EXHIBIT 4(d)

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.

AND

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of June 11, 2002

TO

INDENTURE

Dated as of May 1, 2001

5.75% Senior Notes Due August 16, 2007

Section 1.1.   Definitions................................................1
Section 1.2.   Establishment, Designation and Principal Amount............3
Section 1.3.   Payment of Principal and Interest..........................4
Section 1.4.   Denominations..............................................6
Section 1.5.   Global Securities..........................................6
Section 1.6.   Remarketing................................................7
Section 1.7.   Optional Remarketing.......................................13
Section 1.8.   Sinking Fund...............................................14
Section 1.9.   Redemption and Repurchase..................................14
Section 1.10.  Covenants..................................................14
Section 1.11.  Defeasance.................................................14
Section 1.12.  Tax Event Redemption.......................................15
Section 1.13.  Tax Treatment..............................................16

Section 2.1.   Recitals by Company........................................16
Section 2.2.   Ratification and Incorporation of Original Indenture.......16
Section 2.3.   Executed in Counterparts...................................16
Section 2.4.   Separability...............................................16
Section 2.5.   Governing Law..............................................17

Exhibit A      Form of Senior Note........................................A-1

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of June 11, 2002 (the "Third Supplemental Indenture"), between AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Company"), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Trustee"), under the Indenture dated as of May 1, 2001 between the Company and the Trustee (the "Original Indenture"). The Original Indenture, as previously supplemented from time to time, including by this Third Supplemental Indenture, is hereafter referred to as the "Indenture."

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Company has executed and delivered the Original Indenture to the Trustee to provide for the issuance of unsecured promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the "Securities") in an unlimited aggregate principal amount, to be issued from time to time in one or more series as provided in the Original Indenture; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Original Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the establishment of a new series of its Securities (said series being hereinafter referred to as the "Senior Notes"), the form and substance of such Senior Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Original Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture; and

WHEREAS, the Company desires and has requested the Trustee to join with it in the execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture, and all requirements necessary to make this Third Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument, in accordance with its terms, and to make the Senior Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company, have been performed and fulfilled, and the execution and delivery hereof have been in all respects duly authorized;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase and acceptance of the Senior Notes by the holders thereof, and for the purpose of setting forth, as provided in the Original Indenture, the form and substance of the Senior Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SENIOR NOTES

Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this Third Supplemental Indenture or unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) a term defined in the Original Indenture has the same meaning when used in this Third Supplemental Indenture;

(2) a term defined anywhere in this Third Supplemental Indenture has the same meaning throughout;

(3) the singular includes the plural and vice versa;

(4) headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect interpretation;

(5) capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Original Indenture, the Forward Purchase Contract Agreement, the Remarketing Agreement or the Pledge Agreement, as the case may be and as the context may require; and

(6) the following terms have the meanings given to them in this
Section 1.1(6):

"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banking institutions and trust companies the State of New York or at a place of payment are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to be closed.

"Company" has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

"Contingent Payment Regulations" has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.13.

"Forward Purchase Contract Agent" means The Bank of New York.

"Forward Purchase Contract Agreement" means the agreement, dated as of June 11, 2002, between the Company and the Forward Purchase Contract Agent.

"Global Securities" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.5.

"Interest Payment Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.

"Pledge Agreement" means the Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2002, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Forward Purchase Contract Agent, Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary.

"Regular Record Date" means, with respect to each Interest Payment Date, the close of business on the Business Day preceding such Interest Payment Date; provided, that with respect to Separate Notes that are not in book-entry only form, the Regular Record Date shall be the close of business on the 15th Business Day preceding such Interest Payment Date.

"Remarketing" means any remarketing conducted pursuant to and in accordance with the Remarketing Agreement.

"Remarketing Agreement" means the Remarketing Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2002, by and among the Company, the Remarketing Agent and the Forward Purchase Contract Agent.

"Remarketing Value" means

(i) the value at the Remarketing Date or any Subsequent Remarketing Date, as the case may be, of either (a) U.S. Treasury securities that will pay, on or prior to the Payment Date falling on the Stock Purchase Date, an amount of cash equal to the aggregate interest payment that is scheduled to be payable on that Payment Date, on (x) the Notes which are included in Equity Units and are participating in the remarketing and (y) the Separate Notes which are to be remarketed pursuant to Section 4.5(d) of the Pledge Agreement, assuming for that purpose that the interest rate on the Notes is equal to the Coupon Rate, if the Remarketing occurs prior to the fourth Business Day preceding the Stock Purchase Date, or (b) an amount of cash equal to the aggregate interest payment that is scheduled to be payable on that Payment Date, on (x) the Notes which are included in Equity Units and are participating in the remarketing and (y) the Separate Notes which are to be remarketed pursuant to Section 4.5(d) of the Pledge Agreement and Section 1.6 of this Third Supplemental Indenture, assuming for that purpose that the interest rate on the Notes is equal to the Coupon Rate, if the Remarketing occurs on or after the fourth Business Day preceding the Stock Purchase Date; and

(ii) the value at the Remarketing Date or any Subsequent Remarketing Date, as the case may be, of either (a) U.S. Treasury securities that will pay, on or prior to the Stock Purchase Date, an amount of cash equal to the Stated Amount of (x) such Notes which are included in Equity Units and are participating in the remarketing and (y) the Separate Notes which are to be remarketed pursuant to Section 4.5(d) of the Pledge Agreement, if the Remarketing occurs prior to the fourth Business Day preceding the Stock Purchase Date, or
(b) an amount of cash equal to the Stated Amount of (x) such Notes which are included in Equity Units and are participating in the remarketing and (y) the Separate Notes which are to be remarketed pursuant to Section 4.5(d) of the Pledge Agreement and Section 1.6 of this Third Supplemental Indenture, if the Remarketing occurs on or after the fourth Business Day preceding the Stock Purchase Date

provided that for purposes of clauses (1) and (2) above, the Remarketing Value shall be calculated on the assumptions that (x) the U.S. Treasury securities are highly liquid and mature on or within 35 days prior to the Stock Purchase Date, as determined in good faith by the Remarketing Agent in a manner intended to minimize the cash value of the U.S. Treasury securities, and (y) the U.S. Treasury securities are valued based on the ask-side price of the U.S. Treasury securities at a time between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., New York City time, selected by the Remarketing Agent, on the Remarketing Date or any Subsequent Remarketing Date, as the case may be, as determined on a third-day settlement basis by reasonable and customary means selected in good faith by the Remarketing Agent, plus accrued interest to that date.

"Reset Rate" means the interest rate per annum with respect to the Senior Notes that is determined by the Remarketing Agent pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement as follows:

(i) in connection with a successful Remarketing, the rate of interest that, in the opinion of the Remarketing Agent, will, when applied to the Outstanding Senior Notes, enable the then current aggregate market value of the Senior Notes to have a value equal to approximately, but not less than, 100.25% of the Remarketing Value as of the Remarketing Date or as of any Subsequent Remarketing Date, as the case may be; or

(ii) upon the occurrence of a Failed Remarketing, the rate of interest applicable to the Senior Notes initially until (A) the Senior Notes are successfully remarketed pursuant to the Forward Purchase Contract Agreement and the Remarketing Agreement or (B) if the Last Failed Remarketing shall have occurred, a market rate of interest as determined in accordance with Section 1.6 of this Supplemental Indenture.

"Senior Notes" has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

"Stated Maturity" means August 16, 2007.

"Telerate" means the Dow Jones Telerate Service.

"Tax Event Redemption Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.11.

(a) There shall be and is hereby authorized a series of Securities under the Original Indenture designated the "5.75% Senior Notes Due August 16, 2007," in the initial aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000, which amount shall be as set forth in the Company Order for the authentication and delivery of the Senior Notes pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Original Indenture. Such aggregate principal amount of the 5.75% Senior Notes Due August 16, 2007 may be increased from time to time in accordance with Section 2.01 of the Original Indenture.

(b) The Senior Notes shall mature and the principal shall be due and payable together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon on August 16, 2007.

(c) The Senior Notes that are part of the Equity Units shall be issued in definitive fully registered form (the "Registered Securities"), without coupons, in substantially the form set out in Exhibit A hereto. The entire principal amount of the Senior Notes shall initially be evidenced by one or more certificates issued to The Bank of New York, as the Forward Purchase Contract Agent under the Forward Purchase Contract Agreement (as defined below).

(d) The Senior Notes that, in accordance with the Forward Purchase Contract Agreement, are no longer part of Equity Units shall be represented initially by Global Securities (as defined below). Each such Registered Security and Global Security shall represent such aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes as shall be from time to time endorsed thereon, which principal amounts may be increased or decreased, as applicable, to reflect Transfers from Pledged Notes to Separate Notes and Transfers from Separate Notes to Pledged Notes. Any such increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of (i) Registered Securities shall be made by the Collateral Agent and (ii) Global Securities representing Senior Notes shall be made by the Trustee, as custodian of the Global Securities, in each case upon the instructions of the Collateral Agent given pursuant to Article IV of the Pledge Agreement.

(a) The unpaid principal amount of the Senior Notes shall initially bear interest at the rate of 5.75% per annum, payable on each February 16, May 16, August 16 and November 16 (each, with respect to the Senior Notes, an "Interest Payment Date"), from the original date of issuance, to, but excluding, the earlier of (i) the settlement date of a successful Remarketing under the Forward Purchase Contract Agreement or (ii) the Stock Purchase Date, and, thereafter, at the Reset Rate to, but excluding, the Stated Maturity of the Senior Notes.

(b) Interest shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each Interest Payment Date to the Person in whose name the Senior Notes are registered on the Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date; provided that interest payable on the Stated Maturity of principal as provided herein shall be paid to the person to whom principal is payable. Any such interest not punctually paid or duly provided for with respect to any Interest Payment Date falling after the Stock Purchase Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holders on such regular record date, and may be paid to the person or persons in whose name the Senior Notes are registered at the close of business on a special record date to be fixed by the Trustee for the payment of such defaulted interest, notice whereof shall be given to the registered holders of the Senior Notes not less than ten (10) days prior to such special record date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange, if any, on which the Senior Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in
Section 2.03 of the Original Indenture.

(c) The amount of interest payable for any period will be computed (1) for any quarterly period, on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months,
(2) for any period shorter than a full quarterly period, on the basis of a 30-day month and (3) for periods of less than a month, on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month. If any date on which principal or interest is payable is not a Business Day, then payment of principal or interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date.

(d) Payment of the principal of and interest on the Senior Notes shall be made at an Office or Agency of the Company or at the Office of the Agent in The City of New York in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, with any such payment that is due on the Stated Maturity of any Senior Notes being made upon surrender of such Senior Notes to the Office or Agency of the Company or at the Office of the Agent in The City of New York. Payments of interest will be made, subject to such surrender where applicable, at the option of the Company, (i) by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer at such place and to such account at a banking institution in the United States as may be designated in writing to the Trustee at least sixteen
(16) days prior to the date for payment by the Person entitled hereto.

The Senior Notes shall be issued in denominations of $50 and integral multiples of $50.

(a) The Senior Notes that, in accordance with the Forward Purchase Contract Agreement, are no longer part of the Equity Units will be issued initially in the form of one or more global securities (the "Global Securities") registered in the name of DTC or its nominee. Except under the limited circumstances described below or in Section 1.3 above, Senior Notes represented by such Global Securities will not be exchangeable for, and will not otherwise be issuable as, Senior Notes in definitive form. The Global Securities described above may not be transferred except by DTC to a nominee of DTC or by a nominee of DTC to DTC or another nominee of DTC or to a successor Depository or its nominee.

(b) Owners of beneficial interests in such a Global Security will not be considered the Holders thereof for any purpose under the Indenture, and no Global Security representing a Senior Note shall be exchangeable, except for another Global Security of like denomination and tenor to be registered in the name of DTC or its nominee or to a successor Depository or its nominee or except as described below. The rights of owners of beneficial interests in such a Global Security shall be exercised only through DTC.

(c) A Global Security shall be exchangeable for Senior Notes registered in the names of persons other than DTC or its nominee only if (i) DTC notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a Depository for such Global Security and no successor Depository shall have been appointed by the Company within 90 days of receipt by the Company of such notification, or if at any time DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 at a time when DTC is required to be so registered to act as such Depository and no successor Depository shall have been appointed by the Company within 90 days after it becomes aware of such cessation, or (ii) the Company in its sole discretion determines that it no longer has any senior debt securities represented by global securities or that it will permit a Global Security to be exchangeable or an Event of Default under the Indenture has occurred and is continuing. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Senior Notes registered in such names as DTC shall direct.

(a) The Pledged Notes comprising part of Equity Units and the Separate Notes of holders of Separate Notes that have elected to participate in the Remarketing shall be remarketed by the Remarketing Agent on the Remarketing Date. A Holder of Equity Units may elect not to participate in a Remarketing and retain the Senior Notes underlying such Equity Units by notifying the Forward Purchase Contract Agent of such election and delivering the Opt-out Treasury Consideration to the Forward Purchase Contract Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. on the fourth Business Day prior to the Remarketing Date, as applicable (or, in the case of a Failed Remarketing, not later than 10:00 a.m. on the fourth Business Day immediately prior to the subsequent Remarketing Period). Upon receipt thereof by the Forward Purchase Contract Agent, the Forward Purchase Contract Agent shall deliver such Opt-out Treasury Consideration to the Collateral Agent, which will, for the benefit of the Company, thereupon apply such Opt-out Treasury Consideration to secure such Holder's obligations under the Forward Purchase Contracts. On the first Business Day immediately preceding the Remarketing Date (or, in the case of a Failed Remarketing, the subsequent Remarketing Period), the Collateral Agent, pursuant to the terms of the Pledge Agreement, will deliver the Pledged Notes to the Forward Purchase Contract Agent. Within three Business Days following any Remarketing Period (A) if the Remarketing was successful, the Forward Purchase Contract Agent shall distribute such Notes to the new Holders thereof and (B) if there was a Failed Remarketing, the Forward Purchase Contract Agent will deliver such Notes to the Collateral Agent, which will, for the benefit of the Company, thereupon apply such Notes that are a component of Equity Units to secure such Holders' obligations under the Forward Purchase Contracts, return any Opt-out Treasury Consideration delivered by such Holders to such Holders and return the Separate Notes to the holders thereof. A Holder that does not so deliver the Opt-out Treasury Consideration or has not settled the related Purchase Contract through a Cash Settlement or an Early Settlement pursuant to Sections 5.4 and 5.9 of the Forward Purchase Contract Agreement shall be deemed to have elected to participate in the Remarketing.

(b) On the seventh Business Day prior to the Remarketing Date or the first day of any subsequent Remarketing Period, the Company shall give Holders of Equity Units and Holders of Separate Notes notice of the Remarketing in an Authorized Newspaper, including the specific U.S. Treasury security or securities (including the CUSIP number and/or the principal terms of such Treasury security or securities) that must be delivered by Holders of Equity Units that elect not to participate in the Remarketing pursuant to Section 5.4(g) of the Forward Purchase Contract Agreement, no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the seventh Business Day preceding the Remarketing Date. Not later than seven nor more than 15 calendar days prior to any Remarketing Period, the Company shall request DTC (or any successor Clearing Agency) to notify, directly or indirectly, each Beneficial Owner or Clearing Agency Participant holding Equity Units or Stripped Units and each Beneficial Owner of a Separate Note of the Remarketing and of the procedures that must be followed in connection with the Remarketing.

(c) The Forward Purchase Contract Agent shall notify, by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the third Business Date preceding the Remarketing Date or the first day of any subsequent Remarketing Period, as applicable, the Remarketing Agent and the Collateral Agent of the aggregate number of Senior Notes of Equity Units Holders to be remarketed. On the third Business Day immediately preceding the Remarketing Date or the first day of any subsequent Remarketing Period, as applicable, no later than by 10:00 a.m. New York City time, pursuant to the terms of the Pledge Agreement, the Custodial Agent will notify the Remarketing Agent of the aggregate number of Separate Notes to be remarketed. On the third Business Day immediately preceding the Remarketing Date or the first day of any subsequent Remarketing Period, as applicable, the Collateral Agent and the Custodial Agent, pursuant to the terms of the Pledge Agreement, will deliver for Remarketing to the Remarketing Agent all Notes to be remarketed. Upon receipt of such notice from the Forward Purchase Contract Agent and the Custodial Agent and such Notes from the Collateral Agent and the Custodial Agent, the Remarketing Agent will, on the Remarketing Date, use its commercially reasonable best efforts to establish a Reset Rate pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of Reset Rate and remarket such Senior Notes pursuant to the Remarketing procedures in the Remarketing Agreement.

(d) The right of each Holder of Senior Notes to have its Senior Notes tendered for purchase will be limited to the extent that (i) the Remarketing Agent conducts a Remarketing pursuant to the terms of the Remarketing Agreement,
(ii) the Remarketing Agent is able to find a purchaser or purchasers for the tendered Senior Notes and (iii) such purchaser or purchasers deliver the purchase price therefor to the Remarketing Agent.

(e) Upon receipt of the notice provided above in paragraph (c) from the Forward Purchase Contract Agent and the Custodial Agent and such Notes from the Collateral Agent and the Custodial Agent, the Remarketing Agent will, on the Remarketing Date, use its commercially reasonable best efforts to (i) establish a rate of interest that, in the opinion of the Remarketing Agent, will, when applied to the outstanding Notes, enable the then current aggregate market value of the Notes to have a value equal to approximately, but not less than, 100.25% of the Remarketing Value as of the Remarketing Date or as of any Subsequent Remarketing Date, as the case may be (the "Reset Rate") and (ii) sell such Notes on such date at a price equal to approximately, but not less than, 100.25% of the Remarketing Value.

(f) If, in spite of using its commercially reasonable best efforts, the Remarketing Agent cannot establish the Reset Rate and remarket the Notes included in the remarketing at a price equal to approximately, but not less than, 100.25% of the Remarketing Value, the Remarketing Agent will again attempt to establish the Reset Rate and remarket the Notes included in the remarketing at a price equal to approximately, but not less than, 100.25% of the Remarketing Value on each of the two immediately following Business Days. If the Remarketing Agent cannot remarket the Notes included in the remarketing at a price equal to approximately, but not less than, 100.25% of the Remarketing Value on any of those days, it will attempt to establish the Reset Rate and remarket the Notes included in the remarketing at a price equal to approximately, but not less than, 100.25% of the Remarketing Value on each of the three Business Days immediately preceding June 16, 2005. If the Remarketing Agent cannot remarket the Notes included in the remarketing at a price equal to approximately, but not less than, 100.25% of the Remarketing Value on any of those days, it will attempt to establish the Reset Rate and remarket the Notes included in the remarketing at a price equal to approximately, but not less than, 100.25% of the Remarketing Value on each of the three Business Days immediately preceding July 16, 2005. If the Remarketing Agent cannot establish the Reset Rate and remarket the Notes included in the remarketing at a price equal to approximately, but not less than, 100.25% of the Remarketing Value either on any of the two Business Days immediately following the Remarketing Date or on any of the three Business Days immediately preceding June 16, 2005 or on any of the three Business Days immediately preceding July 16, 2005, the remarketing in each period will be deemed to have failed (each, a "Failed Remarketing"). If the Remarketing Agent cannot establish the Reset Rate and remarket the Notes included in the remarketing at a price equal to approximately, but not less than, 100.25% of the Remarketing Value on any of the three Business Days immediately preceding July 16, 2005, the Remarketing Agent will further attempt to establish the Reset Rate and remarket the Notes included in the remarketing at a price equal to approximately, but not less than, 100.25% of the Remarketing Value on each of the three Business Days immediately preceding August 12, 2005. If, in spite of using its commercially reasonable best efforts, the Remarketing Agent fails to remarket the Notes underlying the Equity Units at a price equal to approximately, but not less than, 100.25% of the Remarketing Value in accordance with the terms of the Pledge Agreement by 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Stock Purchase Date, a "Last Failed Remarketing" will be deemed to have occurred.

(g) If a successful Remarketing shall have occurred prior to the fourth Business Day preceding the Stock Purchase Date, the Remarketing Agent will, in accordance with the Forward Purchase Contract Agreement and the Remarketing Agreement:

(i) deduct and retain for itself the Remarketing Fee;

(ii) use the proceeds from such successful Remarketing to purchase the Agent-purchased Treasury Consideration with the CUSIP numbers, if any, selected by the Remarketing Agent, described in clauses (1) and (2) of the definition of Remarketing Value related to the Senior Notes of Holders of Equity Units that were remarketed;

(iii)if any Separate Notes were remarketed, remit to the Collateral Agent for payment to the Holders of such Separate Notes sold in the Remarketing the remaining proceeds from such successful Remarketing attributable to the Separate Notes; and

(iv) if there remain any proceeds from such successful Remarketing, after the application of such proceeds as set forth in clauses
(i) through (iii) of this sentence, then remit such remaining proceeds to the Forward Purchase Contract Agent for payment to the Holders of the Equity Units that were remarketed, on a pro rata basis, in accordance with the Remarketing Agreement.

(h) In the case of a successful Remarketing occurring prior to the fourth Business Day preceding the Stock Purchase Date, on or prior to the third Business Day following the Remarketing Date or any Subsequent Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Agent shall deliver such Agent-purchased Treasury Consideration to the Forward Purchase Contract Agent, which shall thereupon deliver such Agent-purchased Treasury Consideration to the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, will thereupon apply such Agent-purchased Treasury Consideration, in accordance with the Pledge Agreement, to secure such Holders' obligations under the Forward Purchase Contracts.

(i) If a successful Remarketing shall have occurred on or after the fourth Business Day preceding the Stock Purchase Date, the Remarketing Agent will, in accordance with the Forward Purchase Contract Agreement and the Remarketing Agreement:

(i) deduct and retain for itself the Remarketing Fee;

(ii) pay the proceeds from such successful Remarketing to the Forward Purchase Contract Agent, which shall thereupon deliver such proceeds to the Collateral Agent which, for the benefit of the Company, will thereupon apply such proceeds, in accordance with the Pledge Agreement in direct settlement of the Holders' obligations under the Forward Purchase Contracts;

(iii)if any Separate Notes were remarketed, remit to the Collateral Agent for payment to the Holders of such Separate Notes sold in the Remarketing the remaining proceeds from such successful Remarketing attributable to the Separate Notes; and

(iv) if there remain any proceeds from such successful Remarketing, after the application of such proceeds as set forth in clauses
(i) through (iii) of this sentence, then remit such remaining proceeds to the Forward Purchase Contract Agent for payment to the Holders of the Equity Units that were remarketed, on a pro rata basis, in accordance with the Remarketing Agreement.

(j) If a successful Remarketing occurs, by approximately 4:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Agent shall advise, by telephone (promptly confirmed in writing in the case of clause (i)):

(i) the Company, the Forward Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary, DTC and the Trustee of the Reset Rate determined in the Remarketing;

(ii) each purchaser (or the Depository Participant thereof) of Senior Notes in the Remarketing of the Reset Rate and the number of Senior Notes such purchaser is to purchase; and

(iii)each purchaser to give instructions to its Depository Participant to pay the purchase price on the date of settlement for such Remarketing in same day funds against delivery of the remarketed Senior Notes purchased through the facilities of DTC.

(k) Any distribution to Holders of excess funds and interest described in this Section 1.6 shall be payable at the Office of the Agent in The City of New York maintained for that purpose or, at the option of the Holder or the holder of Separate Notes, as applicable, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such address as it appears on the relevant Register or by wire transfer to an account specified by the Holder or the holder of Separate Notes, as applicable.

(l) If a Failed Remarketing occurs, the Remarketing Agent and the Company, as applicable, shall take the following actions:

(i) the Remarketing Agent shall notify by telephone the Company, the Forward Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Trustee, that a Failed Remarketing has occurred, whereupon the Company shall notify the Clearing Agency, by telephone, that a Failed Remarketing has occurred;

(ii) with respect to any Remarketing Period during which no successful Remarketing occurred, the Company shall publish notice by means of Bloomberg and Reuters newswires, such notice to be published no later than the fourth Business Day following the end of such Remarketing Period;

(iii)the Remarketing Agent shall determine the Reset Rate in accordance with clause (ii) of the Reset Rate definition; and

(iv) the Remarketing Agent shall remit, within three Business Days following the end of a Remarketing Period which constituted a Failed Remarketing, the Pledged Notes that were to be remarketed to the Collateral Agent and the Separate Notes that were to be remarketed to the Custodial Agent.

(m) If upon a Last Failed Remarketing, the Collateral Agent delivers any Senior Notes to the Company in full satisfaction of the Holder's obligation under the related Forward Purchase Contracts, any accumulated and unpaid interest on such Notes will become payable by the Company to the Forward Purchase Contract Agent for payment to the Holder of the Equity Units to which such Notes relate. Such payment will be made by the Company on or prior to 11:00
a.m., New York City time, on the Stock Purchase Date in lawful money of the United States by certified or cashier's check or wire transfer in immediately available funds payable to or upon the order of the Forward Purchase Contract Agent. Upon the occurrence of a Last Failed Remarketing, the Company will retain and dispose of the Pledged Notes of all Holders in satisfaction of the Holders' obligations under the related Forward Purchase Contracts. The Company will publish notice by means of Bloomberg and Reuters newswires of any Remarketing Period during which no successful Remarketing occurred, such notice to be published not later than the fourth Business Day following the end of such Remarketing Period. The Company will cause a notice of the Last Failed Remarketing to be published on the fourth Business Day following the date of the Last Failed Remarketing in an Authorized Newspaper.

(n) In the event of a Last Failed Remarketing, the Remarketing Agent shall determine the Reset Rate that shall apply to the Senior Notes held by the Holders of Equity Units that elected not to participate in the remarketing and Holders of Separate Notes according to the following method, provided that in no event shall the Reset Rate exceed the maximum rate permitted by state usury laws and other applicable laws. After the Last Failed Remarketing, the Remarketing Agent will take the average of the interest rates quoted to it by three nationally recognized investment banks selected by the Company, which are underwriters or dealers in debt securities similar to the Senior Notes, that in their judgment reflects an accurate market rate of interest applicable to the Senior Notes at that time. Following receipt of these quotes, the Remarketing Agent will have the right, in its sole judgment, to either recalculate the average based on only two of the quoted interest rates if one of the three quotes, in the Remarketing Agent's sole discretion, did not reflect market conditions or, alternatively, determine a consensus among the investment banks rather than a strict mathematical average by taking into account all relevant qualitative and quantitative factors. These factors may include, but shall not limited to, maturity of the Senior Notes, the credit rating and credit risk of the Company and companies of similar industries, the then yield to maturity of the Senior Notes and the state of the markets for primary and secondary sales of similar debt securities.

(o) In accordance with DTC's normal procedures, on the date of settlement of such Remarketing or the Stock Purchase Date, as applicable, the transactions described above with respect to each Senior Notes remarketed in the Remarketing shall be executed through DTC, and the accounts of the respective Depository Participants shall be debited and credited and such remarketed Senior Notes delivered by book entry as necessary to effect purchases and sales of such remarketed Senior Notes. DTC shall make payment in accordance with its normal procedures.

(p) If any Holder of Senior Notes selling Senior Notes in the Remarketing fails to deliver such Senior Notes, the direct or indirect Depository Participant of such selling Holder and of any other Person who was to have purchased Senior Notes in the Remarketing may deliver to any such other Person an aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes that is less than the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes that otherwise was to be purchased by such Person. In such event, the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes to be so delivered shall be determined by such direct or indirect Depository Participant, and delivery of such lesser aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes shall constitute good delivery.

(q) The Remarketing Agent is not obligated to purchase any Senior Notes that otherwise would remain unsold in the Remarketing. Neither the Company nor the Remarketing Agent shall be obligated in any case to provide funds to make payment upon tender of the Senior Notes for Remarketing.

(r) Under the Remarketing Agreement, the Company, in its capacity as issuer of the Senior Notes, shall be liable for, and shall pay, any and all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Remarketing, other than the Remarketing Fee.

(s) The settlement procedures set forth herein, including provisions for payment by purchasers of the remarketed Senior Notes in the Remarketing, shall be subject to modification to the extent required by DTC or if the book-entry system is no longer available for the remarketed Senior Notes at the time of the Remarketing, to facilitate the Remarketing of the remarketed Senior Notes in certificated form, and shall provide for the authentication and delivery of Senior Notes in a principal amount equal to the unremarketed portion of such Senior Notes. In addition, the Remarketing Agent may modify the settlement procedures set forth herein in order to facilitate the settlement process.

(a) On or prior to the fourth Business Day immediately preceding either the Remarketing Date or if applicable, the first day of any subsequent Remarketing Period, but no earlier than the Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the last Interest Payment Date before the Stock Purchase Date, holders of Separate Notes may elect to have their Separate Notes remarketed by Transferring their Separate Notes and delivering a notice of such election, substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the Pledge Agreement, to the Collateral Agent. On the third Business Day immediately prior to the Remarketing Date or the first day of any subsequent Remarketing Period, by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, the Collateral Agent shall notify the Remarketing Agent of the number of such Separate Notes to be remarketed. The Collateral Agent will hold such Separate Notes in an account separate from the Collateral Account. A holder of Separate Notes electing to have its Separate Notes remarketed will also have the right to withdraw such election by written notice to the Collateral Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit D to the Pledge Agreement, on or prior to the fourth Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Remarketing Date or the first day of a subsequent Remarketing Period, upon which notice the Collateral Agent will return such Separate Notes to such holder.

(b) On the third Business Day immediately preceding the Remarketing Date or the first day of any subsequent Remarketing Period, the Collateral Agent at the written direction of the Remarketing Agent will deliver to the Remarketing Agent for Remarketing all Separate Notes delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to
Section 4.5(d) of the Pledge Agreement and not withdrawn pursuant to the terms thereof prior to such date. If the holder of the Separate Notes delivers only such notice but not the Separate Notes subject to such notice, then none of such holder's Separate Notes shall be included in the Remarketing. Once the holder of Separate Notes elects to participate in the Remarketing, such Separate Notes will be remarketed in the Remarketing, unless such notice is properly withdrawn. In accordance with Section 4.5(d) of the Pledge Agreement, upon the occurrence of a Failed Remarketing, the Remarketing Agent will promptly return such Separate Notes to the Collateral Agent for redelivery to such holders of such Separate Notes.

The Senior Notes shall not be entitled to any sinking fund.

Except as provided in Section 1.12, the Senior Notes shall not be redeemable prior to their Stated Maturity.

(a) For so long as any Senior Notes of this series remain outstanding, the Company will not create or incur or allow any of its subsidiaries to create or incur any pledge or security interest on any of the capital stock of a Public Utility Subsidiary held by the Company or one of its subsidiaries or a Significant Subsidiary.

For purposes of this covenant:

(i) Public Utility Subsidiary means, at any particular time, a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company that, as a substantial part of its business, distributes or transmits electric energy to retail or wholesale customers at rates or tariffs that are regulated by either a state or Federal regulatory authority.

(ii) Significant Subsidiary means, at any particular time, any direct subsidiary of the Company whose consolidated gross assets or consolidated gross revenues (having regard to the Company's direct beneficial interest in the shares, or the like, of that subsidiary) represent at least 25% of the Company's consolidated gross assets or consolidated gross revenues appearing in the most recent audited financial statements of the Company as of the date of determination.

(b) The provisions of Article Ten of the Original Indenture shall be applicable to the Senior Notes.

The provisions of Section 11.01 of the Original Indenture shall not apply to the Senior Notes.

(a) If a Tax Event shall occur, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Senior Notes in whole (but not in part) at any time at a price per Senior Note equal to the Redemption Price. Installments of interest on the Senior Notes that are due and payable on or prior to the date of redemption (the "Tax Event Redemption Date") will be payable to the Holders of the Senior Notes registered as such on the Record Date next preceding such Tax Event Redemption Date. If, following the settlement of the Forward Purchase Contracts and following the occurrence of a Tax Event, the Company, at its option, redeems the Senior Notes, the proceeds of the redemption will be payable in cash to the Holders of the Senior Notes.

(b) If the Company exercises its option to redeem the Senior Notes following the occurrence of a Tax Event prior to the Remarketing Date, or if there has not been a successful Remarketing prior to the Stock Purchase Date, the Company shall in the notice to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.02 of the Original Indenture specify the Redemption Price. Upon the specification of the Redemption Price by the Company, the Company shall appoint the Collateral Agent to acquire the Treasury Portfolio in consultation with the Company and in accordance with the Forward Purchase Contract Agreement. The Collateral Agent shall then apply, out of the aggregate Redemption Price for the Senior Notes that are components of Equity Units, an amount equal to the aggregate Redemption Amount for the Senior Notes that are components of Equity Units to purchase on behalf of the Holders of Equity Units the Treasury Portfolio and promptly remit the remaining portion, if any, of such aggregate Redemption Price to the Forward Purchase Contract Agent for payment to the Holders of such Equity Units. The Treasury Portfolio will be substituted for the Pledged Notes, and will be pledged to the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Pledge Agreement to secure the obligation of each Holder of an Equity Unit to purchase the Common Stock under the Forward Purchase Contract constituting a part of such Equity Units. Payment of the Redemption Price to Holders of Separate Notes shall be made in cash on the Tax Event Redemption Date.

(c) If a Tax Event Redemption occurs after the earlier of a successful Remarketing or the Stock Purchase Date, payment of the Redemption Price to each Holder of Senior Notes shall be made by the Trustee (subject to its receipt of funds), no later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Tax Event Redemption Date, by check or wire transfer in immediately available funds (provided the necessary wire instructions have been provided to the Trustee at least 15 days prior to the Tax Event Redemption Date) at such place and to such account as may be designated by each such Holder of Senior Notes, including the Collateral Agent. If the Trustee holds immediately available funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of the Senior Notes, then, on such Tax Event Redemption Date, such Senior Notes will cease to be Outstanding.

(d) The Trustee shall have no duty or liability to determine or verify the Redemption Price. Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Tax Event Redemption Date to each registered Holder of the Senior Notes to be repaid at its registered address. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Tax Event Redemption Date interest shall cease to accrue on the Senior Notes, whether or not such Senior Notes have been received by the Company, and all other rights of the Holders in respect of the Senior Notes shall terminate and lapse (other than the right to receive the Redemption Price upon delivery of such Senior Notes but without interest on such Redemption Price).

The Company agrees, and by acceptance of a beneficial ownership interest in the Senior Notes, each beneficial holder of Senior Notes will be deemed to have agreed (1) to treat the acquisition of an Equity Unit as the acquisition of the Senior Note and the Forward Purchase Contract constituting the Equity Unit and to allocate the purchase price of the Equity Unit between the Senior Note and the Forward Purchase Contract as $50 and $0, respectively, (2) to treat the Senior Notes as indebtedness that is subject to Treas. Reg. Sec. 1.1275-4 (the "Contingent Payment Regulations") for United States federal income tax purposes and (3) to be bound by the Company's determination of the "comparable yield" and "projected payment schedule," within the meaning of the Contingent Payment Regulations, with respect to the Senior Notes for United States federal income tax purposes. A Holder of Senior Notes may obtain the amount of original issue discount, issue date, yield to maturity, comparable yield and projected payment schedule by submitting a written request for it to the Company at the following address: American Electric Power, Investor Relations, One Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215.

ARTICLE TWO

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

The recitals in this Third Supplemental Indenture are made by the Company only and not by the Trustee, and all of the provisions contained in the Original Indenture in respect of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers and duties of the Trustee shall be applicable in respect of the Senior Notes and of this Third Supplemental Indenture as fully and with like effect as if set forth herein in full.

As supplemented hereby, the Original Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Original Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

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

In case any provisions contained in this Third Supplemental Indenture or in any Senior Note shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND EACH SENIOR NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE OR INSTRUMENTS ENTERED INTO AND, IN EACH CASE, PERFORMED IN SAID STATE.

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

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.

By:   /s/ A. A. Pena
   Name:  A. A. Pena
   Title: Treasurer

THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee

By:      /s/ Terence Rawlins
   Name:     Terence Rawlins
   Title:    Vice President

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF SENIOR NOTE

[Face of Note]

[UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL
SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR ANY SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY APPOINTED AS SUCH PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE (THE "DEPOSITARY") TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO SUCH A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OR TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]*

CUSIP No.
ISIN No.
No. ___ $_______________

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.

5.75% Senior Notes Due August 16, 2007

American Electric Power Company, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of New York (the "Company," which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [Cede & Co.]* or registered assigns, the principal sum of _______________________ United States Dollars [, or such other principal amount as shall be set forth in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases attached hereto,]** at the Company's Office or Agency or Office of the Agent in The City of New York for said purpose, on August 16, 2007 in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest thereon from June 11, 2002 or from the next most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly in arrears on each February 16, May 16, August 16 and November 16 of each year (each such date, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing on August 16, 2002, at the rate of 5.75% per annum to, but excluding, the earlier of (i) the settlement date of a successful Remarketing under the Forward Purchase Contract Agreement or (ii) the Stock Purchase Date, and, thereafter, at the Reset Rate to, but excluding, the Stated Maturity.

The amount of interest so payable for any period shall be computed (i) for any full quarterly period on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and (ii) for any period shorter than a full quarterly period, on the basis of a 30-day month and, for periods of less than a month, on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month. In the event that any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, then payment of the interest or principal payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day and no interest shall accrue in respect of the amounts which payment is so delayed for the period from and after such interest payment date or other payment date, except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date.

Payments of the principal of and interest on the Senior Notes shall be made at said Office or Agency of the Company or at the Office of the Agent in The City of New York to which interest on the Senior Notes has been paid or duly provided for, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for; provided that, unless this Senior Note is a Senior Note issued in global form ("Global Security"), interest may be paid, at the option of the Company,
(i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer at such place and to such account at a banking institution in the United States as may be designated in writing to the Trustee at least sixteen (16) days prior to the date for payment by the Person entitled thereto. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date, as provided in the Indenture, as hereinafter defined, shall be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) shall have been registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date with respect to such Interest Payment Date, provided that interest payable on the Stated Maturity or any redemption date shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and shall be paid as provided in said Indenture.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Senior Note set forth herein, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

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

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Dated: ___________________

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.

By: _________________________________
Name:
Title:

TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated in accordance with, and referred to in, the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated: ___________________

THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee

By: __________________________
Authorized Signatory

[Reverse of Note]

American Electric Power Company, Inc.

5.75% Senior Notes Due August 16, 2007

This Senior Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2001 (the "Original Indenture"), as previously supplemented and as to be supplemented by a third supplemental indenture, dated as of June 11, 2002 (the "Third Supplemental Indenture" and the Original Indenture, as so supplemented, the "Indenture"), between the Company and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the "Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Senior Note is one of a series designated as 5.75% Senior Notes Due August 16, 2007 of the Company (hereinafter called the "Senior Notes"), issued under the Original Indenture, which is limited in aggregate principal amount to $300,000,000.

Neither the Original Indenture nor the Senior Notes limit or otherwise restrict the amount of indebtedness which may be incurred or other securities which may be issued by the Company. The Senior Notes issued under the Indenture are direct, unsecured obligations of the Company and will mature on August 16, 2007. The Senior Notes rank on parity with all other unsecured, unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company.

The Senior Notes will bear interest as set forth on the face hereof and in the Third Supplemental Indenture. The Reset Rate will be the interest rate per annum that is determined by the Remarketing Agent pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement as follows: (i) in connection with a successful Remarketing, the rate of interest that will, when applied to the Outstanding Notes, enable the then current aggregate market value of the Notes to have a value equal to approximately, but not less than, 100.25% of the Remarketing Value as of the Remarketing Date or as of any Subsequent Remarketing Date, as the case may be, or (ii) upon the occurrence of a Failed Remarketing the rate of interest applicable to the Senior Notes initially until (A) the Senior Notes are successfully remarketed pursuant to the Forward Purchase Contract Agreement and the Remarketing Agreement or (B) if the Last Failed Remarketing shall have occurred, in accordance with the method as described below.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Reset Rate shall in no event exceed the maximum rate, if any, permitted by applicable law.

In the event of a Last Failed Remarketing, the Remarketing Agent shall determine the Reset Rate that shall apply to the Senior Notes held by the Holders of Equity Units that elected not to participate in the remarketing and Holders of Separate Notes according to the following method. After the Last Failed Remarketing, the Remarketing Agent will take the average of the interest rates quoted to it by three nationally recognized investment banks selected by the Company, which are underwriters or dealers in debt securities similar to the Senior Notes, that in their judgment reflects an accurate market rate of interest applicable to the Senior Notes at that time. Following receipt of these quotes, the Remarketing Agent will have the right, in its sole judgment, to either recalculate the average based on only two of the quoted interest rates if one of the three quotes, in the Remarketing Agent's sole discretion, did not reflect market conditions or, alternatively, determine a consensus among the investment banks rather than a strict mathematical average by taking into account all relevant qualitative and quantitative factors. These factors may include, but shall not limited to, maturity of the Senior Notes, the credit rating and credit risk of the Company and companies of similar industries, the then yield to maturity of the Senior Notes and the state of the markets for primary and secondary sales of similar debt securities.

The Senior Notes are not redeemable prior to maturity except pursuant to a Tax Event in accordance with the Third Supplemental Indenture. If a Tax Event shall occur, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Senior Notes in whole (but not in part) at any time at a price per Senior Note equal to the Redemption Price. Installments of interest on the Senior Notes that are due and payable on or prior to the date of redemption will be payable to the Holders of the Senior Notes registered as such at the close of business on the Record Date next preceding such Tax Event Redemption Date. If, following the settlement of the Forward Purchase Contracts and following the occurrence of a Tax Event, the Company, at its option, redeems the Senior Notes, the proceeds of the redemption will be payable in cash to the Holders of the Senior Notes.

The Company agrees, and by acceptance of a beneficial ownership interest in the Senior Notes, each beneficial holder of Senior Notes will be deemed to have agreed (1) for United States federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes to treat the acquisition of an Equity Unit as the acquisition of the Senior Note and the Forward Purchase Contract constituting the Equity Unit, (2) to treat the Senior Notes as indebtedness that is subject to Treas. Reg. Sec. 1.1275-4 (the "Contingent Payment Regulations") for United States federal income tax purposes and (3) to be bound by the Company's determination of the "comparable yield" and "projected payment schedule," within the meaning of the Contingent Payment Regulations, with respect to the Senior Notes for United States federal income tax purposes. A Holder of Senior Notes may obtain the amount of original issue discount, issue date, yield to maturity, comparable yield and projected payment schedule by submitting a written request for it to the Company at the following address: American Electric Power, Investor Relations, One Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215.

The Senior Notes are not entitled to any sinking fund.

The Senior Notes that are a component of Equity Units or that so elect under Section 1.7 of the Supplemental Indenture will be subject to Remarketing and, in the case of a Failed Remarketing, the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Company reserves all of its rights as a secured party of the Pledged Notes with respect thereto and, subject to applicable law and Section 5.4 of the Forward Purchase Contract Agreement, may, among other things, permit the Company to cause the Senior Notes to be sold or to retain and cancel such Senior Notes, in either case, in full satisfaction of the Holders' obligations under the Forward Purchase Contracts.

If an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Senior Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. The Senior Indenture provides that in certain circumstances such declaration and its consequences may be waived by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes then Outstanding. However, any such consent or waiver by the Holder shall not affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all series affected by such supplemental indenture or indentures at the time outstanding voting as one class, as defined in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Securities of any series, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to the Indenture, without the consent of the holder of each Senior Note then outstanding and affected; (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Senior Notes, the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, or reduce the percentage of Senior Notes, the holders of which are required to waive any default and its consequences, without the consent of the holder of each Senior Note then outstanding and affected thereby; or (iii) modify any provision of Section 6.01(c) of the Indenture (except to increase the percentage of principal amount of securities required to rescind and annul any declaration of amounts due and payable under the Senior Notes), without the consent of the holder of each Senior Note then outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes of any series at the time outstanding affected thereby, on behalf of the Holders of the Senior Notes of such series, to waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants contained in the Indenture, or established pursuant to the Indenture with respect to such series, and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes of such series. Any such consent or waiver by the registered Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note and of any Note issued in exchange herefor or in place hereof (whether by registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

Limitation upon Liens of Certain Subsidiaries

For so long as any Senior Notes of this series remain outstanding, the Company will not create or incur or allow any of its subsidiaries to create or incur any pledge or security interest on any of the capital stock of a Public Utility Subsidiary held by the Company or one of its subsidiaries or a Significant Subsidiary.

For purposes of this covenant:

(i) Public Utility Subsidiary means, at any particular time, a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company that, as a substantial part of its business, distributes or transmits electric energy to retail or wholesale customers at rates or tariffs that are regulated by either a state or Federal regulatory authority.

(ii) Significant Subsidiary means, at any particular time, any direct subsidiary of ours whose consolidated gross assets or consolidated gross revenues (having regard to the Company's direct beneficial interest in the shares, or the like, of that subsidiary) represent at least 25% of the Company's consolidated gross assets or consolidated gross revenues appearing in the most recent audited financial statements of the Company as of the date of determination.

Limitation upon Mergers, Consolidations and Sale of Assets

The provisions of Article Ten of the Indenture shall be applicable to the Senior Notes of this series.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance of (a) the entire indebtedness evidenced by this Senior Note and (b) certain restrictive covenants upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein; provided, however, Section 11.01 of the Original Indenture shall not apply to the Senior Notes.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Senior Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on this Senior Note at the times, places and rates, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

The Senior Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $50 or any integral multiple of $50 over such minimum denomination. At the Office or Agency of the Company or at the Office of the Agent in The City of New York referred to on the face hereof and as provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Senior Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes and of like tenor of a difference authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Senior Note is transferable by the registered holder hereof on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Senior Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company as may be designated by the Company accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company or the Trustee duly executed by the registered Holder hereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Senior Notes of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount and series will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be made for any such transfer, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in relation thereto.

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

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on this Senior Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture, or any indenture supplement thereto, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.

THIS SENIOR NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SAID STATE.

All terms used in this Senior Note (and not otherwise defined in this Senior Note) that are defined in the Indenture, the Forward Purchase Contract Agreement, the Remarketing Agreement or the Pledge Agreement, as the case may be, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture, the Forward Purchase Contract Agreement, the Remarketing Agreement or the Pledge Agreement, as the case may be and as the context may require.

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s) and transfer(s) unto

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agent to transfer said Senior Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:_______________ __, ______

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatever.

[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL CERTIFICATES AND PLEDGED NOTES]

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Exhibit 4(e)

March 14, 2003

Company Order and Officers' Certificate 5.375% Senior Notes, Series C, due 2010

The Bank of New York, as Trustee
101 Barclay St. - 8W
New York, New York 10286

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Article Two of the Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2001 (as it may be amended or supplemented, the "Indenture"), from American Electric Power Company, Inc. (the "Company") to The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"), and the Board Resolutions dated April 23, 2002, a copy of which certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company is being delivered herewith under Section 2.01 of the Indenture, and unless otherwise provided in a subsequent Company Order pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture,

1. The Company's 5.375% Senior Notes, Series C, due 2010 (the "Notes") are hereby established. The Notes shall be in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.

2. The terms and characteristics of the Notes shall be as follows (the numbered clauses set forth below corresponding to the numbered subsections of
Section 2.01 of the Indenture, with terms used and not defined herein having the meanings specified in the Indenture):

(i) the aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be limited to $500,000,000, except as contemplated in Section 2.01 of the Indenture;

(ii) the date on which the principal of the Notes shall be payable shall be March 15, 2010;

(iii) interest shall accrue from the date of authentication of the Notes; the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable shall be March 15 and September 15, and the Regular Record Date for the determination of holders to whom interest is payable on any such Interest Payment Date shall be the last day of the month preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date; provided that the first Interest Payment Date shall be September 15, 2003 and interest payable on the Stated Maturity Date or any Redemption Date shall be paid to the Person to whom principal shall be paid;

(iv) the interest rate at which the Notes shall bear interest shall be 5.375% per annum;

(v) the Notes shall be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than thirty but not more than sixty days' previous notice given by mail to the registered owners of the Notes at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes being redeemed (excluding the portion of any such interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted (for purposes of determining present value) to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 30 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.

"Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.

"Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.

"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date,
(i) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date, as set forth in the daily statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated "Composite 3:30
p.m. Quotations for U. S. Government Securities" or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain such prices on such third Business Day, the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation for such redemption date.

"Independent Investment Banker" means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

"Reference Treasury Dealer" means a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

"Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation" means, with respect to the Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed

in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at or before 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

(vi) (a) the Notes shall be issued in the form of a Global Note; (b) the Depositary for such Global Note shall be The Depository Trust Company; and (c) the procedures with respect to transfer and exchange of Global Notes shall be as set forth in the form of Note attached hereto;

(vii) the title of the Notes shall be "5.375% Senior Notes, Series C, due 2010";

(viii) the form of the Notes shall be as set forth in Paragraph 1, above;

(ix) not applicable;

(x) the Notes may be subject to a Periodic Offering;

(xi) not applicable;

(xii) not applicable;

(xiii) the Company will pay the principal of the Notes and any premium and interest payable at redemption, if any, or at maturity in immediately available funds at the office of The Bank of New York, 101 Barclay Street in New York, New York.

(xiv) the Notes shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof;

(xv) not applicable;

(xvi) the Notes shall not be issued as Discount Securities;

(xvii) not applicable;

(xviii) not applicable; and

(xix) Restrictive Covenants:

LIMITATION UPON LIENS OF CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES

For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Company will not create or incur or allow any of its subsidiaries to create or incur any pledge or security interest on any of the capital stock of a Public Utility Subsidiary held by the Company or one of its subsidiaries or a Significant Subsidiary.

For purposes of this covenant:

(i) Public Utility Subsidiary means, at any particular time, a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company that, as a substantial part of its business, distributes or transmits electric energy to retail or wholesale customers at rates or tariffs that are regulated by either a state or Federal regulatory authority.

(ii) Significant Subsidiary means, at any particular time, any direct subsidiary of the Company whose consolidated gross assets or consolidated gross revenues (having regard to the Company's direct beneficial interest in the shares, or the like, of that subsidiary) represent at least 25% of the Company's consolidated gross assets or consolidated gross revenues appearing in the most recent audited financial statements of the Company as of the date of determination.

LIMITATION UPON MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS AND SALE OF ASSETS

The provisions of Article Ten of the Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes.

3. You are hereby requested to authenticate $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.375% Senior Notes, Series C, due 2010, executed by the Company and delivered to you concurrently with this Company Order and Officers' Certificate, in the manner provided by the Indenture.

4. You are hereby requested to hold the Notes as custodian for DTC in accordance with the Letter of Representations dated March 11, 2003, from the Company and the Trustee to DTC.

5. Concurrently with this Company Order and Officers' Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel under Sections 2.04 and 13.06 of the Indenture is being delivered to you.

6. The undersigned Henry W. Fayne and Thomas G. Berkemeyer, the Vice President and Assistant Secretary, respectively, of the Company do hereby certify that:

(i) we have read the relevant portions of the Indenture, including without limitation the conditions precedent provided for therein relating to the action proposed to be taken by the Trustee as requested in this Company Order and Officers' Certificate, and the definitions in the Indenture relating thereto;

(ii) we have read the Board Resolutions of the Company and the Opinion of Counsel referred to above;

(iii) we have conferred with other officers of the Company, have examined such records of the Company and have made such other investigation as we deemed relevant for purposes of this certificate;

(iv) in our opinion, we have made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable us to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such

conditions have been complied with; and

(v) on the basis of the foregoing, we are of the opinion that all conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to the action proposed to be taken by the Trustee as requested herein have been complied with.

Kindly acknowledge receipt of this Company Order and Officers' Certificate, including the documents listed herein, and confirm the arrangements set forth herein by signing and returning the copy of this document attached hereto.

Very truly yours,

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.

By: /s/ Henry W. Fayne
    -------------------------
        Vice President


And: /s/ Thomas G. Berkemeyer
     -------------------------
         Assistant Secretary

Acknowledged by Trustee:

By: /s/ Joseph A. Lloret
    -------------------------
        Authorized Signatory

Exhibit 1

Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate to be issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and any payment is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11 of the Indenture, this Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depository or to a successor Depository or to a nominee of such successor Depository.

No. R1

CUSIP:  __________                          Original Issue Date:  March 14, 2003

Stated Maturity:  March 15, 2010            Interest Rate:  5.375%

Principal Amount:  $500,000,000

Redeemable:       Yes  |_|               No
In Whole:         Yes  |_|               No
In Part:          Yes  |_|               No

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York (herein referred to as the "Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the Principal Amount specified above on the Stated Maturity specified above, and to pay interest on said Principal Amount from the Original Issue Date specified above or from the most recent interest payment date (each such date, an "Interest Payment Date") to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 in each year, commencing on September 15, 2003, at the Interest Rate per annum specified above, until the Principal Amount shall have been paid or duly provided for. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date, as provided in the Indenture, as hereinafter defined, shall be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) shall have been registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date with respect to such Interest Payment Date, which shall be the last day of the month (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date, provided that interest payable on the Stated Maturity or any redemption date shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and shall be paid as provided in said Indenture.

If any Interest Payment Date, any redemption date or Stated Maturity is not a Business Day, then payment of the amounts due on this Note on such date will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on such amounts for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, redemption date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, with the same force and effect as if made on such date. The principal of (and premium, if any) and the interest on this Note shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, New York, in any coin or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that payment of interest (other than interest payable on the Stated Maturity or any redemption date) may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the registered holder at such address as shall appear in the Security

Register.

This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Notes of the Company (herein sometimes referred to as the "Notes"), specified in the Indenture, all issued or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of May 1, 2001 duly executed and delivered between the Company and The Bank of New York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, as Trustee (herein referred to as the "Trustee") (such Indenture, as originally executed and delivered and as thereafter supplemented and amended being hereinafter referred to as the "Indenture"), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto or Company Orders reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Notes. By the terms of the Indenture, the Notes are issuable in series which may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as in the Indenture provided. This Note is one of the series of Notes designated on the face hereof.

This Note may be redeemed by the Company at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than thirty but not more than sixty days' previous notice given by mail to the registered owners of the Note at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Note being redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Note being redeemed (excluding the portion of any such interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted (for purposes of determining present value) to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 30 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.

"Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.

"Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.

"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date,
(1) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date, as set forth in the daily statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated "Composite 3:30
p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities" or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain such prices on such third Business Day, the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation for such redemption date.

"Independent Investment Banker" means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

"Reference Treasury Dealer" means a primary U. S. government securities dealer in New York City selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

"Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation" means, with respect to the Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

The Company shall not be required to (i) issue, exchange or register the transfer of any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all the outstanding Notes of the same series and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, nor (ii) register the transfer of or exchange of any Notes of any series or portions thereof called for redemption. This Global Note is exchangeable for Notes in definitive registered form only under certain limited circumstances set forth in the Indenture.

In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of this series, of like tenor, for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the surrender of this Note.

In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of all of the Notes may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Note upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein.

As described in the Company Order and Officers' Certificate, so long as this Note is outstanding, the Company is subject to the restrictive covenants described therein.

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of all series affected by such supplemental indentures or indentures at the time outstanding voting as a class, as defined in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Notes of any series, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the

rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to the Indenture, without the consent of the holder of each Note then outstanding and affected; (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Notes, the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, or reduce the percentage of Notes, the holders of which are required to waive any default and its consequences, without the consent of the holder of each Note then outstanding and affected thereby; or
(iii) modify any provision of Section 6.01(c) of the Indenture (except to increase the percentage of principal amount of securities required to rescind and annul any declaration of amounts due and payable under the Notes), without the consent of the holder of each Note then outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of any series at the time outstanding affected thereby, on behalf of the Holders of the Notes of such series, to waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants contained in the Indenture, or established pursuant to the Indenture with respect to such series, and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes of such series. Any such consent or waiver by the registered Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note and of any Note issued in exchange herefor or in place hereof (whether by registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Note at the time and place and at the rate and in the money herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Note is transferable by the registered holder hereof on the Note Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company as may be designated by the Company accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company or the Trustee duly executed by the registered Holder hereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount and series will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be made for any such transfer, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in relation thereto.

Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Note Registrar may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing hereon made by anyone other than the Note Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal hereof and premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Note Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released.

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

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

This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Instrument to be executed.

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.

Attest:

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes of the series of Notes designated in accordance with, and referred to in, the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated March 14, 2003

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

(PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE)

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever and NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a financial institution that is a member of the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP"), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program ("SEMP") or the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program ("MSP").

Exhibit 4(f)

May 20, 2003

Company Order and Officers' Certificate 5.25% Senior Notes, Series D, due 2015

The Bank of New York, as Trustee
101 Barclay St. - 8W
New York, New York 10286

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Article Two of the Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2001 (as it may be amended or supplemented, the "Indenture"), from American Electric Power Company, Inc. (the "Company") to The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"), and the Board Resolutions dated April 23, 2002, a copy of which certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company is being delivered herewith under Section 2.01 of the Indenture, and unless otherwise provided in a subsequent Company Order pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture,

1. The Company's 5.25% Senior Notes, Series D, due 2015 (the "Notes") are hereby established. The Notes shall be in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.

2. The terms and characteristics of the Notes shall be as follows (the numbered clauses set forth below corresponding to the numbered subsections of
Section 2.01 of the Indenture, with terms used and not defined herein having the meanings specified in the Indenture):

(i) the aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be limited to $300,000,000, except as contemplated in Section 2.01 of the Indenture;

(ii) the date on which the principal of the Notes shall be payable shall be June 1, 2015;

(iii) interest shall accrue from the date of authentication of the Notes; the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable shall be June 1 and December 1, and the Regular Record Date for the determination of holders to whom interest is payable on any such Interest Payment Date shall be the May 15 or November 15 preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date; provided that the first Interest Payment Date shall be December 1, 2003 and interest payable on the Stated Maturity Date or any Redemption Date shall be paid to the Person to whom principal shall be paid;

(iv) the interest rate at which the Notes shall bear interest shall be 5.25% per annum;

(v) the Notes shall be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than thirty but not more than sixty days' previous notice given by mail to the registered owners of the Notes at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes being redeemed (excluding the portion of any such interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted (for purposes of determining present value) to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 35 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.

"Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.

"Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.

"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date,
(i) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date, as set forth in the daily statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated "Composite 3:30
p.m. Quotations for U. S. Government Securities" or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain such prices on such third Business Day, the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation for such redemption date.

"Independent Investment Banker" means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

"Reference Treasury Dealer" means a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

"Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation" means, with respect to the Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed

in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at or before 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

(vi) (a) the Notes shall be issued in the form of a Global Note; (b) the Depositary for such Global Note shall be The Depository Trust Company; and (c) the procedures with respect to transfer and exchange of Global Notes shall be as set forth in the form of Note attached hereto;

(vii) the title of the Notes shall be "5.25% Senior Notes, Series D, due 2015";

(viii) the form of the Notes shall be as set forth in Paragraph 1, above;

(ix) not applicable;

(x) the Notes may be subject to a Periodic Offering;

(xi) not applicable;

(xii) not applicable;

(xiii) the Company will pay the principal of the Notes and any premium and interest payable at redemption, if any, or at maturity in immediately available funds at the office of The Bank of New York, 101 Barclay Street in New York, New York.

(xiv) the Notes shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof;

(xv) not applicable;

(xvi) the Notes shall not be issued as Discount Securities;

(xvii) not applicable;

(xviii) not applicable; and

(xix) Restrictive Covenants:

LIMITATION UPON LIENS OF CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES

For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Company will not create or incur or allow any of its subsidiaries to create or incur any pledge or security interest on any of the capital stock of a Public Utility Subsidiary held by the Company or one of its subsidiaries or a Significant Subsidiary.

For purposes of this covenant:

(i) Public Utility Subsidiary means, at any particular time, a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company that, as a substantial part of its business, distributes or transmits electric energy to retail or wholesale customers at rates or tariffs that are regulated by either a state or Federal regulatory authority.

(ii) Significant Subsidiary means, at any particular time, any direct subsidiary of the Company whose consolidated gross assets or consolidated gross revenues (having regard to the Company's direct beneficial interest in the shares, or the like, of that subsidiary) represent at least 25% of the Company's consolidated gross assets or consolidated gross revenues appearing in the most recent audited financial statements of the Company as of the date of determination.

LIMITATION UPON MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS AND SALE OF ASSETS

The provisions of Article Ten of the Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes.

3. You are hereby requested to authenticate $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.25% Senior Notes, Series D, due 2015, executed by the Company and delivered to you concurrently with this Company Order and Officers' Certificate, in the manner provided by the Indenture.

4. You are hereby requested to hold the Notes as custodian for DTC in accordance with the Letter of Representations dated May 16, 2003, from the Company and the Trustee to DTC.

5. Concurrently with this Company Order and Officers' Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel under Sections 2.04 and 13.06 of the Indenture is being delivered to you.

6. The undersigned Geoffrey S. Chatas and Thomas G. Berkemeyer, the Treasurer and Assistant Secretary, respectively, of the Company do hereby certify that:

(i) we have read the relevant portions of the Indenture, including without limitation the conditions precedent provided for therein relating to the action proposed to be taken by the Trustee as requested in this Company Order and Officers' Certificate, and the definitions in the Indenture relating thereto;

(ii) we have read the Board Resolutions of the Company and the Opinion of Counsel referred to above;

(iii) we have conferred with other officers of the Company, have examined such records of the Company and have made such other investigation as we deemed relevant for purposes of this certificate;

(iv) in our opinion, we have made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable us to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such

conditions have been complied with; and

(v) on the basis of the foregoing, we are of the opinion that all conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to the action proposed to be taken by the Trustee as requested herein have been complied with.

Kindly acknowledge receipt of this Company Order and Officers' Certificate, including the documents listed herein, and confirm the arrangements set forth herein by signing and returning the copy of this document attached hereto.

