforts to develop new products and increased headcount related to recent
acquisitions. The Company's engineering, research and development costs are
expensed as incurred.

   Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

   Selling, general and administrative expenses (SG&A) were $11.4 million in the
second quarter of 2000, compared to $9.1 million in the second quarter of 1999
and $10.2 million in the prior quarter. For the six months ended March 31, 2000,
SG&A expenses were $21.6 million compared to $16.9 million in the same period in
fiscal 1999.  The increase was due principally to increased headcount and higher
commissions earned by sales representatives resulting from increased sales.  As
a percentage of total revenues, SG&A expenses were 11.4% in the second quarter
of 2000, compared to 13.6% in the second quarter of 1999 and 11.3% in the prior
quarter.   For the six months ended March 31, 2000, SG&A expenses as a
percentage of total revenues

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decreased to 11.4% from 13.3%, in the comparable period a year ago. The Company
expects these costs to continue to increase as a result of expected future
growth.

   Orologic Acquisition

   In connection with the acquisition of Orologic, the Company recorded a second
quarter fiscal 2000 charge of $45.6 million for the fair value of purchased in-
process research and development ("IPR&D"). In addition, $446 million was
allocated to identifiable intangible assets and goodwill.  Such assets are being
amortized over their expected lives, ranging from 2 to 6 years, increasing
annual and quarterly amortization expense by approximately $74.5 million and
$18.6 million, respectively. The fair values allocated to the intangible assets
acquired, including the IPR&D, were based upon independent appraisals.

   Other Income, Net

   Other income consists of interest income, net of interest and other expenses.
Other income increased to $3.7 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2000 from
$2.8 million in the second quarter of 1999 and the prior quarter.  For the six
months ended March 31, 2000, other income increased to $6.5 million from $5.2
million in the comparable period a year ago.  The increase is due to higher
average cash, short-term investments, long-term investments and long-term
deposit balances resulting from increased profitability and proceeds received
from the convertible debenture offering.  This was slightly offset with
increased interest expense relating to the debentures and amortization of debt
issuance costs.  As a result of the convertible debenture offering, the Company
expects to record additional interest expense of approximately $7.2 million per
quarter in future periods.

   Income Taxes

   The Company's year to date effective income tax rate is 83.2 % as of March
31, 2000 compared to 34% for the same period in the prior year.  For the quarter
ended March 31, 2000, the effective income tax rate is (250%) compared to 34%
for the quarter ending March 31, 1999.  Excluding the effects of the Orologic
transaction, the quarter and year to date effective income tax rates are
approximately 33% through March 31, 2000.


Liquidity and Capital Resources

   Operating Activities

   The Company generated $38.7 million and $37.4 million from operating
activities in the six months ended March 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively. The
increase in cash flow from operations was principally due to an improvement in
profitability, excluding the one time non-cash charge of $45.6 million relating
to purchased in-process research and development.

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   Investing Activities

   The Company used $807.1 million and $26.4 million in investing activities
during the six months ended March 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively.  The increase
in cash used in investing activities was primarily due to the net investment of
$766.3 million, in held to maturity debt and equity securities, from the
proceeds received from the private placement offering.  Capital expenditures,
principally for manufacturing and test equipment, were $33.1 million in the six
months ended March 31, 2000 compared to $18.9 million in the six months ended
March 31, 1999.  The Company intends to continue investing in manufacturing,
test and engineering equipment.

The Company entered into an operating lease transaction providing for the
financing of $11.1 million for the acquisition of certain test equipment.
Payments under this lease commenced in November 1999.  If at the end of the
lease term the Company does not purchase the property, the Company would
guarantee the residual value to the lessor equal to a specified percentage of
the lessor's cost of the equipment.  As of March 31, 2000, the lessor advanced a
total of $11.1 million under this lease and had held $8.8 million as cash
collateral, which amount is included in restricted long-term deposits.

   Financing Activities

   The Company's financing activities provided $719.9 million for the six months
ended March 31, 2000, representing proceeds, net of issuance costs, of $702
million received from the convertible subordinated debentures offering and
proceeds of $19.2 million received from the issuance and sale of common stock
pursuant to the Company's stock option and stock purchase plans.

   Management believes that the Company's cash and cash equivalents, short-tem
investments, and cash flow from operations are adequate to finance its planned
growth and operating needs for the next 12 months.


Impact of Recent Accounting Pronouncements

   In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No. 133,
"Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities."  SFAS No. 133
will require recognition of all derivatives as either assets or liabilities on
the balance sheet at fair value.  The Company will adopt SFAS No. 133, as
amended by SFAS No. 137, in the first quarter of its fiscal year ending
September 30, 2001.  Management has not completed an evaluation of the effects
this standard will have on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

    In December 1999, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff
Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 101, "Revenue Recognition in Financial
Statements." The objective of this SAB is to provide further guidance on revenue
recognition issues in the absence of authoritative literature addressing a
specific arrangement or a specific industry. The Company is required to follow
the guidance in the SAB no later than the first quarter of its year 2001.  The
SEC has recently indicated it intends to issue further guidance with respect to
adoption of specific issues addressed by SAB No. 101. Until such time as this
additional guidance is issued, the Company is unable to assess the impact, if
any, it may have, however based on current guidance the Company believes
adoption of the SAB will not have a material impact on the Company's financial
position or results of operations.

    In March 2000, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued FASB
Interpretation No. 44, "Accounting for Certain Transactions involving Stock
Compensation" (FIN 44).  FIN 44 provides guidance for issues arising in applying
APB Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees". FIN 44 applies
specifically to new awards, exchanges of awards in a business combination,
modification to outstanding awards, and changes in grantee status that occur on
or after July 1, 2000, except for the provisions related to repricings and the
definition of an employee which apply to awards issued after December 15, 1998.
Application of FIN 44 did not have an effect on the Company's financial
reporting.

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Factors That May Affect Future Operating Results

   We are Dependent on a Small Number of Customers in a Few Industries

   We intend to continue focusing our sales effort on a small number of
customers in the communications and test equipment markets that require high-
performance integrated circuits. Some of these customers are also our
competitors. For the six months ended March 31, 2000, our three largest customer
accounted for 16%, 15% and 11% of our total revenues and no other customer
accounted for more than 10% of our total revenues. If any of our major customers
delays orders of our products or stops buying our products, our business and
financial condition would be severely affected.

     Our Operating Results May Fluctuate

   Our quarterly revenues and expenses may fluctuate in the future. These
variations may be due to a number of factors, many of which are outside our
control. Factors that could affect our future operating results include the
following:

   .  The loss of major customers

   .  Variations, delays or cancellations of orders and shipments of our
      products

   .  Reduction in the selling prices of our products

   .  Significant changes in the type and mix of products being sold

   .  Delays in introducing new products

   .  Design changes made by our customers

   .  Our failure to manufacture and ship products on time

   .  Changes in manufacturing capacity, the utilization of this capacity and
      manufacturing yields

   .  Variations in product and process development costs

   .  Changes in inventory levels; and

   .  Expenses or operational disruptions resulting from acquisitions


   In the past, we have recorded significant new product and process development
costs because our policy is to expense these costs at the time that they are
incurred. We may incur these types of expenses in the future. In future periods,
we expect a substantial increase in amortization of intangibles assets resulting
from recent acquisitions and interest expense resulting from recent financing
activities.  These additional expenses will have a material and adverse effect
on our earnings in future periods.  The occurrence of any of the above mentioned
factors could have a material adverse effect on our business and on our
financial results.

   We Have Limited Manufacturing Capacity and We Depend on a New Production
Facility

   During 1998, we started producing high-performance integrated circuits at our
new six-inch wafer fabrication factory in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  We are
faced with several risks in the

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successful operation of this facility as well as in our overall production
operations. We had only produced finished four-inch wafers until 1998 and
therefore we have limited experience with the equipment and processes involved
in producing finished six-inch wafers. We do not have excess production capacity
at our Camarillo plant to offset failure of the new Colorado facility to meet
production goals. Further, some of our products have been qualified for
manufacture at only one of the two facilities. Consequently, our failure to
successfully operate the new facility could severely damage financial results.

   We also must now effectively coordinate and manage two facilities. We have
limited experience in managing production facilities located at two different
sites, and our failure to successfully do so could have a material adverse
effect on our business and operating results.

   There Are Risks Associated with Recent and Future Acquisitions

   In fiscal 1999, we made four strategic acquisitions. In March 2000, we
completed the acquisition of Orologic, Inc., in exchange for approximately 4.6
million shares of our common stock.  In April 2000, we agreed to acquire SiTera,
Inc., for approximately $750 million of our common stock, and we expect to
complete the acquisition in the quarter ending June 30, 2000.  These
acquisitions may result in the diversion of management's attention from the day-
to-day operations of the Company's business. Risks of making these acquisitions
include difficulties in the integration of acquired operations, products and
personnel. If we fail in our efforts to integrate recent and future
acquisitions, our business and operating results could be materially and
adversely affected.

   In addition, acquisitions we will make could result in dilutive issuances of
equity securities, substantial debt, and amortization expenses related to
goodwill and other intangible assets. In particular, in connection with our
acquisition of Orologic, Inc., we were required to record acquisition related
expenses of $45.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2000.  Further, we
expect to amortize an aggregate of approximately $446 million of goodwill and
other identifiable intangible assets over the next 2 to 6 years.  In addition,
we presently expect to account for our acquisition of SiTera, Inc., as a
pooling-of-interests, however, this accounting treatment is not a condition for
the completion of the acquisition.  If we are required to account for the
acquisition of SiTera, Inc., under the purchase method of accounting, we would
be required to record additional acquisition related expenses and amortization
expense related to intangible assets acquired.  We do not have any binding
obligations with respect to any particular acquisition; however, our management
frequently evaluates strategic opportunities available. In the future we may
pursue additional acquisitions of complementary products, technologies or
businesses.

   Our Industry Is Highly Competitive

   The high-performance semiconductor market is extremely competitive and is
characterized by rapid technological change, price erosion and increased
international competition. The communications and test equipment industries,
which are our primary target markets, are also becoming intensely competitive
because of deregulation and international competition. We compete directly or
indirectly with the following categories of companies:

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   .  Gallium Arsenide fabrication operations of systems companies such as
      Conexant and Fujitsu

   .  High-performance silicon integrated circuit manufacturers who use Emitter
      Coupled Logic ("ECL"), Bipolar Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor
      ("BiCMOS") or Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor ("CMOS")
      technologies such as Hewlett Packard, Fujitsu, Motorola, Lucent
      Technologies, Texas Instruments and Applied Micro Circuits Corporation

   .  Internal integrated circuit manufacturing units of systems companies such
      as Lucent Technologies, Siemens and Fujitsu

   Our current and prospective competitors include many large companies that
have substantially greater marketing, financial, technical and manufacturing
resources than we do.

   Competition in the markets that we serve is primarily based on
price/performance, product quality and the ability to deliver products in a
timely fashion. Product qualification is typically a lengthy process and some
prospective customers may be unwilling to invest the time or expense necessary
to qualify suppliers such as Vitesse. Prospective customers may also have
concerns about the relative advantages of our products compared to more familiar
silicon-based semiconductors. Further, customers may also be concerned about
relying on a relatively small company for a critical sole-sourced component. To
the extent we fail to overcome these challenges, there could be material and
adverse effects on our business and financial results.

   There is Risk Associated with Doing Business in Foreign Countries

   In fiscal 1999, international sales accounted for 33% of our total revenues,
and we expect international sales to constitute a substantial portion of our
total revenues for the foreseeable future.  International sales involve a
variety of risks and uncertainties, including risks related to:

   .  Reliance on strategic alliance partners

   .  Compliance with foreign regulatory requirements

   .  Variability of foreign economic conditions

   .  Changing restrictions imposed by U.S. export laws, and

   .  Competition from U.S. based companies that have firmly established
      significant international operations

   Failure to successfully address these risks and uncertainties could adversely
affect our international sales, which could in turn have a material and adverse
effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

   We Must Keep Pace with Product and Process Development and Technological
Change

   The market for our products is characterized by rapid changes in both product
and process technologies. We believe that our success to a large extent depends
on our ability to continue to improve our product and process technologies and
to develop new products and technologies in

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order to maintain our competitive position. Further, we must adapt our products
and processes to technological changes and adopt emerging industry standards.
Our failure to accomplish any of the above could have a negative impact on our
business and financial results.

   We Are Dependent on Key Suppliers

   We manufacture our products using a variety of components procured from
third-party suppliers. Most of our high-performance integrated circuits are
packaged by third parties. Other components and materials used in our
manufacturing process are available from only a limited number of sources. Any
difficulty in obtaining sole- or limited-sourced parts or services from third
parties could affect our ability to meet scheduled product deliveries to
customers. This in turn could have a material adverse effect on our customer
relationships, business and financial results.

   Our Manufacturing Yields Are Subject to Fluctuation

   Semiconductor fabrication is a highly complex and precise process.  Defects
in masks, impurities, in the materials used, contamination of the manufacturing
environment and equipment failures can cause a large percentage of wafers or die
to be rejected.  Manufacturing yields vary among products, depending a
particular high-performance integrated circuit's complexity and on our
experience in manufacturing it.  In the past, we have experienced difficulties
in achieving acceptable yields on some high-performance integrated circuits,
which has led to shipment delays.  Our overall yields are lower than yields
obtained in a mature silicon process because we manufacture a large number of
different products in limited volume and our process technology is less
developed.  We anticipate that many of our current and future products may never
be produced in volume.

   Since a majority of our manufacturing costs are relatively fixed, maintaining
a number of shippable die per wafer is critical to our operating results.  Yield
decreases can result in higher unit costs and may lead to reduced gross profit
and net income.  We use estimated yields for valuing work-in-process inventory.
If actual yields are material different than these estimates, we may need to
revalue work-in-process inventory.  Consequently, if any of our current or
future products experience yield problems, our financial results may be
adversely affected.


   Our Business Is Subject to Environmental Regulations

   We are subject to various governmental regulations related to toxic, volatile
and other hazardous chemicals used in our manufacturing process. Our failure to
comply with these regulations could result in the imposition of fines or in the
suspension or cessation of our operations. Additionally, we may be restricted in
our ability to expand operations at our present locations or we may be required
to incur significant expenses to comply with these regulations.

   Our Failure to Manage Growth May Adversely Affect Us

   The management of our growth requires qualified personnel, systems and other
resources. In particular, the continued operation of the new facility in
Colorado Springs and its integration with the Camarillo facility will require
significant management, technical and administrative

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resources. Additionally, we have recently established several product design
centers worldwide. Finally, we acquired Vermont Scientific Technologies, Inc.
("VTEK") in November 1998, Serano Systems Corporation ("Serano") in January
1999, XaQti Corporation ("XaQti") in July 1999, and Orologic, Inc. ("Orologic")
in March 2000, and agreed to acquire SiTera, Inc. ("SiTera") in April 2000, and
have only limited experience in integrating the operations of acquired
businesses. Failure to manage our growth or to successfully integrate new and
future facilities or newly acquired businesses could have a material adverse
effect on our business and financial results.

   We Are Dependent on Key Personnel

   Due to the specialized nature of our business, our success depends in part
upon attracting and retaining the services of qualified managerial and technical
personnel. The competition for qualified personnel is intense. The loss of any
of our key employees or the failure to hire additional skilled technical
personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial
results.


Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk

       At March 31, 2000, the Company's long-term debt consists of convertible
subordinated debentures with interest at a fixed rate.  Consequently, the
Company does not have significant cash flow exposure on its long-term debt.
However, the fair value of the convertible subordinated debentures is subject to
significant fluctuation due to their convertibility into shares of Vitesse
common stock.

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                                    PART II
                               OTHER INFORMATION

Item 2.  Changes in Securities

In March 2000, we  issued 4,546,883 shares of our common stock and assumed stock
options to purchase 543,815 shares of our common stock, in connection with the
acquisition of all the equity interests of Orologic, Inc.  The issuance of
shares and assumption of stock options were made pursuant to the exemption from
registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
based on the limited number of securities holders of Orologic, the relationship
of such security holders to Orologic, and the lack of any advertisement or
general solicitation in connection with the acquisition.

In March 2000, we issued $720 million in aggregate principal amount of our 4%
convertible subordinated debentures, due 2005.  Net proceeds to Vitesse of this
offering, after costs of issuance, were approximately $702 million. The
debentures are convertible into the Company's common stock at $112.19 per share,
subject to certain adjustments.  The initial purchasers of our debentures were
Lehman Brothers Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Prudential Securities
Incorporated.  The debentures were issued pursuant to the exemption from
registration provided for by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.


Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

     On January 25, 2000, the Company held its regular Annual Meeting of
Stockholders.  The purpose of the meeting was to elect Directors to serve for
the ensuing year, to approve an amendment to the Directors' Stock Option Plan to
reserve an additional 250,000 shares of Vitesse common stock thereunder for
issuance, to approve a proposal to amend the Company's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation to provide for an increase in the authorized shares
of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, from 250,000,000 to
500,000,000 and to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as independent auditors
for the Company for the 2000 fiscal year.  The following individuals were
elected to serve as Directors for the ensuing year:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                 Name                           Age                  Principal Occupation
                 ----                           ---                  --------------------
<S>                                             <C>   <C>
Pierre R. Lamond                                 69   General Partner of Sequoia Capital and Chairman
                                                      of the Board of Directors of the Company
James A. Cole                                    57   General Partner of Windward Ventures and
                                                      Spectra Enterprise Associates
Alex Daly                                        38   President and Chief Executive Officer of Cygnus
                                                      Solutions
John C. Lewis                                    64   Chairman of Amdahl Corporation
Louis R. Tomasetta                               51   President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of
                                                      the Company
</TABLE>

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Additionally, the following items were voted upon and approved by the
shareholders:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                       Against or     Votes
                                                          Votes for     Withheld    Abstained
                                                         -----------   ----------   ---------
<S>                                                      <C>           <C>          <C>
Approval of an amendment to the Directors' Stock
Option Plan to reserve an additional 250,000 shares
of Vitesse common stock thereunder for issuance           97,979,964   36,880,772     283,498

Approval of a proposal to amend the Company's
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
to provide for an increase in authorized shares of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Company, from 250,000,000 to 500,000,000                 126,519,952    8,479,076     145,206

Ratification of appointment of KPMG LLP
as independent auditors for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2000                                134,946,799       68,881     128,554
</TABLE>

Item 6.  Exhibits & Reports on Form 8-K

   (a)   Exhibits

   2.1   Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, entered into as of
         March 24, 2000, by and among Vitesse Semiconductor Corp., Holiday
         Acquisition Corp., and Orologic, Inc., incorporated by reference to
         Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 31, 2000.

   3.1   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Vitesse Semiconductor Corp.,
         filed herewith.

   4.1   Indenture, dated as of March 7, 2000, between the Company and Lehman
         Brothers Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Prudential Securities
         Incorporated, including the form of the Company's 4% Convertible
         Subordinated Notes Due 2005, filed herewith.

   4.2   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 13, 2000, between the
         Company and Lehman Brothers Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Prudential
         Securities Incorporated, filed herewith.

   27    Financial Data Schedule.

   (b)   Reports on Form 8-K

         Report on Form 8-K, dated March 6, 2000, reporting the announcement of
         the anticipated offering of $600,000,000 in aggregate principal amount
         of convertible subordinated debentures due 2005 in a private placement
         transaction.

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         Report on Form 8-K, dated March 13, 2000, reporting the completion of
         the offering of $600,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 4%
         Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2005 in a private placement
         transaction.

         Report on Form 8-K, dated March 24, 2000, reporting the Company's
         agreement to acquire all of the equity interest of Orologic, Inc.

         Report on Form 8-K, dated March 31, 2000, reporting the completion of
         the Company's acquisition of all the equity interests of Orologic, Inc.

         Report on Form 8-K, dated March 31, 2000, reporting the completion of
         an offering of an additional $120,000,000 in aggregate principal amount
         of 4% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2005 in a private
         placement transaction pursuant to the exercise by the initial
         purchasers of their over-allotment option.

         Report on Form 8-K, dated April 19, 2000, reporting the Company's
         agreement to acquire all of the equity interest of SiTera, Inc.

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                                   SIGNATURES


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



                           VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION


May 15, 2000                 By: /s/Eugene F. Hovanec
                                 --------------------
                                 Eugene F. Hovanec
                                 Vice President, Finance and
                                 Chief Financial Officer

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                              INDEX TO EXHIBITS

3.1  Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Vitesse Semiconductor Corp.

4.1  Indenture

4.2  Registration Rights Agreement

27   Financial Data Schedule

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                                  Exhibit 3.1


               AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
               -------------------------------------------------

                                      OF
                                      --

                       VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
                       ---------------------------------


     The undersigned Eugene F. Hovanec does hereby verify that:

     1.   He is the duly elected Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial
Officer

and Secretary of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

     2.   The Certificate of Incorporation of this corporation is amended and

restated to read in its entirety as follows:

     1.   The name of the corporation is Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (the
"Corporation").

     2.   The address of the  Corporation's registered office in the State of
Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of
Wilmington, County of New Castle, zip code 19801.  The name of its registered
agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

     3.   The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by
the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which
Corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

     4.   This Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of shares to be
designated respectively Preferred Stock ("Preferred") and Common Stock
("Common"). The total number of shares of Preferred this Corporation shall have
authority to issue shall be 10,000,000, $0.01 par value, and the total number of
Common this Corporation shall have authority to issue shall be 500,000,000,
$0.01 par value.

     The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series
pursuant to a resolution or resolutions providing for such issue duly adopted by
the Board of Directors (authority to do so being hereby expressly vested in the
Board).  The Board of Directors is further authorized to determine or alter the
rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon any
wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock and, to fix the number of shares of
any series of Preferred Stock and the designation of any such series of
Preferred Stock.  The Board of Directors, within the limits and restrictions
stated in any resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors originally
fixing

                                  1 of EX 3.1

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the number of shares constituting any series, may increase or decrease (but not
below the number of shares in any such series then outstanding) the number of
shares of any series subsequent to the issue of shares of that series.

    5.   The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

    6.   Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless a
stockholder demands election by written ballot at the meeting and before voting
begins or unless the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so provide.

    7.   The number of directors which constitute the whole Board of Directors
of the Corporation shall be designated in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

    8.   In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by
statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend or
repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

    9.   (a)  To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General
Corporation Law as the same exists or as may hereafter be amended, a director of
the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.

         (b)  The Corporation shall indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by
law any person made or threatened to be made a party to an action or proceeding,
whether criminal, civil, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact
that he, his testator or intestate is or was a director, officer or employee of
the Corporation or any predecessor of the Corporation or serves or served at any
other enterprise as a director, officer or employee at the request of the
Corporation or any predecessor to the Corporation.

         (c)  Neither any amendment nor repeal of this Article 9, nor the
adoption of any provision of this Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation
inconsistent with this Article 9, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this
Article 9 in respect of any matter occurring, or any action or proceeding
accruing or arising or that, but for this Article 9, would accrue or arise,
prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

    10.  Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of
Delaware, as the Bylaws may provide.  The books of the Corporation may be kept
(subject to any provision contained in the statutes) outside of the State of
Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the
Board of Directors or in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

    11.  Following the effectiveness of the registration of any class of
securities of the Corporation pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, no action shall be taken by the stockholders
of the Corporation except at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders
call in accordance with the Bylaws and no action shall be taken by the
stockholders by written consent.

                                  2 of EX 3.1

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     3.   The foregoing amendment and restatement of the Certificate of

Incorporation has been duly approved by the Board of Directors.

     4.   The foregoing amendment and restatement of the Certificate of

Incorporation has been duly approved by the required vote of stockholders in

accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of

Delaware.  The number of shares voting in favor of the Amended and Restated

Certificate of Incorporation equalled or exceeded the vote required.  The

percentage vote required was more than 50% of the Common voting as a class.

Notice has been given to any non-consenting stockholders in accordance with the

provisions of Section 228(c) of the General Corporation Law of the State of

Delaware.

     The undersigned declares under penalty of perjury under the laws of the
State of Delaware  that the matters set forth in this certificate are true,
correct and of his own knowledge.

     Executed at Camarillo, California on March 6, 2000.



                                             /s/ Eugene F. Hovanec
                                             ---------------------
                                             Eugene F. Hovanec
                                             Vice President, Finance &
                                             Chief Financial Officer and
                                             Secretary

                                  3 of EX 3.1


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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1
================================================================================



                                   INDENTURE

                                    Between

                       Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation,
                                  the Company

                                      And

            State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A.,
                                   as Trustee



               4.00% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES DUE 2005



                           Dated as of March 13, 2000

================================================================================
<PAGE>

                             CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Trust Indenture                                                                                     Indenture
Act Section                                                                                          Section
- -----------                                                                                          -------
<S>                                                                                                <C>
310(a)(1)........................................................................                         5.11
   (a)(2).........................................................................                        5.11
   (a)(3).........................................................................                         n/a
   (a)(4).........................................................................                         n/a
   (a)(5).........................................................................                        5.11
   (b)............................................................................                   5.3; 5.11
   (c)............................................................................                         n/a

311(a)...........................................................................                         5.12
   (b)............................................................................                        5.12
   (c)............................................................................                         n/a

312(a)...........................................................................                         2.10
   (b)............................................................................                        14.3
   (c)............................................................................                        14.3

313(a)...........................................................................                          5.7
   (b)(1).........................................................................                         n/a
   (b)(2).........................................................................                         5.7
   (c)............................................................................                   5.7; 14.2
   (d)............................................................................                         5.7

314(a)(1), (2), (3)..............................................................                    9.6; 14.6
   (a)(4).........................................................................              9.6; 9.7; 14.6
   (b)............................................................................                         n/a
   (c)(1).........................................................................                        14.5
   (c)(2).........................................................................                        14.5
   (c)(3).........................................................................                         n/a
   (d)............................................................................                         n/a
   (e)............................................................................                        14.6
   (f)............................................................................                         n/a

315(a)...........................................................................                          5.1(a)
   (b)............................................................................                   5.6; 14.2
   (c)............................................................................                         5.1(b)
   (d)............................................................................                         5.1(c)
   (e)............................................................................                        4.14

316(a)(last sentence)............................................................                         2.13
   (a)(1)(A)......................................................................                         4.5
   (a)(1)(B)......................................................................                         4.4
   (a)(2).........................................................................                         n/a
   (b)............................................................................                         4.7
   (c)............................................................................                         7.4
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<S>                                                                                                 <C>
317(a)(1)........................................................................                     4.8
   (a)(2).........................................................................                    4.9
   (b)............................................................................                    2.5

318(a)...........................................................................                     14.1
   (b)............................................................................                    n/a
   (c)............................................................................                    14.1
</TABLE>
- ------------------
"n/a" means not applicable.

*This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part
 of the Indenture.

