HEARTLAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS INC
S-8, 1996-06-13
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     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 13, 1996.
                                                     Registration No. 333-______
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                      ____________________________________
                                    FORM S-8
            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                      ____________________________________
                    HEARTLAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                    
           
           DELAWARE                                          75-1435149
(State or other jurisdiction of                           (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                        Identification Number)
                                 903 N. BOWSER
                                   SUITE 140
                            RICHARDSON, TEXAS  75081
              (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
                               __________________
                    HEARTLAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                                  401(K) PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                           J. CURTIS HENDERSON, ESQ.
                       VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
                    HEARTLAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                                 903 N. BOWSER
                                   SUITE 140
                            RICHARDSON, TEXAS  75081
                                 (214) 479-9244
  (Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
                          code, of agent for service)
              ___________________________________________________
                                    Copy to:
                                  KENT JAMISON
                           LOCKE PURNELL RAIN HARRELL
                          (A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION)
                                2200 ROSS AVENUE
                                   SUITE 2200
                              DALLAS, TEXAS  75201
                                 (214) 740-8000

                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
 <S>                          <C>                   <C>                      <C>                      <C>
====================================================================================================================================
 Title of Securities          Amount to be          Proposed Maximum         Proposed Maximum             Amount of
      to be Registered         Registered           Offering Price per       Aggregate Offering       Registration Fee *
                                                          Share *                  Price*
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Common Stock, $.001         500,000 shares             $25.3125              $12,656,250.00              $4,364.23
  par value
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>
* Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.  This
fee was calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the high and low prices for
the Common Stock of the Company on the Nasdaq Stock Market National Market on
June 11, 1996.

  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this Registration Statement also covers (i) shares of Common Stock of
the Company issuable to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
dividends or similar transactions and (ii) an indeterminate amount of interests
in the employee benefit plan described herein to be offered or sold pursuant to
the plan described herein.
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                                     PART I
              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

ITEM 1.  PLAN INFORMATION.

  The information specified by Item 1 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from
this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8.  The
document(s) containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or
given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1).

ITEM 2.  REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION.

  The information specified by Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from
this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8.  The
document(s) containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or
given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1).





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                                    PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

  The documents set forth below are hereby incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement.  All documents subsequently filed by Heartland Wireless
Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and the Heartland
Wireless Communications, Inc. 401(k) Plan (the "Plan") pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that
indicates that the securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters the securities offered hereby then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be
a part hereof commencing on the respective dates on which such documents are
filed.

   (1)  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
        December 31, 1995.

   (2)  All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report
  referred to in (1) above.

   (3)  The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
  Company's Form 8-A Registration Statement filed with the Commission pursuant
  to the Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports filed for the
  purposes of updating such description.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

  Not Applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

  Not Applicable.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

   Pursuant to Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the
  "DGCL"), Article VI of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation
  eliminates the liability of the Company's directors to the Company or its
  stockholders, except for liabilities related to breach of duty of loyalty,
  actions not in good faith and certain other liabilities.

   Section 145 of the DGCL provides for indemnification by the Company of its
  directors and officers.  In addition, Article IX, Section 1 of the Company's
  Restated By-Laws requires the Company to indemnify any current or former
  director or officer to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.  In
  addition, the Company has entered into indemnity agreement with its
  directors, which obligate the Company to indemnify such directors to the
  fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.  In addition, the Company maintains
  officers' and directors' liability insurance that insures against liabilities
  that officers and directors of the Company may incur in such capacities.

   Reference is made to the form of Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1
  to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-74244) which
  provides for indemnification of the directors and officers of the Company
  signing such registration statement and





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  certain controlling persons of the Company against certain liabilities,
  including those arising under the Securities Act in certain instances by the
  underwriters.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

  Not Applicable.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit Number         Description
- --------------         -----------
  <S>    <C>
  4.1    Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's
         Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File Number 33-74244) (the "Form S-1")).

  4.2    Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Form S-1.)

  4.3    Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc. 401(k) Plan.

  5.1    Opinion of Locke Purnell Rain Harrell (A Professional Corporation).

  23.1   Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP (Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc.).

  23.2   Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

  23.3   Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

  23.4   Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP (Cross Country Division).

  23.5   Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP (TechniVision, Inc.).

  23.6   Consent of Locke Purnell Rain Harrell (A Professional Corporation) (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit
         5.1).

  24   Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
</TABLE>

  The Company hereby undertakes that it will submit or has submitted the Plan
and any amendments thereto to the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") in a
timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in
order to qualify the Plan under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code.

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

         (a)  The Company hereby undertakes:

              (1)   To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
                    being made, a post-effective amendment to this
                    Registration Statement:

                    (i)   To include any prospectus required by Section
                          10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the
                          "Act");





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                    (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                          arising after the effective date of the Registration
                          Statement (or the most recent post-effective
                          amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
                          aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
                          information set forth in the Registration Statement;

                    (iii) To include any material information with respect to
                          the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
                          the Registration Statement or any material change to
                          such information in the Registration Statement;
                          
                    provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)
                    (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be
                    included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
                    is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to
                    the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company
                    pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
                    Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") that are
                    incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

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

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

              (4)   That, for purposes of determining any liability under the
                    Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant
                    to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that
                    is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
                    shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
                    to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
                    securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
                    bona fide offering thereof.

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





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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints J.R. Holland, Jr., John R. Bailey and J. Curtis
Henderson, each of them or any one of them, as his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in the name and on behalf of such person, in any and
all capacities, any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
this Registration Statement now or hereafter filed by or on behalf of Heartland
Wireless Communications, Inc. (the "Company") covering securities issued or
issuable under or in connection with the Company's 401(k) Plan (as now or
hereafter amended) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents required in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any state or other securities authority, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them or any of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them or any
one of them, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.




                                   SIGNATURES

  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Form S-8
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Richardson, State of Texas, on the 13th day of
June, 1996.

                                         HEARTLAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.


                                        By: /s/ J. Curtis Henderson
                                            -----------------------------------
                                            J. Curtis Henderson
                                            Vice President and General Counsel





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  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Form S-8
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Signature                        Title                                         Date
- ---------                        -----                                         ----
<S>                              <C>                                           <C>
/s/ J.R. Holland, Jr.            Chairman of the Board and Director            June 13, 1996
- ----------------------------                                                                       
J. R. Holland, Jr.

/s/ David E. Webb                President, Chief Executive Officer and        June 13, 1996
- ----------------------------     Director (Principal Executive Officer)                     
David E. Webb                    

/s/ John R. Bailey               Senior Vice President - Finance, Chief        June 13, 1996
- ----------------------------     Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary
John R. Bailey                   (Principal Financial Officer)
                                                                
/s/ David D. Hagey               Vice President and Controller                 June 13, 1996
- ----------------------------     (Principal Accounting Officer)
David D. Hagey 

/s/ Alvin H. Lane, Jr.           Director                                      June 13, 1996
- ----------------------------                                                                       
Alvin H. Lane, Jr.

/s/ Dennis M. O'Rourke           Director                                      June 13, 1996
- ----------------------------                                                                       
Dennis M. O'Rourke

/s/ John A. Sprague              Director                                      June 13, 1996
- ----------------------------                                                                       
John A. Sprague

/s/ Wes W. Watkins               Director                                      June 13, 1996
- ----------------------------                                                                       
Wes W. Watkins

/s/ L. Allen Wheeler             Director                                      June 13, 1996
- ----------------------------                                                                       
L. Allen Wheeler
</TABLE>


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustee
(or other persons who administer the Plan) has duly caused this Form S-8
Registration Statement to be signed on behalf of the Plan by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, on the
13th day of June, 1996.

                                  HEARTLAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS,
                                  INC. 401(K) PLAN



                                  By:  A.G. Edwards Trust Company, Trustee
                                       of the Heartland Wireless Communications,
                                       Inc. 401(k) Plan



                                        By: /s/  PETER J. OSTER 
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Printed Name: Peter J. Oster
                                                      --------------------------
                                        Title: Associate Vice President
                                               ---------------------------------
                                            




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                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                               Sequentially
                                                                                                                 Numbered
    Exhibit Number                                         Description                                             Page     
    --------------                                         -----------                                        --------------
         <S>           <C>                                                                                          <C>
         4.1           Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to           N/A
                       Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File Number 33-
                       74244) (the "Form S-1"))
         4.2           Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the              N/A
                       Form S-1)

         4.3           Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc. 401(k) Plan                                            9

         5.1           Opinion of Locke Purnell Rain Harrell (A Professional Corporation)                            94

        23.1           Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP (Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc.)                    96

        23.2           Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP                                                                97

        23.3           Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.                                                           98

        23.4           Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP (Cross Country Division)                                     99

        23.5           Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP (TechniVision, Inc.)                                        100

        23.6           Consent of Locke Purnell Rain Harrell (A Professional Corporation) (included in              N/A
                       its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)

         24            Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
</TABLE>

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                                  EXHIBIT 4.3

              HEARTLAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 401(k) PLAN
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              HEARTLAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 401(K) PLAN
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS


                                   ARTICLE I
                                  DEFINITIONS

                                   ARTICLE II

                          TOP HEAVY AND ADMINISTRATION


2.1    TOP HEAVY PLAN REQUIREMENTS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

2.2    DETERMINATION OF TOP HEAVY STATUS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

2.3    POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EMPLOYER  . . . . . . . . . . . .19

2.4    DESIGNATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

2.5    ALLOCATION AND DELEGATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES  . . . . . . . . . . .20

2.6    POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

2.7    RECORDS AND REPORTS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

2.8    APPOINTMENT OF ADVISERS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

2.9    INFORMATION FROM EMPLOYER  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

2.10   PAYMENT OF EXPENSES  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

2.11   MAJORITY ACTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

2.12   CLAIMS PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

2.13   CLAIMS REVIEW PROCEDURE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
                                                                           
                                  ARTICLE III

                                  ELIGIBILITY

3.1    CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

3.2    APPLICATION FOR PARTICIPATION  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
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3.3    EFFECTIVE DATE OF PARTICIPATION  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

3.4    DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

3.5    TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

3.6    OMISSION OF ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

3.7    INCLUSION OF INELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

3.8    ELECTION NOT TO PARTICIPATE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

                                   ARTICLE IV

                          CONTRIBUTION AND ALLOCATION

4.1    FORMULA FOR DETERMINING EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION  . . . . . . . . . .25

4.2    PARTICIPANT'S SALARY REDUCTION ELECTION  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

4.3    TIME OF PAYMENT OF EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

4.4    ALLOCATION OF CONTRIBUTION, FORFEITURES AND EARNINGS . . . . . . . .30

4.5    ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE TESTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

4.6    ADJUSTMENT TO ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE TESTS . . . . . . . . . . .37

4.7    ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE TESTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

4.8    ADJUSTMENT TO ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE TESTS . . . . . . . . .41

4.9    MAXIMUM ANNUAL ADDITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

4.10   ADJUSTMENT FOR EXCESSIVE ANNUAL ADDITIONS  . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

4.11   TRANSFERS FROM QUALIFIED PLANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

4.12   DIRECTED INVESTMENT ACCOUNT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .49
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                                   ARTICLE V

                                   VALUATIONS

5.1    VALUATION OF THE TRUST FUND  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 49

5.2    METHOD OF VALUATION  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49


                                   ARTICLE VI

                   DETERMINATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS

6.1    DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS UPON RETIREMENT  . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

6.2    DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS UPON DEATH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

6.3    DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS IN EVENT OF DISABILITY . . . . . . . . . .51

6.4    DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS UPON TERMINATION . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

6.5    DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

6.6    DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS UPON DEATH  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

6.7    TIME OF SEGREGATION OR DISTRIBUTION  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

6.8    DISTRIBUTION FOR MINOR BENEFICIARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

6.9    LOCATION OF PARTICIPANT OR BENEFICIARY UNKNOWN . . . . . . . . . . .59

6.10   ADVANCE DISTRIBUTION FOR HARDSHIP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

6.11   QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER DISTRIBUTION  . . . . . . . . . .61


                                  ARTICLE VII

                                    TRUSTEE

7.1    BASIC RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

7.2    INVESTMENT POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE TRUSTEE  . . . . . . . . . . . .61

7.3    OTHER POWERS OF THE TRUSTEE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
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7.4    DUTIES OF THE TRUSTEE REGARDING PAYMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

7.5    TRUSTEE'S COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES AND TAXES  . . . . . . . . . . .65

7.6    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

7.7    AUDIT  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

7.8    RESIGNATION, REMOVAL AND SUCCESSION OF TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . .66

7.9    TRANSFER OF INTEREST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

7.10   DIRECT ROLLOVER  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

7.11   EMPLOYER SECURITIES AND REAL PROPERTY  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68


                                  ARTICLE VIII

                       AMENDMENT, TERMINATION AND MERGERS

8.1    AMENDMENT  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

8.2    TERMINATION  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

8.3    MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70


                                  ARTICLE IX

                                MISCELLANEOUS

9.1    PARTICIPANT'S RIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

9.2    ALIENATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

9.3    CONSTRUCTION OF PLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

9.4    GENDER AND NUMBER  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

9.5    LEGAL ACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

9.6    PROHIBITION AGAINST DIVERSION OF FUNDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

9.7    BONDING  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
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9.8    EMPLOYER'S AND TRUSTEE'S PROTECTIVE CLAUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

9.9    INSURER'S PROTECTIVE CLAUSE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

9.10   RECEIPT AND RELEASE FOR PAYMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

9.11   ACTION BY THE EMPLOYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

9.12   NAMED FIDUCIARIES AND ALLOCATION OF RESPONSIBILITY . . . . . . . . .73

9.13   HEADINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

9.14   APPROVAL BY INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

9.15   UNIFORMITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74



                                  ARTICLE X

                           PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS

10.1   ADOPTION BY OTHER EMPLOYERS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

10.2   REQUIREMENTS OF PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

10.3   DESIGNATION OF AGENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

10.4   EMPLOYEE TRANSFERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

10.5   PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

10.6   AMENDMENT  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

10.7   DISCONTINUANCE OF PARTICIPATION  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

10.8   ADMINISTRATOR'S AUTHORITY  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
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             HEARTLAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 401(K) PLAN

                   THIS AGREEMENT, hereby made and entered into this 11th
day of June, 1996, by and between Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc.
(herein referred to as the "Employer") and A.G. Edwards Trust Company (herein
referred to as the "Trustee").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

                   WHEREAS, the Employer desires to recognize the contribution
made to its successful operation by its employees and to reward such
contribution by means of a 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan for those employees who
shall qualify as Participants hereunder;

                   NOW, THEREFORE, effective January 1, 1996, (hereinafter
called the "Effective Date"), the Employer hereby establishes a 401(k) Profit
Sharing Plan and creates this trust (which plan and trust are hereinafter
called the "Plan") for the exclusive benefit of the Participants and their
Beneficiaries, and the Trustee hereby accepts the Plan on the following terms:

                                   ARTICLE I
                                  DEFINITIONS

         1.1     "Act" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as it may be amended from time to time.

         1.2     "Administrator" means the person or entity designated by the
Employer pursuant to Section 2.4 to administer the Plan on behalf of the
Employer.

         1.3     "Affiliated Employer" means any corporation which is a member
of a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Code Section 414(b)) which
includes the Employer; any trade or business (whether or not incorporated)
which is under common control (as defined in Code Section 414(c)) with the
Employer; any organization (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of
an affiliated service group (as defined in Code Section 414(m)) which includes
the Employer; and any other entity required to be aggregated with the Employer
pursuant to Regulations under Code Section 414(o).

         1.4     "Aggregate Account" means, with respect to each Participant,
the value of all accounts maintained on behalf of a Participant, whether
attributable to Employer or Employee contributions, subject to the provisions
of Section 2.2.

         1.5     "Anniversary Date" means December 31.

         1.6     "Beneficiary" means the person to whom the share of a deceased
Participant's total account is payable, subject to the restrictions of Sections
6.2 and 6.6.





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         1.7     "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended or
replaced from time to time.

         1.8     "Compensation" with respect to any Participant means such
Participant's wages as defined in Code Section 3401(a) and all other payments
of compensation by the Employer (in the course of the Employer's trade or
business) for a Plan Year for which the Employer is required to furnish the
Participant a written statement under Code Sections 6041(d), 6051(a)(3) and
6052. Compensation must be determined without regard to any rules under Code
Section 3401(a) that limit the remuneration included in wages based on the
nature or location of the employment or the services performed (such as the
exception for agricultural labor in Code Section 3401(a)(2)).

                 For purposes of this Section, the determination of
Compensation shall be made by:

                          (a)     excluding bonuses.

                          (b)     including amounts which are contributed by
                 the Employer pursuant to a salary reduction agreement and
                 which are not includible in the gross income of the
                 Participant under Code Sections 125, 402(e)(3), 402(h)(1)(B),
                 403(b) or 457, and Employee contributions described in Code
                 Section 414(h)(2) that are treated as Employer contributions.

                 For a Participant's initial year of participation,
Compensation shall be recognized as of such Employee's effective date of
participation pursuant to Section 3.3.

                 Compensation in excess of $200,000 shall be disregarded. Such
amount shall be adjusted at the same time and in such manner as permitted under
Code Section 415(d), except that the dollar increase in effect on January 1 of
any calendar year shall be effective for the Plan Year beginning with or within
such calendar year and the first adjustment to the $200,000 limitation shall be
effective on January 1, 1990. For any short Plan Year the Compensation limit
shall be an amount equal to the Compensation limit for the calendar year in
which the Plan Year begins multiplied by the ratio obtained by dividing the
number of full months in the short Plan Year by twelve (12). In applying this
limitation, the family group of a Highly Compensated Participant who is subject
to the Family Member aggregation rules of Code Section 414(q)(6) because such
Participant is either a "five percent owner" of the Employer or one of the ten
(10) Highly Compensated Employees paid the greatest "415 Compensation" during
the year, shall be treated as a single Participant, except that for this
purpose Family Members shall include only the affected Participant's spouse and
any lineal descendants who have not attained age nineteen (19) before the close
of the year. If, as a result of the application of such rules the adjusted
$200,000 limitation is exceeded, then the limitation shall be prorated among
the affected Family Members in proportion to each such Family Member's
Compensation prior to the application of this limitation, or the limitation
shall be adjusted in accordance with any other method permitted by Regulation.
However, for purposes of Section 4.4(b), the preceding sentence shall not apply
in determining the portion of the Compensation of a Participant which is below
Excess Compensation.





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                 In addition to other applicable limitations set forth in the
Plan, and notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, for
Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 1994, the annual Compensation of
each Employee taken into account under the Plan shall not exceed the OBRA '93
annual compensation limit. The OBRA '93 annual compensation limit is $150,000,
as adjusted by the Commissioner for increases in the cost of living in
accordance with Code Section 401(a)(17)(B). The cost of living adjustment in
effect for a calendar year applies to any period, not exceeding 12 months, over
which Compensation is determined (determination period) beginning in such
calendar year. If a determination period consists of fewer than 12 months, the
OBRA '93 annual compensation limit will be multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of months in the determination period, and the
denominator of which is 12.

                 For Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 1994, any
reference in this Plan to the limitation under Code Section 401(a)(17) shall
mean the OBRA '93 annual compensation limit set forth in this provision.

                 If Compensation for any prior determination period is taken
into account in determining an Employee's benefits accruing in the current Plan
Year, the Compensation for that prior determination period is subject to the
OBRA '93 annual compensation limit in effect for that prior determination
period. For this purpose, for determination periods beginning before the first
day of the first Plan Year beginning on or after January 1, 1994, the OBRA '93
annual compensation limit is $150,000.

                 If, as a result of such rules, the maximum "annual addition"
limit of Section 4.9(a) would be exceeded for one or more of the affected
Family Members, the prorated Compensation of all affected Family Members shall
be adjusted to avoid or reduce any excess. The prorated Compensation of any
affected Family Member whose allocation would exceed the limit shall be
adjusted downward to the level needed to provide an allocation equal to such
limit. The prorated Compensation of affected Family Members not affected by
such limit shall then be adjusted upward on a pro rata basis not to exceed each
such affected Family Member's Compensation as determined prior to application
of the Family Member rule. The resulting allocation shall not exceed such
individual's maximum "annual addition" limit. If, after these adjustments, an
"excess amount" still results, such "excess amount" shall be disposed of in the
manner described in Section 4.10(a) pro rata among all affected Family Members.

                 For purposes of this Section, if the Plan is a plan described
in Code Section 413(c) or 414(f) (a plan maintained by more than one Employer),
the $200,000 limitation applies separately with respect to the Compensation of
any Participant from each Employer maintaining the Plan.

         1.9     "Contract" or "Policy" means any life insurance policy,
retirement income or annuity policy, or annuity contract (group or individual)
issued pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

         1.10    "Deferred Compensation" with respect to any Participant means
the amount of the Participant's total Compensation which has been contributed
to the Plan in accordance with the





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Participant's deferral election pursuant to Section 4.2 excluding any such
amounts distributed as excess "annual additions" pursuant to Section 4.10(a).

         1.11    "Early Retirement Date." This Plan does not provide for a
retirement date prior to Normal Retirement Date.

         1.12    "Elective Contribution" means the Employer's contributions to
the Plan of Deferred Compensation excluding any such amounts distributed as
excess "annual additions" pursuant to Section 4.10(a). In addition, any
Employer Qualified Non-Elective Contribution made pursuant to Section 4.1(c)
and Section 4.6 shall be considered an Elective Contribution for purposes of
the Plan. Any such contributions deemed to be Elective Contributions shall be
subject to the requirements of Sections 4.2(b) and 4.2(c) and shall further be
required to satisfy the discrimination requirements of Regulation
1.401(k)-1(b)(5), the provisions of which are specifically incorporated herein
by reference.

         1.13    "Eligible Employee" means any Employee.

                 Employees who are Leased Employees within the meaning of Code
Sections 414(n)(2) and 414(o)(2) shall not be eligible to participate in this
Plan.

                 Employees whose employment is governed by the terms of a
collective bargaining agreement between Employee representatives (within the
meaning of Code Section 7701(a)(46)) and the Employer under which retirement
benefits were the subject of good faith bargaining between the parties will not
be eligible to participate in this Plan unless such agreement expressly
provides for coverage in this Plan or two percent or more of the Employees of
the Employer who are covered pursuant to that agreement are professionals as
defined in Regulation 1.410(b)-9.

                 Employees who are nonresident aliens (within the meaning of
Code Section 7701(b)(1)(B)) and who receive no earned income (within the
meaning of Code Section 911(d)(2)) from the Employer which constitutes income
from sources within the United States (within the meaning of Code Section
861(a)(3)) shall not be eligible to participate in this Plan.

                 Employees of Affiliated Employers shall not be eligible to
participate in this Plan unless such Affiliated Employers have specifically
adopted this Plan in writing.

         1.14    "Employee" means any person who is employed by the Employer or
Affiliated Employer, but excludes any person who is an independent contractor.
Employees shall include leased employees as defined in Section 1.35, below.

         1.15    "Employer" means Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc. and
any Participating Employer (as defined in Section 10.1) which shall adopt this
Plan; any successor which shall maintain this Plan; and any predecessor which
has maintained this Plan. The Employer is a corporation, with principal offices
in the State of Texas.





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         1.16    "Excess Aggregate Contributions" means, with respect to any
Plan Year, the excess of the aggregate amount of the Employer matching
contributions made pursuant to Section 4.1(b) and any qualified non-elective
contributions or elective deferrals taken into account pursuant to Section
4.7(c) on behalf of Highly Compensated Participants for such Plan Year, over
the maximum amount of such contributions permitted under the limitations of
Section 4.7(a).

         1.17    "Excess Compensation" with respect to any Participant means
the Participant's Compensation which is in excess of 80% of the Taxable Wage
Base plus $1.00. For any short year, 80% of the Taxable Wage Base plus $1.00
shall be reduced by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of full
months in the short year and the denominator of which is twelve (12).

         1.18    "Excess Contributions" means, with respect to a Plan Year, the
excess of Elective Contributions made on behalf of Highly Compensated
Participants for the Plan Year over the maximum amount of such contributions
permitted under Section 4.5(a). Excess Contributions shall be treated as an
"annual addition" pursuant to Section 4.9(b).

         1.19    "Excess Deferred Compensation" means, with respect to any
taxable year of a Participant, the excess of the aggregate amount of such
Participant's Deferred Compensation and the elective deferrals pursuant to
Section 4.2(f) actually made on behalf of such Participant for such taxable
year, over the dollar limitation provided for in Code Section 402(g), which is
incorporated herein by reference. Excess Deferred Compensation shall be treated
as an "annual addition" pursuant to Section 4.9(b) when contributed to the Plan
unless distributed to the affected Participant not later than the first April
15th following the close of the Participant's taxable year. Additionally, for
purposes of Sections 2.2 and 4.4(g), Excess Deferred Compensation shall
continue to be treated as Employer contributions even if distributed pursuant
to Section 4.2(f). However, Excess Deferred Compensation of Non-Highly
Compensated Participants is not taken into account for purposes of Section
4.5(a) to the extent such Excess Deferred Compensation occurs pursuant to
Section 4.2(d).