Very truly yours,

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.

By: /s/ G. S. Chatas
    -------------------------
        Treasurer


And: /s/ T. G. Berkemeyer
     -------------------------
         Assistant Secretary

Acknowledged by Trustee:

By: /s/ Cynthia Chaney
    -------------------------
        Authorized Signatory

Exhibit 1

Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate to be issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and any payment is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11 of the Indenture, this Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depository or to a successor Depository or to a nominee of such successor Depository.

No. R1

Redeemable:       Yes  |_|               No
In Whole:         Yes  |_|               No
In Part:          Yes  |_|               No

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York (herein referred to as the "Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the Principal Amount specified above on the Stated Maturity specified above, and to pay interest on said Principal Amount from the Original Issue Date specified above or from the most recent interest payment date (each such date, an "Interest Payment Date") to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 in each year, commencing on December 1, 2003, at the Interest Rate per annum specified above, until the Principal Amount shall have been paid or duly provided for. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date, as provided in the Indenture, as hereinafter defined, shall be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) shall have been registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date with respect to such Interest Payment Date, which shall be the May 15 or November 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date, provided that interest payable on the Stated Maturity or any redemption date shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and shall be paid as provided in said Indenture.

If any Interest Payment Date, any redemption date or Stated Maturity is not a Business Day, then payment of the amounts due on this Note on such date will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on such amounts for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, redemption date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, with the same force and effect as if made on such date. The principal of (and premium, if any) and the interest on this Note shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, New York, in any coin or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that payment of interest (other than interest payable on the Stated Maturity or any redemption date) may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the registered holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register.

This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Notes of the Company (herein sometimes referred to as the "Notes"), specified in the Indenture, all issued or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of May 1, 2001 duly executed and delivered between the Company and The Bank of New York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, as Trustee (herein referred to as the "Trustee") (such Indenture, as originally executed and delivered and as thereafter supplemented and amended being hereinafter referred to as the "Indenture"), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto or Company Orders reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Notes. By the terms of the Indenture, the Notes are issuable in series which may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as in the Indenture provided. This Note is one of the series of Notes designated on the face hereof.

This Note may be redeemed by the Company at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than thirty but not more than sixty days' previous notice given by mail to the registered owners of the Note at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Note being redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Note being redeemed (excluding the portion of any such interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted (for purposes of determining present value) to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 35 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.

"Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.

"Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.

"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date, as set forth in the daily statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated "Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities" or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not

published or does not contain such prices on such third Business Day, the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation for such redemption date.

"Independent Investment Banker" means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

"Reference Treasury Dealer" means a primary U. S. government securities dealer in New York City selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

"Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation" means, with respect to the Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

The Company shall not be required to (i) issue, exchange or register the transfer of any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all the outstanding Notes of the same series and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, nor (ii) register the transfer of or exchange of any Notes of any series or portions thereof called for redemption. This Global Note is exchangeable for Notes in definitive registered form only under certain limited circumstances set forth in the Indenture.

In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of this series, of like tenor, for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the surrender of this Note.

In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of all of the Notes may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Note upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein.

As described in the Company Order and Officers' Certificate, so long as this Note is outstanding, the Company is subject to the restrictive covenants described therein.

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of all series affected by such supplemental indentures or indentures at the time outstanding voting as one class, as defined in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of

any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Notes of any series, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to the Indenture, without the consent of the holder of each Note then outstanding and affected; (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Notes, the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, or reduce the percentage of Notes, the holders of which are required to waive any default and its consequences, without the consent of the holder of each Note then outstanding and affected thereby; or (iii) modify any provision of Section 6.01(c) of the Indenture (except to increase the percentage of principal amount of securities required to rescind and annul any declaration of amounts due and payable under the Notes), without the consent of the holder of each Note then outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of any series at the time outstanding affected thereby, on behalf of the Holders of the Notes of such series, to waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants contained in the Indenture, or established pursuant to the Indenture with respect to such series, and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes of such series. Any such consent or waiver by the registered Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note and of any Note issued in exchange herefor or in place hereof (whether by registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Note at the time and place and at the rate and in the money herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Note is transferable by the registered holder hereof on the Note Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company as may be designated by the Company accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company or the Trustee duly executed by the registered Holder hereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount and series will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be made for any such transfer, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in relation thereto.

Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Note Registrar may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing hereon made by anyone other than the Note Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal hereof and premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent

nor any Note Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released.

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

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

This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Instrument to be executed.

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.

Attest:

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes of the series of Notes designated in accordance with, and referred to in, the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated May 20, 2003

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

(PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE)

NOTICE:           The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name
                  as  written  upon  the  face  of  the  within  Note  in  every
                  particular,  without  alteration or  enlargement or any change
                  whatever  and NOTICE:  Signature(s)  must be  guaranteed  by a
                  financial  institution  that  is a  member  of the  Securities
                  Transfer  Agents  Medallion  Program   ("STAMP"),   the  Stock
                  Exchange  Medallion  Program  ("SEMP")  or the New York  Stock
                  Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program ("MSP").

Exhibit 4(g)

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.

AND

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee

______ SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of ____________, ____

TO

INDENTURE

Dated as of May 1, 2001

______ SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of the ______ day of __________, ____ (the "______ Supplemental Indenture"), between AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Company"), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York corporation, as trustee (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Trustee") under the Indenture dated as of May 1, 2001 between the Company and the Trustee (the "Indenture"); all terms used and not defined herein are used as defined in the Indenture.

WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered the Indenture to the Trustee to provide

for the future issuance of its unsecured promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the "Notes"), said Notes to be issued from time to time in series as might be determined by the Company under the Indenture, in an unlimited aggregate principal amount which may be authenticated and delivered thereunder as in the Indenture provided; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the establishment of a new series of its Notes (said series being hereinafter referred to as the "Series _ Notes"), the form and substance of such Series _ Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Indenture and this ______ Supplemental Indenture; and

WHEREAS, the Company desires and has requested the Trustee to join with it in the execution and delivery of this ______ Supplemental Indenture, and all requirements necessary to make this ______ Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument, in accordance with its terms, and to make the Series _ Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company, have been performed and fulfilled, and the execution and delivery hereof have been in all respects duly authorized;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase and acceptance of the Series _ Notes by the holders thereof, and for the purpose of setting forth, as provided in the Indenture, the form and substance of the Series _ Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee as follows:

ARTICLE ONE
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
THE SERIES _ NOTES

SECTION 1.01. There shall be and is hereby authorized a series of Notes designated the "Series _ Notes", in an aggregate principal amount to $____________, which amount shall be as set forth in the Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Series _ Notes pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture. The Series _ Notes shall mature and the principal shall be due and payable together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon on ____________, ____, and shall be issued in the form of registered Series _ Notes without coupons.

[SECTION 1.02. Except as provided in Section 2.11(c) of the Indenture, the Series _ Notes shall be issued initially in the form of a Global Note in an aggregate principal amount equal to all outstanding Series _ Notes, to be registered in the name of the Depository, or its nominee, and delivered by the Trustee to the Depository for crediting to the accounts of its participants pursuant to the instructions of the Company. The Company shall execute a Global Note in such aggregate principal amount and deliver the same to the Trustee for authentication and delivery as hereinabove and in the Indenture provided. Payments on the Series _ Notes issued as a Global Note will be made to the Depository. The Depository for the Series _ Notes shall be The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York.]

SECTION 1.03. If, pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.11(c) of the Indenture, the Series _ Notes are issued in certificated form, principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Series _ Notes will be payable, the transfer of such Series _ Notes will be registrable and such Series _ Notes will be exchangeable for Series _ Notes bearing identical terms and provisions at the office or agency of the Company only upon surrender of such certificated Series _ Note and such other documents as required by the Indenture; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made

at the option of the Company by check mailed to the registered holder at such address as shall appear in the Note Register.

SECTION 1.04. Each Series _ Note shall bear interest at the rate of ______% per annum from the original date of issuance until the principal thereof becomes due and payable, and on any overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the same rate per annum, payable [semi-annually] in arrears on each ________ 1 and ________ 1 (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing on ____________, ____. Interest (other than interest payable on redemption or maturity) shall be payable to the person in whose name such Series _ Note or any predecessor Series _ Note is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment. The regular record date for such interest installment shall be the close of business on the business day next preceding that Interest Payment Date; except that if, pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.11(c) of the Indenture, the Series _ Notes are no longer represented by a Global Note, the regular record date for such interest installment shall be the close of business on the ________ __ or ________ __ (whether or not a business day) next preceding the Interest Payment Date. Interest payable on redemption or maturity shall be payable to the person to whom the principal is paid. Any such interest installment not punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holders on such regular record date, and may be paid to the person in whose name the Series _ Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a special record date to be fixed by the Trustee for the payment of such defaulted interest, notice whereof shall be given to the registered holders of the Series _ Notes not less than 10 days prior to such special record date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Series _ Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.

The amount of interest payable for any period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on the Series _ Notes is not a business day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a business day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such business day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding business day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date.

ARTICLE TWO
REDEMPTION OF THE SERIES _ NOTES

SECTION 2.01. The Company shall have the right to redeem the Series _ Notes, in whole or in part, from time to time, at the time and redemption price set forth in the form of Note contained in Exhibit A hereto. Any redemption pursuant to this Section will be made upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice. If the Series _ Notes are only partially redeemed pursuant to this Section, the Notes will be redeemed pro rata or by lot or by any other method utilized by the Trustee; provided, that if at the time of redemption, the Series _ Notes are registered as a Global Note, the Depository shall determine by lot the principal amount of such Series _ Notes held by each Series _ Noteholder to be redeemed.

ARTICLE THREE

FORM OF SERIES _ NOTE

SECTION 3.01. The Series _ Notes and the Trustee's Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

ARTICLE FOUR
ORIGINAL ISSUE OF SERIES _ NOTES

SECTION 4.01. Series _ Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $____________ may, upon execution of this ______ Supplemental Indenture, or from time to time thereafter, be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said Notes to or upon a Company Order, signed by its Chairman of the Board, its President, any Vice President, its Treasurer or its Assistant Treasurer and its Secretary or Assistant Secretary, without any further action by the Company.

ARTICLE FIVE
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 5.01. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this ______ Supplemental Indenture or in the form of Series _ Note or otherwise clearly required by the context hereof or thereof, all terms used herein or in said form of Series _ Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the several meanings respectively assigned to them thereby.

SECTION 5.02. The Indenture, as supplemented by this ______ Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this ______ Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

SECTION 5.03. The recitals herein contained are made by the Company and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this ______ Supplemental Indenture.

SECTION 5.04. This ______ Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this ______ Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, on the date or dates indicated in the acknowledgments and as of the day and year first above written.

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.

Attest:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee

Attest:

State of Ohio }
County of Franklin } ss:

On this ______ day of __________, ____, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public within and for said County in the State aforesaid, A. A. Pena and Thomas G. Berkemeyer, to me known and known to me to be respectively Treasurer and Assistant Secretary of AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC., one of the corporations named in and which executed the foregoing instrument, who severally acknowledged that they did sign and seal said instrument as such Treasurer and Assistant Secretary for and on behalf of said corporation and that the same is their free act and deed as such Treasurer and Assistant Secretary, respectively, and the free and corporate act and deed of said corporation.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and notarial seal this ____ day of __________, ____.

[Notarial Seal]

State of }
County of } ss:

Be it remembered, that on this ______ day of __________, ____, personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Notary Public within and for said County and State, THE BANK OF NEW YORK, one of the corporations named in and which executed the foregoing instrument, by _______________, one of its Vice Presidents, and by _______________, one of its Trust Officers, to me known and known by me to be such Vice President and Trust Officer, respectively, who severally duly acknowledged the signing and sealing of the foregoing instrument to be their free act and voluntary deed, and the free act and voluntary deed of each of them as such Vice President and Trust Officer, respectively, and the free act and voluntary deed of said corporation, for the uses and purposes therein expressed and mentioned.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and notarial seal this ______ day of __________, ____.

[Notarial Seal]

Notary Public, State of ____________
My Commission Expires_______________

Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate to be issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and any payment is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11 of the Indenture, this Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depository or to a successor Depository or to a nominee of such successor Depository.

No. __

CUSIP:  __________                        Original Issue Date:  ________________

Stated Maturity:  __________              Interest Rate:  ____%

Principal Amount:  $____________

Redeemable:       Yes  [ ]               No  [ ]
In Whole:         Yes  [ ]               No  [ ]

In Part:          Yes  [ ]               No  [ ]

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York (herein referred to as the "Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the Principal Amount specified above on the Stated Maturity specified above, and to pay interest on said Principal Amount from the Original Issue Date specified above or from the most recent interest payment date (each such date, an "Interest Payment Date") to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on __________ and __________ in each year, commencing __________, ____, at the Interest Rate per annum specified above, until the Principal Amount shall have been paid or duly provided for. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date, as provided in the Indenture, as hereinafter defined, shall be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) shall have been registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date with respect to such Interest Payment Date, which shall be the __________ or __________ (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date, provided that interest payable on the Stated Maturity or any redemption date shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and shall be paid as provided in said Indenture.

If any Interest Payment Date, any redemption date or Stated Maturity is not a Business Day, then payment of the amounts due on this Note on such date will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on such amounts for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, redemption date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, with the same force and effect as if made on such date. The principal of (and premium, if any) and the interest on this Note shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, New York, in any coin or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that payment of interest (other than interest payable on the Stated Maturity or any redemption date) may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the registered holder at such address as shall appear in the Note Register.

This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Notes of the Company (herein sometimes referred to as the "Notes"), specified in the Indenture, all issued or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of May 1, 2001 duly executed and delivered between the Company and The Bank of New York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, as Trustee (herein referred to as the "Trustee") (such Indenture, as originally executed and delivered and as thereafter supplemented and amended being hereinafter referred to as the "Indenture"), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto or Company Orders reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Notes. By the terms of the Indenture, the Notes are issuable in series which may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as in the Indenture provided. This Note is one of the series of Notes designated on the face hereof.

This Note may be redeemed by the Company at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than thirty but not more than sixty days' previous notice given by

mail to the registered owners of the Note at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Note being redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Note being redeemed (excluding the portion of any such interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted (for purposes of determining present value) to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 20 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.

"Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.

"Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.

"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date, (i) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case a percentage of its principal amount) on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date, as set forth in the daily statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated "Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U. S. Government Securities" or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain such prices on such third Business Day, the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation for such redemption date.

"Independent Investment Banker" means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

"Reference Treasury Dealer" means a primary U. S. government securities dealer in New York City selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

"Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation" means, with respect to the Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at or before 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

The Company shall not be required to (i) issue, exchange or register the transfer of any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all the outstanding Notes of the same series and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, nor (ii) register the transfer of or exchange of any

Notes of any series or portions thereof called for redemption. This Global Note is exchangeable for Notes in definitive registered form only under certain limited circumstances set forth in the Indenture.

In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of this series, of like tenor, for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the surrender of this Note.

In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of all of the Notes may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Note upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein.

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of each series affected at the time outstanding, as defined in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Notes of any series, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to the Indenture, without the consent of the holder of each Note then outstanding and affected; (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Notes, the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, or reduce the percentage of Notes, the holders of which are required to waive any default and its consequences, without the consent of the holder of each Note then outstanding and affected thereby; or (iii) modify any provision of Section 6.01(c) of the Indenture (except to increase the percentage of principal amount of securities required to rescind and annul any declaration of amounts due and payable under the Notes), without the consent of the holder of each Note then outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of all series at the time outstanding affected thereby, on behalf of the Holders of the Notes of such series, to waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants contained in the Indenture, or established pursuant to the Indenture with respect to such series, and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes of such series. Any such consent or waiver by the registered Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note and of any Note issued in exchange herefor or in place hereof (whether by registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Note at the time and place and at the rate and in the money herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Note is transferable by the registered holder hereof on the Note Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company as may be designated by the Company accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company or the Trustee duly executed by the registered Holder hereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount and series will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be made for any such transfer, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in relation thereto.

Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Note Registrar may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing hereon made by anyone other than the Note Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal hereof and premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Note Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released.

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

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

This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be executed.

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.

Attest:

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes of the series of Notes designated in accordance with, and referred to in, the within-mentioned Indenture.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

(PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE)

Dated:

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

NOTICE:           The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name
                  as written upon the face of the within Note in every
                  particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change
                  whatever and NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a
                  financial institution that is a member of the Securities
                  Transfer Agents Medallion Program

                  ("STAMP"), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program ("SEMP") or
                  the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program
                  ("MSP").

EXHIBIT 4(h)

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.,
ISSUER

TO

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
TRUSTEE

SUBORDINATED INDENTURE

DATED AS OF _________________________

Trust Indenture Act                                   Section Indenture Section

ss.310  (a)(1)................................        909
        (a)(2)................................        909
        (a)(3)................................        915
        (a)(4)................................        Not Applicable
        (b)...................................        908
                                                      910

ss.311  (a)...................................        913
        (b)...................................        913
        (c)...................................        Not Applicable
ss.312  (a)...................................        1001
        (b)...................................        1001
        (c)...................................        1001
ss.313  (a)...................................        1002
        (b)(1)................................        Not Applicable
        (b)(2)................................        1002
        (c)...................................        1002
        (d)...................................        1002
ss.314  (a)...................................        1002
        (a)(4)................................        605
        (b)...................................        Not Applicable
        (c)(1)................................        102
        (c)(2)................................        102
        (c)(3)................................        Not Applicable
        (d)...................................        Not Applicable
        (e)...................................        102
ss.315  (a)...................................        901(a)
        (b)...................................        902
        (c)...................................        901(b)
        (d)...................................        901(c)
        (d)(1)................................        901(a)(1), 901(c)(1)
        (d)(2)................................        901(c)(2)
        (d)(3)................................        901(c)(3)
        (e)...................................        814
ss.316  (a)...................................        812
                                                      813

        (a)(1)(A).............................        802
                                                      812
        (a)(1)(B).............................        813
        (a)(2)................................        Not Applicable
        (b)...................................        808
ss.317  (a)(1)................................        803
        (a)(2)................................        804
        (b)...................................        603
ss.318  (a)...................................        107

SUBORDINATED INDENTURE, dated as of _______________________ among AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York (herein called the "Company"), having its principal office at 1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215, and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, having its principal corporate trust office at 5 Penn Plaza, 13th Floor, New York, New York 10001, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").

RECITAL OF THE COMPANY

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured subordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the "Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as contemplated herein, and all acts necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been performed.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof (except as otherwise contemplated herein), as follows:

"BUSINESS DAY", when used with respect to a Place of Payment or any other particular location specified in the Securities or this Indenture, means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, which is not a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in such Place of Payment or other location are generally authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed, except as may be otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301.

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

["COMMON SECURITIES" means any common trust interests issued by a Trust or similar securities issued by permitted successors to such Trust in accordance with the Trust Agreement pertaining to such Trust.]

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

"COMPANY ORDER" or "COMPANY REQUEST" mean, respectively, a written order or request, as the case may be, signed in the name of the Company by an Authorized Officer and delivered to the Trustee.

"CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date of execution of this Indenture is located at 5 Penn Plaza, 13th Floor, New York, New York 10001.

"CORPORATION" means a corporation, association, company, joint stock company or business trust.

"DEFAULTED INTEREST" has the meaning specified in Section 307.

"[DISCOUNT SECURITY" means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 802.]

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

"[ELIGIBLE OBLIGATIONS" means:

(a) with respect to Securities denominated in Dollars, Government Obligations; or

(b) with respect to Securities denominated in a currency other than Dollars or in a composite currency, such other obligations or instruments as shall be specified with respect to such Securities, as contemplated by Section 301.]

"EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in Section 801.

"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time.

"GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS" means securities which are (a) (i) direct obligations of the United States where the payment or payments thereunder are supported by the full faith and credit of the United States or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States where the timely payment or payments thereunder are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States or (b) depository receipts issued by a bank (as defined in
Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or

principal of or other amount with respect to any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of or other amount with respect to the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

"HOLDER" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.

"INDENTURE" means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this Indenture and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term "Indenture" shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.

"[INTEREST", when used with respect to a Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.]

"INTEREST PAYMENT DATE", when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.

"MATURITY", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as provided in such Security or in this Indenture, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, upon call for redemption or otherwise.

"NOTICE OF DEFAULT" means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 801(c).

"OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE" means a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case requires, and delivered to the Trustee.

"OPINION OF COUNSEL" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company or the Guarantor, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.

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

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

(b) Securities deemed to have been paid for all purposes of this Indenture in accordance with Section 701 (whether or not the Company's indebtedness in respect thereof shall be satisfied and discharged for any other purpose); and

(c) Securities which have been paid pursuant to
Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it and the Company that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;

provided, however, that in determining whether or not the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Securities Outstanding under this Indenture, or the Outstanding Securities of any series or Tranche, have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or whether or not a quorum is present at a meeting of Holders of Securities,

(x) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor (unless the Company, such Affiliate or such

obligor owns all Securities Outstanding under this Indenture, or all Outstanding Securities of each such series and each such Tranche, as the case may be, determined without regard to this clause (x)) shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver or upon any such determination as to the presence of a quorum, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded; provided, however, that Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if it is established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee that the pledgee, and not the Company, or any such other obligor or Affiliate of either thereof, has the right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor;

[(y) the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 802; and]

[(z) the principal amount of any Security which is denominated in a currency other than Dollars or in a composite currency that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of Dollars which could have been purchased by the principal amount (or, in the case of a Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent on the date determined as set forth below of the amount determined as provided in (y) above) of such currency or composite currency evidenced by such Security, in each such case certified to the Trustee in an Officer's Certificate, based (i) on the average of the mean of the buying and selling spot rates quoted by three banks which are members of the New York Clearing House Association selected by the Company in effect at 11:00 A.M. (New York time) in The City of New York on the fifth Business Day preceding any such determination or (ii) if on such fifth Business Day it shall not be possible or practicable to obtain such quotations from such three banks, on such other quotations or alternative methods of determination which shall be as consistent as practicable with the method set forth in
(i) above;]

provided, further, that in the case of any Security the principal of which is payable from time to time without presentment or surrender, the principal amount of such Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding at any time for all purposes of this Indenture shall be the original principal amount thereof less the aggregate amount of principal thereof theretofore paid.

"PAYING AGENT" means any Person, including the Company, authorized by the Company to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Securities on behalf of the Company.

"PERIODIC OFFERING" means an offering of Securities of a series from time to time any or all of the specific terms of which Securities, including without limitation the rate or rates of interest, if any, thereon, the Stated Maturity or Maturities thereof and the redemption provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company or its agents from time to time subsequent to the initial request for the authentication and delivery of such Securities by the Trustee, as contemplated in Section 301 and clause (b) of Section 303.

"PERSON" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or unincorporated organization or any government or any political subdivision, instrumentality or agency thereof.

"PLACE OF PAYMENT", when used with respect to the Securities of any series, or Tranche thereof, means the place or places, specified as contemplated by Section 301, at which, subject to Section 602, principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of such series or Tranche are payable.

"PREDECESSOR SECURITY" of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition,

any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

["PREFERRED SECURITIES" means any preferred trust interests issued by a Trust or similar securities issued by permitted successors to such Trust in accordance with the Trust Agreement pertaining to such Trust.]

"REDEMPTION DATE", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

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

"REGULAR RECORD DATE" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.

"[REQUIRED CURRENCY" has the meaning specified in Section 311.]

"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER", when used with respect to the Trustee, means the chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the president, any vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any senior trust officer, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the controller or any assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer of the Trustee to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

"SECURITIES" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

"SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time.

"SECURITY REGISTER" and "SECURITY REGISTRAR" have the

respective meanings specified in Section 305.

"SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS", when used with respect to the Company, means all obligations (other than non-recourse obligations and the indebtedness issued under this Indenture) of, or guaranteed or assumed by, the Company, as the case may be, for borrowed money, including both senior and subordinated indebtedness for borrowed money (other than the Securities), or for the payment of money relating to any lease which is capitalized on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company, as the case may be, and its subsidiaries in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time, or evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, and in each case, amendments, renewals, extensions, modifications and refundings of any such indebtedness or obligations, whether existing as of the date of this Indenture or subsequently incurred by the Company, as the case may be, unless, in the case of any particular indebtedness, renewal, extension or refunding, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or the assumption or guarantee of the same expressly provides that such indebtedness, renewal, extension or refunding is not superior in right of payment to or is PARI PASSU with the Securities.

"SPECIAL RECORD DATE" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.

"STATED INTEREST RATE" means a rate (whether fixed or variable) at which an obligation by its terms is stated to bear simple interest. Any calculation or other determination to be made under this Indenture by reference to the Stated Interest Rate on a Security shall be made without regard to the effective interest cost to the Company of such Security and without regard to the Stated Interest Rate on, or the effective cost to the Company of,

any other indebtedness the Company's obligations in respect of which are evidenced or secured in whole or in part by such Security.

"STATED MATURITY", when used with respect to any Security or any obligation or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date on which the principal of such obligation or such installment of principal or interest is stated to be due and payable (without regard to any provisions for redemption, prepayment, acceleration, purchase or extension).

"TRANCHE" means a group of Securities which (a) are of the same series and (b) have identical terms except as to principal amount and/or date of issuance.

["TRUST" means AEP Capital Trust I, a statutory business trust formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any other trust designated pursuant to Section 301 hereof or any permitted successor under the Trust Agreement pertaining to such Trust.]

["TRUST AGREEMENT" means the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of ______, ____, relating to AEP Capital Trust I, or an Amended and Restated Trust Agreement relating to a Trust designated pursuant to
Section 301 hereof, in each case, among American Electric Power Company, Inc., as Depositor and Trust Securities Guarantor, the trustees named therein and the several holders referred to therein, as such agreement or agreements, as the case may be, may be amended from time to time.]

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

"TRUST INDENTURE ACT" means, as of any time, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at such time.

["TRUST SECURITIES GUARANTEE" means the Trust Securities Guarantee Agreement between the Guarantor, as Trust Securities Guarantor, and a guarantee trustee for the benefit of the holders of Preferred Securities [and Common Securities] issued by such Trust.]

"UNITED STATES" means the United States of America, its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.

[Additional Definitions to be included if Securities are issued in connection with Stock Purchase Units].

SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.

Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

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

(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(c) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

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

SECTION 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.

(a) Any Officer's Certificate may be based (without further examination or investigation), insofar as it relates to or is dependent upon legal matters, upon an opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless, in any case, such officer has actual knowledge that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which such Officer's Certificate may be based as aforesaid are erroneous.

Any Opinion of Counsel may be based (without further examination or investigation), insofar as it relates to or is dependent upon factual matters, information with respect to which is in the possession of the Company, upon a certificate of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company, as the case may be, unless such counsel has actual knowledge that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous. In addition, any Opinion of Counsel may be based (without further examination or investigation), insofar as it relates to or is dependent upon matters covered in an Opinion of Counsel rendered by other counsel, upon such other Opinion of Counsel, unless such counsel has actual knowledge that the Opinion of Counsel rendered by such other counsel with respect to the matters upon which his Opinion of Counsel may be based as aforesaid are erroneous. If, in order to render any Opinion of Counsel provided for herein, the signer thereof shall deem it necessary that additional facts or matters be stated in any Officer's Certificate provided for herein, then such certificate may state all such additional facts or matters as the signer of such Opinion of Counsel may request.

(b) In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. Where (i) any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, or (ii) two or more Persons are each required to make, give or execute any such application, request, consent, certificate, statement, opinion or other instrument, any such applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

(c) Whenever, subsequent to the receipt by the Trustee of any Board Resolution, Officer's Certificate, Opinion of Counsel or other document or instrument, a clerical, typographical or other inadvertent or unintentional error or omission shall be discovered therein, a new document or instrument may be substituted therefor in corrected form with the same force and effect as if originally filed in the corrected form and, irrespective of the date or dates of the actual execution and/or delivery thereof, such substitute document or instrument shall be deemed to have been executed and/or delivered as of the date or dates required with respect to the document or instrument for which it is substituted. Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, if any such corrective document or instrument indicates that action has been taken by or at the request of the Company which could not have been taken had the original document or instrument not contained such error or omission, the action so taken shall not be invalidated or otherwise rendered ineffective but shall be and remain in full force and effect, except to the extent that such action was a result of willful misconduct or bad faith. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Securities issued under the authority of such defective document or instrument shall nevertheless be the valid obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of this Indenture equally and ratably with all other Outstanding Securities, except as aforesaid.

SECTION 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS.

(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing or, alternatively, may be embodied in and evidenced by the record of Holders voting in favor thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of Holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Thirteen, or a combination of such instruments and any such record. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments and any such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments and so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to
Section 901) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of Holders shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1306.

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

(c) The ownership, principal amount (except as otherwise contemplated in clause (y) of the first proviso to the definition of Outstanding) and serial numbers of Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.

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

(e) Until such time as written instruments shall have been delivered to the Trustee with respect to the requisite percentage of principal amount of Securities for the action contemplated by such instruments, any such instrument executed and delivered by or on behalf of a Holder may be revoked with respect to any or all of such Securities by written notice by such Holder or any subsequent Holder, proven in the manner in which such instrument was proven.

(f) Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, authenticated and delivered after any Act of Holders may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any action taken by such Act of Holders. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to such action may be prepared and executed by the Company and the Guarantor and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranche.

(g) The Company may, at its option, by Company Order, as appropriate, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act solicited by the Company, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so; provided, however, that the Company may not fix a record date for the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next sentence. In addition, the Trustee may, at its option, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to join in the giving or making of any Notice of Default, any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 802, any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 807 or any direction referred to in Section 812. If any such record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, or such notice, declaration, request or direction, may be given before

or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining (i) whether Holders of the requisite proportion of the Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such Act (and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of the record date) and/or (ii) which Holders may revoke any such Act (notwithstanding subsection
(e) of this Section ); and any such Act, given as aforesaid, shall be effective whether or not the Holders which authorized or agreed or consented to such Act remain Holders after such record date and whether or not the Securities held by such Holders remain Outstanding after such record date.

SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC. TO TRUSTEE OR COMPANY.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company, or the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder, shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise expressly provided herein) if in writing and delivered personally to an officer or other responsible employee of the addressee, or transmitted by facsimile transmission, telex or other direct written electronic means to such telephone number or other electronic communications address set forth for such party below or such other address as the parties hereto shall from time to time designate, or transmitted by registered mail, charges prepaid, to the applicable address set forth for such party below or to such other address as any party hereto may from time to time designate:

If to the Trustee, to:

The Bank of New York
5 Penn Plaza, 13th Floor
New York, New York 10001

ATTENTION: [Capital Markets Fiduciary SERVICES]
TELEPHONE:
Telecopy:

If to the Company, to:

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
1 Riverside Plaza
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Attention: Treasurer

Telephone:(614) 223-____
Telecopy: (614) 223-1687

Any communication contemplated herein shall be deemed to have been made, given, furnished and filed if personally delivered, on the date of delivery, if transmitted by facsimile transmission, telex or other direct written electronic means, on the date of transmission, and if transmitted by registered mail, on the date of receipt.

SECTION 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF SECURITIES; WAIVER.

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given, and shall be deemed given, to Holders if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such Notice.

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice to Holders by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of

the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders.

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

SECTION 107. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by, or is otherwise governed by, any provision of the Trust Indenture Act, such other provision shall control; and if any provision hereof otherwise conflicts with the Trust Indenture Act, the Trust Indenture Act shall control.

SECTION 108. EFFECT OF HEADINGS.

The Article and Section headings in this Indenture are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

SECTION 109. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.

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

SECTION 110. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.

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

SECTION 111. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.

Nothing in this Indenture or the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, their successors hereunder, the Holders and the holders of Senior Indebtedness, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture [, provided, however, that for so long as any Preferred Securities remain outstanding, the holders of such Preferred Securities, subject to certain limitations set forth in this Indenture, may enforce the Company's obligations hereunder, directly against the Company, as third party beneficiaries of this Indenture without proceeding against the Trust issuing such Preferred Securities].

SECTION 112. GOVERNING LAW.

This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York (including without limitation Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law or any successor to such statute), except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable.

SECTION 113. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities other than a provision in Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, or in the indenture supplemental hereto, Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate which establishes the terms of the Securities of such series or Tranche, which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section) payment of interest or principal and premium, if any, need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the

next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment [, except that if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case] with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, or Stated Maturity, and, if such payment is made or duly provided for on such Business Day, no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to such Business Day.

ARTICLE TWO

SECURITY FORMS

SECTION 201. FORMS GENERALLY.

The definitive Securities of each series and the Guarantees to be endorsed thereon as contemplated by Article Fourteen shall be in substantially the form or forms thereof established in the indenture supplemental hereto establishing such series or in a Board Resolution establishing such series, or in an Officer's Certificate pursuant to such a supplemental indenture or Board Resolution, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities or Guarantees endorsed thereon, as the case may be, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form or forms of Securities of any series or Guarantees endorsed thereon are established in a Board Resolution or in an Officer's Certificate pursuant to a Board Resolution, such Board Resolution and Officer's Certificate, if any, shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 or 1201(g), the Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons. The definitive Securities and Guarantees endorsed thereon shall be produced in such manner as shall be determined by the officers executing such Securities or Guarantees, as evidenced by their execution thereof.

SECTION 202. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.

The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the form set forth below:

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

--------------------------------, as Trustee

By:

-----------------------------,
Authorized Officer

ARTICLE THREE

THE SECURITIES

SECTION 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.

The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited [; provided, however, that all Securities shall be issued to a Trust to evidence loans by a Trust of the proceeds of the issuance of Preferred Securities and Common Securities of such Trust.]

The Securities may be issued in one or more series. Subject to the last paragraph of this Section, prior to the authentication and delivery of Securities of any series there shall be established by specification in a supplemental indenture or in a Board Resolution of the Company or in an Officer's Certificate of the Company (which need not, comply with Section 102) pursuant to a supplemental indenture or a Board Resolution:

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

(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 406 or 1206 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);

(c) the Person or Persons (without specific identification) to whom any interest on Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;

(d) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of such series or any Tranche thereof, is payable or any formulary or other method or other means by which such date or dates shall be determined, by reference to an index or other fact or event ascertainable outside of this Indenture or otherwise (without regard to any provisions for redemption, prepayment, acceleration, purchase or extension);

(e) the rate or rates at which the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall bear interest, if any (including the rate or rates at which overdue principal shall bear interest after Maturity if different from the rate or rates at which such Securities shall bear interest prior to Maturity, and, if applicable, the rate or rates at which overdue premium or interest shall bear interest, if any), or any formulary or other method or other means by which such rate or rates shall be determined by reference to an index or other fact or event ascertainable outside of this Indenture or otherwise, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue; the Interest Payment Dates and the Regular Record Dates, if any, for the interest payable on such Securities on any Interest Payment Date; [the right of the Company, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and the duration of any such extension as contemplated by Section 312;] and the basis of computation of interest, if other than as provided in
Section 310;

(f) the place or places at which or methods (if other than as provided elsewhere in this Indenture) by which (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be payable, (ii) registration of transfer of Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, may be effected, (iii) exchanges of Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, may be effected and (iv) notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, and this Indenture may be served; the Security Registrar and any Paying Agent or Agents for such series or Tranche; and if such is the case, that the principal of such Securities shall be payable without presentment or surrender thereof;

(g) the period or periods within which, or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and any restrictions on such redemptions;

(h) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase or repay the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, pursuant to any sinking fund or other mandatory redemption provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which

such Securities shall be redeemed or purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation and applicable exceptions to the requirements of Section 404 in the case of mandatory redemption or redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder;

(i) the denominations in which Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be issuable if other than denominations of $[25] and any integral multiple thereof;

(j) if the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a coin or currency other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made and the manner in which the amount of such coin or currency payable is to be determined;

(k) the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in which payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be payable (if other than Dollars) and the manner in which the equivalent of the principal amount thereof in Dollars is to be determined for any purpose, including for the purpose of determining the principal amount deemed to be Outstanding at any time;

(l) if the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, are to be payable, or are to be payable at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in securities or other property, the type and amount of such securities or other property, or the formulary or other method or other means by which such amount shall be determined, and the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, any such election may be made;

(m) if the amount payable in respect of principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, may be determined with reference to an index or other fact or event ascertainable outside this Indenture, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined to the extent not established pursuant to clause
(e) of this paragraph;

(n) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 802;

(o) any Events of Default, in addition to those specified in Section 801, or any exceptions to those specified in Section 801, with respect to the Securities of such series, and any covenants of the Company or the Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, in addition to those set forth in Article Six, or any exceptions to those set forth in Article Six;

(p) the terms, if any, pursuant to which the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, may be converted into or exchanged for shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company or any other Person;

(q) the obligations or instruments, if any, which shall be considered to be Eligible Obligations in respect of the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, denominated in a currency other than Dollars or in a composite currency, and any provisions for satisfaction and discharge of Securities of any series, in addition to those set forth in
Section 701 and 702, or any exceptions to those set forth in
Section 701 and 702;

(r) if the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, are to be issued in global form, (i) any limitations on the rights

of the Holder or Holders of such Securities to transfer or exchange the same or to obtain the registration of transfer thereof, (ii) any limitations on the rights of the Holder or Holders thereof to obtain certificates therefor in definitive form in lieu of global form and (iii) any other matters incidental to such Securities;

(s) if the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, are to be issuable as bearer securities, any and all matters incidental thereto which are not specifically addressed in a supplemental indenture as contemplated by clause (g) of Section 1201;

(t) to the extent not established pursuant to clause
(r) of this paragraph, any limitations on the rights of the Holders of the Securities of such Series, or any Tranche thereof, to transfer or exchange such Securities or to obtain the registration of transfer thereof; and if a service charge will be made for the registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, the amount or terms thereof;

(u) any exceptions to Section 113, or variation in the definition of Business Day, with respect to the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof;

(v) the designation of the Trust to which Securities of such series are to be issued;]

(w) any other terms of the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof.

With respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, the indenture supplemental hereto or the Board Resolution which establishes such series, or the Officer's Certificate pursuant to such supplemental indenture or Board Resolution, as the case may be, may provide general terms or parameters for Securities of such series and provide either that the specific terms of Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be specified in a Company Order or that such terms shall be determined by the Company or its agents in accordance with procedures specified in a Company Order as contemplated in clause (b) of Section 303.

[All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical, except as to principal amount and date of issue and except as may be set forth in the terms of such series as contemplated above.] The Securities of each series shall be subordinated in right of payment to Senior Indebtedness of the Company as provided in Article Fifteen.

Unless otherwise provided with respect to a series of Securities as contemplated in Section 301(b), the aggregate principal amount of a series of Securities may be increased and additional Securities of such series may be issued up to the maximum aggregate principal amount authorized with respect to such series as increased.

SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS.

Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, the Securities of each series shall be issuable in denominations of $[25] and any integral multiple thereof.

SECTION 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.

Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities or any Tranche thereof, the Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by an Authorized Officer of the Company, and may have the corporate seal of the Company affixed thereto or reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary, one of its Assistant Secretaries or any other Authorized Officer. The signature of any or all of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.

A Security bearing the manual or facsimile signature of an individual who was at the time of execution an Authorized Officer of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that any such individual has ceased to be an Authorized Officer prior to the authentication and delivery of the Security or did not hold such office at the date of such Security.

The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Securities of a series, for original issue, at one time or from time to time in accordance with the Company Order referred to below, upon receipt by the Trustee of:

(a) the instrument or instruments establishing the form or forms and terms of the Securities of such series, as provided in Sections 201 and 301;

(b) a Company Order requesting the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and, to the extent that the terms of such Securities shall not have been established in an indenture supplemental hereto or in a Board Resolution, or in an Officer's Certificate pursuant to a supplemental indenture or Board Resolution, all as contemplated by Sections 201 and 301, either (i) establishing such terms or (ii) in the case of Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, specifying procedures, acceptable to the Trustee, by which such terms are to be established (which procedures may provide, to the extent acceptable to the Trustee, for authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the Company or any agent or agents thereof, which oral instructions are to be promptly confirmed electronically or in writing), in either case in accordance with the instrument or instruments delivered pursuant to clause (a) above;

(c) Securities of such series, each executed on behalf of the Company by an Authorized Officer of the Company;

(d) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:

(i) (A) the forms of such Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and the forms of the Securities have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

(ii) (A) the terms of such Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and the terms of the Securities have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

(iii) such Securities endorsed thereon, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued and delivered by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will have been duly issued under this Indenture and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits provided by this Indenture, and enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject, as to enforcement, to laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors' rights, including, without limitation, bankruptcy and insolvency laws and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity as at law);

provided, however, that, with respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive such Opinion of Counsel only once at or prior to the time of the first authentication and delivery of Securities of such series, and that in lieu of the opinions described in clauses (ii) and (iii) above such Opinion of Counsel may, alternatively, state, respectively,

(x) that, when the terms of such Securities to be endorsed thereon shall have been established pursuant to a Company Order or Orders or Orders or pursuant to such procedures as may be specified from time to time by a Company Order or Orders, all as contemplated by and in accordance with the instrument or instruments delivered pursuant to clause (a) above, such terms will have been duly authorized by the Company, and will have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

(y) that such Securities, when (1) executed by the Company, (2) authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture, (3) issued and delivered by the Company and (4) paid for, all as contemplated by and in accordance with the aforesaid Company Order or Orders or specified procedures, as the case may be, will have been duly issued under this

Indenture and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company and entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, and enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject, as to enforcement, to laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors' rights, including, without limitation, bankruptcy and insolvency laws and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

With respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the authorization by the Company of any of such Securities, the forms and terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel and other documents delivered pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 and this Section, as applicable, at or prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such series, unless and until such opinion or other documents have been superseded or revoked or expire by their terms. In connection with the authentication and delivery of Securities of a series, pursuant to a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall be entitled to assume that the Company's instructions to authenticate and deliver such Securities, do not violate any applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or commission having jurisdiction over the Company.

If the forms or terms of the Securities of any series have been established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or an Officer's Certificate as permitted by Sections 201 or 301, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issuance of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will adversely affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of securities, or any Tranche thereof, each Security, shall each be dated the date of its authentication.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, no Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee or its agent by manual signature of an authorized officer thereof, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder to the Company, or any Person acting on its behalf, but shall never have been issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits hereof.

SECTION 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES.

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities; provided, however, that temporary Securities need not recite specific redemption, sinking fund, conversion or exchange provisions.

If temporary Securities of any series or Tranche are issued, the Company shall cause definitive Securities of such series or Tranche to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series or Tranche, the temporary Securities of such series or Tranche shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series or Tranche, upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series or Tranche at the office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section 602 in a Place of Payment for such series or Tranche, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series or Tranche, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor

definitive Securities of the same series or Tranche, of authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.

Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of the same series and Tranche and of like tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder.

SECTION 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.

The Company shall cause to be kept in one of the offices or agencies designated pursuant to Section 602, with respect to the Securities of each series or any Tranche thereof, a register (the "Security Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities of such series or Tranche and the registration of transfer thereof. The Company shall designate one Person to maintain the Security Register for the Securities of each series, and such Person is referred to herein, with respect to such series, as the "Security Registrar." Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may designate one or more of its offices or an office of any Affiliate (including the Guarantor) as an office in which a register with respect to the Securities of one or more series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, shall be maintained, and the Company may designate itself or any Affiliate as the Security Registrar with respect to one or more of such series. The Security Register shall be open for inspection by the Trustee and the Company at all reasonable times.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of such series or Tranche at the office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section 602 in a Place of Payment for such series or Tranche, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series and Tranche, of authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, any Security of such series or Tranche may be exchanged at the option of the Holder for one or more new Securities of the same series and Tranche, of authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities, which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

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

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

Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, with respect to Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, no service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 406 or 1206 not involving any transfer.

The Company shall not be required to execute or to provide for the registration of transfer of or the exchange of (a) Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, during a period of 15 days immediately preceding the date notice is to be given identifying the serial numbers of the Securities of such series or Tranche called for redemption or (b) any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES.

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

If there shall be delivered to the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee (a) evidence to their satisfaction of the ownership of and the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (b) such security or indemnity as may be reasonably required by them to save each of them and any agent of any of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and Tranche, and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.

Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) in connection therewith.

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

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

SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED.

Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.

[Subject to Section 312,] any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the related Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (a) or (b) below:

(a) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a date (a "Special Record Date") for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company, as the case may be, shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in

this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall promptly cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date.

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

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and
Section 305, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

SECTION 308. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.

Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and premium, if any, and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest, if any, on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

SECTION 309. CANCELLATION.

All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and, if not theretofore canceled, shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever or which the Company shall not have issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance with the Trustee's customary procedures, and the Trustee shall promptly deliver a certificate of disposition to the Company unless, by a Company Order, the Company shall direct that canceled Securities be returned to it.

SECTION 310. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, or Tranche thereof, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, and with respect to any period less than a full calendar month, on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed during such period.

SECTION 311. PAYMENT TO BE IN PROPER CURRENCY.

In the case of any Security denominated in any currency other than Dollars or in a composite currency (the "Required Currency"), except as otherwise specified with respect to such Security as contemplated by Section 301, the obligation of the Company to make any payment of the principal thereof, or the premium or interest thereon, shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender by the Company, or recovery by the Trustee, in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the Trustee timely holding the full amount of the Required Currency then due and payable. If any such tender or recovery is in a currency other than the Required Currency, the Trustee may take such actions as it considers appropriate to exchange such currency for the Required Currency. The costs and risks of any such exchange, including without limitation the risks of delay and exchange rate fluctuation, shall be borne by the Company and the Company shall remain fully liable for any shortfall or delinquency in the full amount of Required Currency then due and payable, and in no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable therefor except in the case of its negligence or willful misconduct. The Company hereby waives any defense of payment based upon any such tender or recovery which is not in the Required Currency, or which, when exchanged for the Required Currency by the Trustee, is less than the full amount of Required Currency then due and payable.

[SECTION 312. EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT.

The Company shall have the right at any time, so long as no Event of Default hereunder has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any series, to extend interest payment periods from time to time on all Securities of such series, if so specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to such Securities and upon such terms as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to such Securities.]

[SECTION 313. ADDITIONAL INTEREST.

So long as any Preferred Securities remain outstanding, if the Trust which issued such Preferred Securities shall be required to pay, with respect to its income derived from the interest payments on the Securities of any series, any amounts for or on account of any taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed by the United States, or any other taxing authority, then, in any such case, the Company will pay as interest on such series such additional interest ("Additional Interest") as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received and retained by such Trust after the payment of such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges shall result in such Trust's having such funds as it would have had in the absence of any such payments.]

[Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of interest on the Securities, such mention shall be deemed to include the payment of Additional Interest to the extent that, in such context, Additional Interest is, was or would be payable in respect thereof.]

ARTICLE FOUR

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

SECTION 401. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.

Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series or Tranche) in accordance with this Article.

SECTION 402. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.

The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or an Officer's Certificate. The Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee [and in the case of Securities of a series held by a Trust, the Property Trustee under the related Trust Agreement] in writing of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of such Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (a) prior

to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such Securities, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer's Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.

SECTION 403. SELECTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.

If less than all the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee from the Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranche not previously called for redemption, by such method as shall be provided for such particular series or Tranche, or in the absence of any such provision, by such method of random selection as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may, in any case, provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to any authorized denomination for Securities of such series or Tranche) of the principal amount of Securities of such series or Tranche of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such series or Tranche; provided, however, that if, as indicated in an Officer's Certificate, the Company shall have offered to purchase all or any principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding of any series, or any Tranche thereof, and less than all of such Securities as to which such offer was made shall have been tendered to the Company for such purchase, the Trustee, if so directed by Company Order, shall select for redemption all or any principal amount of such Securities which have not been so tendered.

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected to be redeemed in part, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

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

SECTION 404. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.

Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in
Section 106 to the Holders of Securities to be redeemed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date.

All notices of redemption shall state:

(a) the Redemption Date,

(b) the Redemption Price,

(c) if less than all the Securities of any series or Tranche are to be redeemed, the identification of the particular Securities to be redeemed and the portion of the principal amount of any Security to be redeemed in part,

(d) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,

(e) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, unless it shall have been specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to such Securities that such surrender shall not be required,

(f) that the redemption is for a sinking or other fund, if such is the case, and

(g) such other matters as the Company shall deem desirable or appropriate.

Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities in accordance with Section 301, with respect to any notice of redemption of Securities at the election of the Company, unless, upon the giving of such notice, such Securities shall be deemed to have been paid in accordance with
Section 701, such notice may state that such redemption shall be conditional upon the receipt by the Paying Agent or Agents for such Securities, on or prior to the date fixed for such redemption, of money sufficient to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Securities and that if such money shall not have been so received such notice shall be of no force or effect and the Company shall not be required to redeem such Securities. In the event that such notice of redemption contains such a condition and such money is not so received, the redemption shall not be made and within a reasonable time thereafter notice shall be given, in the manner in which the notice of redemption was given, that such money was not so received and such redemption was not required to be made.

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company, and any notice of non-satisfaction of a condition for redemption as aforesaid, shall be given by the Company or, on Company Request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.

SECTION 405. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, and the conditions, if any, set forth in such notice having been satisfied, the Securities or portions thereof so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless, in the case of an unconditional notice of redemption, the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any) such Securities or portions thereof, if interest-bearing, shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with such notice, such Security or portion thereof shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that no such surrender shall be a condition to such payment if so specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to such Security; and provided, further, that except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to such Security, any installment of interest on any Security the Stated Maturity of which installment is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holder of such Security, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the related Regular Record Date according to the terms of such Security and subject to the provisions of Sections 305 and 307.

SECTION 406. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.

Upon the surrender of any Security which is to be redeemed only in part at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security, without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and Tranche, of any authorized denomination requested by such Holder and of like tenor and in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.

ARTICLE FIVE

SINKING FUNDS

SECTION 501. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series or Tranche.

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, or

any Tranche thereof, is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment". If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 502. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of the series or Tranche in respect of which it was made as provided for by the terms of such Securities.

SECTION 502. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES.

The Company (a) may deliver to the Trustee Outstanding Securities (other than any previously called for redemption) of a series or Tranche in respect of which a mandatory sinking fund payment is to be made and
(b) may apply as a credit Securities of such series or Tranche which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of such mandatory sinking fund payment; provided, however, that no Securities shall be applied in satisfaction of a mandatory sinking fund payment if such Securities shall have been previously so applied. Securities so applied shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

SECTION 503. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.

Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate specifying:

(a) the amount of the next succeeding mandatory sinking fund payment for such series or Tranche;

(b) the amount, if any, of the optional sinking fund payment to be made together with such mandatory sinking fund payment;

(c) the aggregate sinking fund payment;

(d) the portion, if any, of such aggregate sinking fund payment which is to be satisfied by the payment of cash;

(e) the portion, if any, of such aggregate sinking fund payment which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of such series or Tranche pursuant to
Section 502 and stating the basis for such credit and that such Securities have not previously been so credited, and the Company shall also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. If the Company shall not deliver such Officer's Certificate, the next succeeding sinking fund payment for such series or Tranche shall be made entirely in cash in the amount of the mandatory sinking fund payment. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 403 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in
Section 404. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 405 and 406.

ARTICLE SIX

COVENANTS

SECTION 601. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.

The Company shall pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any [(including Additional Interest)], on the Securities of each series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.

SECTION 602. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.

The Company shall maintain in each Place of Payment for the Securities of each series, or any Tranche thereof, an office or agency where payment of such Securities shall be made or surrendered for payment, where registration of transfer or exchange of such Securities may be effected and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of such Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of each such office or agency and prompt notice to the Holders of any such change in the manner specified in Section 106. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency in respect of Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, payment of such Securities may be made, registration of transfer or exchange thereof may be effected and notices and demands in respect thereby may be served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and each of the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent for all such purposes in any such event.

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies with respect to the Securities of one or more series, or any Tranche thereof, for any or all of the foregoing purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of such series or Tranche, no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency for such purposes in each Place of Payment for such Securities in accordance with the requirements set forth above. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee, and prompt notice to the Holders in the manner specified in Section 106, of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any office or agency required by this Section may be maintained at an office of the Company or the Guarantor or any Affiliate of either of them, in which event the Company, the Guarantor or such Affiliate, as the case may be, shall perform all functions to be performed at such office or agency.

SECTION 603. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.

If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, it shall, on or before each due date of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any of such Securities, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and premium or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, it shall, prior to each due date of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on such Securities, deposit with such Paying Agents sums sufficient (without duplication) to pay the principal and premium or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

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

(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on Securities of such series or Tranche in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;

(b) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Securities of such series or Tranche; and

(c) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.

The Company may at any time pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent and, if as stated in a Company Order delivered to the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of Article Seven; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or, if then held by the Company, shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such payment to the Company, may at the expense of the Company, either (a) cause to be mailed, on one occasion only, notice to such Holder that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be paid to the Company or (b) cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be paid to the Company.

SECTION 604. CORPORATE EXISTENCE.

Subject to the rights of the Company under Article Eleven, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.

SECTION 605. ANNUAL OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE

Not later than ________ in each year, commencing ________, ____, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate which need not comply with Section 102, executed by its principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer, as to such officer's knowledge of such obligor's compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture, such compliance to be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture.

SECTION 606. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.

The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in

(a) Section 607, 608 or any covenant or restriction specified with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, as contemplated by Section 301 or by Section 1201(b), if before the time for such compliance the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series and Tranches with respect to which compliance with such covenant or restriction is to be omitted, considered as one class, shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition; and

(b) Section 604 or 1101, if before the time for such compliance the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities Outstanding under this Indenture shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition;

but, in either case, no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect [; provided, however, so long as a Trust holds Securities of any series, such Trust may not waive compliance or waive any default in compliance by the Company with any covenant or other term contained in this Indenture or the Securities of such series without the approval of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate liquidation preference of the outstanding Preferred Securities issued by such Trust affected, obtained as provided in the Trust Agreement pertaining to such Trust.]

SECTION 607. RESTRICTION ON PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

So long as any Preferred Securities of any series remain outstanding, if at such time (a) the Company shall be in default with respect to its payment obligations under the Trust Securities Guarantee relating to such Preferred Securities, (b) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default (whether before or after expiration of any period of grace) resulting from a payment default hereunder or (c) the Company shall have elected to extend any interest payment period as provided in Section 312, and any such period, or any extension thereof, shall be continuing, then the Company shall not (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on its capital stock, other than dividends paid in shares of capital stock Trust Securities, or (ii) redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to any Trust Securities capital stock, or (iii) pay any principal, interest or premium on, or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities that are equal or junior in right of payment to the Trust Securities.

[SECTION 608. MAINTENANCE OF TRUST EXISTENCE.

So long as Preferred Securities of any series remain outstanding, the Company shall (i) maintain direct or indirect ownership of all interests in the Trust which issued such Preferred Securities, other than such Preferred Securities, (ii) not voluntarily (to the extent permitted by law) dissolve, liquidate or wind up such Trust, except in connection with a distribution of the Securities to the holders of the Preferred Securities in liquidation of such Trust, (iii) remain the sole Depositor under the Trust Agreement (the "Depositor") of such Trust and timely perform in all material respects all of its duties as Depositor of such Trust, and (iv) use reasonable efforts to cause such Trust to remain a business trust and otherwise continue to be treated as a grantor trust for Federal income tax purposes, provided that any permitted successor to the Company under this Indenture may succeed to the Company's duties as Depositor of such Trust; and provided further that the Company may permit such Trust to consolidate or merge with or into another business trust or other permitted successor under the Trust Agreement pertaining to such Trust so long as the Company agrees to comply with this Section 608 with respect to such successor business trust or other permitted successor.]

[SECTION 609. RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF PREFERRED SECURITIES.

The Company agrees that, for so long as any Preferred Securities remain outstanding, its obligations under this Indenture will also be for the benefit of the holders from time to time of Preferred Securities, and the Company acknowledges and agrees that such holders will be entitled to enforce this Indenture, as third party beneficiaries, directly against the Company to the same extent as if such holders of Preferred Securities held a principal amount of Securities equal to the stated liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities held by such holders.]

ARTICLE SEVEN

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 701. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF SECURITIES.

Any Security or Securities, or any portion of the principal amount thereof, shall be deemed to have been paid for all purposes of this Indenture, and the entire indebtedness of the Company in respect thereof shall be satisfied and discharged, if there shall have been irrevocably deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company), in trust:

(a) money in an amount which shall be sufficient, or

(b) in the case of a deposit made prior to the Maturity of such Securities or portions thereof, Eligible Obligations, which shall not contain provisions permitting the redemption or other prepayment thereof at the option of the issuer thereof, the principal of and the interest on which when due, without any regard to reinvestment thereof, will provide moneys which, together with the money, if any, deposited with or held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent, shall be sufficient, or

(c) a combination of (a) or (b) which shall be sufficient,

to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest [(including any Additional Interest)], if any, due and to become due on such Securities or portions thereof; provided, however, that in the case of the provision for payment or redemption of less than all the Securities of any series or Tranche, such Securities or portions thereof shall have been selected by the Trustee as provided herein and, in the case of a redemption, the notice requisite to the validity of such redemption shall have been given or irrevocable authority shall have been given by the Company to the Trustee to give such notice, under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee; and provided, further, that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee and such Paying Agent:

(x) if such deposit shall have been made prior to the Maturity of such Securities, a Company Order stating that the money and Eligible Obligations deposited in accordance with this Section shall be held in trust, as provided in Section 603;

(y) if Eligible Obligations shall have been deposited, an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such obligations constitute Eligible Obligations and do not contain provisions permitting the redemption or other prepayment thereof at the option of the issuer thereof, and an opinion of an independent public accountant of nationally recognized standing, selected by the Company, to the effect that the other requirements set forth in clause (b) and (c) above have been satisfied; and

(z) if such deposit shall have been made prior to the Maturity of such Securities, an Officer's Certificate stating the Company's intention that, upon delivery of such Officer's Certificate, its indebtedness in respect of such Securities or portions thereof will have been satisfied and discharged as contemplated in this Section.

Upon the deposit of money or Eligible Obligations, or both, in accordance with this Section, together with the documents required by clauses
(x), (y) and (z) above, the Trustee shall, upon Company Request, acknowledge in writing that such Securities or portions thereof are deemed to have been paid for all purposes of this Indenture and that the entire indebtedness of the Company in respect thereof has been satisfied and discharged as contemplated in this Section. In the event that all of the conditions set forth in the preceding paragraph shall have been satisfied in respect of any Securities or portions thereof except that, for any reason, the Officer's Certificate specified in clause (z) (if otherwise required) shall not have been delivered, such Securities or portions thereof shall nevertheless be deemed to have been paid for all purposes of this Indenture, and the Holders of such Securities or portions thereof shall nevertheless be no longer entitled to the benefits provided by this Indenture or of any of the

covenants of the Company under Article Six (except the covenants contained in Sections 602 and 603) or any other covenants made in respect of such Securities or portions thereof as contemplated by Section 301 or Section 1201(b), but the indebtedness of the Company in respect of such Securities or portions thereof shall not be deemed to have been satisfied and discharged prior to Maturity for any other purpose; and, upon Company Request, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing that such Securities or portions thereof are deemed to have been paid for all purposes of this Indenture.

If payment at Stated Maturity of less than all of the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, is to be provided for in the manner and with the effect provided in this Section, the Trustee shall select such Securities, or portions of principal amount thereof, in the manner specified by Section 403 for selection for redemption of less than all the Securities of a series or Tranche.

In the event that Securities which shall be deemed to have been paid for purposes of this Indenture, and, if such is the case, in respect of which the Company's indebtedness shall have been satisfied and discharged, all as provided in this Section, do not mature and are not to be redeemed within the sixty (60) day period commencing with the date of the deposit of moneys or Eligible Obligations, as aforesaid, the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, give a notice, in the same manner as a notice of redemption with respect to such Securities, to the Holders of such Securities to the effect that such deposit has been made and the effect thereof.

Notwithstanding that any Securities shall be deemed to have been paid for purposes of this Indenture, as aforesaid, the obligations of the Company and the Trustee in respect of such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 404, 602, 603, 907 and 914 and this Article shall survive.

The Company shall pay, and shall indemnify the Trustee or any Paying Agent with which Eligible Obligations shall have been deposited as provided in this Section against, any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against such Eligible Obligations or the principal or interest received in respect of such Eligible Obligations, including, but not limited to, any such tax payable by any entity deemed, for tax purposes, to have been created as a result of such deposit.

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) if, at any time after a Security would be deemed to have been paid for purposes of this Indenture, and, if such is the case, the Company's indebtedness in respect thereof would be deemed to have been satisfied and discharged, pursuant to this
Section (without regard to the provisions of this paragraph), the Trustee or any Paying Agent, as the case may be, (i) shall be required to return the money or Eligible Obligations, or combination thereof, deposited with it as aforesaid to the Company or its representative under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or (ii) are unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, such Security shall thereupon be deemed retroactively not to have been paid and any satisfaction and discharge of the Company's indebtedness in respect thereof shall retroactively be deemed not to have been effected, and such Security shall be deemed to remain Outstanding and (b) any satisfaction and discharge of the Company's indebtedness in respect of any Security shall be subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 603.

SECTION 702. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.

This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as hereinafter expressly provided), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute such instruments as the Company shall reasonably request to evidence and acknowledge the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when:

(a) no Securities remain Outstanding hereunder; and

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

provided, however, that if, in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 701, any Security, previously deemed to have been paid for purposes of this Indenture, shall be deemed retroactively not to have been so paid, this Indenture shall thereupon be deemed retroactively not to have been satisfied and discharged, as aforesaid, and to remain in full force and effect, and the Company shall execute and deliver such instruments as the Trustee shall reasonably request to evidence and acknowledge the same.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as aforesaid, the obligations of the Company and the Trustee under Sections 304, 305, 306, 404, 602, 603, 907 and 914 and this Article shall survive.