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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                          Page
<S>                                                                                                        <C>
Article 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE.................................................       1

Section 1.1     Definitions..........................................................................       1
Section 1.2     Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act....................................      12
Section 1.3     Rules of Construction................................................................      12

Article 2 THE SECURITIES.............................................................................      13

Section 2.1     Title and Terms......................................................................      13
Section 2.2     Form of Securities...................................................................      14
Section 2.3     Legends..............................................................................      15
Section 2.4     Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.......................................      19
Section 2.5     Registrar and Paying Agent...........................................................      20
Section 2.6     Paying Agent to Hold Assets in Trust.................................................      20
Section 2.7     General Provisions Relating to Transfer and Exchange.................................      21
Section 2.8     Book-Entry Provisions for the Global Securities......................................      22
Section 2.9     Special Transfer Provisions..........................................................      23
Section 2.10    Holder Lists.........................................................................      24
Section 2.11    Persons Deemed Owners................................................................      25
Section 2.12    Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities......................................      25
Section 2.13    Treasury Securities..................................................................      25
Section 2.14    Temporary Securities.................................................................      26
Section 2.15    Cancellation.........................................................................      26
Section 2.16    CUSIP Numbers........................................................................      26
Section 2.17    Defaulted Interest...................................................................      26

Article 3 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE.................................................................      27

Section 3.1     Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture..............................................      27
Section 3.2     Deposited Monies to be Held in Trust.................................................      28
Section 3.3     Return of Unclaimed Monies...........................................................      28

Article 4 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES......................................................................      28

Section 4.1     Events of Default....................................................................      28
Section 4.2     Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment...................................      30
Section 4.3     Other Remedies.......................................................................      31
Section 4.4     Waiver of Past Defaults..............................................................      31
Section 4.5     Control by Majority..................................................................      31
Section 4.6     Limitation on Suit...................................................................      32
Section 4.7     Unconditional Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Convert....................      32
Section 4.8     Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by the Trustee..................      32
Section 4.9     Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.....................................................      33
Section 4.10    Restoration of Rights and Remedies...................................................      34
Section 4.11    Rights and Remedies Cumulative.......................................................      34
Section 4.12    Delay or Omission Not Waiver.........................................................      34
Section 4.13    Application of Money Collected.......................................................      34
Section 4.14    Undertaking for Costs................................................................      34
Section 4.15    Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.....................................................      35

Article 5 THE TRUSTEE................................................................................      35

Section 5.1     Certain Duties and Responsibilities..................................................      35
Section 5.2     Certain Rights of Trustee............................................................      37
Section 5.3     Individual Rights of Trustee.........................................................      37
Section 5.4     Money Held in Trust..................................................................      38
Section 5.5     Trustee's Disclaimer.................................................................      38
Section 5.6     Notice of Defaults...................................................................      38
Section 5.7     Reports by Trustee to Holders........................................................      38
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Section 5.8     Compensation and Indemnification.....................................................      38
Section 5.9     Replacement of Trustee...............................................................      39
Section 5.10    Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.....................................................      40
Section 5.11    Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility..............................................      40
Section 5.12    Collection of Claims Against the Company.............................................      40

ARTICLE 6 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE.......................................      40

Section 6.1     Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.................................      40
Section 6.2     Successor Corporation Substituted....................................................      41

ARTICLE 7 AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS........................................................      41

Section 7.1     Without Consent of Holders of Securities.............................................      41
Section 7.2     With Consent of Holders of Securities................................................      42
Section 7.3     Compliance with Trust Indenture Act..................................................      43
Section 7.4     Revocation of Consents and Effect of Consents or Votes...............................      43
Section 7.5     Notation on or Exchange of Securities................................................      44
Section 7.6     Trustee to Sign Amendment, Etc........................................................     44

ARTICLE 8 MEETING OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES............................................................     44

Section 8.1     Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.............................................     44
Section 8.2     Call Notice and Place of Meetings.....................................................     44
Section 8.3     Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings..................................................     45
Section 8.4     Quorum; Action........................................................................     45
Section 8.5     Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings...................     45
Section 8.6     Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.......................................     46

ARTICLE 9 COVENANTS..................................................................................      46

Section 9.1     Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest...........................................      46
Section 9.2     Maintenance of Offices or Agencies...................................................      47
Section 9.3     Corporate Existence..................................................................      47
Section 9.4     Maintenance of Properties............................................................      47
Section 9.5     Payment of Taxes and Other Claims....................................................      48
Section 9.6     Reports..............................................................................      48
Section 9.7     Compliance Certificate...............................................................      48
Section 9.8     Resale of Certain Securities.........................................................      49
Section 9.9     Additional Amounts...................................................................      49

ARTICLE 10 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES..................................................................      49

Section 10.1    [Reserved]...........................................................................      49
Section 10.2    Optional Redemption..................................................................      49
Section 10.3    Notice to Trustee....................................................................      49
Section 10.4    Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed...............................................      50
Section 10.5    Notice of Redemption.................................................................      50
Section 10.6    Effect of Notice of Redemption.......................................................      51
Section 10.7    Deposit of Redemption Price..........................................................      51
Section 10.8    Securities Redeemed in Part..........................................................      52

ARTICLE 11 REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF A HOLDER UPON A CHANGE OF CONTROL OR
TERMINATION OF TRADING...............................................................................      52

Section 11.1    Repurchase Right.....................................................................      52
Section 11.2    Conditions to the Company's Election to Pay the Repurchase Price in Common Stock.....      53
Section 11.3    Notices; Method of Exercising Repurchase Right, Etc..................................      53

ARTICLE 12 CONVERSION OF SECURITIES..................................................................      56
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Section 12.1    Conversion Right and Conversion Price................................................      56
Section 12.2    Exercise of Conversion Right.........................................................      56
Section 12.3    Fractions of Shares..................................................................      57
Section 12.4    Adjustment of Conversion Price.......................................................      57
Section 12.5    Notice of Adjustments of Conversion Price............................................      66
Section 12.6    Notice Prior to Certain Actions......................................................      66
Section 12.7    Company to Reserve Common Stock......................................................      67
Section 12.8    Taxes on Conversions.................................................................      67
Section 12.9    Covenant as to Common Stock..........................................................      67
Section 12.10   Cancellation of Converted Securities.................................................      67
Section 12.11   Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale............................      67
Section 12.12   Responsibility of Trustee for Conversion Provisions..................................      69

ARTICLE 13 SUBORDINATION.............................................................................      69

Section 13.1    Securities Subordinated to Senior Debt...............................................      69
Section 13.2    Subrogation..........................................................................      71
Section 13.3    Obligation of the Company is Absolute and Unconditional..............................      71
Section 13.4    Maturity of or Default on Senior Debt................................................      71
Section 13.5    Payments on Securities Permitted.....................................................      71
Section 13.6    Effectuation of Subordination by Trustee.............................................      72
Section 13.7    Knowledge of Trustee.................................................................      72
Section 13.8    Trustee's Relation to Senior Debt....................................................      72
Section 13.9    Rights of Holders of Senior Debt Not Impaired........................................      73
Section 13.10   Modification of Terms of Senior Debt.................................................      73
Section 13.11   Certain Conversions Not Deemed Payment...............................................      73

ARTICLE 14 OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION...................................................      74

Section 14.1    Trust Indenture Act Controls.........................................................      74
Section 14.2    Notices..............................................................................      74
Section 14.3    Communication by Holders with Other Holders..........................................      75
Section 14.4    Acts of Holders of Securities........................................................      75
Section 14.5    Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent...................................      76
Section 14.6    Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion........................................      76
Section 14.7    Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.............................................      77
Section 14.8    Successors and Assigns...............................................................      77
Section 14.9    Separability Clause..................................................................      77
Section 14.10   Benefits of Indenture................................................................      77
Section 14.11   Section Governing Law................................................................      77
Section 14.12   Counterparts.........................................................................      77
Section 14.13   Legal Holidays.......................................................................      77
Section 14.14   Recourse Against Others..............................................................      78
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EXHIBITS

   EXHIBIT A:  Form of Security

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          INDENTURE, dated as of March 13, 2000, between VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR
CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware, having its principal office at 741 Calle Plano, Camarillo,
California 93012 (the "Company"), and STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A., as Trustee (the "Trustee"), having its principal corporate
trust office at 633 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles, California 90071.

                            RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

          The Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of its 4.00%
Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2005 (herein called the "Securities") of
substantially the tenor and amount hereinafter set forth, and to provide
therefor the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture.

          All things necessary to make the Securities, when the Securities are
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly
issued by the Company, the valid obligations of the Company, and to make this
Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with their and 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 1

                   DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

     Section 1.1  Definitions.

          For all purposes of this Indenture and the Securities, the following
terms are defined as follows:

          "Act," when used with respect to any Holder of a Security, has the
     meaning specified in Section 14.4(a).

          "Additional Amounts" means all amounts, if any, payable pursuant to
     Section 3 of the Registration Rights Agreement.

          "Adjusted Interest Rate" means, with respect to any Reset Transaction,
     the rate per annum that is the arithmetic average of the rates quoted by
     two Reference Dealers selected by the Company or its successor as the rate
     at which interest on the Securities should accrue so that the fair market
     value, expressed in Dollars, of a Security immediately after the later of:

               (1) the public announcement of such Reset Transaction; or

               (2) the public announcement of a change in dividend policy in
          connection with such Reset Transaction;

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     will most closely equal the average Trading Price of a Security for the 20
     Trading Days preceding the date of public announcement of such Reset
     Transaction; provided that the Adjusted Interest Rate shall not be less
     than 4.00% per annum.

          "Affiliate" of 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.

          "Agent Member" has the meaning stated in Section 2.8.

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

          "Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the
     Company or, except with respect to paragraphs (2) and (3) under the
     definition of "Change of Control", any committee of that board empowered to
     act for it with respect to this Indenture.

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

          "Business Day," when used with respect to any Place of Payment or
     Place of Conversion, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
     Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of
     Payment or Place of Conversion, as the case may be, are authorized or
     obligated by law to close.

          "Capital Lease" means all obligations and liabilities (contingent or
     otherwise) in respect of leases of such Person required, in conformity with
     generally accepted accounting principles, to be accounted for as
     capitalized lease obligations on the balance sheet of such Person.

          "Capitalized Lease Obligation" means the discounted present value of
     the rental obligations and liabilities (contingent or otherwise) under a
     Capital Lease.

          "Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following after
     the original issuance of the Securities:

               (1) a "person" or "group" (within the meaning of Sections 13(d)
          and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) becomes the ultimate "beneficial
          owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of more than
          50% of the total voting power of the then outstanding voting stock of
          the Company on a fully diluted basis;

               (2) at any time Continuing Directors do not constitute a majority
          of the Board of Directors of the Company (or, if applicable, a
          successor corporation of the Company);

               (3) individuals who at the beginning of any period of two
          consecutive calendar years constituted the Board of Directors of the
          Company (together with any directors who are members of the Board of
          Directors on March 7, 2000 and any new

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          directors whose election by the Board of Directors or whose nomination
          for election by the stockholders of the Company was approved by a vote
          of at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then
          still in office who either were members of the Board of Directors at
          the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for
          election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to
          constitute a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then in
          office;

               (4) the Company conveys, transfers, or leases, all or
          substantially all of its assets to any "person" or "group" (within the
          meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act); or

               (5) the Company merges or consolidates with or into another
          corporation or another corporation merges with or into the Company,
          and the outstanding Common Stock is changed or exchanged into or for
          other assets or securities as a result of the transaction with the
          effect that immediately after such transaction any "person" or "group"
          (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange
          Act) of persons or entities shall have become the beneficial owner of
          securities of the surviving corporation of such merger or
          consolidation representing a majority of the total voting power of the
          then outstanding voting stock of the surviving corporation.

     provided, however, that a Change of Control will be deemed not to have
     occurred if: the closing sales price per share of the Common Stock for any
     five Trading Days within the period of 10 consecutive Trading Days ending
     immediately before the Change of Control equals or exceeds 105% of the
     Conversion Price in effect on each such Trading Day; or at least 90% of the
     consideration in the transaction or transactions constituting a Change of
     Control consists of shares of common stock traded or to be traded
     immediately following such Change of Control on a national securities
     exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market and, as a result of such transaction or
     transactions, the Securities become convertible solely into such common
     stock.

          "Clearstream" means Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme (formerly
     Cedelbank).

          "Closing Date" means March 13, 2000 or such later date on which the
     Securities may be delivered pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

          "Common Stock" means any stock of any class of the Company which has
     no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of
     any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
     Company and which is not subject to redemption by the Company.  However,
     subject to the provisions of Section 12.11, shares issuable on conversion
     of Securities shall include only shares of the class designated as Common
     Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company at the date of this
     Indenture or shares of any class or classes resulting from any
     reclassification or reclassifications thereof and which have no preference
     in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary
     or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and
     which are not subject to redemption by the Company; provided, however, that
     if at any time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the
     shares of each such class then so issuable shall be substantially in the
     proportion which the total number of shares of such class resulting from
     all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such
     classes resulting from all such reclassifications.

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

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          "Company Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 11.3.

          "Company Order" means a written order signed in the name of the
     Company by both (1) the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer,
     the President or a Vice President and (2) so long as not the same as the
     officer signing pursuant to clause (1), the Chief Financial Officer, the
     Controller, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company, and delivered to
     the Trustee.

          "Continuing Directors" means members of the Board of Directors of the
     Company who were members of the Board of Directors on March 7, 2000, or who
     were nominated or elected by at least a majority of the directors who were
     Continuing Directors at the time of such nomination or election or whose
     election to the Board of Directors was recommended or endorsed by at least
     a majority of the directors who were Continuing Directors at the time of
     such nomination or election.

          "Conversion Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to
     convert Securities in accordance with Article 12.

          "Conversion Price" has the meaning specified in Section 12.1.

          "Corporate Trust Office" means for purposes of presentation or
     surrender of Securities for payment, registration, transfer, exchange or
     conversion or for service of notices or demands upon the Company or for any
     other purpose of this Indenture, both the office of the Trustee located at
     633 West 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071, attention:  Corporate Trust
     Administration (Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation 4.00% Convertible
     Subordinated Debentures due 2005) and the office of State Street Bank and
     Trust Company, N.A., an Affiliate of the Trustee, located in The City of
     New York (which at the date of this Indenture is located at 61 Broadway,
     New York NY 10006, attention:  Corporate Trust Administration (Vitesse
     Semiconductor Corporation 4.00% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due
     2005)).

          "corporation" means corporations, associations, limited liability
     companies, companies and business trusts.

          "Current Market Price" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.4(g).

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

          "Default" means an event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or
     both would be, an Event of Default.

          "Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 2.17.

          "Depositary" means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and
     their respective successors.

          "Dividend Yield" on any security for any period means the dividends
     paid or proposed to be paid pursuant to an announced dividend policy on
     such security for such period divided by, if with respect to dividends paid
     on such security, the average Trading Price of such security during such
     period and, if with respect to dividends proposed to be paid on such
     security, the Trading Price of such security on the effective date of the
     related Reset Transaction.

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          "Dollar," "U.S. Dollar" or "U.S. $" means a dollar or other equivalent
     unit in such coin or currency of the United States 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, as operator of the Euroclear System.

          "Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 4.1.

          "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

          "Expiration Time" has the meaning specified in Section 12.4(f).

          "fair market value" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.4(g).

          "Global Security" has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(b).

          "guarantee" means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any
     Person, directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other
     Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of
     such Person:

               (1) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the
          purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of such other Person
          (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by
          agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or
          services, to take-or-pay, or maintain financial statement conditions
          or otherwise); or

               (2) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the
          obligee of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such
          obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);

     provided, however, that the term "guarantee" will not include endorsements
     for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.  The term
     "guarantee" used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

          "Holder," when used with respect to any Security, including any Global
     Security, means the Person in whose name the Security is registered in the
     Register.

          "Indebtedness," when used with respect to any Person, and without
     duplication means:

               (1)  all indebtedness, obligations and other liabilities
          (contingent or otherwise) of such Person for borrowed money (including
          obligations of the Company in respect of overdrafts, foreign exchange
          contracts, currency exchange agreements, Interest Rate Protection
          Agreements, and any loans or advances from banks, whether or not
          evidenced by notes or similar instruments) or evidenced by bonds,
          debentures, notes or other instruments for the payment of money, or
          Purchase Money Debt, or incurred in connection with the acquisition of
          any services (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the
          whole of the assets of such Person or to only a portion thereof),
          other than any account payable or other accrued current liability or
          obligation to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of
          business in connection with the obtaining of such services;

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               (2)  all reimbursement obligations and other liabilities
     (contingent or otherwise) of such Person with respect to letters of credit,
     bank guarantees, bankers' acceptances, surety bonds, performance bonds or
     other guaranty of contractual performance;

               (3) all obligations and liabilities (contingent or otherwise) in
     respect of (a) Capital Leases; and (b) any lease or related documents
     (including a purchase agreement) in connection with the lease of real
     property which provides that such Person is contractually obligated to
     purchase or cause a third party to purchase the leased property and thereby
     guarantee a minimum residual value of the leased property to the landlord
     and the obligations of such Person under such lease or related document to
     purchase or to cause a third party to purchase the leased property;

               (4)  all obligations of such Person (contingent or otherwise)
     with respect to an interest rate or other swap, cap or collar agreement or
     other similar instrument or agreement or foreign currency hedge, exchange,
     purchase or similar instrument or agreement;

               (5)  all direct or indirect guaranties or similar agreements by
     such Person in respect of, and obligations or liabilities (contingent or
     otherwise) of such Person to purchase or otherwise acquire or otherwise
     assure a creditor against loss in respect of, indebtedness, obligations or
     liabilities of another Person of the kind described in clauses (1) through
     (4);

               (6)  any indebtedness or other obligations described in clauses
     (1) through (4) secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien or other encumbrance
     existing on property which is owned or held by such Person, regardless of
     whether the indebtedness or other obligation secured thereby shall have
     been assumed by such Person; and

               (7)  any and all deferrals, renewals, extensions and refundings
     of, or amendments, modifications or supplements to, any indebtedness,
     obligation or liability of the kind described in clauses (1) through (6).

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

     "Initial Purchasers" mean Lehman Brothers Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co.
and Prudential Securities Incorporated.

     "Interest Payment Date" means each of March 15 and September 15; provided,
however, that if any such date is not a Business Day, the Interest Payment Date
shall be the next succeeding Business Day.

     "Interest Rate" means, (a) if a Reset Transaction has not occurred, 4.00%
per annum, or (b) following the occurrence of a Reset Transaction, the Adjusted
Interest Rate related to such Reset Transaction to, but not including the
effective date of any succeeding Reset Transaction.

     "Interest Rate Protection Agreement" means, with respect to any Person, any
interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap or collar agreement or other
financial agreement or arrangement designed to protect such person against
fluctuations in interest rates, as in effect from time to time.

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     "Investment Representation Letter" has the meaning specified in
Section 2.2(c).

     "Maturity" means the date on which the principal of such Security becomes
due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or
by acceleration, conversion, call for redemption, exercise of a Repurchase Right
or otherwise.

     "Nasdaq National Market" means the National Association of Securities
Dealers Automated Quotation National Market or any successor national securities
exchange or automated over-the-counter trading market in the United States.

     "Non-Electing Share" has the meaning specified in Section 12.11.

     "Officer" of the Company means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief
Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer,
the Controller, any Vice President or the Secretary of the Company.

     "Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by both (1) the Chairman
of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President and
(2) so long as not the same as the officer signing pursuant to clause (1), the
Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller or the Secretary of the
Company, and delivered to the Trustee.

     "Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel
to the Company (and may include directors or employees of the Company) and who
is acceptable to the Trustee, which acceptance shall not be unreasonably
withheld.

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

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

               (2) for the payment or redemption of which money in the necessary
     amount has been previously 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; provided, however, that if such Securities are
     to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to
     this Indenture; and

               (3) which have been paid in exchange for or in lieu of other
     Securities which 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 in whose hands such Securities
     are valid obligations of the Company.

     "Paying Agent" has the meaning specified in Section 2.5.

     "Payment Blockage Notice" has the meaning specified in Section
13.1(d).

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

     "Physical Securities" means Securities issued in definitive, fully
registered form without interest coupons, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, with the applicable legends as provided in Section 2.3.
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     "Place of Conversion" means any city in which any Conversion Agent is
located.

     "Place of Payment" means any city in which any Paying Agent is
located.

     "Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 2.12 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

     "Purchase Agreement" means the Purchase Agreement, dated March 7,
2000, between the Company and the Initial Purchasers.

     "Purchase Money Debt" means all indebtedness, obligations and other
liabilities (contingent or otherwise) incurred in connection with the
acquisition of any property or assets (whether or not the recourse of the lender
is to the whole of the assets of the borrower or to only a portion thereof),
other than any account payable or other accrued current liability or obligation
to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection
with the obtaining of materials.

     "QIB" means a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A.

     "Record Date" means either a Regular Record Date or a Special Record Date,
as the case may be; provided that, for purposes of Section 12.4, Record Date has
the meaning specified in 12.4(g).

     "Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
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 such Security is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.

     "Reference Dealer" means a dealer engaged in the trading of convertible
securities.

     "Reference Period" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.4(d).

     "Register" has the meaning specified in Section 2.5.

     "Registrar" has the meaning specified in Section 2.5.

     "Registration Rights Agreement" means the Resale Registration Rights
Agreement dated as of March 13, 2000, between the Company and the Initial
Purchasers.

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     "Regular Record Date" for the interest on the Securities (including
Additional Amounts, if any) payable means the March 1 (whether or not a Business
Day) next preceding an Interest Payment Date on March 15 and the September 1
(whether or not a Business Day) next preceding an Interest Payment Date on
September 15.

     "Regulation S" means Regulation S under the Securities Act.

     "Repurchase Date" has the meaning specified in Section 11.1.

     "Repurchase Price" has the meaning specified in Section 11.1.

     "Repurchase Right" has the meaning specified in Section 11.1.

     "Reset Transaction" means a merger, consolidation or statutory share
exchange to which the entity that is the issuer of the shares of common stock
into which the Securities are then convertible is a party, a sale of all or
substantially all the assets of that entity, a recapitalization of those shares
of common stock or a distribution described in Section 12.4(d), after the
effective date of which transaction or distribution the Securities would be
convertible into:

               (1) shares of an entity the common stock of which had a Dividend
     Yield for the four fiscal quarters of such entity immediately preceding the
     public announcement of such transaction or distribution that was more than
     2.5% higher then the Dividend Yield on the Common Stock (or other common
     stock then issuable upon conversion of the Securities) for the four fiscal
     quarters preceding the public announcement of such transaction or
     distribution; or

               (2) shares of an entity that announces a dividend policy prior to
     the effective date of such transaction or distribution which policy, if
     implemented, would result in a Dividend Yield on such entity's common stock
     for the next four fiscal quarters that would result in such a 2.5% basis
     point increase.

     "Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
officer in the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee and also means, with
respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer of the Trustee
whom such matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.

     "Restricted Securities" means the Securities defined as such in
Section 2.3.

     "Restricted Securities Legend" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.3(a).

     "Rule 144" means Rule 144 under the Securities Act (including any
successor rule thereof), as the same may be amended from time to time.

     "Rule 144A" means Rule 144A as promulgated under the Securities Act
(including any successor rule thereof), as the same may be amended from time to
time.

     "SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     "Securities" has the meaning ascribed to it in the first paragraph
under the caption "Recitals of the Company."

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     "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

"Senior Debt" means:

     (1)  any liability of the Company for borrowed money, or evidenced by an
instrument for the payment of money, or incurred in connection with the
acquisition of any property, services or assets (including securities), or
relating to a Capitalized Lease Obligation,

     (2)  obligations under exchange rate contracts or Interest Rate Protection
Agreements,

     (3)  any obligations of the Company to reimburse the issuer of any letter
of credit, surety bond, performance bond or other guarantee of contractual
performance, and

     (4) any liability of another Person of the type referred to in clause (1),
(2) or (3) which has been assumed or guaranteed by the Company;

provided that Senior Debt does not include:

     (1)  Indebtedness of the Company that by its terms is expressly equal
or subordinate in right of payment to the Securities,

     (2)  accounts payable or any other Indebtedness of the Company to trade
creditors created or assumed by the Company in the ordinary course of business
in connection with the obtaining of materials or services, or

     (3)  any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing
by the Company.

     "Shelf Registration Statement" has the meaning specified in the
Registration Rights Agreement.

     "Significant Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary which is a "significant
subsidiary" within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

     "Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means
a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.17.

     "Stated Maturity" means the date specified in any Security as the fixed
date for the payment of principal on such Security or on which an installment of
interest (including Additional Amounts, if any) on such Security is due and
payable.

     "Subsidiary" means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting
stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or
more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries.
For the purposes of this definition only, "voting stock" means stock which
ordinarily has 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.

     "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code
Section 77aaa-77bbbb), as in effect on the date of this Indenture; provided,
however, that in the event the TIA is amended after such date, "TIA" means, to
the extent such amendment is

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applicable to this Indenture, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as so amended, or
any successor statute.

          "Termination of Trading" means the occurrence of the Common Stock (or
other common stock into which the Securities are convertible) being either not
listed for trading on a United States national securities exchange or not
approved for trading on an established automated over-the-counter trading market
in the United States.

          "Trading Day" means:

               (1) if the applicable security is listed or admitted for trading
     on the New York Stock Exchange or another national security exchange, a day
     on which the New York Stock Exchange or such other national security
     exchange is open for business;

               (2) if the applicable security is quoted on the Nasdaq National
     Market, a day on which trades may be made thereon; or

               (3) if the applicable security is not so listed, admitted for
     trading or quoted, any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on
     which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or
     obligated by law or executive order to close.

          "Trading Price" of a security on any date of determination means:

               (1) the closing sale price (or, if no closing sale price is
     reported, the last reported sale price) of such security (regular day)
     on the New York Stock Exchange on such date;

               (2) if such security is not listed for trading on the New York
     Stock Exchange on any such date, the closing sale price as reported in
     the composite transactions for the principal U.S. securities exchange
     on which such security is so listed;

               (3) if such security is not so listed on a U.S. national or
     regional securities exchange, the closing sale price as reported by
     the Nasdaq National Market;

               (4) if such security is not so reported, the last price quoted by
     Interactive Data Corporation for such security or, if Interactive Data
     Corporation is not quoting such price, a similar quotation service
     selected by the Company;

               (5) if such security is not so quoted, the average of the mid-
     point of the last bid and ask prices for such security from at least
     two dealers recognized as market-makers for such security; or

               (6) if such security is not so quoted, the average of the last
     bid and ask prices for such security from a Reference Dealer.

          "Transfer Agent" means any Person, which may be the Company,
     authorized by the Company to exchange or register the transfer of
     Securities.

          "Trigger Event" has the meaning specified in Section 12.4(d).

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

          "U.S. Government Obligations" means: (1) direct obligations of the
     United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit
     of the United States of America is pledged or (2) obligations of a person
     controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of
     the United States of America, the payment of which is unconditionally
     guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of
     America and which in either case, are non-callable at the option of the
     Company thereof.

          "Vice President," when used with respect to the Company, means any
     vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words
     added before or after the title "vice president."

     Section 1.2  Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

          Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the
provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.

          The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings:

          "indenture securities" means the Securities;

          "indenture security holder" means a Holder;

          "indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture;

          "indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee; and

          "obligor" on the Securities means the Company and any other obligor on
          the indenture securities.

          All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the
TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the
meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

     Section 1.3  Rules of Construction.

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

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

               (2)  all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
          meanings assigned to them in accordance with accounting principles
          generally accepted in the United States prevailing at the time of any
          relevant computation hereunder; and

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               (3)  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.

                                   ARTICLE 2

                                 THE SECURITIES

       Section 2.1   Title and Terms.

               (a)   The Securities shall be known and designated as the "4.00%
Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2005" of the Company. The aggregate
principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is limited to $600,000,000 (or $720,000,000 if the over-allotment
option set forth in Section 2 of the Purchase Agreement is exercised in full),
except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer
of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Securities pursuant to Section 2.7,
2.8, 2.9, 2.12, 7.5, 10.7, 11.1 or 12.2. The Securities shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof.

               (b)   The Securities shall mature on March 15, 2005.

               (c)   Interest shall accrue from March 13, 2000 at the Interest
Rate until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest
shall be payable semiannually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 in each
year, commencing September 15, 2000.

               (d)   Interest on the Securities shall be computed (i) for any
full semi-annual period for which a particular Interest Rate is applicable, on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and (ii) for any period for
which a particular Interest Rate is applicable shorter than a full semiannual
period for which interest is calculated, on the basis of a 30-day month and, for
such periods of less than a month, the actual number of days elapsed over a 30-
day month. For purposes of determining the Interest Rate, the Trustee may assume
that a Reset Transaction has not occurred unless the Trustee has received an
Officers' Certificate stating that a Reset Transaction has occurred and
specifying the Adjusted Interest Rate then in effect.