         1.20    "Family Member" means, with respect to an affected
Participant, such Participant's spouse and such Participant's lineal
descendants and ascendants and their spouses, all as described in Code Section
414(q)(6)(B).

         1.21    "Fiduciary" means any person who (a) exercises any
discretionary authority or discretionary control respecting management of the
Plan or exercises any authority or control respecting management or disposition
of its assets, (b) renders investment advice for a fee or other compensation,
direct or indirect, with respect to any monies or other property of the Plan or
has any authority or responsibility to do so, or (c) has any discretionary
authority or discretionary responsibility in the administration of the Plan,
including, but not limited to, the Trustee, the Employer and its representative
body, and the Administrator.

         1.22    "Fiscal Year" means the Employer's accounting year of 12
months commencing on January 1st of each year and ending the following December
31st.





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         1.23    "Forfeiture" means that portion of a Participant's Account
that is not Vested, and occurs on the earlier of:

                          (a)     the distribution of the entire Vested portion
                 of a Terminated Participant's Account, or

                          (b)     the last day of the Plan Year in which the
                 Participant incurs five (5) consecutive 1-Year Breaks in
                 Service.

                 Furthermore, for purposes of paragraph (a) above, in the case
of a Terminated Participant whose Vested benefit is zero, such Terminated
Participant shall be deemed to have received a distribution of his Vested
benefit upon his termination of employment. Restoration of such amounts shall
occur pursuant to Section 6.4(e)(2). In addition, the term Forfeiture shall
also include amounts deemed to be Forfeitures pursuant to any other provision
of this Plan.

         1.24    "Former Participant" means a person who has been a
Participant, but who has ceased to be a Participant for any reason.

         1.25    "415 Compensation" with respect to any Participant means such
Participant's wages as defined in Code Section 3401(a) and all other payments
of compensation by the Employer (in the course of the Employer's trade or
business) for a Plan Year for which the Employer is required to furnish the
Participant a written statement under Code Sections 6041(d), 6051(a)(3) and
6052. "415 Compensation" must be determined without regard to any rules under
Code Section 3401(a) that limit the remuneration included in wages based on the
nature or location of the employment or the services performed (such as the
exception for agricultural labor in Code Section 3401(a)(2)).

         1.26    "414(s) Compensation" with respect to any Participant means
such Participant's "415 Compensation" paid during a Plan Year. The amount of
"414(s) Compensation" with respect to any Participant shall include "414(s)
Compensation" for the entire twelve (12) month period ending on the last day of
such Plan Year, except that "414(s) Compensation" shall only be recognized for
that portion of the Plan Year during which an Employee was a Participant in the
Plan.

                 For purposes of this Section, the determination of "414(s)
Compensation" shall be made by including amounts which are contributed by the
Employer pursuant to a salary reduction agreement and which are not includible
in the gross income of the Participant under Code Sections 125, 402(e)(3),
402(h)(1)(B), 403(b) or 457, and Employee contributions described in Code
Section 414(h)(2) that are treated as Employer contributions.

                 "414(s) Compensation" in excess of $200,000 shall be
disregarded. Such amount shall be adjusted at the same time and in such manner
as permitted under Code Section 415(d), except that the dollar increase in
effect on January 1 of any calendar year shall be effective for the Plan Year
beginning with or within such calendar year and the first adjustment to the
$200,000 limitation shall be effective on January 1, 1990. For any short Plan
Year the "414(s) Compensation" limit shall be an amount equal to the "414(s)
Compensation" limit for the





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calendar year in which the Plan Year begins multiplied by the ratio obtained by
dividing the number of full months in the short Plan Year by twelve (12). In
applying this limitation, the family group of a Highly Compensated Participant
who is subject to the Family Member aggregation rules of Code Section 414(q)(6)
because such Participant is either a "five percent owner" of the Employer or
one of the ten (10) Highly Compensated Employees paid the greatest "415
Compensation" during the year, shall be treated as a single Participant, except
that for this purpose Family Members shall include only the affected
Participant's spouse and any lineal descendants who have not attained age
nineteen (19) before the close of the year.

                 In addition to other applicable limitations set forth in the
Plan, and notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, for
Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 1994, the annual Compensation of
each Employee taken into account under the Plan shall not exceed the OBRA '93
annual compensation limit. The OBRA '93 annual compensation limit is $150,000,
as adjusted by the Commissioner for increases in the cost of living in
accordance with Code Section 401(a)(17)(B). The cost of living adjustment in
effect for a calendar year applies to any period, not exceeding 12 months, over
which Compensation is determined (determination period) beginning in such
calendar year. If a determination period consists of fewer than 12 months, the
OBRA '93 annual compensation limit will be multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of months in the determination period, and the
denominator of which is 12.

                 For Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 1994, any
reference in this Plan to the limitation under Code Section 401(a)(17) shall
mean the OBRA '93 annual compensation limit set forth in this provision.

                 If Compensation for any prior determination period is taken
into account in determining an Employee's benefits accruing in the current Plan
Year, the Compensation for that prior determination period is subject to the
OBRA '93 annual compensation limit in effect for that prior determination
period. For this purpose, for determination periods beginning before the first
day of the first Plan Year beginning on or after January 1, 1994, the OBRA '93
annual compensation limit is $150,000.

         1.27    "Highly Compensated Employee" means an Employee described in
Code Section 414(q) and the Regulations thereunder, and generally means an
Employee who performed services for the Employer during the "determination
year" and is in one or more of the following groups:

                          (a)     Employees who at any time during the
                 "determination year" or "look-back year" were "five percent
                 owners" as defined in Section 1.33(c).

                          (b)     Employees who received "415 Compensation"
                 during the "look-back year" from the Employer in excess of
                 $75,000.

                          (c)     Employees who received "415 Compensation"
                 during the "look-back year" from the Employer in excess of
                 $50,000 and were in the Top Paid Group of Employees for the
                 Plan Year.





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                          (d)     Employees who during the "look-back year"
                 were officers of the Employer (as that term is defined within
                 the meaning of the Regulations under Code Section 416) and
                 received "415 Compensation" during the "look-back year" from
                 the Employer greater than 50 percent of the limit in effect
                 under Code Section 415(b)(1)(A) for any such Plan Year. The
                 number of officers shall be limited to the lesser of (i) 50
                 employees; or (ii) the greater of 3 employees or 10 percent of
                 all employees.  For the purpose of determining the number of
                 officers, Employees described in Section 1.57(a), (b), (c) and
                 (d) shall be excluded, but such Employees shall still be
                 considered for the purpose of identifying the particular
                 Employees who are officers. If the Employer does not have at
                 least one officer whose annual "415 Compensation" is in excess
                 of 50 percent of the Code Section 415(b)(1)(A) limit, then the
                 highest paid officer of the Employer will be treated as a
                 Highly Compensated Employee.

                          (e)     Employees who are in the group consisting of
                 the 100 Employees paid the greatest "415 Compensation" during
                 the "determination year" and are also described in (b), (c) or
                 (d) above when these paragraphs are modified to substitute
                 "determination year" for "look-back year."

                 The "look-back year" shall be the calendar year ending with or
within the Plan Year for which testing is being performed, and the
"determination year" (if applicable) shall be the period of time, if any, which
extends beyond the "look-back year" and ends on the last day of the Plan Year
for which testing is being performed (the "lag period"). If the "lag period" is
less than twelve months long, the dollar threshold amounts specified in (b),
(c) and (d) above shall be prorated based upon the number of months in the "lag
period."

                 For purposes of this Section, the determination of "415
Compensation" shall be made by including amounts which are contributed by the
Employer pursuant to a salary reduction agreement and which are not includible
in the gross income of the Participant under Code Sections 125, 402(e)(3),
402(h)(1)(B), 403(b) or 457, and Employee contributions described in Code
Section 414(h)(2) that are treated as Employer contributions. Additionally, the
dollar threshold amounts specified in (b) and (c) above shall be adjusted at
such time and in such manner as is provided in Regulations. In the case of such
an adjustment, the dollar limits which shall be applied are those for the
calendar year in which the "determination year" or "look-back year" begins.

                 In determining who is a Highly Compensated Employee, Employees
who are non-resident aliens and who received no earned income (within the
meaning of Code Section 911(d)(2)) from the Employer constituting United States
source income within the meaning of Code Section 861(a)(3) shall not be treated
as Employees. Additionally, all Affiliated Employers shall be taken into
account as a single employer and Leased Employees within the meaning of Code
Sections 414(n)(2) and 414(o)(2) shall be considered Employees unless such
Leased Employees are covered by a plan described in Code Section 414(n)(5) and
are not covered in any qualified plan maintained by the Employer. The exclusion
of Leased Employees for this purpose shall be applied on a uniform and
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plans. Highly Compensated Former Employees shall be treated as Highly
Compensated Employees without regard to whether they performed services during
the "determination year."

         1.28    "Highly Compensated Former Employee" means a former Employee
who had a separation year prior to the "determination year" and was a Highly
Compensated Employee in the year of separation from service or in any
"determination year" after attaining age 55. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an
Employee who separated from service prior to 1987 will be treated as a Highly
Compensated Former Employee only if during the separation year (or year
preceding the separation year) or any year after the Employee attains age 55
(or the last year ending before the Employee's 55th birthday), the Employee
either received "415 Compensation" in excess of $50,000 or was a "five percent
owner." For purposes of this Section, "determination year," "415 Compensation"
and "five percent owner" shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.27.
Highly Compensated Former Employees shall be treated as Highly Compensated
Employees. The method set forth in this Section for determining who is a
"Highly Compensated Former Employee" shall be applied on a uniform and
consistent basis for all purposes for which the Code Section 414(q) definition
is applicable.

         1.29    "Highly Compensated Participant" means any Highly Compensated
Employee who is eligible to participate in the Plan.

         1.30    "Hour of Service" means (1) each hour for which an Employee is
directly or indirectly compensated or entitled to compensation by the Employer
for the performance of duties during the applicable computation period; (2)
each hour for which an Employee is directly or indirectly compensated or
entitled to compensation by the Employer (irrespective of whether the
employment relationship has terminated) for reasons other than performance of
duties (such as vacation, holidays, sickness, jury duty, disability, lay-off,
military duty or leave of absence) during the applicable computation period;
(3) each hour for which back pay is awarded or agreed to by the Employer
without regard to mitigation of damages. These hours will be credited to the
Employee for the computation period or periods to which the award or agreement
pertains rather than the computation period in which the award, agreement or
payment is made. The same Hours of Service shall not be credited both under (1)
or (2), as the case may be, and under (3).

                 Notwithstanding the above, (i) no more than 501 Hours of
Service are required to be credited to an Employee on account of any single
continuous period during which the Employee performs no duties (whether or not
such period occurs in a single computation period); (ii) an hour for which an
Employee is directly or indirectly paid, or entitled to payment, on account of
a period during which no duties are performed is not required to be credited to
the Employee if such payment is made or due under a plan maintained solely for
the purpose of complying with applicable worker's compensation, or unemployment
compensation or disability insurance laws; and (iii) Hours of Service are not
required to be credited for a payment which solely reimburses an Employee for
medical or medically related expenses incurred by the Employee.

                 For purposes of this Section, a payment shall be deemed to be
made by or due from the Employer regardless of whether such payment is made by
or due from the Employer directly, or indirectly through, among others, a trust
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contributes or pays premiums and regardless of whether contributions made or
due to the trust fund, insurer, or other entity are for the benefit of
particular Employees or are on behalf of a group of Employees in the aggregate.

                 An Hour of Service must be counted for the purpose of
determining a Year of Service, a year of participation for purposes of accrued
benefits, a 1-Year Break in Service, and employment commencement date (or
reemployment commencement date). In addition, Hours of Service will be credited
for employment with other Affiliated Employers. The provisions of Department of
Labor regulations 2530.200b-2(b) and (c) are incorporated herein by reference.

         1.31    "Income" means the income or losses allocable to Excess
Deferred Compensation which amount shall be allocated in the same manner as
income or losses are allocated pursuant to Section 4.4(f).

         1.32    "Investment Manager" means an entity that (a) has the power to
manage, acquire, or dispose of Plan assets and (b) acknowledges fiduciary
responsibility to the Plan in writing. Such entity must be a person, firm, or
corporation registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940, a bank, or an insurance company.

         1.33    "Key Employee" means an Employee as defined in Code Section
416(i) and the Regulations thereunder.  Generally, any Employee or former
Employee (as well as each of his Beneficiaries) is considered a Key Employee if
he, at any time during the Plan Year that contains the "Determination Date" or
any of the preceding four (4) Plan Years, has been included in one of the
following categories:

                          (a)     an officer of the Employer defined within
                 the meaning of the Regulations under Code Section 416)
                 having annual "415 Compensation" greater than 50 percent of
                 the amount in effect under Code Section 415(b)(1)(A) for
                 any such Plan Year.

                          (b)     one of the ten employees having annual "415
                 Compensation" from the Employer for a Plan Year greater than
                 the dollar limitation in effect under Code Section
                 415(c)(1)(A) for the calendar year in which such Plan Year
                 ends and owning (or considered as owning within the meaning
                 of Code Section 318) both more than one-half percent interest
                 and the largest interests in the Employer.

                          (c)     a "five percent owner" of the Employer. "Five
                 percent owner" means any person who owns (or is considered as
                 owning within the meaning of Code Section 318) more than five
                 percent (5%) of the outstanding stock of the Employer or stock
                 possessing more than five percent (5%) of the total combined
                 voting power of all stock of the Employer or, in the case of
                 an unincorporated business, any person who owns more than five
                 percent (5%) of the capital or profits interest in the
                 Employer. In determining percentage ownership hereunder,
                 employers that would otherwise be aggregated under Code
                 Sections 414(b), (c), (m) and (o) shall be treated as separate
                 employers.





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                          (d)     a "one percent owner" of the Employer having
                 an annual "415 Compensation" from the Employer of more than
                 $150,000. "One percent owner" means any person who owns (or is
                 considered as owning within the meaning of Code Section 318)
                 more than one percent (1%) of the outstanding stock of the
                 Employer or stock possessing more than one percent (1%) of the
                 total combined voting power of all stock of the Employer or,
                 in the case of an unincorporated business, any person who owns
                 more than one percent (1%) of the capital or profits interest
                 in the Employer. In determining percentage ownership
                 hereunder, employers that would otherwise be aggregated under
                 Code Sections 414(b), (c), (m) and (o) shall be treated as
                 separate employers. However, in determining whether an
                 individual has "415 Compensation" of more than $150,000, "415
                 Compensation" from each employer required to be aggregated
                 under Code Sections 414(b), (c), (m) and (o) shall be taken
                 into account.

                 For purposes of this Section, the determination of "415
Compensation" shall be made by including amounts which are contributed by the
Employer pursuant to a salary reduction agreement and which are not includible
in the gross income of the Participant under Code Sections 125, 402(e)(3),
402(h)(1)(B), 403(b) or 457, and Employee contributions described in Code
Section 414(h)(2) that are treated as Employer contributions.

         1.34    "Late Retirement Date" means the first day of the month
coinciding with or next following a Participant's actual Retirement Date after
having reached his Normal Retirement Date.

         1.35    "Leased Employee" means any person (other than an Employee of
the recipient) who pursuant to an agreement between the recipient and any other
person ("leasing organization") has performed services for the recipient (or
for the recipient and related persons determined in accordance with Code
Section 414(n)(6)) on a substantially full time basis for a period of at least
one year, and such services are of a type historically performed by employees
in the business field of the recipient employer. Contributions or benefits
provided a Leased Employee by the leasing organization which are attributable
to services performed for the recipient employer shall be treated as provided
by the recipient employer. A Leased Employee shall not be considered an
Employee of the recipient:

                          (a)     if such employee is covered by a money
                 purchase pension plan providing:

                          (1)     a non-integrated employer contribution rate
                          of at least 10% of compensation, as defined in Code
                          Section 415(c)(3), but including amounts which are
                          contributed by the Employer pursuant to a salary
                          reduction agreement and which are not includible in
                          the gross income of the Participant under Code
                          Sections 125, 402(e)(3), 402(h)(1)(B), 403(b) or 457,
                          and Employee contributions described in Code Section
                          414(h)(2) that are treated as Employer contributions.

                          (2)     immediate participation; and





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                          (3)     full and immediate vesting; and

                          (b)     if Leased Employees do not constitute more
                 than 20% of the recipient's non-highly compensated work force.

         1.36    "Non-Elective Contribution" means the Employer's contributions
to the Plan excluding, however, contributions made pursuant to the
Participant's deferral election provided for in Section 4.2 and any Qualified
Non-Elective Contribution.

         1.37    "Non-Highly Compensated Participant" means any Participant who
is neither a Highly Compensated Employee nor a Family Member.

         1.38    "Non-Key Employee" means any Employee or former Employee (and
his Beneficiaries) who is not a Key Employee.

         1.39    "Normal Retirement Age" means the Participant's 65th birthday,
or his 5th anniversary of joining the Plan, if later. A Participant shall
become fully Vested in his Participant's Account upon attaining his Normal
Retirement Age.

         1.40    "Normal Retirement Date" means the first day of the month
coinciding with or next following the Participant's Normal Retirement Age.

         1.41    "1-Year Break in Service" means the applicable computation
period during which an Employee has not completed more than 500 Hours of
Service with the Employer. Further, solely for the purpose of determining
whether a Participant has incurred a 1-Year Break in Service, Hours of Service
shall be recognized for "authorized leaves of absence" and "maternity and
paternity leaves of absence." Years of Service and 1-Year Breaks in Service
shall be measured on the same computation period.

                 "Authorized leave of absence" means an unpaid, temporary
cessation from active employment with the Employer pursuant to an established
nondiscriminatory policy, whether occasioned by illness, military service, or
any other reason.

                 A "maternity or paternity leave of absence" means, for Plan
Years beginning after December 31, 1984, an absence from work for any period by
reason of the Employee's pregnancy, birth of the Employee's child, placement of
a child with the Employee in connection with the adoption of such child, or any
absence for the purpose of caring for such child for a period immediately
following such birth or placement. For this purpose, Hours of Service shall be
credited for the computation period in which the absence from work begins, only
if credit therefore is necessary to prevent the Employee from incurring a
1-Year Break in Service, or, in any other case, in the immediately following
computation period. The Hours of Service credited for a "maternity or paternity
leave of absence" shall be those which would normally have been credited but
for such absence, or, in any case in which the Administrator is unable to
determine such hours normally credited, eight (8) Hours of Service per day. The
total Hours of Service required to be credited for a "maternity or paternity
leave of absence" shall not exceed 501.





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         1.42    "Participant" means any Eligible Employee who participates in
the Plan as provided in Sections 3.2 and 3.3, and has not for any reason become
ineligible to participate further in the Plan.

         1.43    "Participant's Account" means the account established and
maintained by the Administrator for each Participant with respect to his total
interest in the Plan and Trust resulting from the Employer's Non-Elective
Contributions.

                 A separate accounting shall be maintained with respect to that
portion of the Participant's Account attributable to Employer matching
contributions made pursuant to Section 4.1(b) and Employer discretionary
contributions made pursuant to Section 4.1(d).

         1.44    "Participant's Combined Account" means the total aggregate
amount of each Participant's Elective Account and Participant's Account.

         1.45    "Participant's Elective Account" means the account established
and maintained by the Administrator for each Participant with respect to his
total interest in the Plan and Trust resulting from the Employer's Elective
Contributions. A separate accounting shall be maintained with respect to that
portion of the Participant's Elective Account attributable to Elective
Contributions pursuant to Section 4.2 and any Employer Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions.

         1.46    "Plan" means this instrument, including all amendments
thereto.

         1.47    "Plan Year" means the Plan's accounting year of twelve (12)
months commencing on January 1st of each year and ending the following December
31st.

         1.48    "Qualified Non-Elective Contribution" means the Employer's
contributions to the Plan that are made pursuant to Section 4.1(c) and Section
4.6. Such contributions shall be considered an Elective Contribution for the
purposes of the Plan and used to satisfy the "Actual Deferral Percentage"
tests.

                 In addition, the Employer's contributions to the Plan that are
made pursuant to Section 4.8(h) which are used to satisfy the "Actual
Contribution Percentage" tests shall be considered Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions and be subject to the provisions of Sections 4.2(b) and 4.2(c).

         1.49    "Regulation" means the Income Tax Regulations as promulgated
by the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate, and as amended from time to
time.

         1.50    "Retired Participant" means a person who has been a
Participant, but who has become entitled to retirement benefits under the Plan.

         1.51    "Retirement Date" means the date as of which a Participant
retires for reasons other than Total and Permanent Disability, whether such
retirement occurs on a Participant's Normal Retirement Date or Late Retirement
Date (see Section 6.1).





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         1.52    "Super Top Heavy Plan" means a plan described in Section
2.2(b).

         1.53    "Taxable Wage Base" means, with respect to any Plan Year, the
contribution and benefit base in effect under Section 230 of the Social
Security Act at the beginning of the Plan Year.

         1.54    "Terminated Participant" means a person who has been a
Participant, but whose employment has been terminated other than by death,
Total and Permanent Disability or retirement.

         1.55    "Top Heavy Plan" means a plan described in Section 2.2(a).

         1.56    "Top Heavy Plan Year" means a Plan Year during which the Plan
is a Top Heavy Plan.

         1.57    "Top Paid Group" means the top 20 percent of Employees who
performed services for the Employer during the applicable year, ranked
according to the amount of "415 Compensation" (determined for this purpose in
accordance with Section 1.27) received from the Employer during such year. All
Affiliated Employers shall be taken into account as a single employer, and
Leased Employees within the meaning of Code Sections 414(n)(2) and 414(o)(2)
shall be considered Employees unless such Leased Employees are covered by a
plan described in Code Section 414(n)(5) and are not covered in any qualified
plan maintained by the Employer. Employees who are non-resident aliens and who
received no earned income (within the meaning of Code Section 911(d)(2)) from
the Employer constituting United States source income within the meaning of
Code Section 861(a)(3) shall not be treated as Employees. Additionally, for the
purpose of determining the number of active Employees in any year, the
following additional Employees shall also be excluded; however, such Employees
shall still be considered for the purpose of identifying the particular
Employees in the Top Paid Group:

                          (a)     Employees with less than six (6) months of
                 service;

                          (b)     Employees who normally work less than 17 1/2
                 hours per week;

                          (c)     Employees who normally work less than six (6)
                 months during a year; and

                          (d)     Employees who have not yet attained age 21.

                 In addition, if 90 percent or more of the Employees of the
Employer are covered under agreements the Secretary of Labor finds to be
collective bargaining agreements between Employee representatives and the
Employer, and the Plan covers only Employees who are not covered under such
agreements, then Employees covered by such agreements shall be excluded from
both the total number of active Employees as well as from the identification of
particular Employees in the Top Paid Group.





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                 The foregoing exclusions set forth in this Section shall be
applied on a uniform and consistent basis for all purposes for which the Code
Section 414(q) definition is applicable.

         1.58    "Total and Permanent Disability" means a physical or mental
condition of a Participant resulting from bodily injury, disease, or mental
disorder which renders him incapable of continuing any gainful occupation and
which condition constitutes total disability under the federal Social Security
Acts.

         1.59    "Trustee" means the person or entity named as trustee herein
or in any separate trust forming a part of this Plan, and any successors.

         1.60    "Trust Fund" means the assets of the Plan and Trust as the
same shall exist from time to time.

         1.61    "Vested" means the nonforfeitable portion of any account
maintained on behalf of a Participant.

         1.62    "Year of Service" means the computation period of twelve (12)
consecutive months, herein set forth, during which an Employee has at least
1000 Hours of Service.

                 For purposes of eligibility for participation, the initial
computation period shall begin with the date on which the Employee first
performs an Hour of Service. The participation computation period beginning
after a 1-Year Break in Service shall be measured from the date on which an
Employee again performs an Hour of Service. The participation computation
period shall shift to the Plan Year which includes the anniversary of the date
on which the Employee first performed an Hour of Service. An Employee who is
credited with the required Hours of Service in both the initial computation
period (or the computation period beginning after a 1-Year Break in Service)
and the Plan Year which includes the anniversary of the date on which the
Employee first performed an Hour of Service, shall be credited with two (2)
Years of Service for purposes of eligibility to participate.

                 For vesting purposes, the computation period shall be the Plan
Year, including periods prior to the Effective Date of the Plan.