Upon satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as provided in this Section, the Trustee shall turn over to the Company any and all money, securities and other property then held by the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities (other than money and Eligible Obligations held by the Trustee pursuant to Section 703) and shall execute and deliver to the Company such instruments as, in the judgment of the Company, shall be necessary, desirable or appropriate to effect or evidence the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

SECTION 703. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.

Neither the Eligible Obligations nor the money deposited pursuant to Section 701, nor the principal or interest payments on any such Eligible Obligations, shall be withdrawn or used for any purpose other than, and shall be held in trust for, the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities or portions of principal amount thereof in respect of which such deposit was made, all subject, however, to the provisions of Section 603; provided, however, that any cash received from such principal or interest payments on such Eligible Obligations, if not then needed for such purpose, shall, to the extent practicable and upon Company Request and delivery to the Trustee of the documents referred to in clause (y) in the first paragraph of Section 701, be invested in Eligible Obligations of the type described in clause (b) in the first paragraph of Section 701 maturing at such times and in such amounts as shall be sufficient, together with any other moneys and the proceeds of any other Eligible Obligations then held by the Trustee, to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, due and to become due on such Securities or portions thereof on and prior to the Maturity thereof, and interest earned from such reinvestment shall be paid over to the Company as received, free and clear of any trust, lien or pledge under this Indenture (except the lien provided by Section 907); and provided, further, that any moneys held in accordance with this Section on the Maturity of all such Securities in excess of the amount required to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, then due on such Securities shall be paid over to the Company free and clear of any trust, lien or pledge under this Indenture (except the lien provided by Section 907); and provided, further, that if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, moneys to be paid over to the Company pursuant to this Section shall be held until such Event of Default shall have been waived or cured.

ARTICLE EIGHT

EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES

SECTION 801. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events:

(a) default in the payment of any interest [, including any Additional Interest,] on any Security of such series when it becomes due and payable [(whether or not payment is prohibited by the subordination provisions of Article Fifteen)] and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; [provided, however, that a valid extension of the interest payment period by the Company as contemplated in
Section 312 of this Indenture shall not constitute a default in the payment of interest for this purpose;] or

(b) default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on any Security of such series when it becomes due and payable [(whether or not payment is prohibited by the subordination provisions of Article Fifteen)]; or

(c) default in the performance of, or breach of, any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in the performance of which or breach of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more series of Securities other than such series) and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee, or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder, unless the Trustee, or the Trustee and the Holders of a principal amount of Securities of such series not less than the principal amount of Securities the Holders of which gave such notice, as the case may be, shall agree in writing to an extension of such period prior to its expiration; provided, however, that the Trustee, or the Trustee and the Holders of such principal amount of Securities of such series, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have agreed to an extension of such period if corrective action is initiated by the Company or the Guarantor within such period and is being diligently pursued; or

(d) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (1) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (2) a decree or order adjudging the Company as bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition by one or more Persons other than the Company seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official for the Company or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order shall have remained unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or

(e) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by the Company to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in a case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against the Company or the filing by the Company of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by the Company to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by the Company of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by the Company in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the authorization of such action by the Board of Directors of the Company; or

(f) any other Event of Default specified with respect to Securities of such series.

SECTION 802. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.

If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series may declare the principal amount (or, if any of the Securities of such series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified in the terms thereof as contemplated by Section 301) of all of the Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately (provided that the payment of principal and interest on such Securities shall remain subordinated to the extent provided in this Indenture), by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon receipt by the Company of notice of such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable; provided, however, that if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to more than one series of Securities, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all such series, considered as one class, may make such

declaration of acceleration, and not the Holders of the Securities of any one of such series (provided that the payment of principal and interest on such Securities shall remain subordinated to the extent provided in this Indenture).

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series shall have been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due shall have been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, such declaration and its consequences shall, without further act, be deemed to have been rescinded and annulled, if

(a) the Company shall have paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay

(1) all overdue interest [including Additional Interest], if any, on all Securities of such series then Outstanding;

(2) the principal of and premium, if any, on any Securities of such series then Outstanding which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities;

(3) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities;

(4) all amounts due to the Trustee under
Section 907;

and

(b) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of such series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of such series which shall have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, shall have been cured or waived as provided in Section 813.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

SECTION 803. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE.

If an Event of Default described in clause (a) or (b) of
Section 801 shall have occurred, the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of the series with respect to which such Event of Default shall have occurred, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and premium, if any, and interest, if any, and, to the extent permitted by law, interest on premium, if any, and on any overdue principal and interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover any amounts due to the Trustee under Section 907.

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

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

SECTION 804. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.

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

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for amounts due to the Trustee under Section 907) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and

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

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amounts due it under Section 907.

Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, be a member of a creditors' or similar other committee.

SECTION 805. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES.

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantees endorsed thereon may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

SECTION 806. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.

Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, to the extent permitted by law, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or premium, if any, or interest, if any, upon presentation of the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money shall have been collected and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under
Section 907;

SECOND: Subject to the provisions of Article Fifteen, to the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securities for principal of and premium, if any, and interest [including Additional Interest], if any, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, respectively;

THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

SECTION 807. LIMITATION ON SUITS.

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

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

(b) the Holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series in respect of which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, considered as one class, shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

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

(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have failed to institute any such proceeding; and

(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series in respect of which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, considered as one class;

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

SECTION 808. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and (subject to Section 307 [and 312]) interest [including Additional Interest], if any, on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. [In addition, in the case of Securities of a series held by a Trust, a holder of Preferred Trust Securities may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such holder of principal of or interest on the Securities having a principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation preference amount of the Preferred Trust Securities of such holder on or after the due dates specified or provided for in the Securities.

SECTION 809. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.

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

SECTION 810. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.

Except as otherwise provided in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

SECTION 811. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.

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

SECTION 812. CONTROL BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES.

If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing in respect of a series of Securities, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series; provided, however, that if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to more than one series of Securities, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all such series, considered as one class, shall have the right to make such direction, and not the Holders of the Securities of any one of such series; and provided, further, that

(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, and could not involve the Trustee in personal liability in circumstances where indemnity would not, in the Trustee's sole discretion, be adequate, and

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

SECTION 813. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.

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

(a) in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest [including Additional Interest], if any, on any Security of such series, or

(b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Section 1202 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.

; provided, however, that so long as a Trust holds the Securities of any series, such Trust may not waive any past default without the consent of at least a majority in aggregate liquidation preference of the outstanding Preferred Securities issued by such Trust affected, obtained as provided in the Trust Agreement pertaining to such Trust. Any such waiver by holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation preference of outstanding Preferred Securities issued by any such Trust shall be deemed to be on behalf of all holders of Preferred Securities issued by any such Trust.]

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

SECTION 814. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.

The Company and the Trustee agree, and each Holder by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant, in each case in the manner, to the extent, and subject to the exceptions provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided, that the provisions of this Section shall not be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company.

SECTION 815. WAIVER OF USURY, STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS.

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

ARTICLE NINE

THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 901. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series,

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

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

(b) In case an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee shall exercise, with respect to Securities of such series, such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

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

(1) this subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of subsection (a) of this Section;

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

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

(4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

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

SECTION 902. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.

The Trustee shall give notice of any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series to the Holders of Securities of such series in the manner and to the extent required to do so by the Trust Indenture Act, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 801(c), no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 90 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become, an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series.

SECTION 903. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.

Subject to the provisions of Section 901 and to the applicable provisions of the Trust Indenture Act:

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

(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, or as otherwise expressly provided herein, and any resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution thereof;

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

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

(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any Holder pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holder shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the

costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall (subject to applicable legal requirements) be entitled to examine, during normal business hours, the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;

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

(h) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series for which it is acting as Trustee unless either (1) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned to the Corporate Trustee Administration Department and agency group of the Trustee (or any successor division or department of the Trustee) shall have actual knowledge of the Event of Default or (2) written notice of such Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company or any other obligor on such Securities, or by any Holder of such Securities.

SECTION 904. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES.

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities endorsed thereon (except the Trustee's certificates of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of the Company, as the case may be, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities endorsed thereon. Neither Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

SECTION 905. MAY HOLD SECURITIES.

Each of the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities
[and/or Preferred Securities] and, subject to Sections 908 and 913, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

SECTION 906. MONEY HELD IN TRUST.

Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds, except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on or investment of any money received by it hereunder except as expressly provided herein or otherwise agreed with, and for the sole benefit of, the Company.

SECTION 907. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.

The Company agrees

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

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

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

As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Guarantor under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, other than property and funds held in trust under Section 703 (except moneys payable to the Company as provided in Section 703).

SECTION 908. DISQUALIFICATION; CONFLICTING INTERESTS.

If the Trustee shall have or acquire any conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, it shall either eliminate such conflicting interest or resign to the extent, in the manner and with the effect, and subject to the conditions, provided in the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. For purposes of Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act and to the extent permitted thereby, the Trustee, in its capacity as trustee in respect of the Securities of any series, shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest arising from its capacity as trustee in respect of (i) the Securities of any other series, (ii) the Trust Agreement and the Trust Securities Guarantee Agreement pertaining to each Trust [OTHERS].

SECTION 909. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be

(a) a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State or District of Columbia authority, or

(b) if and to the extent permitted by the Commission by rule, regulation or order upon application, a corporation or other Person organized and doing business under the laws of a foreign government, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 or the Dollar equivalent of the applicable foreign currency and subject to supervision or examination by authority of such foreign government or a political subdivision thereof substantially equivalent to supervision or examination applicable to United States institutional trustees

and, in either case, qualified and eligible under this Article and the Trust Indenture Act. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of such supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section and the Trust Indenture Act, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

SECTION 910. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.

(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 911.

(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 911 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Trustee, the Company [; provided that so long as any Preferred Securities remain outstanding, the Trust which issued such Preferred Securities shall not execute any Act to remove the Trustee without the consent of the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation preference of Preferred Securities issued by such Trust outstanding, obtained as provided in the Trust Agreement pertaining to such Trust.]

(d) If at any time:

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with
Section 908 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder for at least six months, or

(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 909 or Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or

(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

then, in any such case, (x) the Company by Board Resolutions may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities or (y) subject to Section 814, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause (other than as contemplated by clause (y) in subsection (d) or this Section), with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by Board Resolutions, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time (subject to Section 915) there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 911. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 911, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 911, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six

months may, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

(f) So long as no event which is, or after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become, an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and except with respect to a Trustee appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section, if the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee (i) Board Resolutions of the Company appointing a successor Trustee, effective as of a date specified therein, and (ii) an instrument of acceptance of such appointment, effective as of such date, by such successor Trustee in accordance with Section 911, the Trustee shall be deemed to have resigned as contemplated in subsection (b) of this Section, the successor Trustee shall be deemed to have been appointed by the Company pursuant to subsection (e) of this
Section and such appointment shall be deemed to have been accepted as contemplated in Section 911, all as of such date, and all other provisions of this Section and Section 911 shall be applicable to such resignation, appointment and acceptance except to the extent inconsistent with this subsection (f).

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

SECTION 911. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.

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

(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon payment of all sums owed to it, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

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

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

SECTION 912. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS.

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

SECTION 913. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.

If the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities (other than by reason of a relationship described in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act), the Trustee shall be subject to any and all applicable provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company, the Guarantor or such other obligor. For purposes of Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act (a) the term "cash transaction" shall have the meaning provided in Rule 11b-4 under the Trust Indenture Act, and (b) the term "self-liquidating paper" shall have the meaning provided in Rule 11b-6 under the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 914. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT.

The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to the Securities of one or more series, or any Tranche thereof, which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series or Tranche issued upon original issuance, exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State or territory thereof or the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

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

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

Unless appointed at the request of the Company pursuant to the last paragraph of this Section 914, the Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Section 907.

The provisions of Sections 308, 904 and 905 shall be applicable to each Authenticating Agent.

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

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

If all of the Securities of a series may not be originally issued at one time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating Securities upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment where the Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original issuance, the Trustee, if so requested by the Company in writing (which writing need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), shall appoint, in accordance with this Section and in accordance with such procedures as shall be acceptable to the Trustee, an Authenticating Agent having an office in a Place of Payment designated by the Company with respect to such series of Securities.

SECTION 915. CO-TRUSTEE AND SEPARATE TRUSTEES.

At any time or times, for the purpose of meeting the legal requirements of any applicable jurisdiction, the Company and the Trustee shall have power to appoint, and, upon the written request of the Trustee or of the Holders of at least 33% in principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, the Company shall for such purpose join with the Trustee in the execution and delivery of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to appoint, one or more Persons approved by the Trustee either to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Trustee, or to act as separate trustee, in either case with such powers as may be provided in the instrument of appointment, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in the capacity aforesaid, any property, title, right or power deemed necessary or desirable, subject to the other provisions of this Section. If the Company does not join in such appointment within 15 days

after the receipt by it of a request so to do, or if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have power to make such appointment.

Should any written instrument or instruments from the Company be required by any co-trustee or separate trustee to more fully confirm to such co-trustee or separate trustee such property, title, right or power, any and all such instruments shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged and delivered by the Company, as the case may be.

Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following conditions:

(a) the Securities shall be authenticated and delivered, and all rights, powers, duties and obligations hereunder in respect of the custody of securities, cash and other personal property held by, or required to be deposited or pledged with, the Trustee hereunder, shall be exercised solely, by the Trustee;

(b) the rights, powers, duties and obligations hereby conferred or imposed upon the Trustee in respect of any property covered by such appointment shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed either by the Trustee or by the Trustee and such co-trustee or separate trustee jointly, as shall be provided in the instrument appointing such co-trustee or separate trustee, except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act is to be performed, the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be exercised and performed by such co-trustee or separate trustee.

(c) the Trustee at any time, by an instrument in writing executed by it, with the concurrence of the Company, may accept the resignation of or remove any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed under this Section, and, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee shall have power to accept the resignation of, or remove, any such co-trustee or separate trustee without the concurrence of the Company. Upon the written request of the Trustee, the Company shall join with the Trustee in the execution and delivery of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to effectuate such resignation or removal. A successor to any co-trustee or separate trustee so resigned or removed may be appointed in the manner provided in this Section;

(d) no co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of the Trustee, or any other such trustee hereunder, and the Trustee shall not be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any such co-trustee or separate trustee; and

(e) any Act of Holders delivered to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been delivered to each such co-trustee and separate trustee.

ARTICLE TEN

HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

SECTION 1001. LISTS OF HOLDERS.

Semiannually, not later than June 30 and December 31 in each year, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee information as to the names and addresses of the Holders, and the Trustee shall preserve such information and similar information received by it in any other capacity and afford to the Holders access to information so preserved by it, all to such extent, if any, and in such manner as shall be required by the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that no such list need be furnished so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar.

SECTION 1002. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.

The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the time and in the manner provided

pursuant thereto. Reports so required to be transmitted at stated intervals of not more than 12 months shall be transmitted no later than November 15 in each calendar year with respect to the 12-month period ending on the preceding September 15 commencing September 15, 200_. A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.

The Company shall file with the Trustee (within thirty (30) days after filing with the Commission in the case of reports that pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act must be filed with the Commission and furnished to the Trustee) and transmit to the Holders, such other information, reports and other documents, if any, at such times and in such manner, as shall be required by the Trust Indenture Act.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, OR OTHER TRANSFER

SECTION 1101. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS.

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

(a) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company, is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company, substantially as an entirety shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all Outstanding Securities and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company, to be performed or observed;

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(c) the Company, shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or other transfer or lease and such indenture supplemental hereto complies with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transactions have been complied with.

SECTION 1102. SUCCESSOR PERSON SUBSTITUTED.

Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger by the Company into any other Person or any conveyance or other transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 1101, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company, is merged or the Person to which such conveyance, or other transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company, under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company, herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities Outstanding hereunder.

SECTION 1103. LIMITATION.

Nothing in this Indenture shall be deemed to prevent or restrict:

(a) any consolidation or merger after the consummation of which the Company would be the surviving or resulting entity,

(b) any conveyance or other transfer, or lease, of any part of the properties of the Company which does not constitute the entirety, or substantially the entirety, thereof or

(c) the approval by the Company of, or the consent by the Company to, any consolidation or merger to which any direct or indirect subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, may be a party or any conveyance, transfer or lease by any such subsidiary or affiliate of any of its assets.

ARTICLE TWELVE

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

SECTION 1201. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.

Without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

(a) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities all as provided in Article Eleven; or

(b) to add one or more covenants of the Company or other provisions for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); or

(c) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of Securities Outstanding hereunder (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); or

(d) to change or eliminate any provision of this Indenture or to add any new provision to this Indenture; provided, however, that if such change, elimination or addition shall adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or Tranche Outstanding on the date of such supplemental indenture in any material respect, such change, elimination or addition shall become effective with respect to such series or Tranche only pursuant to the provisions of Section 1202 hereof or when no Security of such series or Tranche remains Outstanding; or

(e) to provide collateral security for the Securities of any series; or

(f) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series or Tranche or any Guarantees as contemplated by Sections 201 and 301; or

(g) to provide for the authentication and delivery of bearer securities and coupons appertaining thereto representing interest, if any, thereon and for the procedures for the registration, exchange and replacement thereof and for the giving of notice to, and the solicitation of the vote or consent of, the holders thereof, and for any and all other matters incidental thereto; or

(h) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a separate or successor Trustee or co-trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 911(b); or

(i) to provide for the procedures required to permit the Company to utilize, at its option, a non certificated system of registration for all, or any series or Tranche of, the Securities; or

(j) to change any place or places where (1) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all or any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, shall be payable, (2) all or any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, may be surrendered for registration of transfer, (3) all or any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, may be surrendered for exchange and (4) notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of all or any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, and this Indenture may be served; or

(k) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other changes to the provisions hereof or to add other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such other changes or additions shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or Tranche in any material respect.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Trust Indenture Act as in effect at the date of the execution and delivery of this Indenture or at any time thereafter shall be amended and

(x) if any such amendment shall require one or more changes to any provisions hereof or the inclusion herein of any additional provisions, or shall by operation of law be deemed to effect such changes or incorporate such provisions by reference or otherwise, this Indenture shall be deemed to have been amended so as to conform to such amendment to the Trust Indenture Act, and the Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of any Holders, enter into an indenture supplemental hereto to evidence such amendment hereof; or

(y) if any such amendment shall permit one or more changes to, or the elimination of, any provisions hereof which, at the date of the execution and delivery hereof or at any time thereafter, are required by the Trust Indenture Act to be contained herein or are contained herein to reflect any provision of the Trust Indenture Act as in effect at such date, this Indenture shall be deemed to have been amended to effect such changes or elimination, and the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee may, without the consent of any Holders, enter into an indenture supplemental hereto to this Indenture to effect such changes or elimination or evidence such amendment.

SECTION 1202. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.

Subject to the provisions of Section 1201, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all series then Outstanding under this Indenture, considered as one class, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor, when authorized by Board Resolutions, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture; provided, however, that if there shall be Securities of more than one series Outstanding hereunder and if a proposed supplemental indenture shall directly affect the rights of the Holders of Securities of one or more, but less than all, of such series, then the consent only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series so directly affected, considered as one class, shall be required; and provided, further, that if the Securities of any series shall have been issued in more than one Tranche and if the proposed supplemental indenture shall directly affect the rights of the Holders of Securities of one or more, but less than all, of such Tranches, then the consent only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate

principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all Tranches so directly affected, considered as one class, shall be required; and provided, further, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of each series or Tranche so directly affected,

(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on (except as provided in Section 312 hereof), any Security (other than pursuant to the terms thereof), or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon (or the amount of any installment of interest thereon) or change the method of calculating such rate or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 802, or change the coin or currency (or other property), in which any Security or any premium or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or

(b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series [(or, if applicable, in liquidation preference of any series of Preferred Securities)] or any Tranche thereof, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of the Holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance with any provision of this Indenture or of any default hereunder and its consequences, or reduce the requirements of Section 1304 for quorum or voting, or

(c) modify any of the provisions of this Section,
Section 606 or Section 813 with respect to the Securities of any series or any Tranche thereof, except to increase the percentages in principal amount referred to in this Section or such other Sections or to provide that other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 911(b) and 1201(h).

[Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as any of the Preferred Securities remain outstanding, the Trustee may not consent to a supplemental indenture under this Section 1202 without the prior consent, obtained as provided in a Trust Agreement pertaining to a Trust which issued such Preferred Securities, of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate liquidation preference of all Preferred Securities issued by such Trust affected, considered as one class, or, in the case of changes described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above, 100% in aggregate liquidation preference of all such Preferred Securities then outstanding which would be affected thereby, considered as one class.] A supplemental indenture which (x) changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of the Holders of, or which is to remain in effect only so long as there shall be Outstanding, Securities of one or more particular series, or one or more Tranches thereof, or (y) modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series or Tranches with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series or Tranche.

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

SECTION 1203. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 901) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties, immunities or liabilities under this Indenture or otherwise.

SECTION 1204. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby. Any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article may restate this Indenture in its entirety, and, upon the execution and delivery thereof, any such restatement shall supersede this Indenture as theretofore in effect for all purposes.

SECTION 1205. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.

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

SECTION 1206. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.

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

SECTION 1207. MODIFICATION WITHOUT SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.

To the extent, if any, that the terms of any particular series of Securities shall have been established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or an Officer's Certificate pursuant to a supplemental indenture or Board Resolution as contemplated by Section 301, and not in an indenture supplemental hereto, additions to, changes in or the elimination of any of such terms may be effected by means of a supplemental Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate, as the case may be, delivered to, and accepted by, the Trustee; provided, however, that such supplemental Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate shall not be accepted by the Trustee or otherwise be effective unless all conditions set forth in this Indenture which would be required to be satisfied if such additions, changes or elimination were contained in a supplemental indenture shall have been appropriately satisfied. Upon the acceptance thereof by the Trustee, any such supplemental Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate shall be deemed to be a "supplemental indenture" for purposes of Section 1204 and 1206.

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

MEETINGS OF HOLDERS; ACTION WITHOUT MEETING

SECTION 1301. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED.

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

SECTION 1302. CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS.

(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of one or more, or all, series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, for any purpose specified in Section 1301, to be held at such time and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as the Trustee shall determine, or, with the approval of the Company, at any other place. Notice of every such meeting, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

(b) If the Trustee shall have been requested to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities of one or more, or all, series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, by the Company, the Guarantor or by the Holders of 33% in aggregate principal amount of all of such series and Tranches, considered as one class, for any purpose specified in Section 1301, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have given the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company, the Guarantor or the Holders of Securities of such series and Tranches in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or in such other place as shall be determined or approved by the Company or the Guarantor, for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in subsection (a) of this Section.

(c) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of one or more, or all, series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, shall be valid without notice if the Holders of all Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranches are present in person or by proxy and if representatives of the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee are present, or if notice is waived in writing before or after the meeting by the Holders of all Outstanding Securities of such series, or by such of them as are not present at the meeting in person or by proxy, and by the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee.

SECTION 1303. PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS.

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

SECTION 1304. QUORUM; ACTION.

The Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the series and Tranches with respect to which a meeting shall have been called as hereinbefore provided, considered as one class, shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series and Tranches; provided, however, that if any action is to be taken at such meeting which this Indenture expressly provides may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and Tranches, considered as one class, the Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and Tranches, considered as one class, shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within one hour of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such series and Tranches, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for such period as may be determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for such period as may be determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Except as provided by Section 1305(e), notice of the reconvening of any meeting adjourned for more than 30 days shall be given as provided in Section 1302(a) not less than ten days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and Tranches which shall constitute a quorum.

Except as limited by Section 1202, any resolution presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the series and Tranches with respect to which such meeting shall have been called, considered as one class; provided, however, that, except as so limited, any resolution with respect to any action which this Indenture expressly provides may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and Tranches, considered as one class, may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly

reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and Tranches, considered as one class.

Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of the series and Tranches with respect to which such meeting shall have been held, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.

SECTION 1305. ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS; DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS.

(a) Attendance at meetings of Holders of Securities may be in person or by proxy; and, to the extent permitted by law, any such proxy shall remain in effect and be binding upon any future Holder of the Securities with respect to which it was given unless and until specifically revoked by the Holder or future Holder of such Securities before being voted.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Securities in regard to proof of the holding of such Securities and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104. Such regulations may provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 104 or other proof.

(c) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders as provided in Section 1302(b), in which case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series and Tranches calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series and Tranches represented at the meeting, considered as one class.

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

(e) Any meeting duly called pursuant to Section 1302 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series and Tranches represented at the meeting, considered as one class; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

SECTION 1306. COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS.

The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the Outstanding Securities, of the series and Tranches with respect to which the meeting shall have been called, held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, in duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1302 and, if applicable, Section 1304. Each

copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

SECTION 1307. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING.

In lieu of a vote of Holders at a meeting as hereinbefore contemplated in this Article, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be made, given or taken by Holders by written instruments as provided in Section 104.

ARTICLE FOURTEEN

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ARTICLE FIFTEEN

SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

SECTION 1501. SECURITIES SUBORDINATE TO SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS OF THE COMPANY.

The Company, for itself, its successors and assigns, covenants and agrees, and each Holder of the Securities of each series, by its acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on each and all of the Securities is hereby expressly subordinated and subject to the extent and in the manner set forth in this Article, in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company.

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

SECTION 1502. PAYMENT OVER OF PROCEEDS OF SECURITIES.

In the event (a) of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceedings in respect of the Company or a substantial part of its property, or of any proceedings for liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of the Company, whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or (b) subject to the provisions of Section 1503, that (i) a default shall have occurred with respect to the payment of principal of or interest on or other monetary amounts due and payable on any Senior Indebtedness of the Company, or (ii) there shall have occurred a default (other than a default in the payment of principal or interest or other monetary amounts due and payable) in respect of any Senior Indebtedness of the Company, as defined therein or in the instrument under which the same is outstanding, permitting the holder or holders thereof to accelerate the maturity thereof (with notice or lapse of time, or both), and such default shall have continued beyond the period of grace, if any, in respect thereof, and, in the cases of subclauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (b), such default shall not have been cured or waived or shall not have ceased to exist, or (c) that the principal of and accrued interest on the Securities of any series shall have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 801 and such declaration shall not have been rescinded and annulled as provided in Section 802, then:

(1) the holders of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall first be entitled to receive payment of the full amount due thereon, or provision shall be made for such payment in money or money's worth, before the Holders of any of the Securities are entitled to receive a payment on account of the principal of or interest on the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities, including, without limitation, any payments made pursuant to Articles Four and Five;

(2) any payment by, or distribution of assets of, the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which any Holder or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article, shall be paid or delivered by the Person making such payment or distribution, whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating trustee or otherwise, directly to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness of the Company or their representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness of the Company may have been issued, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of such Senior Indebtedness of the Company held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company remaining unpaid after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution (or provision therefor) to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness of the Company, before any payment or distribution is made to the Holders of the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities or to the Trustee under this Indenture; and

(3) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment by, or distribution of assets of, the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, in respect of principal of or interest on the Securities or in connection with any repurchase by the Company of the Securities, shall be received by the Trustee or any Holder before all Senior Indebtedness of the Company is paid in full, or provision is made for such payment in money or money's worth, such payment or distribution in respect of principal of or interest on the Securities or in connection with any repurchase by the Company of the Securities shall be paid over to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness of the Company or their representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any such Senior Indebtedness of the Company may have been issued, ratably as aforesaid, for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company remaining unpaid until all such Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall have been paid in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution (or provision therefor) to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness of the Company.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time after the 123rd day following the date of deposit of cash or Eligible Obligations pursuant to
Section 701 or 702 (provided all conditions set out in such Section shall have been satisfied), the funds so deposited and any interest thereon will not be subject to any rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company including, without limitation, those arising under this Article Fifteen; provided that no event described in clauses (e) and (f) of Section 801 with respect to the Company has occurred during such 123-day period.

For purposes of this Article only, the words "cash, property or securities" shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan or reorganization or readjustment which are subordinate in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness of the Company which may at the time be outstanding to the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Securities are so subordinated as provided in this Article. The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another corporation or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance or transfer of its property as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another corporation upon the terms and conditions provided for in Article Eleven hereof shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section 1502 if such other corporation shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions stated in Article Eleven hereof. Nothing in Section 1501 or in this Section 1502 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to
Section 907.

SECTION 1503. DISPUTES WITH HOLDERS OF CERTAIN SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS OF THE COMPANY.

Any failure by the Company to make any payment on or perform any other obligation in respect of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, other than any indebtedness incurred by the Company or assumed or guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by the Company for money borrowed (or any deferral, renewal, extension or

refunding thereof) or any other obligation as to which the provisions of this
Section shall have been waived by the Company in the instrument or instruments by which the Company incurred, assumed, guaranteed or otherwise created such indebtedness or obligation, shall not be deemed a default under clause (b) of
Section 1502 if (i) the Company shall be disputing its obligation to make such payment or perform such obligation and (ii) either (A) no final judgment relating to such dispute shall have been issued against the Company which is in full force and effect and is not subject to further review, including a judgment that has become final by reason of the expiration of the time within which a party may seek further appeal or review, or (B) in the event that a judgment that is subject to further review or appeal has been issued, the Company shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or other proceeding for review and a stay or execution shall have been obtained pending such appeal or review.

SECTION 1504. SUBROGATION.

Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall not be deemed to have been paid in full unless the holders thereof shall have received cash (or securities or other property satisfactory to such holders) in full payment of such Senior Indebtedness of the Company then outstanding. Upon the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, the rights of the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company to receive any further payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company applicable to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of the Company until all amounts owing on the Securities shall be paid in full; and such payments or distributions of cash, property or securities received by the Holders of the Securities, by reason of such subrogation, which otherwise would be paid or distributed to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and the Holders, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, it being understood that the provisions of this Article are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders, on the one hand, and the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of the Company, on the other hand.

SECTION 1505. OBLIGATION OF THE COMPANY UNCONDITIONAL.

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

Upon any payment or distribution of assets or securities of the Company referred to in this Article, the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of the Company and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon, and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article.

The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company (or a representative of such holder or a trustee under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any such Senior Indebtedness of the Company may have been issued) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such Senior Indebtedness of the Company or such representative or trustee on behalf of such holder. In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness of the Company held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the right of such Person under this Article, and, if such evidence is not

furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment or distribution.

SECTION 1506. PRIORITY OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS OF THE COMPANY UPON MATURITY.

Upon the maturity of the principal of any Senior Indebtedness of the Company by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise, all matured principal of Senior Indebtedness of the Company and interest and premium, if any, thereon shall first be paid in full before any payment of principal or premium, if any, or interest, if any, is made upon the Securities or before any Securities can be acquired by the Company or any sinking fund payment is made with respect to the Securities (except that required sinking fund payments may be reduced by Securities acquired before such maturity of such Senior Indebtedness of the Company).

SECTION 1507. TRUSTEE AS HOLDER OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS OF THE COMPANY.

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

SECTION 1508. NOTICE TO TRUSTEE TO EFFECTUATE SUBORDINATION.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any other provision of the Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee unless and until the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company, from a Holder or from a holder of any Senior Indebtedness of the Company or from any representative or representatives of such holder or any trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any such Senior Indebtedness of the Company may have been issued and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee shall be entitled, subject to Section 901, in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that, if prior to the fifth Business Day preceding the date upon which by the terms hereof any such moneys may become payable for any purpose, or in the event of the execution of an instrument pursuant to Section 701 or 702 acknowledging that Securities or portions thereof are deemed to have been paid for all purposes of this Indenture, acknowledging that the entire indebtedness of the Company in respect thereof has been satisfied and discharged or acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, then if prior to the second Business Day preceding the date of such execution, the Trustee shall not have received with respect to such moneys the notice provided for in this Section, then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee may, in its discretion, receive such moneys and/or apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary, which may be received by it on or after such date; provided, however, that no such application shall affect the obligations under this Article of the persons receiving such moneys from the Trustee.

SECTION 1509. MODIFICATION, EXTENSION, ETC. OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS OF THE COMPANY.

The holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company may, without affecting in any manner the subordination of the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities, at any time or from time to time and in their absolute discretion, agree with the Company to change the manner, place or terms of payment, change or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, any Senior Indebtedness of the Company, or amend or supplement any instrument pursuant to which any Senior Indebtedness of the Company is issued, or exercise or refrain from exercising any other of their rights under the Senior Indebtedness of the Company including, without limitation, the waiver of default thereunder, all without notice to or assent from the Holders or the Trustee.

SECTION 1510. TRUSTEE HAS NO FIDUCIARY DUTY TO HOLDERS OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS OF THE COMPANY.

With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and objectives as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no

implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall mistakenly pay over or deliver to the Holders or the Company or any other Person, money or assets to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise.

SECTION 1511. PAYING AGENTS OTHER THAN THE TRUSTEE.

In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee" as used in this Article shall in such case (unless the context shall otherwise require) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were named in this Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided, however, that Sections 1507, 1508 and 1510 shall not apply to the Company if it acts as Paying Agent.

SECTION 1512. RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS OF THE

COMPANY NOT IMPAIRED.

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

SECTION 1513. EFFECT OF SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS; TERMINATION.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, other than as provided in the immediately succeeding sentence, all the provisions of this Indenture shall be subject to the provisions of this Article, so far as the same may be applicable thereto.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the provisions of this Article Fifteen shall be of no further effect, and the Securities shall no longer be subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, if the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee a notice to such effect. Any such notice delivered by the Company shall not be deemed to be a supplemental indenture for purposes of Article Twelve.

ARTICLE SIXTEEN

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

SECTION 1601. LIABILITY SOLELY CORPORATE.

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Securities or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, or of the indebtedness represented thereby, or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement under this Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future of the Company or of any predecessor or successor of either of them (either directly or through the Company, as the case may be, or a predecessor or successor of either of them), whether by virtue of any constitutional provision, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that this Indenture and all the Securities and Guarantees are solely corporate obligations, and that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, or be incurred by, any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or indirectly through the Company or any predecessor or successor of either of them, because of the indebtedness hereby authorized or under or by reason of any of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or to be implied herefrom or therefrom, and that any such personal liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issuance of the Securities.

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

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.

Title:

[SEAL]

ATTEST:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

as Trustee

Title:

[SEAL]

ATTEST:

Exhibit 4(i)

AMERICAN ELECTIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
ISSUER

TO

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
TRUSTEE

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 1

DATED AS OF _____________________

SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE SUBORDINATED INDENTURE
DATED AS OF ______________________

ESTABLISHING A SERIES OF SECURITIES DESIGNATED
__% SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES, SERIES ___
LIMITED IN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT TO $___________

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 1, dated as of ___________________ between AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York (herein called the "Company"), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee"), under the Subordinated Indenture dated as of ______________ (hereinafter called the "Original Indenture"), this Supplemental Indenture No. 1 being supplemental thereto. The Original Indenture and any and all indentures and instruments supplemental thereto are hereinafter sometimes collectively called the "Indenture."

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

The Original Indenture was authorized, executed and delivered by the Company to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its Securities (such term and all other capitalized terms used herein without definition having the meanings assigned to them in the Original Indenture), to be issued in one or more series as contemplated therein, of the payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Securities.

As contemplated by Sections 301 and 1201(f) of the Original Indenture, the Company wishes to establish a series of Securities to be designated "__% Subordinated Debentures, Series ___" to be limited in aggregate principal amount (except as contemplated in Section 301(b) of the Original Indenture) to $___________, such series of Securities to be hereinafter sometimes called "Series No. 1."

[The Company wishes to issue the Securities to _______ (the "Trust") to evidence loans made to the Company of the proceeds of Preferred Securities and common beneficial ownership interests in the assets of the Trust to be issued to the Company ("Common Securities").]

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture No. 1 to establish the Securities of Series No. 1 and has duly authorized the issuance of such Securities; and all acts necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture No. 1 a valid agreement of the Company to make the Securities of Series No. 1 valid obligations of the Company, have been performed.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 1 WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and of the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities of Series No. 1, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

FIRST SERIES OF SECURITIES

SECTION 1. There is hereby created a series of Securities designated "__% Subordinated Debentures, Series ____" and limited in aggregate principal amount (except as contemplated in Section 301(b) of the Original Indenture) to $___________. The forms and

terms of the Securities of Series No. 1 shall be established in an Officer's Certificate of the Company, as contemplated by Section 301 of the Original Indenture.

SECTION 2. The Company hereby agrees that, if the Company shall make any deposit of money and/or Eligible Obligations with respect to any Securities of Series No. 1, or any portion of the principal amount thereof, as contemplated by Section 701 of the Indenture, the Company shall not deliver an Officer's Certificate described in clause (z) in the first paragraph of said
Section 701 unless the Company shall also deliver to the Trustee, together with such Officer's Certificate, either:

(A) an instrument wherein the Company, notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of its indebtedness in respect of such Securities, shall assume the obligation (which shall be absolute and unconditional) to irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent such additional sums of money, if any, or additional Eligible Obligations (meeting the requirements of Section 701), if any, or any combination thereof, at such time or times, as shall be necessary, together with the money and/or Eligible Obligations theretofore so deposited, to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest due and to become due on such Securities or portions thereof, all in accordance with and subject to the provisions of said Section 701; provided, however, that such instrument may state that the obligation of the Company to make additional deposits as aforesaid shall be subject to the delivery to the Company by the Trustee of a notice asserting the deficiency accompanied by an opinion of an independent public accountant of nationally recognized standing, selected by the Trustee, showing the calculation thereof (which opinion shall be obtained at the expense of the Company); or

(B) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities, or portions of the principal amount thereof, will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the satisfaction and discharge of the Company's indebtedness in respect thereof and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amounts, at the same times and in the same manner as if such satisfaction and discharge had not been effected.

[Additional provisions relating to Trust, if Securities are issued in connection with Preferred Securities]

[Additional provisions relating to Remarketing and interest rate reset if Securities are issued in connection with Stock Purchase Units]

ARTICLE TWO

FORM OF SECURITY

[IF THE SERIES __ DEBENTURE IS TO BE A GLOBAL DEBENTURE, INSERT - This

Debenture is a Global Debenture within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depository or a nominee of a Depository. This Debenture is

exchangeable for Debentures registered in the name of a person other than the Depository or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and no transfer of this Debenture (other than a transfer of this Debenture as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository) may be registered except in limited circumstances.

Unless this Debenture is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Debenture issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC and any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.]

No. ____________ $___________

CUSIP No. ____________

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.

__% JUNIOR SUBORDINATED
DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURE,
SERIES__, DUE ____

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York (herein referred to as the "Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to ______________ or registered assigns, the principal sum of ______________ Dollars on __________, ____, and to pay interest on said principal sum from __________, ____ or from the most recent interest payment date (each such date, an "Interest Payment Date") to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly (subject to deferral as set forth herein) in arrears on each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 commencing __________, ____ at the rate of __% per annum until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and on any overdue principal and premium, if any, and (without duplication and to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the same rate per annum during such overdue period. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this Debenture is not a business day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a business day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such business day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding business day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date. The interest installment so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (other than interest payable on redemption or maturity) will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the person in

whose name this Debenture (or one or more Predecessor Debentures, as defined in said Indenture) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment, [which shall be the close of business on the business day next preceding such Interest Payment Date.] [IF PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 2.11(C) OF THE INDENTURE THE SERIES __ DEBENTURES ARE NO LONGER REPRESENTED BY A GLOBAL DEBENTURE - which shall be the close of business on the March 15, June 15, September 15 or December 15 (whether or not a business day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date.] Interest payable on redemption or maturity shall be payable to the person to whom the principal is paid. Any such interest installment not punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holders on such regular record date, and may be paid to the person in whose name this Debenture (or one or more Predecessor Debentures) is registered at the close of business on a special record date to be fixed by the Trustee for the payment of such defaulted interest, notice whereof shall be given to the registered holders of this series of Debentures not less than 10 days prior to such special record date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Debentures may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. The principal of (and premium, if any) and the interest on this Debenture shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, in any coin or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the registered holder at such address as shall appear in the Debenture Register.

Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Debenture is, to the extent provided in the Indenture, subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, as defined in the Indenture, and this Debenture is issued subject to the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this Debenture, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his or her behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his or her attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Each Holder hereof, by his or her acceptance hereof, hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the subordination provisions contained herein and in the Indenture by each holder of Senior Indebtedness, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and waives reliance by each such holder upon said provisions.

This Debenture shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or a duly appointed Authentication Agent referred to on the reverse side hereof, this Debenture shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

The provisions of this Debenture are continued on the reverse side hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Instrument to be executed.

Dated ____________________

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.

Attest:

(FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION)

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Debentures of the series of Debentures described in the within-mentioned Indenture.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK
as Trustee or as Authentication Agent

(FORM OF REVERSE OF DEBENTURE)

This Debenture is one of a duly authorized series of Debentures of the Company (herein sometimes referred to as the "Debentures"), specified in the Indenture, all issued or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of __________, ____ duly executed and delivered between the Company and The Bank of New York, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States, as Trustee (herein referred to as the "Trustee"), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of __________, ____ between the Company and the Trustee (said Indenture as so supplemented being hereinafter referred to as the "Indenture"), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is

hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Debentures. By the terms of the Indenture, the Debentures are issuable in series which may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as in the Indenture provided. This series of Debentures is limited in aggregate principal amount as specified in said First Supplemental Indenture.

Subject to the terms of Article Three of the Indenture, the Company shall have the right to redeem this Debenture at the option of the Company, without premium or penalty, in whole or in part at any time on or after __________, ____ (an "Optional Redemption"), at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount plus any accrued but unpaid interest to the date of such redemption (the "Optional Redemption Price"). Any redemption pursuant to this paragraph will be made upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at the Optional Redemption Price. If the Debentures are only partially redeemed by the Company pursuant to an Optional Redemption, the Debentures will be redeemed pro rata or by lot or by any other method utilized by the Trustee; provided that if at the time of redemption, the Debentures are registered as a Global Debenture, the Depository shall determine by lot the principal amount of such Debentures held by each Debentureholder to be redeemed.

In the event of redemption of this Debenture in part only, a new Debenture or Debentures of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of all of the Debentures may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Debenture upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein.

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures of each series affected at the time outstanding, as defined in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Debentures; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Debentures of any series, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, without the consent of the holder of each Debenture so affected or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Debentures, the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the holders of each Debenture then outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures of all series at the time outstanding affected thereby, on behalf of the Holders of the Debentures of such series, to waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants contained in the Indenture, or established pursuant to the Indenture with respect to such series, and its consequences, except a

default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Debentures of such series. Any such consent or waiver by the registered Holder of this Debenture (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Debenture and of any Debenture issued in exchange herefor or in place hereof (whether by registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Debenture.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Debenture or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Debenture at the time and place and at the rate and in the money herein prescribed.

The Company shall have the right at any time during the term of the Debentures, from time to time to extend the interest payment period of such Debentures for up to 20 consecutive quarters (the "Extended Interest Payment Period"), at the end of which period the Company shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid (together with interest thereon compounded quarterly at the rate specified for the Debentures to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law); provided that, during such Extended Interest Payment Period the Company shall not declare or pay any dividend on, or purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital stock, or make any guarantee payments with respect thereto. Prior to the termination of any such Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company may further extend such Extended Interest Payment Period, provided that such Period together with all such previous and further extensions thereof shall not exceed 20 consecutive quarters or extend beyond the maturity of the Debentures. At the termination of any such Extended Interest Payment Period and upon the payment of all accrued and unpaid interest and any additional amounts then due, the Company may select a new Extended Interest Payment Period.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Debenture is transferable by the registered holder hereof on the Debenture Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Debenture for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company or the Trustee duly executed by the registered Holder hereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Debentures of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount and series will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be made for any such transfer, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in relation thereto.

Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this Debenture, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Debenture Registrar may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this Debenture shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing hereon made by anyone other than the Debenture Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal hereof and premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Debenture Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on this Debenture, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released.

[The Debentures of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $25 and any integral multiple thereof.]
[This Global Debenture is exchangeable for Debentures in definitive form only under certain limited circumstances set forth in the Indenture. Debentures of this series so issued are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $25 and any integral multiple thereof.] As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations [herein and] therein set forth, Debentures of this series [so issued] are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Debentures of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

(PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE)

NOTICE:           The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name
                  as  written  upon the face of the  within  Debenture  in every
                  particular,  without  alteration or  enlargement or any change
                  whatever  and NOTICE:  Signature(s)  must be  guaranteed  by a
                  financial  institution  that  is a  member  of the  Securities
                  Transfer  Agents  Medallion  Program   ("STAMP"),   the  Stock
                  Exchange  Medallion  Program  ("SEMP")  or the New York  Stock
                  Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program ("MSP").

ARTICLE THREE

[PAYMENT OF TRUST COSTS AND EXPENSES]

[SECTION 1. In connection with the issuance of the Securities to the Trust, and the loan of the proceeds of the Preferred Securities and Common Securities to the Company, the Company hereby covenants to pay to the Trust, and reimburse the Trust for, the full amount of any costs, expenses or liabilities of the Trust (other than obligations of the Trust to pay the Holders of any Preferred Securities or Common Securities) including, without limitation, any taxes, duties or other governmental charges of whatever nature (other than withholding taxes) imposed on the Trust by the United States or any taxing authority. Such payment obligation includes any such costs, expenses or liabilities of the Trust that are required by applicable law to be satisfied in connection with a termination of the Trust. The obligations of the Company to pay all debts, obligations, costs and expenses of the Trust (other than with respect to amounts owing under the Common Securities and the Preferred Securities) shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture.]

ARTICLE FOUR

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 1. This Supplemental Indenture No. 1 is a supplement to the Original Indenture. As supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture No. 1, the Indenture is in all respects ratified, approved and confirmed, and the Original Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture No. 1 shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

SECTION 2. The recitals contained in this Supplemental Indenture No. 1 shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness and makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture No. 1.

SECTION 3. This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture No. 1 to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first written above.

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.

By:
Name:
Title:

[SEAL]

ATTEST:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee

By:
Name:
Title:

[SEAL]

ATTEST:

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS.

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

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

(b) all terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

(c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term "generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America at the date of such computation;

(d) any reference to an "Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and

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

Certain terms, used principally in Article Nine, are defined in that Article.

"ACT", when used with respect to any Holder of a Security, has the meaning specified in Section 104.

["ADDITIONAL INTEREST" has the meaning specified in Section 313.]

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

"AUTHENTICATING AGENT" means any Person or Persons authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate the Securities of one or more series.

"AUTHORIZED OFFICER" means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, or any other Person duly authorized by the Company, as the case requires, to act in respect of matters relating to this Indenture.

"BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means either the board of directors of the Company, as the case requires, or any committee of that board duly authorized to act in respect of matters relating to this Indenture.

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

Exhibit 4(j)(i)

AEP CAPITAL TRUST I
TRUST AGREEMENT

THIS TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of February 19, 2002, among (i) AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC., a New York corporation (the "Depositor"), (ii) WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation, as Delaware Trustee (the "Delaware Trustee"), and Jeffrey D. Cross and Stephan T. Haynes, each an individual, as administrative trustees (the "Administrative Trustees" and collectively with the Delaware Trustee, the "Trustees"). The Depositor and the Trustees hereby agree as follows:

1. The trust created hereby (the "Trust") shall be known as AEP CAPITAL TRUST I, in which name the Trustees, or the Depositor to the extent provided herein, may conduct the business of the trust, make and execute contracts, and sue and be sued.

2. The Depositor hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the Administrative Trustees the sum of $10.00. The Administrative Trustees hereby acknowledge receipt of such amount in trust from the Depositor, which amount shall constitute the initial trust estate. The Trustees hereby declare that they will hold the trust estate in trust for the Depositor.

3. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust created hereby constitute a business trust under Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. Section 3801 et seq. (the "Business Trust Act"), and that this document constitutes the governing instrument of the Trust.

4. The Trustees are hereby authorized and directed to execute and file a certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of the Business Trust Act.

5. The Depositor and the Trustees will enter into an amended and restated Trust Agreement, satisfactory to each such party and substantially in the form included as an exhibit to the 1933 Act Registration Statement (as defined below), to provide for the contemplated operation of the Trust created hereby and the issuance of the Preferred Securities and Common Securities referred to therein (collectively, the "Trust Securities"). Prior to the execution and delivery of such amended and restated Trust Agreement, the Trustees shall not have any duty or obligation hereunder or with respect to the trust estate, except as otherwise required by applicable law or as may be necessary to obtain prior to such execution and delivery of any licenses, consents or approvals required by applicable law or otherwise. However, notwithstanding the foregoing, all Trustees may take all actions deemed proper as are necessary to effect the transactions contemplated herein.

6. The Depositor and the Trustees hereby authorize and direct the Depositor, as the agent of the Trust, (i) to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and execute, on behalf of the Trust, the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the 1933 Act Registration Statement), including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments to the 1933

Act Registration Statement, relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the Preferred Securities of the Trust; (ii) to file with the New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq National Market or the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (each, an Exchange) and execute on behalf of the Trust one or more listing applications and all other applications, statements, certificates, agreements and other instruments as shall be necessary or desirable to cause the Preferred Securities to be listed on any of the Exchanges; and (iii) to file and execute on behalf of the Trust such applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents, appointments of attorney for service of process and other papers and documents as shall be necessary or desirable to register the Preferred Securities under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Depositor, on behalf of the Trust, may deem necessary or desirable. In the event that any filing referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above is required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, an Exchange or state securities or blue sky laws, to be executed on behalf of the Trust by one or more of the Trustees, Jeffrey D. Cross and Stephan T. Haynes, in their capacities as Administrative Trustees of the Trust, are hereby authorized and, to the extent so required, directed to join in any such filing and to execute on behalf of the Trust any and all of the foregoing, it being understood that Wilmington Trust Company in its capacity as a Trustee of the Trust shall not be required to join in any such filing or execute on behalf of the Trust any such document unless required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, the Exchange or state securities or blue sky laws. In connection with the filings referred to above, the Depositor and Trustees, solely as Trustees and not in their individual capacities, hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey D. Cross and Stephan T. Haynes, and each of them, as its true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the Depositor or such Trustee or in the Depositor's or such Trustees' name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the 1933 Act Registration Statement and the 1934 Act Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, the Exchange and administrators of the state securities or blue sky laws, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as the Depositor or such Trustee might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their respective substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

7. (a) The Trustees and their officers, directors, agents, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives, nominees, custodians and servants (collectively, the "Fiduciary Indemnified Persons") shall not be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Trust, the Depositor, the Trustees or any holder of the Trust Securities (the Trust, the Depositor and any holder of the Trust Securities being a "Covered Person") for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons in good faith on behalf of the Trust and in a manner the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons by this Trust Agreement or by law, except that the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of the Fiduciary Indemnified Person's gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.

(b) The Fiduciary Indemnified Persons shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Trust and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Trust by any person as to matters the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons reasonably believes are within such other person's professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Trust, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits, losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to holders of Trust Securities might properly be paid.

(c) The Depositor agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, (i) to indemnify and hold harmless each Fiduciary Indemnified Person from and against any loss, damage, liability, tax, penalty, expense or claim of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred by the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons by reason of the creation, operation or termination of the Trust in a manner the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons by this Trust Agreement of Trust, except that no Fiduciary Indemnified Persons shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim incurred by the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons by reason of gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions, and (ii) to advance expenses (including legal fees) incurred by a Fiduciary Indemnified Person in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt by the Trust of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Fiduciary Indemnified Persons to repay such amount if it shall be determined that such Fiduciary Indemnified Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in the preceding subsection.

(d) The provisions of Section 7 shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons.

8. The number of Trustees initially shall be three (3) and thereafter the number of Trustees shall be such number as shall be fixed from time to time by a written instrument signed by the Depositor, who may increase or decrease the number of Trustees; provided, however, that, to the extent required by the Business Trust Act, one Trustee shall either be a natural person who is a resident of Delaware or, if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware and otherwise meets the requirements of applicable Delaware law. Subject to the foregoing, the Depositor is entitled to appoint or remove without cause any Trustee at any time. The Trustees may resign upon thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the Depositor; provided, however, that no resignation of the Delaware Trustee shall be effective until a successor Delaware Trustee has been appointed by the Administrative Trustees and has accepted such appointment by an instrument executed by such successor Delaware Trustee and delivered to the Administrative Trustees, the Depositor and Wilmington Trust Company. In the event a successor Delaware Trustee is not appointed within thirty (30) days of giving notice of resignation, the Delaware Trustee shall have a right to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor Delaware Trustee at the cost of the Trust.

9. This Trust Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflict of laws principles).

10. This Trust Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts.

11. The Trust may terminate without issuing any Trust Securities at the election of the Depositor.

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

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.,
as Depositor

By: /s/ Thomas G. Berkemeyer
    ----------------------------------
    Name:  Thomas G. Berkemeyer
    Title: Assistant Secretary

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Delaware Trustee

By: /s/ Donald G. MacKelcan
    ----------------------------------
    Name:  Donald G. MacKelcan
    Title: Vice President


    /s/ Jeffrey D. Cross
    ----------------------------------
    as Administrative Trustee


    /s/ Stephan T. Haynes
    ----------------------------------
    as Administrative Trustee

Exhibit 4(j)(ii)

AEP CAPITAL TRUST II
TRUST AGREEMENT

THIS TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of February 19, 2002, among (i) AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC., a New York corporation (the "Depositor"), (ii) WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation, as Delaware Trustee (the "Delaware Trustee"), and Jeffrey D. Cross and Stephan T. Haynes, each an individual, as administrative trustees (the "Administrative Trustees" and collectively with the Delaware Trustee, the "Trustees"). The Depositor and the Trustees hereby agree as follows:

1. The trust created hereby (the "Trust") shall be known as AEP CAPITAL TRUST II, in which name the Trustees, or the Depositor to the extent provided herein, may conduct the business of the trust, make and execute contracts, and sue and be sued.

2. The Depositor hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the Administrative Trustees the sum of $10.00. The Administrative Trustees hereby acknowledge receipt of such amount in trust from the Depositor, which amount shall constitute the initial trust estate. The Trustees hereby declare that they will hold the trust estate in trust for the Depositor.

3. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust created hereby constitute a business trust under Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. Section 3801 et seq. (the "Business Trust Act"), and that this document constitutes the governing instrument of the Trust.

4. The Trustees are hereby authorized and directed to execute and file a certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of the Business Trust Act.

5. The Depositor and the Trustees will enter into an amended and restated Trust Agreement, satisfactory to each such party and substantially in the form included as an exhibit to the 1933 Act Registration Statement (as defined below), to provide for the contemplated operation of the Trust created hereby and the issuance of the Preferred Securities and Common Securities referred to therein (collectively, the "Trust Securities"). Prior to the execution and delivery of such amended and restated Trust Agreement, the Trustees shall not have any duty or obligation hereunder or with respect to the trust estate, except as otherwise required by applicable law or as may be necessary to obtain prior to such execution and delivery of any licenses, consents or approvals required by applicable law or otherwise. However, notwithstanding the foregoing, all Trustees may take all actions deemed proper as are necessary to effect the transactions contemplated herein.

6. The Depositor and the Trustees hereby authorize and direct the Depositor, as the agent of the Trust, (i) to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and execute, on behalf of the Trust, the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the 1933 Act Registration Statement), including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments to the 1933

Act Registration Statement, relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the Preferred Securities of the Trust; (ii) to file with the New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq National Market or the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (each, an Exchange) and execute on behalf of the Trust one or more listing applications and all other applications, statements, certificates, agreements and other instruments as shall be necessary or desirable to cause the Preferred Securities to be listed on any of the Exchanges; and (iii) to file and execute on behalf of the Trust such applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents, appointments of attorney for service of process and other papers and documents as shall be necessary or desirable to register the Preferred Securities under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Depositor, on behalf of the Trust, may deem necessary or desirable. In the event that any filing referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above is required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, an Exchange or state securities or blue sky laws, to be executed on behalf of the Trust by one or more of the Trustees, Jeffrey D. Cross and Stephan T. Haynes, in their capacities as Administrative Trustees of the Trust, are hereby authorized and, to the extent so required, directed to join in any such filing and to execute on behalf of the Trust any and all of the foregoing, it being understood that Wilmington Trust Company in its capacity as a Trustee of the Trust shall not be required to join in any such filing or execute on behalf of the Trust any such document unless required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, the Exchange or state securities or blue sky laws. In connection with the filings referred to above, the Depositor and Trustees, solely as Trustees and not in their individual capacities, hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey D. Cross and Stephan T. Haynes, and each of them, as its true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the Depositor or such Trustee or in the Depositor's or such Trustees' name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the 1933 Act Registration Statement and the 1934 Act Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, the Exchange and administrators of the state securities or blue sky laws, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as the Depositor or such Trustee might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their respective substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

7. (a) The Trustees and their officers, directors, agents, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives, nominees, custodians and servants (collectively, the "Fiduciary Indemnified Persons") shall not be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Trust, the Depositor, the Trustees or any holder of the Trust Securities (the Trust, the Depositor and any holder of the Trust Securities being a "Covered Person") for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons in good faith on behalf of the Trust and in a manner the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons by this Trust Agreement or by law, except that the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of the Fiduciary Indemnified Person's gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.

(b) The Fiduciary Indemnified Persons shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Trust and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Trust by any person as to matters the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons reasonably believes are within such other person's professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Trust, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits, losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to holders of Trust Securities might properly be paid.

(c) The Depositor agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, (i) to indemnify and hold harmless each Fiduciary Indemnified Person from and against any loss, damage, liability, tax, penalty, expense or claim of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred by the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons by reason of the creation, operation or termination of the Trust in a manner the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons by this Trust Agreement of Trust, except that no Fiduciary Indemnified Persons shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim incurred by the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons by reason of gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions, and (ii) to advance expenses (including legal fees) incurred by a Fiduciary Indemnified Person in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt by the Trust of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Fiduciary Indemnified Persons to repay such amount if it shall be determined that such Fiduciary Indemnified Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in the preceding subsection.

(d) The provisions of Section 7 shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons.

8. The number of Trustees initially shall be three (3) and thereafter the number of Trustees shall be such number as shall be fixed from time to time by a written instrument signed by the Depositor, who may increase or decrease the number of Trustees; provided, however, that, to the extent required by the Business Trust Act, one Trustee shall either be a natural person who is a resident of Delaware or, if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware and otherwise meets the requirements of applicable Delaware law. Subject to the foregoing, the Depositor is entitled to appoint or remove without cause any Trustee at any time. The Trustees may resign upon thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the Depositor; provided, however, that no resignation of the Delaware Trustee shall be effective until a successor Delaware Trustee has been appointed by the Administrative Trustees and has accepted such appointment by an instrument executed by such successor Delaware Trustee and delivered to the Administrative Trustees, the Depositor and Wilmington Trust Company. In the event a successor Delaware Trustee is not appointed within thirty (30) days of giving notice of resignation, the Delaware Trustee shall have a right to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor Delaware Trustee at the cost of the Trust.

9. This Trust Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflict of laws principles).

10. This Trust Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts.

11. The Trust may terminate without issuing any Trust Securities at the election of the Depositor.

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

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.,
as Depositor

By: /s/ Thomas G. Berkemeyer
    --------------------------------
    Name:  Thomas G. Berkemeyer
    Title: Assistant Secretary

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Delaware Trustee

By: /s/ Donald G. MacKelcan
    --------------------------------
    Name:  Donald G. MacKelcan
    Title: Vice President


    /s/ Jeffrey D. Cross
    --------------------------------
    as Administrative Trustee


    /s/ Stephan T. Haynes
    --------------------------------
    as Administrative Trustee

Exhibit 4(j)(iii)

AEP CAPITAL TRUST III
TRUST AGREEMENT

THIS TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of February 19, 2002, among (i) AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC., a New York corporation (the "Depositor"), (ii) WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation, as Delaware Trustee (the "Delaware Trustee"), and Jeffrey D. Cross and Stephan T. Haynes, each an individual, as administrative trustees (the "Administrative Trustees" and collectively with the Delaware Trustee, the "Trustees"). The Depositor and the Trustees hereby agree as follows:

1. The trust created hereby (the "Trust") shall be known as AEP CAPITAL TRUST III, in which name the Trustees, or the Depositor to the extent provided herein, may conduct the business of the trust, make and execute contracts, and sue and be sued.

2. The Depositor hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the Administrative Trustees the sum of $10.00. The Administrative Trustees hereby acknowledge receipt of such amount in trust from the Depositor, which amount shall constitute the initial trust estate. The Trustees hereby declare that they will hold the trust estate in trust for the Depositor.

3. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust created hereby constitute a business trust under Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. Section 3801 et seq. (the "Business Trust Act"), and that this document constitutes the governing instrument of the Trust.

4. The Trustees are hereby authorized and directed to execute and file a certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of the Business Trust Act.

5. The Depositor and the Trustees will enter into an amended and restated Trust Agreement, satisfactory to each such party and substantially in the form included as an exhibit to the 1933 Act Registration Statement (as defined below), to provide for the contemplated operation of the Trust created hereby and the issuance of the Preferred Securities and Common Securities referred to therein (collectively, the "Trust Securities"). Prior to the execution and delivery of such amended and restated Trust Agreement, the Trustees shall not have any duty or obligation hereunder or with respect to the trust estate, except as otherwise required by applicable law or as may be necessary to obtain prior to such execution and delivery of any licenses, consents or approvals required by applicable law or otherwise. However, notwithstanding the foregoing, all Trustees may take all actions deemed proper as are necessary to effect the transactions contemplated herein.