               (e)   A Holder of any Security at the close of business on a
Regular Record Date shall be entitled to receive interest (including Additional
Amounts, if any) on such Security on the corresponding Interest Payment Date. A
Holder of any Security which is converted after the close of business on a
Regular Record Date and prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date (other
than any Security whose Maturity is prior to such Interest Payment Date) shall
be entitled to receive interest (including Additional Amounts, if any) on the
principal amount of such Security, notwithstanding the conversion of such
Security prior to such Interest Payment Date. However, any such Holder which
surrenders any such Security for conversion during the period between the close
of business on such Regular Record Date and ending with the opening of business
on the corresponding Interest Payment Date shall be required to pay the Company
an amount equal to the interest (including Additional Amounts, if any) on the
principal amount of such Security so converted, which is payable by the Company
to such Holder on such Interest Payment Date, at the time such Holder surrenders
such Security for conversion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such Holder
which surrenders for conversion any Security which has been called for
redemption by the Company on a date that is after a Record Date but prior to the
corresponding Interest Payment Date in a notice of redemption given by the
Company pursuant to Section 10.5 shall be entitled to receive (and retain) such
interest (including Additional Amounts, if any) and need not pay the Company an
amount equal to the interest (including Additional

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Amounts, if any) on the principal amount of such Security so converted at the
time such Holder surrenders such Security for conversion.

               (f)   Principal of, and premium, if any, and interest (including
Additional Amounts, if any) on, Global Securities shall be payable to the
Depositary in immediately available funds.

               (g)   Principal and premium, if any, on Physical Securities shall
be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose,
initially the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. Interest (including
Additional Amounts, if any) on Physical Securities will be payable by (i) U.S.
Dollar check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Register, or (ii) upon application to the Registrar
not later than the relevant Record Date by a Holder of an aggregate principal
amount of Securities in excess of $5,000,000, wire transfer in immediately
available funds to an account within the United States, which application shall
remain in effect until the Holder notifies, in writing, the Registrar to the
contrary.

               (h)   The Securities shall be redeemable at the option of the
Company as provided in Article 10.

               (i)   The Securities shall be repurchaseable by the Company at
the option of Holders as provided in Article 11.

               (j)   The Securities shall be convertible at the option of the
Holders as provided in Article 12.

               (k)   The Securities shall be subordinated in right of payment to
Senior Debt of the Company as provided in Article 13.

      Section 2.2  Form of Securities.

               (a)   Except as otherwise provided pursuant to this Section 2.2,
the Securities are issuable in fully registered form without coupons in
substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, with such applicable legends as are
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provided for in Section 2.3.  The Securities are not issuable in bearer form.
The terms and provisions contained in the form of Security shall constitute, and
are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and to the extent
applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this
Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Any of the Securities may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification and such notations, legends and endorsements as the officers
executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of
such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or
regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any
securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities may be
listed or designated for issuance, or to conform to usage.

               (b)   The Securities are being offered and sold by the Company
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. Securities offered and sold (A) to QIBs in
accordance with Rule 144A and (B) in reliance on Regulation S, each as provided
in the Purchase Agreement, shall be issued initially in the form of one or more
permanent global Securities in fully registered form without interest coupons,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, with the applicable legends as
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provided in Section 2.3 (each a "Global Security" and collectively the "Global
Securities").  Each Global Security shall be duly executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, and shall be registered in the name
of the Depositary or its nominee and retained by the Trustee, as Custodian, at
its Corporate Trust Office, for credit to the accounts of the Agent Members
holding the Securities evidenced thereby (or in the case of

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Securities held for purchasers who acquired such Securities in accordance with
Regulation S, registered with the Depositary for credit to the accounts of the
Agent Members then holding such Securities on behalf of Euroclear or
Clearstream, as the case may be). The aggregate principal amount of the Global
Securities may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made
on the records of the Trustee, as Custodian, and of the Depositary or its
nominee, as hereinafter provided.

               (c)   Physical Securities acquired by QIBs in accordance with
Rule 144A or in reliance on Regulation S may be exchanged for interests in
Global Securities pursuant to Section 2.9(b

     Section 2.3  Legends.

     (a)  Restricted Securities Legends.

               Each Security issued hereunder shall, upon issuance, bear the
legend set forth in Section 2.3(a)(i), and each stock certificate representing
shares of the Common Stock issued upon conversion of any Security issued
hereunder, shall, upon issuance, bear the legend set forth in Section
2.3(a)(ii)(each such legend, a "Restricted Securities Legend"), and such legend
shall not be removed except as provided in Section 2.3(a)(iii). Each Security
that bears or is required to bear the Restricted Securities Legend set forth in
Section 2.3(a)(i) (together with each stock certificate representing shares of
the Common Stock issued upon conversion of such Security that bears or is
required to bear the Restricted Securities Legend set forth in Section
2.3(a)(ii), collectively, the "Restricted Securities") shall be subject to the
restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.3(a) (including the
Restricted Securities Legend set forth below), and the Holder of each such
Restricted Security, by such Holder's acceptance thereof, shall be deemed to
have agreed to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer.

               As used in Section 2.3(a), the term "transfer" encompasses any
sale, pledge, transfer or other disposition whatsoever of any Restricted
Security.

               (i)  Restricted Securities Legend for Securities.

               Except as provided in Section 2.3(a)(iii), until two years after
the original issuance date of any Security, any certificate evidencing such
Security (and all Securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution
thereof, other than stock certificates representing shares of the Common Stock,
if any, issued upon conversion thereof which shall bear the legend set forth in
Section 2.3(a)(ii), if applicable) shall bear a Restricted Securities Legend in
substantially the following form:

     THE SECURITY EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
     THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE
     SECURITIES LAWS.  BY ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER:

               (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER"
               AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (B) IT IS A
               NON-U.S. PERSON OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY
               IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT;

               (2) AGREES THAT NEITHER THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY NOR THE
               COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF SUCH SECURITY MAY BE
               RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE

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               TRANSFERRED (X) WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF
               THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OR (Y) BY A HOLDER THAT WAS AN
               AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY AT ANY TIME DURING THE THREE MONTHS
               PRECEDING THE DATE OF SUCH RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER, IN EITHER
               CASE, EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) TO
               A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A
               UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO A NON-U.S. PERSON OUTSIDE THE
               UNITED STATES IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONS S UNDER THE
               SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
               PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR
               (E) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED
               EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND WHICH CONTINUES TO BE
               EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER; AND

               (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THE
               SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS TRANSFERRED (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER
               PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(E) ABOVE) A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE
               EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.

     IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY WITHIN TWO
     YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF SUCH SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER
     PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (2)(E) ABOVE), THE HOLDER MUST CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX
     SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF RELATING TO THE MANNER OF SUCH TRANSFER AND
     SUBMIT THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE TRUSTEE (OR ANY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AS
     APPLICABLE).  IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(B), 2(C) OR
     2(D) ABOVE, THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE
     (OR ANY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AS APPLICABLE), SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL
     OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS THE COMPANY MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO
     CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR
     IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
     SECURITIES ACT.  THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE EARLIER OF THE
     TRANSFER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (2)(E) ABOVE
     OR THE EXPIRATION OF TWO YEARS FROM THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THE SECURITY
     EVIDENCED HEREBY.  AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS "UNITED STATES" AND "U.S.
     PERSON" HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE
     SECURITIES ACT.

               (ii) Restricted Securities Legend for the Common Stock Issued
     Upon Conversion of the Securities.

               Until two years after the original issuance date of any Security,
each stock certificate representing shares of the Common Stock issued upon
conversion of such Security shall bear a Restricted Securities Legend in
substantially the following form:

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     THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
     ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
     LAWS.  THE HOLDER HEREOF AGREES THAT:

               (1) THE COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE RESOLD, PLEDGED
               OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED (X) WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL
               ISSUANCE OF THE SECURITY UPON THE CONVERSION OF WHICH THE COMMON
               STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ISSUED OR (Y) BY A HOLDER THAT WAS AN
               AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY AT ANY TIME DURING THE THREE MONTHS
               PRECEDING THE DATE OF SUCH RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER, IN EITHER
               CASE, EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) TO
               A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A
               UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH RULE, (C) TO A
               NON-U.S. PERSON OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN COMPLIANCE WITH
               REGULATIONS S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO THE
               EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE
               SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (E) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION
               STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES
               ACT AND WHICH CONTINUES TO BE EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH
               TRANSFER;

               (2) PRIOR TO ANY SUCH TRANSFER OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO
               CLAUSE 1(E) ABOVE, IT WILL FURNISH TO SUCH TRANSFER AGENT (OR ANY
               SUCCESSOR TRANSFER AGENT, AS APPLICABLE), SUCH CERTIFICATIONS,
               LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS THE COMPANY MAY REASONABLY
               REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO
               AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE
               REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT; AND

               (3) IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THE COMMON STOCK
               EVIDENCED HEREBY IS TRANSFERRED (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT
               TO A CLAUSE (1)(E) ABOVE) A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF
               THIS LEGEND.

     THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE EARLIER OF THE TRANSFER OF THE COMMON
     STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (1)(E) ABOVE OR THE EXPIRATION OF
     TWO YEARS FROM THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THE SECURITY UPON THE CONVERSION OF
     WHICH THE COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ISSUED.  AS USED HEREIN, THE
     TERMS "UNITED STATES" AND "U.S. PERSON" HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY
     REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

               (iii)  Removal of the Restricted Securities Legends.

               Each Security and each stock certificate representing shares of
the Common Stock issued upon conversion of any Security (other than a stock
certificate representing shares of the Common Stock issued upon conversion of a
Security that previously has been sold pursuant to a registration statement that
has been declared effective under the Securities Act and which continues to be
effective at the time of

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such sale) shall bear the applicable Restricted Securities Legend set forth in
Section 2.3(a)(i) or 2.3(a)(ii), as the case may be, until the earlier of:

               (2)  the date which is two years after the original issuance date
     of such Security; and

               (3)  the date such Security has, or such shares of the Common
     Stock have been sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been
     declared effective under the Securities Act (and which continues to be
     effective at the time of such sale).

The Holder must give notice thereof to the Trustee and any transfer agent for
the Common Stock, as applicable.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Restricted Securities Legend may be
removed from any Security or any stock certificate representing shares of the
Common Stock issued upon conversion of any Security if there is delivered to the
Company such satisfactory evidence, which may include an opinion of independent
counsel, as may be reasonably required by the Company, that neither such legend
nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to ensure that
transfers of such Security or shares of the Common Stock issued upon conversion
of Securities, as the case may be, will not violate the registration
requirements of the Securities Act or the qualification requirements under any
state securities laws.  Upon provision of such satisfactory evidence, at the
written direction of the Company, (i) in the case of a Security, the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such Security another Security or
Securities having an equal aggregate principal amount that does not bear such
legend or (ii) in the case of a stock certificate representing shares of the
Common Stock, the transfer agent for the Common Stock shall authenticate and
deliver in exchange for the stock certificate or stock certificates representing
such shares of Common Stock bearing such legend, one or more new stock
certificates representing a like aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that
do not bear such legend.  If the Restricted Securities Legend has been removed
from a Security or stock certificates representing shares of the Common Stock
issued upon conversion of any Security as provided above, no other Security
issued in exchange for all or any part of such Security or stock certificates
representing shares of the Common Stock issued upon conversion of such Security
shall bear such legend, unless the Company has reasonable cause to believe that
such other Security is a "restricted security" (or such shares of Common Stock
are "restricted securities") within the meaning of Rule 144 or Regulation S and
instructs the Trustee in writing to cause a Restricted Securities Legend to
appear thereon.

          Any Security (or Security issued in exchange or substitution therefor)
as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with
their terms or as to which the conditions for removal of the Restricted
Securities Legend set forth in Section 2.3(a)(i) as set forth therein have been
satisfied may, upon surrender of such Security for exchange to the Registrar in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.7, be exchanged for a new Security
or Securities, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, which shall not
bear the Restricted Securities Legend required by Section 2.3(a)(i).

          Any stock certificate representing shares of the Common Stock issued
upon conversion of any Security as to which such restrictions on transfer shall
have expired in accordance with their terms or as to which the conditions for
removal of the Restricted Securities Legend set forth in Section 2.3(a)(ii) as
set forth therein have been satisfied may, upon surrender of the stock
certificates representing such shares of Common Stock for exchange in accordance
with the procedures of the transfer agent for the Common Stock, be exchanged for
a new stock certificate or stock certificates representing a like aggregate
number of shares of Common Stock, which shall not bear the Restricted Securities
Legend required by Section 2.3(a)(ii).

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     (b)  Global Security Legend.

             Each Global Security shall also bear the following legend on the
face thereof:

     THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
     REFERRED TO HEREIN.  THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED OR
     TRANSFERRED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
     ANY PERSON OTHER THAN DTC OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED
     CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.  BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS
     GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
     INDENTURE.

     (c)  Legend for Physical Securities.

             Physical Securities, in addition to the legend set forth in Section
2.3(a)(i), will also bear a legend substantially in the following form:

     THIS SECURITY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED IN EXCHANGE FOR A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN
     A GLOBAL SECURITY UNLESS THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, SUBSEQUENT TO SUCH
     EXCHANGE, WILL HOLD NO DEBENTURES.

     Section 2.4  Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

          Two Officers of the Company shall execute the Securities on behalf of
the Company by manual or facsimile signature.  If an Officer of the Company
whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the
Security is authenticated, the Security shall be valid nevertheless.

          At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities 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 such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities as in
this Indenture provided and not otherwise.

          Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

          No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture, or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by or on behalf of the Trustee by manual signature, and such
certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder.

          The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent or agents reasonably
acceptable to the Company with respect to the Securities.  Unless limited by the
terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities
whenever the Trustee may do so.  Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent.

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     Section 2.5  Registrar and Paying Agent.

          The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be
presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the "Registrar") and an
office or agency where Securities may be presented for payment (the "Paying
Agent").  The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities (the "Register")
and of their transfer and exchange.  The Company may appoint one or more co-
Registrars and one or more additional Paying Agents for the Securities.  The
term "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent and the term
"Registrar" includes any additional registrar.  The Company may change any
Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to any Holder.

          The Company will cause each Paying Agent (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, that
such Paying Agent will:

                  (1)  hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal
     of and premium, if any, or interest (including Additional Amounts, if any)
     on 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
     provided in this Indenture;

                  (2)  give the Trustee notice of any Default by the Company in
     the making of any payment of principal and premium, if any, or interest
     (including Additional Amounts, if any); and

                  (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 shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
name and address of any Agent who is not a party to this Indenture.  If the
Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying
Agent, the Trustee shall act as such.  The Company or any Affiliate of the
Company may act as Paying Agent or Registrar; provided, however, that none of
the Company, its subsidiaries or the Affiliates of the foregoing shall act:

          (i) as Paying Agent in connection with redemptions, offers to purchase
     and discharges, except as otherwise specified in this Indenture, and

          (ii) as Paying Agent or Registrar if a Default or Event of Default has
     occurred and is continuing.

          The Company hereby initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and
Paying Agent for the Securities.

     Section 2.6  Paying Agent to Hold Assets in Trust.

          Not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each due date of the
principal, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Amounts, if any)
on any Securities, the Company shall deposit with one or more Paying Agents
money in immediately available funds in an aggregate amount sufficient to pay
the principal, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Amounts, if
any) due on such date.  The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to
pay all money held by it to the Trustee.  Upon payment over to the Trustee, the
Paying Agent (if other than the Company) shall have no further liability for the
money so paid over to the Trustee.

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          If the Company shall act as a Paying Agent, it shall, prior to or on
each due date of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest (including
Additional Amounts, if any) on any of the Securities, segregate and hold in
trust for the benefit of the Holders a sum sufficient with monies held by all
other Paying Agents, to pay the principal and premium, if any, or interest
(including Additional Amounts, if any) so becoming due until such sums shall be
paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as provided in this Indenture, and
shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure to act.

     Section 2.7  General Provisions Relating to Transfer and Exchange.

          The Securities are issuable only in registered form.  A Holder may
transfer a Security only by written application to the Registrar stating the
name of the proposed transferee and otherwise complying with the terms of this
Indenture.  No such transfer shall be effected until, and such transferee shall
succeed to the rights of a Holder only upon, final acceptance and registration
of the transfer by the Registrar in the Register.  Furthermore, any Holder of a
Global Security shall, by acceptance of such Global Security, agree that
transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Security may be effected only
through a book-entry system maintained by the Holder of such Global Security (or
its agent) and that ownership of a beneficial interest in the Global Security
shall be required to be reflected in a book-entry.  Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the case of a Restricted Security, a beneficial interest in a
Global Security being transferred in reliance on an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act other than in accordance with
Rule 144, Regulation S or Rule 144A may only be transferred for a Physical
Security.

          When Securities are presented to the Registrar with a request to
register the transfer or to exchange them for an equal aggregate principal
amount of Securities of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall
register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its requirements for
such transactions are met (including that such Securities are duly endorsed or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the Holder
thereof or by an attorney who is authorized in writing to act on behalf of the
Holder).  Subject to Section 2.4, to permit registrations of transfers and
exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
Securities at the Registrar's request.  No service charge shall be made for any
registration of transfer or exchange or redemption of the Securities, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or
similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such
transfer taxes or other similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges
pursuant to Section 2.14, 7.5 or 10.7).

          Neither the Company nor the Registrar shall be required to exchange or
register a transfer of any Securities:

                  (1) for a period of 15 Business Days prior to the day of any
     selection of Securities for redemption under Article 10;

                  (2)  so selected for redemption or, if a portion of any
     Security is selected for redemption, the portion thereof selected for
     redemption; or

                  (3)  surrendered for conversion or, if a portion of any
     Security is surrendered for conversion, the portion thereof surrendered for
     conversion.

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   Section 2.8  Book-Entry Provisions for the Global Securities.

          (a) The Global Securities initially shall:

              (i)    be registered in the name of the Depositary (or a nominee
                     thereof);

              (ii)   be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such
                     Depositary;

              (iii)  bear the Restricted Securities Legend set forth in Section
                     2.3(a)(i); and

              (iv)   the Global Securities Legend set forth in Section 2.3(b).

          Members of, or participants in, the Depositary ("Agent Members") shall
have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on
their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under such
Global Security, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global
Security for all purposes whatsoever.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing
contained herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the
Company or Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or
other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the
Depositary and the Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing
the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Security. With respect to any
Global Security deposited on behalf of the subscribers for the Securities
represented thereby with the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary for credit
to their respective accounts (or to such other accounts as they may direct) at
Euroclear or Clearstream, the provisions of the "Operating Procedures of the
Euroclear System" and the "Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear" and
the "Management Regulations" and "Instructions to Participants" of Clearstream,
respectively, shall be applicable to the Global Securities.

          (b) The Holder of a Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise
authorize any Person, including DTC Participants and Persons that may hold
interests through DTC Participants, to take any action which a Holder is
entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.

          (c) A Global Security may not be transferred, in whole or in part, to
any Person other than the Depositary (or a nominee thereof), and no such
transfer to any such other Person may be registered.  Beneficial interests in a
Global Security may be transferred in accordance with the rules and procedures
of the Depositary and the provisions of Section 2.9.

          (d)  If at any time:

               (i) the Depositary notifies the Company in writing that it is no
     longer willing or able to continue to act as Depositary for the Global
     Securities, or the Depositary ceases to be a "clearing agency" registered
     under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary for the Global Securities
     is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice or cessation;

               (ii) the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee in writing
     that it elects to cause the issuance of the Physical Securities under this
     Indenture in exchange for all or any part of the Securities represented by
     a Global Security or Global Securities; or

               (iii)  an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the
     Registrar has received a request from the Depositary for the issuance of
     Physical Securities in exchange for such Global Security or Global
     Securities;

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the Depositary shall surrender such Global Security or Global Securities to the
Trustee for cancellation and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon
receipt of an Officers' Certificate and Company Order for the authentication and
delivery of Securities, shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such
Global Security or Global Securities, Physical Securities in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Global Security
or Global Securities.  Such Physical Securities shall be registered in such
names as the Depositary shall identify in writing as the beneficial owners of
the Securities represented by such Global Security or Global Securities (or any
nominee thereof).

          (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with any transfer of
beneficial interests in a Global Security to the beneficial owners thereof
pursuant to Section 2.8(d), the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records
the date and a decrease in the principal amount of such Global Security in an
amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in such Global
Security to be transferred.

     Section 2.9  Special Transfer Provisions.

          Unless a Security is (i) transferred after the time period referred to
in Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act or (ii) sold pursuant to a registration
statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act (and which
continues to be effective at the time of such sale), the following provisions
shall apply to any sale, pledge or other transfer of Securities:

          (a)  Transfer of Securities to a QIB or to a Non-U.S. Person in
     Accordance with Regulation S.

          The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration
of any proposed transfer of Securities to (x) a QIB or (y) a Non-U.S. Person in
Accordance with Regulation S:

          (i) If the Securities to be transferred consist of a beneficial
     interest in the Global Securities, the transfer of such interest may be
     effected only through the book-entry systems maintained by Euroclear and
     Clearstream, if applicable, and the Depositary.

          (ii) If the Securities to be transferred consist of Physical
     Securities, the Registrar shall register the transfer if such transfer is
     being made by a proposed transferor who has checked the box provided for on
     the form of Security stating (or has otherwise advised the Company and the
     Registrar in writing) that the sale has been made:

               (A) in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144A to a
          transferee who has signed the certification provided for on the form
          of Security stating or has otherwise advised the Company and the
          Registrar in writing that:

               it is purchasing the Securities for its own account or an account
               with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion, in
               each case for investment and not with a view to distribution;

               it and any such account is a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A;

               it is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule
               144A;

               it acknowledges that it has received such information regarding
               the Company as it has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has
               determined not to request such information; and

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               it is aware that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing
               representations in order to claim the exemption from registration
               provided by Rule 144A, or

               (B) in compliance with Regulation S to a transferee who has
          signed a certification provided for on the form of Security stating
          (or has otherwise advised the Company and the Registrar in writing)
          that it is not a "U.S. person" as defined in Regulation S.

          In addition, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the
date and an increase in the principal amount of the Global Securities in an
amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Physical Securities to be
transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the Physical Securities so
transferred.

          (b)  Other Exchanges.

          In the event that Global Securities are exchanged for Securities in
definitive registered form pursuant to Section 2.8 prior to the effectiveness of
a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such Securities, such Securities
may be exchanged only in accordance with the provisions of clause (a) above
(including the certification requirements intended to ensure that such transfers
comply with Rule 144A or Regulation S, as the case may be) and such other
procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the Company.

          (c)  General.

          By its acceptance of any Security bearing the Restricted Securities
Legend, each Holder of such a Security acknowledges the restrictions on transfer
of such Security set forth in this Indenture and agrees that it will transfer
such Security only as provided in this Indenture.  The Registrar shall not
register a transfer of any Security unless such transfer complies with the
restrictions on transfer of such Security set forth in this Indenture.  The
Registrar shall be entitled to receive and rely on written instructions from the
Company verifying that such transfer complies with such restrictions on
transfer.  In connection with any transfer of Securities, each Holder agrees by
its acceptance of the Securities to furnish the Registrar or the Company such
certifications, legal opinions or other information as either of them may
reasonably require to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an
exemption from, or a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements
of the Securities Act; provided that the Registrar shall not be required to
determine (but may rely on a determination made by the Company with respect to)
the sufficiency of any such certifications, legal opinions or other information.

          The Registrar shall retain copies of all certifications, letters,
notices and other written communications received pursuant to Section 2.8 hereof
or this Section 2.9.  The Company shall have the right to inspect and make
copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any
reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Registrar.

     Section 2.10  Holder Lists.

          The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
Holders and shall otherwise comply with Section 312(a) of the TIA.  If the
Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee prior to
or on each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may
request in writing a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may
reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders relating to such
Interest Payment Date or request, as the case may be.

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     Section 2.11  Persons Deemed Owners.

          The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Holder as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving
payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including Additional
Amounts, if any) on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether
or not such Security be overdue, and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or
writing thereon, or any notice of previous loss or theft or other interest
therein.

     Section 2.12  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities.

          If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Security of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding.

          If there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee

               (1)  evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
          theft of any Security, 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
          has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute
          and, upon request, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu
          of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of like
          tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
          outstanding.

          In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion, but
subject to any conversion rights, may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay
such Security, upon satisfaction of the condition set forth in the preceding
paragraph.

          Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, 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 issued pursuant to this Section 2.12 in lieu of any
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and such new
Security shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.

          The provisions of this Section 2.12 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.

     Section 2.13      Treasury Securities.

          In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount
of Outstanding Securities are present at a meeting of Holders for quorum
purposes or have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned by the Company or any

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Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding,
except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying
upon any such determination as to the presence of a quorum or upon any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only such
Securities of which the Trustee has received written notice and are so owned
shall be so disregarded.

     Section 2.14  Temporary Securities.

          Pending the preparation of Securities in definitive form, the Company
may execute and the Trustee shall, upon written request of the Company,
authenticate and deliver temporary Securities (printed or lithographed).
Temporary Securities shall be issuable in any authorized denomination, and
substantially in the form of the Securities in definitive form but with such
omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary
Securities, all as may be determined by the Company.  Every such temporary
Security shall be executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee upon
the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same
effect, as the Securities in definitive form. Without unreasonable delay, the
Company will execute and deliver to the Trustee Securities in definitive form
(other than in the case of Securities in global form) and thereupon any or all
temporary Securities (other than any such Securities in global form) may be
surrendered in exchange therefor, at each office or agency maintained by the
Company pursuant to Section 9.2 and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
in exchange for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate principal amount of
Securities in definitive form.  Such exchange shall be made by the Company at
its own expense and without any charge therefor.  Until so exchanged, the
temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits and
subject to the same limitations under this Indenture as Securities in definitive
form authenticated and delivered hereunder.

     Section 2.15  Cancellation.

          All securities surrendered for payment, redemption, repurchase,
conversion, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any
Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee.  All Securities so
delivered shall be canceled promptly by the Trustee, and no Securities shall be
issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of
this Indenture.  Upon written instructions of the Company, the Trustee shall
destroy canceled Securities and, after such destruction, shall deliver a
certificate of such destruction to the Company.  If the Company shall acquire
any of the Securities, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or
satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless the same
are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

     Section 2.16  CUSIP Numbers.

          The Company in issuing the Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then
generally in use), and the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of
redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such
notice shall state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such
numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any such notice
and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed
on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect
in or omission of such numbers.  The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee
of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

     Section 2.17  Defaulted Interest.

          If the Company fails to make a payment of interest (including
Additional Amounts, if any) on any Security when due and payable ("Defaulted
Interest"), it shall pay such Defaulted Interest

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plus (to the extent lawful) any interest payable on the Defaulted Interest, in
any lawful manner. It may elect to pay such Defaulted Interest, plus any such
interest payable on it, to the Persons who are Holders of such Securities on
which the interest is due on a subsequent Special Record Date. The Company shall
notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be
paid on each such Security. The Company shall fix any such Special Record Date
and payment date for such payment. At least 15 days before any such Special
Record Date, the Company shall mail to Holders affected thereby a notice that
states the Special Record Date, the Interest Payment Date, and amount of such
interest (and such Additional Amounts, if any) to be paid.