                 For all other purposes, the computation period shall be the
Plan Year.

                 Notwithstanding the foregoing, for any short Plan Year, the
determination of whether an Employee has completed a Year of Service shall be
made in accordance with Department of Labor regulation 2530.203-2(c).

                 Years of Service with CableMaxx, Inc., American Wireless
Systems, Inc., and Technivision, Inc. shall be recognized.

                 Years of Service with any Affiliated Employer shall be
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                                   ARTICLE II
                          TOP HEAVY AND ADMINISTRATION

2.1      TOP HEAVY PLAN REQUIREMENTS

                   For any Top Heavy Plan Year, the Plan shall provide the
special vesting requirements of Code Section 416(b) pursuant to Section 6.4 of
the Plan and the special minimum allocation requirements of Code Section 416(c)
pursuant to Section 4.4 of the Plan.

2.2      DETERMINATION OF TOP HEAVY STATUS

                           (a)      This Plan shall be a Top Heavy Plan for any
                   Plan Year in which, as of the Determination Date, (1) the
                   Present Value of Accrued Benefits of Key Employees and (2)
                   the sum of the Aggregate Accounts of Key Employees under
                   this Plan and all plans of an Aggregation Group, exceeds
                   sixty percent (60%) of the Present Value of Accrued Benefits
                   and the Aggregate Accounts of all Key and Non-Key Employees
                   under this Plan and all plans of an Aggregation Group.

                                    If any Participant is a Non-Key Employee
                   for any Plan Year, but such Participant was a Key Employee
                   for any prior Plan Year, such Participant's Present Value of
                   Accrued Benefit and/or Aggregate Account balance shall not
                   be taken into account for purposes of determining whether
                   this Plan is a Top Heavy or Super Top Heavy Plan (or whether
                   any Aggregation Group which includes this Plan is a Top
                   Heavy Group). In addition, if a Participant or Former
                   Participant has not performed any services for any Employer
                   maintaining the Plan at any time during the five year period
                   ending on the Determination Date, any accrued benefit for
                   such Participant or Former Participant shall not be taken
                   into account for the purposes of determining whether this
                   Plan is a Top Heavy or Super Top Heavy Plan.

                           (b)      This Plan shall be a Super Top Heavy Plan
                   for any Plan Year in which, as of the Determination Date,
                   (1) the Present Value of Accrued Benefits of Key Employees
                   and (2) the sum of the Aggregate Accounts of Key Employees
                   under this Plan and all plans of an Aggregation Group,
                   exceeds ninety percent (90%) of the Present Value of Accrued
                   Benefits and the Aggregate Accounts of all Key and Non-Key
                   Employees under this Plan and all plans of an Aggregation
                   Group.

                           (c)      Aggregate Account: A Participant's
                   Aggregate Account as of the Determination Date is the sum
                   of:

                           (1)      his Participant's Combined Account balance
                           as of the most recent valuation occurring within a
                           twelve (12) month period ending on the Determination
                           Date;





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                           (2)      an adjustment for any contributions due as
                           of the Determination Date. Such adjustment shall be
                           the amount of any contributions actually made after
                           the valuation date but due on or before the
                           Determination Date, except for the first Plan Year
                           when such adjustment shall also reflect the amount
                           of any contributions made after the Determination
                           Date that are allocated as of a date in that first
                           Plan Year.

                           (3)      any Plan distributions made within the Plan
                           Year that includes the Determination Date or within
                           the four (4) preceding Plan Years. However, in the
                           case of distributions made after the valuation date
                           and prior to the Determination Date, such
                           distributions are not included as distributions for
                           top heavy purposes to the extent that such
                           distributions are already included in the
                           Participant's Aggregate Account balance as of the
                           valuation date.  Notwithstanding anything herein to
                           the contrary, all distributions, including
                           distributions made prior to January 1, 1984, and
                           distributions under a terminated plan which if it
                           had not been terminated would have been required to
                           be included in an Aggregation Group, will be
                           counted. Further, distributions from the Plan
                           (including the cash value of life insurance
                           policies) of a Participant's account balance because
                           of death shall be treated as a distribution for the
                           purposes of this paragraph.

                           (4)      any Employee contributions, whether
                           voluntary or mandatory. However, amounts
                           attributable to tax deductible qualified voluntary
                           employee contributions shall not be considered to be
                           a part of the Participant's Aggregate Account
                           balance.

                           (5)      with respect to unrelated rollovers and
                           plan-to-plan transfers (ones which are both
                           initiated by the Employee and made from a plan
                           maintained by one employer to a plan maintained by
                           another employer), if this Plan provides the
                           rollovers or plan-to-plan transfers, it shall always
                           consider such rollovers or plan-to-plan transfers as
                           a distribution for the purposes of this Section. If
                           this Plan is the plan accepting such rollovers or
                           plan-to-plan transfers, it shall not consider such
                           rollovers or plan-to-plan transfers as part of the
                           Participant's Aggregate Account balance.

                           (6)      with respect to related rollovers and
                           plan-to-plan transfers (ones either not initiated by
                           the Employee or made to a plan maintained by the
                           same employer), if this Plan provides the rollover
                           or plan-to-plan transfer, it shall not be counted as
                           a distribution for purposes of this Section. If this
                           Plan is the plan accepting such rollover or
                           plan-to-plan transfer, it shall consider such
                           rollover or plan-to-plan transfer as part of the
                           Participant's Aggregate Account balance,
                           irrespective of the date on which such rollover or
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                           (7)      For the purposes of determining whether two
                           employers are to be treated as the same employer in
                           (5) and (6) above, all employers aggregated under
                           Code Section 414(b), (c), (m) and (o) are treated as
                           the same employer.

                           (d)      "Aggregation Group" means either a Required
                   Aggregation Group or a Permissive Aggregation Group as
                   hereinafter determined.

                           (1)      Required Aggregation Group: In determining
                           a Required Aggregation Group hereunder, each plan of
                           the Employer in which a Key Employee is a
                           participant in the Plan Year containing the
                           Determination Date or any of the four preceding Plan
                           Years, and each other plan of the Employer which
                           enables any plan in which a Key Employee
                           participates to meet the requirements of Code
                           Sections 401(a)(4) or 410, will be required to be
                           aggregated. Such group shall be known as a Required
                           Aggregation Group.

                           In the case of a Required Aggregation Group, each
                           plan in the group will be considered a Top Heavy
                           Plan if the Required Aggregation Group is a Top
                           Heavy Group. No plan in the Required Aggregation
                           Group will be considered a Top Heavy Plan if the
                           Required Aggregation Group is not a Top Heavy Group.

                           (2)      Permissive Aggregation Group: The Employer
                           may also include any other plan not required to be
                           included in the Required Aggregation Group, provided
                           the resulting group, taken as a whole, would
                           continue to satisfy the provisions of Code Sections
                           401(a)(4) and 410. Such group shall be known as a
                           Permissive Aggregation Group.

                           In the case of a Permissive Aggregation Group, only
                           a plan that is part of the Required Aggregation
                           Group will be considered a Top Heavy Plan if the
                           Permissive Aggregation Group is a Top Heavy Group.
                           No plan in the Permissive Aggregation Group will be
                           considered a Top Heavy Plan if the Permissive
                           Aggregation Group is not a Top Heavy Group.

                           (3)      Only those plans of the Employer in which
                           the Determination Dates fall within the same
                           calendar year shall be aggregated in order to
                           determine whether such plans are Top Heavy Plans.

                           (4)      An Aggregation Group shall include any
                           terminated plan of the Employer if it was maintained
                           within the last five (5) years ending on the
                           Determination Date.

                           (e)      "Determination Date" means (a) the last day
                   of the preceding Plan Year, or (b) in the case of the first
                   Plan Year, the last day of such Plan Year.





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                           (f)      Present Value of Accrued Benefit: In the
                   case of a defined benefit plan, the Present Value of Accrued
                   Benefit for a Participant other than a Key Employee, shall
                   be as determined using the single accrual method used for
                   all plans of the Employer and Affiliated Employers, or if no
                   such single method exists, using a method which results in
                   benefits accruing not more rapidly than the slowest accrual
                   rate permitted under Code Section 411(b)(1)(C). The
                   determination of the Present Value of Accrued Benefit shall
                   be determined as of the most recent valuation date that
                   falls within or ends with the 12-month period ending on the
                   Determination Date except as provided in Code Section 416
                   and the Regulations thereunder for the first and second plan
                   years of a defined benefit plan.

                           (g)      "Top Heavy Group" means an Aggregation
                   Group in which, as of the Determination Date, the sum of:

                           (1)      the Present Value of Accrued Benefits of
                           Key Employees under all defined benefit plans
                           included in the group, and

                           (2)      the Aggregate Accounts of Key Employees
                           under all defined contribution plans included in the
                           group,

                                    exceeds sixty percent (60%) of a similar
                   sum determined for all Participants.

2.3      POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EMPLOYER

                           (a)      The Employer shall be empowered to appoint
                   and remove the Trustee and the Administrator from time to
                   time as it deems necessary for the proper administration of
                   the Plan to assure that the Plan is being operated for the
                   exclusive benefit of the Participants and their
                   Beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of the Plan, the
                   Code, and the Act.

                           (b)      The Employer shall establish a "funding
                   policy and method," i.e., it shall determine whether the
                   Plan has a short run need for liquidity (e.g., to pay
                   benefits) or whether liquidity is a long run goal and
                   investment growth (and stability of same) is a more current
                   need, or shall appoint a qualified person to do so. The
                   Employer or its delegate shall communicate such needs and
                   goals to the Trustee, who shall coordinate such Plan needs
                   with its investment policy. The communication of such a
                   "funding policy and method" shall not, however, constitute a
                   directive to the Trustee as to investment of the Trust
                   Funds. Such "funding policy and method" shall be consistent
                   with the objectives of this Plan and with the requirements
                   of Title I of the Act.

                           (c)      The Employer shall periodically review the
                   performance of any Fiduciary or other person to whom duties
                   have been delegated or allocated by it under the provisions
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                   hereunder. This requirement may be satisfied by formal
                   periodic review by the Employer or by a qualified person
                   specifically designated by the Employer, through day-to-day
                   conduct and evaluation, or through other appropriate ways.

2.4      DESIGNATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY

                   The Employer shall appoint one or more Administrators. Any
person, including, but not limited to, the Employees of the Employer, shall be
eligible to serve as an Administrator. Any person so appointed shall signify
his acceptance by filing written acceptance with the Employer. An Administrator
may resign by delivering his written resignation to the Employer or be removed
by the Employer by delivery of written notice of removal, to take effect at a
date specified therein, or upon delivery to the Administrator if no date is
specified.

                   The Employer, upon the resignation or removal of an
Administrator, shall promptly designate in writing a successor to this
position. If the Employer does not appoint an Administrator, the Employer will
function as the Administrator.

2.5      ALLOCATION AND DELEGATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES

                   If more than one person is appointed as Administrator, the
responsibilities of each Administrator may be specified by the Employer and
accepted in writing by each Administrator. In the event that no such delegation
is made by the Employer, the Administrators may allocate the responsibilities
among themselves, in which event the Administrators shall notify the Employer
and the Trustee in writing of such action and specify the responsibilities of
each Administrator. The Trustee thereafter shall accept and rely upon any
documents executed by the appropriate Administrator until such time as the
Employer or the Administrators file with the Trustee a written revocation of
such designation.

2.6      POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR

                   The primary responsibility of the Administrator is to
administer the Plan for the exclusive benefit of the Participants and their
Beneficiaries, subject to the specific terms of the Plan. The Administrator
shall administer the Plan in accordance with its terms and shall have the power
and discretion to construe the terms of the Plan and to determine all questions
arising in connection with the administration, interpretation, and application
of the Plan. Any such determination by the Administrator shall be conclusive
and binding upon all persons. The Administrator may establish procedures,
correct any defect, supply any information, or reconcile any inconsistency in
such manner and to such extent as shall be deemed necessary or advisable to
carry out the purpose of the Plan; provided, however, that any procedure,
discretionary act, interpretation or construction shall be done in a
nondiscriminatory manner based upon uniform principles consistently applied and
shall be consistent with the intent that the Plan shall continue to be deemed a
qualified plan under the terms of Code Section 401(a), and shall comply with
the terms of the Act and all regulations issued pursuant thereto. The
Administrator shall have all powers necessary or appropriate to accomplish his
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                   The Administrator shall be charged with the duties of the
general administration of the Plan and shall have sole discretionary authority
with respect to matters relating to the general administration of the plan,
including, but not limited to, the following:

                           (a)      to determine all questions relating to the
                   eligibility of Employees to participate or remain a
                   Participant hereunder and to receive benefits under the
                   Plan;

                           (b)      to compute, certify, and direct the Trustee
                   with respect to the amount and the kind of benefits to which
                   any Participant shall be entitled hereunder;

                           (c)      to authorize and direct the Trustee with
                   respect to all nondiscretionary or otherwise directed
                   disbursements from the Trust;

                           (d)      to maintain all necessary records for the
                   administration of the Plan;

                           (e)      to interpret the provisions of the Plan and
                   to make and publish such rules for regulation of the Plan as
                   are consistent with the terms hereof;

                           (f)      to determine the size and type of any
                   Contract to be purchased from any insurer, and to designate
                   the insurer from which such Contract shall be purchased;

                           (g)      to compute and certify to the Employer and
                   to the Trustee from time to time the sums of money necessary
                   or desirable to be contributed to the Plan;

                           (h)      to consult with the Employer and the
                   Trustee regarding the short and long-term liquidity needs of
                   the Plan in order that the Trustee can exercise any
                   investment discretion in a manner designed to accomplish
                   specific objectives;

                           (i)      to prepare and implement a procedure to
                   notify Eligible Employees that they may elect to have a
                   portion of their Compensation deferred or paid to them in
                   cash;

                           (j)      to assist any Participant regarding his
                   rights, benefits, or elections available under the Plan.

2.7      RECORDS AND REPORTS

                   The Administrator shall keep a record of all actions taken
and shall keep all other books of account, records, and other data that may be
necessary for proper administration of the Plan and shall be responsible for
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Revenue Service, Department of Labor, Participants, Beneficiaries and others as
required by law.

2.8      APPOINTMENT OF ADVISERS

                   The Administrator, or the Trustee with the consent of the
Administrator, may appoint counsel, specialists, advisers, and other persons as
the Administrator or the Trustee deems necessary or desirable in connection
with the administration of this Plan.

2.9      INFORMATION FROM EMPLOYER

                   To enable the Administrator to perform his functions, the
Employer shall supply full and timely information to the Administrator on all
matters relating to the Compensation of all Participants, their Hours of
Service, their Years of Service, their retirement, death, disability, or
termination of employment, and such other pertinent facts as the Administrator
may require; and the Administrator shall advise the Trustee of such of the
foregoing facts as may be pertinent to the Trustee's duties under the Plan. The
Administrator may rely upon such information as is supplied by the Employer and
shall have no duty or responsibility to verify such information.

2.10     PAYMENT OF EXPENSES

                   All expenses of administration may be paid out of the Trust
Fund unless paid by the Employer. Such expenses shall include any expenses
incident to the functioning of the Administrator, including, but not limited
to, fees of accountants, counsel, and other specialists and their agents, and
other costs of administering the Plan. Until paid, the expenses shall
constitute a liability of the Trust Fund. However, the Employer may reimburse
the Trust Fund for any administration expense incurred.

2.11     MAJORITY ACTIONS

                   Except where there has been an allocation and delegation of
administrative authority pursuant to Section 2.5, if there shall be more than
one Administrator, they shall act by a majority of their number, but may
authorize one or more of them to sign all papers on their behalf.

2.12     CLAIMS PROCEDURE

                   Claims for benefits under the Plan may be filed in writing
with the Administrator. Written notice of the disposition of a claim shall be
furnished to the claimant within 90 days after the application is filed. In the
event the claim is denied, the reasons for the denial shall be specifically set
forth in the notice in language calculated to be understood by the claimant,
pertinent provisions of the Plan shall be cited, and, where appropriate, an
explanation as to how the claimant can perfect the claim will be provided. In
addition, the claimant shall be furnished with an explanation of the Plan's
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2.13     CLAIMS REVIEW PROCEDURE

                   Any Employee, former Employee, or Beneficiary of either, who
has been denied a benefit by a decision of the Administrator pursuant to
Section 2.12 shall be entitled to request the Administrator to give further
consideration to his claim by filing with the Administrator (on a form which
may be obtained from the Administrator) a request for a hearing. Such request,
together with a written statement of the reasons why the claimant believes his
claim should be allowed, shall be filed with the Administrator no later than 60
days after receipt of the written notification provided for in Section 2.12;
otherwise such claim denial shall become final and conclusive. The
Administrator shall then conduct a hearing within the next 60 days, at which
the claimant may be represented by an attorney or any other representative of
his choosing and at which the claimant shall have an opportunity to submit
written and oral evidence and arguments in support of his claim. At the hearing
(or prior thereto upon 5 business days written notice to the Administrator) the
claimant or his representative shall have an opportunity to review all
documents in the possession of the Administrator which are pertinent to the
claim at issue and its disallowance. Either the claimant or the Administrator
may cause a court reporter to attend the hearing and record the proceedings. In
such event, a complete written transcript of the proceedings shall be furnished
to both parties by the court reporter. The full expense of any such court
reporter and such transcripts shall be borne by the party causing the court
reporter to attend the hearing. A final decision as to the allowance of the
claim shall be made by the Administrator within 60 days of receipt of the
appeal (unless there has been an extension of 60 days due to special
circumstances, provided the delay and the special circumstances occasioning it
are communicated to the claimant within the 60 day period). Such communication
shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant and
shall include specific reasons for the decision and specific references to the
pertinent Plan provisions on which the decision is based.

                                  ARTICLE III
                                  ELIGIBILITY

3.1      CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY

                   Any Eligible Employee who has completed six (6) Months of
Service and has attained age 21 shall be eligible to participate hereunder as
of the date he has satisfied such requirements. The Employer shall give each
prospective Eligible Employee written notice of his eligibility to participate
in the Plan prior to the close of the Plan Year in which he first becomes an
Eligible Employee.

                   For purposes of this Section, an Eligible Employee will be
deemed to have completed six (6) Months of Service if he is in the employ of
the Employer at any time six (6) months after his employment commencement date
and has been credited for at least 1,000 Hours of Service during such six (6)
month period. Employment commencement date shall be the first day that he is
entitled to be credited with an Hour of Service for the performance of duty.

                   Notwithstanding the above, any Eligible Employee who has
completed one Year of Service and has attained age twenty-one (21) shall be
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the date he has satisfied such requirements.  The Employer shall give each
prospective Eligible Employee written notice of his eligibility to participate
in the Plan prior to the close of the Plan Year in which he first becomes an
Eligible Employee.

3.2      APPLICATION FOR PARTICIPATION

                   In order to become a Participant hereunder, each Eligible
Employee shall make application to the Employer for participation in the Plan
and agree to the terms hereof. Upon the acceptance of any benefits under this
Plan, such Employee shall automatically be deemed to have made application and
shall be bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan and all amendments
hereto.

3.3      EFFECTIVE DATE OF PARTICIPATION

                   An Eligible Employee shall become a Participant effective as
of the first day of the month coinciding with or next following the date on
which such Employee met the eligibility requirements of Section 3.1, provided
said Employee was still employed as of such date (or if not employed on such
date, as of the date of rehire if a 1-Year Break in Service has not occurred).

                   In the event an Employee who is not a member of an eligible
class of Employees becomes a member of an eligible class, such Employee will
participate immediately if such Employee has satisfied the minimum age and
service requirements and would have otherwise previously become a Participant.

3.4      DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY

                   The Administrator shall determine the eligibility of each
Employee for participation in the Plan based upon information furnished by the
Employer. Such determination shall be conclusive and binding upon all persons,
as long as the same is made pursuant to the Plan and the Act. Such
determination shall be subject to review per Section 2.13.

3.5      TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY

                           (a)      In the event a Participant shall go from a
                   classification of an Eligible Employee to an ineligible
                   Employee, such Former Participant shall continue to vest in
                   his interest in the Plan for each Year of Service completed
                   while a noneligible Employee, until such time as his
                   Participant's Account shall be forfeited or distributed
                   pursuant to the terms of the Plan. Additionally, his
                   interest in the Plan shall continue to share in the earnings
                   of the Trust Fund.

                           (b)      In the event a Participant is no longer a
                   member of an eligible class of Employees and becomes
                   ineligible to participate but has not incurred a 1-Year
                   Break in Service, such Employee will participate immediately
                   upon returning to an eligible class of Employees. If such
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                   Break in Service, eligibility will be determined under the
                   break in service rules of the Plan.

3.6      OMISSION OF ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE

                   If, in any Plan Year, any Employee who should be included as
a Participant in the Plan is erroneously omitted and discovery of such omission
is not made until after a contribution by his Employer for the year has been
made, the Employer shall make a subsequent contribution with respect to the
omitted Employee in the amount which the said Employer would have contributed
with respect to him had he not been omitted. Such contribution shall be made
regardless of whether or not it is deductible in whole or in part in any
taxable year under applicable provisions of the Code.

3.7      INCLUSION OF INELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE

                   If, in any Plan Year, any person who should not have been
included as a Participant in the Plan is erroneously included and discovery of
such incorrect inclusion is not made until after a contribution for the year
has been made, the Employer shall not be entitled to recover the contribution
made with respect to the ineligible person regardless of whether or not a
deduction is allowable with respect to such contribution. In such event, the
amount contributed with respect to the ineligible person shall constitute a
Forfeiture (except for Deferred Compensation which shall be distributed to the
ineligible person) for the Plan Year in which the discovery is made.

3.8      ELECTION NOT TO PARTICIPATE

                   An Employee, subject to the approval of the Employer, may
elect voluntarily not to participate in any Employer Non-Elective Contributions
(other than Employer Matching Contributions) to the plan.  The election not to
participate must be communicated to the employer in writing prior to such
participant's entry into the plan and shall be considered irrevocable subject
to exceptions permitted by Regulations.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                          CONTRIBUTION AND ALLOCATION

4.1      FORMULA FOR DETERMINING EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION

                   For each Plan Year, the Employer shall contribute to the
Plan:

                           (a)      The amount of the total salary reduction
                   elections of all Participants made pursuant to Section
                   4.2(a), which amount shall be deemed an Employer's Elective
                   Contribution.

                           (b)      On behalf of each Participant who is
                   eligible to share in matching contributions for the Plan
                   Year, a discretionary matching contribution equal to a
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                   percentage to be determined each year by the Employer, which
                   amount shall be deemed an Employer's Non-Elective
                   Contribution.

                           (c)      On behalf of each Non-Highly Compensated
                   Participant who is eligible to share in the Qualified
                   Non-Elective Contribution for the Plan Year, a discretionary
                   Qualified Non-Elective Contribution equal to a percentage of
                   each eligible individual's Compensation, the exact
                   percentage to be determined each year by the Employer. The
                   Employer's Qualified Non-Elective Contribution shall be
                   deemed an Employer's Elective Contribution.

                           (d)      A discretionary amount, which amount shall
                   be deemed an Employer's Non-Elective Contribution.

                           (e)      Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the
                   Employer's contributions for any Plan Year in excess of the
                   maximum amount allowable as a deduction to the Employer
                   under the provisions of Code Section 404 shall not be
                   allocated in such Plan Year but shall be carried over to the
                   subsequent Plan Year subject to the right of a return of
                   such contribution as provided in Section 9.14. All
                   contributions by the Employer shall be made in cash or in
                   such property as is acceptable to the Trustee, subject to
                   the restrictions imposed under the Code and the Act.

                           (f)      Except, however, to the extent necessary to
                   provide the top heavy minimum allocations, the Employer
                   shall make a contribution even if it exceeds the amount
                   which is deductible under Code Section 404.

4.2      PARTICIPANT'S SALARY REDUCTION ELECTION

                           (a)      Each Participant may elect to defer from 2%
                   to 10% of his Compensation which would have been received in
                   the Plan Year, but for the deferral election. A deferral
                   election (or modification of an earlier election) may not be
                   made with respect to Compensation which is currently
                   available on or before the date the Participant executed
                   such election or, if later, the latest of the date the
                   Employer adopts this cash or deferred arrangement, or the
                   date such arrangement first became effective.

                                    The amount by which Compensation is reduced
                   shall be that Participant's Deferred Compensation and be
                   treated as an Employer Elective Contribution and allocated
                   to that Participant's Elective Account.

                           (b)      The balance in each Participant's Elective
                   Account shall be fully Vested at all times and shall not be
                   subject to Forfeiture for any reason.