6. The Depositor and the Trustees hereby authorize and direct the Depositor, as the agent of the Trust, (i) to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and execute, on behalf of the Trust, the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the 1933 Act Registration Statement), including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments to the 1933

Act Registration Statement, relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the Preferred Securities of the Trust; (ii) to file with the New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq National Market or the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (each, an Exchange) and execute on behalf of the Trust one or more listing applications and all other applications, statements, certificates, agreements and other instruments as shall be necessary or desirable to cause the Preferred Securities to be listed on any of the Exchanges; and (iii) to file and execute on behalf of the Trust such applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents, appointments of attorney for service of process and other papers and documents as shall be necessary or desirable to register the Preferred Securities under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Depositor, on behalf of the Trust, may deem necessary or desirable. In the event that any filing referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above is required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, an Exchange or state securities or blue sky laws, to be executed on behalf of the Trust by one or more of the Trustees, Jeffrey D. Cross and Stephan T. Haynes, in their capacities as Administrative Trustees of the Trust, are hereby authorized and, to the extent so required, directed to join in any such filing and to execute on behalf of the Trust any and all of the foregoing, it being understood that Wilmington Trust Company in its capacity as a Trustee of the Trust shall not be required to join in any such filing or execute on behalf of the Trust any such document unless required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, the Exchange or state securities or blue sky laws. In connection with the filings referred to above, the Depositor and Trustees, solely as Trustees and not in their individual capacities, hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey D. Cross and Stephan T. Haynes, and each of them, as its true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the Depositor or such Trustee or in the Depositor's or such Trustees' name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the 1933 Act Registration Statement and the 1934 Act Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, the Exchange and administrators of the state securities or blue sky laws, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as the Depositor or such Trustee might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their respective substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

7. (a) The Trustees and their officers, directors, agents, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives, nominees, custodians and servants (collectively, the "Fiduciary Indemnified Persons") shall not be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Trust, the Depositor, the Trustees or any holder of the Trust Securities (the Trust, the Depositor and any holder of the Trust Securities being a "Covered Person") for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons in good faith on behalf of the Trust and in a manner the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons by this Trust Agreement or by law, except that the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of the Fiduciary Indemnified Person's gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.

(b) The Fiduciary Indemnified Persons shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Trust and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Trust by any person as to matters the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons reasonably believes are within such other person's professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Trust, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits, losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to holders of Trust Securities might properly be paid.

(c) The Depositor agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, (i) to indemnify and hold harmless each Fiduciary Indemnified Person from and against any loss, damage, liability, tax, penalty, expense or claim of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred by the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons by reason of the creation, operation or termination of the Trust in a manner the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons by this Trust Agreement of Trust, except that no Fiduciary Indemnified Persons shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim incurred by the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons by reason of gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions, and (ii) to advance expenses (including legal fees) incurred by a Fiduciary Indemnified Person in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt by the Trust of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Fiduciary Indemnified Persons to repay such amount if it shall be determined that such Fiduciary Indemnified Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in the preceding subsection.

(d) The provisions of Section 7 shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of the Fiduciary Indemnified Persons.

8. The number of Trustees initially shall be three (3) and thereafter the number of Trustees shall be such number as shall be fixed from time to time by a written instrument signed by the Depositor, who may increase or decrease the number of Trustees; provided, however, that, to the extent required by the Business Trust Act, one Trustee shall either be a natural person who is a resident of Delaware or, if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware and otherwise meets the requirements of applicable Delaware law. Subject to the foregoing, the Depositor is entitled to appoint or remove without cause any Trustee at any time. The Trustees may resign upon thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the Depositor; provided, however, that no resignation of the Delaware Trustee shall be effective until a successor Delaware Trustee has been appointed by the Administrative Trustees and has accepted such appointment by an instrument executed by such successor Delaware Trustee and delivered to the Administrative Trustees, the Depositor and Wilmington Trust Company. In the event a successor Delaware Trustee is not appointed within thirty (30) days of giving notice of resignation, the Delaware Trustee shall have a right to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor Delaware Trustee at the cost of the Trust.

9. This Trust Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflict of laws principles).

10. This Trust Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts.

11. The Trust may terminate without issuing any Trust Securities at the election of the Depositor.

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

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.,
as Depositor

By: /s/ Thomas G. Berkemeyer
    ----------------------------------
    Name:  Thomas G. Berkemeyer
    Title: Assistant Secretary

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Delaware Trustee

By: /s/ Donald G. MacKelcan
    ----------------------------------
    Name:  Donald G. MacKelcan
    Title: Vice President


    /s/ Jeffrey D. Cross
    ----------------------------------
    as Administrative Trustee


    /s/ Stephan T. Haynes
    ----------------------------------
    as Administrative Trustee

Exhibit 4(k)(i)

CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
AEP CAPITAL TRUST I

THIS CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF AEP Capital Trust I (the "Trust") is being duly executed and filed by Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, Jeffrey D. Cross and Stephan T. Haynes, each an individual, as trustees, to form a business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del. C. Section 3801 et seq.) (the Act).

1. NAME. The name of the business trust formed hereby is AEP Capital Trust I.

2. DELAWARE TRUSTEE. The name and business address of the trustee of the Trust in the State of Delaware are Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North, 1100 N. Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.

3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective upon filing.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate of Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act.

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
as Trustee

By: /s/ Donald G. MacKelcan
    ----------------------------
    Name:  Donald G. MacKelcan
    Title: Vice President


    /s/ Jeffrey D. Cross
    ----------------------------
    as Trustee


    /s/ Stephan T. Haynes
    ----------------------------
    as Trustee

Exhibit 4(k)(ii)

CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
AEP CAPITAL TRUST II

THIS CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF AEP Capital Trust II (the "Trust") is being duly executed and filed by Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, Jeffrey D. Cross and Stephan T. Haynes, each an individual, as trustees, to form a business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del. C. Section 3801 et seq.) (the Act).

1. NAME. The name of the business trust formed hereby is AEP Capital Trust II.

2. DELAWARE TRUSTEE. The name and business address of the trustee of the Trust in the State of Delaware are Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North, 1100 N. Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.

3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective upon filing.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate of Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act.

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
as Trustee

By: /s/ W. Chris Sponenberg
    ----------------------------
    Name:  W. Chris Sponenberg
    Title: Vice President


    /s/ Jeffrey D. Cross
    ----------------------------
    as Trustee


    /s/ Stephan T. Haynes
    ----------------------------
    as Trustee

Exhibit 4(k)(iii)

CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
AEP CAPITAL TRUST III

THIS CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF AEP Capital Trust III (the "Trust") is being duly executed and filed by Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, Jeffrey D. Cross and Stephan T. Haynes, each an individual, as trustees, to form a business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del. C. Section 3801 et seq.) (the Act).

1. NAME. The name of the business trust formed hereby is AEP Capital Trust III.

2. DELAWARE TRUSTEE. The name and business address of the trustee of the Trust in the State of Delaware are Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North, 1100 N. Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.

3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective upon filing.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate of Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act.

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
as Trustee

By: /s/ Donald G. MacKelcan
    ----------------------------
    Name:  Donald G. MacKelcan
    Title: Vice President

/s/ Stephan T. Haynes
-----------------------------
as Trustee

Exhibit 4(l)(i)

AMENDED AND RESTATED

TRUST AGREEMENT

among

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.

as Depositor and Trust Securities Guarantor,

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

as Property Trustee,

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

as Delaware Trustee,

THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES NAMED HEREIN

and

THE SEVERAL HOLDERS OF THE TRUST SECURITIES

Dated as of ______, ____

AEP CAPITAL TRUST I

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  Act Section                                                                                 Section
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Section 310(a)(1)          .............................................................    8.07
              (a)(2)       .............................................................    8.07
              (a)(3)       .............................................................    8.09
              (a)(4)       .............................................................    Not Applicable
              (b)          .............................................................    8.08
Section 311(a)             .............................................................    8.13
              (b)          .............................................................    8.13
Section 312(a)             .............................................................    5.07
              (b)          .............................................................    5.07
              (c)          .............................................................    5.07
Section 313(a)             .............................................................    8.14(a)
              (b)          .............................................................    8.14(a)
              (c)          .............................................................    8.14(a)
              (d)          .............................................................    8.14(b)
Section 314(a)             .............................................................    8.15
              (b)          .............................................................    Not Applicable
              (c)(1)       .............................................................    8.16
              (c)(2)       .............................................................    8.16
              (c)(3)       .............................................................    Not Applicable
              (d)          .............................................................    Not Applicable
              (e)          .............................................................    1.01
Section 315(a)             ............................................................     8.01, 8.03
              (b)          .............................................................    8.02
              (c)          .............................................................    8.01(a)
              (d)          .............................................................    8.01, 8.03
              (e)          .............................................................    Not Applicable
Section 316(a)             .............................................................    6.01
              (a)(1)(A)    .............................................................    6.01
              (a)(1)(B)    .............................................................    Not Applicable
              (a)(2)       .............................................................    Not Applicable
              (b)          .............................................................    Not Applicable
              (c)          .............................................................    6.07
Section 317(a)(1)          .............................................................    Not Applicable
              (a)(2)       .............................................................    Not Applicable
              (b)          .............................................................    5.09
Section 318(a)             .............................................................    10.10

Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Trust Agreement.

                                  Defined Terms
Section 1.01.       Definitions...................................................................................1

                                   ARTICLE II

                            Continuation of the Trust
Section 2.01.       Name..........................................................................................8
Section 2.02.       Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business...................................8
Section 2.03.       Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational Expenses...............................9
Section 2.04.       Issuance of the Preferred Trust Securities....................................................9
Section 2.05.       Subscription and Purchase of Debentures; Issuance of the Common Trust Securities..............9
Section 2.06.       Declaration of Trust; Appointment of Additional Administrative Trustees.......................9
Section 2.07.       Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions..............................................9
Section 2.08.       Assets of Trust..............................................................................12
Section 2.09.       Title to Trust Property......................................................................12

                                   ARTICLE III

                                 PAYMENT ACCOUNT
Section 3.01.       Payment Account..............................................................................12

                                   ARTICLE IV

                             DISTRIBUTION REDEMPTION
Section 4.01.       Distributions................................................................................13
Section 4.02.       Redemption...................................................................................13
Section 4.03.       Subordination of Common Trust Securities.....................................................14
Section 4.04.       Payment Procedures...........................................................................15
Section 4.05.       Tax Returns and Reports......................................................................15
Section 4.06.       Payments under Indenture.....................................................................15
Section 4.07.       [Remarketing]................................................................................15

                                    ARTICLE V

                          TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01.       Initial Ownership............................................................................16
Section 5.02.       The Trust Securities Certificates............................................................16
Section 5.03.       Execution and Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates......................................16
Section 5.04.       Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Trust Securities Certificates.......................16
Section 5.05.       Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities Certificates...........................17
Section 5.06.       Persons Deemed Securityholders...............................................................17
Section 5.07.       Access to List of Securityholders' Names and Addresses.......................................17
Section 5.08.       Maintenance of Office or Agency..............................................................17
Section 5.09.       Appointment of Paying Agent..................................................................17
Section 5.10.       Ownership of Common Trust Securities by Depositor............................................18
Section 5.11.       Definitive Preferred Trust Securities Certificates...........................................18
Section 5.12.       Book-Entry System............................................................................19
Section 5.13.       Rights of Securityholders....................................................................19
Section 5.14.       Cancellation by Transfer Agent and Registrar.................................................19

                                   ARTICLE VI

                    ACTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS; MEETINGS VOTING
Section 6.01.       Limitations on Voting Rights.................................................................20
Section 6.02.       Notice of Meetings...........................................................................21
Section 6.03.       Meetings of Holders of Preferred Trust Securities............................................21
Section 6.04.       Voting Rights................................................................................21
Section 6.05.       Proxies, etc.................................................................................21
Section 6.06.       Securityholder Action by Written Consent.....................................................21
Section 6.07.       Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes....................................................21
Section 6.08.       Acts of Securityholders......................................................................22
Section 6.09.       Inspection of Records........................................................................22

                                   ARTICLE VII

                      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
                    PROPERTY TRUSTEE AND THE DELWARE TRUSTEE
Section 7.01.       Property Trustee.............................................................................23
Section 7.02.       Delaware Trustee.............................................................................23

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                                  THE TRUSTEES
Section 8.01.       Certain Duties and Responsibilities..........................................................24
Section 8.02.       Notice of Defaults...........................................................................25
Section 8.03.       Certain Rights of Property Trustee...........................................................25
Section 8.04.       Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.......................................27
Section 8.05.       May Hold Securities..........................................................................27
Section 8.06.       Compensation; Fees; Indemnity................................................................27
Section 8.07.       Certain Trustees Required; Eligibility.......................................................28
Section 8.08.       Conflicting Interests........................................................................28
Section 8.09.       Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee.............................................................28
Section 8.10.       Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor............................................29
Section 8.11.       Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.......................................................30
Section 8.12.       Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business..................................31
Section 8.13.       Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or Trust.................................31
Section 8.14.       Reports by Property Trustee..................................................................31
Section 8.15.       Reports to the Property Trustee..............................................................31
Section 8.16.       Evidence of Compliance With Conditions Precedent.............................................31
Section 8.17.       Number of Trustees...........................................................................31
Section 8.18.       Delegation of Power..........................................................................32
Section 8.19.       Fiduciary Duty...............................................................................32
Section 8.20.       Delaware Trustee.............................................................................32

                                   ARTICLE IX

                           DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
Section 9.01.       Dissolution Upon Expiration Date.............................................................33
Section 9.02.       Early Dissolution............................................................................33
Section 9.03.       Termination..................................................................................33
Section 9.04.       Liquidation..................................................................................33
Section 9.05.       Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of the Trust..........................35

                                    ARTICLE X

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01.      Payment of Expenses of the Trust.............................................................35
Section 10.02.      Limitation of Rights of Securityholders......................................................36
Section 10.03.      Amendment....................................................................................36
Section 10.04.      Separability.................................................................................37
Section 10.05.      Governing Law................................................................................37
Section 10.06.      Successors...................................................................................37
Section 10.07.      Headings.....................................................................................37
Section 10.08.      Notice and Demand............................................................................37
Section 10.09.      Agreement Not to Petition....................................................................37
Section 10.10.      Conflict with Trust Indenture Act............................................................38
Section 10.11.      Counterparts.................................................................................38

AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of ______, ____, among (i) American Electric Power Company, Inc., a New York corporation as depositor (the "Depositor") and as Trust Securities guarantor (the "Trust Securities Guarantor"), (ii) Wilmington Trust Company, a banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, as trustee (the "Property Trustee" and, in its separate capacity and not in its capacity as Property Trustee, the "Bank"), (iii) Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware trustee (the "Delaware Trustee"), (iv) ____________________ and ____________________, each an individual, and each of whose address is c/o American Electric Power Company, 1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215 (each, an "Administrative Trustee" and collectively the "Administrative Trustees") (the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees are referred to herein each as a "Trustee" and collectively as the "Trustees"), and (v) the several Holders, as hereinafter defined.

R E C I T A L S:

The Depositor, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and ____________________, as Administrative Trustee, have heretofore duly created and continued a business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act by the entering into that certain Trust Agreement, dated as of February 19, 2002 (the "Original Trust Agreement"), as amended by the execution and filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the Certificate of Trust, dated February 19, 2002 (attached hereto as Exhibit A and, as it may be amended from time to time, the "Certificate of Trust").

The Trust and the Depositor have entered into an Underwriting Agreement dated __________, ____ with ______________________________.

The parties hereto desire to provide for, among other things, (i) the issuance of the Common Trust Securities, as hereinafter defined, by the Trust to the Depositor, (ii) the issuance of the Preferred Trust Securities, as hereinafter defined, by the Trust, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and
(iii) the acquisition by the Trust of all of the right, title and interest in the Debentures, as hereinafter defined.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each party, for the benefit of the other party and for the benefit of the Securityholders, hereby agrees as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINED TERMS

Section 1.01. Definitions.(a) For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:(b) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

(c) all other terms used herein that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

(d) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an "Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Trust Agreement; and

(e) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Trust Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

"Act" has the meaning specified in Section 6.08.

"Additional Amount" means, with respect to Trust Securities of a given Liquidation Amount for a given period, the amount of Additional Interest (as defined in the Subordinated Indenture) paid by the Debenture Issuer on a Like Amount of Debentures for such period.

"Administrative Trustee" means each of the individuals identified as an "Administrative Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in their capacities as Administrative Trustees of the Trust and not in their individual capacities, or such trustee's successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor trustee appointed as herein provided.

"Adverse Tax Consequence" means any of the circumstances described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the definition of "Tax Event" herein.

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

"Authorized Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the President and Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer or any other officer or agent of the Depositor duly authorized by the Board of Directors to act in respect of matters relating to this Trust Agreement.

"Bank" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust Agreement.

"Bankruptcy Event" means, with respect to any Person:

(i) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises judging such Person a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjudication or composition of or in respect of such Person under Federal bankruptcy law or any other applicable Federal or state law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of such Person or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

(ii) the institution by such Person of proceedings to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or of the consent by it to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under Federal bankruptcy law or any other applicable Federal or state law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of such Person or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due.

"Bankruptcy Laws" has the meaning specified in Section 10.09.

"Business Day" means a day other than (x) a Saturday or a Sunday, (y) a day on which banks in New York, New York or Pennsylvania are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to remain closed or (z) a day on which the Property Trustee's Corporate Trust Office or the Debenture Trustee's principal corporate trust office is closed for business.

"Certificate of Trust" has the meaning specified the recitals hereof.

"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.

"Closing Date" means the date of execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement.

"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

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

"Common Trust Security" means a security representing an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust having a Liquidation Amount of $25 and having the rights provided therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive Distributions, Debentures and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.

"Common Trust Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing ownership of Common Trust Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B.

"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of the Property Trustee located in New York, New York which at the date of execution of this Trust Agreement is located at 450 West 33rd Street, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10001.

"Covered Person" means: (a) any officer, director, shareholder, partner, member, representative, employee or agent of the Trust or the Trust's Affiliates; and (b) any Holder of Trust Securities.

"Debenture Event of Default" means an "Event of Default" as defined in the Subordinated Indenture.

"Debenture Issuer" means American Electric Power Company, Inc., a New York corporation, in its capacity as issuer of the Debentures, and its successors.

"Debenture Redemption Date" means "Redemption Date" as defined in the Subordinated Indenture with respect to the Debentures.

"Debenture Trustee" means ______________________________, a New York banking corporation, as trustee under the Subordinated Indenture, and its permitted successors and assigns as such trustee.

"Debentures" means $___________ aggregate principal amount of the Debenture Issuer's __% Subordinated Debt Securities, Series _, issued pursuant to the Subordinated Indenture which will mature on ______, ____.

"Definitive Preferred Trust Securities Certificates" means Preferred Trust Securities Certificates issued in certificated, fully registered form as provided in Section 5.11.

"Delaware Business Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code Section 3801 et seq., as it may be amended from time to time.

"Delaware Trustee" means the banking corporation identified as the "Delaware Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as Delaware Trustee of the Trust and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor trustee appointed as herein provided.

"Depositor" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust Agreement and includes American Electric Power Company, Inc., in its capacity as Holder of the Common Trust Securities, and its successors.

"Distribution Date" has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a).

"Distributions" means amounts payable in respect of the Trust Securities as provided in Section 4.01.

"Early Termination Event" has the meaning specified in Section 9.02.

"Event of Default" means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

(i) the occurrence of a Debenture Event of Default; or

(ii) default by the Trust in the payment of any Distribution when it becomes due and payable, and continuation of such default for a period of 30 days; or

(iii) default by the Trust in the payment of any Redemption Price, plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions, of any Trust Security when it becomes due and payable; or

(iv) default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect, of any covenant or warranty of the Trustees in this Trust Agreement (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or breach is specifically dealt with in clause (ii) or (iii), above) and continuation of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Trust, the defaulting trustee and the Depositor by the Holders of at least 25% in Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or

(v) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Trust.

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

"Expiration Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.01.

"Indemnified Person" means any Trustee, any Affiliate of any Trustee, or any officer, director, shareholder, member, partners, employee, representative or agent of any Trustee, or any employee or agent of the Trust or its Affiliates.

"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

["Investment Company Event" means the receipt by the Trust of an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of a change in law or regulation or a change in interpretation or application of law or regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority (a "Change in 1940 Act Law"), the Trust is or will be considered an "investment company" that is required to be registered under the 1940 Act, which change in 1940 Act Law become effective on or after the date of original issuance of the Preferred Securities under this Trust Agreement.

"Lien" means any lien, pledge, charge, encumbrance, mortgage, deed of trust, adverse ownership interest, hypothecation, assignment, security interest or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever.

"Like Amount" means (i) Trust Securities having a Liquidation Amount equal to the principal amount of Debentures to be contemporaneously redeemed in accordance with the Subordinated Indenture and the proceeds of which will be used to pay the Redemption Price of such Trust Securities plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the date of such payment and (ii) Debentures having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities of the Holders to which such Debentures are distributed.

"Liquidation Amount" means the stated amount of $25 per Trust Security.

"Liquidation Date" means the date on which Debentures are to be distributed to Holders of Trust Securities in connection with a dissolution and liquidation of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.04.

"Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning specified in Section 9.04(e).

"Offer" has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(c).

"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the Depositor and delivered to the appropriate Trustee. Any officer signing an Officer's Certificate given pursuant to Section 8.16 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Depositor. Any Officer's Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Trust Agreement shall include:

(a) a statement that the officer signing the Officer's Certificate has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;

(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or investigation undertaken by such officer in rendering the Officer's Certificate;

(c) a statement that such officer has made such examination or investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to enable such officer to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

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

"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Trust, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Depositor, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Property Trustee. Any Opinion of Counsel delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Trust Agreement shall include statements comparable to the statements referred to in the definition of "Officer's Certificate" herein.

"Trust Agreement" has the meaning specified in the recitals to this Trust Agreement.

"Outstanding," when used with respect to Preferred Trust Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Preferred Trust Securities theretofore delivered under this Trust Agreement, except:

(i) Preferred Trust Securities theretofore canceled by the Transfer Agent and Registrar or delivered to the Transfer Agent and Registrar for cancellation;

(ii) Preferred Trust Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Property Trustee or any Paying Agent for the Holders of such Preferred Trust Securities; provided that, if such Preferred Trust Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and

(iii) Preferred Trust Securities which have been paid or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Preferred Trust Securities have been delivered pursuant to this Trust Agreement, including pursuant to Sections 5.04, 5.05 or 5.11;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Preferred Trust Securities owned by the Depositor, the Trust Securities Guarantor, any Administrative Trustee or any Affiliate of the Depositor, the Trust Securities Guarantor or any Administrative Trustee shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that (a) in determining whether any Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Preferred Trust Securities which such Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded and
(b) the foregoing shall not apply at any time when all of the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities are owned by the Depositor, the Trust Securities Guarantor, one or more of the Administrative Trustees and/or any such Affiliate. Preferred Trust Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Administrative Trustees the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Preferred Trust Securities and that the pledgee is not the Depositor or the Trust Securities Guarantor, or any Affiliate of the Depositor or the Trust Securities Guarantor.

"Owner" means each Person who is the beneficial owner of a Trust Securities Certificate as reflected in the records of the Securities Depository or, if a Securities Depository participant is not the beneficial owner, then as reflected in the records of a Person maintaining an account with such Securities Depository (directly or indirectly), in accordance with the rules of such Securities Depository.

"Paying Agent" means any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 5.09 and shall initially be the Property Trustee.

"Payment Account" means a segregated non-interest-bearing corporate trust account maintained by the Property Trustee with the Bank, or such other banking institution as the Depositor shall select for the benefit of the Securityholders in which all amounts paid in respect of the Debentures will be held and from which the Paying Agent, pursuant to Section 5.09, shall make payments to the Securityholders in accordance with Sections 4.01 and 4.02.

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

"Preferred Trust Security" means a security representing an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust having a Liquidation Amount of $25 and having rights provided therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive Distributions, Debentures and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein and, in certain circumstances, a preference over the Common Trust Securities.

"Preferred Trust Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing ownership of Preferred Trust Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C.

"Property Trustee" means the commercial bank or trust company identified as the "Property Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as Property Trustee of the Trust and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor trustee appointed as herein provided.

"Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Trust Security to be redeemed, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Trust Agreement; provided that each Debenture Redemption Date shall be a Redemption Date for a Like Amount of Trust Securities.

"Redemption Price" means, with respect to any date fixed for redemption of any Trust Security, the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security.

"Relevant Trustee" shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.10.

"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Property Trustee, means an officer of the Property Trustee assigned by the Property Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters.

"Securities Depository" shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.12. The Depository Trust Company will be the initial Securities Depository.

"Securities Register" shall mean the Securities Register as described in
Section 5.04.

"Securityholder" or "Holder" means a Person in whose name a Trust Security or Securities is registered in the Securities Register; any such Person shall be a beneficial owner of such security within the meaning of the Delaware Business Trust Act.

"Subordinated Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of ____________, ____, among the Debenture Issuer, the Depositor, as guarantor and the Debenture Trustee, as trustee, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

"Tax Event" means the receipt by the Trust or the Depositor of an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of (a) any amendment to, clarification of, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the laws or treaties (or any regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, (b) any judicial decision or any official administrative pronouncement, ruling, regulatory procedure, notice or announcement (including any notice or announcement of intent to issue or adopt any such administrative pronouncement, ruling, regulatory procedure or regulation) (each, an "Administrative Action"), or (c) any amendment to, clarification of, or change in the official position or the interpretation of any such Administrative Action or judicial decision or any interpretation or pronouncement that provides for a position with respect to such Administrative Action or judicial decision that differs from the theretofore generally accepted position, in each case by any legislative body, court, governmental authority or regulatory body, irrespective of the time or manner in which such amendment, clarification or change is introduced or made known, which amendment, clarification, or change is effective, or which Administrative Action is taken or which judicial decision is issued, in each case on or after the date of issuance of the Preferred Trust Securities, there is more than an insubstantial risk that (i) the Trust is, or will be subject to United States Federal income tax with respect to interest received on the Debentures, (ii) interest payable by the Depositor on the Debentures is not, or will not be, fully deductible by the Depositor for United States Federal income tax purposes, or (iii) the Trust is, or will be subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties or other governmental charges.

"Transfer Agent and Registrar" shall mean the transfer agent and registrar for the Preferred Trust Securities appointed by the Trust and shall be initially the Property Trustee.

"Trust" means the Delaware business trust created by the Trust Agreement and the Certificate of Trust and continued hereby and identified on the cover page to this Trust Agreement.

"Trust Agreement" means this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, as the same may be modified, amended or supplemented in accordance with the applicable provisions hereof, including (i) all exhibits hereto and (ii) for all purposes of this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or supplement, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or supplement, respectively.

"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as amended and in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

"Trust Property" means (i) the Debentures, (ii) any cash on deposit in, or owing to, the Payment Account and (iii) all proceeds and rights in respect of the foregoing for the time being held by the Property Trustee pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement.

"[Trust] Securities Certificate" means any one of the Common Trust Securities Certificates or the Preferred Trust Securities Certificates.

"Trust Securities Guarantee" means the Trust Securities Guarantee Agreement executed and delivered by the Depositor, as guarantor and ______________________________, a New York banking corporation, as trustee, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, for the benefit of the Holders of the [Preferred] Trust Securities, as amended from time to time.

"Trust Securities Guarantor" means American Electric Power Company, Inc., a New York corporation, and its successors, as guarantor under the Trust Securities Guarantee.

"Trust Security" means any one of the Common Trust Securities or the Preferred Trust Securities. The Common Trust Securities and the Preferred Trust Securities represent the sole beneficial interests in the Trust, and the Trust shall not issue any interests other than the Trust Securities. "Trustees" mean, collectively, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees.

"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of ____________, ____, among the Trust, the Depositor and the underwriters named therein.

[Additional Definitions if Securities are to be issued in connection with Stock Purchase Units]

ARTICLE II

Continuation of the Trust

Section 2.01. Name.The Trust continued hereby shall be known as "AEP Capital Trust I", as such name may be modified from time to time by the Administrative Trustees following written notice to the Holders of Trust Securities and the other Trustees, in which name the Trustees may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Trust and sue and be sued.

Section 2.02. Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business.The office of the Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware is 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, or at such other address in Delaware as the Delaware Trustee may designate by written notice to the Securityholders, the Depositor and the Trust Securities Guarantor. The principal place of business of the Trust is c/o American Electric Power Company, Inc., 1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215.

Section 2.03. Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational Expenses.The Property Trustee acknowledges receipt in trust from the Depositor in connection with the Trust Agreement of the sum of $10, which constituted the initial Trust Property. The Depositor shall pay organizational expenses of the Trust as they arise or shall, upon request of any Trustee, promptly reimburse such Trustee for any such expenses paid by such Trustee. The Depositor shall make no claim upon the Trust Property for the payment of such expenses.

Section 2.04. Issuance of the Preferred Trust Securities.On ____________, ____, an authorized representative of the Depositor and the Trust, both executed and delivered the Underwriting Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, one of the Administrative Trustees, on behalf of the Trust in accordance with Section 5.02, executed and delivered a Preferred Trust Securities Certificate, registered in the name of the nominee of The Depository Trust Company, having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of $___________.

Section 2.05. Subscription and Purchase of Debentures; Issuance of the Common Trust Securities.Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, the Administrative Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, subscribed to and purchased from the Debenture Issuer Debentures, registered in the name of the Property Trustee and having an aggregate principal amount equal to $___________ and, in satisfaction of the purchase price for such Debentures,
(x) one of the Administrative Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, executed and delivered to the Depositor Common Trust Securities Certificates, registered in the name of the Depositor, representing _____ Common Trust Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of $_________, and (y) the Property Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, delivered to the Debenture Issuer the sum of $___________ representing the proceeds from the sale of the Preferred Trust Securities pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.

Section 2.06. Declaration of Trust; Appointment of Additional Administrative Trustees. The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are
(i) to issue Trust Securities and invest the proceeds thereof in Debentures, and
(ii) to engage in those activities necessary or incidental thereto. The Depositor hereby appoints the Trustees as trustees of the Trust, to have all the rights, powers and duties to the extent set forth herein, and the Trustees hereby accept such appointment. The Property Trustee hereby declares that it will hold the Trust Property in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the benefit of the Securityholders. The Trustees shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in accordance with applicable law with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust. Anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any powers, nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and responsibilities of the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees set forth herein. The Delaware Trustee shall be one of the Trustees of the Trust for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of
Section 3807 of the Delaware Business Trust Act.

Section 2.07. Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions.The Trustees shall conduct the affairs of the Trust in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement. Subject to the limitations set forth in paragraph (b) of this
Section and Article VIII and in accordance with the following provisions (A) and (B), the Trustees shall have the authority to enter into all transactions and agreements determined by the Trustees to be appropriate in exercising the authority, express or implied, otherwise granted to the Trustees under this Trust Agreement, and to perform all acts in furtherance thereof, including without limitation, the following:

(A) As among the Trustees, the Administrative Trustees, acting singularly or together, shall have the power, duty and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the following matters:

(i) the issuance and sale of the Trust Securities pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement;

(ii) without the consent of any Person, to cause the Trust to enter into and to execute, deliver and perform on behalf of the Trust, such agreements as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the consummation of the Underwriting Agreement;

(iii) to qualify the Trust to do business in any jurisdiction as may be necessary or desirable;

(iv) the registration of the Preferred Trust Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and under state securities or blue sky laws, and the qualification of this Trust Agreement as a trust indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;

(v) the listing, if any, of the Preferred Trust Securities upon such national securities exchange or exchanges or automated quotation system or systems as shall be determined by the Depositor and the registration of the Preferred Trust Securities under the Exchange Act, and the preparation and filing of all periodic and other reports and other documents pursuant to the foregoing;

(vi) the appointment or removal of a Paying Agent and Transfer Agent and Registrar in accordance with this Trust Agreement;

(vii) the establishment of a record date for any of the purposes contemplated by Section 6.07 hereof;

(viii) to duly prepare and file all applicable tax returns and tax information reports that are required to be filed with respect to the Trust on behalf of the trust;

(ix) to take all action that may be necessary or appropriate for the preservation and the continuation of the Trust's valid existence, rights, franchises and privileges as a statutory business trust under the laws of the State of Delaware and of each other jurisdiction in which such existence is necessary to protect the limited liability of the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities or to enable the Trust to effect the purposes for which the Trust was created;

(x) to execute and deliver all documents or instruments, perform all duties and powers, and do all things for and on behalf of the Trust in all matters necessary or incidental to the foregoing;

(xi) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust and the preparation, execution and filing of the certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of Delaware; and

(xii) the taking of any action incidental to the foregoing as the Administrative Trustees may from time to time determine is necessary or advisable to protect and conserve the Trust Property for the benefit of the Securityholders (without consideration of the effect of any such action on any particular Securityholder).

(B) As among the Trustees, the Property Trustee shall have the power, duty and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the following ministerial matters:

(i) the establishment of the Payment Account;

(ii) the receipt of the Debentures;

(iii) the collection and deposit in the Payment Account of interest, principal and any other payments made in respect of the Debentures;

(iv) the distribution of amounts owed to the Securityholders in respect of the Trust Securities in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement;

(v) the sending of notices of default and other information regarding the Trust Securities and the Debentures to the Securityholders in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement;

(vi) the distribution of the Trust Property in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement;

(vii) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust and the execution of the certificate of cancellation to be prepared and filed by the Administrative Trustees with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; and

(viii) the taking of any ministerial action incidental to the foregoing as the Property Trustee may from time to time determine is necessary or advisable to protect and conserve the Trust Property for the benefit of the Securityholders (without consideration of the effect of any such action on any particular Securityholder).

(a) Subject to this Section 2.07(a)(B), the Property Trustee shall have none of the duties, powers or authority of the Administrative Trustees set forth in Sections 2.07(a)(A) and 2.07(c) or the Depositor set forth in Section
2.07(c). The Property Trustee shall have the power and authority to exercise all of the rights, powers and privileges of a holder of Debentures under the Subordinated Indenture, subject to the terms of this Trust Agreement, and, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Property Trustee may, for the benefit of Holders of the Trust Securities, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce its rights as holder of the Debentures subject to the rights of the Holders pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement.

(b) So long as this Trust Agreement remains in effect, the Trust (or the Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust) shall not undertake any business, activities or transaction except as expressly provided herein or contemplated hereby. In particular, the Trustees, acting on behalf of the Trust, shall not
(i) acquire any investments or engage in any activities not authorized by this Trust Agreement, (ii) sell, assign, transfer, exchange, pledge, set-off or otherwise dispose of any of the Trust Property or interests therein, including to Securityholders, except as expressly provided herein, (iii) take any action that would reasonably be expected to cause the Trust to fail or cease to qualify as a "grantor trust" for United States Federal income tax purposes, (iv) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or (v) take or consent to any action that would result in the placement of a Lien on any of the Trust Property. The Trustees shall defend all claims and demands of all Persons at any time claiming any Lien on any of the Trust Property adverse to the interest of the Trust or the Securityholders in their capacity as Securityholders.

(c) In connection with the issue and sale of the Preferred Trust Securities, each of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees, acting singularly or together, (and, in the case of (i), (iii) and (v) below, ____________________, as authorized representative of the Trust), shall have the right and responsibility to assist the Trust with respect to, or effect on behalf of the Trust, the following (and any actions taken by the Depositor in furtherance of the following prior to the date of this Trust Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects):

(i) to prepare for filing by the Trust with the Commission and to execute and file a registration statement on Form S-3 in relation to the Preferred Trust Securities, including any amendments thereto and to take any action necessary or desirable to sell the Preferred Trust Securities in a transaction or series of transactions pursuant thereto;

(ii) to determine the States in which to take appropriate action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the Preferred Trust Securities and to do any and all such acts, other than actions which must be taken by or on behalf of the Trust, and advise the Trustees of actions they must take on behalf of the Trust, and prepare for execution and filing any documents to be executed and filed by the Trust or on behalf of the Trust, as the Depositor deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of any such States in connection with the sale of Preferred Trust Securities;

(iii) to select the investment banker or bankers to act as underwriters with respect to the offer and sale by the Trust of Preferred Trust Securities ("Offer") and negotiate the terms of an Underwriting Agreement and pricing agreement providing for the Offer;

(iv) to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trust the Underwriting Agreement and such other agreements as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the consummation thereof;

(v) to take any other actions necessary or desirable to carry out any of the foregoing activities.

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Trustees are hereby authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of the Trust and to operate the Trust so that the Trust will not be deemed to be an "investment company" required to be registered under the Investment Company Act or classified other than as a "grantor trust" for United States Federal income tax purposes and so that the Debentures will be treated as indebtedness of the Debenture Issuer for United States Federal income tax purposes. In this connection, the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees are authorized to take any action, not inconsistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Trust or this Trust Agreement, that each of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees determines in its discretion to be necessary or desirable for such purposes, as long as such action does not materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities.

Section 2.08. Assets of Trust.The assets of the Trust shall consist of the Trust Property.

Section 2.09. Title to Trust Property.Legal title to all Trust Property shall be vested at all times in the Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) and shall be held and administered by the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Securityholders in accordance with this Trust Agreement.

ARTICLE III

Payment Account

Section 3.01. Payment Account.(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Property Trustee shall establish the Payment Account. The Property Trustee and any Paying Agent appointed by the Administrative Trustees shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal with respect to the Payment Account for the purpose of making deposits in and withdrawals from the Payment Account in accordance with this Trust Agreement. All monies and other property deposited or held from time to time in the Payment Account shall be held by the Property Trustee in the Payment Account for the exclusive benefit of the Holders of Trust Securities and for distribution as herein provided, including (and subject to) any priority of payments provided for herein. The Property Trustee shall have no liability in any respect whatsoever in regards to any moneys or other property deposited in the Payment Account at an institution other than the Property Trustee.

(b) The Property Trustee shall deposit in the Payment Account, promptly upon receipt, all payments of principal or interest on, and any other payments or proceeds with respect to, the Debentures. Amounts held in the Payment Account shall not be invested by the Property Trustee pending distribution thereof.

ARTICLE IV

Distributions; Redemption

Section 4.01. Distributions.(a)Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be cumulative, and will accumulate whether or not there are funds of the Trust available for the payment of Distributions. Distributions shall accrue from the Closing Date, and, except in the event (and to the extent) that the Depositor exercises its right to extend the interest payment period for the Debentures pursuant to Section 312 of the Subordinated Indenture, shall be payable quarterly in arrears on _________, _________, __________, and __________ of each year, commencing on _______, ____. If any date on which

Distributions are otherwise payable on the Trust Securities is not a Business Day, then the payment of such Distribution shall be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) in each case, with the same force and effect as if made on such date (each date on which Distributions are payable in accordance with this Section 4.01(a), a "Distribution Date").

(b) Distributions payable on the Trust Securities shall be fixed at a rate of __% per annum of the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities. The amount of Distributions payable for any quarterly period shall be computed on the same basis as interest is calculated on the Debentures. If the interest payment period for the Debentures is extended pursuant to Section 312 of the Subordinated Indenture, then Distributions on the Trust Securities will be deferred for the period equal to the extension of the interest payment period for the Debentures and the rate per annum at which Distributions on the Trust Securities accumulate shall be increased by an amount such that the aggregate amount of Distributions that accumulate on all Trust Securities during any such extended interest payment period is equal to the aggregate amount of interest (including, to the extent permitted by law, interest payable on unpaid interest at the percentage rate per annum set forth above, compounded quarterly) that accrues during any such extended interest payment period on the Debentures. The amount of Distributions payable for any period shall include the Additional Amounts, if any.

(c) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be made and shall be deemed payable on each Distribution Date only to the extent that the Trust has funds available in the Payment Account for the payment of such Distributions.

(d) Distributions on the Trust Securities with respect to a Distribution Date shall be payable to the Holders thereof as they appear on the Securities Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record date, which shall be one Business Day prior to the relevant Distribution Date, if Trust Securities are in book-entry only form, and 15 days prior to the relevant Distribution Date if Trust Securities are not in book-entry only form.

Section 4.02. Redemption.(a) On each Debenture Redemption Date and at the maturity date ("Maturity Date") for the Debentures (as defined in the Subordinated Indenture), the Property Trustee will be required to redeem a Like Amount of Trust Securities at the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be.

(b) Notice of redemption shall be given by the Property Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Trust Securities to be redeemed, at such Holder's address appearing in the Security Register. All notices of redemption or liquidation shall state:

(i) the Redemption Date;

(ii) the Redemption Price and the amount of accumulated and unpaid Distributions to be paid on the Redemption Date;

(iii) the CUSIP number;

(iv) if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be redeemed, the identification and the total Liquidation Amount of the particular Trust Securities to be redeemed;

(v) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date will become due and payable upon each such Trust Security to be redeemed and that Distributions thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date; and

(vi) if the Preferred Trust Securities are no longer held in book-entry only form, the place and address where the Holders shall surrender their Preferred Trust Securities Certificates.

(c) The Trust Securities redeemed on each Redemption Date shall be redeemed at the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date with the proceeds from the contemporaneous redemption of Debentures. Redemptions of the Trust Securities shall be made and the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date shall be deemed payable on each Redemption Date only to the extent that the Trust has funds immediately available in the Payment Account for such payment.

(d) If the Property Trustee gives a notice of redemption in respect of any Preferred Trust Securities, then, by 12:00 noon, New York time, on the Redemption Date, subject to Section 4.02(c), the Property Trustee shall irrevocably deposit with the Paying Agent funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date and will give the Paying Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date to the Holders thereof upon surrender of their Preferred Trust Securities Certificates and Common Trust Securities Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Distributions on the Trust Securities with respect to Distribution Dates occurring on or prior to the Redemption Date for any Trust Securities called for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of such Trust Securities as they appear on the Securities Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record dates for the related Distribution Dates. If notice of redemption shall have been given and funds deposited as required, then on the Redemption Date, all rights of Securityholders holding Trust Securities so called for redemption will cease, except the right of such Securityholders to receive the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date thereof, but without interest thereon, and such Trust Securities will cease to be Outstanding. In the event that any Redemption Date is not a Business Day, then payment of the Redemption Price payable on such date plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to such Redemption Date shall be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day falls in the next calendar year, such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case, with the same force and effect as if made on such date. In the event that payment of the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions in respect of any Trust Securities called for redemption is improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the Trust or by the Trust Securities Guarantor pursuant to the Trust Securities Guarantee, Distributions on such Trust Securities will continue to accrue, at the then applicable rate, from the Redemption Date originally established by the Trust for such Trust Securities to the date such Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions is actually paid, in which case the actual payment date will be deemed the date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to such date.

(e) Payment of the Redemption Price on the Trust Securities shall be made to the Holders thereof as they appear on the Securities Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record date, which shall be one Business Date prior to the relevant Redemption Date; provided, however, that in the event that the Preferred Securities do not remain in book-entry-only form, the relevant record date shall be the date fifteen days prior to the relevant Redemption Date.

(f) Subject to Section 4.03(a), if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be redeemed on a Redemption Date, then the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities to be redeemed shall be allocated to the Common Trust Securities and to the Preferred Trust Securities in the proportion that the aggregate Liquidation Amount of each is to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of all outstanding Trust Securities. The particular Preferred Trust Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Property Trustee from the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Property Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to $25 or integral multiples thereof) of the Liquidation Amount of Preferred Trust Securities of a denomination larger than $25. The Property Trustee shall promptly notify the Transfer Agent and Registrar in writing of the Preferred Trust Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Preferred Trust Securities selected for partial redemption, the Liquidation Amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Preferred Trust Securities shall relate, in the case of any Preferred Trust Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the Liquidation Amount of Preferred Trust Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.

Section 4.03. Subordination of Common Trust Securities.(a) Payment of Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on, and the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid

Distributions of, the Trust Securities, as applicable, shall be made pro rata based on the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities; provided, however, that if on any Distribution Date or Redemption Date an Event of Default resulting from a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, no payment of any Distribution (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on, or Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions of, any Common Trust Security, and no other payment on account of the redemption, liquidation or other acquisition of Common Trust Securities, shall be made unless payment in full in cash of all accumulated and unpaid Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on all Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities for all distribution periods terminating on or prior thereto, or in the case of payment of the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions the full amount of such Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions on all Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities, shall have been made or provided for, and all funds immediately available to the Property Trustee shall first be applied to the payment in full in cash of all Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on, or Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions of, Preferred Trust Securities then due and payable.

(b) In the case of the occurrence of any Event of Default resulting from a Debenture Event of Default, the Holder of Common Trust Securities will be deemed to have waived any right to act with respect to any such Event of Default under this Trust Agreement until the effect of all such Events of Default with respect to the Preferred Trust Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated. Until all such Events of Default under this Trust Agreement with respect to the Preferred Trust Securities have been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the Property Trustee shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, act solely on behalf of the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities and not the Holder of the Common Trust Securities, and only the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities will have the right to direct the Property Trustee to act on their behalf.

Section 4.04. Payment Procedures.Payments in respect of the Preferred Trust Securities shall be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Securities Register or, if the Preferred Trust Securities are held by a Securities Depository, such Distributions shall be made to the Securities Depository in immediately available funds, which shall credit the relevant Persons' accounts at such Securities Depository on the applicable Distribution Dates. Payments in respect of the Common Trust Securities shall be made in such manner as shall be mutually agreed between the Property Trustee and the Holder of the Common Trust Securities.

Section 4.05. Tax Returns and Reports.The Administrative Trustees shall prepare (or cause to be prepared), at the Depositor's expense and direction, and file all United States Federal, state and local tax and information returns and reports required to be filed by or in respect of the Trust. In this regard, the Administrative Trustees shall (a) prepare and file (or cause to be prepared or filed) the Internal Revenue Service Form 1041 (or any successor form) required to be filed in respect of the Trust in each taxable year of the Trust and (b) prepare and furnish (or cause to be prepared and furnished), to the extent required by law, to each Securityholder the related Internal Revenue Service Form 1099 (or any successor form) and the information required to be provided on such form. The Administrative Trustees shall provide the Depositor and the Property Trustee with a copy of all such returns, reports and schedules promptly after such filing or furnishing. The Trustees shall comply with United States Federal withholding and backup withholding tax laws and information reporting requirements with respect to any payments to Securityholders under the Trust Securities.

Section 4.06. Payments under Indenture.

Any amount payable hereunder to any Holder of Preferred Trust Securities shall be reduced by the amount of any corresponding payment such Holder has directly received pursuant to Section 808 of the Subordinated Indenture.

[Section 4.07. Remarketing.]

[Add remarketing and coupon reset provisions if Securities are issued in connection with Stock Purchase Units]

ARTICLE V

Trust Securities Certificates

Section 5.01. Initial Ownership.Upon the creation of the Trust by the contribution by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.03 and until the issuance of the Trust Securities, and at any time during which no Trust Securities are outstanding, the Depositor shall be the sole beneficial owner of the Trust.

Section 5.02. The Trust Securities Certificates.The Trust Securities Certificates shall be issued in denominations of $25 Liquidation Amount and integral multiples thereof. The Trust Securities Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature of at least one Administrative Trustee and, if executed on behalf of the Trust by facsimile signature, the Preferred Trust Securities shall be countersigned by the Transfer Agent and Registrar or its agent. Trust Securities Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trust and, in the case of Preferred Trust Securities, if executed by facsimile signature, countersigned by the Transfer Agent and Registrar or its agent, shall be validly issued and entitled to the benefits of this Trust Agreement, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be so authorized prior to the delivery of such Trust Securities Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of delivery of such Trust Securities Certificates. A transferee of a Trust Securities Certificate shall become a Securityholder, and shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Securityholder hereunder, upon due registration of such Trust Securities Certificate in such transferee's name pursuant to Section 5.04 or
5.12. Every Person, by virtue of having become a Securityholder, shall be deemed to have expressly assented and agreed to the terms of, and shall be bound by, this Trust Agreement, the Trust Securities Guarantee and the Subordinated Indenture.

Section 5.03. Execution and Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates.On the Closing Date, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, shall cause Trust Securities Certificates, in an aggregate Liquidation Amount as provided in Sections 2.04 and 2.05, to be executed on behalf of the Trust, and in the case of Preferred Trust Securities executed by facsimile signature, countersigned by the Transfer Agent and Registrar, or its agent, and delivered to or upon the written order of the Depositor signed by its chairman of the board, any of its vice presidents or its treasurer, without further corporate action by the Depositor, in authorized denominations.

Section 5.04. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Trust Securities Certificates.The Transfer Agent and Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.08, a Securities Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall provide for the registration of Preferred Trust Securities Certificates and the Common Trust Securities Certificates (subject to Section 5.10 in the case of the Common Trust Securities Certificates) and registration of transfers and exchanges of Preferred Trust Securities Certificates as herein provided. The Property Trustee shall be the initial Transfer Agent and Registrar.

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Preferred Trust Securities Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.08, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, shall execute on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature and, if executed on behalf of the Trust by facsimile signature, cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar or its agent to countersign and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Preferred Trust Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount. At the option of a Holder, Preferred Trust Securities Certificates may be exchanged for other Preferred Trust Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of the same class and of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount upon surrender of the Preferred Trust Securities Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.08.

Every Preferred Trust Securities Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Administrative Trustees and the Transfer Agent and Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Preferred Trust Securities Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be canceled and subsequently disposed of by the Transfer Agent and Registrar in accordance with its

customary procedures. The Trust shall not be required to (i) issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any Preferred Trust Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 calendar days before the day of mailing of a notice of redemption of any Preferred Trust Securities called for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or
(ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Preferred Trust Securities so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any such Preferred Trust Securities being redeemed in part.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Preferred Trust Securities Certificates, but the Transfer Agent and Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Preferred Trust Securities Certificates.

Section 5.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities Certificates.If (a) any mutilated Trust Securities Certificate shall be surrendered to the Transfer Agent and Registrar, or if the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Trust Securities Certificate and (b) there shall be delivered to the Transfer Agent and Registrar and the Administrative Trustees such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and the Depositor harmless, then in the absence of notice that such Trust Securities Certificate shall have been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, on behalf of the Trust shall execute by manual or facsimile signature and, if execution on behalf of the Trust is by facsimile signature, in the case of Preferred Trust Securities shall also cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar or its agent to countersign; and the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, and, if executed on behalf of the Trust by facsimile signature, in the case of Preferred Trust Securities the Transfer Agent and Registrar or its agent, shall make available for delivery, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Trust Securities Certificate, a new Trust Securities Certificate of like class, tenor and denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new Trust Securities Certificate under this Section, the Administrative Trustees or the Transfer Agent and Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith. Any duplicate Trust Securities Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of an undivided beneficial interest in the Trust Property, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust Securities Certificate shall be found at any time.

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

Section 5.06. Persons Deemed Securityholders.Prior to due presentation of a Trust Securities Certificate for registration of transfer, the Trustees and the Transfer Agent and Registrar, and any agent of the Trustees and the Transfer Agent and Registrar, shall be entitled to treat the Person in whose name any Trust Securities Certificate shall be registered in the Securities Register as the owner of such Trust Securities Certificate for the purpose of receiving Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Trustees nor the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall be bound by any notice to the contrary.

Section 5.07. Access to List of Securityholders' Names and Addresses.The Administrative Trustees shall furnish or cause to be furnished (x) to the Depositor or the Property Trustee, within 15 days after receipt by any Administrative Trustee of a request therefor from the Depositor or the Property Trustee, as the case may be, in writing and (y) to the Property Trustee,
[quarterly not more than 5 days after each ________, ________, ________ and ________ of each year beginning ________] (unless the Property Trustee is the Transfer Agent and Registrar), a list, in such form as the Depositor or the Property Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Securityholders as of a recent date. Each Holder, by receiving and holding a Trust Securities Certificate, shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold either the Depositor or any Trustees accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and address, regardless of the source from which such information was derived.

Section 5.08. Maintenance of Office or Agency.The Depositor shall or shall cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar to maintain in The City of New York, an office or offices or agency or agencies where

Preferred Trust Securities Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Depositor, the Trust or the Transfer Agent and Registrar in respect of the Trust Securities and the Trust Agreement may be served. The Depositor initially designates ______________________________, ____________________, New York, New York ______ as its principal office for such purposes. The Depositor shall or shall cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar to give prompt written notice to the Depositor, The Trust Securities Guarantor, the Property Trustee, the Administrative Trustees and to the Securityholders of any change in the location of the Securities Register or any such office or agency. If at any time the Depositor shall fail to maintain such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Property Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee, and the Depositor hereby appoints the Property Trustee its agent and the agent of the Trust to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

Section 5.09. Appointment of Paying Agent.The Paying Agent shall make Distributions to Securityholders from the Payment Account and shall report the amounts of such Distributions to the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee. Any Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to withdraw funds from the Payment Account for the purpose of making the Distributions referred to above. The Property Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon a certificate of the Paying Agent stating in effect the amount of such funds so to be withdrawn and that same are to be applied by the Paying Agent in accordance with this Section
5.09. The Administrative Trustees or any one of them may revoke such power and remove the Paying Agent if the Administrative Trustee or any one of them determines in its sole discretion that the Paying Agent shall have failed to perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement in any material respect. The Paying Agent shall initially be the Property Trustee, and it may choose any co-paying agent that is acceptable to the Administrative Trustees, the Debenture Issuer, and the Depositor. The Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign upon 30 days' written notice to the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee, the Debenture Issuer and the Depositor. In the event of the removal or resignation of the Property Trustee as Paying Agent, the Administrative Trustees shall appoint a successor that is reasonably acceptable to the Property Trustee, the Debenture Issuer and the Depositor to act as Paying Agent (which shall be a bank, trust company or an Affiliate of the Depositor). The Administrative Trustees shall cause such successor Paying Agent or any additional Paying Agent appointed by the Administrative Trustees to execute and deliver to the Trustees an instrument in which such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustees that as Paying Agent, such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent will hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Securityholders in trust for the benefit of the Securityholders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Securityholders. The Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the Property Trustee and upon resignation or removal of a Paying Agent such Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its possession to the Property Trustee. The provisions of Sections 8.01, 8.03 and 8.06 shall apply to the Paying Agent appointed hereunder, and the Paying Agent shall be bound by the requirements with respect to paying agents of securities issued pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act. Any reference in this Trust Agreement to the Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.

Section 5.10. Ownership of Common Trust Securities by Depositor.On the Closing Date, the Depositor shall acquire, and thereafter retain, beneficial and record ownership of the Common Trust Securities. Except in connection with a transaction involving the Depositor that would be permitted under Article Eleven of the Subordinated Indenture, any attempted transfer of the Common Trust Securities shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be void. The Administrative Trustees shall cause each Common Trust Securities Certificate issued to the Depositor to contain a legend stating "THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT." Common Trust Securities Certificates representing the Common Trust Securities shall be issued to the Depositor in the form of a typewritten or definitive Common Trust Securities Certificate.

Section 5.11. Definitive Preferred Trust Securities Certificates.Definitive Preferred Trust Securities Certificates shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Trustees, as evidenced by the execution thereof by the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them. The Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, shall execute on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature, and, if executed by facsimile on behalf of the Trust, countersigned by the Transfer Agent and Registrar or its agent, the Definitive Preferred Trust Securities Certificates initially in accordance with the instructions of the Depositor complying with Section 5.03. Neither the Transfer

Agent and Registrar nor any of the Administrative Trustees shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.

Section 5.12. Book-Entry System.Some or all of the Preferred Trust Securities may be registered in the name of a securities depository ("Securities Depository") or a nominee therefor, and held in the custody of the Securities Depository or a custodian thereof. In such event, a single certificate will be issued and delivered to the Securities Depository for such Preferred Trust Securities, in which case the Owners of such Preferred Trust Securities will not receive physical delivery of certificates for Preferred Trust Securities. Unless Definitive Preferred Trust Securities Certificate are delivered to the Owners of Preferred Trust Securities as provided herein, all transfers of beneficial ownership interests in such Preferred Trust Securities will be made by book-entry only, and no investor or other party purchasing, selling or otherwise transferring beneficial ownership of the Preferred Trust Securities will receive, hold or deliver any certificate for Preferred Trust Securities. The Depositor, the Trustees and the Paying Agent will recognize the Securities Depository or its nominee as the Holder of Preferred Trust Securities for all purposes, including payment, notices and voting and shall have no payment, notice or communication obligations to the Owners.

The Administrative Trustees, at the direction and expense of the Depositor, may from time to time appoint a Securities Depository or a successor thereto and enter into a letter of representations or other agreement with such Securities Depository to establish procedures with respect to the Preferred Trust Securities. Any Securities Depository shall be a Clearing Agency.

The Depositor and the Trustees covenant and agree to meet the requirements of a Securities Depository for the Preferred Trust Securities with respect to required notices and other provisions of the letter of representations or agreement executed with respect to such Preferred Trust Securities.

Whenever the beneficial ownership of any Preferred Trust Securities is determined through the books of a Securities Depository, the requirements in this Trust Agreement of holding, delivering or transferring such Preferred Trust Securities shall be deemed modified with respect to such Preferred Trust Securities to meet the requirements of the Securities Depository with respect to actions of the Trustees, the Depositor and the Paying Agent. Any provisions hereof permitting or requiring delivery of such Preferred Trust Securities shall, while such Preferred Trust Securities are in a book-entry system, be satisfied by the notation on the books of the Securities Depository in accordance with applicable state law.

Definitive Preferred Trust Securities Certificates will be issued and delivered to the Owners of such Preferred Trust Securities in accordance with registration instructions of the Securities Depository if (a) the Securities Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Preferred Trust Securities, and the Depositor does not appoint a successor Securities Depository within 90 days after such discontinuance, or (b) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustees in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Securities Depository.

Section 5.13. Rights of Securityholders.The legal title to the Trust Property is vested exclusively in the Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) in accordance with Section 2.09, and the Securityholders shall not have any right or title therein other than an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust conferred by their Trust Securities and they shall have no right to call for any partition or division of property, profits or rights of the Trust except as described below. The Trust Securities shall be personal property giving only the rights specifically set forth therein and in this Trust Agreement. The Preferred Trust Securities shall have no preemptive or similar rights and when issued and delivered to Securityholders against payment of the purchase price therefor will be fully paid and nonassessable undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust. The Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities, in their capacities as such, shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

Section 5.14. Cancellation by Transfer Agent and Registrar.All Trust Securities Certificates surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other

than the Transfer Agent and Registrar, be delivered to the Transfer Agent and Registrar and, if not theretofore canceled, shall be promptly canceled by the Transfer Agent and Registrar. No Trust Securities Certificates shall be issued in lieu of or in exchange for any Trust Securities Certificates canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Trust Agreement. All canceled Trust Securities Certificates held by the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall be disposed of in accordance with its customary procedures.

ARTICLE VI

Acts of Securityholders; Meetings; Voting

Section 6.01. Limitations on Voting Rights.(a) Except as provided in this
Section 6.01, Section 8.10 and Section 10.03 and as otherwise required by law, no Holder of Preferred Trust Securities shall have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise control the administration, operation and management of the Trust or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the terms of the Trust Securities Certificates, be construed so as to constitute the Securityholders from time to time as partners or members of an association. If the Property Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the Debentures or this Trust Agreement, a Holder of Preferred Trust Securities may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, institute a legal proceeding directly against the Depositor or the Debenture Issuer to enforce the Property Trustee's rights under the Debentures or this Trust Agreement without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Property Trustee or any other Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Holder of Preferred Trust Securities may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such Holder of principal of or interest on the Debentures having a principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation preference amount of the Preferred Trust Securities of such Holder on or after the due dates specified in the Debentures.

(b) So long as any Debentures are held by the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall not (i) direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or executing any trust or power conferred on the Debenture Trustee with respect to such Debentures, (ii) waive any past default which is waivable under Section 813 of the Subordinated Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and payable or
(iv) consent to any amendment, modification or termination of the Subordinated Indenture or the Debentures, where such consent shall be required, without, in each case, obtaining the prior approval of the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities; provided, however, that where a consent under the Subordinated Indenture would require the consent of each Holder of Debentures affected thereby, no such consent shall be given by the Property Trustee without the prior written consent of each Holder of Preferred Trust Securities. The Property Trustee shall not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Preferred Trust Securities, except pursuant to a subsequent vote of the Preferred Trust Securities. The Property Trustee shall notify all Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities of any notice of default received from the Debenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures. In addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals of the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing actions, the Property Trustee shall, at the expense of the Depositor, obtain an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that such action will not cause the Trust to be classified other than as a "grantor trust" for United States Federal income tax purposes.

(c) If any proposed amendment to the Trust Agreement provides for, or the Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would materially adversely affect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Preferred Trust Securities, whether by way of amendment to the Trust Agreement or otherwise, or (ii) the dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust, other than pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement, then the Holders of Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities as a class will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the approval of the Holders of at least majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities.

(d) The Holders of a majority in Outstanding Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Trust Securities shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee in respect of this Trust Agreement or the Debentures or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement; provided, however, that, subject to Section 8.01, the Property Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Property Trustee being

advised by counsel determines that the action so directed may not lawfully be taken, or if the Property Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Property Trustee, determine that the proceedings so directed would be illegal or involve it in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders not party to such direction, and provided further that nothing in this Trust Agreement shall impair the right of the Property Trustee to take any action deemed proper by the Property Trustee and which is not inconsistent with such direction.

Section 6.02. Notice of Meetings.Notice of all meetings of the Holders of Preferred Trust Securities, stating the time, place and purpose of the meeting, shall be given by the Administrative Trustees pursuant to Section 10.08 to each Holder of a Preferred Trust Security, at such Holder's registered address, at least 15 days and not more than 90 days before the meeting. At any such meeting, any business properly before the meeting may be so considered whether or not stated in the notice of the meeting. Any adjourned meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice.