                                   Article 3

                           SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 3.1  Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

       When:

             (1)  the Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all
     Securities previously authenticated (other than any Securities which have
     been destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of, or in substitution for
     which, other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered) and
     not previously canceled; or

             (2)  all the Securities not previously canceled or delivered to the
     Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their
     terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called for
     redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
     for the giving of notice of redemption;

             (3)  the Company shall deposit with the Trustee, in trust, cash in
     U.S. Dollars and/or U.S. Government Obligations which through the payment
     of interest and principal in respect thereof, in accordance with their
     terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability
     will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due
     date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion
     of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed
     in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay
     principal of, premium, if any, or interest (including Additional Amounts,
     if any) on all of the Securities (other than any Securities which shall
     have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or in
     substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and
     delivered) not previously canceled or delivered to the Trustee for
     cancellation, on the dates such payments of principal, premium, if any, or
     interest (including Additional Amounts, if any) are due to such date of
     Maturity or redemption, as the case may be; and

             (4)  the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
     Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (x) the Company
     has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue
     Service a ruling or (y) since the date of execution of this Indenture,
     there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in the
     case of either clause (x) or (y) to the effect that, and based thereon such
     Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders will not recognize
     income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such
     deposit and discharge and will be subject to federal income tax on the same
     amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the
     case if such deposit and discharge had not occurred; and

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if, in the case of either clause (3) or (4), the Company shall also pay or cause
to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture
shall cease to be of further effect (except as to:

               (i) remaining rights of registration of transfer, substitution
          and exchange and conversion of Securities;

               (ii) rights hereunder of Holders to receive payments of principal
          of and premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Amounts, if
          any) on, the Securities and the other rights, duties and obligations
          of Holders, as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the amounts, if
          any, so deposited with the Trustee; and

               (iii)  the rights, obligations and immunities of the Trustee
          hereunder);

and the Trustee, on demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and
discharging this Indenture; provided, however, that the Company shall reimburse
the Trustee for all amounts due the Trustee under Section 5.8 and for any costs
or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred by the Trustee and to
compensate the Trustee for any services thereafter reasonably and properly
rendered by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the Securities.

     Section 3.2  Deposited Monies to be Held in Trust.

          Subject to Section 3.3, all monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant
to Section 3.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it to the payment,
notwithstanding the provisions of Article 13, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company if acting as its own Paying Agent), to the
Holders of the particular Securities for the payment or redemption of which such
monies have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due
thereon for principal, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional
Amounts, if any).  All monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.1
(and held by it or any Paying Agent) for the payment of Securities subsequently
converted shall be returned to the Company upon the earlier of the request of
the Company and the date on which there are no Securities outstanding.

     Section 3.3  Return of Unclaimed Monies.

          The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company any money
held by them for the payment of principal or premium, if any, or interest
(including Additional Amounts, if any) that remains unclaimed for two years
after the date upon which such payment shall have become due.  After payment to
the Company, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment
as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates
another Person, and all liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent with
respect to such money shall cease.

                                   ARTICLE 4

                             DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

     Section 4.1  Events of Default.

          An "Event of Default" with respect to the Securities occurs when any
of the following occurs (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and
whether it shall be occasioned by the provisions of Article 13 or be voluntary
or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to

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any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of
any administrative or governmental body):

          (a)  the Company defaults in the payment of interest (including
     Additional Amounts, if any) on any of the Securities when it becomes due
     and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, whether or
     not such payment is prohibited by Article 13; or

          (b)  the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of or
     premium, if any, on any of the Securities when it becomes due and payable
     at Maturity, upon redemption or exercise of a Repurchase Right or
     otherwise, whether or not such payment is prohibited by Article 13; or

          (c)  the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of or
     premium, if any, on any of the Securities required to be purchased by the
     Company under Article 11 upon exercise of a Repurchase Right, whether or
     not such payment is prohibited by Article 13; or

          (d)  the Company defaults in the performance of, or the Company
     breaches any, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or the
     Securities (other than a default specified in clause (a), (b) or (c) above)
     and such default or breach continues for a period of 60 consecutive days
     after written notice of such breach or default shall have been given to the
     Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of
     25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities; or

          (e)  the Company (i) defaults in the performance of any covenant or
     agreement contained in any agreements, indentures or instruments under
     which the Company has incurred Indebtedness of $50,000,000 or more in the
     aggregate (not including any amounts the Company may owe under
     reimbursement or similar obligations to banks, sureties or other entities
     which have issued letters of credit, surety bonds, performance bonds or
     other guarantees relating to the performance by the Company or its
     Subsidiaries of contractual obligations to customers, to the extent any
     demands made under any such reimbursement or similar obligation relate to a
     draw under the related letter of credit or other instrument which draw is
     being contested in good faith through appropriate proceedings) whether such
     indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, and (ii) such
     default has caused the holders of such Indebtedness to declare such
     Indebtedness to be due and payable prior to its stated maturity and such
     Indebtedness has not been discharged in full or such acceleration has not
     been rescinded or annulled by the 30th day after written notice of such
     default shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee or to the
     Company and the Trustee by Holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal
     amount of the  Outstanding Securities; provided, that if the default under
     the agreement, indenture or instrument is remedied or cured by the Company
     or waived by the holders of such Indebtedness before the entry of judgment
     in favor of the Trustee, then the Event of Default under this Indenture
     will be deemed likewise to have been remedied, cured or waived; or

          (f) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (i) a
     decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case
     or proceeding under any applicable U.S. federal or state bankruptcy,
     insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (ii) a decree or order
     adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly
     filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
     composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable U.S.
     federal or state law, or appointing a Custodian of the Company or of any
     substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation
     of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief
     or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60
     consecutive days; or

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          (g) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding
     under any applicable U.S. federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
     reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to
     be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by the Company to
     the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an
     involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable U.S. federal or state
     bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the
     commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against the
     Company, or the filing by the Company of a petition or answer or consent
     seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable U.S. federal or state
     law, or the consent by the Company to the filing of such petition or to the
     appointment of or the taking possession by a Custodian of the Company or of
     any substantial part of its property, or the making by the Company of an
     assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by the Company in
     writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or
     the taking of corporate action by the Company expressly in furtherance of
     any such action.

     Section 4.2  Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

          If an Event of Default with respect to Outstanding Securities occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by written notice to the
Company, may declare due and payable 100% of the principal amount of all
Outstanding Securities plus any accrued and unpaid interest (including
Additional Amounts, if any) to the date of payment.  Upon a declaration of
acceleration, such principal and accrued and unpaid interest (including
Additional Amounts, if any) to the date of payment shall be immediately due and
payable.

          The Holders either (a) through notice to the Trustee of not less than
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, or (b)
by the adoption of a resolution, at a meeting of Holders of the Outstanding
Securities at which a quorum is present, by the Holders of at least a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities represented at such
meeting, may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities, rescind and
annul an acceleration and its consequences if:

                  (1)  all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment
     of principal of or interest on the Securities which have become due solely
     because of the acceleration, have been remedied, cured or waived, and

                  (2)  the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or
     decree of a court of competent jurisdiction;

provided, however, that in the event such declaration of acceleration has been
made based on the existence of an Event of Default under Section 4.1(e) and the
default with respect to Indebtedness for money borrowed which gave rise to such
Event of Default has been remedied, cured or waived, then, without any further
action by the Holders, such declaration of acceleration shall be rescinded
automatically and the consequences of such declaration shall be annulled.  No
such rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any
right consequent thereon.

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     Section 4.3  Other Remedies.

          If an Event of Default with respect to Outstanding Securities occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at
law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the
Securities or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities.

          The Trustee may maintain a proceeding in which it may prosecute and
enforce all rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities,
even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of
them in the proceeding.

     Section 4.4  Waiver of Past Defaults.

          The Holders, either (a) through the written consent of not less than a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, or (b) by
the adoption of a resolution, at a meeting of Holders of the Outstanding
Securities at which a quorum is present, by the Holders of at least a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities represented at such
meeting, may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities, waive an
existing Default or Event of Default, except a Default or Event of Default:

                  (1)  in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or
     interest (including Additional Amounts, if any) on any Security (provided,
     however, that subject to Section 4.7, the Holders of a majority in
     aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities may rescind an
     acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default
     that resulted from such acceleration); or

                  (2)  in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which, under
     Section 7.2, cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the
     Holders of each Outstanding Security 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; provided, however, that no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

     Section 4.5  Control by Majority.

          The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities (or such lesser amount as shall have acted at a meeting
pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture) 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.  However,
the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that:

                       (1)  conflicts with any law or with this Indenture;

                       (2)  the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to
          the rights of the Holders not joining therein; or

                       (3)  may expose the Trustee to personal liability.

The Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction.

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     Section 4.6   Limitation on Suit.

          No Holder of any Security shall have any right to pursue any remedy
with respect to this Indenture or the Securities (including, instituting any
proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee) unless:

                       (1) such Holder has previously given written notice to
          the Trustee of an Event of Default that is continuing;

                       (2)  the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
          amount of the Outstanding Securities shall have made written request
          to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

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

                       (4)  the Trustee has failed to comply with the request
          for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
          indemnity; and

                       (5)  during such 60-day period, no direction inconsistent
          with such written request has been given to the Trustee by the Holders
          of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
          Securities (or such amount as shall have acted at a meeting pursuant
          to the provisions of this Indenture);

provided, however, that no one or more of such Holders may use this Indenture to
prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain preference or priority over
another Holder.

     Section 4.7   Unconditional Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to
Convert.

          Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including
Additional Amounts, if any) on such Security on the Stated Maturity expressed in
such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date, or in the
case of the exercise of a Repurchase Right, on the Repurchase Date) and to
convert such Security in accordance with Article 12, and to bring an action for
the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates and such
right to convert, and such rights shall not be impaired or affected without the
consent of such Holder.

     Section 4.8  Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by the
Trustee.
          The Company covenants that if:

                  (1)  a Default or Event of Default is made in the payment of
          any interest (including Additional Amounts, if any) on any Security
          when such interest (including Additional Amounts, if any) becomes due
          and payable and such Default or Event of Default continues for a
          period of 30 days; or
                  (2)  a Default or Event of Default is made in the payment of
          the principal of or premium, if any, on any Security at the Maturity
          thereof;

the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable (as expressed
therein or as a result of any acceleration effected

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pursuant to Section 4.2) on such Securities for principal and premium, if any,
and interest (including Additional Amounts, if any) and, to the extent that
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue
principal and premium, if any, and on any overdue interest (including Additional
Amounts, if any), calculated using the Interest Rate, 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, 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
against the Company and collect the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in
the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company, wherever
situated.

          If an Event of Default 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 by 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 4.9       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 the property of the Company or
its creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the
Securities 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 or interest (including
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 of
          principal and premium, if any, and interest (including 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, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders of Securities
          allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

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

and any Custodian in any such judicial proceedings is hereby authorized by each
Holder of Securities to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that
the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders
of Securities, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 5.8.

          Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept, or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a
Security, any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Securities 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 in any such
proceeding.

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     Section 4.10  Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

          If the Trustee or any Holder of a Security 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, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee
and the Holders of Securities shall 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.

     Section 4.11  Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

          Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph
of Section 2.12, no right or remedy conferred in this Indenture upon or reserved
to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities 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 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 4.12  Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

          No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security
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
any acquiescence therein.  Every right and remedy given by this Article or by
law to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities may be exercised from time to
time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders
of Securities, as the case may be.

     Section 4.13  Application of Money Collected.

          Subject to Article 13, any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to
this Article 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, if any, or interest (including Additional Amounts, if
any), upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the
payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

          FIRST:  To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee;

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

          THIRD:  Any remaining amounts shall be repaid to the Company.

     Section 4.14  Undertaking for Costs.

          All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security
by such Holder's acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any
court may in its discretion require, in any suit

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for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee,
the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs
of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by
such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any
suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any
suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate
more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, or to
any suit instituted by any Holder of any Security for the enforcement of the
payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest (including
Additional Amounts, if any) on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption or exercise of a
Repurchase Right, on or after the Redemption Date) or for the enforcement of the
right to convert any Security in accordance with Article 12.

     Section 4.15  Waiver of 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
to take the benefit or advantage of, any 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.

                                   ARTICLE 5

                                  THE TRUSTEE

     Section 5.1  Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

          (a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,

              (1)  The Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such
          duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture or the TIA, 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; provided, however, that 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 examine the certificates or opinions to determine whether or
          not, on their face, they conform to the requirements to this Indenture
          (but need not investigate or confirm the accuracy of any facts stated
          therein).

          (b) In case an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible
     Officer of the Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall
     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
     person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such
     person's own affairs.

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          (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 paragraph (c) shall not be construed to limit the effect
          of paragraph (a) of this Section 5.1;

              (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;
          and

              (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 a
          direction received by it of the Holders of a majority in principal
          amount of the Outstanding Securities (or such lesser amount as shall
          have acted at a meeting pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture)
          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.

     (d)  Whether or not herein 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
5.1.

     (e)  No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or
risk its own funds or otherwise incur any liability in the performance of any of
its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers. The
Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it
receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability, cost or
expense (including, without limitation, reasonable fees of counsel).

     (f)  The Trustee shall not be obligated to pay interest on any money or
other assets received by it unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.
Assets held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law.

     (g)  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, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but 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, personally or by agent or attorney
at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional
liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

     (h)  The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or actual knowledge of
any Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual
knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact a
Default is received by the Trustee pursuant to Section 14.2, and such notice
references the Securities and this Indenture.

     (i)  The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given
to the Trustee hereunder, including, without limitation, its right to be
indemnified, are extended to, and shall be

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   enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each
   Paying Agent, authenticating agent, Conversion Agent or Registrar acting
   hereunder.

   Section 5.2   Certain Rights of Trustee.

          Subject to the provisions of Section 5.1 and subject to Section 315(a)
through (d) of the TIA:

                   (1)  The Trustee may rely on any document believed by it to
          be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person.
          The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the
          document.

                   (2)  Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may
          require an Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, or both.
          The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to
          take in good faith in reliance on the Officers' Certificate or Opinion
          of Counsel.

                   (3)  The Trustee may act through attorneys and agents and
          shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any
          attorney or agent appointed with due care.

                   (4)  The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or
          omitted to be taken by it in good faith which it believed to be
          authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon
          it by this Indenture, unless the Trustee's conduct constitutes
          negligence.

                   (5)  The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection
          and the advice of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and
          complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken,
          omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance
          with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

                   (6)  Unless otherwise specifically provided in this
          Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company
          shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.

                   (7)  The permissive rights of the Trustee to do things
          enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty unless
          so specified herein.

   Section 5.3   Individual Rights of Trustee.

     The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate
of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest (as
such term is defined in Section 310(b) of the TIA), it must eliminate such
conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee
(to the extent permitted under Section 310(b) of the TIA) or resign. Any agent
may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to
Sections 5.11 and 5.12.

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     Section 5.4  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 expressly agreed with the Company.

     Section 5.5  Trustee's Disclaimer.

          The recitals contained herein and in the Securities (except for those
in the certificate of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of the
Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.  The
Trustee makes no representations as to the validity, sufficiency or priority of
this Indenture or of the Securities.  The Trustee shall not be accountable for
the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

     Section 5.6  Notice of Defaults.

          Within 90 days after the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default
hereunder of which the Trustee has received written notice, the Trustee shall
give notice to Holders pursuant to Section 14.2, unless such Default or Event of
Default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the
case of a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or
premium, if any, or interest (including Additional Amounts, if any), or in the
payment of any redemption or repurchase obligation on any Security, 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 interest of the Holders.

     Section 5.7  Reports by Trustee to Holders.

          The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the
Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required by Section 313
of the TIA at the times and in the manner provided by the TIA.

          A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be
filed with the SEC, if required, and each stock exchange, if any, on which the
Securities are listed.  The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the
Securities become listed on any stock exchange.

     Section 5.8  Compensation and Indemnification.

          The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to
time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation (which shall
not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust) and the Company covenants and agrees to pay or
reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by or on behalf of it in accordance
with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all agents
and other persons not regularly in its employ), except to the extent that any
such expense, disbursement or advance is due to its negligence or bad faith.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event
of Default specified in Section 4.1, 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 Bankruptcy Law.  The
Company also covenants to indemnify the Trustee and its officers, directors,
employees and agents for, and to hold such Persons harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense incurred by them, arising out of or in connection with the

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acceptance or administration of this Indenture or the trusts hereunder or the
performance of their duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of
defending themselves against or investigating any claim of liability in the
premises, except to the extent that any such loss, liability or expense was due
to the negligence or willful misconduct of such Persons.  The obligations of the
Company under this Section 5.8 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and its
officers, directors, employees and agents and to pay or reimburse such Persons
for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional
indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.  Such additional
indebtedness shall be a lien prior to that of the Securities upon all property
and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust
for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities, and the Securities are
hereby subordinated to such senior claim.  "Trustee" for purposes of this
Section 5.8 shall include any predecessor Trustee, but the negligence or willful
misconduct of any Trustee shall not affect the indemnification of any other
Trustee.

     Section 5.9  Replacement of Trustee.

          A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor
Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee's acceptance of
appointment as provided in this Section 5.9.

          The Trustee may resign and be discharged from the trust hereby created
by so notifying the Company in writing.  The Holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities may remove the Trustee by
so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing.  The Company must remove
the Trustee if:

          (i) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 5.10 or Section 310 of
     the TIA;

          (ii) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting;

          (iii)  the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order
     for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
     or

          (iv) a Custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its
     property.

          If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of the Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a
successor Trustee.  The Trustee shall be entitled to payment of its fees and
reimbursement of its expenses while acting as Trustee.  Within one year after
the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities may appoint a successor
Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.

          Any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee if the Trustee
fails to comply with Section 5.10.

          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 of
resignation or removal, the resigning or removed Trustee, as the case may be,
may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

          A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company.  Thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the
successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee
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Indenture. The Company shall issue a notice of the successor Trustee's
succession to the Holders. Upon payment of its charges, the retiring Trustee
shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor
Trustee, subject nevertheless to its lien, if any, provided for in Section 5.8.
Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 5.9, the
Company's obligations under Section 5.8 shall continue for the benefit of the
retiring Trustee with respect to expenses, losses and liabilities incurred by it
prior to such replacement.

     Section 5.10  Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

          Subject to Section 5.11, if the Trustee consolidates with, merges or
converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust
business (including the administration of this Indenture) to, another Person,
corporation or national banking association, the successor entity without any
further act shall be the successor Trustee as to the Securities.

     Section 5.11  Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

          The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of Section
310(a)(1), (2) and (5) of the TIA.  The Trustee shall at all times have (or, in
the case of a corporation included in a bank holding company system, the related
bank holding company shall at all times have), a combined capital and surplus of
at least $25 million as set forth in its (or its related bank holding company's)
most recent published annual report of condition.  The Trustee is subject to
Section 310(b) of the TIA.

     Section 5.12  Collection of Claims Against the Company.

          The Trustee is subject to Section 311(a) of the TIA, excluding any
creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the TIA.  A Trustee who has
resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the TIA to the
extent indicated therein.

                                   ARTICLE 6

              CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

     Section 6.1  Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

          The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person
or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to
consolidate with or merge into the Company or convey, transfer or lease its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to the Company, unless:

                  (1)  in the event that the Company shall consolidate with or
          merge into another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties
          and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person
          formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or
          the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases,
          the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety
          shall be a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or
          trust organized and validly existing under the laws of the United
          States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and,
          if the entity surviving such transaction or transferee entity is not
          the Company, then such surviving or transferee entity shall expressly
          assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to
          the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual
          payment of the principal of and premium, if any and interest
          (including
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           Additional Amounts, if any), on all the Securities and the
           performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the
           Company to be performed or observed and shall have provided for
           conversion rights in accordance with Section 12.11;

                   (2)  at the time of consummation of such transaction, no
           Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time
           or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be
           continuing; and

                   (3)  the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
           Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that
           such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a
           supplemental indenture is required in connection with such
           transaction, such supplemental indenture, comply with this Article
           and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to
           such transaction have been complied with.

     Section 6.2   Successor Corporation Substituted.

          Upon any consolidation or merger by the Company with or into any other
corporation or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of
the Company substantially as an entirety to any Person, in accordance with
Section 6.1, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is
made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and
power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor corporation had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter,
except in the case of a lease to another Person, the predecessor corporation
shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the
Securities.

                                   ARTICLE 7

                      AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

     Section 7.1  Without Consent of Holders of Securities.

          Without the consent of any Holders of Securities, the Company, when
authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to
time, may amend this Indenture and the Securities to:

          (a) add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders
         of Securities;

          (b) surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;

          (c) make provision with respect to the conversion rights of Holders of
     Securities pursuant to Section 12.11;

          (d) provide for the assumption of the Company's obligations to the
     Holders of Securities in the case of a merger, consolidation, conveyance,
     transfer or lease pursuant to Article 6;

          (e) reduce the Conversion Price; provided, however, that such
     reduction in the Conversion Price shall not adversely affect the interest
     of the Holders of Securities (after taking into account tax and other
     consequences of such reduction);

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          (f) comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or
     maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;

          (g) make any changes or modifications to this Indenture necessary in
     connection with the registration of any Securities under the Securities Act
     as contemplated in the Registration Rights Agreement; provided, however,
     that such action pursuant to this clause (g) does not, in the good faith
     opinion of the Board of Directors (as evidenced by a Board Resolution) and
     the Trustee, adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities in
     any material respect;

          (h) cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein
     which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or which is
     otherwise defective, or to make any other provisions with respect to
     matters or questions arising under this Indenture which the Company and the
     Trustee may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not be inconsistent
     with the provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, that such action
     pursuant to this clause (h) does not, in the good faith opinion of the
     Board of Directors (as evidenced by a Board Resolution) and the Trustee,
     adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities in any material
     respect;

          (i) add or modify any other provisions with respect to matters or
     questions arising under this Indenture which the Company and the Trustee
     may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not be inconsistent with
     the provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, that such action
     pursuant to this clause (i) does not, in the good faith opinion of the
     Board of Directors (as evidenced by a Board Resolution) and the Trustee,
     adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities in any material
     respect; or

          (j) make provision for the establishment of a book-entry system, in
     which Holders would have the option to participate, for the clearance and
     settlement of transactions in Securities originally issued in definitive
     form.

     Section 7.2  With Consent of Holders of Securities.

          Except as provided below in this Section 7.2, this Indenture or the
Securities may be amended or supplemented, and noncompliance in any particular
instance with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities may be waived,
in each case (i) with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities or (ii) by the
adoption of a resolution, at a meeting of Holders of the Outstanding Securities
at which a quorum is present, by the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities represented at such meeting.

          Without the written consent or the affirmative vote of each Holder of
Securities affected thereby, an amendment or waiver under this Section 7.2 may
not:

          (a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment
     of interest (including Additional Amounts, if any) on, any Security;

          (b) reduce the principal amount of, or premium, if any, on any
     Security;

          (c) reduce the Interest Rate or interest (including Additional
     Amounts, if any) on any Security;

          (d) change the currency of payment of principal of, premium, if any,
     or interest (including Additional Amounts, if any) on any Security;

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          (e) impair the right of any Holder to institute suit for the
     enforcement of any payment in or with respect to any Security;

          (f) modify the obligation of the Company to maintain an office or
     agency in The City of New York pursuant to Section 9.2;

          (g) except as permitted by Section 12.11, adversely affect the
     Repurchase Right or the right to convert any Security as provided in
     Article 12;

          (h)  modify the provisions in Article 13 relating to the subordination
               of the Securities in a manner adverse to the Holders of
               Securities;

          (i)  modify the provisions in Article 10 relating to the redemption of
               the Securities in a manner adverse to the Holders of Securities;

          (j)  modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 4.4 or
               Section 14.11, except to increase any percentage contained herein
               or therein 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; or

          (k)  reduce the requirements of Section 8.4 for quorum or voting, or
               reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the
               Outstanding Securities the consent of whose Holders is required
               for any such supplemental indenture or the consent of whose
               Holders is required for any waiver provided for in this
               Indenture.

          It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders of Securities under
this Section 7.2 to approve the particular form of any proposal supplemental
indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance
thereof.

     Section 7.3 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

          Every amendment to this Indenture or the Securities shall be set forth
in a supplemental indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect.

     Section 7.4  Revocation of Consents and Effect of Consents or Votes.

          Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a written
consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every
subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same
debt as the consenting Holder's Security, even if notation of the consent is not
made on any Security; provided, however, that unless a record date shall have
been established, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as
to its Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives written notice
of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes
effective.

          An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective on receipt by the
Trustee of written consents from or affirmative votes by, as the case may be,
the Holders of the requisite percentage of aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities, and thereafter shall bind every Holder of Securities;
provided, however, if the amendment, supplement or waiver makes a change
described in any of the clauses (a) through (k) of Section 7.2, the amendment,
supplement or waiver shall bind only each Holder of a Security which has
consented to it or voted for it, as the case may be, and every subsequent

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Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same
indebtedness as the Security of the consenting or affirmatively voting Holder,
as the case may be.

     Section 7.5  Notation on or Exchange of Securities.

          If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Security:

          (a) the Trustee may require the Holder of a Security to deliver such
     Securities to the Trustee, the Trustee may place an appropriate notation on
     the Security about the changed terms and return it to the Holder and the
     Trustee may place an appropriate notation on any Security thereafter
     authenticated; or

          (b) if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in
     exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a
     new Security that reflects the changed terms.

          Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Security shall
not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

     Section 7.6  Trustee to Sign Amendment, Etc.

          The Trustee shall sign any amendment authorized pursuant to this
Article 7 if the amendment does not adversely affect the rights, duties,
liabilities or immunities of the Trustee.  If the amendment does adversely
affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee, the Trustee
may but need not sign it.  In signing or refusing to sign such amendment, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive and shall be fully protected in relying
upon an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence
that such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.

                                   ARTICLE 8

                        MEETING OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

     Section 8.1  Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.

          A meeting of Holders of Securities may be called at any time and from
time to time pursuant to this Article 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.

     Section 8.2  Call Notice and Place of Meetings.

          (a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of
Securities for any purpose specified in Section 8.1, to be held at such time and
at such place in The City of New York.  Notice of every meeting of Holders of
Securities, 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 14.2, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior
to the date fixed for the meeting.

          (b) 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
shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities
for any purpose specified in Section 8.1, by written request setting forth in
reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the
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made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 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 in the
amount specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in
The City of New York for such meeting and may call such meeting for such
purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section
8.2.

     Section 8.3  Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.

          To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities, a
Person shall be (a) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities, or (b) a
Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of
one or more Outstanding Securities by such Holder or Holders.  The only Persons
who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders 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 8.4  Quorum; Action.

          The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities shall constitute a quorum.  In the absence of a quorum
within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall,
if convened at the request of Holders of Securities, 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 any such adjourned meeting, such
adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days
as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such
adjourned meeting.  Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be
given as provided in Section 8.2(a), except that such notice need be given only
once and not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is
scheduled to be reconvened.  Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting
shall state expressly the percentage of the principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities which shall constitute a quorum.

          Subject to the foregoing, at the reconvening of any meeting adjourned
for a lack of a quorum, the Persons entitled to vote 25% in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities at the time shall constitute a quorum for the taking
of any action set forth in the notice of the original meeting.

          At a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a
quorum is present as aforesaid, any resolution and all matters (except as
limited by the proviso to Section 7.2) shall be effectively passed and decided
if passed or decided by the Persons entitled to vote not less than a majority in
principal amount of Outstanding Securities represented and voting at such
meeting.

          Any resolution passed or decisions taken at any meeting of Holders of
Securities duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the
Holders of Securities, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.

     Section 8.5  Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of
Meetings.
          (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the
Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any
meeting of Holders of Securities in regard to proof of the holding of Securities
and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of
inspectors of votes, 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
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Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 1.3 and the
appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 1.3.
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 1.3 or other proof.

          (b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a
temporary chairman (which may be the Trustee) of the meeting, unless the meeting
shall have been called by the Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in
Section 8.2(b), in which case the Company or the Holders of Securities 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 represented at the meeting.

          (c) At any meeting, each Holder of a Security or proxy shall be
entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities 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 or proxy.

          (d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities duly called pursuant to
Section 8.2 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 represented at the meeting, and the meeting may be held as so
adjourned without further notice.

     Section 8.6  Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.

          The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of
Securities shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the
signatures of the Holders of Securities or of their representatives by proxy and
the principal amounts and serial numbers of the Outstanding Securities 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 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 facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and
showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 8.2 and, if
applicable, Section 8.4.  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.

                                   ARTICLE 9

                                   COVENANTS

     Section 9.1  Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

          The Company will duly and punctually pay the principal of and premium,
if any, and interest (including Additional Amounts, if any) in respect of the
Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
The Company will deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee

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as directed by the Trustee, no later than the day of the Stated Maturity of any
Security or installment of interest (including Additional Amounts, if any), all
payments so due.