                           (c)      Amounts held in the Participant's Elective
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                           (1)      a Participant's termination of employment,
                           Total and Permanent Disability, or death;

                           (2)      a Participant's attainment of age 59 1/2;

                           (3)      the termination of the Plan without the
                           establishment or existence of a "successor plan," as
                           that term is described in Regulation
                           1.401(k)-1(d)(3);

                           (4)      the date of disposition by the Employer to
                           an entity that is not an Affiliated Employer of
                           substantially all of the assets (within the meaning
                           of Code Section 409(d)(2)) used in a trade or
                           business of such corporation if such corporation
                           continues to maintain this Plan after the
                           disposition with respect to a Participant who
                           continues employment with the corporation acquiring
                           such assets;

                           (5)      the date of disposition by the Employer or
                           an Affiliated Employer who maintains the Plan of its
                           interest in a subsidiary (within the meaning of Code
                           Section 409(d)(3)) to an entity which is not an
                           Affiliated Employer but only with respect to a
                           Participant who continues employment with such
                           subsidiary; or

                           (6)      the proven financial hardship of a
                           Participant, subject to the limitations of Section
                           6.10.

                           (d)      For each Plan Year, a Participant's
                   Deferred Compensation made under this Plan and all other
                   plans, contracts or arrangements of the Employer maintaining
                   this Plan shall not exceed, during any taxable year of the
                   Participant, the limitation imposed by Code Section 402(g),
                   as in effect at the beginning of such taxable year. If such
                   dollar limitation is exceeded, a Participant will be deemed
                   to have notified the Administrator of such excess amount
                   which shall be distributed in a manner consistent with
                   Section 4.2(f). The dollar limitation shall be adjusted
                   annually pursuant to the method provided in Code Section
                   415(d) in accordance with Regulations.

                           (e)      In the event a Participant has received a
                   hardship distribution from his Participant's Elective
                   Account pursuant to Section 6.10 or pursuant to Regulation
                   1.401(k)-1(d)(2)(iv)(B) from any other plan maintained by
                   the Employer, then such Participant shall not be permitted
                   to elect to have Deferred Compensation contributed to the
                   Plan on his behalf for a period of twelve (12) months
                   following the receipt of the distribution. Furthermore, the
                   dollar limitation under Code Section 402(g) shall be
                   reduced, with respect to the Participant's taxable year
                   following the taxable year in which the hardship
                   distribution was made, by the amount of such Participant's
                   Deferred Compensation, if any, pursuant to this Plan (and
                   any other plan maintained by the Employer) for the taxable
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                           (f)      If a Participant's Deferred Compensation
                   under this Plan together with any elective deferrals (as
                   defined in Regulation 1.402(g)-1(b)) under another qualified
                   cash or deferred arrangement (as defined in Code Section
                   401(k)), a simplified employee pension (as defined in Code
                   Section 408(k)), a salary reduction arrangement (within the
                   meaning of Code Section 3121(a)(5)(D)), a deferred
                   compensation plan under Code Section 457, or a trust
                   described in Code Section 501(c)(18) cumulatively exceed the
                   limitation imposed by Code Section 402(g) (as adjusted
                   annually in accordance with the method provided in Code
                   Section 415(d) pursuant to Regulations) for such
                   Participant's taxable year, the Participant may, not later
                   than March 1 following the close of the Participant's
                   taxable year, notify the Administrator in writing of such
                   excess and request that his Deferred Compensation under this
                   Plan be reduced by an amount specified by the Participant.
                   In such event, the Administrator may direct the Trustee to
                   distribute such excess amount (and any Income allocable to
                   such excess amount) to the Participant not later than the
                   first April 15th following the close of the Participant's
                   taxable year. Any distribution of less than the entire
                   amount of Excess Deferred Compensation and Income shall be
                   treated as a pro rata distribution of Excess Deferred
                   Compensation and Income. The amount distributed shall not
                   exceed the Participant's Deferred Compensation under the
                   Plan for the taxable year. Any distribution on or before the
                   last day of the Participant's taxable year must satisfy each
                   of the following conditions:

                           (1)      the distribution must be made after the
                           date on which the Plan received the Excess Deferred
                           Compensation;

                           (2)      the Participant shall designate the
                           distribution as Excess Deferred Compensation; and

                           (3)      the Plan must designate the distribution as
                           a distribution of Excess Deferred Compensation.

                                    Matching contributions which relate to
                   Excess Deferred Compensation which is distributed pursuant
                   to this Section 4.2(f) shall be forfeited.

                           (g)      Notwithstanding Section 4.2(f) above, a
                   Participant's Excess Deferred Compensation shall be reduced,
                   but not below zero, by any distribution of Excess
                   Contributions pursuant to Section 4.6(a) for the Plan Year
                   beginning with or within the taxable year of the
                   Participant.

                           (h)      At Normal Retirement Date, or such other
                   date when the Participant shall be entitled to receive
                   benefits, the fair market value of the Participant's
                   Elective Account shall be used to provide additional
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                           (i)      All amounts allocated to a Participant's
                   Elective Account may be treated as a Directed Investment
                   Account pursuant to Section 4.12.

                           (j)      Employer Elective Contributions made
                   pursuant to this Section may be segregated into a separate
                   account for each Participant in a federally insured savings
                   account, certificate of deposit in a bank or savings and
                   loan association, money market certificate, or other
                   short-term debt security acceptable to the Trustee until
                   such time as the allocations pursuant to Section 4.4 have
                   been made.

                           (k)      The Employer and the Administrator shall
                   implement the salary reduction elections provided for herein
                   in accordance with the following:

                           (1)      A Participant may commence making elective
                           deferrals to the Plan only after first satisfying
                           the eligibility and participation requirements
                           specified in Article III. However, the Participant
                           must make his initial salary deferral election
                           within a reasonable time, not to exceed thirty (30)
                           days, after entering the Plan pursuant to Section
                           3.3. If the Participant fails to make an initial
                           salary deferral election within such time, then such
                           Participant may thereafter make an election in
                           accordance with the rules governing modifications.
                           The Participant shall make such an election by
                           entering into a written salary reduction agreement
                           with the Employer and filing such agreement with the
                           Administrator. Such election shall initially be
                           effective beginning with the pay period following
                           the acceptance of the salary reduction agreement by
                           the Administrator, shall not have retroactive effect
                           and shall remain in force until revoked.

                           (2)      A Participant may modify a prior election
                           during the Plan Year and concurrently make a new
                           election by filing a written notice with the
                           Administrator within a reasonable time before the
                           pay period for which such modification is to be
                           effective. However, modifications to a salary
                           deferral election shall only be permitted quarterly,
                           during election periods established by the
                           Administrator prior to the first day of each Plan
                           Year quarter. Any modification shall not have
                           retroactive effect and shall remain in force until
                           revoked.

                           (3)      A Participant may elect to prospectively
                           revoke his salary reduction agreement in its
                           entirety at any time during the Plan Year by
                           providing the Administrator with thirty (30) days
                           written notice of such revocation (or upon such
                           shorter notice period as may be acceptable to the
                           Administrator). Such revocation shall become
                           effective as of the beginning of the first pay
                           period coincident with or next following the
                           expiration of the notice period. Furthermore, the
                           termination of the Participant's employment, or the
                           cessation of participation for any reason, shall be
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                           in effect, effective immediately following the close
                           of the pay period within which such termination or
                           cessation occurs.

4.3      TIME OF PAYMENT OF EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION

                   The Employer shall generally pay to the Trustee its
contribution to the Plan for each Plan Year within the time prescribed by law,
including extensions of time, for the filing of the Employer's federal income
tax return for the Fiscal Year.

                   However, Employer Elective Contributions accumulated through
payroll deductions shall be paid to the Trustee as of the earliest date on
which such contributions can reasonably be segregated from the Employer's
general assets, but in any event within ninety (90) days from the date on which
such amounts would otherwise have been payable to the Participant in cash. The
provisions of Department of Labor regulations 2510.3-102 are incorporated
herein by reference. Furthermore, any additional Employer contributions which
are allocable to the Participant's Elective Account for a Plan Year shall be
paid to the Plan no later than the twelve-month period immediately following
the close of such Plan Year.

4.4      ALLOCATION OF CONTRIBUTION, FORFEITURES AND EARNINGS

                           (a)      The Administrator shall establish and
                   maintain an account in the name of each Participant to which
                   the Administrator shall credit as of each Anniversary Date
                   all amounts allocated to each such Participant as set forth
                   herein.

                           (b)      The Employer shall provide the
                   Administrator with all information required by the
                   Administrator to make a proper allocation of the Employer's
                   contributions for each Plan Year. Within a reasonable period
                   of time after the date of receipt by the Administrator of
                   such information, the Administrator shall allocate such
                   contribution as follows:

                           (1)      With respect to the Employer's Elective
                           Contribution made pursuant to Section 4.1(a), to
                           each Participant's Elective Account in an amount
                           equal to each such Participant's Deferred
                           Compensation for the year.

                           (2)      With respect to the Employer's Non-Elective
                           Contribution made pursuant to Section 4.1(b), to
                           each Participant's Account in accordance with
                           Section 4.1(b).

                           Any Participant actively employed during the Plan
                           Year shall be eligible to share in the matching
                           contribution for the Plan Year.

                           (3)      With respect to the Employer's Qualified
                           Non-Elective Contribution made pursuant to Section
                           4.1(c), to each Participant's Elective Account in
                           accordance with Section 4.1(c).





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                           Any Non-Highly Compensated Participant actively
                           employed during the Plan Year shall be eligible to
                           share in the Qualified Non-Elective Contribution for
                           the Plan Year.

                           (4)      With respect to the Employer's Non-Elective
                           Contribution made pursuant to Section 4.1(d), in the
                           following manner:

                                    (i)    A dollar amount equal to 5.4% of the
                                    sum of each Participant's total
                                    Compensation plus Excess Compensation shall
                                    be allocated to each Participant's Account.
                                    If the Employer does not contribute such
                                    amount for all Participants, each
                                    Participant will be allocated a share of
                                    the contribution in the same proportion
                                    that his total Compensation plus his total
                                    Excess Compensation for the Plan Year bears
                                    to the total Compensation plus the total
                                    Excess Compensation of all Participants for
                                    that year.

                                    (ii)   The balance of the Employer's
                                    Non-Elective Contribution over the amount
                                    allocated above, if any, shall be allocated
                                    to each Participant's Account in the same
                                    proportion that his total Compensation for
                                    the Plan Year bears to the total
                                    Compensation of all Participants for such
                                    year.

                           Only Participants who are actively employed on the
                           last day of the Plan Year or who complete more than
                           500 Hours of Service during the Plan Year prior to
                           terminating employment shall be eligible to share in
                           the discretionary contribution for the year. In
                           determining whether a Participant has completed more
                           than 500 Hours of Service during a short Plan Year,
                           the number of the Hours of Service required shall be
                           proportionately reduced based on the number of full
                           months in the short Plan Year.

                           (c)      As of each Anniversary Date any amounts
                   which became Forfeitures since the last Anniversary Date
                   shall first be made available to reinstate previously
                   forfeited account balances of Former Participants, if any,
                   in accordance with Section 6.4(e)(2). The remaining
                   Forfeitures, if any, shall be allocated to Participants'
                   Accounts and used to reduce the contribution of the Employer
                   hereunder for the Plan Year in which such Forfeitures occur
                   in the following manner:

                           (1)      Forfeitures attributable to Employer
                           matching contributions made pursuant to Section
                           4.1(b) shall be used to reduce the Employer's
                           contribution for the Plan Year in which such
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                           (2)      Forfeitures attributable to Employer
                           discretionary contributions made pursuant to Section
                           4.1(d) shall be added to the Employer's
                           discretionary contribution for the Plan Year in
                           which such Forfeitures occur and allocated among the
                           Participants' Accounts in the same manner as the
                           Employer's discretionary contributions.

                                    Provided, however, that in the event the
                   allocation of Forfeitures provided herein shall cause the
                   "annual addition" (as defined in Section 4.9) to any
                   Participant's Account to exceed the amount allowable by the
                   Code, the excess shall be reallocated in accordance with
                   Section 4.10.

                           (d)      For any Top Heavy Plan Year, Non-Key
                   Employees not otherwise eligible to share in the allocation
                   of contributions and Forfeitures as provided above, shall
                   receive the minimum allocation provided for in Section
                   4.4(g) if eligible pursuant to the provisions of Section
                   4.4(i).

                           (e)      Participants who are not actively employed
                   on the last day of the Plan Year due to Retirement (Normal
                   or Late), Total and Permanent Disability or death shall
                   share in the allocation of contributions and Forfeitures for
                   that Plan Year only if otherwise eligible in accordance with
                   this Section.

                           (f)      As of each Anniversary Date or other
                   valuation date, before allocation of one-half of the
                   Employer contributions for the entire Plan Year and after
                   allocation of Forfeitures, any earnings or losses (net
                   appreciation or net depreciation) of the Trust Fund shall be
                   allocated in the same proportion that each Participant's and
                   Former Participant's nonsegregated accounts bear to the
                   total of all Participants' and Former Participants'
                   nonsegregated accounts as of such date.

                                    Participants' transfers from other
                   qualified plans deposited in the general Trust Fund shall
                   share in any earnings and losses (net appreciation or net
                   depreciation) of the Trust Fund in the same manner provided
                   above. Each segregated account maintained on behalf of a
                   Participant shall be credited or charged with its separate
                   earnings and losses.

                           (g)      Minimum Allocations Required for Top Heavy
                   Plan Years: Notwithstanding the foregoing, for any Top Heavy
                   Plan Year, the sum of the Employer's contributions and
                   Forfeitures allocated to the Participant's Combined Account
                   of each Non-Key Employee shall be equal to at least three
                   percent (3%) of such Non-Key Employee's "415 Compensation"
                   (reduced by contributions and forfeitures, if any, allocated
                   to each Non-Key Employee in any defined contribution plan
                   included with this plan in a Required Aggregation Group).
                   However, if (1) the sum of the Employer's contributions and
                   Forfeitures allocated to the Participant's Combined Account
                   of each Key Employee for such Top Heavy Plan Year is less
                   than three percent (3%) of each Key Employee's "415
                   Compensation" and (2) this Plan is not required to be
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                   Aggregation Group to enable a defined benefit plan to meet
                   the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(4) or 410, the sum
                   of the Employer's contributions and Forfeitures allocated to
                   the Participant's Combined Account of each Non-Key Employee
                   shall be equal to the largest percentage allocated to the
                   Participant's Combined Account of any Key Employee. However,
                   in determining whether a Non-Key Employee has received the
                   required minimum allocation, such Non-Key Employee's
                   Deferred Compensation and matching contributions needed to
                   satisfy the "Actual Contribution Percentage" tests pursuant
                   to Section 4.7(a) shall not be taken into account.

                                    However, no such minimum allocation shall
                   be required in this Plan for any Non-Key Employee who
                   participates in another defined contribution plan subject to
                   Code Section 412 providing such benefits included with this
                   Plan in a Required Aggregation Group.

                           (h)      For purposes of the minimum allocations set
                   forth above, the percentage allocated to the Participant's
                   Combined Account of any Key Employee shall be equal to the
                   ratio of the sum of the Employer's contributions and
                   Forfeitures allocated on behalf of such Key Employee divided
                   by the "415 Compensation" for such Key Employee.

                           (i)      For any Top Heavy Plan Year, the minimum
                   allocations set forth above shall be allocated to the
                   Participant's Combined Account of all Non-Key Employees who
                   are Participants and who are employed by the Employer on the
                   last day of the Plan Year, including Non-Key Employees who
                   have (1) failed to complete a Year of Service; and (2)
                   declined to make mandatory contributions (if required) or,
                   in the case of a cash or deferred arrangement, elective
                   contributions to the Plan.

                           (j)      For the purposes of this Section, "415
                   Compensation" shall be limited to $200,000.  Such amount
                   shall be adjusted at the same time and in the same manner as
                   permitted under Code Section 415(d), except that the dollar
                   increase in effect on January 1 of any calendar year shall
                   be effective for the Plan Year beginning with or within such
                   calendar year and the first adjustment to the $200,000
                   limitation shall be effective on January 1, 1990. For any
                   short Plan Year the "415 Compensation" limit shall be an
                   amount equal to the "415 Compensation" limit for the
                   calendar year in which the Plan Year begins multiplied by
                   the ratio obtained by dividing the number of full months in
                   the short Plan Year by twelve (12).

                                    In addition to other applicable limitations
                   set forth in the Plan, and notwithstanding any other
                   provision of the Plan to the contrary, for Plan Years
                   beginning on or after January 1, 1994, the annual
                   Compensation of each Employee taken into account under the
                   Plan shall not exceed the OBRA '93 annual compensation
                   limit. The OBRA '93 annual compensation limit is $150,000,
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                   in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(17)(B). The cost of
                   living adjustment in effect for a calendar year applies to
                   any period, not exceeding 12 months, over which Compensation
                   is determined (determination period) beginning in such
                   calendar year. If a determination period consists of fewer
                   than 12 months, the OBRA '93 annual compensation limit will
                   be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
                   number of months in the determination period, and the
                   denominator of which is 12.

                                    For Plan Years beginning on or after
                   January 1, 1994, any reference in this Plan to the
                   limitation under Code Section 401(a)(17) shall mean the OBRA
                   '93 annual compensation limit set forth in this provision.

                                    If Compensation for any prior determination
                   period is taken into account in determining an Employee's
                   benefits accruing in the current Plan Year, the Compensation
                   for that prior determination period is subject to the OBRA
                   '93 annual compensation limit in effect for that prior
                   determination period. For this purpose, for determination
                   periods beginning before the first day of the first Plan
                   Year beginning on or after January 1, 1994, the OBRA '93
                   annual compensation limit is $150,000.

                           (k)      Notwithstanding anything herein to the
                   contrary, Participants who terminated employment for any
                   reason during the Plan Year shall share in the salary
                   reduction contributions made by the Employer for the year of
                   termination without regard to the Hours of Service credited.

                           (l)      If a Former Participant is reemployed after
                   five (5) consecutive 1-Year Breaks in Service, then separate
                   accounts shall be maintained as follows:

                           (1)      one account for nonforfeitable benefits
                           attributable to pre-break service; and

                           (2)      one account representing his status in the
                           Plan attributable to post-break service.

4.5      ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE TESTS

                           (a)      Maximum Annual Allocation: For each Plan
                   Year, the annual allocation derived from Employer Elective
                   Contributions to a Participant's Elective Account shall
                   satisfy one of the following tests:

                           (1)      The "Actual Deferral Percentage" for the
                           Highly Compensated Participant group shall not be
                           more than the "Actual Deferral Percentage" of the
                           Non-Highly Compensated Participant group multiplied
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                           (2)      The excess of the "Actual Deferral
                           Percentage" for the Highly Compensated Participant
                           group over the "Actual Deferral Percentage" for the
                           Non-Highly Compensated Participant group shall not
                           be more than two percentage points. Additionally,
                           the "Actual Deferral Percentage" for the Highly
                           Compensated Participant group shall not exceed the
                           "Actual Deferral Percentage" for the Non-Highly
                           Compensated Participant group multiplied by 2. The
                           provisions of Code Section 401(k)(3) and Regulation
                           1.401(k)-1(b) are incorporated herein by reference.

                           However, in order to prevent the multiple use of the
                           alternative method described in (2) above and in
                           Code Section 401(m)(9)(A), any Highly Compensated
                           Participant eligible to make elective deferrals
                           pursuant to Section 4.2 and to make Employee
                           contributions or to receive matching contributions
                           under this Plan or under any other plan maintained
                           by the Employer or an Affiliated Employer shall have
                           his actual contribution ratio reduced pursuant to
                           Regulation 1.401(m)-2, the provisions of which are
                           incorporated herein by reference.

                           (b)      For the purposes of this Section "Actual
                   Deferral Percentage" means, with respect to the Highly
                   Compensated Participant group and Non-Highly Compensated
                   Participant group for a Plan Year, the average of the
                   ratios, calculated separately for each Participant in such
                   group, of the amount of Employer Elective Contributions
                   allocated to each Participant's Elective Account for such
                   Plan Year, to such Participant's "414(s) Compensation" for
                   such Plan Year. The actual deferral ratio for each
                   Participant and the "Actual Deferral Percentage" for each
                   group shall be calculated to the nearest one-hundredth of
                   one percent. Employer Elective Contributions allocated to
                   each Non-Highly Compensated Participant's Elective Account
                   shall be reduced by Excess Deferred Compensation to the
                   extent such excess amounts are made under this Plan or any
                   other plan maintained by the Employer.

                           (c)      For the purpose of determining the actual
                   deferral ratio of a Highly Compensated Employee who is
                   subject to the Family Member aggregation rules of Code
                   Section 414(q)(6) because such Participant is either a "five
                   percent owner" of the Employer or one of the ten (10) Highly
                   Compensated Employees paid the greatest "415 Compensation"
                   during the year, the following shall apply:

                           (1)      The combined actual deferral ratio for the
                           family group (which shall be treated as one Highly
                           Compensated Participant) shall be determined by
                           aggregating Employer Elective Contributions and
                           "414(s) Compensation" of all eligible Family Members
                           (including Highly Compensated Participants).
                           However, in applying the $200,000 limit to "414(s)
                           Compensation," Family Members shall include only the
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                           Employee's spouse and any lineal descendants who
                           have not attained age 19 before the close of the
                           Plan Year.

                           (2)      The Employer Elective Contributions and
                           "414(s) Compensation" of all Family Members shall be
                           disregarded for purposes of determining the "Actual
                           Deferral Percentage" of the Non-Highly Compensated
                           Participant group except to the extent taken into
                           account in paragraph (1) above.

                           (3)      If a Participant is required to be
                           aggregated as a member of more than one family group
                           in a plan, all Participants who are members of those
                           family groups that include the Participant are
                           aggregated as one family group in accordance with
                           paragraphs (1) and (2) above.

                           (d)      For the purposes of Sections 4.5(a) and
                   4.6, a Highly Compensated Participant and a Non-Highly
                   Compensated Participant shall include any Employee eligible
                   to make a deferral election pursuant to Section 4.2, whether
                   or not such deferral election was made or suspended pursuant
                   to Section 4.2.

                           (e)      For the purposes of this Section and Code
                   Sections 401(a)(4), 410(b) and 401(k), if two or more plans
                   which include cash or deferred arrangements are considered
                   one plan for the purposes of Code Section 401(a)(4) or
                   410(b) (other than Code Section 410(b)(2)(A)(ii)), the cash
                   or deferred arrangements included in such plans shall be
                   treated as one arrangement. In addition, two or more cash or
                   deferred arrangements may be considered as a single
                   arrangement for purposes of determining whether or not such
                   arrangements satisfy Code Sections 401(a)(4), 410(b) and
                   401(k). In such a case, the cash or deferred arrangements
                   included in such plans and the plans including such
                   arrangements shall be treated as one arrangement and as one
                   plan for purposes of this Section and Code Sections
                   401(a)(4), 410(b) and 401(k). Plans may be aggregated under
                   this paragraph (e) only if they have the same plan year.

                                    Notwithstanding the above, an employee
                   stock ownership plan described in Code Section 4975(e)(7) or
                   409 may not be combined with this Plan for purposes of
                   determining whether the employee stock ownership plan or
                   this Plan satisfies this Section and Code Sections
                   401(a)(4), 410(b) and 401(k).

                           (f)      For the purposes of this Section, if a
                   Highly Compensated Participant is a Participant under two or
                   more cash or deferred arrangements (other than a cash or
                   deferred arrangement which is part of an employee stock
                   ownership plan as defined in Code Section 4975(e)(7) or 409)
                   of the Employer or an Affiliated Employer, all such cash or
                   deferred arrangements shall be treated as one cash or
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                   actual deferral ratio with respect to such Highly
                   Compensated Participant. However, if the cash or deferred
                   arrangements have different plan years, this paragraph shall
                   be applied by treating all cash or deferred arrangements
                   ending with or within the same calendar year as a single
                   arrangement.

4.6      ADJUSTMENT TO ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE TESTS

                   In the event that the initial allocations of the Employer's
Elective Contributions made pursuant to Section 4.4 do not satisfy one of the
tests set forth in Section 4.5(a), the Administrator shall adjust Excess
Contributions pursuant to the options set forth below:

                           (a)      On or before the fifteenth day of the third
                   month following the end of each Plan Year, the Highly
                   Compensated Participant having the highest actual deferral
                   ratio shall have his portion of Excess Contributions
                   distributed to him until one of the tests set forth in
                   Section 4.5(a) is satisfied, or until his actual deferral
                   ratio equals the actual deferral ratio of the Highly
                   Compensated Participant having the second highest actual
                   deferral ratio. This process shall continue until one of the
                   tests set forth in Section 4.5(a) is satisfied. For each
                   Highly Compensated Participant, the amount of Excess
                   Contributions is equal to the Elective Contributions on
                   behalf of such Highly Compensated Participant (determined
                   prior to the application of this paragraph) minus the amount
                   determined by multiplying the Highly Compensated
                   Participant's actual deferral ratio (determined after
                   application of this paragraph) by his "414(s) Compensation."
                   However, in determining the amount of Excess Contributions
                   to be distributed with respect to an affected Highly
                   Compensated Participant as determined herein, such amount
                   shall be reduced by any Excess Deferred Compensation
                   previously distributed to such affected Highly Compensated
                   Participant for his taxable year ending with or within such
                   Plan Year.