Section 6.03. Meetings of Holders of Preferred Trust Securities.No annual meeting of Securityholders is required to be held. The Administrative Trustees, however, shall call a meeting of Securityholders to vote on any matter upon the written request of the Holders of 25% of the then Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount) and the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee may, at any time in their discretion, call a meeting of Holders of Preferred Trust Securities to vote on any matters as to which the Holders of Preferred Trust Securities are entitled to vote.

Holders of at least a majority of the then Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount), present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of Securityholders.

If a quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by the Holders of Preferred Trust Securities present, in person or by proxy, holding at least a majority of the then Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount) present, either in person or by proxy, at such meeting shall constitute the action of the Securityholders, unless this Trust Agreement requires a greater number of affirmative votes.

Section 6.04. Voting Rights.Securityholders shall be entitled to one vote for each $25 of Liquidation Amount represented by their Outstanding Trust Securities in respect of any matter as to which such Securityholders are entitled to vote.

Section 6.05. Proxies, etc.At any meeting of Securityholders, any Securityholder entitled to vote thereat may vote by proxy, provided that no proxy shall be voted at any meeting unless it shall have been placed on file with the Administrative Trustees, or with such other officer or agent of the Trust as the Administrative Trustees may direct, for verification prior to the time at which such vote shall be taken. Only Securityholders of record shall be entitled to vote. When Trust Securities are held jointly by several Persons, any one of them may vote at any meeting in person or by proxy in respect of such Trust Securities, but if more than one of them shall be present at such meeting in person or by proxy, and such joint owners or their proxies so present disagree as to any vote to be cast, such vote shall not be received in respect of such Trust Securities. A proxy purporting to be executed by or on behalf of a Securityholder shall be deemed valid unless challenged at or prior to its exercise, or, if earlier, until eleven months after it is sent and the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the challenger. No proxy shall be valid more than three years after its date of execution.

Section 6.06. Securityholder Action by Written Consent.Any action which may be taken by Securityholders at a meeting may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if Securityholders holding a majority of all Outstanding Trust Securities entitled to vote in respect of such action (or such larger proportion thereof as shall be required by any express provision of this Trust Agreement) shall consent to the action in writing (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount).

Section 6.07. Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes.For the purposes of determining the Securityholders who are entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting or to vote by written consent without prior

notice, or to participate in any Distribution on the Trust Securities in respect of which a record date is not otherwise provided for in this Trust Agreement, or for the purpose of any other action, the Administrative Trustees may from time to time fix a date, not more than 90 days prior to the date of any meeting of Securityholders or the payment of Distribution or other action including action to be taken by written consent, as the case may be, as a record date for the determination of the identity of the Securityholders of record for such purposes.

Section 6.08. Acts of Securityholders.Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Trust Agreement to be given, made or taken by Securityholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Securityholders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Administrative Trustees. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Securityholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Trust Agreement and (subject to Section 8.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustees, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

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

The ownership of Preferred Trust Securities shall be proved by the Securities Register.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Securityholder of any Trust Security shall bind every future Securityholder of the same Trust Security and the Securityholder of every Trust Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustees or the Trust in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Trust Security.

Without limiting the foregoing, a Securityholder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Trust Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such Liquidation Amount.

If any dispute shall arise between or among the Securityholders and the Administrative Trustees with respect to the authenticity, validity or binding nature of any request, demand, authorization, direction, consent, waiver or other Act of such Securityholder or Trustee under this Article VI, then the determination of such matter by the Property Trustee shall be conclusive with respect to such matter.

Section 6.09. Inspection of Records.Subject to Section 5.07 concerning access to the list of Securityholders, upon reasonable notice to the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee, the other records of the Trust shall be open to inspection by Securityholders during normal business hours for any purpose reasonably related to such Securityholder's interest as a Securityholder.

ARTICLE VII

Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee

Section 7.01. Property Trustee.The Property Trustee and any successor Property Trustee hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the Depositor and the Securityholders that:

(a) the Property Trustee is a banking corporation, trust company or national association duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York;

(b) the Property Trustee has full corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust Agreement;

(c) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Property Trustee and constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement of the Property Trustee enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles;

(d) the execution, delivery and performance by the Property Trustee of this Trust Agreement will not violate, conflict with or constitute a breach of the Property Trustee's charter or by-laws; and

(e) the execution, delivery and performance by the Property Trustee of this Trust Agreement does not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, or the registration with any Federal or state banking authority having jurisdiction over its trust powers.

Section 7.02. Delaware Trustee.The Delaware Trustee and any successor Delaware Trustee represents and warrants for the benefit of the Depositor and the Securityholders that:

(a) the Delaware Trustee is a banking corporation, trust company or national association duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;

(b) the Delaware Trustee has full corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust Agreement;

(c) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Delaware Trustee and constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement of the Delaware Trustee enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles;

(d) the Delaware Trustee is a natural person who is a resident of the State of Delaware or, if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware and, in either case, a Person that satisfies for the Trust the requirements of Section 3807 of the Delaware Business Trust Act;

(e) the execution, delivery and performance by the Delaware Trustee of this Trust Agreement will not (i) violate the Delaware Trustee's charter or by-laws or (ii) violate any law, governmental rule or regulation of the State of Delaware governing the banking or trust powers of the Delaware Trustee or any order, judgment or decree applicable to the Delaware Trustee; and

(f) the execution, delivery and performance by the Delaware Trustee of this Trust Agreement does not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, or the registration with any Federal or state banking authority having jurisdiction over its banking or trust powers.

ARTICLE VIII

The Trustees

Section 8.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.(a) The rights, immunities, duties and responsibilities of the Trustees shall be restricted to those set forth in the express provisions of this Trust Agreement and, in the case of the Property Trustee, as provided in the Trust Indenture Act, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Trust Agreement against any of the Trustees. For purposes of Sections 315(a) and 315(c) of the Trust Indenture act, the term "default" is hereby defined as an Event of Default which has occurred and is continuing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Trust Agreement shall require any of the Trustees to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Trust Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustees shall be subject to the provisions of this Section. To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Administrative Trustee has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or to the Securityholders, such Administrative Trustee shall not be liable to the Trust or to any Securityholder for such Trustee's good faith reliance on the provisions of this Trust Agreement. The provisions of this Trust Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the Administrative Trustees otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Depositor and the Securityholders to replace such other duties and liabilities of the Administrative Trustees.

(b) All payments made by the Property Trustee or a Paying Agent in respect of the Trust Securities shall be made only from the income and proceeds from the Trust Property and only to the extent that there shall be sufficient income or proceeds from the Trust Property to enable the Property Trustee or Paying Agent to make payments in accordance with the terms hereof. Each Securityholder, by its acceptance of a Trust Security, agrees that it will look solely to the income and proceeds from the Trust Property to the extent available for distribution to it as herein provided and that the Trustees are not personally liable to it for any amount distributable in respect of any Trust Security or for any other liability in respect of any Trust Security. This Section 8.01(b) does not limit the liability of the Trustees expressly set forth elsewhere in this Trust Agreement or, in the case of the Property Trustee, in the Trust Indenture Act.

(c) All duties and responsibilities of the Property Trustee contained in this Trust Agreement are subject to the following:

(i) the Property Trustee's sole duty with respect to the custody, safe keeping and physical preservation of the Trust Property shall be to deal with such property in a similar manner as the Property Trustee deals with similar property for its own account, subject to the protections, exculpations and limitations on liability afforded to the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement, the Trust Indenture Act, the Delaware Business Trust Act and, to the extent applicable, Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act or any successor rule thereunder;

(ii) the Property Trustee shall have no duty or liability for or with respect to the value, genuineness, existence or sufficiency of the Trust Property or the payment of any taxes or assessments levied thereon or in connection therewith;

(iii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on any money received by it except as it may otherwise agree with the Depositor. Money held by the Property Trustee need not be segregated from other funds held by it except in relation to the Payment Account established by the Property Trustee pursuant to this Trust Agreement and except to the extent otherwise required by law; and

(iv) the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring the compliance by the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor with their respective duties under this Trust

Agreement, nor shall the Property Trustee be liable for the default or misconduct of the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor.

(d) The Administrative Trustees shall not be responsible for monitoring the compliance by the other Trustees or the Depositor with their respective duties under this Trust Agreement, nor shall any Administrative Trustee be liable for the default or misconduct of any other Administrative Trustee, the other Trustees or the Depositor.

Section 8.02. Notice of Defaults.(a) Within ninety (90) days after the occurrence of any default known to the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.08, notice of such default to the Securityholders, the Depositor, the Trust Securities Guarantor and the Administrative Trustees, unless such default shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice, provided that, except in the case of a payment default, the Property Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the Property Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default.

(b) Within five Business Days after receipt of notice of the Debenture Issuer's exercise of its right to defer the payment of interest on the Debentures pursuant to the Subordinated Indenture, the Property Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.08, notice of such exercise to the Securityholders and the Administrative Trustees, unless such exercise shall have been revoked.

Section 8.03. Certain Rights of Property Trustee.Subject to the provisions of Section 8.01 and except as provided by law:

(i) the Property Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting in good faith upon any resolution, Opinion of Counsel, certificate, written representation of a Holder or transferee, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(ii) if (A) in performing its duties under this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee is required to decide between alternative courses of action or (B) in construing any of the provisions in this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee finds the same ambiguous or inconsistent with any other provisions contained herein or (C) the Property Trustee is unsure of the application of any provision of this Trust Agreement, then, except as to any matter as to which the Preferred Trust Securityholders are entitled to vote under the terms of this Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee shall deliver a notice to the Depositor requesting written instructions of the Depositor as to the course of action to be taken. The Property Trustee shall take such action, or refrain from taking such action, as the Property Trustee shall be instructed in writing to take, or to refrain from taking, by the Depositor; provided, however, that if the Property Trustee does not receive such instructions of the Depositor within ten Business Days after it has delivered such notice, or such reasonably shorter period of time set forth in such notice (which to the extent practicable shall not be less than two Business Days), it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action not inconsistent with this Trust Agreement as it shall deem advisable and in the best interests of the Securityholders, in which event the Property Trustee shall have no liability except for its own bad faith, negligence or willful misconduct;

(iii) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Property Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and rely upon an Officer's

Certificate which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Depositor or the Administrative Trustees;

(iv) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection (which counsel may be counsel to the Property Trustee, Depositor or the Trust Securities Guarantor or any of their Affiliates, and may include any of their employees) and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon and in accordance with such advice;

(v) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement at the request or direction of any Securityholder pursuant to this Trust Agreement, unless such Securityholder shall have offered to the Property Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) and liabilities which might be incurred by it in complying with such request or direction; provided that, nothing contained in this Section 8.03(v) shall be taken to relieve the Property Trustee, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, of its obligation to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement;

(vi) the Property Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Property Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Property Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Depositor personally or by agent or attorney;

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

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

(ix) the Property Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default or Event of Default with respect to the Trust Securities unless either (A) a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee shall have actual knowledge of the default or Event of Default or (B) written notice of such default or Event of Default shall have been given to the Property Trustee by the Depositor, the Administrative Trustees or by any Holder of the Trust Securities;

(x) no provision of this Trust Agreement shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Property Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Property Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation; and no permissive or discretionary power or authority available to the Property Trustee shall be construed to be a duty;

(xi) no provision of this Trust Agreement shall require the Property Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the Property Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Trust Agreement or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it;

(xii) the Property Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording, filing or registration of any instrument (including any financing or continuation statement or any tax or securities form) (or any rerecording, refiling or reregistration thereof);

(xiii) the Property Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Trust Agreement from any court of competent jurisdiction;

(xiv) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder, the Property Trustee (A) may request instructions from the Holders of the Trust Securities, which instructions may only be given by the Holders of the same Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities as would be entitled to direct the Property Trustee under the terms of this Trust Agreement in respect of such remedies, rights or actions, (B) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions are received, and (C) shall be protected in acting in accordance with such instructions; and

(xv) unless otherwise expressly provided herein, any direction or act of the Depositor contemplated by this Trust Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate.

Section 8.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.The recitals contained herein and in the Trust Securities Certificates shall be taken as the statements of the Trust, and the Trustees do not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees make no representations as to the title to, or value or condition of, the property of the Trust or any part thereof, nor as to the validity or sufficiency of this Trust Agreement, the Debentures or the Trust Securities. The Trustees shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Trust of the proceeds of the Trust Securities.

Section 8.05. May Hold Securities.Any Trustee or any agent of any Trustee or the Trust, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Trust Securities and, subject to Sections 8.08 and 8.13, and except as provided in the definition of the term "Outstanding" in Article I, may otherwise deal with the Trust with the same rights it would have if it were not a Trustee or such agent.

Section 8.06. Compensation; Fees; Indemnity.The Depositor agrees:

(i) to pay to the Trustees from time to time such reasonable compensation as shall be agreed in writing with the Depositor for all services rendered by the Trustees hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

(ii) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustees upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances reasonably incurred or made by the Trustees in accordance with any provision of this Trust Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of their agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to their negligence (gross negligence, in the case of any Administrative Trustee), bad faith or willful misconduct; and

(iii) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to indemnify each Trustee for, and to hold each Trustee harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claims, liability or expense incurred without negligence (gross negligence, in the case of any Administrative Trustee or the Delaware Trustee), bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts under this Trust Agreement, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

No Trustee may claim any Lien or charge on any Trust Property as a result of any amount due pursuant to this Section 8.06.

In addition to the rights provided to each Trustee pursuant to the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph of this Section 8.06 and without prejudice to any rights available to the Trustees under applicable law, when a Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default resulting from a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Trust, the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

The provisions of this Section 8.06 shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement.

Section 8.07. Certain Trustees Required; Eligibility.(a) here shall at all times be a Property Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities. The Property Trustee shall be a Person that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Property Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article VIII.

(b) There shall at all times be one or more Administrative Trustees hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities. Each Administrative Trustee shall be either a natural person who is at least 21 years of age or a legal entity that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind such entity.

(c) There shall at all times be a Delaware Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities. The Delaware Trustee shall either be (i) a natural person who is at least 21 years of age and a resident of the State of Delaware or (ii) a legal entity with its principal place of business in the State of Delaware that otherwise meets the requirements of applicable Delaware law and that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind such entity.

Section 8.08. Conflicting Interests.If the Property Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Property Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Trust Agreement. The Subordinated Indenture and the securities of any series issued thereunder and the Trust Securities Guarantee Agreement shall be deemed to be specifically described in this Trust Agreement for the purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 8.09. Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee.At any time or times, for the purpose of meeting the legal requirements of the Trust Indenture Act or of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Property may at the time be located, the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees, by agreed action of the majority of such Trustees (except as provided in the following sentence), shall have power to appoint, and upon the written request of the Administrative Trustees, the Depositor shall for such purpose join with the Administrative Trustees in the execution, delivery, and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to appoint, one or more Persons approved by the Property Trustee either to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Property Trustee, of all or any part of such Trust Property, or to act as separate trustee of any such property, in either case with such powers as may be provided in the instrument of appointment, and to vest in such Person or Persons in the capacity aforesaid, any property, title, right or power deemed necessary or desirable, subject to the other provisions of this Section. If the Depositor does not join in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, or in case a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Property Trustee alone shall have power to make such appointment.

Should any written instrument from the Depositor be required by any co-trustee or separate trustee so appointed for more fully confirming to such co-trustee or separate trustee such property, title, right, or power, any and all such instruments shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged, and delivered by the Depositor.

Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following terms, namely:

(1) The Trust Securities shall be executed and delivered and all rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereunder in respect of the custody of securities, cash and other personal property held by, or required to be deposited or pledged with, the Trustees designated for such purpose hereunder, shall be exercised, solely by such Trustees.

(2) The rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereby conferred or imposed upon the Property Trustee in respect of any property covered by such appointment shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Property Trustee or by the Property Trustee and such co-trustee or separate trustee jointly, as shall be provided in the instrument appointing such co-trustee or separate trustee, except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act is to be performed, the Property Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act, in which event such rights, powers, duties, and obligations shall be exercised and performed by such co-trustee or separate trustee.

(3) The Property Trustee at any time, by an instrument in writing executed by it, with the written concurrence of the Depositor, may accept the resignation of or remove any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed under this Section 8.09, and, in case a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Property Trustee shall have power to accept the resignation of, or remove, any such co-trustee or separate trustee without the concurrence of the Depositor. Upon the written request of the Property Trustee, the Depositor shall join with the Property Trustee in the execution, delivery, and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to effectuate such resignation or removal. A successor to any co-trustee or separate trustee so resigned or removed may be appointed in the manner provided in this Section.

(4) No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any Trustee, or any other such trustee hereunder.

(5) The Property Trustee shall not be liable by reason of any act of a co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder.

(6) Any Act of Holders delivered to the Property Trustee shall be deemed to have been delivered to each such co-trustee and separate trustee.

Section 8.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.No resignation or removal of any Trustee (as the case may be, the "Relevant Trustee") and no appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Relevant Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of
Section 8.11.

The Relevant Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Securityholders, the Depositor and the other Trustees, except that notice is only required to be delivered to the Securityholders in the event that the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee is the resigning Relevant Trustee. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Relevant Trustee required by Section 8.11 shall not have been delivered to the resigning Relevant Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Relevant Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee.

Unless a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Relevant Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Common Trust Securityholder. If a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may be removed at such time by Act of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities, delivered to the Relevant Trustee (in its individual capacity and on behalf of the Trust). An Administrative Trustee may be appointed, replaced or removed solely by the Common Trust Securityholder at any time.

If the Relevant Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of continuing to act as Relevant Trustee at a time when no Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Common Trust Securityholder, by Act of the Common Trust Securityholder delivered to the retiring Relevant Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor Relevant Trustee or Trustees, and the retiring Relevant Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of
Section 8.11. If the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of continuing to act as the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, at a time when a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Preferred Trust Securityholders, by Act of the Preferred Trust Securityholders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities delivered to such retiring Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor Relevant Trustee or Trustees, and such successor shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If an Administrative Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting as Administrative Trustee, at a time when a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Common Securityholder by Act of the Common Securityholder delivered to the Administrative Trustees shall promptly appoint a successor Administrative Trustee or Trustees and such successor Administrative Trustee or Trustees shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If no successor Relevant Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Common Trust Securityholders or the Preferred Trust Securityholders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 8.11, any Securityholder who has been a Securityholder of Trust Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee.

The Property Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of a Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee and each appointment of a successor to such Trustee to all Securityholders in the manner provided in Section 10.08 and shall give notice to the Depositor. Such notice shall include the name of the successor Relevant Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office if it is the Property Trustee.

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust Agreement, in the event any Administrative Trustee or a Delaware Trustee who is a natural person dies or becomes in the opinion of the Depositor, incompetent or incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence or incapacity may be filled by (i) the unanimous act of remaining Administrative Trustees if there are at least two of them or (ii) otherwise by the Depositor (with the successor in each case being an individual who satisfies the eligibility requirements for Administrative Trustees or Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, set forth in
Section 8.07). Additionally, notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust Agreement, in the event the Depositor reasonably believes that any Administrative Trustee who is a natural person has become incompetent or incapacitated, the Depositor, by notice to the remaining Trustees, may terminate the status of such Person as an Administrative Trustee (in which case the vacancy so created will be filled in accordance with the preceding sentence).

No Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions to act of any successor Trustee.

Section 8.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Relevant Trustee, the retiring Relevant Trustee (if requested by the Depositor) and each successor Trustee shall execute and deliver an amendment hereto wherein each successor Relevant Trustee shall accept such appointment and which shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Relevant Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee and upon the execution and delivery of such amendment the resignation or removal of the retiring Relevant Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Relevant Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee; but, on request of the Trust or any successor Relevant Trustee such retiring Relevant Trustee shall, upon payment of all sums owed to it, duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all Trust Property, all proceeds thereof and money held by such retiring Relevant Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust.

Upon request of any such successor Relevant Trustee, the retiring Relevant Trustee shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Relevant Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the preceding paragraph.

No successor Relevant Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Relevant Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article VIII.

Section 8.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.Any Person into which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee or any Administrative Trustee that is not a natural person may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Relevant Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of such Relevant Trustee, shall be the successor of such Relevant Trustee hereunder, provided such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article VIII, without the execution or filing of any paper, the giving of any notice or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.

Section 8.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or Trust.If and when the Property Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Depositor or the Trust (or any other obligor upon the Debentures or the Trust Securities), the Property Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Depositor or Trust (or any such other obligor).

Section 8.14. Reports by Property Trustee.(a) The Property Trustee shall transmit to Securityholders such reports concerning the Property Trustee and its actions under this Trust Agreement as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. Such of those reports as are required to be transmitted by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be dated as of the next preceding September 15, and shall be transmitted no later than November 15 of each year, commencing September 15, 200_.

(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Property Trustee with each national exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or such other interdealer quotation system or self-regulatory organization upon which the Trust Securities are listed or traded, if any, with the Commission and with the Depositor. The Depositor will notify the Property Trustee of any such listing or trading.

Section 8.15. Reports to the Property Trustee.The Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such documents, reports and information, if any, and the compliance certificate required by Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act, in the form, in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act, provided that such compliance certificate shall be delivered annually on or before ____________ in each year, beginning ____________. Delivery of such reports, information and documents by the Depositor to the Property Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Property Trustee's receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Depositor's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Property Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer's Certificates).

Section 8.16. Evidence of Compliance With Conditions Precedent.Each of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Trust Agreement (including any covenants compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) that relate to any of the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act may be given in the form of an Officer's Certificate.

Section 8.17. Number of Trustees.(a) The number of Trustees shall be five, provided that the Depositor, by written instrument, may increase or decrease the number of Administrative Trustees.(b) If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the number of Administrative Trustees is not reduced pursuant to
Section 8.17(a), or if the number of Trustees is increased pursuant to Section 8.17(a), a vacancy shall occur. The vacancy shall be filled with a Trustee appointed in accordance with Section 8.10.

(c) The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy, incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee shall not operate to annul, dissolve or terminate the Trust. Whenever a vacancy in the number of Administrative Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of an

Administrative Trustee in accordance with Section 8.10, the Administrative Trustees in office, regardless of their number (and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement), shall have all the powers granted to the Administrative Trustees and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon the Administrative Trustees by this Trust Agreement.

Section 8.18. Delegation of Power.(a) Any Administrative Trustee may, by power of attorney consistent with applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 his or her power for the purpose of executing any documents contemplated in Sections 2.07(a) and 2.07(c), including any registration statement or amendment thereto filed with the Commission, or making any other governmental filing; and

(b) the Administrative Trustees shall have power to delegate from time to time to such of their number the doing of such things and the execution of such instruments either in the name of the Trust or the names of the Administrative Trustees or otherwise as the Administrative Trustees may deem expedient, to the extent such delegation is not prohibited by applicable law or contrary to the provisions of the Trust, as set forth herein.

Section 8.19. Fiduciary Duty.(a) To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Indemnified Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or to any other Covered Person, an Indemnified Person acting under this Trust Agreement shall not be liable to the Trust or to any other Covered Person for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Trust Agreement. The provisions of this Trust Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of an Indemnified Person otherwise existing at law or in equity (other than the duties imposed on the Property Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act), are agreed by the parties hereto to replace such other duties and liabilities of such Indemnified Person;

(b) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein and subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act:

(i) whenever a conflict of interest exists or arises between an Indemnified Person and any Covered Person; or

(ii) whenever this Trust Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein or therein provides that an Indemnified Person shall act in a manner that is, or provides terms that are, fair and reasonable to the Trust or any Holder of Trust Securities, the Indemnified Person shall resolve such conflict of interest, take such action or provide such terms, considering in each case the relative interest of each party (including its own interest) to such conflict, agreement, transaction or situation and the benefits and burdens relating to such interests, any customary or accepted industry practices, and any applicable generally accepted accounting practices or principles. In the absence of bad faith by the Indemnified Person, the resolution, action or term so made, taken or provided by the Indemnified Person shall not constitute a breach of this Trust Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein or of any duty or obligation of the Indemnified Person at law or in equity or otherwise; and

(c) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein and subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, whenever in this Trust Agreement an Indemnified Person is permitted or required to make a decision

(i) in its "discretion" or under a grant of similar authority, the Indemnified Person shall be entitled to consider such interests and factors as it reasonably desires, including its own interests, and shall have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting the Trust or any other Person; or

(ii) in its "good faith" or under another express standard, the Indemnified Person shall act under such express standard and shall not be subject to any other or different standard imposed by this Trust Agreement or by applicable law.

Section 8.20. Delaware Trustee.It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that in fulfilling its obligations as Delaware Trustee hereunder on behalf of the Trust (i) any agreements or instruments

executed and delivered by ________________________________________ are executed and delivered not in its individual capacity but solely as Delaware Trustee under this Trust Agreement in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it, (ii) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein made on the part of the Trust is made and intended not as representations, warrants, covenants, undertakings and agreements by ________________________________________ in its individual capacity but is made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Trust, and (iii) under no circumstances shall ________________________________________ in its individual capacity be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Trust or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaking by the Trust under this Trust Agreement, except if such breach or failure is due to any gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Delaware Trustee.

ARTICLE IX

Dissolution and Liquidation

Section 9.01. Dissolution Upon Expiration Date.Unless earlier dissolved, the Trust shall automatically dissolve on December 31, 20__ (the "Expiration Date") and the Trustees shall take such action as is required by Section 9.04.

Section 9.02. Early Dissolution.Upon the first to occur of any of the following events (such first occurrence, an "Early Termination Event"):

(i) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of, or the dissolution or liquidation of, the Depositor;

(ii) the redemption of all of the Preferred Trust Securities;

(iii) an order for judicial dissolution of the Trust having been entered by a court of competent jurisdiction;

(iv) the election by the Depositor to dissolve the Trust and, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, distribute the Debentures to the Holders of Preferred Trust Securities in liquidation of the Trust;

the Trust shall dissolve and the Trustees shall take such action as is required by Section 9.04.

Section 9.03. Termination. The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Trust and the Trustees created hereby shall terminate upon the latest to occur of the following: (i) the distribution by the Property Trustee to Securityholders upon the liquidation of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.04, or upon the redemption of all of the Trust Securities pursuant to Section 4.02 or 9.04(d), of all amounts required to be distributed hereunder upon the final payment of the Trust Securities; (ii) the payment of any expenses owed by the Trust; and (iii) the discharge of all administrative duties of the Administrative Trustees, including the performance of any tax reporting obligations with respect to the Trust or the Securityholders.

Section 9.04. Liquidation.(a) Upon the Expiration Date or if an Early Termination Event specified in clause (i), (iii) or (iv) of Section 9.02 occurs, after satisfaction of creditors of the Trust, if any, as provided by applicable law, the Trust shall be liquidated by the Property Trustee as expeditiously as the Property Trustee determines to be appropriate by distributing to each Securityholder a Like Amount of Debentures, subject to Section 9.04(e). Notice of liquidation shall be given by the Administrative Trustees by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not later than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Liquidation Date to each Holder of Trust Securities at such Holder's address appearing in the Securities Register. All notices of liquidation shall:

(i) state the Liquidation Date;

(ii) state that from and after the Liquidation Date, the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding and any Trust Securities Certificates not surrendered for exchange will be deemed to represent a Like Amount of Debentures; and

(iii) provide such information with respect to the mechanics by which Holders may exchange Trust Securities Certificates for Debentures, or, if
Section 9.04(e) applies, receive a Liquidation Distribution, as the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee shall deem appropriate.

(b) Except where Sections 9.02(ii), 9.04(d) or 9.04(e) apply, in order to effect the liquidation of the Trust hereunder, and any resulting distribution of the Debentures to Securityholders, the Administrative Trustees shall establish a record date for such distribution (which shall be not more than 45 days prior to the Liquidation Date) and, either itself acting as exchange agent or through the appointment of a separate exchange agent, shall establish such procedures as it shall deem appropriate to effect the distribution of Debentures in exchange for the Outstanding Trust Securities Certificates.

(c) Except where Sections 9.02(ii), 9.04(d) or 9.04(e) apply, after any Liquidation Date, (i) the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding, (ii) certificates representing a Like Amount of Debentures will, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, if any, as provided by applicable law, be issued to Holders of Trust Securities Certificates, upon surrender of such Trust Securities Certificates to the Administrative Trustees or their agent for exchange, (iii) any Trust Securities Certificates not so surrendered for exchange will be deemed to represent a Like Amount of Debentures, accruing interest at the rate provided for in the Debentures from the last Distribution Date on which a Distribution was made on such Trust Securities Certificates until such Trust Securities Certificates are so surrendered (and until such Trust Securities Certificates are so surrendered, no payments or interest or principal will be made to Holders of Trust Securities Certificates with respect to such Debentures) and (iv) all rights of Securityholders holding Trust Securities will cease, except the right of such Securityholders to receive, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, if any, as provided by applicable law, Debentures upon surrender of Trust Securities Certificates.

(d) If at any time, a Tax Event shall occur and be continuing, and either
(i) in the Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor experienced in such matters, there would in all cases, after effecting the dissolution of the Trust, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, if any, as provided by applicable law, and the distribution of the Debentures to the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities in exchange therefor, be more than an insubstantial risk that an Adverse Tax Consequence would continue to exist or (ii) the Debentures are not held by the Trust, then the Depositor shall have the right to redeem the Debentures, in whole but not in part, at any time within 90 days following the occurrence of the Tax Event. Whether or not a Tax Event has occurred, the Depositor has the right, at any time, to dissolve the Trust and, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, if any, as provided by applicable law, cause the Debentures to be distributed to the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities and Common Trust Securities in liquidation of the Trust on a pro rata basis. [Add Provisions to substitute Treasury Securities if securities are issued in connection with Stock Purchase Units]

(e) In the event that, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 9.04, whether because of an order for dissolution entered by a court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise, distribution of the Debentures in the manner provided herein is determined by the Property Trustee not to be practical, the Trust Property shall be liquidated, and the Trust shall be wound-up, by the Property Trustee in such manner as the Property Trustee determines. In such event, Securityholders will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Trust available for distribution to Securityholders, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, if any, as provided by applicable law, an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount per Trust Security plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment (such amount being the "Liquidation Distribution"). If, upon any such winding up, the Liquidation Distribution can be paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then, subject to the next succeeding sentence, the amounts payable by the Trust on the Trust Securities shall be paid on a pro rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts). The Holder of Common Trust Securities will be entitled to receive Liquidation Distributions upon any such winding-up pro rata (determined as aforesaid) with Holders of Preferred Trust Securities, except that, if a Debenture Event of Default (or event that with the lapse of time or giving of notice would become an Event of Default) has occurred and is continuing, the Preferred Trust Securities shall have a priority over the Common Trust Securities.

Section 9.05. Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of the Trust.The Trust may not merge, consolidate, amalgamate with or into, or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any other Person, except pursuant to this Article IX. At the request of the Depositor, with the consent of the Administrative Trustees and without the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Trust Securities, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, the Trust may merge, consolidate, amalgamate, with or into, or be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to a trust organized as such under the laws of any State; provided, that (i) such successor entity either (a) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Trust with respect to the Preferred Securities or (b) substitutes for the Preferred Trust Securities other securities having substantially the same terms as the Preferred Trust Securities (the "Successor Securities") so long as the Successor Securities rank the same as the Preferred Trust Securities rank in priority with respect to distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise, (ii) a trustee of such successor entity possessing substantially the same powers and duties as the Property Trustee is appointed to hold the Debentures, (iii) the Successor Securities are listed or traded, or any Successor Securities will be listed upon notification of issuance, on any national securities exchange or other organization on which the Preferred Trust Securities are then listed or traded, if any, (iv) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not cause the Preferred Trust Securities (including any Successor Securities) to be downgraded by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, (v) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of the Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect, (vi) such successor entity has a purpose substantially identical to that of the Trust, (vii) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the Depositor has received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (a) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of the Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect, and (b) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, neither the Trust nor such successor entity will be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act and (viii) the Depositor or its permitted transferee owns all of the common securities of such successor entity and guarantees the obligations of such successor entity under the Successor Securities at least to the extent provided by the guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trust shall not, except with the consent of Holders of all the Preferred Trust Securities, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into, or be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any other Person or permit any other Person to consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into, or replace it if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease would cause the Trust or the successor entity to be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.

ARTICLE X

Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 10.01. Payment of Expenses of the Trust.Pursuant to Article Three of the Supplemental Indenture No. 1 to the Indenture, the Trust Securities Guarantor has agreed to pay to the Trust, and reimburse the Trust for, the full amount of any costs, expenses or liabilities of the Trust (other than obligations of the Trust to pay the Holders of any Preferred Securities or Common Securities), including, without limitation, any taxes, duties or other governmental charges of whatever nature (other than withholding taxes) imposed on the Trust by the United States or any other taxing authority. Such payment obligation includes any such costs, expenses or liabilities of the Trust that are required by applicable law to be satisfied in connection with a termination of the Trust.

Section 10.02. Limitation of Rights of Securityholders.The death, incapacity, bankruptcy, dissolution or termination of any Person having an interest, beneficial or otherwise, in a Trust Security shall not operate to terminate this Trust Agreement, nor dissolve, terminate or annul the Trust, nor entitle the legal representatives or heirs of such Person or any Securityholder for such Person, to claim an accounting, take any action or bring any proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the arrangements contemplated hereby, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.

Section 10.03. Amendment.(a) In addition to amendments contemplated by
Section 8.11, this Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time by a majority of the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee and the Depositor, without the consent of any Securityholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision herein or therein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or therein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Trust Agreement, (ii) to change the name of the Trust or (iii) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of this Trust Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to ensure that the Trust will not be classified for United States Federal income tax purposes other than as a "grantor trust" at any time that any Trust Securities are outstanding or to ensure the Trust's exemption from the status of an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act; provided, however, that such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Securityholder and, in the case of clause (i), any such amendments of this Trust Agreement shall become effective when notice thereof is given to the Securityholders.(b) Except as provided in Sections 6.01(c) and 10.03(c), any provision of this Trust Agreement may be amended by the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee and the Depositor with (i) the consent of Holders of Trust Securities representing not less than a majority (based upon Liquidation Amounts) of the Outstanding Trust Securities and (ii) receipt by the Trustees of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Trustees in accordance with such amendment will not affect the Trust's status as a grantor trust for Federal income tax purposes or the Trust's exemption from status as an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act.

(c) In addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in this Trust Agreement, without the consent of each affected Securityholder, this Trust Agreement may not be amended to (i) adversely change the amount or timing of any Distribution on the Trust Securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount of any Distribution required to be made in respect of the Trust Securities as of a specified date or (ii) restrict the right of a Securityholder to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, no amendment to this Trust Agreement may be made if, as a result of such amendment, the Trust would not be classified as a "grantor trust" for United States Federal income tax purposes or would to fail or cease to qualify for the exemption from status of an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act afforded by Rule 3a-5 thereunder.

(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary, the Depositor and the Trustees may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any amendment which imposes any additional obligation on the Depositor or any Trustee or, in the case of the Trustees, which affects any of their respective rights, duties or immunities hereunder.

(f) In the event that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is made, the Administrative Trustees shall promptly provide to the Depositor a copy of such amendment.

(g) The Delaware Trustee may join in the execution of any amendment to the Trust Agreement and the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee are entitled to rely upon an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any amendment to this Trust Agreement entered into pursuant to this Section 10.03 is authorized or permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Section 10.03, has been duly authorized by and lawfully executed and delivered on behalf of the other requisite parties, and that it is proper for the Property Trustee under the provisions of this Section 10.03 to accept the additional trusts created thereby and, if so requested, for the Delaware Trustee to join in the execution thereof.

Section 10.04. Separability.In case any provision in this Trust Agreement or in the Trust Securities Certificates shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 10.05. Governing Law.THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF THE SECURITYHOLDERS, THE TRUST, THE DEPOSITOR, THE TRUST SECURITIES GUARANTOR AND THE TRUSTEES WITH RESPECT TO THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE TRUST SECURITIES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES), PROVIDED, THAT THE IMMUNITIES AND STANDARD OF CARE OF THE PROPERTY TRUSTEE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF ITS TRUSTS AND DUTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 10.06. Successors.This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of any successor to the Depositor, the Trust Securities Guarantor, the Trust or the Relevant Trustees or any of them, including any successor by operation of law.

Section 10.07. Headings.The Article and Section headings are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Trust Agreement.

Section 10.08. Notice and Demand.Any notice, demand or other communication which by any provision of this Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon any Securityholder or the Depositor may be given or served in writing by deposit thereof, postage prepaid, in the United States mail, hand delivery or facsimile transmission, in each case, addressed, (i) in the case of a Preferred Trust Securityholder, to such Preferred Trust Securityholder as such Securityholder's name and address may appear on the Securities Register, and (ii) in the case of the Depositor, the Common Securityholder or the Trust Securities Guarantor, to American Electric Power Company, Inc., 1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215, Attention: Treasurer, facsimile no. 614-2231687 (until another address is given to the Property Trustee). Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon a Securityholder shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, upon hand delivery, mailing or facsimile transmission.

Any notice, demand or other communication which by any provision of this Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon the Trust, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Administrative Trustees shall be given in writing addressed (until another address is given to the other parties hereto) as follows: (i) with respect to the Property Trustee, to Wilmington Trust Company, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: ________________________, (ii) with respect to the Delaware Trustee, to Wilmington Trust Company, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890 with a copy to the Property Trustee at the address set forth in (i) above, Attention: ________________________, and (iii) with respect to the Trust or the Administrative Trustees, at the address above for notice to the Depositor, marked Attention: Administrative Trustees for AEP Capital Trust I. Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon the Trust, the Delaware Trustee or the Property Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made only upon actual receipt of the writing by the Trust, the Delaware Trustee or the Property Trustee.

Section 10.09. Agreement Not to Petition.Each of the Trustees and the Depositor agrees for the benefit of the Securityholders that, until at least one year and one day after the Trust has been terminated in accordance with Article IX, it shall not file, or join in the filing of, a petition against the Trust under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, liquidation or other similar law (including, without limitation, the United States Bankruptcy Code) (collectively, "Bankruptcy Laws") or otherwise join in the commencement of any proceeding against the Trust under any Bankruptcy Law. In the event the Depositor takes action in violation of this Section 10.09, the Property Trustee agrees, for the benefit of Securityholders, that it shall file an answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise properly contest the filing of such petition by the Depositor against the Trust or the commencement of such action and raise the defense that the Depositor has agreed in writing not to take such action

and should be estopped and precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as counsel for the Property Trustee or the Trust may assert. The provisions of this Section 10.09 shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement.

Section 10.10. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.(a) This Trust Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required or deemed to be part of this Trust Agreement and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.(b) The Property Trustee shall be the only Trustee which is a trustee for the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.

(c) If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required or deemed to be included in this Trust Agreement by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required or deemed provision shall control.

(d) The application of the Trust Indenture Act to this Trust Agreement shall not affect the nature of the Trust Securities as equity securities representing interests in the Trust.

THE RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF A TRUST SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN BY OR ON BEHALF OF A SECURITYHOLDER, WITHOUT ANY SIGNATURE OR FURTHER MANIFESTATION OF ASSENT, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE BY THE SECURITYHOLDER AND ALL OTHERS HAVING A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN SUCH TRUST SECURITY OF ALL THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE AGREEMENT OF THE TRUST, SUCH SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS THAT THOSE TERMS AND PROVISIONS SHALL BE BINDING, OPERATIVE AND EFFECTIVE AS BETWEEN THE TRUST AND SUCH SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS.

Section 10.11. Counterparts.This Trust Agreement may contain more than one counterpart of the signature page and this Trust Agreement may be executed by the affixing of the signature of each of the Trustees to one of such counterpart signature pages. All of such counterpart signature pages shall be read as though one, and they shall have the same force and effect as though all of the signers had signed a single signature page.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
as Depositor and Trust Securities Guarantor

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Property Trustee

By:
-------------------------------------------,
Title:

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
As Delaware Trustee

EXHIBIT A

CERTIFICATE OF TRUST

OF

THIS CERTIFICATE OF TRUST of AEP Capital Trust I (the "Trust"), dated as of ____________, ____, is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as trustees, to form a business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del.C. ss. 3801 et seq.).

1. Name. The name of the business trust formed hereby is AEP Capital Trust I.

2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the Trust with a principal place of business in the State of Delaware are Wilmington Trust Company, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890.

3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective upon its filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the only trustees of the Trust, have executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first above written.

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee

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

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee

Title:

Title:

EXHIBIT B

THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT AS

PROVIDED IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT

Certificate Number Number of Common Trust Securities

C -

Certificate Evidencing Common Trust Securities

of

AEP Capital Trust I

Common Trust Securities

(liquidation amount $[25] per Common Trust Security)

AEP Capital Trust I, a statutory business trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that American Electric Power Company, Inc. (the "Holder") is the registered owner of _____ common securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and designated the AEP Capital Trust I Common Trust Securities (liquidation amount $[25] per Common Trust Security) (the "Common Trust Securities"). Except as permitted by Section 5.10 of the Trust Agreement (as defined below), the Common Trust Securities are not transferable and any attempted transfer hereof shall be void. The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Common Trust Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and the Common Trust Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust dated as of __________ __, ____, as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement"), including the designation of the terms of the Common Trust Securities as set forth therein.

.Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning given them in the Trust Agreement. The holder of this certificate is entitled to the benefits of the Trust Securities Guarantee Agreement of American Electric Power Company, Inc. and ______________________________, as guarantee trustee, dated as of ___________, _____, as the same may be amended from time to time, (the "Guarantee") to the extent provided therein.] The Trust will furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement [and the Guarantee] to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Trust at its principal place of business or registered office.

Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.

By acceptance, the Holder agrees to treat, for United States federal income tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the Common Trust Securities as evidence of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, an Administrative Trustee of the Trust has executed this certificate for and on behalf of the Trust this ___ day of ________, ____.

AEP CAPITAL TRUST I

                             [Legend]

Certificate Number               Number of Preferred Trust Securities

        P-                                     CUSIP NO.

Certificate Evidencing Preferred Trust Securities

Of

AEP Capital Trust I

[Title of Securities]

(liquidation amount $[25] per Preferred Trust Security)

AEP Capital Trust I, a statutory business trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that ____________ (the "Holder") is the registered owner of _____ preferred securities of the Trust representing an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust and designated the AEP Capital Trust I [Title of Securities] (liquidation amount $[25] per Preferred Trust Security) (the "Preferred Trust Securities"). The Preferred Trust Securities are transferable on the books and records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer as provided in Section 5.04 or 5.12 of the Trust Agreement (as defined below). The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Preferred Trust Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and the Preferred Trust Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust dated as of __________, ____, as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement"), including the designation of the terms of the Preferred Trust Securities as set forth therein. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning given them in the Trust Agreement. The holder of this certificate is entitled to the benefits of the Trust Securities Guarantee Agreement of American Electric Power Company, Inc. and ______________________________, as guarantee trustee, dated as of ____________, ____, as the same may be amended from time to time, (the "Guarantee") to the extent provided therein. The Trust will furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement and the Guarantee to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Trust at its principal place of business or registered office.

Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.

By acceptance, the Holder agrees to treat, for United States federal income tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the Preferred Trust Securities as evidence of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Trust has executed this certificate for and on behalf of the Trust.

Dated:

AEP CAPITAL TRUST I

Countersigned and Registered:

--------------------------------------,
Transfer Agent and Registrar

ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Preferred Trust Security to:

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Preferred Trust Securities Certificate)

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Preferred Trust Securities Certificate)

AMENDED AND RESTATED

TRUST AGREEMENT

among

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.

as Depositor and Trust Securities Guarantor,

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

as Property Trustee,

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

as Delaware Trustee,

THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES NAMED HEREIN

and

THE SEVERAL HOLDERS OF THE TRUST SECURITIES

Dated as of ______, ____

AEP CAPITAL TRUST II

Trust Indenture                                                                               Trust Agreement
  Act Section                                                                                     Section
---------------                                                                               ---------------
Section 310(a)(1)          .............................................................       8.07
              (a)(2)       .............................................................       8.07
              (a)(3)       .............................................................       8.09
              (a)(4)       .............................................................       Not Applicable
              (b)          .............................................................       8.08
Section 311(a)             .............................................................       8.13
              (b)          .............................................................       8.13
Section 312(a)             .............................................................       5.07
              (b)          .............................................................       5.07
              (c)          .............................................................       5.07
Section 313(a)             .............................................................       8.14(a)
              (b)          .............................................................       8.14(a)
              (c)          .............................................................       8.14(a)
              (d)          .............................................................       8.14(b)
Section 314(a)             .............................................................       8.15
              (b)          .............................................................       Not Applicable
              (c)(1)       .............................................................       8.16
              (c)(2)       .............................................................       8.16
              (c)(3)       .............................................................       Not Applicable
              (d)          .............................................................       Not Applicable
              (e)          .............................................................       1.01
Section 315(a)             .............................................................       8.01, 8.03
              (b)          .............................................................       8.02
              (c)          .............................................................       8.01(a)
              (d)          .............................................................       8.01, 8.03
              (e)          .............................................................       Not Applicable
Section 316(a)             .............................................................       6.01
              (a)(1)(A)    .............................................................       6.01
              (a)(1)(B)    .............................................................       Not Applicable
              (a)(2)       .............................................................       Not Applicable
              (b)          .............................................................       Not Applicable
              (c)          .............................................................       6.07
Section 317(a)(1)          .............................................................       Not Applicable
              (a)(2)       .............................................................       Not Applicable
              (b)          .............................................................       5.09
Section 318(a)             .............................................................       10.10

Note:This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Trust Agreement.

                                    ARTICLE I

                                  DEFINED TERMS

Section 1.01.       Definitions...................................................................................1

                                   ARTICLE II

                            CONTINUATION OF THE TRUST
Section 2.01.       Name..........................................................................................8
Section 2.02.       Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business...................................8
Section 2.03.       Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational Expenses...............................9
Section 2.04.       Issuance of the Preferred Trust Securities....................................................9
Section 2.05.       Subscription and Purchase of Debentures; Issuance of the Common Trust Securities..............9
Section 2.06.       Declaration of Trust; Appointment of Additional Administrative Trustees.......................9
Section 2.07.       Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions..............................................9
Section 2.08.       Assets of Trust..............................................................................12
Section 2.09.       Title to Trust Property......................................................................12

                                   ARTICLE III

                                 PAYMENT ACCOUNT
Section 3.01.       Payment Account..............................................................................12

                                   ARTICLE IV

                            DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION
Section 4.01.       Distributions................................................................................12
Section 4.02.       Redemption...................................................................................13
Section 4.03.       Subordination of Common Trust Securities.....................................................14
Section 4.04.       Payment Procedures...........................................................................15
Section 4.05.       Tax Returns and Reports......................................................................15
Section 4.06.       Payments under Indenture.....................................................................15
Section 4.07.       [Remarketing]................................................................................15

                                    ARTICLE V

                          Trust Securities Certificates
Section 5.01.       Initial Ownership............................................................................16
Section 5.02.       The Trust Securities Certificates............................................................16
Section 5.03.       Execution and Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates......................................16
Section 5.04.       Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Trust Securities Certificates.......................16
Section 5.05.       Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities Certificates...........................17
Section 5.06.       Persons Deemed Securityholders...............................................................17
Section 5.07.       Access to List of Securityholders' Names and Addresses.......................................17
Section 5.08.       Maintenance of Office or Agency..............................................................17
Section 5.09.       Appointment of Paying Agent..................................................................18
Section 5.10.       Ownership of Common Trust Securities by Depositor............................................18
Section 5.11.       Definitive Preferred Trust Securities Certificates...........................................18
Section 5.12.       Book-Entry System............................................................................19
Section 5.13.       Rights of Securityholders....................................................................19
Section 5.14.       Cancellation by Transfer Agent and Registrar.................................................19

                                   ARTICLE VI

                    ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING
Section 6.01.       Limitations on Voting Rights.................................................................20
Section 6.02.       Notice of Meetings...........................................................................21
Section 6.03.       Meetings of Holders of Preferred Trust Securities............................................21
Section 6.04.       Voting Rights................................................................................21
Section 6.05.       Proxies, etc.................................................................................21
Section 6.06.       Securityholder Action by Written Consent.....................................................21
Section 6.07.       Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes....................................................21
Section 6.08.       Acts of Securityholders......................................................................22
Section 6.09.       Inspection of Records........................................................................22

                                   ARTICLE VII

                      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
                    PROPERTY TRUSTEE AND THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE
Section 7.01.       Property Trustee.............................................................................23
Section 7.02.       Delaware Trustee.............................................................................23

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                                  THE TRUSTEES
Section 8.01.       Certain Duties and Responsibilities..........................................................24
Section 8.02.       Notice of Defaults...........................................................................25
Section 8.03.       Certain Rights of Property Trustee...........................................................25
Section 8.04.       Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.......................................27
Section 8.05.       May Hold Securities..........................................................................27
Section 8.06.       Compensation; Fees; Indemnity................................................................27
Section 8.07.       Certain Trustees Required; Eligibility.......................................................28
Section 8.08.       Conflicting Interests........................................................................28
Section 8.09.       Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee.............................................................28
Section 8.10.       Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor............................................29
Section 8.11.       Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.......................................................30
Section 8.12.       Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business..................................31
Section 8.13.       Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or Trust.................................31
Section 8.14.       Reports by Property Trustee..................................................................31
Section 8.15.       Reports to the Property Trustee..............................................................31
Section 8.16.       Evidence of Compliance With Conditions Precedent.............................................31
Section 8.17.       Number of Trustees...........................................................................31
Section 8.18.       Delegation of Power..........................................................................32
Section 8.19.       Fiduciary Duty...............................................................................32
Section 8.20.       Delaware Trustee.............................................................................32

                                   ARTICLE IX

                           DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
Section 9.01.       Dissolution Upon Expiration Date.............................................................33
Section 9.02.       Early Dissolution............................................................................33
Section 9.03.       Termination..................................................................................33
Section 9.04.       Liquidation..................................................................................33
Section 9.05.       Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of the Trust..........................35

                                    ARTICLE X

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01.      Payment of Expenses of the Trust.............................................................35
Section 10.02.      Limitation of Rights of Securityholders......................................................36
Section 10.03.      Amendment....................................................................................36
Section 10.04.      Separability.................................................................................37
Section 10.05.      Governing Law................................................................................37
Section 10.06.      Successors...................................................................................37
Section 10.07.      Headings.....................................................................................37
Section 10.08.      Notice and Demand............................................................................37
Section 10.09.      Agreement Not to Petition....................................................................37
Section 10.10.      Conflict with Trust Indenture Act............................................................38
Section 10.11.      Counterparts.................................................................................38

AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of ______, ____, among (i) American Electric Power Company, Inc., a New York corporation as depositor (the "Depositor") and as Trust Securities guarantor (the "Trust Securities Guarantor"), (ii) Wilmington Trust Company, a banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, as trustee (the "Property Trustee" and, in its separate capacity and not in its capacity as Property Trustee, the "Bank"), (iii) Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware trustee (the "Delaware Trustee"), (iv) ____________________ and ____________________, each an individual, and each of whose address is c/o American Electric Power Company, 1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215 (each, an "Administrative Trustee" and collectively the "Administrative Trustees") (the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees are referred to herein each as a "Trustee" and collectively as the "Trustees"), and (v) the several Holders, as hereinafter defined.

R E C I T A L S:

The Depositor, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and ____________________, as Administrative Trustee, have heretofore duly created and continued a business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act by the entering into that certain Trust Agreement, dated as of February 19, 2002 (the "Original Trust Agreement"), as amended by the execution and filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the Certificate of Trust, dated February 19, 2002 (attached hereto as Exhibit A and, as it may be amended from time to time, the "Certificate of Trust").

The Trust and the Depositor have entered into an Underwriting Agreement dated __________, ____ with ______________________________.

The parties hereto desire to provide for, among other things, (i) the issuance of the Common Trust Securities, as hereinafter defined, by the Trust to the Depositor, (ii) the issuance of the Preferred Trust Securities, as hereinafter defined, by the Trust, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and
(iii) the acquisition by the Trust of all of the right, title and interest in the Debentures, as hereinafter defined.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each party, for the benefit of the other party and for the benefit of the Securityholders, hereby agrees as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINED TERMS

Section 1.01. Definitions.(a) For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:(b) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

(c) all other terms used herein that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

(d) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an "Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Trust Agreement; and

(e) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Trust Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

"Act" has the meaning specified in Section 6.08.

"Additional Amount" means, with respect to Trust Securities of a given Liquidation Amount for a given period, the amount of Additional Interest (as defined in the Subordinated Indenture) paid by the Debenture Issuer on a Like Amount of Debentures for such period.

"Administrative Trustee" means each of the individuals identified as an "Administrative Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in their capacities as Administrative Trustees of the Trust and not in their individual capacities, or such trustee's successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor trustee appointed as herein provided.

"Adverse Tax Consequence" means any of the circumstances described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the definition of "Tax Event" herein.

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

"Authorized Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the President and Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer or any other officer or agent of the Depositor duly authorized by the Board of Directors to act in respect of matters relating to this Trust Agreement.

"Bank" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust Agreement.

"Bankruptcy Event" means, with respect to any Person:

(i) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises judging such Person a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjudication or composition of or in respect of such Person under Federal bankruptcy law or any other applicable Federal or state law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of such Person or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

(ii) the institution by such Person of proceedings to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or of the consent by it to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under Federal bankruptcy law or any other applicable Federal or state law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of such Person or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due.

"Bankruptcy Laws" has the meaning specified in Section 10.09.

"Business Day" means a day other than (x) a Saturday or a Sunday, (y) a day on which banks in New York, New York or Pennsylvania are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to remain closed or (z) a day on which the Property Trustee's Corporate Trust Office or the Debenture Trustee's principal corporate trust office is closed for business.

"Certificate of Trust" has the meaning specified the recitals hereof.

"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.

"Closing Date" means the date of execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement.

"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

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

"Common Trust Security" means a security representing an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust having a Liquidation Amount of $25 and having the rights provided therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive Distributions, Debentures and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.

"Common Trust Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing ownership of Common Trust Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B.

"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of the Property Trustee located in New York, New York which at the date of execution of this Trust Agreement is located at 450 West 33rd Street, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10001.

"Covered Person" means: (a) any officer, director, shareholder, partner, member, representative, employee or agent of the Trust or the Trust's Affiliates; and (b) any Holder of Trust Securities.

"Debenture Event of Default" means an "Event of Default" as defined in the Subordinated Indenture.

"Debenture Issuer" means American Electric Power Company, Inc., a New York corporation, in its capacity as issuer of the Debentures, and its successors.

"Debenture Redemption Date" means "Redemption Date" as defined in the Subordinated Indenture with respect to the Debentures.

"Debenture Trustee" means ______________________________, a New York banking corporation, as trustee under the Subordinated Indenture, and its permitted successors and assigns as such trustee.

"Debentures" means $___________ aggregate principal amount of the Debenture Issuer's __% Subordinated Debt Securities, Series _, issued pursuant to the Subordinated Indenture which will mature on ______, ____.

"Definitive Preferred Trust Securities Certificates" means Preferred Trust Securities Certificates issued in certificated, fully registered form as provided in Section 5.11.

"Delaware Business Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code Section 3801 et seq., as it may be amended from time to time.

"Delaware Trustee" means the banking corporation identified as the "Delaware Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as Delaware Trustee of the Trust and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor trustee appointed as herein provided.

"Depositor" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust Agreement and includes American Electric Power Company, Inc., in its capacity as Holder of the Common Trust Securities, and its successors.

"Distribution Date" has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a).

"Distributions" means amounts payable in respect of the Trust Securities as provided in Section 4.01.

"Early Termination Event" has the meaning specified in Section 9.02.

"Event of Default" means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

(i) the occurrence of a Debenture Event of Default; or

(ii) default by the Trust in the payment of any Distribution when it becomes due and payable, and continuation of such default for a period of 30 days; or

(iii) default by the Trust in the payment of any Redemption Price, plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions, of any Trust Security when it becomes due and payable; or

(iv) default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect, of any covenant or warranty of the Trustees in this Trust Agreement (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or breach is specifically dealt with in clause (ii) or (iii), above) and continuation of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Trust, the defaulting trustee and the Depositor by the Holders of at least 25% in Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or

(v) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Trust.

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

"Expiration Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.01.

"Indemnified Person" means any Trustee, any Affiliate of any Trustee, or any officer, director, shareholder, member, partners, employee, representative or agent of any Trustee, or any employee or agent of the Trust or its Affiliates.

"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

["Investment Company Event" means the receipt by the Trust of an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of a change in law or regulation or a change in interpretation or application of law or regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority (a "Change in 1940 Act Law"), the Trust is or will be considered an "investment company" that is required to be registered under the 1940 Act, which change in 1940 Act Law become effective on or after the date of original issuance of the Preferred Securities under this Trust Agreement.

"Lien" means any lien, pledge, charge, encumbrance, mortgage, deed of trust, adverse ownership interest, hypothecation, assignment, security interest or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever.

"Like Amount" means (i) Trust Securities having a Liquidation Amount equal to the principal amount of Debentures to be contemporaneously redeemed in accordance with the Subordinated Indenture and the proceeds of which will be used to pay the Redemption Price of such Trust Securities plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the date of such payment and (ii) Debentures having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities of the Holders to which such Debentures are distributed.

"Liquidation Amount" means the stated amount of $25 per Trust Security.

"Liquidation Date" means the date on which Debentures are to be distributed to Holders of Trust Securities in connection with a dissolution and liquidation of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.04.

"Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning specified in Section 9.04(e).

"Offer" has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(c).

"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the Depositor and delivered to the appropriate Trustee. Any officer signing an Officer's Certificate given pursuant to Section 8.16 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Depositor. Any Officer's Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Trust Agreement shall include:

(a) a statement that the officer signing the Officer's Certificate has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;

(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or investigation undertaken by such officer in rendering the Officer's Certificate;

(c) a statement that such officer has made such examination or investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to enable such officer to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

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

"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Trust, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Depositor, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Property Trustee. Any Opinion of Counsel delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Trust Agreement shall include statements comparable to the statements referred to in the definition of "Officer's Certificate" herein.

"Trust Agreement" has the meaning specified in the recitals to this Trust Agreement.

"Outstanding," when used with respect to Preferred Trust Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Preferred Trust Securities theretofore delivered under this Trust Agreement, except:

(i) Preferred Trust Securities theretofore canceled by the Transfer Agent and Registrar or delivered to the Transfer Agent and Registrar for cancellation;

(ii) Preferred Trust Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Property Trustee or any Paying Agent for the Holders of such Preferred Trust Securities; provided that, if such Preferred Trust Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and

(iii) Preferred Trust Securities which have been paid or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Preferred Trust Securities have been delivered pursuant to this Trust Agreement, including pursuant to Sections 5.04, 5.05 or 5.11;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Preferred Trust Securities owned by the Depositor, the Trust Securities Guarantor, any Administrative Trustee or any Affiliate of the Depositor, the Trust Securities Guarantor or any Administrative Trustee shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that (a) in determining whether any Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Preferred Trust Securities which such Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded and
(b) the foregoing shall not apply at any time when all of the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities are owned by the Depositor, the Trust Securities Guarantor, one or more of the Administrative Trustees and/or any such Affiliate. Preferred Trust Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Administrative Trustees the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Preferred Trust Securities and that the pledgee is not the Depositor or the Trust Securities Guarantor, or any Affiliate of the Depositor or the Trust Securities Guarantor.

"Owner" means each Person who is the beneficial owner of a Trust Securities Certificate as reflected in the records of the Securities Depository or, if a Securities Depository participant is not the beneficial owner, then as reflected in the records of a Person maintaining an account with such Securities Depository (directly or indirectly), in accordance with the rules of such Securities Depository.

"Paying Agent" means any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 5.09 and shall initially be the Property Trustee.

"Payment Account" means a segregated non-interest-bearing corporate trust account maintained by the Property Trustee with the Bank, or such other banking institution as the Depositor shall select for the benefit of the Securityholders in which all amounts paid in respect of the Debentures will be held and from which the Paying Agent, pursuant to Section 5.09, shall make payments to the Securityholders in accordance with Sections 4.01 and 4.02.

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

"Preferred Trust Security" means a security representing an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust having a Liquidation Amount of $25 and having rights provided therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive Distributions, Debentures and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein and, in certain circumstances, a preference over the Common Trust Securities.

"Preferred Trust Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing ownership of Preferred Trust Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C.

"Property Trustee" means the commercial bank or trust company identified as the "Property Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as Property Trustee of the Trust and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor trustee appointed as herein provided.

"Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Trust Security to be redeemed, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Trust Agreement; provided that each Debenture Redemption Date shall be a Redemption Date for a Like Amount of Trust Securities.

"Redemption Price" means, with respect to any date fixed for redemption of any Trust Security, the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security.

"Relevant Trustee" shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.10.

"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Property Trustee, means an officer of the Property Trustee assigned by the Property Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters.

"Securities Depository" shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.12. The Depository Trust Company will be the initial Securities Depository.

"Securities Register" shall mean the Securities Register as described in
Section 5.04.

"Securityholder" or "Holder" means a Person in whose name a Trust Security or Securities is registered in the Securities Register; any such Person shall be a beneficial owner of such security within the meaning of the Delaware Business Trust Act.