     Section 9.2  Maintenance of Offices or Agencies.

          The Company hereby appoints the Corporate Trust Office of State Street
Bank and Trust Company, N.A., an Affiliate of the Trustee, as its office in The
City of New York, where Securities may be:

          (i) presented or surrendered for payment;

          (ii) surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange;

          (iii)  surrendered for conversion;

and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities and this Indenture maybe served.

          The Company may at any time and from time to time vary or terminate
the appointment of any such office or appoint any additional offices for any or
all of such purposes; provided, however, that until all of the Securities have
been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or monies sufficient to pay the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Amounts, if
any) on the Securities have been made available for payment and either paid or
returned to the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.3, the Company
will maintain in The City of New York, an office or agency where Securities may
be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange, where Securities may be surrendered for
conversion and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of
the Securities and this Indenture may be served.  The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee, and notice to the Holders in accordance with
Section 14.2, of the appointment or termination of any such agents and of the
location and any change in the location of any such office or agency.

          If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required
office or agency in The City of New York, or shall fail to furnish the Trustee
with the address thereof, presentations and surrenders may be made at, and
notices and demands may be served on, the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

     Section 9.3  Corporate Existence.

          Subject to Article 6, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however,
that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise
if the Company determines that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable
in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss thereof is not
disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

     Section 9.4  Maintenance of Properties.

          The Company will maintain and keep its properties and every part
thereof in such repair, working order and condition, and make or cause to be
made all such needful and proper repairs, renewals and replacements thereto, as
in the judgment of the Company are necessary in the interests of the Company;
provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section shall prevent the
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selling, abandoning or otherwise disposing of any of its properties or
discontinuing a part of its business from time to time if, in the judgment of
the Company, such sale, abandonment, disposition or discontinuance is advisable
and does not materially adversely affect the interests or business of the
Company.

     Section 9.5  Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.

          The Company will, and will cause any Significant Subsidiary to,
promptly pay and discharge or cause to be paid and discharged all material
taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies lawfully imposed upon it
or upon its income or profits or upon any of its property, real or personal, or
upon any part thereof, as well as all material claims for labor, materials and
supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien or charge upon its
property; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any Significant
Subsidiary shall be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or
discharged any such tax, assessment, charge, levy, or claim if the amount,
applicability or validity thereof shall currently be contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and if the Company or such Significant Subsidiary, as
the case may be, shall have set aside on its books reserves deemed by it
adequate with respect thereto.

     Section 9.6  Reports.

          (a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 15 days after it
files them with the SEC 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 SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required
to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
provided, however, the Company shall not be required to deliver to the Trustee
any materials for which the Company has sought and received confidential
treatment by the SEC.  The Company also shall comply with the other provisions
of Section 314(a) of the TIA.

          (b) If at any time the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act, upon the request of a Holder of a Security, the Company
will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished to such Holder or to a
prospective purchaser of such Security designated by such Holder, as the case
may be, the information, if any, required to be delivered by it pursuant to Rule
144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to permit compliance with Rule 144A in
connection with the resale of such Security; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required to furnish such information in connection with any request
made on or after the date which is two years from the later of the date such
security was last acquired from the Company or an "affiliate" (as defined under
Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company.

Section 9.7  Compliance Certificate.

          The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Company (which as of the date hereof is September
30), an Officers' Certificate stating that in the course of the performance by
the signers of their duties as Officers of the Company, they would normally have
knowledge of any failure by the Company to comply with all conditions, or any
Default by the Company with respect to any covenants, under this Indenture, and
further stating whether or not they have knowledge of any such failure or
Default and, if so, specifying each such failure or Default and the nature
thereof.  In the event an Officer of the Company comes to have actual knowledge
of a Default, regardless of the date, the Company shall deliver an Officers'
Certificate to the Trustee specifying such Default and the nature and status
thereof.

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     Section 9.8  Resale of Certain Securities.

          During the period of two years after the last date of original
issuance of any Securities, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of
its "affiliates" (as defined under Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to, resell
any Securities, or shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Securities, which constitute "restricted securities" under Rule 144, that are
acquired by any of them within the United States or to "U.S. persons" (as
defined in Regulation S) except pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act or an applicable exemption therefrom.  The Trustee
shall have no responsibility or liability in respect of the Company's
performance of its agreement in the preceding sentence.

     Section 9.9  Additional Amounts.

          If Additional Amounts are payable by the Company pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a
certificate to that effect stating (i) the amount of such Additional Amounts
that are payable and (ii) the date on which such Additional Amounts are payable.
Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives such a
certificate, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that no Additional Amounts
are payable.  If the Company has paid Additional Amounts directly to the persons
entitled to them, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate setting
forth the particulars of such payment.

                                  ARTICLE 10

                            REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

     Section 10.1  [Reserved].

     Section 10.2  Optional Redemption.

          On or after March 15, 2003, the Company may, at its option, redeem the
Securities in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on any date prior
to Maturity, upon notice as set forth in Section 10.5, at the Redemption Price
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth below if redeemed
on a Redemption Date occurring during the 12-month period beginning March 15 of
the years indicated and ending March 14 of the following year:


             Year                                     Redemption Price
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             2003                                     101.0%

             2004                                     100.0%

plus any interest (including Additional Amounts, if any) accrued and unpaid to,
but excluding, the Redemption Date.

     Section 10.3 Notice to Trustee.

          If the Company elects to redeem Securities pursuant to the provisions
of Section 10.2, it shall notify the Trustee at least 30 days (unless a shorter
period is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee) prior to the intended Redemption
Date of (i) such intended Redemption Date, (ii) the principal amount of
Securities to be redeemed and (iii) the CUSIP numbers of the Securities to be
redeemed.

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     Section 10.4  Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed.

          If fewer than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall
select the particular Securities to be redeemed in principal amounts of $1,000
or whole multiples of $1,000 from the Outstanding Securities by a method that
complies with the requirements of any exchange on which the Securities are
listed, or, if the Securities are not listed on an exchange, on a pro rata basis
or by lot or in accordance with any other method the Trustee considers fair and
appropriate.  Securities and portions thereof that the Trustee selects shall be
in amounts equal to the minimum authorized denominations for Securities to be
redeemed or any integral multiple thereof.

          If any Security selected for partial redemption is converted in part
before termination of the conversion right with respect to the portion of the
Security so selected, the converted portion of such Security shall be deemed to
be the portion selected for redemption; provided, however, that the Holder of
such Security so converted and deemed redeemed shall not be entitled to any
additional interest payment as a result of such deemed redemption than such
Holder would have otherwise been entitled to receive upon conversion of such
Security.  Securities which have been converted during a selection of Securities
to be redeemed may be treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of
such selection.

          The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Registrar 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 Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be
redeemed.

     Section 10.5  Notice of Redemption.

          Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section
14.2 to the Holders of Securities to be redeemed.  Such notice shall be given
not less than 20 nor more than 60 days prior to the intended Redemption Date.

          All notices of redemption shall state:

               (1)  such intended Redemption Date;

               (2)  the Redemption Price and interest (including Additional
          Amounts, if any) accrued and unpaid to, but excluding, the Redemption
          Date, if any;

               (3)  if fewer than all the Outstanding Securities are to be
          redeemed, the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed
          and the aggregate principal amount of Securities which will be
          Outstanding after such partial redemption;

               (4)  that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price and
          interest accrued and unpaid to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, if
          any, will become due and payable upon each such Security to be
          redeemed, and that interest (including Additional Amounts, if any)
          thereon shall cease to accrue on and after such date;

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               (5)  the Conversion Price, the date on which the right to convert
          the principal of the Securities to be redeemed will terminate and the
          places where such Securities may be surrendered for conversion;

               (6)  the place or places where such Securities are to be
          surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, accrued and unpaid
          interest, if any; and

               (7)  the CUSIP number of the Securities.

          The notice given shall specify the last date on which exchanges or
transfers of Securities may be made pursuant to Section 2.7, and shall specify
the serial numbers of Securities, if Physical Securities are selected for
redemption, and the portions thereof called for redemption.

          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 of and at the expense of the Company.

     Section 10.6  Effect of Notice of Redemption.

          Notice of redemption having been given as provided in Section 10.5,
the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and
payable at the Redemption Price therein specified and from and after such date
(unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and
accrued and unpaid interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest.  Upon
surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with such notice,
such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price; provided,
however, the installments of interest on Securities whose Stated Maturity is
prior to or on the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such on the
relevant Record Date according to their terms and the provisions of Section 2.7.

          If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and premium, if any, shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the Interest Rate.

     Section 10.7  Deposit of Redemption Price.

          Prior to 11:00 a.m. New York City time on any Redemption Date, the
Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent an amount of money
sufficient to pay the Redemption Price, and accrued and unpaid interest
(including Additional Amounts, if any), in respect of all the Securities to be
redeemed on that Redemption Date, other than any Securities called for
redemption on that date which have been converted prior to the date of such
deposit, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such Securities.

          If any Security called for redemption is converted, any money
deposited with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent or so segregated and held in
trust for the redemption of such Security shall (subject to any right of the
Holder of such Security or any Predecessor Security to receive interest as
provided in the fourth to last paragraph of Section 2.1) be paid to the Company
on Company Request or, if then held by the Company, shall be discharged from
such trust.

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     Section 10.8  Securities Redeemed in Part.

          Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered
at an office or agency of the Company designated for that purpose pursuant to
Section 9.2 (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement
by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and
the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or the Holder's 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 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.

                                  Article 11

                     REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF A HOLDER
              UPON A CHANGE OF CONTROL OR TERMINATION OF TRADING

     Section 11.1  Repurchase Right.

          In the event that a Change of Control or a Termination of Trading
(each a "Designated Event") shall occur, each Holder shall have the right (the
"Repurchase Right"), at the Holder's option, but subject to the provisions of
Section 11.2, to require the Company to repurchase, and upon the exercise of
such right the Company shall repurchase, all of such Holder's Securities not
theretofore called for redemption, or any portion of the principal amount
thereof that is equal to any integral multiple of $1,000 (provided that no
single Security may be repurchased in part unless the portion of the principal
amount of such Security to be Outstanding after such repurchase is equal to an
integral multiple of $1,000), on the date specified in the Company Notice given
pursuant to Section 11.3 in connection with such Designated Event (the
"Repurchase Date") that is no earlier than 30 days nor later than 45 days after
the date of such Company Notice at a purchase price equal to 100% of the
principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased (the "Repurchase Price"),
plus, subject to Section 2.1(e), interest (including Additional Amounts, if any)
accrued and unpaid to, but excluding, the Repurchase Date; provided, however,
that installments of interest on Securities whose Stated Maturity is prior to or
on the Repurchase Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or
one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such on the relevant Record
Date according to their terms and the provisions of Section 2.1.

          Subject to the fulfillment by the Company of the conditions set forth
in Section 11.2, in the event of a Change of Control the Company may elect to
pay the Repurchase Price by delivering a number of shares of Common Stock equal
to (i) the Repurchase Price divided by (ii) 95% of the average of the Trading
Prices per share of Common Stock for the five consecutive Trading Days
immediately preceding and including the third Trading Day prior to the
Repurchase Date.

          Whenever in this Indenture (including Sections 2.2, 4.1(a) and 4.7) or
Exhibit A annexed hereto there is a reference, in any context, to the principal
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of any Security as of any time, such reference shall be deemed to include
reference to the Repurchase Price payable in respect to such Security to the
extent that such Repurchase Price is, was or would be so payable at such time,
and express mention of the Repurchase Price in any provision of this Indenture
shall not be construed as excluding the Repurchase Price in those provisions of
this Indenture when such express mention is not made; provided, however, that,
for the purposes of Article 13, such reference shall be deemed to include
reference to the Repurchase Price only to the extent the Repurchase Price is
payable in cash.

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     Section 11.2  Conditions to the Company's Election to Pay the Repurchase
Price in Common Stock.

          The Company may, at its option, pay the Repurchase Price payable to
Holders pursuant to Section 11.1 upon redemption of the Securities, in shares of
Common Stock, if the following conditions are satisfied:

          (a)  The shares of Common Stock to be so issued:

               (i)    shall not require registration under any federal
          securities law before such shares may be freely transferable without
          being subject to any transfer restrictions under the Securities Act
          upon repurchase or redemption, as the case may be, or if such
          registration is required, such registration shall be completed and
          shall become effective prior to the Repurchase Date or the Redemption
          Date, as the case may be; and

               (ii)   shall not require registration with, or approval of, any
          governmental authority under any state law or any other federal law
          before shares may be validly issued or delivered upon repurchase or
          redemption or if such registration is required or such approval must
          be obtained, such registration shall be completed or such approval
          shall be obtained prior to the Repurchase Date or Redemption Date, as
          the case may be.

          (b)  The shares of Common Stock to be listed upon repurchase or
     redemption of Securities hereunder are, or shall have been, approved for
     listing on the Nasdaq National Market or the New York Stock Exchange or
     listed on another national securities exchange, in any case, prior to the
     Repurchase Date or the Redemption Date, as the case may be.

          (c)  All shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon repurchase or
     redemption of Securities will be issued out of the Company's authorized but
     unissued Common Stock or treasury stock and will, upon issue, be duly and
     validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable and free of any preemptive
     or similar rights.

          (d)  If any of the conditions set forth in clauses (a) through (c) of
     this Section 11.2 are not satisfied in accordance with the terms thereof,
     the Repurchase Price shall be paid by the Company only in cash.

     Section 11.3  Notices; Method of Exercising Repurchase Right, Etc.

          (a)  Unless the Company shall have theretofore called for redemption
all of the Outstanding Securities, prior to or on the 30th day after the
occurrence of a Designated Event, the Company, or, at the written request and
expense of the Company prior to or on the 30th day after such occurrence, the
Trustee, shall give to all Holders of Securities notice, in the manner provided
in Section 14.2, of the occurrence of the Designated Event and of the Repurchase
Right set forth herein arising as a result thereof (the "Company Notice").  The
Company shall also deliver a copy of such notice of a Repurchase Right to the
Trustee.  Each notice of a Repurchase Right shall state:

               (1)  the Repurchase Date;

               (2)  the date by which the Repurchase Right must exercised;

               (3)  the Repurchase Price and accrued and unpaid interest
          (including Additional Amounts, if any), if any;

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               (4)  whether the Repurchase Price shall be paid by the Company in
          cash or by delivery of shares of Common Stock;

               (5)  a description of the procedure which a Holder must follow to
          exercise its Repurchase Right, and the place or places where such
          Securities, are to be surrendered for payment of the Repurchase Price
          and accrued and unpaid interest, if any;

               (6)  that on the Repurchase Date the Repurchase Price and accrued
          and unpaid interest, if any, will become due and payable in cash upon
          each such Security designated by the Holder to be repurchased, and
          that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date;

               (7)  the Conversion Price then in effect, the date on which the
          right to convert the principal amount of the Securities to be
          repurchased will terminate and the place where such Securities may be
          surrendered for conversion;

               (8)  the place or places where such Securities, together with the
          Option to Elect Repayment Upon a Change of Control certificate
          included in Exhibit  A annexed hereto are to be delivered for payment
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           of the Repurchase Price and accrued and unpaid interest, if any; and

               (9)  the CUSIP number of the Securities.

          No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices or defect
therein shall limit any Holder's right to exercise a Repurchase Right or affect
the validity of the proceedings for the repurchase of Securities.

          If any of the foregoing provisions or other provisions of this Article
11 are inconsistent with applicable law, such law shall govern.

          (b)  To exercise its Repurchase Right, a Holder shall deliver to the
Trustee prior to or on the close of business on the Repurchase Date:

               (1)  written notice of the Holder's exercise of such right, which
          notice shall set forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of
          the Securities to be repurchased (and, if any Security is to be
          repurchased in part, the serial number thereof, the portion of the
          principal amount thereof to be repurchased) and a statement that an
          election to exercise the Repurchase Right is being made thereby, and,
          in the event that the Repurchase Price shall be paid in shares of
          Common Stock, the name or names (with addresses) in which the
          certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be
          issued; and

               (2)  the Securities with respect to which the Repurchase Right is
          being exercised.

The right of the Holder to convert the Securities with respect to which the
Repurchase Right is being exercised shall continue until the close of business
on the Business Day immediately preceding the Repurchase Date provided that the
Holder delivers notice to the Paying Agent prior to the close of business on the
Business Day immediately preceding the Repurchase Date.

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          (c)  In the event a Repurchase Right shall be exercised in accordance
with the terms hereof, the Company shall pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee
the Repurchase Price in cash or shares of Common Stock, as provided above, for
payment to the Holder on the Repurchase Date or, if shares of Common Stock are
to be paid, as promptly after the Repurchase Date as practicable, together with
accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Repurchase Date payable in
cash with respect to the Securities as to which the Repurchase Right has been
exercised; provided, however, that installments of interest that mature prior to
or on the Repurchase Date shall be payable in cash to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the
close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date.

          (d)  If any Security (or portion thereof) surrendered for repurchase
shall not be so paid on the Repurchase Date, the principal amount of such
Security (or portion thereof, as the case may be) shall, until paid, bear
interest to the extent permitted by applicable law from the Repurchase Date at
the Interest Rate, and each Security shall remain convertible into Common Stock
until the principal of such Security (or portion thereof, as the case may be)
shall have been paid or duly provided for.

          (e)  Any Security which is to be repurchased only in part shall be
surrendered to the Trustee (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due
endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder of such Security
without service charge, a new Security or Securities, containing identical terms
and conditions, each in an authorized denomination in aggregate principal amount
equal to and in exchange for the unrepurchased portion of the principal of the
Security so surrendered.

          (f)  Any issuance of shares of Common Stock in respect of the
Repurchase Price shall be deemed to have been effected immediately prior to the
close of business on the Repurchase Date and the Person or Persons in whose name
or names any stock certificate or stock certificates representing shares of
Common Stock shall be issuable upon such repurchase shall be deemed to have
become on the Repurchase Date the holder or holders of record of the shares
represented thereby; provided, however, that any surrender for repurchase on a
date when the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed shall
constitute the Person or Persons in whose name or names the stock certificate or
stock certificates representing such shares are to be issued as the holder or
holders of record of the shares represented thereby for all purposes at the
opening of business on the next succeeding day on which such stock transfer
books are open.  No payment or adjustment shall be made for dividends or
distributions on any Common Stock issued upon repurchase of any Security
declared prior to the Repurchase Date.

          (g)  No fractions of shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon
repurchase of any Security or Securities.  If more than one Security shall be
repurchased from the same Holder and the Repurchase Price shall be payable in
shares of Common Stock, the number of full shares which shall be issued upon
such repurchase shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount
of the Securities (or specified portions thereof) to be so repurchased.  Instead
of any fractional share of Common Stock which would otherwise be issued on the
repurchase of any Security or Securities (or specified portions thereof), the
Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of such fraction (calculated to
the nearest one-100th of a share) in an amount equal to the same fraction of the
Trading Price of the Common Stock as of the Trading Day preceding the Repurchase
Date.

          (h)  Any issuance and delivery of stock certificates representing
shares of Common Stock on repurchase of Securities shall be made without charge
to the Holder of Securities being repurchased for such stock certificates or for
any tax or duty in respect of the issuance or delivery of such stock
certificates or the Securities represented thereby; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be

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required to pay any tax or duty which may be payable in respect of (i) income of
the Holder or (ii) any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of stock
certificates representing shares of Common Stock in a name other than that of
the Holder of the Securities being repurchased, and no such issuance or delivery
shall be made unless the Person requesting such issuance or delivery has paid to
the Company the amount of any such tax or duty or has established, to the
satisfaction of the Company, that such tax or duty has been paid.

          (i)  All Securities delivered for repurchase shall be delivered to the
Trustee to be canceled at the direction of the Trustee, which shall dispose of
the same as provided in Section 2.15.

                                  Article 12

                           CONVERSION OF SECURITIES

     Section 12.1  Conversion Right and Conversion Price.

          Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article, at
the option of the Holder thereof, any Security or any portion of the principal
amount thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000 may be converted at the
principal amount thereof, or of such portion thereof, into duly authorized,
fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock, at the Conversion Price,
determined as hereinafter provided, in effect at the time of conversion.  Such
conversion right shall expire at the close of business on the Business Day
immediately preceding March 15, 2005.

          In case a Security or portion thereof is called for redemption, such
conversion right in respect of the Security or the portion so called, shall
expire at the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the
Redemption Date, unless the Company defaults in making the payment due upon
redemption.  In the case of a Change of Control for which the Holder exercises
its Repurchase Right with respect to a Security or portion thereof, such
conversion right in respect of the Security or portion thereof shall expire at
the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Repurchase
Date.

          The price at which shares of Common Stock shall be delivered upon
conversion (the "Conversion Price") shall be initially equal to $112.1875 per
share of Common Stock.  The Conversion Price shall be adjusted in certain
instances as provided in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (h) and (1) of
Section 12.4.

     Section 12.2  Exercise of Conversion Right.

          To exercise the conversion right, the Holder of any Security to be
converted shall surrender such Security duly endorsed or assigned to the Company
or in blank, at the office of any Conversion Agent, accompanied by a duly signed
conversion notice substantially in the form attached to the Security, to the
Company, with a copy to the Trustee, stating that the Holder elects to convert
such Security or, if less than the entire principal amount thereof is to be
converted, the portion thereof to be converted.

          Securities surrendered for conversion during the period from the close
of business on any Regular Record Date to the opening of business on the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date (except in the case of any Security whose
Maturity is prior to such Interest Payment Date) shall be accompanied by payment
in New York Clearing House funds or other funds acceptable to the Company of an
amount equal to the interest to be received on such Interest Payment Date on the
principal amount of Securities being surrendered for conversion.

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          Securities shall be deemed to have been converted immediately prior to
the close of business on the day of surrender of such Securities for conversion
in accordance with the provisions of this Article 12, including any required
payments, and at such time the rights of the Holders of such Securities as
Holders shall cease, and the Person or Persons entitled to receive the Common
Stock issuable upon conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record
holder or holders of such Common Stock at such time.  As promptly as practicable
on or after the conversion date, the Company shall cause to be issued and
delivered to such Conversion Agent a stock certificate or stock certificates
representing the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion
of such Securities, together with payment in lieu of any fraction of a share as
provided in Section 12.3.

          In the case of any Security which is converted in part only, upon such
conversion the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security or
Securities of authorized denominations in aggregate principal amount equal to
the unconverted portion of the principal amount of such Securities.

          If shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of a Restricted
Security, or Securities to be issued upon conversion of a Restricted Security in
part only, are to be registered in a name other than that of the Holder of such
Restricted Security, such Holder must deliver to the Conversion Agent a
certificate in substantially the form set forth in the form of Security set
forth in Exhibit A annexed hereto, dated the date of surrender of such
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Restricted Security and signed by such Holder, as to compliance with the
restrictions on transfer applicable to such Restricted Security.  Neither the
Trustee nor any Conversion Agent, Registrar or Transfer Agent shall be required
to register in a name other than that of the Holder shares of Common Stock or
Securities issued upon conversion of any such Restricted Security not so
accompanied by a properly completed certificate.

          The Company hereby initially appoints the Trustee as the Conversion
Agent.

     Section 12.3  Fractions of Shares.

          No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion
of any Security or Securities.  If more than one Security shall be surrendered
for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares which
shall be issued upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities (or specified portions thereof) so
surrendered.  Instead of any fractional share of Common Stock which would
otherwise be issued upon conversion of any Security or Securities (or specified
portions thereof), the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of such
fraction (calculated to the nearest one-100th of a share) in an amount equal to
the same fraction of the Trading Price of the Common Stock as of the Trading Day
preceding the date of conversion.

     Section 12.4  Adjustment of Conversion Price.

          The Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment, calculated by the
Company, from time to time as follows:

          (a)  In case the Company shall hereafter pay a dividend or make a
     distribution to all holders of the outstanding Common Stock in shares of
     Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business on
     the date following the date fixed for the determination of stockholders
     entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution shall be reduced by
     multiplying such Conversion Price by a fraction:

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               (i)   the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of
          Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the Record Date
          (as defined in Section 12.4(g)) fixed for such determination; and

               (ii)  the denominator of which shall be the sum of such number of
          shares and the total number of shares constituting such dividend or
          other distribution.

     Such reduction shall become effective immediately after the opening of
     business on the day following the Record Date.  If any dividend or
     distribution of the type described in this Section 12.4(a) is declared but
     not so paid or made, the Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to the
     Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such dividend or
     distribution had not been declared.

          (b)  In case the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be
     subdivided into a greater number of shares of Common Stock, the Conversion
     Price in effect at the opening of business on the day following the day
     upon which such subdivision becomes effective shall be proportionately
     reduced, and conversely, in case outstanding shares of Common Stock shall
     be combined into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, the Conversion
     Price in effect at the opening of business on the day following the day
     upon which such combination becomes effective shall be proportionately
     increased, such reduction or increase, as the case may be, to become
     effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following
     the day upon which such subdivision or combination becomes effective.

          (c)  In case the Company shall issue rights or warrants (other than
     any rights or warrants referred to in Section 12.4(d)) to all holders of
     its outstanding shares of Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or
     purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the Current
     Market Price on the Record Date fixed for the determination of stockholders
     entitled to receive such rights or warrants, the Conversion Price shall be
     adjusted so that the same shall equal the price determined by multiplying
     the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business on the date after
     such Record Date by a fraction:

               (i)   the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of
          Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the Record Date,
          plus the number of shares which the aggregate offering price of the
          total number of shares so offered for subscription or purchase (or the
          aggregate conversion price of the convertible securities so offered)
          would purchase at such Current Market Price; and

               (ii)  the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of
          Common Stock outstanding on the close of business on the Record Date,
          plus the total number of additional shares of Common Stock so offered
          for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities
          so offered are convertible).

     Such adjustment shall become effective immediately after the opening of
     business on the day following the Record Date fixed for determination of
     stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants.  To the extent
     that shares of Common Stock (or securities convertible into Common Stock)
     are not delivered pursuant to such rights or warrants, upon the expiration
     or termination of such rights or warrants, the Conversion Price shall be
     readjusted to the Conversion Price which would then be in effect had the
     adjustments made upon the issuance of such rights or warrants been made on
     the basis of the delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock (or
     securities convertible into Common Stock) actually delivered.  In the event
     that such rights or warrants are not so issued, the Conversion Price shall
     again be adjusted to be the Conversion

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     Price which would then be in effect if such date fixed for the
     determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants
     had not been fixed. In determining whether any rights or warrants entitle
     the holders to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at less
     than such Current Market Price, and in determining the aggregate offering
     price of such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any
     consideration received for such rights or warrants, the value of such
     consideration if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of
     Directors.

               Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Company
     shall make a distribution subject to this Section 12.4(c) the Company may,
     in lieu of making any adjustment required pursuant to this Section 12.4(c),
     make proper provision so that each holder of a Security who converts such
     Security (or any portion thereof) after the Record Date for such
     distribution shall be entitled to receive upon such conversion, in addition
     to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion, the securities
     such Holder would have received had such Holder converted such Security (or
     portion thereof) immediately prior to such Record Date.

          (d)  In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute
     to all holders of its Common Stock shares of any class of capital stock of
     the Company (other than any dividends or distributions to which Section
     12.4(a) applies) or evidences of its indebtedness, cash or other assets,
     including securities, but excluding (1) any rights or warrants referred to
     in Section 12.4(c), (2) any stock, securities or other property or assets
     (including cash) distributed in connection with a reclassification, change,
     merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange, combination, sale or
     conveyance to which Section 12.11 applies and (3) dividends and
     distributions paid exclusively in cash (the securities described in
     foregoing clauses (1), (2) and (3) hereinafter in this Section 12.4(d)
     called the "securities"), then, in each such case, subject to the second
     succeeding paragraph of this Section 12.4(d), the Conversion Price shall be
     reduced so that the same shall be equal to the price determined by
     multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the close
     of business on the Record Date with respect to such distribution by a
     fraction:

               (i)   the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price on
          such date, less the fair market value (as determined by the Board of
          Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and set forth in a
          Board Resolution) on such date of the portion of the securities so
          distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock (determined on the
          basis of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the
          Record Date); and

               (ii)  the denominator of which shall be such Current Market
          Price.

