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                                                                    EXHIBIT 25.1
                                                   REGISTRATION NO.
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM T-1
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               STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE
           ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

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

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                            WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
              (EXACT NAME OF TRUSTEE AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

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                   DELAWARE                                      51-0055023
           (STATE OF INCORPORATION)                 (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)
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                              RODNEY SQUARE NORTH
                            1100 NORTH MARKET STREET
                           WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19890
                    (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)

                               CYNTHIA L. CORLISS
                        VICE PRESIDENT AND TRUST COUNSEL
                            WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
                              RODNEY SQUARE NORTH
                           WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19890
                                 (302) 651-8516
           (NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

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                              CALPINE CORPORATION
              (EXACT NAME OF OBLIGOR AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

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                   DELAWARE                                      77-0212977
           (STATE OF INCORPORATION)                 (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)

         50 WEST SAN FERNANDO STREET
             SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA                                  95113
   (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)                      (ZIP CODE)
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                    DEBIT SECURITIES OF CALPINE CORPORATION
                      (TITLE OF THE INDENTURE SECURITIES)

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ITEM 1. GENERAL INFORMATION.

     Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

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

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         Federal Deposit Insurance Co.     State Bank Commissioner
         Five Penn Center                  Dover, Delaware
         Suite #2901
         Philadelphia, PA
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     (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

        The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

ITEM 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR.

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

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

ITEM 3. LIST OF EXHIBITS.

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

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

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

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

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

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, Wilmington Trust Company, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of Delaware, has duly caused this Statement of
Eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, all in the City of Wilmington and State of Delaware on the 12th day
of July, 2000.

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                                                       WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
[SEAL]

Attest: /s/ PATRICIA A. EVANS                          By: /s/ DONALD G. MACKELCAN
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-----------------------------------------------------  Name: Donald G. MacKelcan
           Assistant Secretary                         Title:  Vice President
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                                   EXHIBIT A

                                AMENDED CHARTER

                            WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY

                              WILMINGTON, DELAWARE

                           AS EXISTING ON MAY 9, 1987

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                                AMENDED CHARTER
                                       OR
                              ACT OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                            WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY

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

     FIRST: The name of this corporation is WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

          (11) To purchase, receive, hold and own bonds, mortgages, debentures,
     shares of capital stock, and other securities, obligations, contracts and
     evidences of indebtedness, of any private, public or municipal corporation
     within and without the State of Delaware, or of the Government of the
     United States, or of any state, territory, colony, or possession thereof,
     or of any foreign government or country; to receive, collect, receipt for,
     and dispose of interest, dividends and income upon and from any of the
     bonds, mortgages, debentures, notes, shares of capital stock, securities,
     obligations, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other property held
     and owned by it, and to exercise in respect of all such bonds, mortgages,
     debentures, notes, shares of capital

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     stock, securities, obligations, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and
     other property, any and all the rights, powers and privileges of individual
     owners thereof, including the right to vote thereon; to invest and deal in
     and with any of the moneys of the Corporation upon such securities and in
     such manner as it may think fit and proper, and from time to time to vary
     or realize such investments; to issue bonds and secure the same by pledges
     or deeds of trust or mortgages of or upon the whole or any part of the
     property held or owned by the Corporation, and to sell and pledge such
     bonds, as and when the Board of Directors shall determine, and in the
     promotion of its said corporate business of investment and to the extent
     authorized by law, to lease, purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer,
     pledge, mortgage and convey real and personal property of any name and
     nature and any estate or interest therein.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

     (c) (1) After the requirements with respect to preferential dividends on
     the Preferred Stock (fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b)
     of this Article FOURTH), if any, shall have been met and after the
     Corporation shall have complied with all the requirements, if any, with
     respect to the setting aside of sums as sinking funds or redemption or
     purchase accounts (fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b)
     of this Article FOURTH), and subject further to any conditions which may be
     fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b) of this

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     Article FOURTH, then and not otherwise the holders of Common Stock shall be
     entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared from time to time by
     the Board of Directors.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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     should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective
     nomination shall be disregarded.

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

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

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

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

     NINTH: This Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

          (C) the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or any Subsidiary (in
     one transaction or a series of related transactions) of any securities of
     the Corporation or any Subsidiary to any

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     Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder in
     exchange for cash, securities or other property (or a combination thereof)
     having an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more, or

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

          (E) any reclassification of securities (including any reverse stock
     split), or recapitalization of the Corporation, or any merger or
     consolidation of the Corporation with any of its Subsidiaries or any
     similar transaction (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving an
     Interested Stockholder) which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of
     increasing the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any class
     of equity or convertible securities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary
     which is directly or indirectly owned by any Interested Stockholder, or any
     Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder, shall require the affirmative vote
     of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of capital
     stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of
     directors, considered for the purpose of this Article FIFTEENTH as one
     class ("Voting Shares"). Such affirmative vote shall be required
     notwithstanding the fact that no vote may be required, or that some lesser
     percentage may be specified, by law or in any agreement with any national
     securities exchange or otherwise.