"Subordinated Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of ____________, ____, among the Debenture Issuer, the Depositor, as guarantor and the Debenture Trustee, as trustee, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

"Tax Event" means the receipt by the Trust or the Depositor of an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of (a) any amendment to, clarification of, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the laws or treaties (or any regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, (b) any judicial decision or any official administrative pronouncement, ruling, regulatory procedure, notice or announcement (including any notice or announcement of intent to issue or adopt any such administrative pronouncement, ruling, regulatory procedure or regulation) (each, an "Administrative Action"), or (c) any amendment to, clarification of, or change in the official position or the interpretation of any such Administrative Action or judicial decision or any interpretation or pronouncement that provides for a position with respect to such Administrative Action or judicial decision that differs from the theretofore generally accepted position, in each case by any legislative body, court, governmental authority or regulatory body, irrespective of the time or manner in which such amendment, clarification or change is introduced or made known, which amendment, clarification, or change is effective, or which Administrative Action is taken or which judicial decision is issued, in each case on or after the date of issuance of the Preferred Trust Securities, there is more than an insubstantial risk that (i) the Trust is, or will be subject to United States Federal income tax with respect to interest received on the Debentures, (ii) interest payable by the Depositor on the Debentures is not, or will not be, fully deductible by the Depositor for United States Federal income tax purposes, or (iii) the Trust is, or will be subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties or other governmental charges.

"Transfer Agent and Registrar" shall mean the transfer agent and registrar for the Preferred Trust Securities appointed by the Trust and shall be initially the Property Trustee.

"Trust" means the Delaware business trust created by the Trust Agreement and the Certificate of Trust and continued hereby and identified on the cover page to this Trust Agreement.

"Trust Agreement" means this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, as the same may be modified, amended or supplemented in accordance with the applicable provisions hereof, including (i) all exhibits hereto and (ii) for all purposes of this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or supplement, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or supplement, respectively.

"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as amended and in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

"Trust Property" means (i) the Debentures, (ii) any cash on deposit in, or owing to, the Payment Account and (iii) all proceeds and rights in respect of the foregoing for the time being held by the Property Trustee pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement.

"[Trust] Securities Certificate" means any one of the Common Trust Securities Certificates or the Preferred Trust Securities Certificates.

"Trust Securities Guarantee" means the Trust Securities Guarantee Agreement executed and delivered by the Depositor, as guarantor and ______________________________, a New York banking corporation, as trustee, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, for the benefit of the Holders of the [Preferred] Trust Securities, as amended from time to time.

"Trust Securities Guarantor" means American Electric Power Company, Inc., a New York corporation, and its successors, as guarantor under the Trust Securities Guarantee.

"Trust Security" means any one of the Common Trust Securities or the Preferred Trust Securities. The Common Trust Securities and the Preferred Trust Securities represent the sole beneficial interests in the Trust, and the Trust shall not issue any interests other than the Trust Securities. "Trustees" mean, collectively, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees.

"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of ____________, ____, among the Trust, the Depositor and the underwriters named therein.

[Additional Definitions if Securities are to be issued in connection with Stock Purchase Units]

ARTICLE II

Continuation of the Trust

Section 2.01. Name.The Trust continued hereby shall be known as "AEP Capital Trust II", as such name may be modified from time to time by the Administrative Trustees following written notice to the Holders of Trust Securities and the other Trustees, in which name the Trustees may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Trust and sue and be sued.

Section 2.02. Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business.The office of the Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware is 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, or at such other address in Delaware as the Delaware Trustee may designate by written notice to the Securityholders, the Depositor and the Trust Securities Guarantor. The principal place of business of the Trust is c/o American Electric Power Company, Inc., 1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215.

Section 2.03. Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational Expenses.The Property Trustee acknowledges receipt in trust from the Depositor in connection with the Trust Agreement of the sum of $10, which constituted the initial Trust Property. The Depositor shall pay organizational expenses of the Trust as they arise or shall, upon request of any Trustee, promptly reimburse such Trustee for any such expenses paid by such Trustee. The Depositor shall make no claim upon the Trust Property for the payment of such expenses.

Section 2.04. Issuance of the Preferred Trust Securities.On ____________, ____, an authorized representative of the Depositor and the Trust, both executed and delivered the Underwriting Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, one of the Administrative Trustees, on behalf of the Trust in accordance with Section 5.02, executed and delivered a Preferred Trust Securities Certificate, registered in the name of the nominee of The Depository Trust Company, having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of $___________.

Section 2.05. Subscription and Purchase of Debentures; Issuance of the Common Trust Securities.Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, the Administrative Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, subscribed to and purchased from the Debenture Issuer Debentures, registered in the name of the Property Trustee and having an aggregate principal amount equal to $___________ and, in satisfaction of the purchase price for such Debentures,
(x) one of the Administrative Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, executed and delivered to the Depositor Common Trust Securities Certificates, registered in the name of the Depositor, representing _____ Common Trust Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of $_________, and (y) the Property Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, delivered to the Debenture Issuer the sum of $___________ representing the proceeds from the sale of the Preferred Trust Securities pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.

Section 2.06. Declaration of Trust; Appointment of Additional Administrative Trustees. The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are
(i) to issue Trust Securities and invest the proceeds thereof in Debentures, and
(ii) to engage in those activities necessary or incidental thereto. The Depositor hereby appoints the Trustees as trustees of the Trust, to have all the rights, powers and duties to the extent set forth herein, and the Trustees hereby accept such appointment. The Property Trustee hereby declares that it will hold the Trust Property in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the benefit of the Securityholders. The Trustees shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in accordance with applicable law with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust. Anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any powers, nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and responsibilities of the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees set forth herein. The Delaware Trustee shall be one of the Trustees of the Trust for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of
Section 3807 of the Delaware Business Trust Act.

Section 2.07. Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions.The Trustees shall conduct the affairs of the Trust in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement. Subject to the limitations set forth in paragraph (b) of this
Section and Article VIII and in accordance with the following provisions (A) and (B), the Trustees shall have the authority to enter into all transactions and agreements determined by the Trustees to be appropriate in exercising the authority, express or implied, otherwise granted to the Trustees under this Trust Agreement, and to perform all acts in furtherance thereof, including without limitation, the following:

(A) As among the Trustees, the Administrative Trustees, acting singularly or together, shall have the power, duty and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the following matters:

(i) the issuance and sale of the Trust Securities pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement;

(ii) without the consent of any Person, to cause the Trust to enter into and to execute, deliver and perform on behalf of the Trust, such agreements as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the consummation of the Underwriting Agreement;

(iii) to qualify the Trust to do business in any jurisdiction as may be necessary or desirable;

(iv) the registration of the Preferred Trust Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and under state securities or blue sky laws, and the qualification of this Trust Agreement as a trust indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;

(v) the listing, if any, of the Preferred Trust Securities upon such national securities exchange or exchanges or automated quotation system or systems as shall be determined by the Depositor and the registration of the Preferred Trust Securities under the Exchange Act, and the preparation and filing of all periodic and other reports and other documents pursuant to the foregoing;

(vi) the appointment or removal of a Paying Agent and Transfer Agent and Registrar in accordance with this Trust Agreement;

(vii) the establishment of a record date for any of the purposes contemplated by Section 6.07 hereof;

(viii) to duly prepare and file all applicable tax returns and tax information reports that are required to be filed with respect to the Trust on behalf of the trust;

(ix) to take all action that may be necessary or appropriate for the preservation and the continuation of the Trust's valid existence, rights, franchises and privileges as a statutory business trust under the laws of the State of Delaware and of each other jurisdiction in which such existence is necessary to protect the limited liability of the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities or to enable the Trust to effect the purposes for which the Trust was created;

(x) to execute and deliver all documents or instruments, perform all duties and powers, and do all things for and on behalf of the Trust in all matters necessary or incidental to the foregoing;

(xi) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust and the preparation, execution and filing of the certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of Delaware; and

(xii) the taking of any action incidental to the foregoing as the Administrative Trustees may from time to time determine is necessary or advisable to protect and conserve the Trust Property for the benefit of the Securityholders (without consideration of the effect of any such action on any particular Securityholder).

(B) As among the Trustees, the Property Trustee shall have the power, duty and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the following ministerial matters:

(i) the establishment of the Payment Account;

(ii) the receipt of the Debentures;

(iii) the collection and deposit in the Payment Account of interest, principal and any other payments made in respect of the Debentures;

(iv) the distribution of amounts owed to the Securityholders in respect of the Trust Securities in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement;

(v) the sending of notices of default and other information regarding the Trust Securities and the Debentures to the Securityholders in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement;

(vi) the distribution of the Trust Property in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement;

(vii) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust and the execution of the certificate of cancellation to be prepared and filed by the Administrative Trustees with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; and

(viii) the taking of any ministerial action incidental to the foregoing as the Property Trustee may from time to time determine is necessary or advisable to protect and conserve the Trust Property for the benefit of the Securityholders (without consideration of the effect of any such action on any particular Securityholder).

(a) Subject to this Section 2.07(a)(B), the Property Trustee shall have none of the duties, powers or authority of the Administrative Trustees set forth in Sections 2.07(a)(A) and 2.07(c) or the Depositor set forth in Section
2.07(c). The Property Trustee shall have the power and authority to exercise all of the rights, powers and privileges of a holder of Debentures under the Subordinated Indenture, subject to the terms of this Trust Agreement, and, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Property Trustee may, for the benefit of Holders of the Trust Securities, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce its rights as holder of the Debentures subject to the rights of the Holders pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement.

(b) So long as this Trust Agreement remains in effect, the Trust (or the Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust) shall not undertake any business, activities or transaction except as expressly provided herein or contemplated hereby. In particular, the Trustees, acting on behalf of the Trust, shall not
(i) acquire any investments or engage in any activities not authorized by this Trust Agreement, (ii) sell, assign, transfer, exchange, pledge, set-off or otherwise dispose of any of the Trust Property or interests therein, including to Securityholders, except as expressly provided herein, (iii) take any action that would reasonably be expected to cause the Trust to fail or cease to qualify as a "grantor trust" for United States Federal income tax purposes, (iv) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or (v) take or consent to any action that would result in the placement of a Lien on any of the Trust Property. The Trustees shall defend all claims and demands of all Persons at any time claiming any Lien on any of the Trust Property adverse to the interest of the Trust or the Securityholders in their capacity as Securityholders.

(c) In connection with the issue and sale of the Preferred Trust Securities, each of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees, acting singularly or together, (and, in the case of (i), (iii) and (v) below, ____________________, as authorized representative of the Trust), shall have the right and responsibility to assist the Trust with respect to, or effect on behalf of the Trust, the following (and any actions taken by the Depositor in furtherance of the following prior to the date of this Trust Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects):

(i) to prepare for filing by the Trust with the Commission and to execute and file a registration statement on Form S-3 in relation to the Preferred Trust Securities, including any amendments thereto and to take any action necessary or desirable to sell the Preferred Trust Securities in a transaction or series of transactions pursuant thereto;

(ii) to determine the States in which to take appropriate action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the Preferred Trust Securities and to do any and all such acts, other than actions which must be taken by or on behalf of the Trust, and advise the Trustees of actions they must take on behalf of the Trust, and prepare for execution and filing any documents to be executed and filed by the Trust or on behalf of the Trust, as the Depositor deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of any such States in connection with the sale of Preferred Trust Securities;

(iii) to select the investment banker or bankers to act as underwriters with respect to the offer and sale by the Trust of Preferred Trust Securities ("Offer") and negotiate the terms of an Underwriting Agreement and pricing agreement providing for the Offer;

(iv) to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trust the Underwriting Agreement and such other agreements as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the consummation thereof;

(v) to take any other actions necessary or desirable to carry out any of the foregoing activities.

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Trustees are hereby authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of the Trust and to operate the Trust so that the Trust will not be deemed to be an "investment company" required to be registered under the Investment Company Act or classified other than as a "grantor trust" for United States Federal income tax purposes and so that the Debentures will be treated as indebtedness of the Debenture Issuer for United States Federal income tax purposes. In this connection, the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees are authorized to take any action, not inconsistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Trust or this Trust Agreement, that each of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees determines in its discretion to be necessary or desirable for such purposes, as long as such action does not materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities.

Section 2.08. Assets of Trust.The assets of the Trust shall consist of the Trust Property.

Section 2.09. Title to Trust Property.Legal title to all Trust Property shall be vested at all times in the Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) and shall be held and administered by the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Securityholders in accordance with this Trust Agreement.

ARTICLE III

Payment Account

Section 3.01. Payment Account.(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Property Trustee shall establish the Payment Account. The Property Trustee and any Paying Agent appointed by the Administrative Trustees shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal with respect to the Payment Account for the purpose of making deposits in and withdrawals from the Payment Account in accordance with this Trust Agreement. All monies and other property deposited or held from time to time in the Payment Account shall be held by the Property Trustee in the Payment Account for the exclusive benefit of the Holders of Trust Securities and for distribution as herein provided, including (and subject to) any priority of payments provided for herein. The Property Trustee shall have no liability in any respect whatsoever in regards to any moneys or other property deposited in the Payment Account at an institution other than the Property Trustee.

(b) The Property Trustee shall deposit in the Payment Account, promptly upon receipt, all payments of principal or interest on, and any other payments or proceeds with respect to, the Debentures. Amounts held in the Payment Account shall not be invested by the Property Trustee pending distribution thereof.

ARTICLE IV

Distributions; Redemption

Section 4.01. Distributions.(a)Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be cumulative, and will accumulate whether or not there are funds of the Trust available for the payment of Distributions. Distributions shall accrue from the Closing Date, and, except in the event (and to the extent) that the Depositor exercises its right to extend the interest payment period for the Debentures pursuant to Section 312 of the Subordinated Indenture, shall be payable quarterly in arrears on _________, _________, __________, and __________ of each year, commencing on _______, ____. If any date on

which Distributions are otherwise payable on the Trust Securities is not a Business Day, then the payment of such Distribution shall be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) in each case, with the same force and effect as if made on such date (each date on which Distributions are payable in accordance with this Section 4.01(a), a "Distribution Date").

(b) Distributions payable on the Trust Securities shall be fixed at a rate of __% per annum of the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities. The amount of Distributions payable for any quarterly period shall be computed on the same basis as interest is calculated on the Debentures. If the interest payment period for the Debentures is extended pursuant to Section 312 of the Subordinated Indenture, then Distributions on the Trust Securities will be deferred for the period equal to the extension of the interest payment period for the Debentures and the rate per annum at which Distributions on the Trust Securities accumulate shall be increased by an amount such that the aggregate amount of Distributions that accumulate on all Trust Securities during any such extended interest payment period is equal to the aggregate amount of interest (including, to the extent permitted by law, interest payable on unpaid interest at the percentage rate per annum set forth above, compounded quarterly) that accrues during any such extended interest payment period on the Debentures. The amount of Distributions payable for any period shall include the Additional Amounts, if any.

(c) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be made and shall be deemed payable on each Distribution Date only to the extent that the Trust has funds available in the Payment Account for the payment of such Distributions.

(d) Distributions on the Trust Securities with respect to a Distribution Date shall be payable to the Holders thereof as they appear on the Securities Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record date, which shall be one Business Day prior to the relevant Distribution Date, if Trust Securities are in book-entry only form, and 15 days prior to the relevant Distribution Date if Trust Securities are not in book-entry only form.

Section 4.02. Redemption.(a) On each Debenture Redemption Date and at the maturity date ("Maturity Date") for the Debentures (as defined in the Subordinated Indenture), the Property Trustee will be required to redeem a Like Amount of Trust Securities at the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be.

(b) Notice of redemption shall be given by the Property Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Trust Securities to be redeemed, at such Holder's address appearing in the Security Register. All notices of redemption or liquidation shall state:

(i) the Redemption Date;

(ii) the Redemption Price and the amount of accumulated and unpaid Distributions to be paid on the Redemption Date;

(iii) the CUSIP number;

(iv) if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be redeemed, the identification and the total Liquidation Amount of the particular Trust Securities to be redeemed;

(v) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date will become due and payable upon each such Trust Security to be redeemed and that Distributions thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date; and

(vi) if the Preferred Trust Securities are no longer held in book-entry only form, the place and address where the Holders shall surrender their Preferred Trust Securities Certificates.

(c) The Trust Securities redeemed on each Redemption Date shall be redeemed at the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date with the proceeds from the contemporaneous redemption of Debentures. Redemptions of the Trust Securities shall be made and the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date shall be deemed payable on each Redemption Date only to the extent that the Trust has funds immediately available in the Payment Account for such payment.

(d) If the Property Trustee gives a notice of redemption in respect of any Preferred Trust Securities, then, by 12:00 noon, New York time, on the Redemption Date, subject to Section 4.02(c), the Property Trustee shall irrevocably deposit with the Paying Agent funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date and will give the Paying Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date to the Holders thereof upon surrender of their Preferred Trust Securities Certificates and Common Trust Securities Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Distributions on the Trust Securities with respect to Distribution Dates occurring on or prior to the Redemption Date for any Trust Securities called for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of such Trust Securities as they appear on the Securities Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record dates for the related Distribution Dates. If notice of redemption shall have been given and funds deposited as required, then on the Redemption Date, all rights of Securityholders holding Trust Securities so called for redemption will cease, except the right of such Securityholders to receive the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date thereof, but without interest thereon, and such Trust Securities will cease to be Outstanding. In the event that any Redemption Date is not a Business Day, then payment of the Redemption Price payable on such date plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to such Redemption Date shall be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day falls in the next calendar year, such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case, with the same force and effect as if made on such date. In the event that payment of the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions in respect of any Trust Securities called for redemption is improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the Trust or by the Trust Securities Guarantor pursuant to the Trust Securities Guarantee, Distributions on such Trust Securities will continue to accrue, at the then applicable rate, from the Redemption Date originally established by the Trust for such Trust Securities to the date such Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions is actually paid, in which case the actual payment date will be deemed the date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to such date.

(e) Payment of the Redemption Price on the Trust Securities shall be made to the Holders thereof as they appear on the Securities Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record date, which shall be one Business Date prior to the relevant Redemption Date; provided, however, that in the event that the Preferred Securities do not remain in book-entry-only form, the relevant record date shall be the date fifteen days prior to the relevant Redemption Date.

(f) Subject to Section 4.03(a), if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be redeemed on a Redemption Date, then the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities to be redeemed shall be allocated to the Common Trust Securities and to the Preferred Trust Securities in the proportion that the aggregate Liquidation Amount of each is to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of all outstanding Trust Securities. The particular Preferred Trust Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Property Trustee from the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Property Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to $25 or integral multiples thereof) of the Liquidation Amount of Preferred Trust Securities of a denomination larger than $25. The Property Trustee shall promptly notify the Transfer Agent and Registrar in writing of the Preferred Trust Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Preferred Trust Securities selected for partial redemption, the Liquidation Amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Preferred Trust Securities shall relate, in the case of any Preferred Trust Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the Liquidation Amount of Preferred Trust Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.

Section 4.03. Subordination of Common Trust Securities.(a) Payment of Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on, and the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid

Distributions of, the Trust Securities, as applicable, shall be made pro rata based on the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities; provided, however, that if on any Distribution Date or Redemption Date an Event of Default resulting from a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, no payment of any Distribution (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on, or Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions of, any Common Trust Security, and no other payment on account of the redemption, liquidation or other acquisition of Common Trust Securities, shall be made unless payment in full in cash of all accumulated and unpaid Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on all Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities for all distribution periods terminating on or prior thereto, or in the case of payment of the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions the full amount of such Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions on all Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities, shall have been made or provided for, and all funds immediately available to the Property Trustee shall first be applied to the payment in full in cash of all Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on, or Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions of, Preferred Trust Securities then due and payable.

(b) In the case of the occurrence of any Event of Default resulting from a Debenture Event of Default, the Holder of Common Trust Securities will be deemed to have waived any right to act with respect to any such Event of Default under this Trust Agreement until the effect of all such Events of Default with respect to the Preferred Trust Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated. Until all such Events of Default under this Trust Agreement with respect to the Preferred Trust Securities have been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the Property Trustee shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, act solely on behalf of the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities and not the Holder of the Common Trust Securities, and only the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities will have the right to direct the Property Trustee to act on their behalf.

Section 4.04. Payment Procedures.Payments in respect of the Preferred Trust Securities shall be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Securities Register or, if the Preferred Trust Securities are held by a Securities Depository, such Distributions shall be made to the Securities Depository in immediately available funds, which shall credit the relevant Persons' accounts at such Securities Depository on the applicable Distribution Dates. Payments in respect of the Common Trust Securities shall be made in such manner as shall be mutually agreed between the Property Trustee and the Holder of the Common Trust Securities.

Section 4.05. Tax Returns and Reports.The Administrative Trustees shall prepare (or cause to be prepared), at the Depositor's expense and direction, and file all United States Federal, state and local tax and information returns and reports required to be filed by or in respect of the Trust. In this regard, the Administrative Trustees shall (a) prepare and file (or cause to be prepared or filed) the Internal Revenue Service Form 1041 (or any successor form) required to be filed in respect of the Trust in each taxable year of the Trust and (b) prepare and furnish (or cause to be prepared and furnished), to the extent required by law, to each Securityholder the related Internal Revenue Service Form 1099 (or any successor form) and the information required to be provided on such form. The Administrative Trustees shall provide the Depositor and the Property Trustee with a copy of all such returns, reports and schedules promptly after such filing or furnishing. The Trustees shall comply with United States Federal withholding and backup withholding tax laws and information reporting requirements with respect to any payments to Securityholders under the Trust Securities.

Section 4.06. Payments under Indenture.

Any amount payable hereunder to any Holder of Preferred Trust Securities shall be reduced by the amount of any corresponding payment such Holder has directly received pursuant to Section 808 of the Subordinated Indenture.

[Section 4.07. Remarketing.]

[Add remarketing and coupon reset provisions if Securities are issued in connection with Stock Purchase Units]

ARTICLE V

Trust Securities Certificates

Section 5.01. Initial Ownership.Upon the creation of the Trust by the contribution by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.03 and until the issuance of the Trust Securities, and at any time during which no Trust Securities are outstanding, the Depositor shall be the sole beneficial owner of the Trust.

Section 5.02. The Trust Securities Certificates.The Trust Securities Certificates shall be issued in denominations of $25 Liquidation Amount and integral multiples thereof. The Trust Securities Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature of at least one Administrative Trustee and, if executed on behalf of the Trust by facsimile signature, the Preferred Trust Securities shall be countersigned by the Transfer Agent and Registrar or its agent. Trust Securities Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trust and, in the case of Preferred Trust Securities, if executed by facsimile signature, countersigned by the Transfer Agent and Registrar or its agent, shall be validly issued and entitled to the benefits of this Trust Agreement, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be so authorized prior to the delivery of such Trust Securities Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of delivery of such Trust Securities Certificates. A transferee of a Trust Securities Certificate shall become a Securityholder, and shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Securityholder hereunder, upon due registration of such Trust Securities Certificate in such transferee's name pursuant to Section 5.04 or
5.12. Every Person, by virtue of having become a Securityholder, shall be deemed to have expressly assented and agreed to the terms of, and shall be bound by, this Trust Agreement, the Trust Securities Guarantee and the Subordinated Indenture.

Section 5.03. Execution and Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates.On the Closing Date, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, shall cause Trust Securities Certificates, in an aggregate Liquidation Amount as provided in Sections 2.04 and 2.05, to be executed on behalf of the Trust, and in the case of Preferred Trust Securities executed by facsimile signature, countersigned by the Transfer Agent and Registrar, or its agent, and delivered to or upon the written order of the Depositor signed by its chairman of the board, any of its vice presidents or its treasurer, without further corporate action by the Depositor, in authorized denominations.

Section 5.04. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Trust Securities Certificates.The Transfer Agent and Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.08, a Securities Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall provide for the registration of Preferred Trust Securities Certificates and the Common Trust Securities Certificates (subject to Section 5.10 in the case of the Common Trust Securities Certificates) and registration of transfers and exchanges of Preferred Trust Securities Certificates as herein provided. The Property Trustee shall be the initial Transfer Agent and Registrar.

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Preferred Trust Securities Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.08, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, shall execute on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature and, if executed on behalf of the Trust by facsimile signature, cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar or its agent to countersign and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Preferred Trust Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount. At the option of a Holder, Preferred Trust Securities Certificates may be exchanged for other Preferred Trust Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of the same class and of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount upon surrender of the Preferred Trust Securities Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.08.

Every Preferred Trust Securities Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Administrative Trustees and the Transfer Agent and Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Preferred Trust Securities Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be canceled and subsequently disposed of by the Transfer Agent and Registrar in accordance with its

customary procedures. The Trust shall not be required to (i) issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any Preferred Trust Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 calendar days before the day of mailing of a notice of redemption of any Preferred Trust Securities called for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or
(ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Preferred Trust Securities so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any such Preferred Trust Securities being redeemed in part.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Preferred Trust Securities Certificates, but the Transfer Agent and Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Preferred Trust Securities Certificates.

Section 5.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities Certificates.If (a) any mutilated Trust Securities Certificate shall be surrendered to the Transfer Agent and Registrar, or if the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Trust Securities Certificate and (b) there shall be delivered to the Transfer Agent and Registrar and the Administrative Trustees such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and the Depositor harmless, then in the absence of notice that such Trust Securities Certificate shall have been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, on behalf of the Trust shall execute by manual or facsimile signature and, if execution on behalf of the Trust is by facsimile signature, in the case of Preferred Trust Securities shall also cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar or its agent to countersign; and the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, and, if executed on behalf of the Trust by facsimile signature, in the case of Preferred Trust Securities the Transfer Agent and Registrar or its agent, shall make available for delivery, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Trust Securities Certificate, a new Trust Securities Certificate of like class, tenor and denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new Trust Securities Certificate under this Section, the Administrative Trustees or the Transfer Agent and Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith. Any duplicate Trust Securities Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of an undivided beneficial interest in the Trust Property, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust Securities Certificate shall be found at any time.

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

Section 5.06. Persons Deemed Securityholders.Prior to due presentation of a Trust Securities Certificate for registration of transfer, the Trustees and the Transfer Agent and Registrar, and any agent of the Trustees and the Transfer Agent and Registrar, shall be entitled to treat the Person in whose name any Trust Securities Certificate shall be registered in the Securities Register as the owner of such Trust Securities Certificate for the purpose of receiving Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Trustees nor the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall be bound by any notice to the contrary.

Section 5.07. Access to List of Securityholders' Names and Addresses.The Administrative Trustees shall furnish or cause to be furnished (x) to the Depositor or the Property Trustee, within 15 days after receipt by any Administrative Trustee of a request therefor from the Depositor or the Property Trustee, as the case may be, in writing and (y) to the Property Trustee,
[quarterly not more than 5 days after each ________, ________, ________ and ________ of each year beginning ________] (unless the Property Trustee is the Transfer Agent and Registrar), a list, in such form as the Depositor or the Property Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Securityholders as of a recent date. Each Holder, by receiving and holding a Trust Securities Certificate, shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold either the Depositor or any Trustees accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and address, regardless of the source from which such information was derived.

Section 5.08. Maintenance of Office or Agency.The Depositor shall or shall cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar to maintain in The City of New York, an office or offices or agency or agencies where

Preferred Trust Securities Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Depositor, the Trust or the Transfer Agent and Registrar in respect of the Trust Securities and the Trust Agreement may be served. The Depositor initially designates ______________________________, ____________________, New York, New York ______ as its principal office for such purposes. The Depositor shall or shall cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar to give prompt written notice to the Depositor, The Trust Securities Guarantor, the Property Trustee, the Administrative Trustees and to the Securityholders of any change in the location of the Securities Register or any such office or agency. If at any time the Depositor shall fail to maintain such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Property Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee, and the Depositor hereby appoints the Property Trustee its agent and the agent of the Trust to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

Section 5.09. Appointment of Paying Agent.The Paying Agent shall make Distributions to Securityholders from the Payment Account and shall report the amounts of such Distributions to the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee. Any Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to withdraw funds from the Payment Account for the purpose of making the Distributions referred to above. The Property Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon a certificate of the Paying Agent stating in effect the amount of such funds so to be withdrawn and that same are to be applied by the Paying Agent in accordance with this Section
5.09. The Administrative Trustees or any one of them may revoke such power and remove the Paying Agent if the Administrative Trustee or any one of them determines in its sole discretion that the Paying Agent shall have failed to perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement in any material respect. The Paying Agent shall initially be the Property Trustee, and it may choose any co-paying agent that is acceptable to the Administrative Trustees, the Debenture Issuer, and the Depositor. The Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign upon 30 days' written notice to the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee, the Debenture Issuer and the Depositor. In the event of the removal or resignation of the Property Trustee as Paying Agent, the Administrative Trustees shall appoint a successor that is reasonably acceptable to the Property Trustee, the Debenture Issuer and the Depositor to act as Paying Agent (which shall be a bank, trust company or an Affiliate of the Depositor). The Administrative Trustees shall cause such successor Paying Agent or any additional Paying Agent appointed by the Administrative Trustees to execute and deliver to the Trustees an instrument in which such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustees that as Paying Agent, such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent will hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Securityholders in trust for the benefit of the Securityholders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Securityholders. The Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the Property Trustee and upon resignation or removal of a Paying Agent such Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its possession to the Property Trustee. The provisions of Sections 8.01, 8.03 and 8.06 shall apply to the Paying Agent appointed hereunder, and the Paying Agent shall be bound by the requirements with respect to paying agents of securities issued pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act. Any reference in this Trust Agreement to the Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.

Section 5.10. Ownership of Common Trust Securities by Depositor.On the Closing Date, the Depositor shall acquire, and thereafter retain, beneficial and record ownership of the Common Trust Securities. Except in connection with a transaction involving the Depositor that would be permitted under Article Eleven of the Subordinated Indenture, any attempted transfer of the Common Trust Securities shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be void. The Administrative Trustees shall cause each Common Trust Securities Certificate issued to the Depositor to contain a legend stating "THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT." Common Trust Securities Certificates representing the Common Trust Securities shall be issued to the Depositor in the form of a typewritten or definitive Common Trust Securities Certificate.

Section 5.11. Definitive Preferred Trust Securities Certificates.Definitive Preferred Trust Securities Certificates shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Trustees, as evidenced by the execution thereof by the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them. The Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, shall execute on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature, and, if executed by facsimile on behalf of the Trust, countersigned by the Transfer Agent and Registrar or its agent, the Definitive Preferred Trust Securities Certificates initially in accordance with the instructions of the Depositor complying with Section 5.03. Neither the Transfer

Agent and Registrar nor any of the Administrative Trustees shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.

Section 5.12. Book-Entry System.Some or all of the Preferred Trust Securities may be registered in the name of a securities depository ("Securities Depository") or a nominee therefor, and held in the custody of the Securities Depository or a custodian thereof. In such event, a single certificate will be issued and delivered to the Securities Depository for such Preferred Trust Securities, in which case the Owners of such Preferred Trust Securities will not receive physical delivery of certificates for Preferred Trust Securities. Unless Definitive Preferred Trust Securities Certificate are delivered to the Owners of Preferred Trust Securities as provided herein, all transfers of beneficial ownership interests in such Preferred Trust Securities will be made by book-entry only, and no investor or other party purchasing, selling or otherwise transferring beneficial ownership of the Preferred Trust Securities will receive, hold or deliver any certificate for Preferred Trust Securities. The Depositor, the Trustees and the Paying Agent will recognize the Securities Depository or its nominee as the Holder of Preferred Trust Securities for all purposes, including payment, notices and voting and shall have no payment, notice or communication obligations to the Owners.

The Administrative Trustees, at the direction and expense of the Depositor, may from time to time appoint a Securities Depository or a successor thereto and enter into a letter of representations or other agreement with such Securities Depository to establish procedures with respect to the Preferred Trust Securities. Any Securities Depository shall be a Clearing Agency.

The Depositor and the Trustees covenant and agree to meet the requirements of a Securities Depository for the Preferred Trust Securities with respect to required notices and other provisions of the letter of representations or agreement executed with respect to such Preferred Trust Securities.

Whenever the beneficial ownership of any Preferred Trust Securities is determined through the books of a Securities Depository, the requirements in this Trust Agreement of holding, delivering or transferring such Preferred Trust Securities shall be deemed modified with respect to such Preferred Trust Securities to meet the requirements of the Securities Depository with respect to actions of the Trustees, the Depositor and the Paying Agent. Any provisions hereof permitting or requiring delivery of such Preferred Trust Securities shall, while such Preferred Trust Securities are in a book-entry system, be satisfied by the notation on the books of the Securities Depository in accordance with applicable state law.

Definitive Preferred Trust Securities Certificates will be issued and delivered to the Owners of such Preferred Trust Securities in accordance with registration instructions of the Securities Depository if (a) the Securities Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Preferred Trust Securities, and the Depositor does not appoint a successor Securities Depository within 90 days after such discontinuance, or (b) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustees in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Securities Depository.

Section 5.13. Rights of Securityholders.The legal title to the Trust Property is vested exclusively in the Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) in accordance with Section 2.09, and the Securityholders shall not have any right or title therein other than an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust conferred by their Trust Securities and they shall have no right to call for any partition or division of property, profits or rights of the Trust except as described below. The Trust Securities shall be personal property giving only the rights specifically set forth therein and in this Trust Agreement. The Preferred Trust Securities shall have no preemptive or similar rights and when issued and delivered to Securityholders against payment of the purchase price therefor will be fully paid and nonassessable undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust. The Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities, in their capacities as such, shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

Section 5.14. Cancellation by Transfer Agent and Registrar.All Trust Securities Certificates surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other

than the Transfer Agent and Registrar, be delivered to the Transfer Agent and Registrar and, if not theretofore canceled, shall be promptly canceled by the Transfer Agent and Registrar. No Trust Securities Certificates shall be issued in lieu of or in exchange for any Trust Securities Certificates canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Trust Agreement. All canceled Trust Securities Certificates held by the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall be disposed of in accordance with its customary procedures.

ARTICLE VI

Acts of Securityholders; Meetings; Voting

Section 6.01. Limitations on Voting Rights.(a) Except as provided in this
Section 6.01, Section 8.10 and Section 10.03 and as otherwise required by law, no Holder of Preferred Trust Securities shall have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise control the administration, operation and management of the Trust or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the terms of the Trust Securities Certificates, be construed so as to constitute the Securityholders from time to time as partners or members of an association. If the Property Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the Debentures or this Trust Agreement, a Holder of Preferred Trust Securities may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, institute a legal proceeding directly against the Depositor or the Debenture Issuer to enforce the Property Trustee's rights under the Debentures or this Trust Agreement without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Property Trustee or any other Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Holder of Preferred Trust Securities may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such Holder of principal of or interest on the Debentures having a principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation preference amount of the Preferred Trust Securities of such Holder on or after the due dates specified in the Debentures.

(b) So long as any Debentures are held by the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall not (i) direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or executing any trust or power conferred on the Debenture Trustee with respect to such Debentures, (ii) waive any past default which is waivable under Section 813 of the Subordinated Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and payable or
(iv) consent to any amendment, modification or termination of the Subordinated Indenture or the Debentures, where such consent shall be required, without, in each case, obtaining the prior approval of the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities; provided, however, that where a consent under the Subordinated Indenture would require the consent of each Holder of Debentures affected thereby, no such consent shall be given by the Property Trustee without the prior written consent of each Holder of Preferred Trust Securities. The Property Trustee shall not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Preferred Trust Securities, except pursuant to a subsequent vote of the Preferred Trust Securities. The Property Trustee shall notify all Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities of any notice of default received from the Debenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures. In addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals of the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing actions, the Property Trustee shall, at the expense of the Depositor, obtain an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that such action will not cause the Trust to be classified other than as a "grantor trust" for United States Federal income tax purposes.

(c) If any proposed amendment to the Trust Agreement provides for, or the Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would materially adversely affect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Preferred Trust Securities, whether by way of amendment to the Trust Agreement or otherwise, or (ii) the dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust, other than pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement, then the Holders of Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities as a class will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the approval of the Holders of at least majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities.

(d) The Holders of a majority in Outstanding Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Trust Securities shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee in respect of this Trust Agreement or the Debentures or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement; provided, however, that, subject to Section 8.01, the Property Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Property Trustee being

advised by counsel determines that the action so directed may not lawfully be taken, or if the Property Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Property Trustee, determine that the proceedings so directed would be illegal or involve it in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders not party to such direction, and provided further that nothing in this Trust Agreement shall impair the right of the Property Trustee to take any action deemed proper by the Property Trustee and which is not inconsistent with such direction.

Section 6.02. Notice of Meetings.Notice of all meetings of the Holders of Preferred Trust Securities, stating the time, place and purpose of the meeting, shall be given by the Administrative Trustees pursuant to Section 10.08 to each Holder of a Preferred Trust Security, at such Holder's registered address, at least 15 days and not more than 90 days before the meeting. At any such meeting, any business properly before the meeting may be so considered whether or not stated in the notice of the meeting. Any adjourned meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice.

Section 6.03. Meetings of Holders of Preferred Trust Securities.No annual meeting of Securityholders is required to be held. The Administrative Trustees, however, shall call a meeting of Securityholders to vote on any matter upon the written request of the Holders of 25% of the then Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount) and the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee may, at any time in their discretion, call a meeting of Holders of Preferred Trust Securities to vote on any matters as to which the Holders of Preferred Trust Securities are entitled to vote.

Holders of at least a majority of the then Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount), present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of Securityholders.

If a quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by the Holders of Preferred Trust Securities present, in person or by proxy, holding at least a majority of the then Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount) present, either in person or by proxy, at such meeting shall constitute the action of the Securityholders, unless this Trust Agreement requires a greater number of affirmative votes.

Section 6.04. Voting Rights.Securityholders shall be entitled to one vote for each $25 of Liquidation Amount represented by their Outstanding Trust Securities in respect of any matter as to which such Securityholders are entitled to vote.

Section 6.05. Proxies, etc.At any meeting of Securityholders, any Securityholder entitled to vote thereat may vote by proxy, provided that no proxy shall be voted at any meeting unless it shall have been placed on file with the Administrative Trustees, or with such other officer or agent of the Trust as the Administrative Trustees may direct, for verification prior to the time at which such vote shall be taken. Only Securityholders of record shall be entitled to vote. When Trust Securities are held jointly by several Persons, any one of them may vote at any meeting in person or by proxy in respect of such Trust Securities, but if more than one of them shall be present at such meeting in person or by proxy, and such joint owners or their proxies so present disagree as to any vote to be cast, such vote shall not be received in respect of such Trust Securities. A proxy purporting to be executed by or on behalf of a Securityholder shall be deemed valid unless challenged at or prior to its exercise, or, if earlier, until eleven months after it is sent and the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the challenger. No proxy shall be valid more than three years after its date of execution.

Section 6.06. Securityholder Action by Written Consent.Any action which may be taken by Securityholders at a meeting may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if Securityholders holding a majority of all Outstanding Trust Securities entitled to vote in respect of such action (or such larger proportion thereof as shall be required by any express provision of this Trust Agreement) shall consent to the action in writing (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount).

Section 6.07. Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes.For the purposes of determining the Securityholders who are entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting or to vote by written consent without prior

notice, or to participate in any Distribution on the Trust Securities in respect of which a record date is not otherwise provided for in this Trust Agreement, or for the purpose of any other action, the Administrative Trustees may from time to time fix a date, not more than 90 days prior to the date of any meeting of Securityholders or the payment of Distribution or other action including action to be taken by written consent, as the case may be, as a record date for the determination of the identity of the Securityholders of record for such purposes.

Section 6.08. Acts of Securityholders.Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Trust Agreement to be given, made or taken by Securityholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Securityholders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Administrative Trustees. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Securityholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Trust Agreement and (subject to Section 8.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustees, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

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

The ownership of Preferred Trust Securities shall be proved by the Securities Register.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Securityholder of any Trust Security shall bind every future Securityholder of the same Trust Security and the Securityholder of every Trust Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustees or the Trust in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Trust Security.

Without limiting the foregoing, a Securityholder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Trust Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such Liquidation Amount.

If any dispute shall arise between or among the Securityholders and the Administrative Trustees with respect to the authenticity, validity or binding nature of any request, demand, authorization, direction, consent, waiver or other Act of such Securityholder or Trustee under this Article VI, then the determination of such matter by the Property Trustee shall be conclusive with respect to such matter.

Section 6.09. Inspection of Records.Subject to Section 5.07 concerning access to the list of Securityholders, upon reasonable notice to the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee, the other records of the Trust shall be open to inspection by Securityholders during normal business hours for any purpose reasonably related to such Securityholder's interest as a Securityholder.

ARTICLE VII

Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee

Section 7.01. Property Trustee.The Property Trustee and any successor Property Trustee hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the Depositor and the Securityholders that:

(a) the Property Trustee is a banking corporation, trust company or national association duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York;

(b) the Property Trustee has full corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust Agreement;

(c) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Property Trustee and constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement of the Property Trustee enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles;

(d) the execution, delivery and performance by the Property Trustee of this Trust Agreement will not violate, conflict with or constitute a breach of the Property Trustee's charter or by-laws; and

(e) the execution, delivery and performance by the Property Trustee of this Trust Agreement does not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, or the registration with any Federal or state banking authority having jurisdiction over its trust powers.

Section 7.02. Delaware Trustee.The Delaware Trustee and any successor Delaware Trustee represents and warrants for the benefit of the Depositor and the Securityholders that:

(a) the Delaware Trustee is a banking corporation, trust company or national association duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;

(b) the Delaware Trustee has full corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust Agreement;

(c) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Delaware Trustee and constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement of the Delaware Trustee enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles;

(d) the Delaware Trustee is a natural person who is a resident of the State of Delaware or, if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware and, in either case, a Person that satisfies for the Trust the requirements of Section 3807 of the Delaware Business Trust Act;

(e) the execution, delivery and performance by the Delaware Trustee of this Trust Agreement will not (i) violate the Delaware Trustee's charter or by-laws or (ii) violate any law, governmental rule or regulation of the State of Delaware governing the banking or trust powers of the Delaware Trustee or any order, judgment or decree applicable to the Delaware Trustee; and

(f) the execution, delivery and performance by the Delaware Trustee of this Trust Agreement does not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, or the registration with any Federal or state banking authority having jurisdiction over its banking or trust powers.

ARTICLE VIII

The Trustees

Section 8.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.(a) The rights, immunities, duties and responsibilities of the Trustees shall be restricted to those set forth in the express provisions of this Trust Agreement and, in the case of the Property Trustee, as provided in the Trust Indenture Act, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Trust Agreement against any of the Trustees. For purposes of Sections 315(a) and 315(c) of the Trust Indenture act, the term "default" is hereby defined as an Event of Default which has occurred and is continuing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Trust Agreement shall require any of the Trustees to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Trust Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustees shall be subject to the provisions of this Section. To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Administrative Trustee has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or to the Securityholders, such Administrative Trustee shall not be liable to the Trust or to any Securityholder for such Trustee's good faith reliance on the provisions of this Trust Agreement. The provisions of this Trust Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the Administrative Trustees otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Depositor and the Securityholders to replace such other duties and liabilities of the Administrative Trustees.

(b) All payments made by the Property Trustee or a Paying Agent in respect of the Trust Securities shall be made only from the income and proceeds from the Trust Property and only to the extent that there shall be sufficient income or proceeds from the Trust Property to enable the Property Trustee or Paying Agent to make payments in accordance with the terms hereof. Each Securityholder, by its acceptance of a Trust Security, agrees that it will look solely to the income and proceeds from the Trust Property to the extent available for distribution to it as herein provided and that the Trustees are not personally liable to it for any amount distributable in respect of any Trust Security or for any other liability in respect of any Trust Security. This Section 8.01(b) does not limit the liability of the Trustees expressly set forth elsewhere in this Trust Agreement or, in the case of the Property Trustee, in the Trust Indenture Act.

(c) All duties and responsibilities of the Property Trustee contained in this Trust Agreement are subject to the following:

(i) the Property Trustee's sole duty with respect to the custody, safe keeping and physical preservation of the Trust Property shall be to deal with such property in a similar manner as the Property Trustee deals with similar property for its own account, subject to the protections, exculpations and limitations on liability afforded to the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement, the Trust Indenture Act, the Delaware Business Trust Act and, to the extent applicable, Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act or any successor rule thereunder;

(ii) the Property Trustee shall have no duty or liability for or with respect to the value, genuineness, existence or sufficiency of the Trust Property or the payment of any taxes or assessments levied thereon or in connection therewith;

(iii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on any money received by it except as it may otherwise agree with the Depositor. Money held by the Property Trustee need not be segregated from other funds held by it except in relation to the Payment Account established by the Property Trustee pursuant to this Trust Agreement and except to the extent otherwise required by law; and

(iv) the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring the compliance by the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor with their respective duties under this Trust

Agreement, nor shall the Property Trustee be liable for the default or misconduct of the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor.

(d) The Administrative Trustees shall not be responsible for monitoring the compliance by the other Trustees or the Depositor with their respective duties under this Trust Agreement, nor shall any Administrative Trustee be liable for the default or misconduct of any other Administrative Trustee, the other Trustees or the Depositor.

Section 8.02. Notice of Defaults.(a) Within ninety (90) days after the occurrence of any default known to the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.08, notice of such default to the Securityholders, the Depositor, the Trust Securities Guarantor and the Administrative Trustees, unless such default shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice, provided that, except in the case of a payment default, the Property Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the Property Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default.

(b) Within five Business Days after receipt of notice of the Debenture Issuer's exercise of its right to defer the payment of interest on the Debentures pursuant to the Subordinated Indenture, the Property Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.08, notice of such exercise to the Securityholders and the Administrative Trustees, unless such exercise shall have been revoked.

Section 8.03. Certain Rights of Property Trustee.Subject to the provisions of Section 8.01 and except as provided by law:

(i) the Property Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting in good faith upon any resolution, Opinion of Counsel, certificate, written representation of a Holder or transferee, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(ii) if (A) in performing its duties under this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee is required to decide between alternative courses of action or (B) in construing any of the provisions in this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee finds the same ambiguous or inconsistent with any other provisions contained herein or (C) the Property Trustee is unsure of the application of any provision of this Trust Agreement, then, except as to any matter as to which the Preferred Trust Securityholders are entitled to vote under the terms of this Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee shall deliver a notice to the Depositor requesting written instructions of the Depositor as to the course of action to be taken. The Property Trustee shall take such action, or refrain from taking such action, as the Property Trustee shall be instructed in writing to take, or to refrain from taking, by the Depositor; provided, however, that if the Property Trustee does not receive such instructions of the Depositor within ten Business Days after it has delivered such notice, or such reasonably shorter period of time set forth in such notice (which to the extent practicable shall not be less than two Business Days), it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action not inconsistent with this Trust Agreement as it shall deem advisable and in the best interests of the Securityholders, in which event the Property Trustee shall have no liability except for its own bad faith, negligence or willful misconduct;

(iii) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Property Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and rely upon an Officer's

Certificate which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Depositor or the Administrative Trustees;

(iv) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection (which counsel may be counsel to the Property Trustee, Depositor or the Trust Securities Guarantor or any of their Affiliates, and may include any of their employees) and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon and in accordance with such advice;

(v) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement at the request or direction of any Securityholder pursuant to this Trust Agreement, unless such Securityholder shall have offered to the Property Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) and liabilities which might be incurred by it in complying with such request or direction; provided that, nothing contained in this Section 8.03(v) shall be taken to relieve the Property Trustee, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, of its obligation to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement;

(vi) the Property Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Property Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Property Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Depositor personally or by agent or attorney;

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

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

(ix) the Property Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default or Event of Default with respect to the Trust Securities unless either (A) a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee shall have actual knowledge of the default or Event of Default or (B) written notice of such default or Event of Default shall have been given to the Property Trustee by the Depositor, the Administrative Trustees or by any Holder of the Trust Securities;

(x) no provision of this Trust Agreement shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Property Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Property Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation; and no permissive or discretionary power or authority available to the Property Trustee shall be construed to be a duty;

(xi) no provision of this Trust Agreement shall require the Property Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the Property Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Trust Agreement or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it;

(xii) the Property Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording, filing or registration of any instrument (including any financing or continuation statement or any tax or securities form) (or any rerecording, refiling or reregistration thereof);

(xiii) the Property Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Trust Agreement from any court of competent jurisdiction;

(xiv) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder, the Property Trustee (A) may request instructions from the Holders of the Trust Securities, which instructions may only be given by the Holders of the same Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities as would be entitled to direct the Property Trustee under the terms of this Trust Agreement in respect of such remedies, rights or actions, (B) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions are received, and (C) shall be protected in acting in accordance with such instructions; and

(xv) unless otherwise expressly provided herein, any direction or act of the Depositor contemplated by this Trust Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate.

Section 8.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.The recitals contained herein and in the Trust Securities Certificates shall be taken as the statements of the Trust, and the Trustees do not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees make no representations as to the title to, or value or condition of, the property of the Trust or any part thereof, nor as to the validity or sufficiency of this Trust Agreement, the Debentures or the Trust Securities. The Trustees shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Trust of the proceeds of the Trust Securities.

Section 8.05. May Hold Securities.Any Trustee or any agent of any Trustee or the Trust, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Trust Securities and, subject to Sections 8.08 and 8.13, and except as provided in the definition of the term "Outstanding" in Article I, may otherwise deal with the Trust with the same rights it would have if it were not a Trustee or such agent.

Section 8.06. Compensation; Fees; Indemnity.The Depositor agrees:

(i) to pay to the Trustees from time to time such reasonable compensation as shall be agreed in writing with the Depositor for all services rendered by the Trustees hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

(ii) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustees upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances reasonably incurred or made by the Trustees in accordance with any provision of this Trust Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of their agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to their negligence (gross negligence, in the case of any Administrative Trustee), bad faith or willful misconduct; and

(iii) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to indemnify each Trustee for, and to hold each Trustee harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claims, liability or expense incurred without negligence (gross negligence, in the case of any Administrative Trustee or the Delaware Trustee), bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts under this Trust Agreement, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

No Trustee may claim any Lien or charge on any Trust Property as a result of any amount due pursuant to this Section 8.06.

In addition to the rights provided to each Trustee pursuant to the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph of this Section 8.06 and without prejudice to any rights available to the Trustees under applicable law, when a Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default resulting from a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Trust, the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

The provisions of this Section 8.06 shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement.

Section 8.07. Certain Trustees Required; Eligibility.(a) here shall at all times be a Property Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities. The Property Trustee shall be a Person that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Property Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article VIII.

(b) There shall at all times be one or more Administrative Trustees hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities. Each Administrative Trustee shall be either a natural person who is at least 21 years of age or a legal entity that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind such entity.

(c) There shall at all times be a Delaware Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities. The Delaware Trustee shall either be (i) a natural person who is at least 21 years of age and a resident of the State of Delaware or (ii) a legal entity with its principal place of business in the State of Delaware that otherwise meets the requirements of applicable Delaware law and that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind such entity.

Section 8.08. Conflicting Interests.If the Property Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Property Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Trust Agreement. The Subordinated Indenture and the securities of any series issued thereunder and the Trust Securities Guarantee Agreement shall be deemed to be specifically described in this Trust Agreement for the purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 8.09. Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee.At any time or times, for the purpose of meeting the legal requirements of the Trust Indenture Act or of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Property may at the time be located, the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees, by agreed action of the majority of such Trustees (except as provided in the following sentence), shall have power to appoint, and upon the written request of the Administrative Trustees, the Depositor shall for such purpose join with the Administrative Trustees in the execution, delivery, and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to appoint, one or more Persons approved by the Property Trustee either to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Property Trustee, of all or any part of such Trust Property, or to act as separate trustee of any such property, in either case with such powers as may be provided in the instrument of appointment, and to vest in such Person or Persons in the capacity aforesaid, any property, title, right or power deemed necessary or desirable, subject to the other provisions of this Section. If the Depositor does not join in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, or in case a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Property Trustee alone shall have power to make such appointment.

Should any written instrument from the Depositor be required by any co-trustee or separate trustee so appointed for more fully confirming to such co-trustee or separate trustee such property, title, right, or power, any and all such instruments shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged, and delivered by the Depositor.

Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following terms, namely:

(1) The Trust Securities shall be executed and delivered and all rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereunder in respect of the custody of securities, cash and other personal property held by, or required to be deposited or pledged with, the Trustees designated for such purpose hereunder, shall be exercised, solely by such Trustees.

(2) The rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereby conferred or imposed upon the Property Trustee in respect of any property covered by such appointment shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Property Trustee or by the Property Trustee and such co-trustee or separate trustee jointly, as shall be provided in the instrument appointing such co-trustee or separate trustee, except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act is to be performed, the Property Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act, in which event such rights, powers, duties, and obligations shall be exercised and performed by such co-trustee or separate trustee.

(3) The Property Trustee at any time, by an instrument in writing executed by it, with the written concurrence of the Depositor, may accept the resignation of or remove any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed under this Section 8.09, and, in case a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Property Trustee shall have power to accept the resignation of, or remove, any such co-trustee or separate trustee without the concurrence of the Depositor. Upon the written request of the Property Trustee, the Depositor shall join with the Property Trustee in the execution, delivery, and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to effectuate such resignation or removal. A successor to any co-trustee or separate trustee so resigned or removed may be appointed in the manner provided in this Section.

(4) No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any Trustee, or any other such trustee hereunder.

(5) The Property Trustee shall not be liable by reason of any act of a co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder.

(6) Any Act of Holders delivered to the Property Trustee shall be deemed to have been delivered to each such co-trustee and separate trustee.

Section 8.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.No resignation or removal of any Trustee (as the case may be, the "Relevant Trustee") and no appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Relevant Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of
Section 8.11.

The Relevant Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Securityholders, the Depositor and the other Trustees, except that notice is only required to be delivered to the Securityholders in the event that the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee is the resigning Relevant Trustee. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Relevant Trustee required by Section 8.11 shall not have been delivered to the resigning Relevant Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Relevant Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee.

Unless a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Relevant Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Common Trust Securityholder. If a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may be removed at such time by Act of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities, delivered to the Relevant Trustee (in its individual capacity and on behalf of the Trust). An Administrative Trustee may be appointed, replaced or removed solely by the Common Trust Securityholder at any time.

If the Relevant Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of continuing to act as Relevant Trustee at a time when no Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Common Trust Securityholder, by Act of the Common Trust Securityholder delivered to the retiring Relevant Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor Relevant Trustee or Trustees, and the retiring Relevant Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of
Section 8.11. If the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of continuing to act as the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, at a time when a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Preferred Trust Securityholders, by Act of the Preferred Trust Securityholders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities delivered to such retiring Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor Relevant Trustee or Trustees, and such successor shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If an Administrative Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting as Administrative Trustee, at a time when a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Common Securityholder by Act of the Common Securityholder delivered to the Administrative Trustees shall promptly appoint a successor Administrative Trustee or Trustees and such successor Administrative Trustee or Trustees shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If no successor Relevant Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Common Trust Securityholders or the Preferred Trust Securityholders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 8.11, any Securityholder who has been a Securityholder of Trust Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee.

The Property Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of a Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee and each appointment of a successor to such Trustee to all Securityholders in the manner provided in Section 10.08 and shall give notice to the Depositor. Such notice shall include the name of the successor Relevant Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office if it is the Property Trustee.

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust Agreement, in the event any Administrative Trustee or a Delaware Trustee who is a natural person dies or becomes in the opinion of the Depositor, incompetent or incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence or incapacity may be filled by (i) the unanimous act of remaining Administrative Trustees if there are at least two of them or (ii) otherwise by the Depositor (with the successor in each case being an individual who satisfies the eligibility requirements for Administrative Trustees or Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, set forth in
Section 8.07). Additionally, notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust Agreement, in the event the Depositor reasonably believes that any Administrative Trustee who is a natural person has become incompetent or incapacitated, the Depositor, by notice to the remaining Trustees, may terminate the status of such Person as an Administrative Trustee (in which case the vacancy so created will be filled in accordance with the preceding sentence).

No Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions to act of any successor Trustee.

Section 8.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Relevant Trustee, the retiring Relevant Trustee (if requested by the Depositor) and each successor Trustee shall execute and deliver an amendment hereto wherein each successor Relevant Trustee shall accept such appointment and which shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Relevant Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee and upon the execution and delivery of such amendment the resignation or removal of the retiring Relevant Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Relevant Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee; but, on request of the Trust or any successor Relevant Trustee such retiring Relevant Trustee shall, upon payment of all sums owed to it, duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all Trust Property, all proceeds thereof and money held by such retiring Relevant Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust.

Upon request of any such successor Relevant Trustee, the retiring Relevant Trustee shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Relevant Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the preceding paragraph.

No successor Relevant Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Relevant Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article VIII.

Section 8.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.Any Person into which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee or any Administrative Trustee that is not a natural person may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Relevant Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of such Relevant Trustee, shall be the successor of such Relevant Trustee hereunder, provided such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article VIII, without the execution or filing of any paper, the giving of any notice or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.

Section 8.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or Trust.If and when the Property Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Depositor or the Trust (or any other obligor upon the Debentures or the Trust Securities), the Property Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Depositor or Trust (or any such other obligor).

Section 8.14. Reports by Property Trustee.(a) The Property Trustee shall transmit to Securityholders such reports concerning the Property Trustee and its actions under this Trust Agreement as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. Such of those reports as are required to be transmitted by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be dated as of the next preceding September 15, and shall be transmitted no later than November 15 of each year, commencing September 15, 200_.

(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Property Trustee with each national exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or such other interdealer quotation system or self-regulatory organization upon which the Trust Securities are listed or traded, if any, with the Commission and with the Depositor. The Depositor will notify the Property Trustee of any such listing or trading.

Section 8.15. Reports to the Property Trustee.The Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such documents, reports and information, if any, and the compliance certificate required by Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act, in the form, in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act, provided that such compliance certificate shall be delivered annually on or before ____________ in each year, beginning ____________. Delivery of such reports, information and documents by the Depositor to the Property Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Property Trustee's receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Depositor's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Property Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer's Certificates).

Section 8.16. Evidence of Compliance With Conditions Precedent.Each of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Trust Agreement (including any covenants compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) that relate to any of the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act may be given in the form of an Officer's Certificate.

Section 8.17. Number of Trustees.(a) The number of Trustees shall be five, provided that the Depositor, by written instrument, may increase or decrease the number of Administrative Trustees.(b) If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the number of Administrative Trustees is not reduced pursuant to
Section 8.17(a), or if the number of Trustees is increased pursuant to Section 8.17(a), a vacancy shall occur. The vacancy shall be filled with a Trustee appointed in accordance with Section 8.10.

(c) The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy, incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee shall not operate to annul, dissolve or terminate the Trust. Whenever a vacancy in the number of Administrative Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of an

Administrative Trustee in accordance with Section 8.10, the Administrative Trustees in office, regardless of their number (and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement), shall have all the powers granted to the Administrative Trustees and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon the Administrative Trustees by this Trust Agreement.

Section 8.18. Delegation of Power.(a) Any Administrative Trustee may, by power of attorney consistent with applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 his or her power for the purpose of executing any documents contemplated in Sections 2.07(a) and 2.07(c), including any registration statement or amendment thereto filed with the Commission, or making any other governmental filing; and

(b) the Administrative Trustees shall have power to delegate from time to time to such of their number the doing of such things and the execution of such instruments either in the name of the Trust or the names of the Administrative Trustees or otherwise as the Administrative Trustees may deem expedient, to the extent such delegation is not prohibited by applicable law or contrary to the provisions of the Trust, as set forth herein.

Section 8.19. Fiduciary Duty.(a) To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Indemnified Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or to any other Covered Person, an Indemnified Person acting under this Trust Agreement shall not be liable to the Trust or to any other Covered Person for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Trust Agreement. The provisions of this Trust Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of an Indemnified Person otherwise existing at law or in equity (other than the duties imposed on the Property Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act), are agreed by the parties hereto to replace such other duties and liabilities of such Indemnified Person;

(b) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein and subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act:

(i) whenever a conflict of interest exists or arises between an Indemnified Person and any Covered Person; or

(ii) whenever this Trust Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein or therein provides that an Indemnified Person shall act in a manner that is, or provides terms that are, fair and reasonable to the Trust or any Holder of Trust Securities, the Indemnified Person shall resolve such conflict of interest, take such action or provide such terms, considering in each case the relative interest of each party (including its own interest) to such conflict, agreement, transaction or situation and the benefits and burdens relating to such interests, any customary or accepted industry practices, and any applicable generally accepted accounting practices or principles. In the absence of bad faith by the Indemnified Person, the resolution, action or term so made, taken or provided by the Indemnified Person shall not constitute a breach of this Trust Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein or of any duty or obligation of the Indemnified Person at law or in equity or otherwise; and

(c) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein and subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, whenever in this Trust Agreement an Indemnified Person is permitted or required to make a decision

(i) in its "discretion" or under a grant of similar authority, the Indemnified Person shall be entitled to consider such interests and factors as it reasonably desires, including its own interests, and shall have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting the Trust or any other Person; or

(ii) in its "good faith" or under another express standard, the Indemnified Person shall act under such express standard and shall not be subject to any other or different standard imposed by this Trust Agreement or by applicable law.

Section 8.20. Delaware Trustee.It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that in fulfilling its obligations as Delaware Trustee hereunder on behalf of the Trust (i) any agreements or instruments

executed and delivered by ________________________________________ are executed and delivered not in its individual capacity but solely as Delaware Trustee under this Trust Agreement in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it, (ii) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein made on the part of the Trust is made and intended not as representations, warrants, covenants, undertakings and agreements by ________________________________________ in its individual capacity but is made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Trust, and (iii) under no circumstances shall ________________________________________ in its individual capacity be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Trust or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaking by the Trust under this Trust Agreement, except if such breach or failure is due to any gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Delaware Trustee.

ARTICLE IX

Dissolution and Liquidation

Section 9.01. Dissolution Upon Expiration Date.Unless earlier dissolved, the Trust shall automatically dissolve on December 31, 20__ (the "Expiration Date") and the Trustees shall take such action as is required by Section 9.04.