                           (1)      With respect to the distribution of Excess
                           Contributions pursuant to (a) above, such
                           distribution:

                                    (i)    may be postponed but not later than
                                    the close of the Plan Year following the
                                    Plan Year to which they are allocable;

                                    (ii)   shall cause matching contributions
                                    which relate to such Deferred Compensation
                                    to be forfeited;

                                    (iii)  shall be adjusted for Income; and

                                    (iv)   shall be designated by the Employer
                                    as a distribution of Excess Contributions
                                    (and Income).

                           (2)      Any distribution of less than the entire
                           amount of Excess Contributions shall be treated as a
                           pro rata distribution of Excess Contributions and
                           Income.





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                           (3)      The determination and correction of Excess
                           Contributions of a Highly Compensated Participant
                           whose actual deferral ratio is determined under the
                           family aggregation rules shall be accomplished by
                           reducing the actual deferral ratio as required
                           herein, and the Excess Contributions for the family
                           unit shall then be allocated among the Family
                           Members in proportion to the Elective Contributions
                           of each Family Member that were combined to
                           determine the group actual deferral ratio.

                           (b)      Within twelve (12) months after the end of
                   the Plan Year, the Employer may make a special Qualified
                   Non-Elective Contribution on behalf of Non-Highly
                   Compensated Participants in an amount sufficient to satisfy
                   one of the tests set forth in Section 4.5(a). Such
                   contribution shall be allocated to the Participant's
                   Elective Account of each Non-Highly Compensated Participant
                   in the same proportion that each Non-Highly Compensated
                   Participant's Compensation for the year bears to the total
                   Compensation of all Non-Highly Compensated Participants.

                           (c)      If during a Plan Year the projected
                   aggregate amount of Elective Contributions to be allocated
                   to all Highly Compensated Participants under this Plan
                   would, by virtue of the tests set forth in Section 4.5(a),
                   cause the Plan to fail such tests, then the Administrator
                   may automatically reduce proportionately or in the order
                   provided in Section 4.6(a) each affected Highly Compensated
                   Participant's deferral election made pursuant to Section 4.2
                   by an amount necessary to satisfy one of the tests set forth
                   in Section 4.5(a).

4.7      ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE TESTS

                           (a)      The "Actual Contribution Percentage" for
                   the Highly Compensated Participant group shall not exceed
                   the greater of:

                           (1)      125 percent of such percentage for the
                           Non-Highly Compensated Participant group; or

                           (2)      the lesser of 200 percent of such
                           percentage for the Non-Highly Compensated
                           Participant group, or such percentage for the
                           Non-Highly Compensated Participant group plus 2
                           percentage points. However, to prevent the multiple
                           use of the alternative method described in this
                           paragraph and Code Section 401(m)(9)(A), any Highly
                           Compensated Participant eligible to make elective
                           deferrals pursuant to Section 4.2 or any other cash
                           or deferred arrangement maintained by the Employer
                           or an Affiliated Employer and to make Employee
                           contributions or to receive matching contributions
                           under this Plan or under any other plan maintained
                           by the Employer or an Affiliated Employer shall have
                           his actual contribution ratio reduced pursuant to
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                           The provisions of Code Section 401(m) and
                           Regulations 1.401(m)-1(b) and 1.401(m)-2 are
                           incorporated herein by reference.

                           (b)      For the purposes of this Section and
                   Section 4.8, "Actual Contribution Percentage" for a Plan
                   Year means, with respect to the Highly Compensated
                   Participant group and Non-Highly Compensated Participant
                   group, the average of the ratios (calculated separately for
                   each Participant in each group) of:

                           (1)      the sum of Employer matching contributions
                           made pursuant to Section 4.1(b) on behalf of each
                           such Participant for such Plan Year; to

                           (2)      the Participant's "414(s) Compensation" for
                           such Plan Year.

                           (c)      For purposes of determining the "Actual
                   Contribution Percentage" and the amount of Excess Aggregate
                   Contributions pursuant to Section 4.8(d), only Employer
                   matching contributions (excluding Employer matching
                   contributions forfeited pursuant to Sections 4.2(f) and
                   4.6(a)(1) or forfeited pursuant to Section 4.8(a))
                   contributed to the Plan prior to the end of the succeeding
                   Plan Year shall be considered. In addition, the
                   Administrator may elect to take into account, with respect
                   to Employees eligible to have Employer matching
                   contributions pursuant to Section 4.1(b) allocated to their
                   accounts, elective deferrals (as defined in Regulation
                   1.402(g)-1(b)) and qualified non-elective contributions (as
                   defined in Code Section 401(m)(4)(C)) contributed to any
                   plan maintained by the Employer. Such elective deferrals and
                   qualified non-elective contributions shall be treated as
                   Employer matching contributions subject to Regulation
                   1.401(m)-1(b)(5) which is incorporated herein by reference.
                   However, the Plan Year must be the same as the plan year of
                   the plan to which the elective deferrals and the qualified
                   non-elective contributions are made.

                           (d)      For the purpose of determining the actual
                   contribution ratio of a Highly Compensated Employee who is
                   subject to the Family Member aggregation rules of Code
                   Section 414(q)(6) because such Employee is either a "five
                   percent owner" of the Employer or one of the ten (10) Highly
                   Compensated Employees paid the greatest "415 Compensation"
                   during the year, the following shall apply:

                           (1)      The combined actual contribution ratio for
                           the family group (which shall be treated as one
                           Highly Compensated Participant) shall be determined
                           by aggregating Employer matching contributions made
                           pursuant to Section 4.1(b) and "414(s) Compensation"
                           of all eligible Family Members (including Highly
                           Compensated Participants). However, in applying the
                           $200,000 limit to "414(s) Compensation", Family
                           Members shall include only the affected Employee's
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                           any lineal descendants who have not attained age 19
                           before the close of the Plan Year.

                           (2)      The Employer matching contributions made
                           pursuant to Section 4.1(b) and "414(s) Compensation"
                           of all Family Members shall be disregarded for
                           purposes of determining the "Actual Contribution
                           Percentage" of the Non-Highly Compensated
                           Participant group except to the extent taken into
                           account in paragraph (1) above.

                           (3)      If a Participant is required to be
                           aggregated as a member of more than one family group
                           in a plan, all Participants who are members of those
                           family groups that include the Participant are
                           aggregated as one family group in accordance with
                           paragraphs (1) and (2) above.

                           (e)      For purposes of this Section and Code
                   Sections 401(a)(4), 410(b) and 401(m), if two or more plans
                   of the Employer to which matching contributions, Employee
                   contributions, or both, are made are treated as one plan for
                   purposes of Code Sections 401(a)(4) or 410(b) (other than
                   the average benefits test under Code Section
                   410(b)(2)(A)(ii)), such plans shall be treated as one plan.
                   In addition, two or more plans of the Employer to which
                   matching contributions, Employee contributions, or both, are
                   made may be considered as a single plan for purposes of
                   determining whether or not such plans satisfy Code Sections
                   401(a)(4), 410(b) and 401(m). In such a case, the aggregated
                   plans must satisfy this Section and Code Sections 401(a)(4),
                   410(b) and 401(m) as though such aggregated plans were a
                   single plan. Plans may be aggregated under this paragraph
                   (e) only if they have the same plan year.

                                    Notwithstanding the above, an employee
                   stock ownership plan described in Code Section 4975(e)(7) or
                   409 may not be aggregated with this Plan for purposes of
                   determining whether the employee stock ownership plan or
                   this Plan satisfies this Section and Code Sections
                   401(a)(4), 410(b) and 401(m).

                           (f)      If a Highly Compensated Participant is a
                   Participant under two or more plans (other than an employee
                   stock ownership plan as defined in Code Section 4975(e)(7)
                   or 409) which are maintained by the Employer or an
                   Affiliated Employer to which matching contributions,
                   Employee contributions, or both, are made, all such
                   contributions on behalf of such Highly Compensated
                   Participant shall be aggregated for purposes of determining
                   such Highly Compensated Participant's actual contribution
                   ratio. However, if the plans have different plan years, this
                   paragraph shall be applied by treating all plans ending with
                   or within the same calendar year as a single plan.

                           (g)      For purposes of Sections 4.7(a) and 4.8, a
                   Highly Compensated Participant and Non-Highly Compensated
                   Participant shall include any Employee eligible to have
                   Employer matching contributions pursuant to Section 4.1(b)





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                   (whether or not a deferral election was made or suspended
                   pursuant to Section 4.2(e)) allocated to his account for the
                   Plan Year.

4.8      ADJUSTMENT TO ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE TESTS

                           (a)      In the event that the "Actual Contribution
                   Percentage" for the Highly Compensated Participant group
                   exceeds the "Actual Contribution Percentage" for the
                   Non-Highly Compensated Participant group pursuant to Section
                   4.7(a), the Administrator (on or before the fifteenth day of
                   the third month following the end of the Plan Year, but in
                   no event later than the close of the following Plan Year)
                   shall direct the Trustee to distribute to the Highly
                   Compensated Participant having the highest actual
                   contribution ratio, his Vested portion of Excess Aggregate
                   Contributions (and Income allocable to such contributions)
                   and, if forfeitable, forfeit such non-Vested Excess
                   Aggregate Contributions attributable to Employer matching
                   contributions (and Income allocable to such forfeitures)
                   until either one of the tests set forth in Section 4.7(a) is
                   satisfied, or until his actual contribution ratio equals the
                   actual contribution ratio of the Highly Compensated
                   Participant having the second highest actual contribution
                   ratio. This process shall continue until one of the tests
                   set forth in Section 4.7(a) is satisfied.

                           (b)      Any distribution and/or forfeiture of less
                   than the entire amount of Excess Aggregate Contributions
                   (and Income) shall be treated as a pro rata distribution
                   and/or forfeiture of Excess Aggregate Contributions and
                   Income. Distribution of Excess Aggregate Contributions shall
                   be designated by the Employer as a distribution of Excess
                   Aggregate Contributions (and Income).  Forfeitures of Excess
                   Aggregate Contributions shall be treated in accordance with
                   Section 4.4.

                           (c)      Excess Aggregate Contributions, including
                   forfeited matching contributions, shall be treated as
                   Employer contributions for purposes of Code Sections 404 and
                   415 even if distributed from the Plan.

                                    Forfeited matching contributions that are
                   reallocated to Participants' Accounts for the Plan Year in
                   which the forfeiture occurs shall be treated as an "annual
                   addition" pursuant to Section 4.9(b) for the Participants to
                   whose Accounts they are reallocated and for the Participants
                   from whose Accounts they are forfeited.

                           (d)      For each Highly Compensated Participant,
                   the amount of Excess Aggregate Contributions is equal to the
                   Employer matching contributions made pursuant to Section
                   4.1(b) and any qualified non-elective contributions or
                   elective deferrals taken into account pursuant to Section
                   4.7(c) on behalf of the Highly Compensated Participant
                   (determined prior to the application of this paragraph)
                   minus the amount determined by multiplying the Highly
                   Compensated Participant's actual contribution ratio
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                   of this paragraph) by his "414(s) Compensation." The actual
                   contribution ratio must be rounded to the nearest
                   one-hundredth of one percent. In no case shall the amount of
                   Excess Aggregate Contribution with respect to any Highly
                   Compensated Participant exceed the amount of Employer
                   matching contributions made pursuant to Section 4.1(b) and
                   any qualified non-elective contributions or elective
                   deferrals taken into account pursuant to Section 4.7(c) on
                   behalf of such Highly Compensated Participant for such Plan
                   Year.

                           (e)      The determination of the amount of Excess
                   Aggregate Contributions with respect to any Plan Year shall
                   be made after first determining the Excess Contributions, if
                   any, to be treated as voluntary Employee contributions due
                   to recharacterization for the plan year of any other
                   qualified cash or deferred arrangement (as defined in Code
                   Section 401(k)) maintained by the Employer that ends with or
                   within the Plan Year.

                           (f)      If the determination and correction of
                   Excess Aggregate Contributions of a Highly Compensated
                   Participant whose actual contribution ratio is determined
                   under the family aggregation rules, then the actual
                   contribution ratio shall be reduced and the Excess Aggregate
                   Contributions for the family unit shall be allocated among
                   the Family Members in proportion to the sum of Employer
                   matching contributions made pursuant to Section 4.1(b) and
                   any qualified non-elective contributions or elective
                   deferrals taken into account pursuant to Section 4.7(c) of
                   each Family Member that were combined to determine the group
                   actual contribution ratio.

                           (g)      If during a Plan Year the projected
                   aggregate amount of Employer matching contributions to be
                   allocated to all Highly Compensated Participants under this
                   Plan would, by virtue of the tests set forth in Section
                   4.7(a), cause the Plan to fail such tests, then the
                   Administrator may automatically reduce proportionately or in
                   the order provided in Section 4.8(a) each affected Highly
                   Compensated Participant's projected share of such
                   contributions by an amount necessary to satisfy one of the
                   tests set forth in Section 4.7(a).

                           (h)      Notwithstanding the above, within twelve
                   (12) months after the end of the Plan Year, the Employer may
                   make a special Qualified Non-Elective Contribution on behalf
                   of Non-Highly Compensated Participants in an amount
                   sufficient to satisfy one of the tests set forth in Section
                   4.7(a). Such contribution shall be allocated to the
                   Participant's Elective Account of each Non-Highly
                   Compensated Participant in the same proportion that each
                   Non-Highly Compensated Participant's Compensation for the
                   year bears to the total Compensation of all Non-Highly
                   Compensated Participants.  A separate accounting shall be
                   maintained for the purpose of excluding such contributions
                   from the "Actual Deferral Percentage" tests pursuant to
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4.9      MAXIMUM ANNUAL ADDITIONS


                           (a)      Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum
                   "annual additions" credited to a Participant's accounts for
                   any "limitation year" shall equal the lesser of: (1) $30,000
                   adjusted annually as provided in Code Section 415(d)
                   pursuant to the Regulations, or (2) twenty-five percent
                   (25%) of the Participant's "415 Compensation" for such
                   "limitation year." For any short "limitation year," the
                   dollar limitation in (1) above shall be reduced by a
                   fraction, the numerator of which is the number of full
                   months in the short "limitation year" and the denominator of
                   which is twelve (12).


                           (b)      For purposes of applying the limitations of
                   Code Section 415, "annual additions" means the sum credited
                   to a Participant's accounts for any "limitation year" of (1)
                   Employer contributions, (2) Employee contributions, (3)
                   forfeitures, (4) amounts allocated, after March 31, 1984, to
                   an individual medical account, as defined in Code Section
                   415(l)(2) which is part of a pension or annuity plan
                   maintained by the Employer and (5) amounts derived from
                   contributions paid or accrued after December 31, 1985, in
                   taxable years ending after such date, which are attributable
                   to post-retirement medical benefits allocated to the
                   separate account of a key employee (as defined in Code
                   Section 419A(d)(3)) under a welfare benefit plan (as defined
                   in Code Section 419(e)) maintained by the Employer. Except,
                   however, the "415 Compensation" percentage limitation
                   referred to in paragraph (a)(2) above shall not apply to:
                   (1) any contribution for medical benefits (within the
                   meaning of Code Section 419A(f)(2)) after separation from
                   service which is otherwise treated as an "annual addition,"
                   or (2) any amount otherwise treated as an "annual addition"
                   under Code Section 415(l)(1).

                           (c)      For purposes of applying the limitations of
                   Code Section 415, the transfer of funds from one qualified
                   plan to another is not an "annual addition." In addition,
                   the following are not Employee contributions for the
                   purposes of Section 4.9(b)(2): (1) rollover contributions
                   (as defined in Code Sections 402(a)(5), 403(a)(4), 403(b)(8)
                   and 408(d)(3)); (2) repayments of loans made to a
                   Participant from the Plan; (3) repayments of distributions
                   received by an Employee pursuant to Code Section
                   411(a)(7)(B) (cash-outs); (4) repayments of distributions
                   received by an Employee pursuant to Code Section
                   411(a)(3)(D) (mandatory contributions); and (5) Employee
                   contributions to a simplified employee pension excludable
                   from gross income under Code Section 408(k)(6).

                           (d)      For purposes of applying the limitations of
                   Code Section 415, the "limitation year" shall be the Plan
                   Year.

                           (e)      The dollar limitation under Code Section
                   415(b)(1)(A) stated in paragraph (a)(1) above shall be
                   adjusted annually as provided in Code Section 415(d)
                   pursuant to the Regulations. The adjusted limitation is
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                   January 1st of each calendar year and is applicable to
                   "limitation years" ending with or within that calendar year.

                           (f)      For the purpose of this Section, all
                   qualified defined benefit plans (whether terminated or not)
                   ever maintained by the Employer shall be treated as one
                   defined benefit plan, and all qualified defined contribution
                   plans (whether terminated or not) ever maintained by the
                   Employer shall be treated as one defined contribution plan.

                           (g)      For the purpose of this Section, if the
                   Employer is a member of a controlled group of corporations,
                   trades or businesses under common control (as defined by
                   Code Section 1563(a) or Code Section 414(b) and (c) as
                   modified by Code Section 415(h)), is a member of an
                   affiliated service group (as defined by Code Section
                   414(m)), or is a member of a group of entities required to
                   be aggregated pursuant to Regulations under Code Section
                   414(o), all Employees of such Employers shall be considered
                   to be employed by a single Employer.

                           (h)      For the purpose of this Section, if this
                   Plan is a Code Section 413(c) plan, all Employers of a
                   Participant who maintain this Plan will be considered to be
                   a single Employer.

                           (i)(1)  If a Participant participates in more than
                   one defined contribution plan maintained by the Employer
                   which have different Anniversary Dates, the maximum "annual
                   additions" under this Plan shall equal the maximum "annual
                   additions" for the "limitation year" minus any "annual
                   additions" previously credited to such Participant's
                   accounts during the "limitation year."

                           (2)      If a Participant participates in both a
                           defined contribution plan subject to Code Section
                           412 and a defined contribution plan not subject to
                           Code Section 412 maintained by the Employer which
                           have the same Anniversary Date, "annual additions"
                           will be credited to the Participant's accounts under
                           the defined contribution plan subject to Code
                           Section 412 prior to crediting "annual additions" to
                           the Participant's accounts under the defined
                           contribution plan not subject to Code Section 412.

                           (3)      If a Participant participates in more than
                           one defined contribution plan not subject to Code
                           Section 412 maintained by the Employer which have
                           the same Anniversary Date, the maximum "annual
                           additions" under this Plan shall equal the product
                           of (A) the maximum "annual additions" for the
                           "limitation year" minus any "annual additions"
                           previously credited under subparagraphs (1) or (2)
                           above, multiplied by (B) a fraction (i) the
                           numerator of which is the "annual additions" which
                           would be credited to such Participant's accounts
                           under this Plan without regard to the limitations of
                           Code Section 415 and (ii) the denominator of which
                           is such "annual additions" for all plans described
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                           (j)      If an Employee is (or has been) a
                   Participant in one or more defined benefit plans and one or
                   more defined contribution plans maintained by the Employer,
                   the sum of the defined benefit plan fraction and the defined
                   contribution plan fraction for any "limitation year" may not
                   exceed 1.0.

                           (k)      The defined benefit plan fraction for any
                   "limitation year" is a fraction, the numerator of which is
                   the sum of the Participant's projected annual benefits under
                   all the defined benefit plans (whether or not terminated)
                   maintained by the Employer, and the denominator of which is
                   the lesser of 125 percent of the dollar limitation
                   determined for the "limitation year" under Code Sections
                   415(b) and (d) or 140 percent of the highest average
                   compensation, including any adjustments under Code Section
                   415(b).

                                    Notwithstanding the above, if the
                   Participant was a Participant as of the first day of the
                   first "limitation year" beginning after December 31, 1986,
                   in one or more defined benefit plans maintained by the
                   Employer which were in existence on May 6, 1986, the
                   denominator of this fraction will not be less than 125
                   percent of the sum of the annual benefits under such plans
                   which the Participant had accrued as of the close of the
                   last "limitation year" beginning before January 1, 1987,
                   disregarding any changes in the terms and conditions of the
                   plan after May 5, 1986. The preceding sentence applies only
                   if the defined benefit plans individually and in the
                   aggregate satisfied the requirements of Code Section 415 for
                   all "limitation years" beginning before January 1, 1987.

                           (l)      The defined contribution plan fraction for
                   any "limitation year" is a fraction, the numerator of which
                   is the sum of the annual additions to the Participant's
                   Account under all the defined contribution plans (whether or
                   not terminated) maintained by the Employer for the current
                   and all prior "limitation years" (including the annual
                   additions attributable to the Participant's nondeductible
                   Employee contributions to all defined benefit plans, whether
                   or not terminated, maintained by the Employer, and the
                   annual additions attributable to all welfare benefit funds,
                   as defined in Code Section 419(e), and individual medical
                   accounts, as defined in Code Section 415(l)(2), maintained
                   by the Employer), and the denominator of which is the sum of
                   the maximum aggregate amounts for the current and all prior
                   "limitation years" of service with the Employer (regardless
                   of whether a defined contribution plan was maintained by the
                   Employer). The maximum aggregate amount in any "limitation
                   year" is the lesser of 125 percent of the dollar limitation
                   determined under Code Sections 415(b) and (d) in effect
                   under Code Section 415(c)(1)(A) or 35 percent of the
                   Participant's Compensation for such year.

                                    If the Employee was a Participant as of the
                   end of the first day of the first "limitation year"
                   beginning after December 31, 1986, in one or more defined
                   contribution plans maintained by the Employer which were in
                   existence on May 6, 1986, the numerator of this fraction
                   will be adjusted if the sum of this fraction and the defined
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                   the terms of this Plan. Under the adjustment, an amount
                   equal to the product of (1) the excess of the sum of the
                   fractions over 1.0 times (2) the denominator of this
                   fraction, will be permanently subtracted from the numerator
                   of this fraction. The adjustment is calculated using the
                   fractions as they would be computed as of the end of the
                   last "limitation year" beginning before January 1, 1987, and
                   disregarding any changes in the terms and conditions of the
                   Plan made after May 5, 1986, but using the Code Section 415
                   limitation applicable to the first "limitation year"
                   beginning on or after January 1, 1987. The annual addition
                   for any "limitation year" beginning before January 1, 1987
                   shall not be recomputed to treat all Employee contributions
                   as annual additions.

                           (m)      Notwithstanding the foregoing, for any
                   "limitation year" in which the Plan is a Top Heavy Plan, 100
                   percent shall be substituted for 125 percent in Sections
                   4.9(k) and 4.9(l) unless the extra minimum allocation is
                   being provided pursuant to Section 4.4. However, for any
                   "limitation year" in which the Plan is a Super Top Heavy
                   Plan, 100 percent shall be substituted for 125 percent in
                   any event.

                           (n)      Notwithstanding anything contained in this
                   Section to the contrary, the limitations, adjustments and
                   other requirements prescribed in this Section shall at all
                   times comply with the provisions of Code Section 415 and the
                   Regulations thereunder, the terms of which are specifically
                   incorporated herein by reference.

4.10     ADJUSTMENT FOR EXCESSIVE ANNUAL ADDITIONS

                           (a)      If, as a result of the allocation of
                   Forfeitures, a reasonable error in estimating a
                   Participant's Compensation, a reasonable error in
                   determining the amount of elective deferrals (within the
                   meaning of Code Section 402(g)(3)) that may be made with
                   respect to any Participant under the limits of Section 4.9
                   or other facts and circumstances to which Regulation
                   1.415-6(b)(6) shall be applicable, the "annual additions"
                   under this Plan would cause the maximum "annual additions"
                   to be exceeded for any Participant, the Administrator shall
                   (1) distribute any elective deferrals (within the meaning of
                   Code Section 402(g)(3)) or return any voluntary Employee
                   contributions credited for the "limitation year" to the
                   extent that the return would reduce the "excess amount" in
                   the Participant's accounts (2) hold any "excess amount"
                   remaining after the return of any elective deferrals or
                   voluntary Employee contributions in a "Section 415 suspense
                   account" (3) use the "Section 415 suspense account" in the
                   next "limitation year" (and succeeding "limitation years" if
                   necessary) to reduce Employer contributions for that
                   Participant if that Participant is covered by the Plan as of
                   the end of the "limitation year," or if the Participant is
                   not so covered, allocate and reallocate the "Section 415
                   suspense account" in the next "limitation year" (and
                   succeeding "limitation years" if necessary) to all
                   Participants in the Plan before any Employer or Employee
                   contributions which would constitute "annual additions" are
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                   year" (4) reduce Employer contributions to the Plan for such
                   "limitation year" by the amount of the "Section 415 suspense
                   account" allocated and reallocated during such "limitation
                   year."