     Such reduction shall become effective immediately prior to the opening of
     business on the day following the Record Date. However, in the event that
     the then fair market value (as so determined) of the portion of the
     securities so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock is equal
     to or greater than the Current Market Price on the Record Date, in lieu of
     the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each
     Holder shall have the right to receive upon conversion of a Security (or
     any portion thereof) the amount of securities such Holder would have
     received had such Holder converted such Security (or portion thereof)
     immediately prior to such Record Date. In the event that such dividend or
     distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Price shall again be
     adjusted to be the Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such
     dividend or distribution had not been declared.

               If the Board of Directors determines the fair market value of any
     distribution for purposes of this Section 12.4(d) by reference to the
     actual or when issued trading market for any securities comprising all or
     part of such distribution, it must in doing so consider the prices in

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     such market over the same period (the "Reference Period") used in computing
     the Current Market Price pursuant to Section 12.4(g) to the extent
     possible, unless the Board of Directors in a Board Resolution determines in
     good faith that determining the fair market value during the Reference
     Period would not be in the best interest of the Holders.

               Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Company
     shall make a distribution subject to this Section 12.4(d) the Company may,
     in lieu of making any adjustment required pursuant to this Section 12.4(d),
     make proper provision so that each holder of a Security who converts such
     Security (or any portion thereof) after the Record Date for such
     distribution shall be entitled to receive upon such conversion, in addition
     to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion, the securities
     such Holder would have received had such Holder converted such Security (or
     portion thereof) immediately prior to such Record Date.

               Rights or warrants distributed by the Company to all holders of
     Common Stock entitling the holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase
     shares of the Company's capital stock (either initially or under certain
     circumstances), which rights or warrants, until the occurrence of a
     specified event or events ("Trigger Event"):

               (i)   are deemed to be transferred with such shares of Common
          Stock;

               (ii)  are not exercisable; and

               (iii) are also issued in respect of future issuances of Common
          Stock;

     shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this Section
     12.4(d) (and no adjustment to the Conversion Price under this Section
     12.4(d) will be required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger
     Event.  If such right or warrant is subject to subsequent events, upon the
     occurrence of which such right or warrant shall become exercisable to
     purchase different securities, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or
     entitle the holder to purchase a different number or amount of the
     foregoing or to purchase any of the foregoing at a different purchase
     price, then the occurrence of each such event shall be deemed to be the
     date of issuance and record date with respect to a new right or warrant
     (and a termination or expiration of the existing right or warrant without
     exercise by the holder thereof).  In addition, in the event of any
     distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights or warrants, or any Trigger
     Event or other event (of the type described in the preceding sentence) with
     respect thereto, that resulted in an adjustment to the Conversion Price
     under this Section 12.4(d):

          (1)  in the case of any such rights or warrants which shall all have
     been redeemed or repurchased without exercise by any holders thereof, the
     Conversion Price shall be readjusted upon such final redemption or
     repurchase to give effect to such distribution or Trigger Event, as the
     case may be, as though it were a cash distribution, equal to the per share
     redemption or repurchase price received by a holder of Common Stock with
     respect to such rights or warrants (assuming such holder had retained such
     rights or warrants), made to all holders of Common Stock as of the date of
     such redemption or repurchase; and

          (2)  in the case of such rights or warrants all of which shall have
     expired or been terminated without exercise, the Conversion Price shall be
     readjusted as if such rights and warrants had never been issued.

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     For purposes of this Section 12.4(d) and Sections 12.4(a), 12.4(b) and
     12.4(c), any dividend or distribution to which this Section 12.4(d) is
     applicable that also includes shares of Common Stock, a subdivision or
     combination of Common Stock to which Section 12.4(c) applies, or rights or
     warrants to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock to which
     Section 12.4(c) applies (or any combination thereof), shall be deemed
     instead to be:

          (1)  a dividend or distribution of the evidences of indebtedness,
     assets, shares of capital stock, rights or warrants other than such shares
     of Common Stock, such subdivision or combination or such rights or warrants
     to which Sections 12.4(a), 12.4(b) and 12.4(c) apply, respectively (and any
     Conversion Price reduction required by this Section 12.4(d) with respect to
     such dividend or distribution shall then be made), immediately followed by

          (2)  a dividend or distribution of such shares of Common Stock, such
     subdivision or combination or such rights or warrants (and any further
     Conversion Price reduction required by Sections 12.4(a), 12.4(b) and
     12.4(c) with respect to such dividend or distribution shall then be made),
     except:

               (A) the Record Date of such dividend or distribution shall be
          substituted as (x) "the date fixed for the determination of
          stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution,"
          "Record Date fixed for such determinations" and "Record Date" within
          the meaning of Section 12.4(a), (y) "the day upon which such
          subdivision becomes effective" and "the day upon which such
          combination becomes effective" within the meaning of Section 12.4(b),
          and (z) as "the date fixed for the determination of stockholders
          entitled to receive such rights or warrants," "the Record Date fixed
          for the determination of the stockholders entitled to receive such
          rights or warrants" and such "Record Date" within the meaning of
          Section 12.4(c); and

               (B) any shares of Common Stock included in such dividend or
          distribution shall not be deemed "outstanding at the close of business
          on the date fixed for such determination" within the meaning of
          Section 12.4(a) and any reduction or increase in the number of shares
          of Common Stock resulting from such subdivision or combination shall
          be disregarded in connection with such dividend or distribution.

          (e)  In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute
     to all holders of its Common Stock cash (excluding any cash that is
     distributed upon a reclassification, change, merger, consolidation,
     statutory share exchange, combination, sale or conveyance to which Section
     12.11 applies or as part of a distribution referred to in Section 12.4(d)),
     in an aggregate amount that, combined together with:

               (1)  the aggregate amount of any other such distributions to all
          holders of Common Stock made exclusively in cash within the 12 months
          preceding the date of payment of such distribution, and in respect of
          which no adjustment pursuant to this Section 12.4(e) has been made;
          and

               (2)  the aggregate of any cash plus the fair market value (as
          determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be
          conclusive and set forth in a Board Resolution) of consideration
          payable in respect of any tender offer by the Company or

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          any of its subsidiaries for all or any portion of the Common Stock
          concluded within the 12 months preceding the date of such
          distribution, and in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to
          Section 12.4(f) has been made;

     exceeds 10% of the product of the Current Market Price on the Record Date
     with respect to such distribution times the number of shares of Common
     Stock outstanding on such date, then and in each such case, immediately
     after the close of business on such date, the Conversion Price shall be
     reduced so that the same shall equal the price determined by multiplying
     the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business
     on such Record Date by a fraction:

               (i)   the numerator of which shall be equal to the Current Market
          Price on the Record Date less an amount equal to the quotient of (x)
          the excess of such combined amount over such 10% and (y) the number of
          shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Record Date, and

               (ii)  the denominator of which shall be equal to the Current
          Market Price on such date.

     However, in the event that the then fair market value (as so determined) of
     the portion of the securities so distributed applicable to one share of
     Common Stock is equal to or greater than the Current Market Price on the
     Record Date, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall
     be made so that each Holder shall have the right to receive upon conversion
     of a Security (or any portion thereof) the amount of cash such Holder would
     have received had such Holder converted such Security (or portion thereof)
     immediately prior to such Record Date.  In the event that such dividend or
     distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Price shall again be
     adjusted to be the Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such
     dividend or distribution had not been declared.

          (f)  In case a tender offer made by the Company or any of its
     subsidiaries for all or any portion of the Common Stock shall expire and
     such tender offer (as amended upon the expiration thereof) shall require
     the payment to stockholders (based on the acceptance (up to any maximum
     specified in the terms of the tender offer) of Purchased Shares (as defined
     below)) of an aggregate consideration having a fair market value (as
     determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be
     conclusive and set forth in a Board Resolution) that combined together
     with:

               (1)  the aggregate of the cash plus the fair market value (as
          determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be
          conclusive and set forth in a Board Resolution), as of the expiration
          of such tender offer, of consideration payable in respect of any other
          tender offers, by the Company or any of its subsidiaries for all or
          any portion of the Common Stock expiring within the 12 months
          preceding the expiration of such tender offer and in respect of which
          no adjustment pursuant to this Section 12.4(f) has been made;

               (2)  the aggregate amount of any distributions to all holders of
          the Company's Common Stock made exclusively in cash within 12 months
          preceding the expiration of such tender offer and in respect of which
          no adjustment pursuant to Section 12.4(e) has been made; and

     exceeds 10% of the product of the Current Market Price as of the last time
     (the "Expiration Time") tenders could have been made pursuant to such
     tender offer (as it may be amended) times

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     the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered
     shares) on the Expiration Time, then, and in each such case, immediately
     prior to the opening of business on the day after the date of the
     Expiration Time, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that the same
     shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in
     effect immediately prior to close of business on the date of the Expiration
     Time by a fraction:

               (i)   the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of
          Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered shares) at the
          Expiration Time multiplied by the Current Market Price of the Common
          Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Time; and

               (ii)  the denominator shall be the sum of (x) the fair market
          value (determined as aforesaid) of the aggregate consideration payable
          to stockholders based on the acceptance (up to any maximum specified
          in the terms of the tender offer) of all shares validly tendered and
          not withdrawn as of the Expiration Time (the shares deemed so
          accepted, up to any such maximum, being referred to as the "Purchased
          Shares") and (y) the product of the number of shares of Common Stock
          outstanding (less any Purchased Shares) on the Expiration Time and the
          Current Market Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day next
          succeeding the Expiration Time.

     Such reduction (if any) shall become effective immediately prior to the
     opening of business on the day following the Expiration Time.  In the event
     that the Company is obligated to purchase shares pursuant to any such
     tender offer, but the Company is permanently prevented by applicable law
     from effecting any such purchases or all such purchases are rescinded, the
     Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Price which
     would then be in effect if such tender offer had not been made.  If the
     application of this Section 12.4(f) to any tender offer would result in an
     increase in the Conversion Price, no adjustment shall be made for such
     tender offer under this Section 12.4(f).1

          (g)  For purposes of this Section 12.4, the following terms shall have
     the meanings indicated:

               (1)  "Current Market Price" shall mean the average of the daily
          Trading Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten consecutive
          Trading Days immediately prior to the date in question; provided,
          however, that if:

                    (i) the "ex" date (as hereinafter defined) for any event
               (other than the issuance or distribution requiring such
               computation) that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Price
               pursuant to Section 12.4(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) occurs
               during such ten consecutive Trading Days, the Trading Price for
               each Trading Day prior to the "ex" date for such other event
               shall be adjusted by multiplying such Trading Price by the same
               fraction by which the Conversion Price is so required to be
               adjusted as a result of such other event;

                    (ii) the "ex" date for any event (other than the issuance or
               distribution requiring such computation) that requires an
               adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Section 12.4(a),
               (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) occurs on or after the "ex" date for
               the issuance or distribution requiring such computation and prior
               to the day in question, the Trading Price for each Trading Day on
               and after the "ex" date for such other event shall be adjusted by
               multiplying such Trading

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               Price by the reciprocal of the fraction by which the Conversion
               Price is so required to be adjusted as a result of such other
               event; and

                    (iii) the "ex" date for the issuance or distribution
               requiring such computation is prior to the day in question, after
               taking into account any adjustment required pursuant to clause
               (i) or (ii) of this proviso, the Trading Price for each Trading
               Day on or after such "ex" date shall be adjusted by adding
               thereto the amount of any cash and the fair market value (as
               determined by the Board of Directors in a manner consistent with
               any determination of such value for purposes of Section 12.4(d)
               or (f), whose determination shall be conclusive and set forth in
               a Board Resolution) of the evidences of indebtedness, shares of
               capital stock or assets being distributed applicable to one share
               of Common Stock as of the close of business on the day before
               such "ex" date.

          For purposes of any computation under Section 12.4(f), the Current
          Market Price of the Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the
          average of the daily Trading Prices per share of Common Stock for such
          day and the next two succeeding Trading Days; provided, however, that
          if the "ex" date for any event (other than the tender offer requiring
          such computation) that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Price
          pursuant to Section 12.4(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) occurs on or
          after the Expiration Time for the tender or exchange offer requiring
          such computation and prior to the day in question, the Trading Price
          for each Trading Day on and after the "ex" date for such other event
          shall be adjusted by multiplying such Trading Price by the reciprocal
          of the fraction by which the Conversion Price is so required to be
          adjusted as a result of such other event.  For purposes of this
          paragraph, the term "ex" date, when used:

                    (A) with respect to any issuance or distribution, means the
               first date on which the Common Stock trades regular way on the
               relevant exchange or in the relevant market from which the
               Trading Price was obtained without the right to receive such
               issuance or distribution;

                    (B) with respect to any subdivision or combination of shares
               of Common Stock, means the first date on which the Common Stock
               trades regular way on such exchange or in such market after the
               time at which such subdivision or combination becomes effective;
               and

                    (C) with respect to any tender or exchange offer, means the
               first date on which the Common Stock trades regular way on such
               exchange or in such market after the Expiration Time of such
               offer.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever successive adjustments to the
          Conversion Price are called for pursuant to this Section 12.4, such
          adjustments shall be made to the Current Market Price as may be
          necessary or appropriate to effectuate the intent of this Section 12.4
          and to avoid unjust or inequitable results as determined in good faith
          by the Board of Directors.

               (2)  "fair market value" shall mean the amount which a willing
          buyer would pay a willing seller in an arm's length transaction which,
          in the absence of a current market for such transaction, shall be
          determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.

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               (3)  "Record Date" shall mean, with respect to any dividend,
          distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of
          Common Stock have the right to receive any cash, securities or other
          property or in which the Common Stock (or other applicable security)
          is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities
          or other property, the date fixed for determination of stockholders
          entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether
          such date is fixed by the Board of Directors or by statute, contract
          or otherwise).

          (h)  The Company may make such reductions in the Conversion Price, in
     addition to those required by Sections 12.4(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f),
     as the Board of Directors considers to be advisable to avoid or diminish
     any income tax to holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common
     Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of stock (or rights to
     acquire stock) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes.

          To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company from time to
     time may reduce the Conversion Price by any amount for any period of time
     if the period is at least 20 days and the reduction is irrevocable during
     the period and the Board of Directors determines in good faith that such
     reduction would be in the best interests of the Company, which
     determination shall be conclusive and set forth in a Board Resolution.
     Whenever the Conversion Price is reduced pursuant to the preceding
     sentence, the Company shall mail to the Trustee and each Holder at the
     address of such Holder as it appears in the Register a notice of the
     reduction at least 15 days prior to the date the reduced Conversion Price
     takes effect, and such notice shall state the reduced Conversion Price and
     the period during which it will be in effect.

          (i)  No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be required unless
     such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in
     such price; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this
     Section 12.4(i) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and
     taken into account in any subsequent adjustment.  All calculations under
     this Article 12 shall be made by the Company and shall be made to the
     nearest cent or to the nearest one hundredth of a share, as the case may
     be.  No adjustment need be made for a change in the par value or no par
     value of the Common Stock.

          (j)  In any case in which this Section 12.4 provides that an
     adjustment shall become effective immediately after a Record Date for an
     event, the Company may defer until the occurrence of such event (i) issuing
     to the Holder of any Security converted after such Record Date and before
     the occurrence of such event the additional shares of Common Stock issuable
     upon such conversion by reason of the adjustment required by such event
     over and above the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion before giving
     effect to such adjustment and (ii) paying to such holder any amount in cash
     in lieu of any fraction pursuant to Section 12.3.

          (k)  For purposes of this Section 12.4, the number of shares of Common
     Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury
     of the Company but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip
     certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock.  The
     Company will not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of
     Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company.

          (l)  If the distribution date for the rights provided in the Company's
     rights agreement, if any, occurs prior to the date a Security is converted,
     and the Holder of the Security who converts such Security after the
     distribution date is not entitled to receive the rights that would
     otherwise be attached (but for the date of conversion) to the shares of
     Common Stock received upon such conversion, then an adjustment shall be
     made to the Conversion Price pursuant to

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     clause 12.4(b) as if the rights were being distributed to the common
     stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such conversion. If such
     an adjustment is made and the rights are later redeemed, invalidated or
     terminated, then a corresponding reversing adjustment shall be made to the
     Conversion Price, on an equitable basis, to take account of such event.

     Section 12.5  Notice of Adjustments of Conversion Price.

          Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted as herein provided (other
than in the case of an adjustment pursuant to the second paragraph of Section
12.4(h) for which the notice required by such paragraph has been provided), the
Company shall promptly file with the Trustee and any Conversion Agent other than
the Trustee an Officers' Certificate setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price
and showing in reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based.
Unless and until the Trustee and any Conversion Agent other than the Trustee
receive an Officer's Certificate setting forth an adjustment to the Conversion
Price, the Trustee and such Conversion Agent may assume without inquiry that the
Conversion Price has not and is not required to be adjusted and that the last
Conversion Price of which the Trustee and such Conversion Agent have knowledge
remains in effect.  Promptly after delivery of such Officers' Certificate, the
Company shall prepare a notice stating that the Conversion Price has been
adjusted and setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price and the date on which
each adjustment becomes effective, and shall mail such notice to each Holder at
the address of such Holder as it appears in the Register within 20 days of the
effective date of such adjustment.  Failure to deliver such notice shall not
affect the legality or validity of any such adjustment.

     Section 12.6  Notice Prior to Certain Actions.

          In case at any time after the date hereof:

               (1)  the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other
          distribution) on its Common Stock payable otherwise than in cash out
          of its capital surplus or its consolidated retained earnings;

               (2)  the Company shall authorize the granting to the holders of
          its Common Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase
          any shares of capital stock of any class (or of securities convertible
          into shares of capital stock of any class) or of any other rights;

               (3)  there shall occur any reclassification of the Common Stock
          of the Company (other than a subdivision or combination of its
          outstanding Common Stock, a change in par value, a change from par
          value to no par value or a change from no par value to par value), or
          any merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or combination to
          which the Company is a party and for which approval of any
          shareholders of the Company is required, or the sale, transfer or
          conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company;
          or

               (4)  there shall occur the voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
          liquidation or winding up of the Company;

the Company shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the
purpose of conversion of securities pursuant to Section 9.2, and shall cause to
be provided to the Trustee and all Holders in accordance with Section 14.2, at
least 20 days (or 10 days in any case specified in clause (1) or (2) above)
prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice
stating:

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          (A)  the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such
     dividend, distribution, rights or warrants, or, if a record is not to be
     taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be
     entitled to such dividend, distribution, rights or warrants are to be
     determined; or

          (B)  the date on which such reclassification, merger, consolidation,
     statutory share exchange, combination, sale, transfer, conveyance,
     dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective, and
     the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record
     shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities,
     cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, merger,
     consolidation, statutory share exchange, sale, transfer, dissolution,
     liquidation or winding up.

          Neither the failure to give such notice nor any defect therein shall
affect the legality or validity of the proceedings or actions described in
clauses (1) through (4) of this Section 12.6.

     Section 12.7  Company to Reserve Common Stock.

          The Company shall at all times use its best efforts to reserve and
keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued
Common Stock, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of Securities, the
full number of shares of fully paid and nonassessable Common Stock then issuable
upon the conversion of all Outstanding Securities.

     Section 12.8  Taxes on Conversions.

          Except as provided in the next sentence, the Company will pay any and
all taxes (other than taxes on income) and duties that may be payable in respect
of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion of Securities
pursuant hereto.  A Holder delivering a Security for conversion shall be liable
for and will be required to pay any tax or duty which may be payable in respect
of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares of Common Stock in
a name other than that of the Holder of the Security or Securities to be
converted, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless the Person
requesting such issue has paid to the Company the amount of any such tax or
duty, or has established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax or
duty has been paid.

     Section 12.9  Covenant as to Common Stock.

          The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock which may be
issued upon conversion of Securities will upon issuance be fully paid and
nonassessable and that the Company will pay all taxes, liens and charges with
respect to the issuance thereof, except (1) as provided in Section 12.8 or (2)
with respect to any liens or charges created by or imposed upon such Common
Stock by the Holder of the Security or Securities to be converted.

     Section 12.10  Cancellation of Converted Securities.

          All Securities delivered for conversion shall be delivered to the
Trustee to be canceled by or at the direction of the Trustee, which shall
dispose of the same as provided in Section 2.15.

     Section 12.11  Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale.

          If any of following events occur, namely:

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               (i)   any reclassification or change of the outstanding shares of
          Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to
          no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a
          subdivision or combination);

               (ii)  any merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or
          combination of the Company with another corporation as a result of
          which holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock,
          securities or other property or assets (including cash) with respect
          to or in exchange for such Common Stock; or

               (iii) any sale or conveyance of the properties and assets of the
          Company as, or substantially as, an entirety to any other corporation
          as a result of which holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to
          receive stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash)
          with respect to or in exchange for such Common Stock;

the Company or the successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be,
shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture (which shall comply with
the TIA as in force at the date of execution of such supplemental indenture if
such supplemental indenture is then required to so comply) providing that such
Security shall be convertible into the kind and amount of shares of stock and
other securities or property or assets (including cash) which such Holder would
have been entitled to receive upon such reclassification, change, merger,
consolidation, statutory share exchange, combination, sale or conveyance had
such Securities been converted into Common Stock immediately prior to such
reclassification, change, merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange,
combination, sale or conveyance assuming such holder of Common Stock did not
exercise its rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of securities,
cash or other property receivable upon such merger, consolidation, statutory
share exchange, sale or conveyance (provided that, if the kind or amount of
securities, cash or other property receivable upon such merger, consolidation,
statutory share exchange, sale or conveyance is not the same for each share of
Common Stock in respect of which such rights of election shall not have been
exercised ("Non-Electing Share"), then for the purposes of this Section 12.11
the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property receivable upon such
merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange, sale or conveyance for each
Non-Electing Share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per
share by a plurality of the Non-Electing Shares).  Such supplemental indenture
shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be
practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article 12.  If, in the case
of any such reclassification, change, merger, consolidation, statutory share
exchange, combination, sale or conveyance, the stock or other securities and
assets receivable thereupon by a holder of shares of Common Stock includes
shares of stock or other securities and assets of a corporation other than the
successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, in such
reclassification, change, merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange,
combination, sale or conveyance, then such supplemental indenture shall also be
executed by such other corporation and shall contain such additional provisions
to protect the interests of the Holders of the Securities as the Board of
Directors shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing,
including to the extent practicable the provisions providing for the Repurchase
Rights set forth in Article 13.

          The Company shall cause notice of the execution of such supplemental
indenture to be mailed to each Holder, at the address of such Holder as it
appears on the Register, within 20 days after execution thereof.  Failure to
deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of such
supplemental indenture.

          The above provisions of this Section shall similarly apply to
successive reclassifications, mergers, consolidations, statutory share
exchanges, combinations, sales and conveyances.

          If this Section 12.11 applies to any event or occurrence, Section 12.4
shall not apply.

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     Section 12.12  Responsibility of Trustee for Conversion Provisions.

          The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 5.1, and any
Conversion Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to
any Holder of Securities to determine whether any facts exist which may require
any adjustment of the Conversion Price, or with respect to the nature or intent
of any such adjustments when made, or with respect to the method employed, or
herein or in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the
same.  Neither the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 5.1, nor any
Conversion Agent shall be accountable with respect to the validity or value (of
the kind or amount) of any Common Stock, or of any other securities or property,
which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any
Security; and it or they do not make any representation with respect thereto.
Neither the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 5.1, nor any
Conversion Agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to make any
cash payment or to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of stock or share
certificates or other securities or property upon the surrender of any Security
for the purpose of conversion; and the Trustee, subject to the provisions of
Section 5.1, and any Conversion Agent shall not be responsible or liable for any
failure of the Company to comply with any of the covenants of the Company
contained in this Article.

                                  ARTICLE 13

                                 SUBORDINATION

     Section 13.1  Securities Subordinated to Senior Debt.

          The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Securities, by
such Holder's acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that the
Indebtedness represented by the Securities and the payment of the principal of
and premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Amounts, if any) on each
and all of the Securities is hereby expressly subordinated and junior, to the
extent and in the manner set forth and as set forth in this Section 13.1, in
right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt.

          (a)  In the event of any distribution of assets of the Company upon
any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company,
whether in bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or receivership proceedings or
upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of the
assets and liabilities of the Company or otherwise, the holders of all Senior
Debt shall first be entitled to receive payment in cash of the full amount due
thereon in respect of all principal and premium, if any, and interest (including
interest accruing after the commencement of any bankruptcy proceeding,
regardless of whether such interest is an allowed claim in such proceeding under
such Senior Debt) before the Holders of any of the Securities are entitled to
receive any payment or distribution of any character, whether in cash,
securities or other property, on account of the principal of or premium, if any,
or interest (including Additional Amounts, if any), if any on the Indebtedness
evidenced by the Securities.

          (b)  [Reserved]

          (c)  In the event of and during the continuance of any default in
payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on, rent or other
payment obligation in respect of, any Senior Debt, unless all such payments due
in respect of such Senior Debt have been paid in full in cash or other payments
satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt, no payment shall be made by the
Company with respect to the principal of, premium, if any, or interest
(including Additional Amounts, if any) on the Securities or to acquire any of
the Securities (including any redemption, conversion or cash repurchase pursuant
to the exercise of the Repurchase Right).  The Company shall give prompt written
notice to the

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Trustee of any default under any Senior Debt or under any agreement pursuant to
which Senior Debt may have been issued.

          (d)  During the continuance of any event of default with respect to
any Designated Senior Debt, as such event of default is defined under any such
Senior Debt or in any agreement pursuant to which any Senior Debt has been
issued (other than a default in payment of the principal of or premium, if any,
or interest on, rent or other payment obligation in respect of any Senior Debt),
permitting the holder or holders of such Senior Debt to accelerate the maturity
thereof (or in the case of any lease, permitting the landlord either to
terminate the lease or to require the Company to make an irrevocable offer to
terminate the lease following an event of default thereunder), no payment shall
be made by the Company, directly or indirectly, with respect to principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on the Securities (including any liquidated
damages, Additional Amounts, if any), including redemption, cash payment in lieu
of conversion and repurchase payments, for 180 days following notice in writing
(a "Payment Blockage Notice") to the Company, from any holder or holders of such
Senior Debt or their representative or representatives or the trustee or
trustees under any indenture or under which any instrument evidencing any such
Senior Debt may have been issued, that such an event of default has occurred and
is continuing, unless such event of default has been cured or waived or such
Senior Debt has been paid in full; provided, however, if the maturity of such
Senior Debt is accelerated, no payment may be made on the Securities until such
Senior Debt has been paid in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the
holders of such Senior Debt or such acceleration has been cured or waived.

          For purposes of this Section 13.1(d), such Payment Blockage Notice
shall be deemed to include notice of all other events of default under such
indenture or instrument which are continuing at the time of the event of default
specified in such Payment Blockage Notice.  The provisions of this Section
13.1(d) shall apply only to one such Payment Blockage Notice given in any period
of 365 days with respect to any issue of Senior Debt, and no such continuing
event of default that existed or was continuing on the date of delivery of any
Payment Blockage Notice shall be, or shall be made, the basis for a subsequent
Payment Blockage Notice.