Section 9.02. Early Dissolution.Upon the first to occur of any of the following events (such first occurrence, an "Early Termination Event"):

(i) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of, or the dissolution or liquidation of, the Depositor;

(ii) the redemption of all of the Preferred Trust Securities;

(iii) an order for judicial dissolution of the Trust having been entered by a court of competent jurisdiction;

(iv) the election by the Depositor to dissolve the Trust and, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, distribute the Debentures to the Holders of Preferred Trust Securities in liquidation of the Trust;

the Trust shall dissolve and the Trustees shall take such action as is required by Section 9.04.

Section 9.03. Termination. The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Trust and the Trustees created hereby shall terminate upon the latest to occur of the following: (i) the distribution by the Property Trustee to Securityholders upon the liquidation of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.04, or upon the redemption of all of the Trust Securities pursuant to Section 4.02 or 9.04(d), of all amounts required to be distributed hereunder upon the final payment of the Trust Securities; (ii) the payment of any expenses owed by the Trust; and (iii) the discharge of all administrative duties of the Administrative Trustees, including the performance of any tax reporting obligations with respect to the Trust or the Securityholders.

Section 9.04. Liquidation.(a) Upon the Expiration Date or if an Early Termination Event specified in clause (i), (iii) or (iv) of Section 9.02 occurs, after satisfaction of creditors of the Trust, if any, as provided by applicable law, the Trust shall be liquidated by the Property Trustee as expeditiously as the Property Trustee determines to be appropriate by distributing to each Securityholder a Like Amount of Debentures, subject to Section 9.04(e). Notice of liquidation shall be given by the Administrative Trustees by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not later than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Liquidation Date to each Holder of Trust Securities at such Holder's address appearing in the Securities Register. All notices of liquidation shall:

(i) state the Liquidation Date;

(ii) state that from and after the Liquidation Date, the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding and any Trust Securities Certificates not surrendered for exchange will be deemed to represent a Like Amount of Debentures; and

(iii) provide such information with respect to the mechanics by which Holders may exchange Trust Securities Certificates for Debentures, or, if
Section 9.04(e) applies, receive a Liquidation Distribution, as the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee shall deem appropriate.

(b) Except where Sections 9.02(ii), 9.04(d) or 9.04(e) apply, in order to effect the liquidation of the Trust hereunder, and any resulting distribution of the Debentures to Securityholders, the Administrative Trustees shall establish a record date for such distribution (which shall be not more than 45 days prior to the Liquidation Date) and, either itself acting as exchange agent or through the appointment of a separate exchange agent, shall establish such procedures as it shall deem appropriate to effect the distribution of Debentures in exchange for the Outstanding Trust Securities Certificates.

(c) Except where Sections 9.02(ii), 9.04(d) or 9.04(e) apply, after any Liquidation Date, (i) the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding, (ii) certificates representing a Like Amount of Debentures will, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, if any, as provided by applicable law, be issued to Holders of Trust Securities Certificates, upon surrender of such Trust Securities Certificates to the Administrative Trustees or their agent for exchange, (iii) any Trust Securities Certificates not so surrendered for exchange will be deemed to represent a Like Amount of Debentures, accruing interest at the rate provided for in the Debentures from the last Distribution Date on which a Distribution was made on such Trust Securities Certificates until such Trust Securities Certificates are so surrendered (and until such Trust Securities Certificates are so surrendered, no payments or interest or principal will be made to Holders of Trust Securities Certificates with respect to such Debentures) and (iv) all rights of Securityholders holding Trust Securities will cease, except the right of such Securityholders to receive, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, if any, as provided by applicable law, Debentures upon surrender of Trust Securities Certificates.

(d) If at any time, a Tax Event shall occur and be continuing, and either
(i) in the Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor experienced in such matters, there would in all cases, after effecting the dissolution of the Trust, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, if any, as provided by applicable law, and the distribution of the Debentures to the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities in exchange therefor, be more than an insubstantial risk that an Adverse Tax Consequence would continue to exist or (ii) the Debentures are not held by the Trust, then the Depositor shall have the right to redeem the Debentures, in whole but not in part, at any time within 90 days following the occurrence of the Tax Event. Whether or not a Tax Event has occurred, the Depositor has the right, at any time, to dissolve the Trust and, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, if any, as provided by applicable law, cause the Debentures to be distributed to the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities and Common Trust Securities in liquidation of the Trust on a pro rata basis. [Add Provisions to substitute Treasury Securities if securities are issued in connection with Stock Purchase Units]

(e) In the event that, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 9.04, whether because of an order for dissolution entered by a court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise, distribution of the Debentures in the manner provided herein is determined by the Property Trustee not to be practical, the Trust Property shall be liquidated, and the Trust shall be wound-up, by the Property Trustee in such manner as the Property Trustee determines. In such event, Securityholders will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Trust available for distribution to Securityholders, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, if any, as provided by applicable law, an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount per Trust Security plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment (such amount being the "Liquidation Distribution"). If, upon any such winding up, the Liquidation Distribution can be paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then, subject to the next succeeding sentence, the amounts payable by the Trust on the Trust Securities shall be paid on a pro rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts). The Holder of Common Trust Securities will be entitled to receive Liquidation Distributions upon any such winding-up pro rata (determined as aforesaid) with Holders of Preferred Trust Securities, except that, if a Debenture Event of Default (or event that with the lapse of time or giving of notice would become an Event of Default) has occurred and is continuing, the Preferred Trust Securities shall have a priority over the Common Trust Securities.

Section 9.05. Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of the Trust.The Trust may not merge, consolidate, amalgamate with or into, or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any other Person, except pursuant to this Article IX. At the request of the Depositor, with the consent of the Administrative Trustees and without the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Trust Securities, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, the Trust may merge, consolidate, amalgamate, with or into, or be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to a trust organized as such under the laws of any State; provided, that (i) such successor entity either (a) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Trust with respect to the Preferred Securities or (b) substitutes for the Preferred Trust Securities other securities having substantially the same terms as the Preferred Trust Securities (the "Successor Securities") so long as the Successor Securities rank the same as the Preferred Trust Securities rank in priority with respect to distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise, (ii) a trustee of such successor entity possessing substantially the same powers and duties as the Property Trustee is appointed to hold the Debentures, (iii) the Successor Securities are listed or traded, or any Successor Securities will be listed upon notification of issuance, on any national securities exchange or other organization on which the Preferred Trust Securities are then listed or traded, if any, (iv) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not cause the Preferred Trust Securities (including any Successor Securities) to be downgraded by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, (v) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of the Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect, (vi) such successor entity has a purpose substantially identical to that of the Trust, (vii) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the Depositor has received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (a) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of the Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect, and (b) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, neither the Trust nor such successor entity will be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act and (viii) the Depositor or its permitted transferee owns all of the common securities of such successor entity and guarantees the obligations of such successor entity under the Successor Securities at least to the extent provided by the guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trust shall not, except with the consent of Holders of all the Preferred Trust Securities, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into, or be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any other Person or permit any other Person to consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into, or replace it if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease would cause the Trust or the successor entity to be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.

ARTICLE X

Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 10.01. Payment of Expenses of the Trust.Pursuant to Article Three of the Supplemental Indenture No. 1 to the Indenture, the Trust Securities Guarantor has agreed to pay to the Trust, and reimburse the Trust for, the full amount of any costs, expenses or liabilities of the Trust (other than obligations of the Trust to pay the Holders of any Preferred Securities or Common Securities), including, without limitation, any taxes, duties or other governmental charges of whatever nature (other than withholding taxes) imposed on the Trust by the United States or any other taxing authority. Such payment obligation includes any such costs, expenses or liabilities of the Trust that are required by applicable law to be satisfied in connection with a termination of the Trust.

Section 10.02. Limitation of Rights of Securityholders.The death, incapacity, bankruptcy, dissolution or termination of any Person having an interest, beneficial or otherwise, in a Trust Security shall not operate to terminate this Trust Agreement, nor dissolve, terminate or annul the Trust, nor entitle the legal representatives or heirs of such Person or any Securityholder for such Person, to claim an accounting, take any action or bring any proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the arrangements contemplated hereby, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.

Section 10.03. Amendment.(a) In addition to amendments contemplated by
Section 8.11, this Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time by a majority of the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee and the Depositor, without the consent of any Securityholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision herein or therein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or therein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Trust Agreement, (ii) to change the name of the Trust or (iii) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of this Trust Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to ensure that the Trust will not be classified for United States Federal income tax purposes other than as a "grantor trust" at any time that any Trust Securities are outstanding or to ensure the Trust's exemption from the status of an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act; provided, however, that such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Securityholder and, in the case of clause (i), any such amendments of this Trust Agreement shall become effective when notice thereof is given to the Securityholders.(b) Except as provided in Sections 6.01(c) and 10.03(c), any provision of this Trust Agreement may be amended by the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee and the Depositor with (i) the consent of Holders of Trust Securities representing not less than a majority (based upon Liquidation Amounts) of the Outstanding Trust Securities and (ii) receipt by the Trustees of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Trustees in accordance with such amendment will not affect the Trust's status as a grantor trust for Federal income tax purposes or the Trust's exemption from status as an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act.

(c) In addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in this Trust Agreement, without the consent of each affected Securityholder, this Trust Agreement may not be amended to (i) adversely change the amount or timing of any Distribution on the Trust Securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount of any Distribution required to be made in respect of the Trust Securities as of a specified date or (ii) restrict the right of a Securityholder to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, no amendment to this Trust Agreement may be made if, as a result of such amendment, the Trust would not be classified as a "grantor trust" for United States Federal income tax purposes or would to fail or cease to qualify for the exemption from status of an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act afforded by Rule 3a-5 thereunder.

(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary, the Depositor and the Trustees may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any amendment which imposes any additional obligation on the Depositor or any Trustee or, in the case of the Trustees, which affects any of their respective rights, duties or immunities hereunder.

(f) In the event that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is made, the Administrative Trustees shall promptly provide to the Depositor a copy of such amendment.

(g) The Delaware Trustee may join in the execution of any amendment to the Trust Agreement and the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee are entitled to rely upon an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any amendment to this Trust Agreement entered into pursuant to this Section 10.03 is authorized or permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Section 10.03, has been duly authorized by and lawfully executed and delivered on behalf of the other requisite parties, and that it is proper for the Property Trustee under the provisions of this Section 10.03 to accept the additional trusts created thereby and, if so requested, for the Delaware Trustee to join in the execution thereof.

Section 10.04. Separability.In case any provision in this Trust Agreement or in the Trust Securities Certificates shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 10.05. Governing Law.THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF THE SECURITYHOLDERS, THE TRUST, THE DEPOSITOR, THE TRUST SECURITIES GUARANTOR AND THE TRUSTEES WITH RESPECT TO THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE TRUST SECURITIES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES), PROVIDED, THAT THE IMMUNITIES AND STANDARD OF CARE OF THE PROPERTY TRUSTEE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF ITS TRUSTS AND DUTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 10.06. Successors.This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of any successor to the Depositor, the Trust Securities Guarantor, the Trust or the Relevant Trustees or any of them, including any successor by operation of law.

Section 10.07. Headings.The Article and Section headings are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Trust Agreement.

Section 10.08. Notice and Demand.Any notice, demand or other communication which by any provision of this Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon any Securityholder or the Depositor may be given or served in writing by deposit thereof, postage prepaid, in the United States mail, hand delivery or facsimile transmission, in each case, addressed, (i) in the case of a Preferred Trust Securityholder, to such Preferred Trust Securityholder as such Securityholder's name and address may appear on the Securities Register, and (ii) in the case of the Depositor, the Common Securityholder or the Trust Securities Guarantor, to American Electric Power Company, Inc., 1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215, Attention: Treasurer, facsimile no. 614-2231687 (until another address is given to the Property Trustee). Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon a Securityholder shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, upon hand delivery, mailing or facsimile transmission.

Any notice, demand or other communication which by any provision of this Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon the Trust, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Administrative Trustees shall be given in writing addressed (until another address is given to the other parties hereto) as follows: (i) with respect to the Property Trustee, to Wilmington Trust Company, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: ________________________, (ii) with respect to the Delaware Trustee, to Wilmington Trust Company, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890 with a copy to the Property Trustee at the address set forth in (i) above, Attention: ________________________, and (iii) with respect to the Trust or the Administrative Trustees, at the address above for notice to the Depositor, marked Attention: Administrative Trustees for AEP Capital Trust II. Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon the Trust, the Delaware Trustee or the Property Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made only upon actual receipt of the writing by the Trust, the Delaware Trustee or the Property Trustee.

Section 10.09. Agreement Not to Petition.Each of the Trustees and the Depositor agrees for the benefit of the Securityholders that, until at least one year and one day after the Trust has been terminated in accordance with Article IX, it shall not file, or join in the filing of, a petition against the Trust under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, liquidation or other similar law (including, without limitation, the United States Bankruptcy Code) (collectively, "Bankruptcy Laws") or otherwise join in the commencement of any proceeding against the Trust under any Bankruptcy Law. In the event the Depositor takes action in violation of this Section 10.09, the Property Trustee agrees, for the benefit of Securityholders, that it shall file an answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise properly contest the filing of such petition by the Depositor against the Trust or the commencement of such action and raise the defense that the Depositor has agreed in writing not to take such action

and should be estopped and precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as counsel for the Property Trustee or the Trust may assert. The provisions of this Section 10.09 shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement.

Section 10.10. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.(a) This Trust Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required or deemed to be part of this Trust Agreement and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.(b) The Property Trustee shall be the only Trustee which is a trustee for the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.

(c) If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required or deemed to be included in this Trust Agreement by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required or deemed provision shall control.

(d) The application of the Trust Indenture Act to this Trust Agreement shall not affect the nature of the Trust Securities as equity securities representing interests in the Trust.

THE RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF A TRUST SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN BY OR ON BEHALF OF A SECURITYHOLDER, WITHOUT ANY SIGNATURE OR FURTHER MANIFESTATION OF ASSENT, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE BY THE SECURITYHOLDER AND ALL OTHERS HAVING A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN SUCH TRUST SECURITY OF ALL THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE AGREEMENT OF THE TRUST, SUCH SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS THAT THOSE TERMS AND PROVISIONS SHALL BE BINDING, OPERATIVE AND EFFECTIVE AS BETWEEN THE TRUST AND SUCH SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS.

Section 10.11. Counterparts.This Trust Agreement may contain more than one counterpart of the signature page and this Trust Agreement may be executed by the affixing of the signature of each of the Trustees to one of such counterpart signature pages. All of such counterpart signature pages shall be read as though one, and they shall have the same force and effect as though all of the signers had signed a single signature page.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
as Depositor and Trust Securities Guarantor

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Property Trustee

By:
-----------------------------------------,
Title:

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
As Delaware Trustee

EXHIBIT A

CERTIFICATE OF TRUST

OF

THIS CERTIFICATE OF TRUST of AEP Capital Trust II (the "Trust"), dated as of ____________, ____, is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as trustees, to form a business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del.C. ss. 3801 et seq.).

1 Name. The name of the business trust formed hereby is AEP Capital Trust II.

2 Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the Trust with a principal place of business in the State of Delaware are Wilmington Trust Company, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890.

3 Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective upon its filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the only trustees of the Trust, have executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first above written.

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee

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

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee

Title:

Title:

EXHIBIT B

THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT AS

PROVIDED IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT

Certificate Number Number of Common Trust Securities

C -

Certificate Evidencing Common Trust Securities

of

AEP Capital Trust II

Common Trust Securities

(liquidation amount $[25] per Common Trust Security)

AEP Capital Trust II, a statutory business trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that American Electric Power Company, Inc. (the "Holder") is the registered owner of _____ common securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and designated the AEP Capital Trust II Common Trust Securities (liquidation amount $[25] per Common Trust Security) (the "Common Trust Securities"). Except as permitted by Section 5.10 of the Trust Agreement (as defined below), the Common Trust Securities are not transferable and any attempted transfer hereof shall be void. The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Common Trust Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and the Common Trust Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust dated as of __________ __, ____, as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement"), including the designation of the terms of the Common Trust Securities as set forth therein.

.Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning given them in the Trust Agreement. The holder of this certificate is entitled to the benefits of the Trust Securities Guarantee Agreement of American Electric Power Company, Inc. and ______________________________, as guarantee trustee, dated as of ___________, _____, as the same may be amended from time to time, (the "Guarantee") to the extent provided therein.] The Trust will furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement [and the Guarantee] to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Trust at its principal place of business or registered office.

Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.

By acceptance, the Holder agrees to treat, for United States federal income tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the Common Trust Securities as evidence of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, an Administrative Trustee of the Trust has executed this certificate for and on behalf of the Trust this ___ day of ________, ____.

AEP CAPITAL TRUST II

                             [Legend]

Certificate Number               Number of Preferred Trust Securities

        P-                                     CUSIP NO.

Certificate Evidencing Preferred Trust Securities

Of

AEP Capital Trust II

[Title of Securities]

(liquidation amount $[25] per Preferred Trust Security)

AEP Capital Trust II, a statutory business trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that ____________ (the "Holder") is the registered owner of _____ preferred securities of the Trust representing an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust and designated the AEP Capital Trust II [Title of Securities] (liquidation amount $[25] per Preferred Trust Security) (the "Preferred Trust Securities"). The Preferred Trust Securities are transferable on the books and records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer as provided in Section 5.04 or 5.12 of the Trust Agreement (as defined below). The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Preferred Trust Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and the Preferred Trust Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust dated as of __________, ____, as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement"), including the designation of the terms of the Preferred Trust Securities as set forth therein. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning given them in the Trust Agreement. The holder of this certificate is entitled to the benefits of the Trust Securities Guarantee Agreement of American Electric Power Company, Inc. and ______________________________, as guarantee trustee, dated as of ____________, ____, as the same may be amended from time to time, (the "Guarantee") to the extent provided therein. The Trust will furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement and the Guarantee to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Trust at its principal place of business or registered office.

Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.

By acceptance, the Holder agrees to treat, for United States federal income tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the Preferred Trust Securities as evidence of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Trust has executed this certificate for and on behalf of the Trust.

Dated:

AEP CAPITAL TRUST II

Countersigned and Registered:

----------------------------,
Transfer Agent and Registrar

ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Preferred Trust Security to:

(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)

(Insert address and zip code of assignee)

of the Preferred Trust Securities represented by this Certificate and irrevocably appoints

attorney to transfer such Preferred Trust Securities Certificate on the books of the Trust. The attorney may substitute another to act for him or her.

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Preferred Trust Securities Certificate)

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Preferred Trust Securities Certificate)

Exhibit 4(l)(iii)

AMENDED AND RESTATED

TRUST AGREEMENT

among

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.

as Depositor and Trust Securities Guarantor,

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

as Property Trustee,

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

as Delaware Trustee,

THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES NAMED HEREIN

and

THE SEVERAL HOLDERS OF THE TRUST SECURITIES

Dated as of ______, ____

AEP CAPITAL TRUST III

                         Sections 310 through 318 of the
                          Trust Indenture Act of 1939:

Trust Indenture                                               Trust Agreement
  Act Section                                                     Section
---------------                                               ---------------
Section 310(a)(1)          ...............................     8.07
              (a)(2)       ...............................     8.07
              (a)(3)       ...............................     8.09
              (a)(4)       ...............................     Not Applicable
              (b)          ...............................     8.08
Section 311(a)             ...............................     8.13
              (b)          ...............................     8.13
Section 312(a)             ...............................     5.07
              (b)          ...............................     5.07
              (c)          ...............................     5.07
Section 313(a)             ...............................     8.14(a)
              (b)          ...............................     8.14(a)
              (c)          ...............................     8.14(a)
              (d)          ...............................     8.14(b)
Section 314(a)             ...............................     8.15
              (b)          ...............................     Not Applicable
              (c)(1)       ...............................     8.16
              (c)(2)       ...............................     8.16
              (c)(3)       ...............................     Not Applicable
              (d)          ...............................     Not Applicable
              (e)          ...............................     1.01
Section 315(a)             ...............................     8.01, 8.03
              (b)          ...............................     8.02
              (c)          ...............................     8.01(a)
              (d)          ...............................     8.01, 8.03
              (e)          ...............................     Not Applicable
Section 316(a)             ...............................     6.01
              (a)(1)(A)    ...............................     6.01
              (a)(1)(B)    ...............................     Not Applicable
              (a)(2)       ...............................     Not Applicable
              (b)          ...............................     Not Applicable
              (c)          ...............................     6.07
Section 317(a)(1)          ...............................     Not Applicable
              (a)(2)       ...............................     Not Applicable
              (b)          ...............................     5.09
Section 318(a)             ...............................     10.10

Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Trust Agreement.

                                    ARTICLE I

                                  Defined Terms

Section 1.01.       Definitions...................................................................................1

                                   ARTICLE II

                            Continuation of the Trust

Section 2.01.       Name..........................................................................................8
Section 2.02.       Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business...................................8
Section 2.03.       Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational Expenses...............................9
Section 2.04.       Issuance of the Preferred Trust Securities....................................................9
Section 2.05.       Subscription and Purchase of Debentures; Issuance of the Common Trust Securities..............9
Section 2.06.       Declaration of Trust; Appointment of Additional Administrative Trustees.......................9
Section 2.07.       Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions..............................................9
Section 2.08.       Assets of Trust..............................................................................12
Section 2.09.       Title to Trust Property......................................................................12

                                   ARTICLE III

                                 Payment Account

Section 3.01.       Payment Account..............................................................................12

                                   ARTICLE IV

                            Distributions; Redemption

Section 4.01.       Distributions................................................................................12
Section 4.02.       Redemption...................................................................................13
Section 4.03.       Subordination of Common Trust Securities.....................................................14
Section 4.04.       Payment Procedures...........................................................................15
Section 4.05.       Tax Returns and Reports......................................................................15
Section 4.06.       Payments under Indenture.....................................................................15
Section 4.07.       [Remarketing]................................................................................15

                                    ARTICLE V

                          Trust Securities Certificates

Section 5.01.       Initial Ownership............................................................................16
Section 5.02.       The Trust Securities Certificates............................................................16
Section 5.03.       Execution and Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates......................................16
Section 5.04.       Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Trust Securities Certificates.......................16
Section 5.05.       Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities Certificates...........................17
Section 5.06.       Persons Deemed Securityholders...............................................................17
Section 5.07.       Access to List of Securityholders' Names and Addresses.......................................17
Section 5.08.       Maintenance of Office or Agency..............................................................17
Section 5.09.       Appointment of Paying Agent..................................................................18
Section 5.10.       Ownership of Common Trust Securities by Depositor............................................18
Section 5.11.       Definitive Preferred Trust Securities Certificates...........................................18
Section 5.12.       Book-Entry System............................................................................19
Section 5.13.       Rights of Securityholders....................................................................19
Section 5.14.       Cancellation by Transfer Agent and Registrar.................................................19

                                   ARTICLE VI

                    Acts of Securityholders; Meetings; Voting
Section 6.01.       Limitations on Voting Rights.................................................................20
Section 6.02.       Notice of Meetings...........................................................................21
Section 6.03.       Meetings of Holders of Preferred Trust Securities............................................21
Section 6.04.       Voting Rights................................................................................21
Section 6.05.       Proxies, etc.................................................................................21
Section 6.06.       Securityholder Action by Written Consent.....................................................21
Section 6.07.       Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes....................................................21
Section 6.08.       Acts of Securityholders......................................................................22
Section 6.09.       Inspection of Records........................................................................22

                                   ARTICLE VII

                      Representations and Warranties of the
                    Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee
Section 7.01.       Property Trustee.............................................................................23
Section 7.02.       Delaware Trustee.............................................................................23

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                                  The Trustees
Section 8.01.       Certain Duties and Responsibilities..........................................................24
Section 8.02.       Notice of Defaults...........................................................................25
Section 8.03.       Certain Rights of Property Trustee...........................................................25
Section 8.04.       Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.......................................27
Section 8.05.       May Hold Securities..........................................................................27
Section 8.06.       Compensation; Fees; Indemnity................................................................27
Section 8.07.       Certain Trustees Required; Eligibility.......................................................28
Section 8.08.       Conflicting Interests........................................................................28
Section 8.09.       Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee.............................................................28
Section 8.10.       Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor............................................29
Section 8.11.       Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.......................................................30
Section 8.12.       Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business..................................31
Section 8.13.       Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or Trust.................................31
Section 8.14.       Reports by Property Trustee..................................................................31
Section 8.15.       Reports to the Property Trustee..............................................................31
Section 8.16.       Evidence of Compliance With Conditions Precedent.............................................31
Section 8.17.       Number of Trustees...........................................................................31
Section 8.18.       Delegation of Power..........................................................................32
Section 8.19.       Fiduciary Duty...............................................................................32
Section 8.20.       Delaware Trustee.............................................................................32

                                   ARTICLE IX

                           Dissolution and Liquidation
Section 9.01.       Dissolution Upon Expiration Date.............................................................33
Section 9.02.       Early Dissolution............................................................................33
Section 9.03.       Termination..................................................................................33
Section 9.04.       Liquidation..................................................................................33
Section 9.05.       Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of the Trust..........................35

                                    ARTICLE X

                            Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 10.01.      Payment of Expenses of the Trust.............................................................35
Section 10.02.      Limitation of Rights of Securityholders......................................................36
Section 10.03.      Amendment....................................................................................36
Section 10.04.      Separability.................................................................................37
Section 10.05.      Governing Law................................................................................37
Section 10.06.      Successors...................................................................................37
Section 10.07.      Headings.....................................................................................37
Section 10.08.      Notice and Demand............................................................................37
Section 10.09.      Agreement Not to Petition....................................................................37
Section 10.10.      Conflict with Trust Indenture Act............................................................38
Section 10.11.      Counterparts.................................................................................38

AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of ______, ____, among (i) American Electric Power Company, Inc., a New York corporation as depositor (the "Depositor") and as Trust Securities guarantor (the "Trust Securities Guarantor"), (ii) Wilmington Trust Company, a banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, as trustee (the "Property Trustee" and, in its separate capacity and not in its capacity as Property Trustee, the "Bank"), (iii) Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware trustee (the "Delaware Trustee"), (iv) ____________________ and ____________________, each an individual, and each of whose address is c/o American Electric Power Company, 1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215 (each, an "Administrative Trustee" and collectively the "Administrative Trustees") (the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees are referred to herein each as a "Trustee" and collectively as the "Trustees"), and (v) the several Holders, as hereinafter defined.

R E C I T A L S:

The Depositor, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and ____________________, as Administrative Trustee, have heretofore duly created and continued a business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act by the entering into that certain Trust Agreement, dated as of February 19, 2002 (the "Original Trust Agreement"), as amended by the execution and filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the Certificate of Trust, dated February 19, 2002 (attached hereto as Exhibit A and, as it may be amended from time to time, the "Certificate of Trust").

The Trust and the Depositor have entered into an Underwriting Agreement dated __________, ____ with ______________________________.

The parties hereto desire to provide for, among other things, (i) the issuance of the Common Trust Securities, as hereinafter defined, by the Trust to the Depositor, (ii) the issuance of the Preferred Trust Securities, as hereinafter defined, by the Trust, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and
(iii) the acquisition by the Trust of all of the right, title and interest in the Debentures, as hereinafter defined.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each party, for the benefit of the other party and for the benefit of the Securityholders, hereby agrees as follows:

ARTICLE I

Defined Terms

Section 1.01. Definitions.(a) For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:(b) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

(c) all other terms used herein that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

(d) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an "Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Trust Agreement; and

(e) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Trust Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

"Act" has the meaning specified in Section 6.08.

"Additional Amount" means, with respect to Trust Securities of a given Liquidation Amount for a given period, the amount of Additional Interest (as defined in the Subordinated Indenture) paid by the Debenture Issuer on a Like Amount of Debentures for such period.

"Administrative Trustee" means each of the individuals identified as an "Administrative Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in their capacities as Administrative Trustees of the Trust and not in their individual capacities, or such trustee's successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor trustee appointed as herein provided.

"Adverse Tax Consequence" means any of the circumstances described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the definition of "Tax Event" herein.

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

"Authorized Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the President and Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer or any other officer or agent of the Depositor duly authorized by the Board of Directors to act in respect of matters relating to this Trust Agreement.

"Bank" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust Agreement.

"Bankruptcy Event" means, with respect to any Person:

(i) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises judging such Person a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjudication or composition of or in respect of such Person under Federal bankruptcy law or any other applicable Federal or state law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of such Person or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

(ii) the institution by such Person of proceedings to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or of the consent by it to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under Federal bankruptcy law or any other applicable Federal or state law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of such Person or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due.

"Bankruptcy Laws" has the meaning specified in Section 10.09.

"Business Day" means a day other than (x) a Saturday or a Sunday, (y) a day on which banks in New York, New York or Pennsylvania are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to remain closed or (z) a day on which the Property Trustee's Corporate Trust Office or the Debenture Trustee's principal corporate trust office is closed for business.

"Certificate of Trust" has the meaning specified the recitals hereof.

"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.

"Closing Date" means the date of execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement.

"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

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

"Common Trust Security" means a security representing an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust having a Liquidation Amount of $25 and having the rights provided therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive Distributions, Debentures and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.

"Common Trust Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing ownership of Common Trust Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B.

"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of the Property Trustee located in New York, New York which at the date of execution of this Trust Agreement is located at 450 West 33rd Street, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10001.

"Covered Person" means: (a) any officer, director, shareholder, partner, member, representative, employee or agent of the Trust or the Trust's Affiliates; and (b) any Holder of Trust Securities.

"Debenture Event of Default" means an "Event of Default" as defined in the Subordinated Indenture.

"Debenture Issuer" means American Electric Power Company, Inc., a New York corporation, in its capacity as issuer of the Debentures, and its successors.

"Debenture Redemption Date" means "Redemption Date" as defined in the Subordinated Indenture with respect to the Debentures.

"Debenture Trustee" means ______________________________, a New York banking corporation, as trustee under the Subordinated Indenture, and its permitted successors and assigns as such trustee.

"Debentures" means $___________ aggregate principal amount of the Debenture Issuer's __% Subordinated Debt Securities, Series _, issued pursuant to the Subordinated Indenture which will mature on ______, ____.

"Definitive Preferred Trust Securities Certificates" means Preferred Trust Securities Certificates issued in certificated, fully registered form as provided in Section 5.11.

"Delaware Business Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code Section 3801 et seq., as it may be amended from time to time.

"Delaware Trustee" means the banking corporation identified as the "Delaware Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as Delaware Trustee of the Trust and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor trustee appointed as herein provided.

"Depositor" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust Agreement and includes American Electric Power Company, Inc., in its capacity as Holder of the Common Trust Securities, and its successors.

"Distribution Date" has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a).

"Distributions" means amounts payable in respect of the Trust Securities as provided in Section 4.01.

"Early Termination Event" has the meaning specified in Section 9.02.

"Event of Default" means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

(i) the occurrence of a Debenture Event of Default; or

(ii) default by the Trust in the payment of any Distribution when it becomes due and payable, and continuation of such default for a period of 30 days; or

(iii) default by the Trust in the payment of any Redemption Price, plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions, of any Trust Security when it becomes due and payable; or

(iv) default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect, of any covenant or warranty of the Trustees in this Trust Agreement (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or breach is specifically dealt with in clause (ii) or (iii), above) and continuation of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Trust, the defaulting trustee and the Depositor by the Holders of at least 25% in Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or

(v) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Trust.

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

"Expiration Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.01.

"Indemnified Person" means any Trustee, any Affiliate of any Trustee, or any officer, director, shareholder, member, partners, employee, representative or agent of any Trustee, or any employee or agent of the Trust or its Affiliates.

"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

["Investment Company Event" means the receipt by the Trust of an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of a change in law or regulation or a change in interpretation or application of law or regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority (a "Change in 1940 Act Law"), the Trust is or will be considered an "investment company" that is required to be registered under the 1940 Act, which change in 1940 Act Law become effective on or after the date of original issuance of the Preferred Securities under this Trust Agreement.

"Lien" means any lien, pledge, charge, encumbrance, mortgage, deed of trust, adverse ownership interest, hypothecation, assignment, security interest or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever.

"Like Amount" means (i) Trust Securities having a Liquidation Amount equal to the principal amount of Debentures to be contemporaneously redeemed in accordance with the Subordinated Indenture and the proceeds of which will be used to pay the Redemption Price of such Trust Securities plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the date of such payment and (ii) Debentures having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities of the Holders to which such Debentures are distributed.

"Liquidation Amount" means the stated amount of $25 per Trust Security.

"Liquidation Date" means the date on which Debentures are to be distributed to Holders of Trust Securities in connection with a dissolution and liquidation of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.04.

"Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning specified in Section 9.04(e).

"Offer" has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(c).

"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the Depositor and delivered to the appropriate Trustee. Any officer signing an Officer's Certificate given pursuant to Section 8.16 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Depositor. Any Officer's Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Trust Agreement shall include:

(a) a statement that the officer signing the Officer's Certificate has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;

(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or investigation undertaken by such officer in rendering the Officer's Certificate;

(c) a statement that such officer has made such examination or investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to enable such officer to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

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

"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Trust, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Depositor, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Property Trustee. Any Opinion of Counsel delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Trust Agreement shall include statements comparable to the statements referred to in the definition of "Officer's Certificate" herein.

"Trust Agreement" has the meaning specified in the recitals to this Trust Agreement.

"Outstanding," when used with respect to Preferred Trust Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Preferred Trust Securities theretofore delivered under this Trust Agreement, except:

(i) Preferred Trust Securities theretofore canceled by the Transfer Agent and Registrar or delivered to the Transfer Agent and Registrar for cancellation;

(ii) Preferred Trust Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Property Trustee or any Paying Agent for the Holders of such Preferred Trust Securities; provided that, if such Preferred Trust Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and

(iii) Preferred Trust Securities which have been paid or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Preferred Trust Securities have been delivered pursuant to this Trust Agreement, including pursuant to Sections 5.04, 5.05 or 5.11;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Preferred Trust Securities owned by the Depositor, the Trust Securities Guarantor, any Administrative Trustee or any Affiliate of the Depositor, the Trust Securities Guarantor or any Administrative Trustee shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that (a) in determining whether any Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Preferred Trust Securities which such Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded and
(b) the foregoing shall not apply at any time when all of the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities are owned by the Depositor, the Trust Securities Guarantor, one or more of the Administrative Trustees and/or any such Affiliate. Preferred Trust Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Administrative Trustees the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Preferred Trust Securities and that the pledgee is not the Depositor or the Trust Securities Guarantor, or any Affiliate of the Depositor or the Trust Securities Guarantor.

"Owner" means each Person who is the beneficial owner of a Trust Securities Certificate as reflected in the records of the Securities Depository or, if a Securities Depository participant is not the beneficial owner, then as reflected in the records of a Person maintaining an account with such Securities Depository (directly or indirectly), in accordance with the rules of such Securities Depository.

"Paying Agent" means any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 5.09 and shall initially be the Property Trustee.

"Payment Account" means a segregated non-interest-bearing corporate trust account maintained by the Property Trustee with the Bank, or such other banking institution as the Depositor shall select for the benefit of the Securityholders in which all amounts paid in respect of the Debentures will be held and from which the Paying Agent, pursuant to Section 5.09, shall make payments to the Securityholders in accordance with Sections 4.01 and 4.02.

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

"Preferred Trust Security" means a security representing an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust having a Liquidation Amount of $25 and having rights provided therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive Distributions, Debentures and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein and, in certain circumstances, a preference over the Common Trust Securities.

"Preferred Trust Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing ownership of Preferred Trust Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C.

"Property Trustee" means the commercial bank or trust company identified as the "Property Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as Property Trustee of the Trust and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor trustee appointed as herein provided.

"Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Trust Security to be redeemed, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Trust Agreement; provided that each Debenture Redemption Date shall be a Redemption Date for a Like Amount of Trust Securities.

"Redemption Price" means, with respect to any date fixed for redemption of any Trust Security, the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security.

"Relevant Trustee" shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.10.

"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Property Trustee, means an officer of the Property Trustee assigned by the Property Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters.

"Securities Depository" shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.12. The Depository Trust Company will be the initial Securities Depository.

"Securities Register" shall mean the Securities Register as described in
Section 5.04.

"Securityholder" or "Holder" means a Person in whose name a Trust Security or Securities is registered in the Securities Register; any such Person shall be a beneficial owner of such security within the meaning of the Delaware Business Trust Act.

"Subordinated Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of ____________, ____, among the Debenture Issuer, the Depositor, as guarantor and the Debenture Trustee, as trustee, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

"Tax Event" means the receipt by the Trust or the Depositor of an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of (a) any amendment to, clarification of, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the laws or treaties (or any regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, (b) any judicial decision or any official administrative pronouncement, ruling, regulatory procedure, notice or announcement (including any notice or announcement of intent to issue or adopt any such administrative pronouncement, ruling, regulatory procedure or regulation) (each, an "Administrative Action"), or (c) any amendment to, clarification of, or change in the official position or the interpretation of any such Administrative Action or judicial decision or any interpretation or pronouncement that provides for a position with respect to such Administrative Action or judicial decision that differs from the theretofore generally accepted position, in each case by any legislative body, court, governmental authority or regulatory body, irrespective of the time or manner in which such amendment, clarification or change is introduced or made known, which amendment, clarification, or change is effective, or which Administrative Action is taken or which judicial decision is issued, in each case on or after the date of issuance of the Preferred Trust Securities, there is more than an insubstantial risk that (i) the Trust is, or will be subject to United States Federal income tax with respect to interest received on the Debentures, (ii) interest payable by the Depositor on the Debentures is not, or will not be, fully deductible by the Depositor for United States Federal income tax purposes, or (iii) the Trust is, or will be subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties or other governmental charges.

"Transfer Agent and Registrar" shall mean the transfer agent and registrar for the Preferred Trust Securities appointed by the Trust and shall be initially the Property Trustee.

"Trust" means the Delaware business trust created by the Trust Agreement and the Certificate of Trust and continued hereby and identified on the cover page to this Trust Agreement.

"Trust Agreement" means this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, as the same may be modified, amended or supplemented in accordance with the applicable provisions hereof, including (i) all exhibits hereto and (ii) for all purposes of this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or supplement, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or supplement, respectively.

"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as amended and in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

"Trust Property" means (i) the Debentures, (ii) any cash on deposit in, or owing to, the Payment Account and (iii) all proceeds and rights in respect of the foregoing for the time being held by the Property Trustee pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement.

"[Trust] Securities Certificate" means any one of the Common Trust Securities Certificates or the Preferred Trust Securities Certificates.

"Trust Securities Guarantee" means the Trust Securities Guarantee Agreement executed and delivered by the Depositor, as guarantor and ______________________________, a New York banking corporation, as trustee, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, for the benefit of the Holders of the [Preferred] Trust Securities, as amended from time to time.

"Trust Securities Guarantor" means American Electric Power Company, Inc., a New York corporation, and its successors, as guarantor under the Trust Securities Guarantee.

"Trust Security" means any one of the Common Trust Securities or the Preferred Trust Securities. The Common Trust Securities and the Preferred Trust Securities represent the sole beneficial interests in the Trust, and the Trust shall not issue any interests other than the Trust Securities.

"Trustees" mean, collectively, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees.

"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of ____________, ____, among the Trust, the Depositor and the underwriters named therein.

[Additional Definitions if Securities are to be issued in connection with Stock Purchase Units]

ARTICLE II

Continuation of the Trust

Section 2.01. Name.The Trust continued hereby shall be known as "AEP Capital Trust III", as such name may be modified from time to time by the Administrative Trustees following written notice to the Holders of Trust Securities and the other Trustees, in which name the Trustees may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Trust and sue and be sued.

Section 2.02. Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business.The office of the Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware is 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, or at such other address in Delaware as the Delaware Trustee may designate by written notice to the Securityholders, the Depositor and the Trust Securities Guarantor. The principal place of business of the Trust is c/o American Electric Power Company, Inc., 1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215.

Section 2.03. Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational Expenses.The Property Trustee acknowledges receipt in trust from the Depositor in connection with the Trust Agreement of the sum of $10, which constituted the initial Trust Property. The Depositor shall pay organizational expenses of the Trust as they arise or shall, upon request of any Trustee, promptly reimburse such Trustee for any such expenses paid by such Trustee. The Depositor shall make no claim upon the Trust Property for the payment of such expenses.

Section 2.04. Issuance of the Preferred Trust Securities.On ____________, ____, an authorized representative of the Depositor and the Trust, both executed and delivered the Underwriting Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, one of the Administrative Trustees, on behalf of the Trust in accordance with Section 5.02, executed and delivered a Preferred Trust Securities Certificate, registered in the name of the nominee of The Depository Trust Company, having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of $___________.

Section 2.05. Subscription and Purchase of Debentures; Issuance of the Common Trust Securities.Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, the Administrative Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, subscribed to and purchased from the Debenture Issuer Debentures, registered in the name of the Property Trustee and having an aggregate principal amount equal to $___________ and, in satisfaction of the purchase price for such Debentures,
(x) one of the Administrative Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, executed and delivered to the Depositor Common Trust Securities Certificates, registered in the name of the Depositor, representing _____ Common Trust Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of $_________, and (y) the Property Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, delivered to the Debenture Issuer the sum of $___________ representing the proceeds from the sale of the Preferred Trust Securities pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.

Section 2.06. Declaration of Trust; Appointment of Additional Administrative Trustees. The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are
(i) to issue Trust Securities and invest the proceeds thereof in Debentures, and
(ii) to engage in those activities necessary or incidental thereto. The Depositor hereby appoints the Trustees as trustees of the Trust, to have all the rights, powers and duties to the extent set forth herein, and the Trustees hereby accept such appointment. The Property Trustee hereby declares that it will hold the Trust Property in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the benefit of the Securityholders. The Trustees shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in accordance with applicable law with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust. Anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any powers, nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and responsibilities of the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees set forth herein. The Delaware Trustee shall be one of the Trustees of the Trust for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of
Section 3807 of the Delaware Business Trust Act.

Section 2.07. Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions.The Trustees shall conduct the affairs of the Trust in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement. Subject to the limitations set forth in paragraph (b) of this
Section and Article VIII and in accordance with the following provisions (A) and (B), the Trustees shall have the authority to enter into all transactions and agreements determined by the Trustees to be appropriate in exercising the authority, express or implied, otherwise granted to the Trustees under this Trust Agreement, and to perform all acts in furtherance thereof, including without limitation, the following:

(A) As among the Trustees, the Administrative Trustees, acting singularly or together, shall have the power, duty and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the following matters:

(i) the issuance and sale of the Trust Securities pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement;

(ii) without the consent of any Person, to cause the Trust to enter into and to execute, deliver and perform on behalf of the Trust, such agreements as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the consummation of the Underwriting Agreement;

(iii) to qualify the Trust to do business in any jurisdiction as may be necessary or desirable;

(iv) the registration of the Preferred Trust Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and under state securities or blue sky laws, and the qualification of this Trust Agreement as a trust indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;

(v) the listing, if any, of the Preferred Trust Securities upon such national securities exchange or exchanges or automated quotation system or systems as shall be determined by the Depositor and the registration of the Preferred Trust Securities under the Exchange Act, and the preparation and filing of all periodic and other reports and other documents pursuant to the foregoing;

(vi) the appointment or removal of a Paying Agent and Transfer Agent and Registrar in accordance with this Trust Agreement;

(vii) the establishment of a record date for any of the purposes contemplated by Section 6.07 hereof;

(viii) to duly prepare and file all applicable tax returns and tax information reports that are required to be filed with respect to the Trust on behalf of the trust;

(ix) to take all action that may be necessary or appropriate for the preservation and the continuation of the Trust's valid existence, rights, franchises and privileges as a statutory business trust under the laws of the State of Delaware and of each other jurisdiction in which such existence is necessary to protect the limited liability of the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities or to enable the Trust to effect the purposes for which the Trust was created;

(x) to execute and deliver all documents or instruments, perform all duties and powers, and do all things for and on behalf of the Trust in all matters necessary or incidental to the foregoing;

(xi) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust and the preparation, execution and filing of the certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of Delaware; and

(xii) the taking of any action incidental to the foregoing as the Administrative Trustees may from time to time determine is necessary or advisable to protect and conserve the Trust Property for the benefit of the Securityholders (without consideration of the effect of any such action on any particular Securityholder).

(B) As among the Trustees, the Property Trustee shall have the power, duty and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the following ministerial matters:

(i) the establishment of the Payment Account;

(ii) the receipt of the Debentures;

(iii) the collection and deposit in the Payment Account of interest, principal and any other payments made in respect of the Debentures;

(iv) the distribution of amounts owed to the Securityholders in respect of the Trust Securities in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement;

(v) the sending of notices of default and other information regarding the Trust Securities and the Debentures to the Securityholders in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement;

(vi) the distribution of the Trust Property in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement;

(vii) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust and the execution of the certificate of cancellation to be prepared and filed by the Administrative Trustees with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; and

(viii) the taking of any ministerial action incidental to the foregoing as the Property Trustee may from time to time determine is necessary or advisable to protect and conserve the Trust Property for the benefit of the Securityholders (without consideration of the effect of any such action on any particular Securityholder).

(a) Subject to this Section 2.07(a)(B), the Property Trustee shall have none of the duties, powers or authority of the Administrative Trustees set forth in Sections 2.07(a)(A) and 2.07(c) or the Depositor set forth in Section
2.07(c). The Property Trustee shall have the power and authority to exercise all of the rights, powers and privileges of a holder of Debentures under the Subordinated Indenture, subject to the terms of this Trust Agreement, and, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Property Trustee may, for the benefit of Holders of the Trust Securities, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce its rights as holder of the Debentures subject to the rights of the Holders pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement.

(b) So long as this Trust Agreement remains in effect, the Trust (or the Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust) shall not undertake any business, activities or transaction except as expressly provided herein or contemplated hereby. In particular, the Trustees, acting on behalf of the Trust, shall not
(i) acquire any investments or engage in any activities not authorized by this Trust Agreement, (ii) sell, assign, transfer, exchange, pledge, set-off or otherwise dispose of any of the Trust Property or interests therein, including to Securityholders, except as expressly provided herein, (iii) take any action that would reasonably be expected to cause the Trust to fail or cease to qualify as a "grantor trust" for United States Federal income tax purposes, (iv) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or (v) take or consent to any action that would result in the placement of a Lien on any of the Trust Property. The Trustees shall defend all claims and demands of all Persons at any time claiming any Lien on any of the Trust Property adverse to the interest of the Trust or the Securityholders in their capacity as Securityholders.

(c) In connection with the issue and sale of the Preferred Trust Securities, each of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees, acting singularly or together, (and, in the case of (i), (iii) and (v) below, ____________________, as authorized representative of the Trust), shall have the right and responsibility to assist the Trust with respect to, or effect on behalf of the Trust, the following (and any actions taken by the Depositor in furtherance of the following prior to the date of this Trust Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects):

(i) to prepare for filing by the Trust with the Commission and to execute and file a registration statement on Form S-3 in relation to the Preferred Trust Securities, including any amendments thereto and to take any action necessary or desirable to sell the Preferred Trust Securities in a transaction or series of transactions pursuant thereto;

(ii) to determine the States in which to take appropriate action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the Preferred Trust Securities and to do any and all such acts, other than actions which must be taken by or on behalf of the Trust, and advise the Trustees of actions they must take on behalf of the Trust, and prepare for execution and filing any documents to be executed and filed by the Trust or on behalf of the Trust, as the Depositor deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of any such States in connection with the sale of Preferred Trust Securities;

(iii) to select the investment banker or bankers to act as underwriters with respect to the offer and sale by the Trust of Preferred Trust Securities ("Offer") and negotiate the terms of an Underwriting Agreement and pricing agreement providing for the Offer;

(iv) to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trust the Underwriting Agreement and such other agreements as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the consummation thereof;

(v) to take any other actions necessary or desirable to carry out any of the foregoing activities.

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Trustees are hereby authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of the Trust and to operate the Trust so that the Trust will not be deemed to be an "investment company" required to be registered under the Investment Company Act or classified other than as a "grantor trust" for United States Federal income tax purposes and so that the Debentures will be treated as indebtedness of the Debenture Issuer for United States Federal income tax purposes. In this connection, the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees are authorized to take any action, not inconsistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Trust or this Trust Agreement, that each of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees determines in its discretion to be necessary or desirable for such purposes, as long as such action does not materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities.

Section 2.08. Assets of Trust.The assets of the Trust shall consist of the Trust Property.

Section 2.09. Title to Trust Property.Legal title to all Trust Property shall be vested at all times in the Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) and shall be held and administered by the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Securityholders in accordance with this Trust Agreement.

ARTICLE III

Payment Account

Section 3.01. Payment Account.(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Property Trustee shall establish the Payment Account. The Property Trustee and any Paying Agent appointed by the Administrative Trustees shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal with respect to the Payment Account for the purpose of making deposits in and withdrawals from the Payment Account in accordance with this Trust Agreement. All monies and other property deposited or held from time to time in the Payment Account shall be held by the Property Trustee in the Payment Account for the exclusive benefit of the Holders of Trust Securities and for distribution as herein provided, including (and subject to) any priority of payments provided for herein. The Property Trustee shall have no liability in any respect whatsoever in regards to any moneys or other property deposited in the Payment Account at an institution other than the Property Trustee.

(b) The Property Trustee shall deposit in the Payment Account, promptly upon receipt, all payments of principal or interest on, and any other payments or proceeds with respect to, the Debentures. Amounts held in the Payment Account shall not be invested by the Property Trustee pending distribution thereof.

ARTICLE IV

Distributions; Redemption

Section 4.01. Distributions.(a)Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be cumulative, and will accumulate whether or not there are funds of the Trust available for the payment of Distributions. Distributions shall accrue from the Closing Date, and, except in the event (and to the extent) that the Depositor exercises its right to extend the interest payment period for the Debentures pursuant to Section 312 of the Subordinated Indenture, shall be payable quarterly in arrears on _________, _________, __________, and __________ of each year, commencing on _______, ____. If any date on which

Distributions are otherwise payable on the Trust Securities is not a Business Day, then the payment of such Distribution shall be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) in each case, with the same force and effect as if made on such date (each date on which Distributions are payable in accordance with this Section 4.01(a), a "Distribution Date").

(b) Distributions payable on the Trust Securities shall be fixed at a rate of __% per annum of the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities. The amount of Distributions payable for any quarterly period shall be computed on the same basis as interest is calculated on the Debentures. If the interest payment period for the Debentures is extended pursuant to Section 312 of the Subordinated Indenture, then Distributions on the Trust Securities will be deferred for the period equal to the extension of the interest payment period for the Debentures and the rate per annum at which Distributions on the Trust Securities accumulate shall be increased by an amount such that the aggregate amount of Distributions that accumulate on all Trust Securities during any such extended interest payment period is equal to the aggregate amount of interest (including, to the extent permitted by law, interest payable on unpaid interest at the percentage rate per annum set forth above, compounded quarterly) that accrues during any such extended interest payment period on the Debentures. The amount of Distributions payable for any period shall include the Additional Amounts, if any.

(c) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be made and shall be deemed payable on each Distribution Date only to the extent that the Trust has funds available in the Payment Account for the payment of such Distributions.

(d) Distributions on the Trust Securities with respect to a Distribution Date shall be payable to the Holders thereof as they appear on the Securities Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record date, which shall be one Business Day prior to the relevant Distribution Date, if Trust Securities are in book-entry only form, and 15 days prior to the relevant Distribution Date if Trust Securities are not in book-entry only form.

Section 4.02. Redemption.(a) On each Debenture Redemption Date and at the maturity date ("Maturity Date") for the Debentures (as defined in the Subordinated Indenture), the Property Trustee will be required to redeem a Like Amount of Trust Securities at the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be.

(b) Notice of redemption shall be given by the Property Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Trust Securities to be redeemed, at such Holder's address appearing in the Security Register. All notices of redemption or liquidation shall state:

(i) the Redemption Date;

(ii) the Redemption Price and the amount of accumulated and unpaid Distributions to be paid on the Redemption Date;

(iii) the CUSIP number;

(iv) if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be redeemed, the identification and the total Liquidation Amount of the particular Trust Securities to be redeemed;

(v) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date will become due and payable upon each such Trust Security to be redeemed and that Distributions thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date; and

(vi) if the Preferred Trust Securities are no longer held in book-entry only form, the place and address where the Holders shall surrender their Preferred Trust Securities Certificates.

(c) The Trust Securities redeemed on each Redemption Date shall be redeemed at the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date with the proceeds from the contemporaneous redemption of Debentures. Redemptions of the Trust Securities shall be made and the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date shall be deemed payable on each Redemption Date only to the extent that the Trust has funds immediately available in the Payment Account for such payment.

(d) If the Property Trustee gives a notice of redemption in respect of any Preferred Trust Securities, then, by 12:00 noon, New York time, on the Redemption Date, subject to Section 4.02(c), the Property Trustee shall irrevocably deposit with the Paying Agent funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date and will give the Paying Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date to the Holders thereof upon surrender of their Preferred Trust Securities Certificates and Common Trust Securities Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Distributions on the Trust Securities with respect to Distribution Dates occurring on or prior to the Redemption Date for any Trust Securities called for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of such Trust Securities as they appear on the Securities Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record dates for the related Distribution Dates. If notice of redemption shall have been given and funds deposited as required, then on the Redemption Date, all rights of Securityholders holding Trust Securities so called for redemption will cease, except the right of such Securityholders to receive the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date thereof, but without interest thereon, and such Trust Securities will cease to be Outstanding. In the event that any Redemption Date is not a Business Day, then payment of the Redemption Price payable on such date plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to such Redemption Date shall be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day falls in the next calendar year, such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case, with the same force and effect as if made on such date. In the event that payment of the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions in respect of any Trust Securities called for redemption is improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the Trust or by the Trust Securities Guarantor pursuant to the Trust Securities Guarantee, Distributions on such Trust Securities will continue to accrue, at the then applicable rate, from the Redemption Date originally established by the Trust for such Trust Securities to the date such Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions is actually paid, in which case the actual payment date will be deemed the date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to such date.

(e) Payment of the Redemption Price on the Trust Securities shall be made to the Holders thereof as they appear on the Securities Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record date, which shall be one Business Date prior to the relevant Redemption Date; provided, however, that in the event that the Preferred Securities do not remain in book-entry-only form, the relevant record date shall be the date fifteen days prior to the relevant Redemption Date.

(f) Subject to Section 4.03(a), if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be redeemed on a Redemption Date, then the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities to be redeemed shall be allocated to the Common Trust Securities and to the Preferred Trust Securities in the proportion that the aggregate Liquidation Amount of each is to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of all outstanding Trust Securities. The particular Preferred Trust Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Property Trustee from the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Property Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to $25 or integral multiples thereof) of the Liquidation Amount of Preferred Trust Securities of a denomination larger than $25. The Property Trustee shall promptly notify the Transfer Agent and Registrar in writing of the Preferred Trust Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Preferred Trust Securities selected for partial redemption, the Liquidation Amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Preferred Trust Securities shall relate, in the case of any Preferred Trust Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the Liquidation Amount of Preferred Trust Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.

Section 4.03. Subordination of Common Trust Securities.(a) Payment of Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on, and the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid

Distributions of, the Trust Securities, as applicable, shall be made pro rata based on the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities; provided, however, that if on any Distribution Date or Redemption Date an Event of Default resulting from a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, no payment of any Distribution (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on, or Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions of, any Common Trust Security, and no other payment on account of the redemption, liquidation or other acquisition of Common Trust Securities, shall be made unless payment in full in cash of all accumulated and unpaid Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on all Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities for all distribution periods terminating on or prior thereto, or in the case of payment of the Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions the full amount of such Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions on all Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities, shall have been made or provided for, and all funds immediately available to the Property Trustee shall first be applied to the payment in full in cash of all Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on, or Redemption Price plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions of, Preferred Trust Securities then due and payable.

(b) In the case of the occurrence of any Event of Default resulting from a Debenture Event of Default, the Holder of Common Trust Securities will be deemed to have waived any right to act with respect to any such Event of Default under this Trust Agreement until the effect of all such Events of Default with respect to the Preferred Trust Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated. Until all such Events of Default under this Trust Agreement with respect to the Preferred Trust Securities have been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the Property Trustee shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, act solely on behalf of the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities and not the Holder of the Common Trust Securities, and only the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities will have the right to direct the Property Trustee to act on their behalf.

Section 4.04. Payment Procedures.Payments in respect of the Preferred Trust Securities shall be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Securities Register or, if the Preferred Trust Securities are held by a Securities Depository, such Distributions shall be made to the Securities Depository in immediately available funds, which shall credit the relevant Persons' accounts at such Securities Depository on the applicable Distribution Dates. Payments in respect of the Common Trust Securities shall be made in such manner as shall be mutually agreed between the Property Trustee and the Holder of the Common Trust Securities.

Section 4.05. Tax Returns and Reports.The Administrative Trustees shall prepare (or cause to be prepared), at the Depositor's expense and direction, and file all United States Federal, state and local tax and information returns and reports required to be filed by or in respect of the Trust. In this regard, the Administrative Trustees shall (a) prepare and file (or cause to be prepared or filed) the Internal Revenue Service Form 1041 (or any successor form) required to be filed in respect of the Trust in each taxable year of the Trust and (b) prepare and furnish (or cause to be prepared and furnished), to the extent required by law, to each Securityholder the related Internal Revenue Service Form 1099 (or any successor form) and the information required to be provided on such form. The Administrative Trustees shall provide the Depositor and the Property Trustee with a copy of all such returns, reports and schedules promptly after such filing or furnishing. The Trustees shall comply with United States Federal withholding and backup withholding tax laws and information reporting requirements with respect to any payments to Securityholders under the Trust Securities.

Section 4.06. Payments under Indenture.

Any amount payable hereunder to any Holder of Preferred Trust Securities shall be reduced by the amount of any corresponding payment such Holder has directly received pursuant to Section 808 of the Subordinated Indenture.

[Section 4.07. Remarketing.]

[Add remarketing and coupon reset provisions if Securities are issued in connection with Stock Purchase Units]

ARTICLE V

Trust Securities Certificates

Section 5.01. Initial Ownership.Upon the creation of the Trust by the contribution by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.03 and until the issuance of the Trust Securities, and at any time during which no Trust Securities are outstanding, the Depositor shall be the sole beneficial owner of the Trust.

Section 5.02. The Trust Securities Certificates.The Trust Securities Certificates shall be issued in denominations of $25 Liquidation Amount and integral multiples thereof. The Trust Securities Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature of at least one Administrative Trustee and, if executed on behalf of the Trust by facsimile signature, the Preferred Trust Securities shall be countersigned by the Transfer Agent and Registrar or its agent. Trust Securities Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trust and, in the case of Preferred Trust Securities, if executed by facsimile signature, countersigned by the Transfer Agent and Registrar or its agent, shall be validly issued and entitled to the benefits of this Trust Agreement, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be so authorized prior to the delivery of such Trust Securities Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of delivery of such Trust Securities Certificates. A transferee of a Trust Securities Certificate shall become a Securityholder, and shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Securityholder hereunder, upon due registration of such Trust Securities Certificate in such transferee's name pursuant to Section 5.04 or
5.12. Every Person, by virtue of having become a Securityholder, shall be deemed to have expressly assented and agreed to the terms of, and shall be bound by, this Trust Agreement, the Trust Securities Guarantee and the Subordinated Indenture.

Section 5.03. Execution and Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates.On the Closing Date, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, shall cause Trust Securities Certificates, in an aggregate Liquidation Amount as provided in Sections 2.04 and 2.05, to be executed on behalf of the Trust, and in the case of Preferred Trust Securities executed by facsimile signature, countersigned by the Transfer Agent and Registrar, or its agent, and delivered to or upon the written order of the Depositor signed by its chairman of the board, any of its vice presidents or its treasurer, without further corporate action by the Depositor, in authorized denominations.

Section 5.04. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Trust Securities Certificates.The Transfer Agent and Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.08, a Securities Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall provide for the registration of Preferred Trust Securities Certificates and the Common Trust Securities Certificates (subject to Section 5.10 in the case of the Common Trust Securities Certificates) and registration of transfers and exchanges of Preferred Trust Securities Certificates as herein provided. The Property Trustee shall be the initial Transfer Agent and Registrar.

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Preferred Trust Securities Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.08, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, shall execute on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature and, if executed on behalf of the Trust by facsimile signature, cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar or its agent to countersign and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Preferred Trust Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount. At the option of a Holder, Preferred Trust Securities Certificates may be exchanged for other Preferred Trust Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of the same class and of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount upon surrender of the Preferred Trust Securities Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.08.

Every Preferred Trust Securities Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Administrative Trustees and the Transfer Agent and Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Preferred Trust Securities Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be canceled and subsequently disposed of by the Transfer Agent and Registrar in accordance with its

customary procedures. The Trust shall not be required to (i) issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any Preferred Trust Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 calendar days before the day of mailing of a notice of redemption of any Preferred Trust Securities called for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or
(ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Preferred Trust Securities so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any such Preferred Trust Securities being redeemed in part.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Preferred Trust Securities Certificates, but the Transfer Agent and Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Preferred Trust Securities Certificates.

Section 5.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities Certificates.If (a) any mutilated Trust Securities Certificate shall be surrendered to the Transfer Agent and Registrar, or if the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Trust Securities Certificate and (b) there shall be delivered to the Transfer Agent and Registrar and the Administrative Trustees such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and the Depositor harmless, then in the absence of notice that such Trust Securities Certificate shall have been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, on behalf of the Trust shall execute by manual or facsimile signature and, if execution on behalf of the Trust is by facsimile signature, in the case of Preferred Trust Securities shall also cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar or its agent to countersign; and the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, and, if executed on behalf of the Trust by facsimile signature, in the case of Preferred Trust Securities the Transfer Agent and Registrar or its agent, shall make available for delivery, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Trust Securities Certificate, a new Trust Securities Certificate of like class, tenor and denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new Trust Securities Certificate under this Section, the Administrative Trustees or the Transfer Agent and Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith. Any duplicate Trust Securities Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of an undivided beneficial interest in the Trust Property, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust Securities Certificate shall be found at any time.