                           (b)      For purposes of this Article, "excess
                   amount" for any Participant for a "limitation year" shall
                   mean the excess, if any, of (1) the "annual additions" which
                   would be credited to his account under the terms of the Plan
                   without regard to the limitations of Code Section 415 over
                   (2) the maximum "annual additions" determined pursuant to
                   Section 4.9.

                           (c)      For purposes of this Section, "Section 415
                   suspense account" shall mean an unallocated account equal to
                   the sum of "excess amounts" for all Participants in the Plan
                   during the "limitation year." The "Section 415 suspense
                   account" shall not share in any earnings or losses of the
                   Trust Fund.

4.11     TRANSFERS FROM QUALIFIED PLANS

                           (a)      With the consent of the Administrator,
                   amounts may be transferred from other qualified plans by
                   Employees, provided that the trust from which such funds are
                   transferred permits the transfer to be made and the transfer
                   will not jeopardize the tax exempt status of the Plan or
                   Trust or create adverse tax consequences for the Employer.
                   The amounts transferred shall be set up in a separate
                   account herein referred to as a "Participant's Rollover
                   Account." Such account shall be fully Vested at all times
                   and shall not be subject to Forfeiture for any reason.

                           (b)      Amounts in a Participant's Rollover Account
                   shall be held by the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of
                   this Plan and may not be withdrawn by, or distributed to the
                   Participant, in whole or in part, except as provided in
                   paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section.

                           (c)      Except as permitted by Regulations
                   (including Regulation 1.411(d)-4), amounts attributable to
                   elective contributions (as defined in Regulation
                   1.401(k)-1(g)(3)), including amounts treated as elective
                   contributions, which are transferred from another qualified
                   plan in a plan-to-plan transfer shall be subject to the
                   distribution limitations provided for in Regulation
                   1.401(k)-1(d).

                           (d)      At Normal Retirement Date, or such other
                   date when the Participant or his Beneficiary shall be
                   entitled to receive benefits, the fair market value of the
                   Participant's Rollover Account shall be used to provide
                   additional benefits to the Participant or his Beneficiary.
                   Any distributions of amounts held in a Participant's
                   Rollover Account shall be made in a manner which is
                   consistent with and satisfies the provisions of Section 6.5,
                   including, but not limited to, all notice and consent
                   requirements of Code Section 411(a)(11) and the Regulations
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                   considered as part of a Participant's benefit in determining
                   whether an involuntary cash-out of benefits without
                   Participant consent may be made.

                           (e)      The Administrator may direct that employee
                   transfers made after a valuation date be segregated into a
                   separate account for each Participant in a federally insured
                   savings account, certificate of deposit in a bank or savings
                   and loan association, money market certificate, or other
                   short term debt security acceptable to the Trustee until
                   such time as the allocations pursuant to this Plan have been
                   made, at which time they may remain segregated or be
                   invested as part of the general Trust Fund, to be determined
                   by the Administrator.

                           (f)      For purposes of this Section, the term
                   "qualified plan" shall mean any tax qualified plan under
                   Code Section 401(a). The term "amounts transferred from
                   other qualified plans" shall mean: (i) amounts transferred
                   to this Plan directly from another qualified plan; (ii)
                   distributions from another qualified plan which are eligible
                   rollover distributions and which are either transferred by
                   the Employee to this Plan within sixty (60) days following
                   his receipt thereof or are transferred pursuant to a direct
                   rollover; (iii) amounts transferred to this Plan from a
                   conduit individual retirement account provided that the
                   conduit individual retirement account has no assets other
                   than assets which (A) were previously distributed to the
                   Employee by another qualified plan as a lump-sum
                   distribution (B) were eligible for tax-free rollover to a
                   qualified plan and (C) were deposited in such conduit
                   individual retirement account within sixty (60) days of
                   receipt thereof and other than earnings on said assets; and
                   (iv) amounts distributed to the Employee from a conduit
                   individual retirement account meeting the requirements of
                   clause (iii) above, and transferred by the Employee to this
                   Plan within sixty (60) days of his receipt thereof from such
                   conduit individual retirement account.

                           (g)      Prior to accepting any transfers to which
                   this Section applies, the Administrator may require the
                   Employee to establish that the amounts to be transferred to
                   this Plan meet the requirements of this Section and may also
                   require the Employee to provide an opinion of counsel
                   satisfactory to the Employer that the amounts to be
                   transferred meet the requirements of this Section.

                           (h)      This Plan shall not accept any direct or
                   indirect transfers (as that term is defined and interpreted
                   under Code Section 401(a)(11) and the Regulations
                   thereunder) from a defined benefit plan, money purchase plan
                   (including a target benefit plan), stock bonus or profit
                   sharing plan which would otherwise have provided for a life
                   annuity form of payment to the Participant.

                           (i)      Notwithstanding anything herein to the
                   contrary, a transfer directly to this Plan from another
                   qualified plan (or a transaction having the effect of such a
                   transfer) shall only be permitted if it will not result in
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                   elimination or reduction of any "Section 411(d)(6) protected
                   benefit" as described in Section 8.1.

4.12     DIRECTED INVESTMENT ACCOUNT

                           (a)      The Administrator, in his sole discretion,
                   may determine that all Participants be permitted to direct
                   the Trustee as to the investment of all or a portion of the
                   interest in their Participants' Elective Accounts and
                   Matching Accounts. If such authorization is given,
                   Participants may, subject to a procedure established by the
                   Administrator and applied in a uniform nondiscriminatory
                   manner, direct the Trustee in writing to invest any portion
                   of their account in specific assets, specific funds or other
                   investments permitted under the Plan and the directed
                   investment procedure. That portion of the account of any
                   Participant so directing will thereupon be considered a
                   Directed Investment Account, which shall not share in Trust
                   Fund earnings.

                           (b)      A separate Directed Investment Account
                   shall be established for each Participant who has directed
                   an investment. Transfers between the Participant's Elective
                   Account and Matching Account and his Directed Investment
                   Account shall be charged and credited as the case may be to
                   each account.  The Directed Investment Account shall not
                   share in Trust Fund earnings, but it shall be charged or
                   credited as appropriate with the net earnings, gains, losses
                   and expenses as well as any appreciation or depreciation in
                   market value during each Plan Year attributable to such
                   account.

                                   ARTICLE V
                                   VALUATIONS

5.1      VALUATION OF THE TRUST FUND

                   The Administrator shall direct the Trustee, as of each
Anniversary Date, and at such other date or dates deemed necessary by the
Administrator, herein called "valuation date," to determine the net worth of
the assets comprising the Trust Fund as it exists on the "valuation date." In
determining such net worth, the Trustee shall value the assets comprising the
Trust Fund at their fair market value as of the "valuation date" and shall
deduct all expenses for which the Trustee has not yet obtained reimbursement
from the Employer or the Trust Fund.

5.2      METHOD OF VALUATION

                   In determining the fair market value of securities held in
the Trust Fund which are listed on a registered stock exchange, the
Administrator shall direct the Trustee to value the same at the prices they
were last traded on such exchange preceding the close of business on the
"valuation date." If such securities were not traded on the "valuation date,"
or if the exchange on which they are traded was not open for business on the
"valuation date," then the securities shall be valued at the prices at which
they were last traded prior to the "valuation date." Any unlisted security held
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of business on the "valuation date," which bid price shall be obtained from a
registered broker or an investment banker.  In determining the fair market
value of assets other than securities for which trading or bid prices can be
obtained, the Trustee may appraise such assets itself, or in its discretion,
employ one or more appraisers for that purpose and rely on the values
established by such appraiser or appraisers.

                                   ARTICLE VI
                   DETERMINATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS

6.1      DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS UPON RETIREMENT

                   Every Participant may terminate his employment with the
Employer and retire for the purposes hereof on his Normal Retirement Date.
However, a Participant may postpone the termination of his employment with the
Employer to a later date, in which event the participation of such Participant
in the Plan, including the right to receive allocations pursuant to Section
4.4, shall continue until his Late Retirement Date. Upon a Participant's
Retirement Date or attainment of his Normal Retirement Date without termination
of employment with the Employer, or as soon thereafter as is practicable, the
Trustee may distribute all amounts credited to such Participant's Combined
Account in accordance with Section 6.5 pursuant to the election of the
Participant.

6.2      DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS UPON DEATH

                           (a)      Upon the death of a Participant before his
                   Retirement Date or other termination of his employment, all
                   amounts credited to such Participant's Combined Account
                   shall become fully Vested. The Administrator shall direct
                   the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of Sections
                   6.6 and 6.7, to distribute the value of the deceased
                   Participant's accounts to the Participant's Beneficiary.

                           (b)      Upon the death of a Former Participant, the
                   Administrator shall direct the Trustee, in accordance with
                   the provisions of Sections 6.6 and 6.7, to distribute any
                   remaining Vested amounts credited to the accounts of a
                   deceased Former Participant to such Former Participant's
                   Beneficiary.

                           (c)      The Administrator may require such proper
                   proof of death and such evidence of the right of any person
                   to receive payment of the value of the account of a deceased
                   Participant or Former Participant as the Administrator may
                   deem desirable. The Administrator's determination of death
                   and of the right of any person to receive payment shall be
                   conclusive.

                           (d)      The Beneficiary of the death benefit
                   payable pursuant to this Section shall be the Participant's
                   spouse. Except, however, the Participant may designate a
                   Beneficiary other than his spouse if:





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                           (1)      the spouse has waived the right to be the
                           Participant's Beneficiary, or

                           (2)      the Participant is legally separated or has
                           been abandoned (within the meaning of local law) and
                           the Participant has a court order to such effect
                           (and there is no "qualified domestic relations
                           order" as defined in Code Section 414(p) which
                           provides otherwise), or

                           (3)      the Participant has no spouse, or

                           (4)      the spouse cannot be located.

                                    In such event, the designation of a
                   Beneficiary shall be made on a form satisfactory to the
                   Administrator. A Participant may at any time revoke his
                   designation of a Beneficiary or change his Beneficiary by
                   filing written notice of such revocation or change with the
                   Administrator.  However, the Participant's spouse must again
                   consent in writing to any change in Beneficiary unless the
                   original consent acknowledged that the spouse had the right
                   to limit consent only to a specific Beneficiary and that the
                   spouse voluntarily elected to relinquish such right. In the
                   event no valid designation of Beneficiary exists at the time
                   of the Participant's death, the death benefit shall be
                   payable to his estate.

                           (e)      Any consent by the Participant's spouse to
                   waive any rights to the death benefit must be in writing,
                   must acknowledge the effect of such waiver, and be witnessed
                   by a Plan representative or a notary public. Further, the
                   spouse's consent must be irrevocable and must acknowledge
                   the specific nonspouse Beneficiary.

6.3      DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS IN EVENT OF DISABILITY

                   In the event of a Participant's Total and Permanent
Disability prior to his Retirement Date or other termination of his employment,
all amounts credited to such Participant's Combined Account shall become fully
Vested. In the event of a Participant's Total and Permanent Disability, the
Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6.5 and 6.7, shall
distribute to such Participant all amounts credited to such Participant's
Combined Account as though he had retired.

6.4      DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS UPON TERMINATION

                           (a)      Distribution of the funds due to a
                   Terminated Participant shall be made on the occurrence of an
                   event which would result in the distribution had the
                   Terminated Participant remained in the employ of the
                   Employer (upon the Participant's death, Total and Permanent
                   Disability or Normal Retirement). However, at the election
                   of the Participant, the Administrator shall direct the
                   Trustee to cause the entire Vested portion of the Terminated
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                   Combined Account to be payable to such Terminated
                   Participant on or after the calendar quarter coinciding with
                   or next following termination of employment. Any
                   distribution under this paragraph shall be made in a manner
                   which is consistent with and satisfies the provisions of
                   Section 6.5, including, but not limited to, all notice and
                   consent requirements of Code Section 411(a)(11) and the
                   Regulations thereunder.

                                    If the value of a Terminated Participant's
                   Vested benefit derived from Employer and Employee
                   contributions does not exceed $3,500 and has never exceeded
                   $3,500 at the time of any prior distribution, the
                   Administrator shall direct the Trustee to cause the entire
                   Vested benefit to be paid to such Participant in a single
                   lump sum.

                           (b)      The Vested portion of any Participant's
                   Account shall be a percentage of the total amount credited
                   to his Participant's Account determined on the basis of the
                   Participant's number of Years of Service according to the
                   following schedule:

<TABLE>
                <S>                 <C>                   <C>
                                    Vesting Schedule         
                Years of Service                          Percentage
                                                                    
                                                                    
                     1                                         20 % 
                     2                                         40 % 
                     3                                         60 % 
                     4                                         80 % 
                     5                                        100 % 
                                                                    
</TABLE>

                           (c)      Notwithstanding the vesting schedule above,
                   upon the complete discontinuance of the Employer's
                   contributions to the Plan or upon any full or partial
                   termination of the Plan, all amounts credited to the account
                   of any affected Participant shall become 100% Vested and
                   shall not thereafter be subject to Forfeiture.

                           (d)      The computation of a Participant's
                   nonforfeitable percentage of his interest in the Plan shall
                   not be reduced as the result of any direct or indirect
                   amendment to this Plan. For this purpose, the Plan shall be
                   treated as having been amended if the Plan provides for an
                   automatic change in vesting due to a change in top heavy
                   status. In the event that the Plan is amended to change or
                   modify any vesting schedule, a Participant with at least
                   three (3) Years of Service as of the expiration date of the
                   election period may elect to have his nonforfeitable
                   percentage computed under the Plan without regard to such
                   amendment. If a Participant fails to make such election,
                   then such Participant shall be subject to the new vesting
                   schedule. The Participant's election period shall commence
                   on the adoption date of the amendment and shall end 60 days
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                           (1)      the adoption date of the amendment,

                           (2)      the effective date of the amendment, or

                           (3)      the date the Participant receives written
                           notice of the amendment from the Employer or
                           Administrator.

                           (e)(1)  If any Former Participant shall be
                   reemployed by the Employer before a 1-Year Break in Service
                   occurs, he shall continue to participate in the Plan in the
                   same manner as if such termination had not occurred.

                           (2)      If any Former Participant shall be
                           reemployed by the Employer before five (5)
                           consecutive 1-Year Breaks in Service, and such
                           Former Participant had received a distribution of
                           his entire Vested interest prior to his
                           reemployment, his forfeited account shall be
                           reinstated only if he repays the full amount
                           distributed to him before the earlier of five (5)
                           years after the first date on which the Participant
                           is subsequently reemployed by the Employer or the
                           close of the first period of five (5) consecutive
                           1-Year Breaks in Service commencing after the
                           distribution. In the event the Former Participant
                           does repay the full amount distributed to him, the
                           undistributed portion of the Participant's Account
                           must be restored in full, unadjusted by any gains or
                           losses occurring subsequent to the Anniversary Date
                           or other valuation date coinciding with or preceding
                           his termination. The source for such reinstatement
                           shall first be any Forfeitures occurring during the
                           year. If such source is insufficient, then the
                           Employer shall contribute an amount which is
                           sufficient to restore any such forfeited Accounts
                           provided, however, that if a discretionary
                           contribution is made for such year pursuant to
                           Section 4.1(d), such contribution shall first be
                           applied to restore any such Accounts and the
                           remainder shall be allocated in accordance with
                           Section 4.4.

                           (3)      If any Former Participant is reemployed
                           after a 1-Year Break in Service has occurred, Years
                           of Service shall include Years of Service prior to
                           his 1-Year Break in Service subject to the following
                           rules:

                                    (i)    If a Former Participant has a 1-Year
                                    Break in Service, his pre-break and
                                    post-break service shall be used for
                                    computing Years of Service for eligibility
                                    and for vesting purposes only after he has
                                    been employed for one (1) Year of Service
                                    following the date of his reemployment with
                                    the Employer;

                                    (ii)   Any Former Participant who under the
                                    Plan does not have a nonforfeitable right
                                    to any interest in the Plan resulting from
                                    Employer contributions shall lose credits
                                    otherwise allowable under (i) above if his
                                    consecutive 1-Year Breaks in Service equal





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                                    or exceed the greater of (A) five (5) or
                                    (B) the aggregate number of his pre-break
                                    Years of Service;

                                    (iii)  After five (5) consecutive 1-Year
                                    Breaks in Service, a Former Participant's
                                    Vested Account balance attributable to
                                    pre-break service shall not be increased as
                                    a result of post-break service;

                                    (iv)   If a Former Participant who has not
                                    had his Years of Service before a 1-Year
                                    Break in Service disregarded pursuant to
                                    (ii) above completes one (1) Year of
                                    Service for eligibility purposes following
                                    his reemployment with the Employer, he
                                    shall participate in the Plan retroactively
                                    from his date of reemployment;

                                    (v)    If a Former Participant who has not
                                    had his Years of Service before a 1-Year
                                    Break in Service disregarded pursuant to
                                    (ii) above completes a Year of Service (a
                                    1-Year Break in Service previously
                                    occurred, but employment had not
                                    terminated), he shall participate in the
                                    Plan retroactively from the first day of
                                    the Plan Year during which he completes one
                                    (1) Year of Service.

6.5      DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS

                           (a)      The Administrator, pursuant to the election
                   of the Participant, shall direct the Trustee to distribute
                   to a Participant or his Beneficiary any amount to which he
                   is entitled under the Plan in one or more of the following
                   methods:

                           (1)      One lump-sum payment in cash;

                           (2)      Payments over a period certain in monthly,
                           quarterly, semiannual, or annual cash installments.
                           In order to provide such installment payments, the
                           Administrator may (A) segregate the aggregate amount
                           thereof in a separate, federally insured savings
                           account, certificate of deposit in a bank or savings
                           and loan association, money market certificate or
                           other liquid short-term security or (B) purchase a
                           nontransferable annuity contract for a term certain
                           (with no life contingencies) providing for such
                           payment. The period over which such payment is to be
                           made shall not extend beyond the Participant's life
                           expectancy (or the life expectancy of the
                           Participant and his designated Beneficiary).

                           (b)      Any distribution to a Participant who has a
                   benefit which exceeds, or has ever exceeded, $3,500 at the
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                   such Participant's consent if such distribution commences
                   prior to the later of his Normal Retirement Age or age 62.
                   With regard to this required consent:

                           (1)      The Participant must be informed of his
                           right to defer receipt of the distribution.  If a
                           Participant fails to consent, it shall be deemed an
                           election to defer the commencement of payment of any
                           benefit. However, any election to defer the receipt
                           of benefits shall not apply with respect to
                           distributions which are required under Section
                           6.5(c).

                           (2)      Notice of the rights specified under this
                           paragraph shall be provided no less than 30 days and
                           no more than 90 days before the first day on which
                           all events have occurred which entitle the
                           Participant to such benefit.

                           (3)      Written consent of the Participant to the
                           distribution must not be made before the Participant
                           receives the notice and must not be made more than
                           90 days before the first day on which all events
                           have occurred which entitle the Participant to such
                           benefit.

                           (4)      No consent shall be valid if a significant
                           detriment is imposed under the Plan on any
                           Participant who does not consent to the
                           distribution.

                           If a distribution is one to which Code Sections
                           401(a)(11) and 417 do not apply, such distribution
                           may commence less than 30 days after the notice
                           required under Regulation 1.411(a)-11(c) is given,
                           provided that: (1) the Administrator clearly informs
                           the Participant that the Participant has a right to
                           a period of at least 30 days after receiving the
                           notice to consider the decision of whether or not to
                           elect a distribution (and, if applicable, a
                           particular distribution option), and (2) the
                           Participant, after receiving the notice,
                           affirmatively elects a distribution.

                           (c)      Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan
                   to the contrary, the distribution of a Participant's
                   benefits shall be made in accordance with the following
                   requirements and shall otherwise comply with Code Section
                   401(a)(9) and the Regulations thereunder (including
                   Regulation 1.401(a)(9)-2), the provisions of which are
                   incorporated herein by reference:

                           (1)      A Participant's benefits shall be
                           distributed to him not later than April 1st of the
                           calendar year following the later of (i) the
                           calendar year in which the Participant attains age
                           70 1/2 or (ii) the calendar year in which the
                           Participant retires, provided, however, that this
                           clause (ii) shall not apply in the case of a
                           Participant who is a "five (5) percent owner" at any
                           time during the five (5) Plan Year period ending in
                           the calendar year in which he attains age 70 1/2 or,
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                           subsequent Plan Year, clause (ii) shall no longer
                           apply and the required beginning date shall be the
                           April 1st of the calendar year following the
                           calendar year in which such subsequent Plan Year
                           ends. Alternatively, distributions to a Participant
                           must begin no later than the applicable April 1st as
                           determined under the preceding sentence and must be
                           made over a period certain measured by the life
                           expectancy of the Participant (or the life
                           expectancies of the Participant and his designated
                           Beneficiary) in accordance with Regulations.
                           Notwithstanding the foregoing, clause (ii) above
                           shall not apply to any Participant unless the
                           Participant had attained age 70 1/2 before January
                           1, 1988 and was not a "five (5) percent owner" at
                           any time during the Plan Year ending with or within
                           the calendar year in which the Participant attained
                           age 66 1/2 or any subsequent Plan Year.

                           (2)      Distributions to a Participant and his
                           Beneficiaries shall only be made in accordance with
                           the incidental death benefit requirements of Code
                           Section 401(a)(9)(G) and the Regulations thereunder.

                           (d)      For purposes of this Section, the life
                   expectancy of a Participant and a Participant's spouse may,
                   at the election of the Participant or the Participant's
                   spouse, be redetermined in accordance with Regulations. The
                   election, once made, shall be irrevocable. If no election is
                   made by the time distributions must commence, then the life
                   expectancy of the Participant and the Participant's spouse
                   shall not be subject to recalculation. Life expectancy and
                   joint and last survivor expectancy shall be computed using
                   the return multiples in Tables V and VI of Regulation
                   1.72-9.

                           (e)      All annuity Contracts under this Plan shall
                   be non-transferable when distributed.  Furthermore, the
                   terms of any annuity Contract purchased and distributed to a
                   Participant or spouse shall comply with all of the
                   requirements of the Plan.

                           (f)      If a distribution is made at a time when a
                   Participant is not fully Vested in his Participant's Account
                   (employment has not terminated) and the Participant may
                   increase the Vested percentage in such account:

                           (1)      a separate account shall be established for
                           the Participant's interest in the Plan as of the
                           time of the distribution; and

                           (2)      at any relevant time, the Participant's
                           Vested portion of the separate account shall be
                           equal to an amount ("X") determined by the formula:

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                           For purposes of applying the formula: P is the
                           Vested percentage at the relevant time, AB is the
                           account balance at the relevant time, D is the
                           amount of distribution, and R is the ratio of the
                           account balance at the relevant time to the account
                           balance after distribution.

6.6      DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS UPON DEATH

                           (a)(1)  The death benefit payable pursuant to
                   Section 6.2 shall be paid to the Participant's Beneficiary
                   within a reasonable time after the Participant's death by
                   either of the following methods, as elected by the
                   Participant (or if no election has been made prior to the
                   Participant's death, by his Beneficiary) subject, however,
                   to the rules specified in Section 6.6(b):

                                    (i)    One lump-sum payment in cash;

                                    (ii)   Payment in monthly, quarterly,
                                    semi-annual, or annual cash installments
                                    over a period to be determined by the
                                    Participant or his Beneficiary. After
                                    periodic installments commence, the
                                    Beneficiary shall have the right to direct
                                    the Trustee to reduce the period over which
                                    such periodic installments shall be made,
                                    and the Trustee shall adjust the cash
                                    amount of such periodic installments
                                    accordingly.

                           (2)      In the event the death benefit payable
                           pursuant to Section 6.2 is payable in installments,
                           then, upon the death of the Participant, the
                           Administrator may direct the Trustee to segregate
                           the death benefit into a separate account, and the
                           Trustee shall invest such segregated account
                           separately, and the funds accumulated in such
                           account shall be used for the payment of the
                           installments.