          (e)  In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
Sections 13.1(a), 13.1(b), 13.1(c) and 13.1(d), any payment on account of
principal, premium, if any, or interest (including Additional Amounts, if any)
on the Securities shall be made by or on behalf of the Company and received by
the Trustee, by any Holder or by any Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting
as its own Paying Agent, money for any such payment shall be segregated and held
in trust):

               (i)   after the occurrence of an event specified in Section
          13.1(a) or 13.1(b), then, unless all Senior Debt is paid in full in
          cash, or provision shall be made therefor;

               (ii)  after the happening of an event of default of the type
          specified in Section 13.1(c) above, then, unless the amount of such
          Senior Debt then due shall have been paid in full, or provision made
          therefor or such event of default shall have been cured or waived; or

               (iii) after the happening of an event of default of the type
          specified in Section 13.1(d) above and delivery of a Payment Blockage
          Notice, then, unless such event of default shall have been cured or
          waived or the 180-day period specified in Section 13.1(d) shall have
          expired;

such payment (subject, in each case, to the provisions of Section 13.7) shall be
held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be immediately paid over to, the
holders of Senior Debt (unless an event described in Section 13.1(a), (b) or (c)
has occurred, in which case the payment shall be held in trust for the benefit
of, and shall be immediately paid over to all holders of Senior Debt) or their
representative or representatives

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or the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instruments
evidencing any of the Senior Debt, as the case may be, may have been issued, as
their interests may appear.

     Section 13.2  Subrogation.

          Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Debt to which the
Indebtedness evidenced by the Securities is in the circumstances subordinated as
provided in Section 13.1, the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to
the rights of the holders of such Senior Debt to receive payments or
distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company applicable to such
Senior Debt until all amounts owing on the Securities shall be paid in full,
and, as between the Company, its creditors other than holders of such Senior
Debt, and the Holders of the Securities, no such payment or distribution made to
the holders of Senior Debt by virtue of this Article which otherwise would have
been made to the holders of the Securities shall be deemed to be a payment by
the Company on account of such Senior Debt; provided, however, that the
provisions of this Article are and are intended solely for the purpose of
defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities, on the one hand,
and the holders of Senior Debt, on the other hand.

     Section 13.3  Obligation of the Company is Absolute and Unconditional.

          Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in
the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its
creditors other than the holders of Senior Debt, and the Holders of the
Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional,
to pay to the Holders of the Securities the principal of and premium, if any,
and interest (including Additional Amounts, if any) on the Securities as and
when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is
intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities
and creditors of the Company other than the holders of Senior Debt, nor shall
anything contained herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any
Security from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon
default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article
of the holders of Senior Debt in respect of cash, property or securities of the
Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy.

     Section 13.4  Maturity of or Default on Senior Debt.

          Upon the maturity of any Senior Debt by lapse of time, acceleration or
otherwise, all principal of or premium, if any, or interest on, rent or other
payment obligations in respect of all such matured Senior Debt shall first be
paid in full, or such payment shall have been duly provided for, before any
payment on account of principal, or premium, if any, or interest (including
Additional Amounts, if any) is made upon the Securities.

     Section 13.5  Payments on Securities Permitted.

          Except as expressly provided in this Article, nothing contained in
this Article shall affect the obligation of the Company to make, or prevent the
Company from making, payments of the principal of, or premium, if any, or
interest (including Additional Amounts, if any) on the Securities in accordance
with the provisions hereof and thereof, or shall prevent the Trustee or any
Paying Agent from applying any monies deposited with it hereunder to the payment
of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest (including Additional
Amounts, if any) on the Securities.

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     Section 13.6  Effectuation of Subordination by Trustee.

          Each Holder of Securities, by such Holder's acceptance thereof,
authorizes and directs the Trustee on such Holder's behalf to take such action
as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in
this Article and appoints the Trustee such Holder's attorney-in-fact for any and
all such purposes.

          Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to
in this Article, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled
to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in
which any such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceeding
affecting the affairs of the Company is pending or upon a certificate of the
trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors,
liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making any payment or distribution,
delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of the Securities, for the purpose of
ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or
distribution, and as to other facts pertinent to the right of such Persons under
this Article, and if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any
payment to such Persons pending judicial determination as to the right of such
Persons to receive such payment.

     Section 13.7  Knowledge of Trustee.

          Notwithstanding the provision of this Article or any other provisions
of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the
existence of any Senior Debt, of any default in payment of principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on, rent or other payment obligation in respect of
any Senior Debt, or of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment
of monies to or by the Trustee, or the taking of any other action by the
Trustee, unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee having responsibility for
the administration of the trust established by this Indenture shall have
received written notice thereof from the Company, any Holder of Securities, any
Paying Agent or Conversion Agent of the Company or the holder or representative
of any class of Senior Debt, and, prior to the receipt of any such written
notice, the Trustee shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such
default or facts exist; provided, however, that unless on the third Business Day
prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such monies may become
payable for any purpose the Trustee shall have received the notice provided for
in this Section 13.7, then, anything herein contained to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such
monies and apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and shall
not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it on or
after such date.

     Section 13.8  Trustee's Relation to Senior Debt.

          The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this
Article with respect to any Senior Debt at the time held by it, to the same
extent as any other holder of Senior Debt and nothing in this Indenture shall
deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.

          Nothing contained in this Article shall apply to claims of or payments
to the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 5.8.

          With respect to the holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee undertakes to
perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Article, and no implied covenants or obligations
with respect to the holders of Senior Debt shall be read into this Indenture
against the Trustee.  The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty
to the holders of Senior Debt and the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder
of Senior Debt if it shall pay over or

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deliver to Holders, the Company or any other Person monies or assets to which
any holder of Senior Debt shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or
otherwise.

     Section 13.9  Rights of Holders of Senior Debt Not Impaired.

          No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Debt to enforce
the subordination herein shall at any time or in any way be prejudiced or
impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any
noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this
Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or be
otherwise charged with.

     Section 13.10  Modification of Terms of Senior Debt.

          Any renewal or extension of the time of payment of any Senior Debt or
the exercise by the holders of Senior Debt of any of their rights under any
instrument creating or evidencing Senior Debt, including without limitation the
waiver of default thereunder, may be made or done all without notice to or
assent from the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee.

          No compromise, alteration, amendment, modification, extension, renewal
or other change of, or waiver, consent or other action in respect of, any
liability or obligation under or in respect of, or of any of the terms,
covenants or conditions of any indenture or other instrument under which any
Senior Debt is outstanding or of such Senior Debt, whether or not such release
is in accordance with the provisions or any applicable document, shall in any
way alter or affect any of the provisions of this Article or of the Securities
relating to the subordination thereof.

     Section 13.11  Certain Conversions Not Deemed Payment.

          For the purposes of this Article 13 only:

               (1)  the issuance and delivery of junior securities upon (A)
          conversion of Securities in accordance with Article 12 or (B)
          repurchase of Securities in accordance with Article 11 shall not be
          deemed to constitute a payment or distribution on account of the
          principal of, premium, if any, or interest (including Additional
          Amounts, if any) on Securities or on account of the purchase or other
          acquisition of Securities; and

               (2)  the payment, issuance or delivery of cash (except in
          satisfaction of fractional shares pursuant to Section 12.3 or pursuant
          to Section 11.3), property or securities (other than junior
          securities) upon (A) conversion of a Security or (B) repurchase of
          Securities in accordance with Article 11 hereof shall be deemed to
          constitute payment on account of the principal of, premium, if any, or
          interest (including Additional Amounts, if any) on such Security.

For the purposes of this Section 13.11, the term "junior securities" means:

          (a)  shares of any Common Stock of the Company; or

          (b)  other securities of the Company that are subordinated in right of
          payment to all Senior Debt that may be outstanding at the time of
          issuance or delivery of such securities to substantially the same
          extent as, or to a greater extent that, the Securities are so
          subordinated as provided in this Article.

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Nothing contained in this Article 13 or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the
Securities is intended to or shall impair, as among the Company, its creditors
(other than holders of Senior Debt) and the Holders of Securities, the right,
which is absolute and unconditional, of the Holder of any Security to convert
such Security in accordance with Article 12.

                                  ARTICLE 14

                    OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

     Section 14.1  Trust Indenture Act Controls.

          This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the TIA which are
required to be part of this Indenture, and shall, to the extent applicable, be
governed by such provisions.

     Section 14.2  Notices.

          Any notice or communication to the Company or the Trustee is duly
given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail to the
address set forth below:

     (a)  if to the Company:

          Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation
          741 Calle Plano
          Camarillo, California 93012
          Attn:  Chief Financial Officer

with a copy to:

          Davis Polk & Wardwell
          1600 El Camino Real
          Menlo Park, California 94025
          Attn:  Francis S. Currie

     (b)  if to the Trustee:

          State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A.
          633 West Fifth Street, 12/th/ Floor
          Los Angeles, California 90071
          Attn:  Corporate Trust Administration (Vitesse Semiconductor
          Corporation 4.00% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2005)

The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or
different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

          Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first-class
mail to his address shown on the Register kept by the Registrar.  Failure to
mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in such notice or
communication shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

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          If a notice or communication is mailed or sent in the manner provided
above within the time prescribed, it is duly given as of the date it is mailed,
whether or not the addressee receives it, except that notice to the Trustee
shall only be effective upon receipt thereof by the Trustee.

          If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall
mail a copy to the Trustee at the same time.

     Section 14.3  Communication by Holders with Other Holders.

          Holders may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the TIA with
other Holders with respect to their rights under the Securities or this
Indenture.  The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have
the protection of Section 312(c) of the TIA.

     Section 14.4  Acts of Holders of Securities.

          (a)  Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Holders of Securities may be embodied in and evidenced by:

               (1)  one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor
          signed by such Holders in person or by agent or proxy duly appointed
          in writing;

               (2)  the record of Holders of Securities voting in favor thereof,
          either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any
          meeting of Holders of Securities duly called and held in accordance
          with the provisions of Article 8; or

               (3)  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 record (and the action embodied therein and
evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders
of Securities signing such instrument or instruments and so voting at such
meeting.  Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing
any such agent or proxy, or of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be
sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 5.1)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company if made in the manner
provided in this Section.  The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities
shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 8.6.

          (b)  The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be provided in any manner which the Trustee reasonably
deems sufficient.

          (c)  The principal amount and serial numbers of Securities held by any
Person, and the date of such Person holding the same, shall be proved by the
Register.

          (d)  Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
election, waiver or other Act of the Holders 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 or
the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Security.

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     Section 14.5  Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

          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 with respect 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.

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

          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.

     Section 14.6  Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

          Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

               (1)  a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
          opinion on behalf of the Company has read such covenant or condition
          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 covenant
          or condition 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.

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     Section 14.7  Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

          The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

     Section 14.8  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 14.9  Separability Clause.

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

     Section 14.10  Benefits of Indenture.

          Nothing contained in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their
successors hereunder, the holders of Senior Debt and the Holders of Securities,
any benefit or legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

     Section 14.11  Section Governing Law.

THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO
APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF
THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

     Section 14.12  Counterparts.

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

     Section 14.13  Legal Holidays.

          In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date,
Repurchase Date or Stated Maturity of any Security or the last day on which a
Holder of a Security has a right to convert such Security shall not be a
Business Day at any Place of Payment or Place of Conversion, then
(notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities)
payment of interest (including Additional Amounts, if any) or principal or
premium, if any, or conversion of the Securities, need not be made at such Place
of Payment or Place of Conversion on such day, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment or Place of Conversion with the
same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date,
Repurchase Date or at the Stated Maturity or on such last day for conversion;
provided, however, that in the case that payment is made on such succeeding
Business Day, no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period
from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repurchase Date or
Stated Maturity, as the case may be.

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     Section 14.14  Recourse Against Others.

          No recourse for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or
interest (including Additional Amounts, if any) on any Security, or for any
claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any
incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or
future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, 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 thereof and as
part of the consideration for the issue thereof, expressly waived and released.

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

                             VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

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

                            STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA,
                            N.A.,
                            as trustee and not in its individual capacity

                            By:
                                ----------------------------------
                                Scott C. Emmons
                                Vice President

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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.2

                     RESALE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                                    Between

                       Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation

                                      And

                             Lehman Brothers Inc.,

                              Goldman, Sachs & Co.

                                      And

                       Prudential Securities Incorporated

                           Dated as of March 13, 2000
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          Resale Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 13, 2000
between Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation, a Delaware corporation (together with
any successor entity, herein referred to as the "Company"), and Lehman Brothers
Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Prudential Securities Incorporated (collectively,
the "Initial Purchasers").

          Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated March 7, 2000, between the
Company and the Initial Purchasers (the "Purchase Agreement"), the Initial
Purchasers have agreed to purchase from the Company up to $600,000,000
($720,000,000 if the Initial Purchasers exercise the over-allotment option in
full) in aggregate principal amount of the Company's 4.00% Convertible
Subordinated Debentures due 2005 (the "Debentures").  The Debentures will be
convertible into fully paid, nonassessable shares of common stock, par value
$0.01 per share, of the Company  (the "Common Stock") on the terms, and subject
to the conditions, set forth in the Indenture (as defined herein).  To induce
the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Debentures, the Company has agreed to
provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement pursuant to Section
3(j) of the Purchase Agreement.

          The parties hereby agree as follows:

          1.   Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized
terms shall have the following meanings:

          Advice:  As defined in Section 4(c)(ii) hereof.

          Additional Amounts:  As defined in Section 3(a) hereof.

          Affiliate:  As such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities
     Act.

          Agreement:  This Resale Registration Rights Agreement.

          Blue Sky Application:  As defined in Section 6(a) hereof.

          Broker-Dealer:  Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange
     Act.

          Business Day:  A day other than a Saturday or Sunday or any federal
     holiday in the United States.

          Closing Date:  The date of this Agreement.

          Commission:  Securities and Exchange Commission.

          Common Stock:  As defined in the preamble hereto.

          Damages Payment Date:  Each Interest Payment Date.  For purposes of
     this Agreement, if no Debentures are outstanding, "Damages Payment Date"
     shall mean each March 15 and September 15.

          Debentures:  As defined in the preamble hereto.

          Effectiveness Period:  As defined in Section 2(a)(iii) hereof.

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          Effectiveness Target Date:  As defined in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof.

          Exchange Act:  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

          Holder:  A Person who owns, beneficially or otherwise, Transfer
     Restricted Securities.

          Indemnified Holder:  As defined in Section 6(a) hereof.

          Indenture:  The Indenture, dated as of March 13, 2000, between the
     Company and State Street Bank & Trust Company of California, N.A., as
     trustee (the "Trustee"), pursuant to which the Debentures are to be issued,
     as such Indenture is amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in
     accordance with the terms thereof.

          Initial Purchasers:  As defined in the preamble hereto.

          Interest Payment Date:  As defined in the Indenture.

          Company:  As defined in the preamble hereto.

          Majority of Holders:  Holders holding 50% in aggregate principal
     amount of the Debentures outstanding at the time of determination of the
     Majority of Holders; provided, however,  that, for purposes of this
     definition, a holder of shares of Common Stock which constitute Transfer
     Restricted Securities that were previously issued upon conversion of
     Debentures shall be deemed to hold an aggregate principal amount of
     Debentures (in addition to the principal amount of Debentures held by such
     holder) equal to the product of (x) the number of such shares of Common
     Stock held by such holder and (y) the prevailing conversion price, such
     prevailing conversion price as determined in accordance with Section 12 of
     the Indenture.

          NASD:  National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

          Notice and Questionnaire:  The Notice of Registration Statement and
     Selling Security Holder Election and Questionnaire in substantially the
     form attached or Exhibit A hereto.

          Person:  An individual, partnership, corporation, unincorporated
     organization, trust, joint venture or a government or agency or political
     subdivision thereof.

          Prospectus:  The prospectus included in a Shelf Registration
     Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by
     all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all
     material incorporated by reference into such Prospectus.

          Questionnaire Deadline:  As defined in Section 2(b) hereof.

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          Record Holder:  With respect to any Damages Payment Date, each Person
     who is a Holder on the record date with respect to the Interest Payment
     Date on which such Damages Payment Date shall occur.  In the case of a
     Holder of shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Debentures,
     "Record Holder" shall mean each Person who is a Holder of shares of Common
     Stock which constitute Transfer Restricted Securities on the March 1 or
     September 1 immediately preceding the Damages Payment Date.

          Registration Default:  As defined in Section 3(a) hereof.

          Sale Notice:  As defined in Section 4(e) hereof.

          Securities Act:  Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

          Shelf Filing Deadline: As defined in Section 2(a)(i) hereof.

          Shelf Registration Statement:  As defined in Section 2(a)(i) hereof.

          Suspension Period.  As defined in Section 4(b)(i) hereof.

          TIA:  Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect on the date the
     Indenture is qualified under the TIA.

          Transfer Restricted Securities:  Each Debenture and each share of
     Common Stock issued upon conversion of Debentures until the earliest to
     occur of:

               (i)   the date on which such Debenture or such share of Common
          Stock issued upon conversion has been effectively registered under the
          Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf
          Registration Statement;

               (ii)  the date on which such Debenture or such share of Common
          Stock issued upon conversion (A) has been transferred in compliance
          with Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (B) may be sold or
          transferred pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act without
          regard to the volume limitations thereof (or any other similar
          provision then in force); and

              (iii)  the date on which such Debenture or such share of Common
          Stock issued upon conversion ceases to be outstanding (whether as a
          result of redemption, repurchase and cancellation, conversion or
          otherwise).

          Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering:  A registration in
     which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering
     to the public.

          2.   Shelf Registration.

               (a)  The Company shall:

                    (i)   not later than 120 days after the earliest date of
               original issuance of any of the Debentures (the "Shelf Filing
               Deadline"), cause a registration statement

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               to be filed pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (the
               "Shelf Registration Statement"), which Shelf Registration
               Statement shall provide for resales of all Transfer Restricted
               Securities held by Holders that have provided the information
               required pursuant to the terms of Section 2(b) hereof;

                   (ii)   use its reasonable efforts to cause the Shelf
               Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission
               as promptly as is practicable but in no event later than 180 days
               after the earliest date of original issuance of any of the
               Debentures (the "Effectiveness Target Date"); and

                    (iii) use its reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf
               Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and
               amended as required by the provisions of Section 4(b) hereof to
               the extent necessary to ensure that: (A) it is available for
               resales by the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities entitled
               to the benefit of this Agreement and (B) conforms with the
               requirements of this Agreement and the Securities Act and the
               rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder as
               announced from time to time, for a period (the "Effectiveness
               Period") of:

                          (1) two years following the last date of original
                    issuance of Debentures; or

                          (2) such shorter period that will terminate when (x)
                    all of the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities (other
                    than the Company and its Affiliates) are able to sell all
                    Transfer Restricted Securities without restriction pursuant
                    to the volume limitation provisions of Rule 144 under the
                    Securities Act or any successor rule thereto, (y) when all
                    Transfer Restricted Securities have ceased to be outstanding
                    (whether as a result of redemption, repurchase and
                    cancellation, conversion or otherwise) or (z) all Transfer
                    Restricted Securities registered under the Shelf
                    Registration Statement have been sold.

               (b)  No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may include any
of its Transfer Restricted Securities in the Shelf Registration Statement
pursuant to this Agreement unless such Holder furnishes to the Company in
writing, prior to or on the 20th Business Day after the date the Notice and
Questionnaire is given to Holders (the "Questionnaire Deadline"), such
information as the Company may reasonably request for use in connection with the
Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included
therein and in any application to be filed with or under state securities laws.
In connection with all such requests for information from Holders of Transfer
Restricted Securities, the Company shall notify such Holders of the requirements
set forth in the preceding sentence. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
shall be entitled to Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 3 hereof unless such
Holder shall have provided all such reasonably requested information prior to or
on the Questionnaire Deadline. Each Holder as to which the Shelf Registration
Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all
information required to be disclosed in

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order to make information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not
materially misleading.

          3.   Additional Amounts.

               (a)  If:

                    (i)   the Shelf Registration Statement is not filed with the
               Commission prior to or on the Shelf Filing Deadline;

                    (ii)  the Shelf Registration Statement has not been declared
               effective by the Commission prior to or on the Effective Target
               Date;

                    (iii) subject to the provisions of Section 4(b)(i) hereof,
               the Shelf Registration Statement is filed and declared effective
               but, during the Effectiveness Period, shall thereafter cease to
               be effective or fail to be usable for its intended purpose
               without being succeeded within five Business Days by a post-
               effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or a
               report filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a),
               13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that cures such failure
               and, in the case of a post-effective amendment, is itself
               immediately declared effective; or

                    (iv)   prior to or on the 45/th/ or 60/th/ day, as the case
               may be, of any Suspension Period, such suspension has not been
               terminated,

(each such event referred to in foregoing clauses (i) through (iv), a
"Registration Default"), the Company hereby agrees to pay additional amounts
("Additional Amounts") with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities from
and including the day following the Registration Default to but excluding the
day on which the Registration Default has been cured which shall accrue as
follows:

                           (A) in respect of the Debentures, to each holder of
                    Debentures, (x) during the first 90-day period during which
                    a Registration Default shall have occurred and be
                    continuing, at the rate of an additional 0.25% of the
                    principal amount of the Debentures per year, and (y) during
                    the period commencing on the 91/st/ day following the day
                    the Registration Default shall have occurred and be
                    continuing, at the rate of an additional 0.50% of the
                    principal amount of the Debentures per year; provided that
                    in no event shall Additional Amounts accrue at a rate per
                    year exceeding 0.50% of the principal amount of the
                    Debentures; and

                           (B) in respect of any shares of Common Stock issued
                    upon conversion of Debentures, to each holder of such shares
                    of Common Stock, (x) during the first 90-day period in which
                    a Registration Default shall have occurred and be
                    continuing, at the rate of an additional 0.25% of the
                    principal amount of the Debentures converted into such
                    shares of Common Stock per year, and (y) during the period
                    commencing the 91/st/

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                    day following the day the Registration Default shall have
                    occurred and be continuing, at the rate of an additional
                    0.50% of the principal amount of the Debentures converted
                    into such shares of Common Stock per year; provided,
                    however, that in no event shall Additional Amounts accrue at
                    a rate per year exceeding 0.50% of the principal amount of
                    the Debentures converted into such shares of Common Stock.

               (b)  All accrued Additional Amounts shall be paid in arrears to
Record Holders by the Company on each Damages Payment Date by wire transfer of
immediately available funds. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults
relating to any particular Debenture or share of Common Stock issued upon
conversion of Debentures, the accrual of Additional Amounts with respect to such
Debenture or such share of Common Stock shall cease.

               All obligations of the Company to pay Additional Amounts set
forth in this Section 3 with respect to any Transfer Restricted Security at the
time such security ceases to be a Transfer Restricted Security shall survive
until such time as all such obligations with respect to such Transfer Restricted
Security shall have been satisfied in full provided, however, that the
Additional Amounts shall cease to accrue on the day immediately prior to the
date such Transfer Restricted Securities cease to be Transfer Restricted
Securities.

               The Additional Amounts set forth above shall be the exclusive
monetary remedy available to the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities for
Registration Defaults.

          4.   Registration Procedures.

               (a)  In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the
Company shall comply with all the provisions of Section 4(b) hereof and shall
use its reasonable efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the
Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method
or methods of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto, shall prepare and file
with the Commission a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the registration
on any appropriate form under the Securities Act.

               (b)  In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement and any
Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the sale or resale of Transfer
Restricted Securities, the Company shall:

                    (i)  Subject to any notice by the Company in accordance with
               this Section 4(b) of the existence of any fact or event of the
               kind described in Section 4(b)(iii)(D), use its reasonable
               efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously
               effective during the Effectiveness Period; upon the occurrence of
               any event that would cause any the Shelf Registration Statement
               or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain a material
               misstatement or omission or (B) not be effective and usable for
               the resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the
               Effectiveness Period, the Company shall file promptly an
               appropriate amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or a
               report filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a),
               13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, in the case of clause
               (A), correcting any such misstatement or omission, and, in the
               case of either clause (A)

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               or (B), use its reasonable efforts to cause such amendment to be
               declared effective and the Shelf Registration Statement and the
               related Prospectus to become usable for their intended purposes
               as soon as practicable thereafter. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
               the Company may suspend the effectiveness of the Shelf
               Registration Statement by written notice to the Holders for a
               period not to exceed an aggregate of 45 days in any 90-day period
               (each such period, a "Suspension Period") if:

                           (x)  an event occurs and is continuing as a result of
                    which the Shelf Registration Statement would, in the
                    Company's reasonable judgment, 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; and

                           (y)  the Company reasonably determines that the
                    disclosure of such event at such time would have a material
                    adverse effect on the business of the Company (and its
                    subsidiaries, if any, taken as a whole);

               provided, however, that in the event the disclosure relates to a
               previously undisclosed proposed or pending material business
               transaction, the disclosure of which would impede the Company's
               ability to consummate such transaction, the Company may extend a
               Suspension Period from 45 days to 60 days; provided, however,
               that Suspension Periods shall not exceed an aggregate of 90 days
               in any 360-day period.

                    (ii)  Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments
               and post-effective amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement
               as may be necessary to keep the Shelf Registration Statement
               effective during the Effectiveness Period; cause the Prospectus
               to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as
               so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the
               Securities Act, and to comply fully with the applicable
               provisions of Rules 424 and 430A under the Securities Act in a
               timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Securities
               Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by
               the Shelf Registration Statement during the applicable period in
               accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by
               the sellers thereof set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement
               or supplement to the Prospectus.

                    (iii) Advise the underwriter(s), if any, and selling Holders
               promptly (but in any event within five Business Days) and, if
               requested by such Persons, to confirm such advice in writing:

                          (A) when the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement
                    or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with
                    respect to the Shelf Registration Statement or any post-
                    effective amendment thereto, when the same has become
                    effective,

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                          (B) of any request by the Commission for amendments to
                    the Shelf Registration Statement or amendments or
                    supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information
                    relating thereto,

                          (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop
                    order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
                    Statement under the Securities Act or of the suspension by
                    any state securities commission of the qualification of the
                    Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any
                    jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of
                    the preceding purposes, or

                          (D) of the existence of any fact or the happening of
                    any event, during the Effectiveness Period, that makes any
                    statement of a material fact made in the Shelf Registration
                    Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement
                    thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein
                    untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or
                    changes in the Shelf Registration Statement or the
                    Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not
                    misleading.

               Each Holder of this Security, by accepting the same, agrees to
          hold any communication from the Company pursuant to this paragraph
          4(b)(iii) in confidence.

                    (iv) If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop
               order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
               Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory
               authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or
               exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted
               Securities under state securities or Blue Sky laws, use its
               reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such
               order at the earliest possible time.

                    (v) Furnish to each of the selling Holders and each of the
               underwriter(s), if any, before filing with the Commission, a copy
               of the Shelf Registration Statement and copies of any Prospectus
               included therein (other than documents incorporated by reference
               after the initial filing of the Shelf Registration Statement),
               which documents will be subject to the review of such Holders and
               underwriter(s), if any, for a period of at least ten Business
               Days, and the Company will not file the Shelf Registration
               Statement or Prospectus (other than documents incorporated by
               reference) to which a selling Holder of Transfer Restricted
               Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement or the
               underwriter(s), if any, shall reasonably object within five
               Business Days after the receipt thereof. The Company shall also
               furnish to each of the selling Holders and each of the
               underwriter(s), if any, before filing with the Commission, if
               reasonably practicable, or otherwise promptly after filing with
               the Commission, copies of any amendments to the Shelf
               Registration Statement or supplements to the Prospectus (other
               than documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing
               of the Shelf Registration Statement), and to make the Company's

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               representatives available for discussion of such amendments or
               supplements and make such changes in such amendments or
               supplements prior to the filing thereof, if reasonably
               practicable, or prepare and file further amendments or
               supplements, as the selling Holders or underwriter(s), if any,
               may reasonably request. A selling Holder or underwriter, if any,
               shall be deemed to have reasonably objected to such filing if the
               Shelf Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or
               supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains a
               material misstatement or omission.

                    (vi) Make available at reasonable times for inspection by
               one or more representatives of the selling Holders, designated in
               writing by a Majority of Holders whose Transfer Restricted
               Securities are included in the Shelf Registration Statement, any
               underwriter participating in any distribution pursuant to the
               Shelf Registration Statement, and any attorney or accountant
               retained by such selling Holders or any of the underwriter(s),
               all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents
               and properties of the Company as shall be reasonably necessary to
               enable them to exercise any applicable due diligence
               responsibilities, and cause the Company's officers, directors,
               managers and employees to supply all information reasonably
               requested by any such representative or representatives of the
               selling Holders, underwriter, attorney or accountant in
               connection with the Shelf Registration Statement after the filing
               thereof and before its effectiveness; provided, however, that any
               information designated by the Company as confidential at the time
               of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by the
               recipient thereof; provided further, that in no event shall the
               Company be required to furnish any material nonpublic information
               pursuant to this subsection (vi).