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

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

     (c) For the purposes of this Article FIFTEENTH:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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                                   EXHIBIT B

                                    BY-LAWS

                            WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY

                              WILMINGTON, DELAWARE

                        AS EXISTING ON JANUARY 20, 2000

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                      BY-LAWS OF WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY

                                   ARTICLE I

                             STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS

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

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

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

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

                                   ARTICLE II

                                   DIRECTORS

     SECTION 1. The number and classification of the Board of Directors shall be
as set forth in the Charter of the Bank. No more than two Directors may also be
employees of the Company or any affiliate thereof.

     SECTION 2. No person who has attained the age of seventy-two (72) years
shall be nominated for election to the Board of Directors of the Company,
provided, however, that this limitation shall not apply to any person who was
serving as director of the Company on September 16, 1971. The Chairman of the
Board of Directors shall not be qualified to continue to serve as a Director
upon the termination for any reason of his or her service in that office.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                  ARTICLE III

                                   COMMITTEES

     SECTION 1. Executive Committee

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

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

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

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

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

     (F) In the event of a state of disaster of sufficient severity to prevent
the conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Company by its
directors and officers as contemplated by these By-Laws any two available
members of the Executive Committee as constituted immediately prior to such
disaster shall constitute a quorum of that Committee for the full conduct and
management of the affairs and business of the Company in accordance with the
provisions of

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

     SECTION 2. Audit Committee

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

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

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

     SECTION 3. Compensation Committee

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

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

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

     SECTION 4. Associate Directors

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

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

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exception of the Executive Committee, Audit Committee and Compensation
Committee, which must be comprised solely of active directors.

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

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

                                   ARTICLE IV

                                    OFFICERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

     SECTION 7. The Treasurer shall have general supervision over all assets and
liabilities of the Company. He shall be custodian of and responsible for all
monies, funds and valuables of the Company and for the keeping of proper records
of the evidence of property or indebtedness and of all the transactions of the
Company. He shall have general supervision of the expenditures of the Company
and shall report to the Board of Directors at each regular meeting of the
condition of the

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Company, and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him from time to
time by the Board of Directors of the Executive Committee.

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                   ARTICLE V

                          STOCK AND STOCK CERTIFICATES

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

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

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

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                                   ARTICLE VI

                                      SEAL

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

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

                                  ARTICLE VII

                                  FISCAL YEAR

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

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                    EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS OF THE COMPANY

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

                                   ARTICLE IX

              COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES

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

                                   ARTICLE X

                                INDEMNIFICATION

     SECTION 1. (A) The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may
hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made
a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or

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proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a
"proceeding") by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the
legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation or of a
partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity, including
service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss
suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such person. The Corporation shall
indemnify a person in connection with a proceeding initiated by such person only
if the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

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

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

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

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

                                   ARTICLE XI

                           AMENDMENTS TO THE BY-LAWS

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

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                                   EXHIBIT C

                             SECTION 321(b) CONSENT

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

                                          WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY

Dated: July 12, 2000                      By: /s/ Donald G. MacKelcan
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Name: Donald G. MacKelcan
                                          Title: Vice President

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                                   EXHIBIT D

                                     NOTICE

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

                              REPORT OF CONDITION

Consolidating domestic subsidiaries of the

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                 WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY                    of             WILMINGTON
-----------------------------------------------------------       ------------------------------
                       Name of Bank                                            City
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in the State of DELAWARE, at the close of business on March 31, 2000.

                                     ASSETS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              THOUSANDS
                                                              OF DOLLARS
                                                              ----------
<S>                                                           <C>
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
  Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coins.......    201,493
  Interest-bearing balances.................................          0
Held-to-maturity securities.................................     27,489
Available-for-sale securities...............................  1,537,081
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements
  to resell.................................................    337,813
Loans and lease financing receivables:
  Loans and leases, net of unearned income..................  4,531,569
  LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses.................     68,310
  LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve.....................          0
  Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and
     reserve................................................  4,463,259
Assets held in trading accounts.............................          0
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)....    120,726
Other real estate owned.....................................        537
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated
  companies.................................................      1,582
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances
  outstanding...............................................          0
Intangible assets...........................................      5,006
Other assets................................................    114,099
Total assets................................................  6,809,085
                              LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices.........................................  5,385,466
  Noninterest-bearing.......................................    934,606
  Interest-bearing..........................................  4,450,860
Federal funds purchased and Securities sold under agreements
  to repurchase.............................................    202,083
Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury....................     52,267
Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-D)....................          0
Other borrowed money:
  With original maturity of one year or less................    607,000
  With original maturity of more than one year..............     43,000
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding....          0
Subordinated notes and debentures...........................          0
Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)......................     92,580
Total liabilities...........................................  6,382,396
                             EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus...............          0
Common Stock................................................        500
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)....     62,118
Undivided profits and capital reserves......................    400,571
Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale
  securities................................................    (36,500)
Total equity capital........................................    426,689
Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock, and equity
  capital...................................................  6,809,085
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