                           (b)      Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan
                   to the contrary, distributions upon the death of a
                   Participant shall be made in accordance with the following
                   requirements and shall otherwise comply with Code Section
                   401(a)(9) and the Regulations thereunder. If it is
                   determined pursuant to Regulations that the distribution of
                   a Participant's interest has begun and the Participant dies
                   before his entire interest has been distributed to him, the
                   remaining portion of such interest shall be distributed at
                   least as rapidly as under the method of distribution
                   selected pursuant to Section 6.5 as of his date of death. If
                   a Participant dies before he has begun to receive any
                   distributions of his interest under the Plan or before
                   distributions are deemed to have begun pursuant to
                   Regulations, then his death benefit shall be distributed to
                   his Beneficiaries by December 31st of the calendar year in
                   which the fifth anniversary of his date of death occurs.

                                    However, the 5-year distribution
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                   which is payable to or for the benefit of a designated
                   Beneficiary. In such event, such portion may, at the
                   election of the Participant (or the Participant's designated
                   Beneficiary), be distributed over a period not extending
                   beyond the life expectancy of such designated Beneficiary
                   provided such distribution begins not later than December
                   31st of the calendar year immediately following the calendar
                   year in which the Participant died. However, in the event
                   the Participant's spouse (determined as of the date of the
                   Participant's death) is his Beneficiary, the requirement
                   that distributions commence within one year of a
                   Participant's death shall not apply. In lieu thereof,
                   distributions must commence on or before the later of: (1)
                   December 31st of the calendar year immediately following the
                   calendar year in which the Participant died; or (2) December
                   31st of the calendar year in which the Participant would
                   have attained age 70 1/2. If the surviving spouse dies
                   before distributions to such spouse begin, then the 5-year
                   distribution requirement of this Section shall apply as if
                   the spouse was the Participant.

                           (c)      For purposes of Section 6.6(b), the
                   election by a designated Beneficiary to be excepted from the
                   5-year distribution requirement must be made no later than
                   December 31st of the calendar year following the calendar
                   year of the Participant's death. Except, however, with
                   respect to a designated Beneficiary who is the Participant's
                   surviving spouse, the election must be made by the earlier
                   of: (1) December 31st of the calendar year immediately
                   following the calendar year in which the Participant died
                   or, if later, the calendar year in which the Participant
                   would have attained age 70 1/2; or (2) December 31st of the
                   calendar year which contains the fifth anniversary of the
                   date of the Participant's death. An election by a designated
                   Beneficiary must be in writing and shall be irrevocable as
                   of the last day of the election period stated herein. In the
                   absence of an election by the Participant or a designated
                   Beneficiary, the 5-year distribution requirement shall
                   apply.

                           (d)      For purposes of this Section, the life
                   expectancy of a Participant and a Participant's spouse may,
                   at the election of the Participant or the Participant's
                   spouse, be redetermined in accordance with Regulations. The
                   election, once made, shall be irrevocable. If no election is
                   made by the time distributions must commence, then the life
                   expectancy of the Participant and the Participant's spouse
                   shall not be subject to recalculation. Life expectancy and
                   joint and last survivor expectancy shall be computed using
                   the return multiples in Tables V and VI of Regulation
                   1.72-9.

6.7      TIME OF SEGREGATION OR DISTRIBUTION

                   Except as limited by Sections 6.5 and 6.6, whenever the
Trustee is to make a distribution or to commence a series of payments on or as
of an Anniversary Date, the distribution or series of payments may be made or
begun on such date or as soon thereafter as is practicable. However, unless a
Former Participant elects in writing to defer the receipt of benefits (such
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payment of benefits shall begin not later than the 60th day after the close of
the Plan Year in which the latest of the following events occurs: (a) the date
on which the Participant attains the earlier of age 65 or the Normal Retirement
Age specified herein; (b) the 10th anniversary of the year in which the
Participant commenced participation in the Plan; or (c) the date the
Participant terminates his service with the Employer.

6.8      DISTRIBUTION FOR MINOR BENEFICIARY

                   In the event a distribution is to be made to a minor, then
the Administrator may direct that such distribution be paid to the legal
guardian, or if none, to a parent of such Beneficiary or a responsible adult
with whom the Beneficiary maintains his residence, or to the custodian for such
Beneficiary under the Uniform Gift to Minors Act or Gift to Minors Act, if such
is permitted by the laws of the state in which said Beneficiary resides. Such a
payment to the legal guardian, custodian or parent of a minor Beneficiary shall
fully discharge the Trustee, Employer, and Plan from further liability on
account thereof.

6.9      LOCATION OF PARTICIPANT OR BENEFICIARY UNKNOWN

                   In the event that all, or any portion, of the distribution
payable to a Participant or his Beneficiary hereunder shall, at the later of
the Participant's attainment of age 62 or his Normal Retirement Age, remain
unpaid solely by reason of the inability of the Administrator, after sending a
registered letter, return receipt requested, to the last known address, and
after further diligent effort, to ascertain the whereabouts of such Participant
or his Beneficiary, the amount so distributable shall be treated as a
Forfeiture pursuant to the Plan. In the event a Participant or Beneficiary is
located subsequent to his benefit being reallocated, such benefit shall be
restored.

6.10     ADVANCE DISTRIBUTION FOR HARDSHIP

                           (a)      The Administrator, at the election of the
                   Participant, shall direct the Trustee to distribute to any
                   Participant in any one Plan Year up to the lesser of 50% of
                   his Participant's Elective Account valued as of the last
                   Anniversary Date or other valuation date or the amount
                   necessary to satisfy the immediate and heavy financial need
                   of the Participant. Any distribution made pursuant to this
                   Section shall be deemed to be made as of the first day of
                   the Plan Year or, if later, the valuation date immediately
                   preceding the date of distribution, and the Participant's
                   Elective Account shall be reduced accordingly. Withdrawal
                   under this Section shall be authorized only if the
                   distribution is on account of:

                           (1)      Expenses for medical care described in Code
                           Section 213(d) previously incurred by the
                           Participant, his spouse, or any of his dependents
                           (as defined in Code Section 152) or necessary for
                           these persons to obtain medical care;

                           (2)      The costs directly related to the purchase
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                           (3)      Payment of tuition and related educational
                           fees for the next twelve (12) months of
                           post-secondary education for the Participant, his
                           spouse, children, or dependents; or

                           (4)      Payments necessary to prevent the eviction
                           of the Participant from his principal residence or
                           foreclosure on the mortgage of the Participant's
                           principal residence.

                           (b)      No distribution shall be made pursuant to
                   this Section unless the Administrator, based upon the
                   Participant's representation and such other facts as are
                   known to the Administrator, determines that all of the
                   following conditions are satisfied:

                           (1)      The distribution is not in excess of the
                           amount of the immediate and heavy financial need of
                           the Participant. The amount of the immediate and
                           heavy financial need may include any amounts
                           necessary to pay any federal, state, or local income
                           taxes or penalties reasonably anticipated to result
                           from the distribution;

                           (2)      The Participant has obtained all
                           distributions, other than hardship distributions,
                           and all nontaxable (at the time of the loan) loans
                           currently available under all plans maintained by
                           the Employer;

                           (3)      The Plan, and all other plans maintained by
                           the Employer, provide that the Participant's
                           elective deferrals and voluntary Employee
                           contributions will be suspended for at least twelve
                           (12) months after receipt of the hardship
                           distribution or, the Participant, pursuant to a
                           legally enforceable agreement, will suspend his
                           elective deferrals and voluntary Employee
                           contributions to the Plan and all other plans
                           maintained by the Employer for at least twelve (12)
                           months after receipt of the hardship distribution;
                           and

                           (4)      The Plan, and all other plans maintained by
                           the Employer, provide that the Participant may not
                           make elective deferrals for the Participant's
                           taxable year immediately following the taxable year
                           of the hardship distribution in excess of the
                           applicable limit under Code Section 402(g) for such
                           next taxable year less the amount of such
                           Participant's elective deferrals for the taxable
                           year of the hardship distribution.

                           (c)      Notwithstanding the above, distributions
                   from the Participant's Elective Account pursuant to this
                   Section shall be limited solely to the Participant's total
                   Deferred Compensation as of the date of distribution,
                   reduced by the amount of any previous distributions pursuant
                   to this Section.

                           (d)      Any distribution made pursuant to this
                   Section shall be made in a manner which is consistent with
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                   including, but not limited to, all notice and consent
                   requirements of Code Section 411(a)(11) and the Regulations
                   thereunder.

6.11     QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER DISTRIBUTION

                   All rights and benefits, including elections, provided to a
Participant in this Plan shall be subject to the rights afforded to any
"alternate payee" under a "qualified domestic relations order." Furthermore, a
distribution to an "alternate payee" shall be permitted if such distribution is
authorized by a "qualified domestic relations order," even if the affected
Participant has not separated from service and has not reached the "earliest
retirement age" under the Plan. For the purposes of this Section, "alternate
payee," "qualified domestic relations order" and "earliest retirement age"
shall have the meaning set forth under Code Section 414(p).

                                  ARTICLE VII
                                    TRUSTEE

7.1      BASIC RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEE

                   The Trustee shall have the following categories of
responsibilities:

                           (a)      Consistent with the "funding policy and
                   method" determined by the Employer, to invest, manage, and
                   control the Plan assets subject, however, to the direction
                   of an Investment Manager if the Trustee should appoint such
                   manager as to all or a portion of the assets of the Plan;

                           (b)      At the direction of the Administrator, to
                   pay benefits required under the Plan to be paid to
                   Participants, or, in the event of their death, to their
                   Beneficiaries;

                           (c)      To maintain records of receipts and
                   disbursements and furnish to the Employer and/or
                   Administrator for each Plan Year a written annual report per
                   Section 7.6; and

                           (d)      If there shall be more than one Trustee,
                   they shall act by a majority of their number, but may
                   authorize one or more of them to sign papers on their
                   behalf.

7.2      INVESTMENT POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE TRUSTEE

                           (a)      The Trustee shall invest and reinvest the
                   Trust Fund to keep the Trust Fund invested without
                   distinction between principal and income and in such
                   securities or property, real or personal, wherever situated,
                   as the Trustee shall deem advisable, including, but not
                   limited to, stocks, common or preferred, bonds and other
                   evidences of indebtedness or ownership, and real estate or
                   any interest therein. The Trustee shall at all times in
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                   long-term financial needs of the Plan on the basis of
                   information furnished by the Employer. In making such
                   investments, the Trustee shall not be restricted to
                   securities or other property of the character expressly
                   authorized by the applicable law for trust investments;
                   however, the Trustee shall give due regard to any
                   limitations imposed by the Code or the Act so that at all
                   times the Plan may qualify as a qualified Profit Sharing
                   Plan and Trust.

                           (b)      The Trustee may employ a bank or trust
                   company pursuant to the terms of its usual and customary
                   bank agency agreement, under which the duties of such bank
                   or trust company shall be of a custodial, clerical and
                   record-keeping nature.

                           (c)      The Trustee may from time to time with the
                   consent of the Employer transfer to a common, collective, or
                   pooled trust fund maintained by any corporate Trustee
                   hereunder, all or such part of the Trust Fund as the Trustee
                   may deem advisable, and such part or all of the Trust Fund
                   so transferred shall be subject to all the terms and
                   provisions of the common, collective, or pooled trust fund
                   which contemplate the commingling for investment purposes of
                   such trust assets with trust assets of other trusts. The
                   Trustee may, from time to time with the consent of the
                   Employer, withdraw from such common, collective, or pooled
                   trust fund all or such part of the Trust Fund as the Trustee
                   may deem advisable.

7.3      OTHER POWERS OF THE TRUSTEE

                   The Trustee, in addition to all powers and authorities under
common law, statutory authority, including the Act, and other provisions of the
Plan, shall have the following powers and authorities, to be exercised in the
Trustee's sole discretion:

                           (a)      To purchase, or subscribe for, any
                   securities or other property and to retain the same. In
                   conjunction with the purchase of securities, margin accounts
                   may be opened and maintained;

                           (b)      To sell, exchange, convey, transfer, grant
                   options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of any securities
                   or other property held by the Trustee, by private contract
                   or at public auction. No person dealing with the Trustee
                   shall be bound to see to the application of the purchase
                   money or to inquire into the validity, expediency, or
                   propriety of any such sale or other disposition, with or
                   without advertisement;

                           (c)      To vote upon any stocks, bonds, or other
                   securities; to give general or special proxies or powers of
                   attorney with or without power of substitution; to exercise
                   any conversion privileges, subscription rights or other
                   options, and to make any payments incidental thereto; to
                   oppose, or to consent to, or otherwise participate in,
                   corporate reorganizations or other changes affecting
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                   any assessments or charges in connection therewith; and
                   generally to exercise any of the powers of an owner with
                   respect to stocks, bonds, securities, or other property;

                           (d)      To cause any securities or other property
                   to be registered in the Trustee's own name or in the name of
                   one or more of the Trustee's nominees, and to hold any
                   investments in bearer form, but the books and records of the
                   Trustee shall at all times show that all such investments
                   are part of the Trust Fund;

                           (e)      To borrow or raise money for the purposes
                   of the Plan in such amount, and upon such terms and
                   conditions, as the Trustee shall deem advisable; and for any
                   sum so borrowed, to issue a promissory note as Trustee, and
                   to secure the repayment thereof by pledging all, or any
                   part, of the Trust Fund; and no person lending money to the
                   Trustee shall be bound to see to the application of the
                   money lent or to inquire into the validity, expediency, or
                   propriety of any borrowing;

                           (f)      To keep such portion of the Trust Fund in
                   cash or cash balances as the Trustee may, from time to time,
                   deem to be in the best interests of the Plan, without
                   liability for interest thereon;

                           (g)      To accept and retain for such time as the
                   Trustee may deem advisable any securities or other property
                   received or acquired as Trustee hereunder, whether or not
                   such securities or other property would normally be
                   purchased as investments hereunder;

                           (h)      To make, execute, acknowledge, and deliver
                   any and all documents of transfer and conveyance and any and
                   all other instruments that may be necessary or appropriate
                   to carry out the powers herein granted;

                           (i)      To settle, compromise, or submit to
                   arbitration any claims, debts, or damages due or owing to or
                   from the Plan, to commence or defend suits or legal or
                   administrative proceedings, and to represent the Plan in all
                   suits and legal and administrative proceedings;

                           (j)      To employ suitable agents and counsel and
                   to pay their reasonable expenses and compensation, and such
                   agent or counsel may or may not be agent or counsel for the
                   Employer;

                           (k)      To apply for and procure from responsible
                   insurance companies, to be selected by the Administrator, as
                   an investment of the Trust Fund such annuity, or other
                   Contracts (on the life of any Participant) as the
                   Administrator shall deem proper; to exercise, at any time or
                   from time to time, whatever rights and privileges may be
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                   collect, receive, and settle for the proceeds of all such
                   annuity or other Contracts as and when entitled to do so
                   under the provisions thereof;

                           (l)      To invest funds of the Trust in time
                   deposits or savings accounts bearing a reasonable rate of
                   interest in the Trustee's bank;

                           (m)      To invest in Treasury Bills and other forms
                   of United States government obligations;

                           (n)      To invest in shares of investment companies
                   registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940;

                           (o)      To sell, purchase and acquire put or call
                   options if the options are traded on and purchased through a
                   national securities exchange registered under the Securities
                   Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or, if the options are not
                   traded on a national securities exchange, are guaranteed by
                   a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange;

                           (p)      To deposit monies in federally insured
                   savings accounts or certificates of deposit in banks or
                   savings and loan associations;

                           (q)      To pool all or any of the Trust Fund, from
                   time to time, with assets belonging to any other qualified
                   employee pension benefit trust created by the Employer or an
                   affiliated company of the Employer, and to commingle such
                   assets and make joint or common investments and carry joint
                   accounts on behalf of this Plan and such other trust or
                   trusts, allocating undivided shares or interests in such
                   investments or accounts or any pooled assets of the two or
                   more trusts in accordance with their respective interests;

                           (r)      To do all such acts and exercise all such
                   rights and privileges, although not specifically mentioned
                   herein, as the Trustee may deem necessary to carry out the
                   purposes of the Plan.

                           (s)      Directed Investment Account. The powers
                   granted to the Trustee shall be exercised in the sole
                   fiduciary discretion of the Trustee. However, if
                   Participants are so empowered by the Administrator, each
                   Participant may direct the Trustee to separate and keep
                   separate all or a portion of his Elective Account; and
                   further each Participant is authorized and empowered, in his
                   sole and absolute discretion, to give directions to the
                   Trustee pursuant to the procedure established by the
                   Administrator and in such form as the Trustee may require
                   concerning the investment of the Participant's Directed
                   Investment Account. The Trustee shall comply as promptly as
                   practicable with directions given by the Participant
                   hereunder. The Trustee may refuse to comply with any
                   direction from the Participant in the event the Trustee, in
                   its sole and absolute discretion, deems such directions
                   improper by virtue of applicable law. The Trustee shall not
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                   result from the Trustee's refusal or failure to comply with
                   any directions from the Participant. Any costs and expenses
                   related to compliance with the Participant's directions
                   shall be borne by the Participant's Directed Investment
                   Account.

7.4      DUTIES OF THE TRUSTEE REGARDING PAYMENTS

                   At the direction of the Administrator, the Trustee shall,
from time to time, in accordance with the terms of the Plan, make payments out
of the Trust Fund. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any way for the
application of such payments.

7.5      TRUSTEE'S COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES AND TAXES

                   The Trustee shall be paid such reasonable compensation as
shall from time to time be agreed upon in writing by the Employer and the
Trustee. An individual serving as Trustee who already receives full-time pay
from the Employer shall not receive compensation from the Plan. In addition,
the Trustee shall be reimbursed for any reasonable expenses, including
reasonable counsel fees incurred by it as Trustee. Such compensation and
expenses shall be paid from the Trust Fund unless paid or advanced by the
Employer. All taxes of any kind and all kinds whatsoever that may be levied or
assessed under existing or future laws upon, or in respect of, the Trust Fund
or the income thereof, shall be paid from the Trust Fund.

7.6      ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEE

                   Within a reasonable period of time after the later of the
Anniversary Date or receipt of the Employer's contribution for each Plan Year,
the Trustee shall furnish to the Employer and Administrator a written statement
of account with respect to the Plan Year for which such contribution was made
setting forth:

                           (a)      the net income, or loss, of the Trust Fund;

                           (b)      the gains, or losses, realized by the Trust
                   Fund upon sales or other disposition of the assets;

                           (c)      the increase, or decrease, in the value of
                   the Trust Fund;

                           (d)      all payments and distributions made from
                   the Trust Fund; and

                           (e)      such further information as the Trustee
                   and/or Administrator deems appropriate. The Employer,
                   forthwith upon its receipt of each such statement of
                   account, shall acknowledge receipt thereof in writing and
                   advise the Trustee and/or Administrator of its approval or
                   disapproval thereof. Failure by the Employer to disapprove
                   any such statement of account within thirty (30) days after
                   its receipt thereof shall be deemed an approval thereof. The
                   approval by the Employer of any statement of account shall
                   be binding as to all matters embraced therein as between the
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                   as if the account of the Trustee had been settled by
                   judgment or decree in an action for a judicial settlement of
                   its account in a court of competent jurisdiction in which
                   the Trustee, the Employer and all persons having or claiming
                   an interest in the Plan were parties; provided, however,
                   that nothing herein contained shall deprive the Trustee of
                   its right to have its accounts judicially settled if the
                   Trustee so desires.

7.7      AUDIT

                           (a)      If an audit of the Plan's records shall be
                   required by the Act and the regulations thereunder for any
                   Plan Year, the Administrator shall direct the Trustee to
                   engage on behalf of all Participants an independent
                   qualified public accountant for that purpose. Such
                   accountant shall, after an audit of the books and records of
                   the Plan in accordance with generally accepted auditing
                   standards, within a reasonable period after the close of the
                   Plan Year, furnish to the Administrator and the Trustee a
                   report of his audit setting forth his opinion as to whether
                   any statements, schedules or lists that are required by Act
                   Section 103 or the Secretary of Labor to be filed with the
                   Plan's annual report, are presented fairly in conformity
                   with generally accepted accounting principles applied
                   consistently. All auditing and accounting fees shall be an
                   expense of and may, at the election of the Administrator, be
                   paid from the Trust Fund.

                           (b)      If some or all of the information necessary
                   to enable the Administrator to comply with Act Section 103
                   is maintained by a bank, insurance company, or similar
                   institution, regulated and supervised and subject to
                   periodic examination by a state or federal agency, it shall
                   transmit and certify the accuracy of that information to the
                   Administrator as provided in Act Section 103(b) within one
                   hundred twenty (120) days after the end of the Plan Year or
                   by such other date as may be prescribed under regulations of
                   the Secretary of Labor.

7.8      RESIGNATION, REMOVAL AND SUCCESSION OF TRUSTEE

                           (a)      The Trustee may resign at any time by
                   delivering to the Employer, at least thirty (30) days before
                   its effective date, a written notice of his resignation.

                           (b)      The Employer may remove the Trustee by
                   mailing by registered or certified mail, addressed to such
                   Trustee at his last known address, at least thirty (30) days
                   before its effective date, a written notice of his removal.

                           (c)      Upon the death, resignation, incapacity, or
                   removal of any Trustee, a successor may be appointed by the
                   Employer; and such successor, upon accepting such
                   appointment in writing and delivering same to the Employer,
                   shall, without further act, become vested with all the
                   estate, rights, powers, discretions, and duties of his
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                   originally named as a Trustee herein. Until such a successor
                   is appointed, the remaining Trustee or Trustees shall have
                   full authority to act under the terms of the Plan.

                           (d)      The Employer may designate one or more
                   successors prior to the death, resignation, incapacity, or
                   removal of a Trustee. In the event a successor is so
                   designated by the Employer and accepts such designation, the
                   successor shall, without further act, become vested with all
                   the estate, rights, powers, discretions, and duties of his
                   predecessor with the like effect as if he were originally
                   named as Trustee herein immediately upon the death,
                   resignation, incapacity, or removal of his predecessor.

                           (e)      Whenever any Trustee hereunder ceases to
                   serve as such, he shall furnish to the Employer and
                   Administrator a written statement of account with respect to
                   the portion of the Plan Year during which he served as
                   Trustee. This statement shall be either (i) included as part
                   of the annual statement of account for the Plan Year
                   required under Section 7.6 or (ii) set forth in a special
                   statement. Any such special statement of account should be
                   rendered to the Employer no later than the due date of the
                   annual statement of account for the Plan Year. The
                   procedures set forth in Section 7.6 for the approval by the
                   Employer of annual statements of account shall apply to any
                   special statement of account rendered hereunder and approval
                   by the Employer of any such special statement in the manner
                   provided in Section 7.6 shall have the same effect upon the
                   statement as the Employer's approval of an annual statement
                   of account. No successor to the Trustee shall have any duty
                   or responsibility to investigate the acts or transactions of
                   any predecessor who has rendered all statements of account
                   required by Section 7.6 and this subparagraph.

7.9      TRANSFER OF INTEREST

                   Notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Plan,
the Trustee at the direction of the Administrator shall transfer the Vested
interest, if any, of such Participant in his account to another trust forming
part of a pension, profit sharing or stock bonus plan maintained by such
Participant's new employer and represented by said employer in writing as
meeting the requirements of Code Section 401(a), provided that the trust to
which such transfers are made permits the transfer to be made.

7.10     DIRECT ROLLOVER

                           (a)       Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan
                   to the contrary that would otherwise limit a distributee's
                   election under this Section, a distributee may elect, at the
                   time and in the manner prescribed by the Plan Administrator,
                   to have any portion of an eligible rollover distribution
                   paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified by
                   the distributee in a direct rollover.

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                           (1)      An eligible rollover distribution is any
                           distribution of all or any portion of the balance to
                           the credit of the distributee, except that an
                           eligible rollover distribution does not include: any
                           distribution that is one of a series of
                           substantially equal periodic payments (not less
                           frequently than annually) made for the life (or life
                           expectancy) of the distributee or the joint lives
                           (or joint life expectancies) of the distributee and
                           the distributee's designated beneficiary, or for a
                           specified period of ten years or more; any
                           distribution to the extent such distribution is
                           required under Code Section 401(a)(9); and the
                           portion of any distribution that is not includible
                           in gross income (determined without regard to the
                           exclusion for net unrealized appreciation with
                           respect to employer securities).

                           (2)      An eligible retirement plan is an
                           individual retirement account described in Code
                           Section 408(a), an individual retirement annuity
                           described in Code Section 408(b), an annuity plan
                           described in Code Section 403(a), or a qualified
                           trust described in Code Section 401(a), that accepts
                           the distributee's eligible rollover distribution.
                           However, in the case of an eligible rollover
                           distribution to the surviving spouse, an eligible
                           retirement plan is an individual retirement account
                           or individual retirement annuity.