                    (vii) If reasonably requested by any selling Holders or the
               underwriter(s), if any, promptly incorporate in the Shelf
               Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or
               post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such
               selling Holders and underwriter(s), if any, may request to have
               included therein, including, without limitation: (A) information
               relating to the "Plan of Distribution" of the Transfer Restricted
               Securities, (B) information with respect to the principal amount
               of Debentures or number of shares of Common Stock being sold to
               such underwriter(s), (C) the purchase price being paid therefor
               and (D) any other terms of the offering of the Transfer
               Restricted Securities to be sold in such offering; provided,
               however, that with respect to any information requested for
               inclusion by a selling Holder, this clause (vii) shall apply only
               to such information that relates to the Transfer Restricted
               Securities to be sold by such selling Holder; and make all
               required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective
               amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company is
               notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus
               supplement or post-effective amendment.

                    (viii) Furnish to each selling Holder and each of the
               underwriter(s), if any, without charge, at least one copy of the
               Shelf Registration Statement, as first

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               filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto (and any
               documents incorporated by reference therein or exhibits thereto
               (or exhibits incorporated in such exhibits by reference) as such
               Person may request).

                    (ix)  Deliver to each selling Holder and each of the
               underwriter(s), if any, without charge, as many copies of the
               Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any
               amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may
               request; subject to any notice by the Company in accordance with
               this Section 4(b) of the existence of any fact or event of the
               kind described in Section 4(b)(iii)(D), the Company hereby
               consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or
               supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders and each of the
               underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the offering and the
               sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the
               Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.

                    (x)   If an underwriting agreement is entered into and the
               registration is an Underwritten Registration, the Company shall:

                          (A) upon request, furnish to each underwriter and, in
                    the case of clause (1), to each selling Holder, in such
                    substance and scope as they may reasonably request and as
                    are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary
                    underwritten offerings, upon the date of closing of any sale
                    of Transfer Restricted Securities in an Underwritten
                    Registration:

                              (1) a certificate, dated the date of such closing,
                          signed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company
                          confirming, as of the date thereof, the matters set
                          forth in Section 5(g) of the Purchase Agreement and
                          such other matters as such parties may reasonably
                          request;

                              (2) opinions, each dated the date of such closing,
                          of counsel to the Company covering such of the matters
                          as are customarily covered in legal opinions to
                          underwriters in connection with primary underwritten
                          offerings of securities; and

                              (3) customary comfort letters, dated the date of
                          such closing, from the Company's independent
                          accountants (and from any other accountants whose
                          report is contained or incorporated by reference in
                          the Shelf Registration Statement), in the customary
                          form and covering matters of the type customarily
                          covered in comfort letters to underwriters in
                          connection with primary underwritten offerings of
                          securities;

                          (B) set forth in full in the underwriting agreement,
                    if any, indemnification provisions and procedures which
                    provide rights no less protective than those set forth in
                    Section 6 hereof with respect to all parties to be
                    indemnified by the Company; and

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                          (C) deliver such other documents and certificates as
                    may be reasonably requested by such parties to evidence
                    compliance with clause (A) above and with any customary
                    conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other
                    agreement entered into by the selling Holders pursuant to
                    this clause (x).

                    (xi)  Before any public offering of Transfer Restricted
               Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders, the
               underwriter(s), if any, and their respective counsel in
               connection with the registration and qualification of the
               Transfer Restricted Securities under the securities or Blue Sky
               laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders or
               underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request and do any and all
               other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the
               disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted
               Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement; provided,
               however, that the Company shall not be required (A) to register
               or qualify as a foreign corporation or a dealer of securities
               where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would
               subject it to the service of process in any jurisdiction where it
               is not now so subject or (B) to subject themselves to taxation in
               any such jurisdiction if they are not now so subject.

                    (xii) Cooperate with the selling Holders and the
               underwriter(s), if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and
               delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted
               Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends
               (unless required by applicable securities laws) and enable such
               Transfer Restricted Securities to be in such denominations and
               registered in such names as the Holders or the underwriter(s), if
               any, may request at least two Business Days before any sale of
               Transfer Restricted Securities made by such underwriter(s).

                    (xiii) Use its reasonable efforts to cause the Transfer
               Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement
               to be registered with or approved by such other U.S. governmental
               agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller
               or sellers thereof or the underwriter(s), if any, to consummate
               the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities.

                    (xiv) Subject to Section 4(b)(i) hereof, if any fact or
               event contemplated by Section 4(b)(iii)(D) hereof shall exist or
               have occurred, use its reasonable efforts to prepare a supplement
               or post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement
               or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by
               reference or file any other required document so that, as
               thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer Restricted
               Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an 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 not
               misleading.

                    (xv) Provide CUSIP numbers for all Transfer Restricted
               Securities not later than the effective date of the Shelf
               Registration Statement and provide the

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               Trustee under the Indenture with certificates for the Debentures
               that are in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust
               Company.

                    (xvi) Cooperate and assist in any filings required to be
               made with the NASD and in the performance of any due diligence
               investigation by any underwriter that is required to be retained
               in accordance with the rules and regulations of the NASD.

                    (xvii) Otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all
               applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and all
               reporting requirements under the rules and regulations of the
               Exchange Act.

                    (xviii) Cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA
               not later than the effective date of the Shelf Registration
               Statement required by this Agreement, and, in connection
               therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and the holders of
               Debentures to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be
               required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with
               the terms of the TIA, and execute and use its reasonable efforts
               to cause the Trustee thereunder to execute all documents that may
               be required to effect such changes and all other forms and
               documents required to be filed with the Commission to enable such
               Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner.

                    (xix) Cause all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by
               the Shelf Registration Statement to be listed or quoted, as the
               case may be, on each securities exchange or automated quotation
               system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then
               listed or quoted.

                    (xx) Provide promptly to each Holder upon written request
               each document filed with the Commission pursuant to the
               requirements of Section 13 and Section 15 of the Exchange Act
               after the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement.

                    (xxi) If reasonably requested by the underwriters, if any,
               make appropriate officers of the Company reasonably available to
               the underwriters for meetings with prospective purchasers of the
               Transfer Restricted Securities and prepare and present to
               potential investors customary "road show" material in a manner
               consistent with other new issuances of other securities similar
               to the Transfer Restricted Securities.

               (c)  Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted
Security that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the existence of
any fact of the kind described in Section 4(b)(iii)(D) hereof, such Holder will,
and will use its reasonable efforts to cause any underwriter(s) in an
Underwritten Offering to, forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer
Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until:

                    (i)   such Holder has received copies of the supplemented or
               amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 4(b)(xv) hereof; or

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                    (ii)  such Holder is advised in writing (the "Advice") by
               the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and
               has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings
               that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus.

If so directed by the Company, each Holder will deliver to the Company (at the
Company's expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such
Holder's possession, of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted
Securities that was current at the time of receipt of such notice of suspension.

               (d)  Each Holder who intends to be named as a selling Holder in
the Shelf Registration Statement shall furnish to the Company in writing, no
later than the Questionnaire Deadline, such information regarding such Holder
and the proposed distribution by such Holder of its Transfer Restricted
Securities as the Company may reasonably request for use in connection with the
Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included
therein. Holders that do not complete the questionnaire and deliver it to the
Company shall not be named as selling securityholders in the Prospectus or
preliminary Prospectus included in the Shelf Registration Statement and
therefore shall not be permitted to sell any Transfer Restricted Securities
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement. Each Holder who intends to be
named as a selling Holder in the Shelf Registration Statement shall promptly
furnish to the Company in writing such other information as the Company may from
time to time reasonably request in writing.

               (e)  Upon the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement,
each Holder shall notify the Company at least three Business Days prior to any
intended distribution of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement (a "Sale Notice"), which notice shall be effective for
five Business Days. Each Holder of this Security, by accepting the same, agrees
to hold any communication by the Company in response to a Sale Notice in
confidence.

          5.   Registration Expenses.

              (a)   All expenses incident to the Company's performance of or
compliance with this Agreement shall be borne by the Company regardless of
whether a Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective, including, without
limitation:

                    (i)   all registration and filing fees and expenses
               (including filings made by any Initial Purchasers or Holders with
               the NASD);

                    (ii)  all fees and expenses of compliance with federal
               securities and state Blue Sky or securities laws;

                    (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing of
               Prospectuses and certificates for the Common Stock to be issued
               upon conversion of the Debentures), messenger and delivery
               services and telephone;

                    (iv)  all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Company
               and, subject to Section 5(b) below, the Holders of Transfer
               Restricted Securities;

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                    (v)   all application and filing fees in connection with
               listing (or authorizing for quotation) the Common Stock on a
               national securities exchange or automated quotation system
               pursuant to the requirements hereof; and

                    (vi)  all fees and disbursements of independent certified
               public accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any
               special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such
               performance).

               The Company shall bear its internal expenses (including, without
limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing
legal, accounting or other duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the
fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the
Company.

               (b)  In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement required
by this Agreement, the Company shall reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities being registered pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable fees and disbursements
not to exceed the amount of $50,000 of not more than one counsel and, which
shall be Latham & Watkins, or such other counsel as may be chosen by a Majority
of Holders for whose benefit the Shelf Registration Statement is being prepared.

               6.   Indemnification and Contribution.

               (a)  The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Holder,
such Holder's officers and employees and each person, if any, who controls such
Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act (each, an "Indemnified Holder"),
from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any
action in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss, claim,
damage, liability or action relating to resales of the Transfer Restricted
Securities), to which such Indemnified Holder may become subject, insofar as any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon:

                    (i)   any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
               material fact contained in (A) the Shelf Registration Statement
               or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or (B) any
               blue sky application or other document or any amendment or
               supplement thereto prepared or executed by the Company (or based
               upon written information furnished by or on behalf of the Company
               expressly for use in such blue sky application or other document
               or amendment on supplement) filed in any jurisdiction
               specifically for the purpose of qualifying any or all of the
               Transfer Restricted Securities under the securities law of any
               state or other jurisdiction (such application or document being
               hereinafter called a "Blue Sky Application"); or

                    (ii)  the omission or alleged omission to state therein 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 shall reimburse each Indemnified Holder promptly upon demand for any legal
or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Holder in connection
with investigating or

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defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability
or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in
the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or amendment or supplement
thereto or Blue Sky Application in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Holder (or its
related Indemnified Holder) specifically for use therein or out of the failure
by the Indemnified Holder to furnish to any purchaser of its Restricted Transfer
Security of the Prospectus and any supplement or amendment thereto in the form
provided to such Indemnified Holder by the Company. The foregoing indemnity
agreement is in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have
to any Indemnified Holder.

               (b)  Each Holder, severally and not jointly, shall indemnify and
hold harmless the Company, its officers and employees and each person, if any,
who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, from and
against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in
respect thereof, to which the Company or any such officer, employee or
controlling person may become subject, insofar as any such loss, claim, damage
or liability or action arises out of, or is based upon:

                    (i)   any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
               any material fact contained in the Shelf Registration Statement
               or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any Blue
               Sky Application; or

                    (ii)  the omission or the alleged omission to state therein
               any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
               make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
               which they were made, not misleading,

but in each case only to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of
such Holder (or its related Indemnified Holder) specifically for use therein,
and shall reimburse the Company and any such officer, employee or controlling
person promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by the Company or any such officer, employee or controlling person in connection
with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred.  The foregoing
indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which any Holder may
otherwise have to the Company and any such officer, employee or controlling
person.

               (c)  Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 6 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the
indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under this Section 6, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; provided, however, that
the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any
liability which it may have under this Section 6 except to the extent it has
been materially prejudiced by such failure; and provided, further, that the
failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not

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relieve it from any liability which it may have to an indemnified party
otherwise than under this Section 6. If any such claim or action shall be
brought against an indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party
thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to
the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified
indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to
the indemnified party. After notice from the indemnifying party to the
indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of such claim or action,
the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party under this
Section 6 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the
indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable
costs of investigation; provided, however, that a Majority of Holders shall have
the right to employ a single counsel to represent jointly a Majority of Holders
and their respective officers, employees and controlling persons who may be
subject to liability arising out of any claim in respect of which indemnity may
be sought by a Majority of Holders against the Company under this Section 7; and
provided, further, that if a Majority of Holders shall have reasonably concluded
that there may be one or more legal defenses available to them and their
respective officers, employees and controlling persons that are different from
or additional to those available to the Company and its officers, employees and
controlling persons, the fees and expenses of a single separate counsel shall be
paid by the Company. No indemnifying party shall:

                    (i)   without the prior written consent of the indemnified
               parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) settle
               or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with
               respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or
               proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution
               may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties
               are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless
               such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional
               release of each indemnified party seeking indemnification
               hereunder from all liability arising out of such claim, action,
               suit or proceeding, or

                    (ii)  be liable for any settlement of any such action
               effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be
               unreasonably withheld), but if settled with its written consent
               or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such
               action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold
               harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or
               liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.

               (d)  If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 shall
for any reason be unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified
party under Section 6(a) or 6(b) in respect of any loss, claim, damage or
liability (or action in respect thereof) referred to therein, each indemnifying
party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the
amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss,
claim, damage or liability (or action in respect thereof):

                    (i)   in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
               relative benefits received by the Company from the offering and
               sale of the Transfer Restricted

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               Securities on the one hand and a Holder with respect to the sale
               by such Holder of the Transfer Restricted Securities on the
               other, or

                    (ii)  if the allocation provided by clause (6)(d)(i) is not
               permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate
               to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause
               6(d)(i) but also the relative fault of the Company on the one
               hand and the Holder on the other in connection with the
               statements or omissions or alleged statements or alleged
               omissions that resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability
               (or action in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant
               equitable considerations.

The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and a Holder on
the other with respect to such offering and such sale shall be deemed to be in
the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the
Debentures purchased under the Purchase Agreement (before deducting expenses)
received by the Company as set forth in the table on Schedule 1 hereto, on the
one hand, bear to the total proceeds received by such Holder with respect to its
sale of Transfer Restricted Securities on the other.  The relative fault of the
parties shall be determined by reference to whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or
the Holders on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission.  The Company and each Holder agree that it would not be
just and equitable if the amount of contribution pursuant to this Section 6(d)
were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that
does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the first
sentence of this paragraph (d).  The amount paid or payable by an indemnified
party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect
thereof, referred to above in this Section 6 shall be deemed to include, for
purposes of this Section 6, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending or
preparing to defend any such action or claim.  Notwithstanding the provisions of
this Section 6, no Holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess
of the amount by which the total price at which the Transfer Restricted
Securities purchased by it were resold exceeds the amount of any damages which
such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any 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 Holders' obligations to
contribute as provided in this Section 6(d) are several and not joint.

          7.   Rule 144A. In the event the Company is not subject to Section 13
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company hereby agrees with each Holder, for so
long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding, to make available
to any Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in
connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer
Restricted Securities from such Holder or beneficial owner, the information
required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act in order to permit resales
of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A.

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          8.   Participation in Underwritten Registrations.  No Holder may
participate in any Underwritten Registration hereunder unless such Holder:

                    (i)   agrees to sell such Holder's Transfer Restricted
               Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements
               approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such
               arrangements; and

                    (ii)  completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires,
               powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up
               letters and other documents required under the terms of such
               underwriting arrangements.

          9.   Selection of Underwriters.  The Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may
sell such Transfer Restricted Securities in an Underwritten Offering.  In any
such Underwritten Offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and
manager or managers that will administer the offering will be selected by a
Majority of Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are included in such
offering; provided, however, that such investment bankers and managers must be
reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

          10.  Miscellaneous.

               (a)  Remedies. The Company acknowledges and agrees that any
failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Section 2 hereof may
result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders
for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to
measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such
failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be
required to specifically enforce the Company's obligations under Section 2
hereof. The Company further agrees to waive the defense in any action for
specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

               (b)  Adjustments Affecting Transfer Restricted Securities. The
Company shall not, directly or indirectly, take any action with respect to the
Transfer Restricted Securities as a class that would adversely affect the
ability of the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities to include such
Transfer Restricted Securities in a registration undertaken pursuant to this
Agreement.

               (c)  No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not, on or
after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its
securities that interfere with the rights granted to the Holders in this
Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. In addition, the
Company shall not grant to any of its security holders (other than the holders
of Transfer Restricted Securities in such capacity) the right to include any of
its securities in the Shelf Registration Statement provided for in this
Agreement other than the Transfer Restricted Securities. The Company has not
previously entered into any agreement (which has not expired or been terminated)
granting any registration rights with respect to its securities to any Person
which rights conflict with the provisions hereof.

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               (d)  Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may not be amended,
modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from the
provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Company has obtained the written
consent of a Majority of Holders.

               (e)  Notices. All notices and other communications provided for
or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class
mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier, or
air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

                    (i)   if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the
               records of the registrar under the Indenture or the transfer
               agent of the Common Stock, as the case may be; and

                    (ii)  if to the Company:

                          Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation
                          741 Calle Plano
                          Camarillo, California  93012
                          Attn:  Chief Financial Officer

                          With a copy to:

                          Davis Polk & Wardwell
                          1600 El Camino Real
                          Menlo Park, California 94025
                          Attn:  Francis S. Currie

          All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given at: the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business
Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when
answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the
next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight
delivery.

               (f)  Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the
parties, including without limitation and without the need for an express
assignment, subsequent Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided,
however, that (i) this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding
upon a successor or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor
or assign acquired Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder and (ii)
nothing contained herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or
other disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities in violation of the terms of
the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall
acquire Transfer Restricted Securities, in any manner, whether by operation of
law or otherwise, such Transfer Restricted Securities shall be held subject to
all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Transfer
Restricted Securities such person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to
be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

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               (g)  Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
agreement.

               (h)  Securities Held by the Company or Their Affiliates. Whenever
the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Transfer
Restricted Securities is required hereunder, Transfer Restricted Securities held
by the Company or its Affiliates shall not be counted in determining whether
such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.

               (i)  Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience
of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

               (j)  Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

               (k)  Severability. If any one or more of the provisions contained
herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal
or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such
provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained
herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

               (l)  Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties
as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and
exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in
respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions,
promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to
herein with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with
respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all
prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such
subject matter.

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          In Witness Whereof, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first written above.

                                  Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation

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


                                  Lehman Brothers Inc.
                                  Goldman, Sachs & Co.
                                  Prudential Securities Incorporated

                                  By:  Lehman Brothers Inc.

                                  By
                                     -------------------------------
                                     Authorized Representative

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                                                                      Schedule 1

                                  Net Proceeds
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                      Per
                                                                   Debenture      Total
                                                                  ----------   ------------
<S>                                                               <C>          <C>
     Offering Price............................................         100%   $600,000,000
     Discounts and Commissions.................................         2.5%   $ 15,000,000
     Net Proceeds to the Company (before deducting expenses)...        97.5%   $585,000,000
</TABLE>


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                                                                       Exhibit A

                       VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

                        NOTICE OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

                                      AND


               SELLING SECURITYHOLDER ELECTION AND QUESTIONNAIRE

________________________________________________________________________________

                                     NOTICE

     Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (the "Company") has filed, or intends to
file, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a
registration statement on Form S-3 or such other Form as may be available (the
"Shelf Registration Statement"), for the registration and resale under Rule 415
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), of the
Company's 4.00% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2005 (CUSIP No.
928497AA4) (the "Debentures"), and common stock, par value $0.01 per share,
issuable upon conversion thereof (the "Shares" and together with the Debentures,
the "Transfer Restricted Securities") in accordance with the terms of the
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 13, 2000 (the "Registration
Rights Agreement") between the Company and Lehman Brothers Inc., Goldman, Sachs
& Co. and Prudential Securities Incorporated.  A copy of the Registration Rights
Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth
below.  All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meaning
ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.

     In order to sell or otherwise dispose of any Transfer Restricted Securities
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, a beneficial owner of Transfer
Restricted Securities generally will be required to be named as a selling
securityholder in the related Prospectus, deliver a Prospectus to purchasers of
Transfer Restricted Securities, be subject to certain civil liability provisions
of the  Securities Act and be bound by those provisions of the Registration
Rights Agreement applicable to such beneficial owner (including certain
indemnification rights and obligations, as described below).  In order to be
included in the Shelf Registration Statement, this Election and Questionnaire
must be completed, executed and delivered to the Company at the address set
forth herein for receipt PRIOR TO OR ON [insert here date that is 20 business
days from the date of this notice] (the "Election and Questionnaire Deadline").
Beneficial owners that do not complete this Notice and Questionnaire prior to
the Election and Questionnaire Deadline and deliver it to the Company as
provided below will not be named as selling securityholders in the prospectus
and therefore will not be permitted to sell any Transfer Restricted Securities
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

     Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling
securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus.
Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Transfer Restricted Securities are
advised to consult their own securities law counsel

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regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling
securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus.


                                    ELECTION

     The undersigned Holder (the "Selling Securityholder") of Transfer
Restricted Securities hereby elects to include in the Shelf Registration
Statement the Transfer Restricted Securities beneficially owned by it and listed
below in Item 3 (unless otherwise specified under Item 3) pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement.  The undersigned, by signing and returning this Election
and Questionnaire, understands that it will be bound by the terms and conditions
of this Election and Questionnaire and the Registration Rights Agreement.

     Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Selling Securityholder
has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Company's directors,
the Company's officers who sign the Shelf Registration Statement and each
person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against
certain losses arising in connection with statements concerning the Selling
Securityholder made in the Shelf Registration Statement or the related
Prospectus in reliance upon the information provided in this Election and
Questionnaire.

     The Selling Securityholder hereby provides the following information to the
Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate and
complete:

                                 QUESTIONNAIRE

1.   (a)  Full legal name of Selling Securityholder:

     (b)  Full legal name of registered holder (if not the same as (a) above)
          through which Transfer Restricted Securities listed in (3) below are
          held:

     (c)  Full legal name of DTC participant (if applicable and if not the same
          as (b) above) through which Transfer Restricted Securities listed in
          (3) are held:

2.   Address for notices to Selling Securityholders:

     Telephone:

     Fax:

     Contact Person:

3.   Beneficial ownership of Transfer Restricted Securities:

     (a)  Type of Transfer Restricted Securities beneficially owned, and
          principal amount of Debentures or number of shares of Common Stock, as
          the case may be, beneficially owned:

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     (b)  CUSIP No(s). of such Transfer Restricted Securities beneficially
          owned:

4.   Beneficial ownership of the Company's securities owned by the Selling
     Securityholder:

     Except as set forth below in this Item (4), the undersigned is not the
     beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than
     the Transfer Restricted Securities listed above in Item (3) ("Other
     Securities").

     (a)  Type and amount of Other Securities beneficially owned by the Selling
          Securityholder:

     (b)  CUSIP No(s). of such Other Securities beneficially owned:

5.   Relationship with the Company

     Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its
     affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (5% or more)
     has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship
     with the Company (or their predecessors or affiliates) during the past
     three years.

     State any exceptions here:


6.   Plan of Distribution

     Except as set forth below, the undersigned (including its donees or
     pledgees) intends to distribute the Transfer Restricted Securities listed
     above in Item (3) pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement only as
     follows (if at all).  Such Transfer Restricted Securities may be sold from
     time to time directly by the undersigned or, alternatively, through
     underwriters, broker-dealers or agents.  If the Transfer Restricted
     Securities are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the Selling
     Securityholder will be responsible for underwriting discounts or
     commissions or agent's commissions.  Such Transfer Restricted Securities
     may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing
     market prices at the time of sale, at varying prices determined at the time
     of sale, or at negotiated prices.  Such sales may be effected in
     transactions (which may involve crosses or block transactions):

          (i)  on any national securities exchange or quotation service on
     which the Transfer Restricted Securities may be listed or quoted at the
     time of sale;

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          (ii)  in the over-the-counter market;

          (iii) in transactions otherwise than on such exchanges or services or
     in the over-the-counter market; or

          (iv)  through the writing of options.

     In connection with sales of the Transfer Restricted Securities or
     otherwise, the undersigned may enter into hedging transactions with broker-
     dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the Transfer Restricted
     Securities and deliver Transfer Restricted Securities to close out such
     short positions, or loan or pledge Transfer Restricted Securities to
     broker-dealers that in turn may sell such securities.

     State any exceptions here:

     Note: In no event will such method(s) of distribution take the form of an
underwritten offering of the Transfer Restricted Securities without the prior
agreement of the Company.

     By signing below, the Selling Securityholder acknowledges that it
understands its obligation to comply, and agrees it will comply, with the
provisions of the prospectus delivery and other provisions of the Securities Act
and the Exchange Act and the respective rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, particularly Regulation M thereunder (or any successor rules or
regulations), in connection with any offering of Transfer Restricted Securities
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

     If the Selling Securityholder transfers all or any portion of the Transfer
Restricted Securities listed in Item 3 above after the date on which such
information is provided to the Company, the Selling Securityholder agrees to
notify the transferee(s) at the time of the transfer of its rights and
obligations under this Election and Questionnaire and the Registration Rights
Agreement.

     By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the
information contained herein in its answers to items (1) through (6) above and
the inclusion of such information in the Shelf Registration Statement and the
related Prospectus. The undersigned understands that such information will be
relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of
the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus.

     In accordance with the Selling Securityholder's obligation under the
Registration Rights Agreement to provide such information as may be required by
law for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, the Selling
Securityholder agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or
changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date
hereof at any time while the Shelf Registration Statement remains effective.
All notices hereunder and pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement shall be
made in writing at the address set forth below.

                                      A-4
<PAGE>

     Once this Election and Questionnaire is executed by the Selling
Securityholder and received by the Company, the terms of this Election and
Questionnaire and the representations and warranties contained herein shall be
binding on, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the
respective successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns of the
Company and the Selling Securityholder with respect to the Transfer Restricted
Securities beneficially owned by such Selling Securityholder and listed in Item
3 above.  This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of New York.

                                      A-5
<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused
this Election and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or
by its duly authorized agent.

Dated:

Beneficial Owner

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

Please return the completed and executed Election and Questionnaire for receipt
prior to or on [insert date of Election and Questionnaire Deadline] to Vitesse
Semiconductor Corporation at:

               Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation
               741 Calle Plano
               Camarillo, California  93012
               Attn:  Chief Financial Officer


                                     A-6
<PAGE>

                                                            EXHIBIT 1 TO ANNEX A

                          NOTICE OF TRANSFER PURSUANT
                           TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT



Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation
741 Calle Plano
Camarillo, California  93012
Attn:  Chief Financial Officer

State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A.
c/o State Street Bank and Trust Company
2 Avenue de Lafayette
Boston, Massachusetts 02111-1724
Attn:  Sandy Wong
Tel.  617-662-1545
Fax   617-662-1452

          Re:  Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation's 4.00% Convertible
               Subordinated Debentures due 2005 (the "Debentures")

Dear Sirs:

     Please be advised that                      has transferred $
aggregate principal amount of the above-referenced Debentures or
shares of the Company's Common Stock issued on conversion or repurchase of
Debentures, pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-
     ) filed by the Company.

     We hereby certify that the prospectus delivery requirements, if any, of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, have been satisfied with respect to the
transfer described above and that the above named beneficial owner of the
Debentures or Common Stock is named as a selling securityholder in the
Prospectus dated          , or in amendments or supplements thereto, and that
the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures or number of shares of Common
Stock transferred are [all or a portion of] the Debentures or Common Stock
listed in such Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, opposite such owner's
name.

                             Very truly yours,


                             [name]
                             By:
                                --------------------------------
                                      (Authorized signature)


Dated:
       ------------


                                      A-7

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