                           (3)      A distributee includes an Employee or
                           former Employee. In addition, the Employee's or
                           former Employee's surviving spouse and the
                           Employee's or former Employee's spouse or former
                           spouse who is the alternate payee under a qualified
                           domestic relations order, as defined in Code Section
                           414(p), are distributees with regard to the interest
                           of the spouse or former spouse.

                           (4)      A direct rollover is a payment by the plan
                           to the eligible retirement plan specified by the
                           distributee.

7.11     EMPLOYER SECURITIES AND REAL PROPERTY

                   The Trustee shall be empowered to acquire and hold
"qualifying Employer securities" and "qualifying Employer real property," as
those terms are defined in the Act, provided, however, that the Trustee shall
not be permitted to acquire any qualifying Employer securities or qualifying
Employer real property if, immediately after the acquisition of such securities
or property, the fair market value of all qualifying Employer securities and
qualifying Employer real property held by the Trustee hereunder should amount
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                                  ARTICLE VIII
                       AMENDMENT, TERMINATION AND MERGERS

8.1      AMENDMENT

                           (a)      The Employer shall have the right at any
                   time to amend the Plan, subject to the limitations of this
                   Section. Any such amendment shall be adopted by formal
                   action of the Employer's board of directors and executed by
                   an officer authorized to act on behalf of the Employer.
                   However, any amendment which affects the rights, duties or
                   responsibilities of the Trustee and Administrator may only
                   be made with the Trustee's and Administrator's written
                   consent. Any such amendment shall become effective as
                   provided therein upon its execution. The Trustee shall not
                   be required to execute any such amendment unless the Trust
                   provisions contained herein are a part of the Plan and the
                   amendment affects the duties of the Trustee hereunder.

                           (b)      No amendment to the Plan shall be effective
                   if it authorizes or permits any part of the Trust Fund
                   (other than such part as is required to pay taxes and
                   administration expenses) to be used for or diverted to any
                   purpose other than for the exclusive benefit of the
                   Participants or their Beneficiaries or estates; or causes
                   any reduction in the amount credited to the account of any
                   Participant; or causes or permits any portion of the Trust
                   Fund to revert to or become property of the Employer.

                           (c)      Except as permitted by Regulations, no Plan
                   amendment or transaction having the effect of a Plan
                   amendment (such as a merger, plan transfer or similar
                   transaction) shall be effective to the extent it eliminates
                   or reduces any "Section 411(d)(6) protected benefit" or adds
                   or modifies conditions relating to "Section 411(d)(6)
                   protected benefits" the result of which is a further
                   restriction on such benefit unless such protected benefits
                   are preserved with respect to benefits accrued as of the
                   later of the adoption date or effective date of the
                   amendment. "Section 411(d)(6) protected benefits" are
                   benefits described in Code Section 411(d)(6)(A), early
                   retirement benefits and retirement-type subsidies, and
                   optional forms of benefit.

8.2      TERMINATION

                           (a)      The Employer shall have the right at any
                   time to terminate the Plan by delivering to the Trustee and
                   Administrator written notice of such termination. Upon any
                   full or partial termination, all amounts credited to the
                   affected Participants' Combined Accounts shall become 100%
                   Vested as provided in Section 6.4 and shall not thereafter
                   be subject to forfeiture, and all unallocated amounts shall
                   be allocated to the accounts of all Participants in
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                           (b)      Upon the full termination of the Plan, the
                   Employer shall direct the distribution of the assets of the
                   Trust Fund to Participants in a manner which is consistent
                   with and satisfies the provisions of Section 6.5.
                   Distributions to a Participant shall be made in cash or
                   through the purchase of irrevocable nontransferable deferred
                   commitments from an insurer. Except as permitted by
                   Regulations, the termination of the Plan shall not result in
                   the reduction of "Section 411(d)(6) protected benefits" in
                   accordance with Section 8.1(c).

8.3      MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION

                   This Plan and Trust may be merged or consolidated with, or
its assets and/or liabilities may be transferred to any other plan and trust
only if the benefits which would be received by a Participant of this Plan, in
the event of a termination of the plan immediately after such transfer, merger
or consolidation, are at least equal to the benefits the Participant would have
received if the Plan had terminated immediately before the transfer, merger or
consolidation, and such transfer, merger or consolidation does not otherwise
result in the elimination or reduction of any "Section 411(d)(6) protected
benefits" in accordance with Section 8.1(c).

                                   ARTICLE IX
                                 MISCELLANEOUS

9.1      PARTICIPANT'S RIGHTS

                   This Plan shall not be deemed to constitute a contract
between the Employer and any Participant or to be a consideration or an
inducement for the employment of any Participant or Employee. Nothing contained
in this Plan shall be deemed to give any Participant or Employee the right to
be retained in the service of the Employer or to interfere with the right of
the Employer to discharge any Participant or Employee at any time regardless of
the effect which such discharge shall have upon him as a Participant of this
Plan.

9.2      ALIENATION

                           (a)      Subject to the exceptions provided below,
                   no benefit which shall be payable out of the Trust Fund to
                   any person (including a Participant or his Beneficiary)
                   shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation,
                   sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or charge,
                   and any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer,
                   assign, pledge, encumber, or charge the same shall be void;
                   and no such benefit shall in any manner be liable for, or
                   subject to, the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements,
                   or torts of any such person, nor shall it be subject to
                   attachment or legal process for or against such person, and
                   the same shall not be recognized by the Trustee, except to
                   such extent as may be required by law.

                           (b)      This provision shall not apply to a
                   "qualified domestic relations order" defined in Code Section
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                   permitted to be so treated by the Administrator under the
                   provisions of the Retirement Equity Act of 1984. The
                   Administrator shall establish a written procedure to
                   determine the qualified status of domestic relations orders
                   and to administer distributions under such qualified orders.
                   Further, to the extent provided under a "qualified domestic
                   relations order," a former spouse of a Participant shall be
                   treated as the spouse or surviving spouse for all purposes
                   under the Plan.

9.3      CONSTRUCTION OF PLAN

                   This Plan and Trust shall be construed and enforced
according to the Act and the laws of the State of Texas, other than its laws
respecting choice of law, to the extent not preempted by the Act.

9.4      GENDER AND NUMBER

                   Wherever any words are used herein in the masculine,
feminine or neuter gender, they shall be construed as though they were also
used in another gender in all cases where they would so apply, and whenever any
words are used herein in the singular or plural form, they shall be construed
as though they were also used in the other form in all cases where they would
so apply.

9.5      LEGAL ACTION

                   In the event any claim, suit, or proceeding is brought
regarding the Trust and/or Plan established hereunder to which the Trustee or
the Administrator may be a party, and such claim, suit, or proceeding is
resolved in favor of the Trustee or Administrator, they shall be entitled to be
reimbursed from the Trust Fund for any and all costs, attorney's fees, and
other expenses pertaining thereto incurred by them for which they shall have
become liable.

9.6      PROHIBITION AGAINST DIVERSION OF FUNDS

                           (a)      Except as provided below and otherwise
                   specifically permitted by law, it shall be impossible by
                   operation of the Plan or of the Trust, by termination of
                   either, by power of revocation or amendment, by the
                   happening of any contingency, by collateral arrangement or
                   by any other means, for any part of the corpus or income of
                   any trust fund maintained pursuant to the Plan or any funds
                   contributed thereto to be used for, or diverted to, purposes
                   other than the exclusive benefit of Participants, Retired
                   Participants, or their Beneficiaries.

                           (b)      In the event the Employer shall make an
                   excessive contribution under a mistake of fact pursuant to
                   Act Section 403(c)(2)(A), the Employer may demand repayment
                   of such excessive contribution at any time within one (1)
                   year following the time of payment and the Trustees shall
                   return such amount to the Employer within the one (1) year
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                   to the excess contributions may not be returned to the
                   Employer but any losses attributable thereto must reduce the
                   amount so returned.

9.7      BONDING

                   Every Fiduciary, except a bank or an insurance company,
unless exempted by the Act and regulations thereunder, shall be bonded in an
amount not less than 10% of the amount of the funds such Fiduciary handles;
provided, however, that the minimum bond shall be $1,000 and the maximum bond,
$500,000. The amount of funds handled shall be determined at the beginning of
each Plan Year by the amount of funds handled by such person, group, or class
to be covered and their predecessors, if any, during the preceding Plan Year,
or if there is no preceding Plan Year, then by the amount of the funds to be
handled during the then current year. The bond shall provide protection to the
Plan against any loss by reason of acts of fraud or dishonesty by the Fiduciary
alone or in connivance with others. The surety shall be a corporate surety
company (as such term is used in Act Section 412(a)(2)), and the bond shall be
in a form approved by the Secretary of Labor. Notwithstanding anything in the
Plan to the contrary, the cost of such bonds shall be an expense of and may, at
the election of the Administrator, be paid from the Trust Fund or by the
Employer.

9.8      EMPLOYER'S AND TRUSTEE'S PROTECTIVE CLAUSE

                   Neither the Employer nor the Trustee, nor their successors,
shall be responsible for the validity of any Contract issued hereunder or for
the failure on the part of the insurer to make payments provided by any such
Contract, or for the action of any person which may delay payment or render a
Contract null and void or unenforceable in whole or in part.

9.9      INSURER'S PROTECTIVE CLAUSE

                   Any insurer who shall issue Contracts hereunder shall not
have any responsibility for the validity of this Plan or for the tax or legal
aspects of this Plan. The insurer shall be protected and held harmless in
acting in accordance with any written direction of the Trustee, and shall have
no duty to see to the application of any funds paid to the Trustee, nor be
required to question any actions directed by the Trustee. Regardless of any
provision of this Plan, the insurer shall not be required to take or permit any
action or allow any benefit or privilege contrary to the terms of any Contract
which it issues hereunder, or the rules of the insurer.

9.10     RECEIPT AND RELEASE FOR PAYMENTS

                   Any payment to any Participant, his legal representative,
Beneficiary, or to any guardian or committee appointed for such Participant or
Beneficiary in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, shall, to the extent
thereof, be in full satisfaction of all claims hereunder against the Trustee
and the Employer, either of whom may require such Participant, legal
representative, Beneficiary, guardian or committee, as a condition precedent to
such payment, to execute a receipt and release thereof in such form as shall be
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9.11     ACTION BY THE EMPLOYER

                   Whenever the Employer under the terms of the Plan is
permitted or required to do or perform any act or matter or thing, it shall be
done and performed by a person duly authorized by its legally constituted
authority.

9.12     NAMED FIDUCIARIES AND ALLOCATION OF RESPONSIBILITY

                   The "named Fiduciaries" of this Plan are (1) the Employer,
(2) the Administrator and (3) the Trustee.  The named Fiduciaries shall have
only those specific powers, duties, responsibilities, and obligations as are
specifically given them under the Plan. In general, the Employer shall have the
sole responsibility for making the contributions provided for under Section
4.1; and shall have the sole authority to appoint and remove the Trustee and
the Administrator; to formulate the Plan's "funding policy and method"; and to
amend or terminate, in whole or in part, the Plan. The Administrator shall have
the sole responsibility for the administration of the Plan, which
responsibility is specifically described in the Plan. The Trustee shall have
the sole responsibility of management of the assets held under the Trust,
except those assets, the management of which has been assigned to an Investment
Manager, who shall be solely responsible for the management of the assets
assigned to it, all as specifically provided in the Plan. Each named Fiduciary
warrants that any directions given, information furnished, or action taken by
it shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, authorizing or
providing for such direction, information or action. Furthermore, each named
Fiduciary may rely upon any such direction, information or action of another
named Fiduciary as being proper under the Plan, and is not required under the
Plan to inquire into the propriety of any such direction, information or
action. It is intended under the Plan that each named Fiduciary shall be
responsible for the proper exercise of its own powers, duties, responsibilities
and obligations under the Plan. No named Fiduciary shall guarantee the Trust
Fund in any manner against investment loss or depreciation in asset value. Any
person or group may serve in more than one Fiduciary capacity. In the
furtherance of their responsibilities hereunder, the "named Fiduciaries" shall
be empowered to interpret the Plan and Trust and to resolve ambiguities,
inconsistencies and omissions, which findings shall be binding, final and
conclusive.

9.13     HEADINGS

                   The headings and subheadings of this Plan have been inserted
for convenience of reference and are to be ignored in any construction of the
provisions hereof.

9.14     APPROVAL BY INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

                           (a)      Notwithstanding anything herein to the
                   contrary, contributions to this Plan are conditioned upon
                   the initial qualification of the Plan under Code Section
                   401. If the Plan receives an adverse determination with
                   respect to its initial qualification, then the Plan may
                   return such contributions to the Employer within one year
                   after such determination, provided the application for the
                   determination is made by the time prescribed by law for
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                   return for the taxable year in which the Plan was adopted,
                   or such later date as the Secretary of the Treasury may
                   prescribe.

                           (b)      Notwithstanding any provisions to the
                   contrary, except Sections 3.6, 3.7, and 4.1(f), any
                   contribution by the Employer to the Trust Fund is
                   conditioned upon the deductibility of the contribution by
                   the Employer under the Code and, to the extent any such
                   deduction is disallowed, the Employer may, within one (1)
                   year following the disallowance of the deduction, demand
                   repayment of such disallowed contribution and the Trustee
                   shall return such contribution within one (1) year following
                   the disallowance. Earnings of the Plan attributable to the
                   excess contribution may not be returned to the Employer, but
                   any losses attributable thereto must reduce the amount so
                   returned.

                           (c)      Notwithstanding anything herein to the
                   contrary, if a contribution is made by the Employer by a
                   reason of mistake of fact, the contribution shall be
                   returned to the Employer upon written demand to the Trustee,
                   provided that such return can be effected within one (1)
                   year after the payment of the contribution.  The amount of
                   the mistaken contribution which may be returned is equal to
                   the excess of (a) the amount contributed over (b) the amount
                   that would have been contributed had there not occurred a
                   mistake of fact.  Earnings attributable to mistaken
                   contributions may not be returned to the Employer, but
                   losses attributable thereto shall reduce the amount to be
                   returned.

9.15     UNIFORMITY

                   All provisions of this Plan shall be interpreted and applied
in a uniform, nondiscriminatory manner.  In the event of any conflict between
the terms of this Plan and any Contract purchased hereunder, the Plan
provisions shall control.

                                   ARTICLE X
                            PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS

10.1     ADOPTION BY OTHER EMPLOYERS

                   Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with the
consent of the Employer and Trustee, any other corporation or entity, whether
an affiliate or subsidiary or not, may adopt this Plan and all of the
provisions hereof, and participate herein and be known as a Participating
Employer, by a properly executed document evidencing said intent and will of
such Participating Employer.

10.2     REQUIREMENTS OF PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS

                           (a)      Each such Participating Employer shall be
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                           (b)      The Trustee may, but shall not be required
                   to, commingle, hold and invest as one Trust Fund all
                   contributions made by Participating Employers, as well as
                   all increments thereof.  However, the assets of the Plan
                   shall, on an ongoing basis, be available to pay benefits to
                   all Participants and Beneficiaries under the Plan without
                   regard to the Employer or Participating Employer who
                   contributed such assets.

                           (c)      The transfer of any Participant from or to
                   an Employer participating in this Plan, whether he be an
                   Employee of the Employer or a Participating Employer, shall
                   not affect such Participant's rights under the Plan, and all
                   amounts credited to such Participant's Combined Account as
                   well as his accumulated service time with the transferor or
                   predecessor, and his length of participation in the Plan,
                   shall continue to his credit.

                           (d)      All rights and values forfeited by
                   termination of employment shall inure only to the benefit of
                   the Participants of the Employer or Participating Employer
                   by which the forfeiting Participant was employed, except if
                   the Forfeiture is for an Employee whose Employer is an
                   Affiliated Employer, then said Forfeiture shall inure to the
                   benefit of the Participants of those Employers who are
                   Affiliated Employers. Should an Employee of one ("First")
                   Employer be transferred to an associated ("Second") Employer
                   which is an Affiliated Employer, such transfer shall not
                   cause his account balance (generated while an Employee of
                   "First" Employer) in any manner, or by any amount to be
                   forfeited. Such Employee's Participant Combined Account
                   balance for all purposes of the Plan, including length of
                   service, shall be considered as though he had always been
                   employed by the "Second" Employer and as such had received
                   contributions, forfeitures, earnings or losses, and
                   appreciation or depreciation in value of assets totaling the
                   amount so transferred.

                           (e)      Any expenses of the Trust which are to be
                   paid by the Employer or borne by the Trust Fund shall be
                   paid by each Participating Employer in the same proportion
                   that the total amount standing to the credit of all
                   Participants employed by such Employer bears to the total
                   standing to the credit of all Participants.

10.3     DESIGNATION OF AGENT

                   Each Participating Employer shall be deemed to be a party to
this Plan; provided, however, that with respect to all of its relations with
the Trustee and Administrator for the purpose of this Plan, each Participating
Employer shall be deemed to have designated irrevocably the Employer as its
agent. Unless the context of the Plan clearly indicates the contrary, the word
"Employer" shall be deemed to include each Participating Employer as related to
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10.4     EMPLOYEE TRANSFERS

                   It is anticipated that an Employee may be transferred
between Participating Employers, and in the event of any such transfer, the
Employee involved shall carry with him his accumulated service and eligibility.
No such transfer shall effect a termination of employment hereunder, and the
Participating Employer to which the Employee is transferred shall thereupon
become obligated hereunder with respect to such Employee in the same manner as
was the Participating Employer from whom the Employee was transferred.

10.5     PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION

                   Any contribution subject to allocation during each Plan Year
shall be allocated only among those Participants of the Employer or
Participating Employer making the contribution, except if the contribution is
made by an Affiliated Employer, in which event such contribution shall be
allocated among all Participants of all Participating Employers who are
Affiliated Employers in accordance with the provisions of this Plan. On the
basis of the information furnished by the Administrator, the Trustee shall keep
separate books and records concerning the affairs of each Participating
Employer hereunder and as to the accounts and credits of the Employees of each
Participating Employer. The Trustee may, but need not, register Contracts so as
to evidence that a particular Participating Employer is the interested Employer
hereunder, but in the event of an Employee transfer from one Participating
Employer to another, the employing Employer shall immediately notify the
Trustee thereof.

10.6     AMENDMENT

                   Amendment of this Plan by the Employer at any time when
there shall be a Participating Employer hereunder shall only be by the written
action of each and every Participating Employer and with the consent of the
Trustee where such consent is necessary in accordance with the terms of this
Plan.

10.7     DISCONTINUANCE OF PARTICIPATION

                   Any Participating Employer shall be permitted to discontinue
or revoke its participation in the Plan.  At the time of any such
discontinuance or revocation, satisfactory evidence thereof and of any
applicable conditions imposed shall be delivered to the Trustee. The Trustee
shall thereafter transfer, deliver and assign Contracts and other Trust Fund
assets allocable to the Participants of such Participating Employer to such new
Trustee as shall have been designated by such Participating Employer, in the
event that it has established a separate pension plan for its Employees,
provided however, that no such transfer shall be made if the result is the
elimination or reduction of any "Section 411(d)(6) protected benefits" in
accordance with Section 8.1(c). If no successor is designated, the Trustee
shall retain such assets for the Employees of said Participating Employer
pursuant to the provisions of Article VII hereof. In no such event shall any
part of the corpus or income of the Trust as it relates to such Participating
Employer be used for or diverted to purposes other than for the exclusive
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10.8     ADMINISTRATOR'S AUTHORITY

                   The Administrator shall have authority to make any and all
necessary rules or regulations, binding upon all Participating Employers and
all Participants, to effectuate the purpose of this Article.





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                   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Plan has been executed the day and
year first above written.


                                        Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc.



                                        By /s/ L. ALLEN WHEELER
                                           -----------------------------------
                                               L. Allen Wheeler
                                               EMPLOYER





                                        A.G. Edwards Trust Company



                                        By /s/ PETER J. OSTER
                                           -----------------------------------
                                               Peter J. Oster,
                                               Associate Vice President
                                                  TRUSTEE


                                        ATTEST /s/ CARROLL D. LAWSON
                                               -------------------------------
                                                   Carroll D. Lawson 




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[LOCKE PURNELL RAIN HARRELL LETTERHEAD]
                                                                   EXHIBIT 5.1
                                 June 13, 1996


Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc.
903 North Bowser
Suite 140
Richardson, Texas 75081

         Re:     Registration of 500,000 shares of Common Stock, par value
                 $.001, pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         We have acted as counsel for Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), pursuant
to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement"), of
500,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, of the Company (the
"Common Stock") to be offered to employees of the Company pursuant to the
Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc. 401(k) Plan (the "Plan").

         Based upon our examination of such papers and documents as we have
deemed relevant or necessary in rendering this opinion, and based on our review
of the Delaware General Corporation Law, we hereby advise you that we are of
the opinion that assuming, with respect to shares of Common Stock issued after
the date hereof, (i) the receipt of proper consideration for the issuance
thereof in excess of the par value thereof, (ii) the availability of a
sufficient number of shares of Common Stock authorized by the Company's
Certificate of Incorporation then in effect, (iii) compliance with the terms of
any agreement entered into in connection with any options or shares of Common
Stock issued or allocated in connection with the Plan, and (iv) no change
occurs in the applicable law or the pertinent facts, shares of Common Stock
allocable to participants' accounts under the Plan will be legally issued,
fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock.
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         We consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the
Registration Statement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.  By so consenting, we do not thereby admit that our firm's consent
is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act.

                                        Very truly yours,

                                        LOCKE PURNELL RAIN HARRELL
                                        (A Professional Corporation)


                                        By: /S/ KENT JAMISON
                                            --------------------------
                                            Kent Jamison

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.1

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference herein of our reports dated March
8, 1996, on the consolidated balance sheets of Heartland Wireless
Communications, Inc. as of December 31, 1995 and 1994, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1995, and the
related schedule, which reports are included in the December 31, 1995 annual
report on Form 10-K of Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc.

Our report relating to the consolidated financial statements of Heartland
Wireless Communications, Inc. refers to a change in 1995 in the method of
accounting for direct costs and installation fees related to subscriber
installations.

                                             /S/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
                                             -------------------------
                                             KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Dallas, Texas
June 12, 1996

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.2

                        [ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP LETTERHEAD]

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference in this registration statement of our reports dated February 23,
1996, included in Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc.'s current report on
Form 8-K/A-2 dated February 23, 1996 and to all references to our firm included
in or made part of this registration statement.

                                             /s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
                                             -----------------------------------
                                                 Arthur Andersen LLP

Phoenix, Arizona,
June 12, 1996.

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[COOPERS & LYBRAND LETTERHEAD]
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.3

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Form S-8 (Registration No.
333-___________) to be filed by Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc., of our
report, which includes an explanatory paragraph which states that specified
circumstances raise substantial doubt about CableMaxx, Inc's ability to
continue as a going concern, dated August 25, 1995, on our audits of the
consolidated balance sheets of CableMaxx, Inc. as of June 30, 1994 and 1995,
and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and
cash flows for the period December 18, 1992 to June 30, 1993 and for the years
ended June 30, 1994 and 1995, and of the consolidated statements of operations
and cash flows of Supreme Cable Co., Inc. and Subsidiaries (the "Predecessor")
for the period from July 1, 1992 to December 17, 1992.

/S/ COOPERS & LYBRAND 
- ---------------------
Coopers & Lybrand


Austin, Texas
June 12, 1996

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.4

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference herein of our report dated July
28, 1995, on the balance sheets of Cross Country Division as of December 31,
1994 and 1993, and the related statements of operations, division equity and
cash flows for the year ended December 31, 1993, the period from January 1,
1994 to August 18, 1994 and the period from August 19, 1994 to December 31,
1994, which report appears in the Form 8-K/A-2 of Heartland Wireless
Communications, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April
26, 1996.

Our report relating to the financial statements of Cross Country Division
contains an explanatory paragraph that refers to a business combination in 1994
accounted for as a purchase involving assets comprising a portion of Cross
Country Division. As a result of the acquisition, financial information of
Cross Country Division for periods after August 18, 1994 is presented on a
different cost basis than that for periods before August 18, 1994 and,
therefore, such information is not comparable.

                                           /S/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
                                           ---------------------------
                                           KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Dallas, Texas
June 12, 1996

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.5

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference herein of our report dated October
25, 1995, on the balance sheets of TechniVision, Inc. as of May 31, 1995 and
1994, and the related statements of operations, stockholders' deficit and cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended May 31, 1995, which
report appears in the Form 8-K/A-2 of Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc.
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 1996.

Our report relating to the financial statements of TechniVision, Inc. contains
an explanatory paragraph that states that TechniVision, Inc.'s recurring losses
from operations and excess of current liabilities over current assets raise
substantial doubt about the entity's ability to continue as a going concern.
The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from
the outcome of that uncertainty.

                                              /S/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
                                              ----------------------------
                                              KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


Dallas, Texas
June 12, 1996


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