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

Section 5.06. Persons Deemed Securityholders.Prior to due presentation of a Trust Securities Certificate for registration of transfer, the Trustees and the Transfer Agent and Registrar, and any agent of the Trustees and the Transfer Agent and Registrar, shall be entitled to treat the Person in whose name any Trust Securities Certificate shall be registered in the Securities Register as the owner of such Trust Securities Certificate for the purpose of receiving Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Trustees nor the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall be bound by any notice to the contrary.

Section 5.07. Access to List of Securityholders' Names and Addresses.The Administrative Trustees shall furnish or cause to be furnished (x) to the Depositor or the Property Trustee, within 15 days after receipt by any Administrative Trustee of a request therefor from the Depositor or the Property Trustee, as the case may be, in writing and (y) to the Property Trustee,
[quarterly not more than 5 days after each ________, ________, ________ and ________ of each year beginning ________] (unless the Property Trustee is the Transfer Agent and Registrar), a list, in such form as the Depositor or the Property Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Securityholders as of a recent date. Each Holder, by receiving and holding a Trust Securities Certificate, shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold either the Depositor or any Trustees accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and address, regardless of the source from which such information was derived.

Section 5.08. Maintenance of Office or Agency.The Depositor shall or shall cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar to maintain in The City of New York, an office or offices or agency or agencies where

Preferred Trust Securities Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Depositor, the Trust or the Transfer Agent and Registrar in respect of the Trust Securities and the Trust Agreement may be served. The Depositor initially designates ______________________________, ____________________, New York, New York ______ as its principal office for such purposes. The Depositor shall or shall cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar to give prompt written notice to the Depositor, The Trust Securities Guarantor, the Property Trustee, the Administrative Trustees and to the Securityholders of any change in the location of the Securities Register or any such office or agency. If at any time the Depositor shall fail to maintain such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Property Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee, and the Depositor hereby appoints the Property Trustee its agent and the agent of the Trust to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

Section 5.09. Appointment of Paying Agent.The Paying Agent shall make Distributions to Securityholders from the Payment Account and shall report the amounts of such Distributions to the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee. Any Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to withdraw funds from the Payment Account for the purpose of making the Distributions referred to above. The Property Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon a certificate of the Paying Agent stating in effect the amount of such funds so to be withdrawn and that same are to be applied by the Paying Agent in accordance with this Section
5.09. The Administrative Trustees or any one of them may revoke such power and remove the Paying Agent if the Administrative Trustee or any one of them determines in its sole discretion that the Paying Agent shall have failed to perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement in any material respect. The Paying Agent shall initially be the Property Trustee, and it may choose any co-paying agent that is acceptable to the Administrative Trustees, the Debenture Issuer, and the Depositor. The Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign upon 30 days' written notice to the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee, the Debenture Issuer and the Depositor. In the event of the removal or resignation of the Property Trustee as Paying Agent, the Administrative Trustees shall appoint a successor that is reasonably acceptable to the Property Trustee, the Debenture Issuer and the Depositor to act as Paying Agent (which shall be a bank, trust company or an Affiliate of the Depositor). The Administrative Trustees shall cause such successor Paying Agent or any additional Paying Agent appointed by the Administrative Trustees to execute and deliver to the Trustees an instrument in which such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustees that as Paying Agent, such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent will hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Securityholders in trust for the benefit of the Securityholders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Securityholders. The Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the Property Trustee and upon resignation or removal of a Paying Agent such Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its possession to the Property Trustee. The provisions of Sections 8.01, 8.03 and 8.06 shall apply to the Paying Agent appointed hereunder, and the Paying Agent shall be bound by the requirements with respect to paying agents of securities issued pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act. Any reference in this Trust Agreement to the Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.

Section 5.10. Ownership of Common Trust Securities by Depositor.On the Closing Date, the Depositor shall acquire, and thereafter retain, beneficial and record ownership of the Common Trust Securities. Except in connection with a transaction involving the Depositor that would be permitted under Article Eleven of the Subordinated Indenture, any attempted transfer of the Common Trust Securities shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be void. The Administrative Trustees shall cause each Common Trust Securities Certificate issued to the Depositor to contain a legend stating "THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT." Common Trust Securities Certificates representing the Common Trust Securities shall be issued to the Depositor in the form of a typewritten or definitive Common Trust Securities Certificate.

Section 5.11. Definitive Preferred Trust Securities Certificates.Definitive Preferred Trust Securities Certificates shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Trustees, as evidenced by the execution thereof by the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them. The Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, shall execute on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature, and, if executed by facsimile on behalf of the Trust, countersigned by the Transfer Agent and Registrar or its agent, the Definitive Preferred Trust Securities Certificates initially in accordance with the instructions of the Depositor complying with Section 5.03. Neither the Transfer

Agent and Registrar nor any of the Administrative Trustees shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.

Section 5.12. Book-Entry System.Some or all of the Preferred Trust Securities may be registered in the name of a securities depository ("Securities Depository") or a nominee therefor, and held in the custody of the Securities Depository or a custodian thereof. In such event, a single certificate will be issued and delivered to the Securities Depository for such Preferred Trust Securities, in which case the Owners of such Preferred Trust Securities will not receive physical delivery of certificates for Preferred Trust Securities. Unless Definitive Preferred Trust Securities Certificate are delivered to the Owners of Preferred Trust Securities as provided herein, all transfers of beneficial ownership interests in such Preferred Trust Securities will be made by book-entry only, and no investor or other party purchasing, selling or otherwise transferring beneficial ownership of the Preferred Trust Securities will receive, hold or deliver any certificate for Preferred Trust Securities. The Depositor, the Trustees and the Paying Agent will recognize the Securities Depository or its nominee as the Holder of Preferred Trust Securities for all purposes, including payment, notices and voting and shall have no payment, notice or communication obligations to the Owners.

The Administrative Trustees, at the direction and expense of the Depositor, may from time to time appoint a Securities Depository or a successor thereto and enter into a letter of representations or other agreement with such Securities Depository to establish procedures with respect to the Preferred Trust Securities. Any Securities Depository shall be a Clearing Agency.

The Depositor and the Trustees covenant and agree to meet the requirements of a Securities Depository for the Preferred Trust Securities with respect to required notices and other provisions of the letter of representations or agreement executed with respect to such Preferred Trust Securities.

Whenever the beneficial ownership of any Preferred Trust Securities is determined through the books of a Securities Depository, the requirements in this Trust Agreement of holding, delivering or transferring such Preferred Trust Securities shall be deemed modified with respect to such Preferred Trust Securities to meet the requirements of the Securities Depository with respect to actions of the Trustees, the Depositor and the Paying Agent. Any provisions hereof permitting or requiring delivery of such Preferred Trust Securities shall, while such Preferred Trust Securities are in a book-entry system, be satisfied by the notation on the books of the Securities Depository in accordance with applicable state law.

Definitive Preferred Trust Securities Certificates will be issued and delivered to the Owners of such Preferred Trust Securities in accordance with registration instructions of the Securities Depository if (a) the Securities Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Preferred Trust Securities, and the Depositor does not appoint a successor Securities Depository within 90 days after such discontinuance, or (b) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustees in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Securities Depository.

Section 5.13. Rights of Securityholders.The legal title to the Trust Property is vested exclusively in the Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) in accordance with Section 2.09, and the Securityholders shall not have any right or title therein other than an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust conferred by their Trust Securities and they shall have no right to call for any partition or division of property, profits or rights of the Trust except as described below. The Trust Securities shall be personal property giving only the rights specifically set forth therein and in this Trust Agreement. The Preferred Trust Securities shall have no preemptive or similar rights and when issued and delivered to Securityholders against payment of the purchase price therefor will be fully paid and nonassessable undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust. The Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities, in their capacities as such, shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

Section 5.14. Cancellation by Transfer Agent and Registrar.All Trust Securities Certificates surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other

than the Transfer Agent and Registrar, be delivered to the Transfer Agent and Registrar and, if not theretofore canceled, shall be promptly canceled by the Transfer Agent and Registrar. No Trust Securities Certificates shall be issued in lieu of or in exchange for any Trust Securities Certificates canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Trust Agreement. All canceled Trust Securities Certificates held by the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall be disposed of in accordance with its customary procedures.

ARTICLE VI

Acts of Securityholders; Meetings; Voting

Section 6.01. Limitations on Voting Rights.(a) Except as provided in this
Section 6.01, Section 8.10 and Section 10.03 and as otherwise required by law, no Holder of Preferred Trust Securities shall have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise control the administration, operation and management of the Trust or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the terms of the Trust Securities Certificates, be construed so as to constitute the Securityholders from time to time as partners or members of an association. If the Property Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the Debentures or this Trust Agreement, a Holder of Preferred Trust Securities may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, institute a legal proceeding directly against the Depositor or the Debenture Issuer to enforce the Property Trustee's rights under the Debentures or this Trust Agreement without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Property Trustee or any other Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Holder of Preferred Trust Securities may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such Holder of principal of or interest on the Debentures having a principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation preference amount of the Preferred Trust Securities of such Holder on or after the due dates specified in the Debentures.

(b) So long as any Debentures are held by the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall not (i) direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or executing any trust or power conferred on the Debenture Trustee with respect to such Debentures, (ii) waive any past default which is waivable under Section 813 of the Subordinated Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and payable or
(iv) consent to any amendment, modification or termination of the Subordinated Indenture or the Debentures, where such consent shall be required, without, in each case, obtaining the prior approval of the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities; provided, however, that where a consent under the Subordinated Indenture would require the consent of each Holder of Debentures affected thereby, no such consent shall be given by the Property Trustee without the prior written consent of each Holder of Preferred Trust Securities. The Property Trustee shall not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Preferred Trust Securities, except pursuant to a subsequent vote of the Preferred Trust Securities. The Property Trustee shall notify all Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities of any notice of default received from the Debenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures. In addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals of the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing actions, the Property Trustee shall, at the expense of the Depositor, obtain an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that such action will not cause the Trust to be classified other than as a "grantor trust" for United States Federal income tax purposes.

(c) If any proposed amendment to the Trust Agreement provides for, or the Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would materially adversely affect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Preferred Trust Securities, whether by way of amendment to the Trust Agreement or otherwise, or (ii) the dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust, other than pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement, then the Holders of Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities as a class will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the approval of the Holders of at least majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities.

(d) The Holders of a majority in Outstanding Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Trust Securities shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee in respect of this Trust Agreement or the Debentures or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement; provided, however, that, subject to Section 8.01, the Property Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Property Trustee being

advised by counsel determines that the action so directed may not lawfully be taken, or if the Property Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Property Trustee, determine that the proceedings so directed would be illegal or involve it in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders not party to such direction, and provided further that nothing in this Trust Agreement shall impair the right of the Property Trustee to take any action deemed proper by the Property Trustee and which is not inconsistent with such direction.

Section 6.02. Notice of Meetings.Notice of all meetings of the Holders of Preferred Trust Securities, stating the time, place and purpose of the meeting, shall be given by the Administrative Trustees pursuant to Section 10.08 to each Holder of a Preferred Trust Security, at such Holder's registered address, at least 15 days and not more than 90 days before the meeting. At any such meeting, any business properly before the meeting may be so considered whether or not stated in the notice of the meeting. Any adjourned meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice.

Section 6.03. Meetings of Holders of Preferred Trust Securities.No annual meeting of Securityholders is required to be held. The Administrative Trustees, however, shall call a meeting of Securityholders to vote on any matter upon the written request of the Holders of 25% of the then Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount) and the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee may, at any time in their discretion, call a meeting of Holders of Preferred Trust Securities to vote on any matters as to which the Holders of Preferred Trust Securities are entitled to vote.

Holders of at least a majority of the then Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount), present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of Securityholders.

If a quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by the Holders of Preferred Trust Securities present, in person or by proxy, holding at least a majority of the then Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount) present, either in person or by proxy, at such meeting shall constitute the action of the Securityholders, unless this Trust Agreement requires a greater number of affirmative votes.

Section 6.04. Voting Rights.Securityholders shall be entitled to one vote for each $25 of Liquidation Amount represented by their Outstanding Trust Securities in respect of any matter as to which such Securityholders are entitled to vote.

Section 6.05. Proxies, etc.At any meeting of Securityholders, any Securityholder entitled to vote thereat may vote by proxy, provided that no proxy shall be voted at any meeting unless it shall have been placed on file with the Administrative Trustees, or with such other officer or agent of the Trust as the Administrative Trustees may direct, for verification prior to the time at which such vote shall be taken. Only Securityholders of record shall be entitled to vote. When Trust Securities are held jointly by several Persons, any one of them may vote at any meeting in person or by proxy in respect of such Trust Securities, but if more than one of them shall be present at such meeting in person or by proxy, and such joint owners or their proxies so present disagree as to any vote to be cast, such vote shall not be received in respect of such Trust Securities. A proxy purporting to be executed by or on behalf of a Securityholder shall be deemed valid unless challenged at or prior to its exercise, or, if earlier, until eleven months after it is sent and the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the challenger. No proxy shall be valid more than three years after its date of execution.

Section 6.06. Securityholder Action by Written Consent.Any action which may be taken by Securityholders at a meeting may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if Securityholders holding a majority of all Outstanding Trust Securities entitled to vote in respect of such action (or such larger proportion thereof as shall be required by any express provision of this Trust Agreement) shall consent to the action in writing (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount).

Section 6.07. Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes.For the purposes of determining the Securityholders who are entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting or to vote by written consent without prior

notice, or to participate in any Distribution on the Trust Securities in respect of which a record date is not otherwise provided for in this Trust Agreement, or for the purpose of any other action, the Administrative Trustees may from time to time fix a date, not more than 90 days prior to the date of any meeting of Securityholders or the payment of Distribution or other action including action to be taken by written consent, as the case may be, as a record date for the determination of the identity of the Securityholders of record for such purposes.

Section 6.08. Acts of Securityholders.Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Trust Agreement to be given, made or taken by Securityholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Securityholders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Administrative Trustees. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Securityholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Trust Agreement and (subject to Section 8.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustees, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

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

The ownership of Preferred Trust Securities shall be proved by the Securities Register.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Securityholder of any Trust Security shall bind every future Securityholder of the same Trust Security and the Securityholder of every Trust Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustees or the Trust in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Trust Security.

Without limiting the foregoing, a Securityholder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Trust Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such Liquidation Amount.

If any dispute shall arise between or among the Securityholders and the Administrative Trustees with respect to the authenticity, validity or binding nature of any request, demand, authorization, direction, consent, waiver or other Act of such Securityholder or Trustee under this Article VI, then the determination of such matter by the Property Trustee shall be conclusive with respect to such matter.

Section 6.09. Inspection of Records.Subject to Section 5.07 concerning access to the list of Securityholders, upon reasonable notice to the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee, the other records of the Trust shall be open to inspection by Securityholders during normal business hours for any purpose reasonably related to such Securityholder's interest as a Securityholder.

ARTICLE VII

Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee

Section 7.01. Property Trustee.The Property Trustee and any successor Property Trustee hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the Depositor and the Securityholders that:

(a) the Property Trustee is a banking corporation, trust company or national association duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York;

(b) the Property Trustee has full corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust Agreement;

(c) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Property Trustee and constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement of the Property Trustee enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles;

(d) the execution, delivery and performance by the Property Trustee of this Trust Agreement will not violate, conflict with or constitute a breach of the Property Trustee's charter or by-laws; and

(e) the execution, delivery and performance by the Property Trustee of this Trust Agreement does not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, or the registration with any Federal or state banking authority having jurisdiction over its trust powers.

Section 7.02. Delaware Trustee.The Delaware Trustee and any successor Delaware Trustee represents and warrants for the benefit of the Depositor and the Securityholders that:

(a) the Delaware Trustee is a banking corporation, trust company or national association duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;

(b) the Delaware Trustee has full corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust Agreement;

(c) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Delaware Trustee and constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement of the Delaware Trustee enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles;

(d) the Delaware Trustee is a natural person who is a resident of the State of Delaware or, if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware and, in either case, a Person that satisfies for the Trust the requirements of Section 3807 of the Delaware Business Trust Act;

(e) the execution, delivery and performance by the Delaware Trustee of this Trust Agreement will not (i) violate the Delaware Trustee's charter or by-laws or (ii) violate any law, governmental rule or regulation of the State of Delaware governing the banking or trust powers of the Delaware Trustee or any order, judgment or decree applicable to the Delaware Trustee; and

(f) the execution, delivery and performance by the Delaware Trustee of this Trust Agreement does not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, or the registration with any Federal or state banking authority having jurisdiction over its banking or trust powers.

ARTICLE VIII

The Trustees

Section 8.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.(a) The rights, immunities, duties and responsibilities of the Trustees shall be restricted to those set forth in the express provisions of this Trust Agreement and, in the case of the Property Trustee, as provided in the Trust Indenture Act, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Trust Agreement against any of the Trustees. For purposes of Sections 315(a) and 315(c) of the Trust Indenture act, the term "default" is hereby defined as an Event of Default which has occurred and is continuing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Trust Agreement shall require any of the Trustees to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Trust Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustees shall be subject to the provisions of this Section. To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Administrative Trustee has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or to the Securityholders, such Administrative Trustee shall not be liable to the Trust or to any Securityholder for such Trustee's good faith reliance on the provisions of this Trust Agreement. The provisions of this Trust Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the Administrative Trustees otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Depositor and the Securityholders to replace such other duties and liabilities of the Administrative Trustees.

(b) All payments made by the Property Trustee or a Paying Agent in respect of the Trust Securities shall be made only from the income and proceeds from the Trust Property and only to the extent that there shall be sufficient income or proceeds from the Trust Property to enable the Property Trustee or Paying Agent to make payments in accordance with the terms hereof. Each Securityholder, by its acceptance of a Trust Security, agrees that it will look solely to the income and proceeds from the Trust Property to the extent available for distribution to it as herein provided and that the Trustees are not personally liable to it for any amount distributable in respect of any Trust Security or for any other liability in respect of any Trust Security. This Section 8.01(b) does not limit the liability of the Trustees expressly set forth elsewhere in this Trust Agreement or, in the case of the Property Trustee, in the Trust Indenture Act.

(c) All duties and responsibilities of the Property Trustee contained in this Trust Agreement are subject to the following:

(i) the Property Trustee's sole duty with respect to the custody, safe keeping and physical preservation of the Trust Property shall be to deal with such property in a similar manner as the Property Trustee deals with similar property for its own account, subject to the protections, exculpations and limitations on liability afforded to the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement, the Trust Indenture Act, the Delaware Business Trust Act and, to the extent applicable, Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act or any successor rule thereunder;

(ii) the Property Trustee shall have no duty or liability for or with respect to the value, genuineness, existence or sufficiency of the Trust Property or the payment of any taxes or assessments levied thereon or in connection therewith;

(iii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on any money received by it except as it may otherwise agree with the Depositor. Money held by the Property Trustee need not be segregated from other funds held by it except in relation to the Payment Account established by the Property Trustee pursuant to this Trust Agreement and except to the extent otherwise required by law; and

(iv) the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring the compliance by the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor with their respective duties under this Trust

Agreement, nor shall the Property Trustee be liable for the default or misconduct of the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor.

(d) The Administrative Trustees shall not be responsible for monitoring the compliance by the other Trustees or the Depositor with their respective duties under this Trust Agreement, nor shall any Administrative Trustee be liable for the default or misconduct of any other Administrative Trustee, the other Trustees or the Depositor.

Section 8.02. Notice of Defaults.(a) Within ninety (90) days after the occurrence of any default known to the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.08, notice of such default to the Securityholders, the Depositor, the Trust Securities Guarantor and the Administrative Trustees, unless such default shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice, provided that, except in the case of a payment default, the Property Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the Property Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default.

(b) Within five Business Days after receipt of notice of the Debenture Issuer's exercise of its right to defer the payment of interest on the Debentures pursuant to the Subordinated Indenture, the Property Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.08, notice of such exercise to the Securityholders and the Administrative Trustees, unless such exercise shall have been revoked.

Section 8.03. Certain Rights of Property Trustee.Subject to the provisions of Section 8.01 and except as provided by law:

(i) the Property Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting in good faith upon any resolution, Opinion of Counsel, certificate, written representation of a Holder or transferee, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(ii) if (A) in performing its duties under this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee is required to decide between alternative courses of action or (B) in construing any of the provisions in this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee finds the same ambiguous or inconsistent with any other provisions contained herein or (C) the Property Trustee is unsure of the application of any provision of this Trust Agreement, then, except as to any matter as to which the Preferred Trust Securityholders are entitled to vote under the terms of this Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee shall deliver a notice to the Depositor requesting written instructions of the Depositor as to the course of action to be taken. The Property Trustee shall take such action, or refrain from taking such action, as the Property Trustee shall be instructed in writing to take, or to refrain from taking, by the Depositor; provided, however, that if the Property Trustee does not receive such instructions of the Depositor within ten Business Days after it has delivered such notice, or such reasonably shorter period of time set forth in such notice (which to the extent practicable shall not be less than two Business Days), it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action not inconsistent with this Trust Agreement as it shall deem advisable and in the best interests of the Securityholders, in which event the Property Trustee shall have no liability except for its own bad faith, negligence or willful misconduct;

(iii) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Property Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and rely upon an Officer's

Certificate which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Depositor or the Administrative Trustees;

(iv) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection (which counsel may be counsel to the Property Trustee, Depositor or the Trust Securities Guarantor or any of their Affiliates, and may include any of their employees) and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon and in accordance with such advice;

(v) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement at the request or direction of any Securityholder pursuant to this Trust Agreement, unless such Securityholder shall have offered to the Property Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) and liabilities which might be incurred by it in complying with such request or direction; provided that, nothing contained in this Section 8.03(v) shall be taken to relieve the Property Trustee, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, of its obligation to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement;

(vi) the Property Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Property Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Property Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Depositor personally or by agent or attorney;

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

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

(ix) the Property Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default or Event of Default with respect to the Trust Securities unless either (A) a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee shall have actual knowledge of the default or Event of Default or (B) written notice of such default or Event of Default shall have been given to the Property Trustee by the Depositor, the Administrative Trustees or by any Holder of the Trust Securities;

(x) no provision of this Trust Agreement shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Property Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Property Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation; and no permissive or discretionary power or authority available to the Property Trustee shall be construed to be a duty;

(xi) no provision of this Trust Agreement shall require the Property Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the Property Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Trust Agreement or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it;

(xii) the Property Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording, filing or registration of any instrument (including any financing or continuation statement or any tax or securities form) (or any rerecording, refiling or reregistration thereof);

(xiii) the Property Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Trust Agreement from any court of competent jurisdiction;

(xiv) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder, the Property Trustee (A) may request instructions from the Holders of the Trust Securities, which instructions may only be given by the Holders of the same Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities as would be entitled to direct the Property Trustee under the terms of this Trust Agreement in respect of such remedies, rights or actions, (B) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions are received, and (C) shall be protected in acting in accordance with such instructions; and

(xv) unless otherwise expressly provided herein, any direction or act of the Depositor contemplated by this Trust Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate.

Section 8.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.The recitals contained herein and in the Trust Securities Certificates shall be taken as the statements of the Trust, and the Trustees do not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees make no representations as to the title to, or value or condition of, the property of the Trust or any part thereof, nor as to the validity or sufficiency of this Trust Agreement, the Debentures or the Trust Securities. The Trustees shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Trust of the proceeds of the Trust Securities.

Section 8.05. May Hold Securities.Any Trustee or any agent of any Trustee or the Trust, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Trust Securities and, subject to Sections 8.08 and 8.13, and except as provided in the definition of the term "Outstanding" in Article I, may otherwise deal with the Trust with the same rights it would have if it were not a Trustee or such agent.

Section 8.06. Compensation; Fees; Indemnity.The Depositor agrees:

(i) to pay to the Trustees from time to time such reasonable compensation as shall be agreed in writing with the Depositor for all services rendered by the Trustees hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

(ii) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustees upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances reasonably incurred or made by the Trustees in accordance with any provision of this Trust Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of their agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to their negligence (gross negligence, in the case of any Administrative Trustee), bad faith or willful misconduct; and

(iii) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to indemnify each Trustee for, and to hold each Trustee harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claims, liability or expense incurred without negligence (gross negligence, in the case of any Administrative Trustee or the Delaware Trustee), bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts under this Trust Agreement, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

No Trustee may claim any Lien or charge on any Trust Property as a result of any amount due pursuant to this Section 8.06.

In addition to the rights provided to each Trustee pursuant to the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph of this Section 8.06 and without prejudice to any rights available to the Trustees under applicable law, when a Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default resulting from a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Trust, the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

The provisions of this Section 8.06 shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement.

Section 8.07. Certain Trustees Required; Eligibility.(a) here shall at all times be a Property Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities. The Property Trustee shall be a Person that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Property Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article VIII.

(b) There shall at all times be one or more Administrative Trustees hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities. Each Administrative Trustee shall be either a natural person who is at least 21 years of age or a legal entity that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind such entity.

(c) There shall at all times be a Delaware Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities. The Delaware Trustee shall either be (i) a natural person who is at least 21 years of age and a resident of the State of Delaware or (ii) a legal entity with its principal place of business in the State of Delaware that otherwise meets the requirements of applicable Delaware law and that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind such entity.

Section 8.08. Conflicting Interests.If the Property Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Property Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Trust Agreement. The Subordinated Indenture and the securities of any series issued thereunder and the Trust Securities Guarantee Agreement shall be deemed to be specifically described in this Trust Agreement for the purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 8.09. Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee.At any time or times, for the purpose of meeting the legal requirements of the Trust Indenture Act or of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Property may at the time be located, the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees, by agreed action of the majority of such Trustees (except as provided in the following sentence), shall have power to appoint, and upon the written request of the Administrative Trustees, the Depositor shall for such purpose join with the Administrative Trustees in the execution, delivery, and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to appoint, one or more Persons approved by the Property Trustee either to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Property Trustee, of all or any part of such Trust Property, or to act as separate trustee of any such property, in either case with such powers as may be provided in the instrument of appointment, and to vest in such Person or Persons in the capacity aforesaid, any property, title, right or power deemed necessary or desirable, subject to the other provisions of this Section. If the Depositor does not join in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, or in case a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Property Trustee alone shall have power to make such appointment.

Should any written instrument from the Depositor be required by any co-trustee or separate trustee so appointed for more fully confirming to such co-trustee or separate trustee such property, title, right, or power, any and all such instruments shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged, and delivered by the Depositor.

Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following terms, namely:

(1) The Trust Securities shall be executed and delivered and all rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereunder in respect of the custody of securities, cash and other personal property held by, or required to be deposited or pledged with, the Trustees designated for such purpose hereunder, shall be exercised, solely by such Trustees.

(2) The rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereby conferred or imposed upon the Property Trustee in respect of any property covered by such appointment shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Property Trustee or by the Property Trustee and such co-trustee or separate trustee jointly, as shall be provided in the instrument appointing such co-trustee or separate trustee, except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act is to be performed, the Property Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act, in which event such rights, powers, duties, and obligations shall be exercised and performed by such co-trustee or separate trustee.

(3) The Property Trustee at any time, by an instrument in writing executed by it, with the written concurrence of the Depositor, may accept the resignation of or remove any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed under this Section 8.09, and, in case a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Property Trustee shall have power to accept the resignation of, or remove, any such co-trustee or separate trustee without the concurrence of the Depositor. Upon the written request of the Property Trustee, the Depositor shall join with the Property Trustee in the execution, delivery, and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to effectuate such resignation or removal. A successor to any co-trustee or separate trustee so resigned or removed may be appointed in the manner provided in this Section.

(4) No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any Trustee, or any other such trustee hereunder.

(5) The Property Trustee shall not be liable by reason of any act of a co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder.

(6) Any Act of Holders delivered to the Property Trustee shall be deemed to have been delivered to each such co-trustee and separate trustee.

Section 8.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.No resignation or removal of any Trustee (as the case may be, the "Relevant Trustee") and no appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Relevant Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of
Section 8.11.

The Relevant Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Securityholders, the Depositor and the other Trustees, except that notice is only required to be delivered to the Securityholders in the event that the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee is the resigning Relevant Trustee. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Relevant Trustee required by Section 8.11 shall not have been delivered to the resigning Relevant Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Relevant Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee.

Unless a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Relevant Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Common Trust Securityholder. If a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may be removed at such time by Act of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities, delivered to the Relevant Trustee (in its individual capacity and on behalf of the Trust). An Administrative Trustee may be appointed, replaced or removed solely by the Common Trust Securityholder at any time.

If the Relevant Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of continuing to act as Relevant Trustee at a time when no Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Common Trust Securityholder, by Act of the Common Trust Securityholder delivered to the retiring Relevant Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor Relevant Trustee or Trustees, and the retiring Relevant Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of
Section 8.11. If the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of continuing to act as the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, at a time when a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Preferred Trust Securityholders, by Act of the Preferred Trust Securityholders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Trust Securities delivered to such retiring Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor Relevant Trustee or Trustees, and such successor shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If an Administrative Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting as Administrative Trustee, at a time when a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Common Securityholder by Act of the Common Securityholder delivered to the Administrative Trustees shall promptly appoint a successor Administrative Trustee or Trustees and such successor Administrative Trustee or Trustees shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If no successor Relevant Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Common Trust Securityholders or the Preferred Trust Securityholders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 8.11, any Securityholder who has been a Securityholder of Trust Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee.

The Property Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of a Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee and each appointment of a successor to such Trustee to all Securityholders in the manner provided in Section 10.08 and shall give notice to the Depositor. Such notice shall include the name of the successor Relevant Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office if it is the Property Trustee.

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust Agreement, in the event any Administrative Trustee or a Delaware Trustee who is a natural person dies or becomes in the opinion of the Depositor, incompetent or incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence or incapacity may be filled by (i) the unanimous act of remaining Administrative Trustees if there are at least two of them or (ii) otherwise by the Depositor (with the successor in each case being an individual who satisfies the eligibility requirements for Administrative Trustees or Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, set forth in
Section 8.07). Additionally, notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust Agreement, in the event the Depositor reasonably believes that any Administrative Trustee who is a natural person has become incompetent or incapacitated, the Depositor, by notice to the remaining Trustees, may terminate the status of such Person as an Administrative Trustee (in which case the vacancy so created will be filled in accordance with the preceding sentence).

No Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions to act of any successor Trustee.

Section 8.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Relevant Trustee, the retiring Relevant Trustee (if requested by the Depositor) and each successor Trustee shall execute and deliver an amendment hereto wherein each successor Relevant Trustee shall accept such appointment and which shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Relevant Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee and upon the execution and delivery of such amendment the resignation or removal of the retiring Relevant Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Relevant Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee; but, on request of the Trust or any successor Relevant Trustee such retiring Relevant Trustee shall, upon payment of all sums owed to it, duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all Trust Property, all proceeds thereof and money held by such retiring Relevant Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust.

Upon request of any such successor Relevant Trustee, the retiring Relevant Trustee shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Relevant Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the preceding paragraph.

No successor Relevant Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Relevant Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article VIII.

Section 8.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.Any Person into which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee or any Administrative Trustee that is not a natural person may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Relevant Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of such Relevant Trustee, shall be the successor of such Relevant Trustee hereunder, provided such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article VIII, without the execution or filing of any paper, the giving of any notice or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.

Section 8.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or Trust.If and when the Property Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Depositor or the Trust (or any other obligor upon the Debentures or the Trust Securities), the Property Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Depositor or Trust (or any such other obligor).

Section 8.14. Reports by Property Trustee.(a) The Property Trustee shall transmit to Securityholders such reports concerning the Property Trustee and its actions under this Trust Agreement as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. Such of those reports as are required to be transmitted by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be dated as of the next preceding September 15, and shall be transmitted no later than November 15 of each year, commencing September 15, 200_.

(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Property Trustee with each national exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or such other interdealer quotation system or self-regulatory organization upon which the Trust Securities are listed or traded, if any, with the Commission and with the Depositor. The Depositor will notify the Property Trustee of any such listing or trading.

Section 8.15. Reports to the Property Trustee.The Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such documents, reports and information, if any, and the compliance certificate required by Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act, in the form, in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act, provided that such compliance certificate shall be delivered annually on or before ____________ in each year, beginning ____________. Delivery of such reports, information and documents by the Depositor to the Property Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Property Trustee's receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Depositor's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Property Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer's Certificates).

Section 8.16. Evidence of Compliance With Conditions Precedent.Each of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Trust Agreement (including any covenants compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) that relate to any of the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act may be given in the form of an Officer's Certificate.

Section 8.17. Number of Trustees.(a) The number of Trustees shall be five, provided that the Depositor, by written instrument, may increase or decrease the number of Administrative Trustees.(b) If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the number of Administrative Trustees is not reduced pursuant to
Section 8.17(a), or if the number of Trustees is increased pursuant to Section 8.17(a), a vacancy shall occur. The vacancy shall be filled with a Trustee appointed in accordance with Section 8.10.

(c) The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy, incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee shall not operate to annul, dissolve or terminate the Trust. Whenever a vacancy in the number of Administrative Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of an

Administrative Trustee in accordance with Section 8.10, the Administrative Trustees in office, regardless of their number (and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement), shall have all the powers granted to the Administrative Trustees and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon the Administrative Trustees by this Trust Agreement.

Section 8.18. Delegation of Power.(a) Any Administrative Trustee may, by power of attorney consistent with applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 his or her power for the purpose of executing any documents contemplated in Sections 2.07(a) and 2.07(c), including any registration statement or amendment thereto filed with the Commission, or making any other governmental filing; and

(b) the Administrative Trustees shall have power to delegate from time to time to such of their number the doing of such things and the execution of such instruments either in the name of the Trust or the names of the Administrative Trustees or otherwise as the Administrative Trustees may deem expedient, to the extent such delegation is not prohibited by applicable law or contrary to the provisions of the Trust, as set forth herein.

Section 8.19. Fiduciary Duty.(a) To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Indemnified Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or to any other Covered Person, an Indemnified Person acting under this Trust Agreement shall not be liable to the Trust or to any other Covered Person for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Trust Agreement. The provisions of this Trust Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of an Indemnified Person otherwise existing at law or in equity (other than the duties imposed on the Property Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act), are agreed by the parties hereto to replace such other duties and liabilities of such Indemnified Person;

(b) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein and subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act:

(i) whenever a conflict of interest exists or arises between an Indemnified Person and any Covered Person; or

(ii) whenever this Trust Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein or therein provides that an Indemnified Person shall act in a manner that is, or provides terms that are, fair and reasonable to the Trust or any Holder of Trust Securities, the Indemnified Person shall resolve such conflict of interest, take such action or provide such terms, considering in each case the relative interest of each party (including its own interest) to such conflict, agreement, transaction or situation and the benefits and burdens relating to such interests, any customary or accepted industry practices, and any applicable generally accepted accounting practices or principles. In the absence of bad faith by the Indemnified Person, the resolution, action or term so made, taken or provided by the Indemnified Person shall not constitute a breach of this Trust Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein or of any duty or obligation of the Indemnified Person at law or in equity or otherwise; and

(c) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein and subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, whenever in this Trust Agreement an Indemnified Person is permitted or required to make a decision

(i) in its "discretion" or under a grant of similar authority, the Indemnified Person shall be entitled to consider such interests and factors as it reasonably desires, including its own interests, and shall have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting the Trust or any other Person; or

(ii) in its "good faith" or under another express standard, the Indemnified Person shall act under such express standard and shall not be subject to any other or different standard imposed by this Trust Agreement or by applicable law.

Section 8.20. Delaware Trustee.It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that in fulfilling its obligations as Delaware Trustee hereunder on behalf of the Trust (i) any agreements or instruments

executed and delivered by ________________________________________ are executed and delivered not in its individual capacity but solely as Delaware Trustee under this Trust Agreement in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it, (ii) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein made on the part of the Trust is made and intended not as representations, warrants, covenants, undertakings and agreements by ________________________________________ in its individual capacity but is made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Trust, and (iii) under no circumstances shall ________________________________________ in its individual capacity be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Trust or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaking by the Trust under this Trust Agreement, except if such breach or failure is due to any gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Delaware Trustee.

ARTICLE IX

Dissolution and Liquidation

Section 9.01. Dissolution Upon Expiration Date.Unless earlier dissolved, the Trust shall automatically dissolve on December 31, 20__ (the "Expiration Date") and the Trustees shall take such action as is required by Section 9.04.

Section 9.02. Early Dissolution.Upon the first to occur of any of the following events (such first occurrence, an "Early Termination Event"):

(i) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of, or the dissolution or liquidation of, the Depositor;

(ii) the redemption of all of the Preferred Trust Securities;

(iii) an order for judicial dissolution of the Trust having been entered by a court of competent jurisdiction;

(iv) the election by the Depositor to dissolve the Trust and, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, distribute the Debentures to the Holders of Preferred Trust Securities in liquidation of the Trust;

the Trust shall dissolve and the Trustees shall take such action as is required by Section 9.04.

Section 9.03. Termination. The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Trust and the Trustees created hereby shall terminate upon the latest to occur of the following: (i) the distribution by the Property Trustee to Securityholders upon the liquidation of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.04, or upon the redemption of all of the Trust Securities pursuant to Section 4.02 or 9.04(d), of all amounts required to be distributed hereunder upon the final payment of the Trust Securities; (ii) the payment of any expenses owed by the Trust; and (iii) the discharge of all administrative duties of the Administrative Trustees, including the performance of any tax reporting obligations with respect to the Trust or the Securityholders.

Section 9.04. Liquidation.(a) Upon the Expiration Date or if an Early Termination Event specified in clause (i), (iii) or (iv) of Section 9.02 occurs, after satisfaction of creditors of the Trust, if any, as provided by applicable law, the Trust shall be liquidated by the Property Trustee as expeditiously as the Property Trustee determines to be appropriate by distributing to each Securityholder a Like Amount of Debentures, subject to Section 9.04(e). Notice of liquidation shall be given by the Administrative Trustees by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not later than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Liquidation Date to each Holder of Trust Securities at such Holder's address appearing in the Securities Register. All notices of liquidation shall:

(i) state the Liquidation Date;

(ii) state that from and after the Liquidation Date, the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding and any Trust Securities Certificates not surrendered for exchange will be deemed to represent a Like Amount of Debentures; and

(iii) provide such information with respect to the mechanics by which Holders may exchange Trust Securities Certificates for Debentures, or, if
Section 9.04(e) applies, receive a Liquidation Distribution, as the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee shall deem appropriate.(b) Except where Sections 9.02(ii), 9.04(d) or 9.04(e) apply, in order to effect the liquidation of the Trust hereunder, and any resulting distribution of the Debentures to Securityholders, the Administrative Trustees shall establish a record date for such distribution (which shall be not more than 45 days prior to the Liquidation Date) and, either itself acting as exchange agent or through the appointment of a separate exchange agent, shall establish such procedures as it shall deem appropriate to effect the distribution of Debentures in exchange for the Outstanding Trust Securities Certificates.

(c) Except where Sections 9.02(ii), 9.04(d) or 9.04(e) apply, after any Liquidation Date, (i) the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding, (ii) certificates representing a Like Amount of Debentures will, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, if any, as provided by applicable law, be issued to Holders of Trust Securities Certificates, upon surrender of such Trust Securities Certificates to the Administrative Trustees or their agent for exchange, (iii) any Trust Securities Certificates not so surrendered for exchange will be deemed to represent a Like Amount of Debentures, accruing interest at the rate provided for in the Debentures from the last Distribution Date on which a Distribution was made on such Trust Securities Certificates until such Trust Securities Certificates are so surrendered (and until such Trust Securities Certificates are so surrendered, no payments or interest or principal will be made to Holders of Trust Securities Certificates with respect to such Debentures) and (iv) all rights of Securityholders holding Trust Securities will cease, except the right of such Securityholders to receive, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, if any, as provided by applicable law, Debentures upon surrender of Trust Securities Certificates.

(d) If at any time, a Tax Event shall occur and be continuing, and either
(i) in the Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor experienced in such matters, there would in all cases, after effecting the dissolution of the Trust, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, if any, as provided by applicable law, and the distribution of the Debentures to the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities in exchange therefor, be more than an insubstantial risk that an Adverse Tax Consequence would continue to exist or (ii) the Debentures are not held by the Trust, then the Depositor shall have the right to redeem the Debentures, in whole but not in part, at any time within 90 days following the occurrence of the Tax Event. Whether or not a Tax Event has occurred, the Depositor has the right, at any time, to dissolve the Trust and, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, if any, as provided by applicable law, cause the Debentures to be distributed to the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities and Common Trust Securities in liquidation of the Trust on a pro rata basis. [Add Provisions to substitute Treasury Securities if securities are issued in connection with Stock Purchase Units]

(e) In the event that, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 9.04, whether because of an order for dissolution entered by a court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise, distribution of the Debentures in the manner provided herein is determined by the Property Trustee not to be practical, the Trust Property shall be liquidated, and the Trust shall be wound-up, by the Property Trustee in such manner as the Property Trustee determines. In such event, Securityholders will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Trust available for distribution to Securityholders, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, if any, as provided by applicable law, an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount per Trust Security plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment (such amount being the "Liquidation Distribution"). If, upon any such winding up, the Liquidation Distribution can be paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then, subject to the next succeeding sentence, the amounts payable by the Trust on the Trust Securities shall be paid on a pro rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts). The Holder of Common Trust Securities will be entitled to receive Liquidation Distributions upon any such winding-up pro rata (determined as aforesaid) with Holders of Preferred Trust Securities, except that, if a Debenture Event of Default (or event that with the lapse of time or giving of notice would become an Event of Default) has occurred and is continuing, the Preferred Trust Securities shall have a priority over the Common Trust Securities.

Section 9.05. Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of the Trust.The Trust may not merge, consolidate, amalgamate with or into, or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any other Person, except pursuant to this Article IX. At the request of the Depositor, with the consent of the Administrative Trustees and without the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Trust Securities, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, the Trust may merge, consolidate, amalgamate, with or into, or be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to a trust organized as such under the laws of any State; provided, that (i) such successor entity either (a) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Trust with respect to the Preferred Securities or (b) substitutes for the Preferred Trust Securities other securities having substantially the same terms as the Preferred Trust Securities (the "Successor Securities") so long as the Successor Securities rank the same as the Preferred Trust Securities rank in priority with respect to distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise, (ii) a trustee of such successor entity possessing substantially the same powers and duties as the Property Trustee is appointed to hold the Debentures, (iii) the Successor Securities are listed or traded, or any Successor Securities will be listed upon notification of issuance, on any national securities exchange or other organization on which the Preferred Trust Securities are then listed or traded, if any, (iv) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not cause the Preferred Trust Securities (including any Successor Securities) to be downgraded by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, (v) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of the Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect, (vi) such successor entity has a purpose substantially identical to that of the Trust, (vii) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the Depositor has received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (a) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of the Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect, and (b) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, neither the Trust nor such successor entity will be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act and (viii) the Depositor or its permitted transferee owns all of the common securities of such successor entity and guarantees the obligations of such successor entity under the Successor Securities at least to the extent provided by the guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trust shall not, except with the consent of Holders of all the Preferred Trust Securities, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into, or be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any other Person or permit any other Person to consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into, or replace it if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease would cause the Trust or the successor entity to be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.

ARTICLE X

Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 10.01. Payment of Expenses of the Trust.Pursuant to Article Three of the Supplemental Indenture No. 1 to the Indenture, the Trust Securities Guarantor has agreed to pay to the Trust, and reimburse the Trust for, the full amount of any costs, expenses or liabilities of the Trust (other than obligations of the Trust to pay the Holders of any Preferred Securities or Common Securities), including, without limitation, any taxes, duties or other governmental charges of whatever nature (other than withholding taxes) imposed on the Trust by the United States or any other taxing authority. Such payment obligation includes any such costs, expenses or liabilities of the Trust that are required by applicable law to be satisfied in connection with a termination of the Trust.

Section 10.02. Limitation of Rights of Securityholders.The death, incapacity, bankruptcy, dissolution or termination of any Person having an interest, beneficial or otherwise, in a Trust Security shall not operate to terminate this Trust Agreement, nor dissolve, terminate or annul the Trust, nor entitle the legal representatives or heirs of such Person or any Securityholder for such Person, to claim an accounting, take any action or bring any proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the arrangements contemplated hereby, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.

Section 10.03. Amendment.(a) In addition to amendments contemplated by
Section 8.11, this Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time by a majority of the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee and the Depositor, without the consent of any Securityholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision herein or therein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or therein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Trust Agreement, (ii) to change the name of the Trust or (iii) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of this Trust Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to ensure that the Trust will not be classified for United States Federal income tax purposes other than as a "grantor trust" at any time that any Trust Securities are outstanding or to ensure the Trust's exemption from the status of an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act; provided, however, that such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Securityholder and, in the case of clause (i), any such amendments of this Trust Agreement shall become effective when notice thereof is given to the Securityholders.(b) Except as provided in Sections 6.01(c) and 10.03(c), any provision of this Trust Agreement may be amended by the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee and the Depositor with (i) the consent of Holders of Trust Securities representing not less than a majority (based upon Liquidation Amounts) of the Outstanding Trust Securities and (ii) receipt by the Trustees of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Trustees in accordance with such amendment will not affect the Trust's status as a grantor trust for Federal income tax purposes or the Trust's exemption from status as an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act.

(c) In addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in this Trust Agreement, without the consent of each affected Securityholder, this Trust Agreement may not be amended to (i) adversely change the amount or timing of any Distribution on the Trust Securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount of any Distribution required to be made in respect of the Trust Securities as of a specified date or (ii) restrict the right of a Securityholder to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, no amendment to this Trust Agreement may be made if, as a result of such amendment, the Trust would not be classified as a "grantor trust" for United States Federal income tax purposes or would to fail or cease to qualify for the exemption from status of an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act afforded by Rule 3a-5 thereunder.

(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary, the Depositor and the Trustees may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any amendment which imposes any additional obligation on the Depositor or any Trustee or, in the case of the Trustees, which affects any of their respective rights, duties or immunities hereunder.

(f) In the event that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is made, the Administrative Trustees shall promptly provide to the Depositor a copy of such amendment.

(g) The Delaware Trustee may join in the execution of any amendment to the Trust Agreement and the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee are entitled to rely upon an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any amendment to this Trust Agreement entered into pursuant to this Section 10.03 is authorized or permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Section 10.03, has been duly authorized by and lawfully executed and delivered on behalf of the other requisite parties, and that it is proper for the Property Trustee under the provisions of this Section 10.03 to accept the additional trusts created thereby and, if so requested, for the Delaware Trustee to join in the execution thereof.

Section 10.04. Separability.In case any provision in this Trust Agreement or in the Trust Securities Certificates shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 10.05. Governing Law.THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF THE SECURITYHOLDERS, THE TRUST, THE DEPOSITOR, THE TRUST SECURITIES GUARANTOR AND THE TRUSTEES WITH RESPECT TO THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE TRUST SECURITIES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES), PROVIDED, THAT THE IMMUNITIES AND STANDARD OF CARE OF THE PROPERTY TRUSTEE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF ITS TRUSTS AND DUTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 10.06. Successors.This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of any successor to the Depositor, the Trust Securities Guarantor, the Trust or the Relevant Trustees or any of them, including any successor by operation of law.

Section 10.07. Headings.The Article and Section headings are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Trust Agreement.

Section 10.08. Notice and Demand.Any notice, demand or other communication which by any provision of this Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon any Securityholder or the Depositor may be given or served in writing by deposit thereof, postage prepaid, in the United States mail, hand delivery or facsimile transmission, in each case, addressed, (i) in the case of a Preferred Trust Securityholder, to such Preferred Trust Securityholder as such Securityholder's name and address may appear on the Securities Register, and (ii) in the case of the Depositor, the Common Securityholder or the Trust Securities Guarantor, to American Electric Power Company, Inc., 1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215, Attention: Treasurer, facsimile no. 614-2231687 (until another address is given to the Property Trustee). Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon a Securityholder shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, upon hand delivery, mailing or facsimile transmission.

Any notice, demand or other communication which by any provision of this Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon the Trust, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Administrative Trustees shall be given in writing addressed (until another address is given to the other parties hereto) as follows: (i) with respect to the Property Trustee, to Wilmington Trust Company, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: ________________________, (ii) with respect to the Delaware Trustee, to Wilmington Trust Company, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890 with a copy to the Property Trustee at the address set forth in (i) above, Attention: ________________________, and (iii) with respect to the Trust or the Administrative Trustees, at the address above for notice to the Depositor, marked Attention: Administrative Trustees for AEP Capital Trust III. Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon the Trust, the Delaware Trustee or the Property Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made only upon actual receipt of the writing by the Trust, the Delaware Trustee or the Property Trustee.

Section 10.09. Agreement Not to Petition.Each of the Trustees and the Depositor agrees for the benefit of the Securityholders that, until at least one year and one day after the Trust has been terminated in accordance with Article IX, it shall not file, or join in the filing of, a petition against the Trust under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, liquidation or other similar law (including, without limitation, the United States Bankruptcy Code) (collectively, "Bankruptcy Laws") or otherwise join in the commencement of any proceeding against the Trust under any Bankruptcy Law. In the event the Depositor takes action in violation of this Section 10.09, the Property Trustee agrees, for the benefit of Securityholders, that it shall file an answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise properly contest the filing of such petition by the Depositor against the Trust or the commencement of such action and raise the defense that the Depositor has agreed in writing not to take such action

and should be estopped and precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as counsel for the Property Trustee or the Trust may assert. The provisions of this Section 10.09 shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement.

Section 10.10. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.(a) This Trust Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required or deemed to be part of this Trust Agreement and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.(b) The Property Trustee shall be the only Trustee which is a trustee for the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.

(c) If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required or deemed to be included in this Trust Agreement by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required or deemed provision shall control.

(d) The application of the Trust Indenture Act to this Trust Agreement shall not affect the nature of the Trust Securities as equity securities representing interests in the Trust.

THE RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF A TRUST SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN BY OR ON BEHALF OF A SECURITYHOLDER, WITHOUT ANY SIGNATURE OR FURTHER MANIFESTATION OF ASSENT, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE BY THE SECURITYHOLDER AND ALL OTHERS HAVING A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN SUCH TRUST SECURITY OF ALL THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE AGREEMENT OF THE TRUST, SUCH SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS THAT THOSE TERMS AND PROVISIONS SHALL BE BINDING, OPERATIVE AND EFFECTIVE AS BETWEEN THE TRUST AND SUCH SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS.

Section 10.11. Counterparts.This Trust Agreement may contain more than one counterpart of the signature page and this Trust Agreement may be executed by the affixing of the signature of each of the Trustees to one of such counterpart signature pages. All of such counterpart signature pages shall be read as though one, and they shall have the same force and effect as though all of the signers had signed a single signature page.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
as Depositor and Trust Securities Guarantor

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Property Trustee

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
As Delaware Trustee

EXHIBIT A

CERTIFICATE OF TRUST

OF

THIS CERTIFICATE OF TRUST of AEP Capital Trust III (the "Trust"), dated as of ____________, ____, is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as trustees, to form a business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del.C. ss. 3801 et seq.).

1.Name. The name of the business trust formed hereby is AEP Capital Trust III.

2.Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the Trust with a principal place of business in the State of Delaware are Wilmington Trust Company, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890.

3.Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective upon its filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the only trustees of the Trust, have executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first above written.

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee

Title:

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee

Title:

Title:

EXHIBIT B

THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT AS

PROVIDED IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT

Certificate Number Number of Common Trust Securities

C -

Certificate Evidencing Common Trust Securities

of

AEP Capital Trust III

Common Trust Securities

(liquidation amount $[25] per Common Trust Security)

AEP Capital Trust III, a statutory business trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that American Electric Power Company, Inc. (the "Holder") is the registered owner of _____ common securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and designated the AEP Capital Trust III Common Trust Securities (liquidation amount $[25] per Common Trust Security) (the "Common Trust Securities"). Except as permitted by Section 5.10 of the Trust Agreement (as defined below), the Common Trust Securities are not transferable and any attempted transfer hereof shall be void. The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Common Trust Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and the Common Trust Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust dated as of __________ __, ____, as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement"), including the designation of the terms of the Common Trust Securities as set forth therein.

.Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning given them in the Trust Agreement. The holder of this certificate is entitled to the benefits of the Trust Securities Guarantee Agreement of American Electric Power Company, Inc. and ______________________________, as guarantee trustee, dated as of ___________, _____, as the same may be amended from time to time, (the "Guarantee") to the extent provided therein.] The Trust will furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement [and the Guarantee] to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Trust at its principal place of business or registered office.

Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.

By acceptance, the Holder agrees to treat, for United States federal income tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the Common Trust Securities as evidence of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, an Administrative Trustee of the Trust has executed this certificate for and on behalf of the Trust this ___ day of ________, ____.

AEP CAPITAL TRUST III

                             [Legend]

Certificate Number               Number of Preferred Trust Securities

        P-                                     CUSIP NO.

Certificate Evidencing Preferred Trust Securities

Of

AEP Capital Trust III

[Title of Securities]

(liquidation amount $[25] per Preferred Trust Security)

AEP Capital Trust III, a statutory business trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that ____________ (the "Holder") is the registered owner of _____ preferred securities of the Trust representing an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust and designated the AEP Capital Trust III [Title of Securities] (liquidation amount $[25] per Preferred Trust Security) (the "Preferred Trust Securities"). The Preferred Trust Securities are transferable on the books and records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer as provided in Section 5.04 or 5.12 of the Trust Agreement (as defined below). The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Preferred Trust Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and the Preferred Trust Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust dated as of __________, ____, as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement"), including the designation of the terms of the Preferred Trust Securities as set forth therein. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning given them in the Trust Agreement. The holder of this certificate is entitled to the benefits of the Trust Securities Guarantee Agreement of American Electric Power Company, Inc. and ______________________________, as guarantee trustee, dated as of ____________, ____, as the same may be amended from time to time, (the "Guarantee") to the extent provided therein. The Trust will furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement and the Guarantee to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Trust at its principal place of business or registered office.

Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.

By acceptance, the Holder agrees to treat, for United States federal income tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the Preferred Trust Securities as evidence of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Trust has executed this certificate for and on behalf of the Trust.

Dated:

AEP CAPITAL TRUST III

Countersigned and Registered:

-------------------------------,
Transfer Agent and Registrar

ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Preferred Trust Security to:

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Preferred Trust Securities Certificate)

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Preferred Trust Securities Certificate)

Exhibit 4(m)(i)

TRUST SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

Among

American Electric Power Company, Inc.
(as Guarantor)

and

Relating to AEP Capital Trust I

dated as of

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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                                    ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01             Definitions..............................................................................1

                                   ARTICLE II

                               TRUST INDENTURE ACT

SECTION 2.01             Trust Indenture Act; Application.........................................................3
SECTION 2.02             Lists of Holders of [Preferred Trust] Securities.........................................3
SECTION 2.03             Reports by the Guarantee Trustee.........................................................3
SECTION 2.04             Periodic Reports to Guarantee Trustee....................................................4
SECTION 2.05             Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.........................................4
SECTION 2.06             Events of Default; Waiver................................................................4
SECTION 2.07             Event of Default; Notice.................................................................4
SECTION 2.08             Conflicting Interests....................................................................4

                                   ARTICLE III

                         POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 3.01             Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee...............................................4
SECTION 3.02             Certain Rights of Guarantee Trustee......................................................5
SECTION 3.03             Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Guarantee....................................7

                                   ARTICLE IV

                                GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 4.01             Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility...........................................................7
SECTION 4.02             Compensation, Reimbursement and Indemnity................................................7
SECTION 4.03             Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Guarantee Trustee................................8

                                    ARTICLE V

                                    GUARANTEE

SECTION 5.01             Guarantee................................................................................8
SECTION 5.02             Waiver of Notice and Demand..............................................................8
SECTION 5.03             Obligations Not Affected.................................................................8
SECTION 5.04             Rights of Holders........................................................................9
SECTION 5.05             Guarantee of Payment.....................................................................9
SECTION 5.06             Subrogation..............................................................................9
SECTION 5.07             Independent Obligations.................................................................10

                                   ARTICLE VI

                                  SUBORDINATION

SECTION 6.01             Subordination...........................................................................10

                                   ARTICLE VII

                                   TERMINATION

SECTION 7.01             Termination.............................................................................10

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 8.01             Successors and Assigns..................................................................10
SECTION 8.02             Amendments..............................................................................10
SECTION 8.03             Notices.................................................................................10
SECTION 8.04             Benefit.................................................................................11
SECTION 8.05             Interpretation..........................................................................11
SECTION 8.06             Governing Law...........................................................................12
SECTION 8.07             Counterparts............................................................................12

Section of                                             Section of
Trust Indenture Act                                    Guarantee
of 1939, as amended                                    Agreement
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310(a)...............................................  4.01(a)
310(b)...............................................  4.01(c), 2.08
310(c)...............................................  Inapplicable
311(a)...............................................  2.02(b)
311(b)...............................................  2.02(b)
311(c)...............................................  Inapplicable
312(a)...............................................  2.02(a)
312(b)...............................................  2.02(b)
313..................................................  2.03
314(a)...............................................  2.04
314(b)...............................................  Inapplicable
314(c)...............................................  2.05
314(d)...............................................  Inapplicable
314(e)...............................................  1.01, 2.05, 3.02
314(f)...............................................  2.01
315(a)...............................................  3.01, 3.02
315(b)...............................................  2.07
315(c)...............................................  3.01
315(d)...............................................  3.01(c)
316(a)...............................................  5.04, 2.06
316(b)...............................................  5.03
316(c)...............................................  8.02
317(a)...............................................  Inapplicable
317(b)...............................................  Inapplicable
318(a)...............................................  2.01(b)
318(b)...............................................  2.01
318(c)...............................................  2.01(a)

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* This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Guarantee Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.

TRUST SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

This TRUST SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT ("Guarantee Agreement"), dated as of ____________, is executed and delivered by American Electric Power Company, Inc., a New York corporation (the "Guarantor"), and ______________________________, as trustee (the "Guarantee Trustee"), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Preferred Trust Securities [and Common Trust Securities] ([each] as defined herein [and together, the "Securities"]) of AEP Capital Trust I, a Delaware statutory business trust (the "Issuer").

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Trust Agreement (the "Trust Agreement"), dated as of _____________among the Trustees named therein, American Electric Power Company, Inc., as Depositor and Trust Securities Guarantor and the several Holders (as defined therein), the Issuer is issuing as of the date hereof $_____________ aggregate Liquidation Amount of its __% ___________________________ Securities (the "Preferred Trust Securities") representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer and having the terms set forth in the Trust Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Preferred Trust Securities are to be issued for sale by the Issuer and the proceeds [thereof, together with the proceeds from the issuance of the Issuer's Common Trust Securities (as defined herein)] are to be invested in $___________ principal amount of Debentures (as defined in the Trust Agreement) [of the Debenture Issuer, which Debentures will be deposited with Wilmington Trust Company, as Property Trustee under the Trust Agreement, as trust assets]; and

WHEREAS, as an incentive for Holders to purchase Preferred Trust Securities, the Guarantor desires irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to the extent set forth herein, to pay to the Holders the Guarantee Payments (as defined herein) and to make certain other payments on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase of Debentures, which purchase the Guarantor hereby agrees shall benefit the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this Guarantee Agreement for the benefit of the Holders from time to time.

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01 Definitions.As used in this Guarantee Agreement, the terms set forth below shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings. Capitalized or otherwise defined terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Trust Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.

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

["Common Trust Securities" means the common securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer that will be issued to American Electric Power Company, Inc., as Depositor.]

"Event of Default" means a default by the Guarantor on any of its payment or other obligations under this Guarantee Agreement; provided, however, that, except with respect to a default in payment of any Guarantee Payments, the Guarantor shall have received notice of default from the Guarantee Trustee or any Holder (with a copy to the Guarantee Trustee) and shall not have cured such default within 90 days after receipt of such notice.

"Guarantee Payments" means the following payments or distributions, without duplication, with respect to the [Preferred Trust] Securities, to the extent not paid or made by or on behalf of the Issuer: (i) any accrued and unpaid Distributions that are required to be paid on such [Preferred Trust] Securities but only if and to the extent that the Property Trustee has available in the Payment Account funds sufficient to make such payment at such time, (ii) the redemption price (the "Redemption Price"), and all accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date of redemption, with respect to the [Preferred Trust] Securities called for redemption by the Issuer but only if and to the extent that the Property Trustee has available in the Payment Account funds sufficient to make such payment, (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Issuer (other than in connection with the distribution of Debentures to the Holders in exchange for [Preferred Trust] Securities as provided in the Trust Agreement or upon a redemption of all of the
[Preferred Trust] Securities upon maturity or redemption of the Debentures as provided in the Trust Agreement), the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the Liquidation Amount of all [Preferred Trust] Securities and all accrued and unpaid Distributions on the [Preferred Trust] Securities to the date of payment but only if and to the extent that the Property Trustee has available in the Payment Account funds sufficient to make such payment at such time, and (b) the amount of assets of the Issuer remaining available for distribution to Holders in liquidation of the Issuer after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Issuer as required by applicable law (in either case, the "Liquidation Distribution").

"Guarantee Trustee" means ______________________________, until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee Agreement and thereafter means each such Successor Guarantee Trustee.

"Holder" means a Person in whose name a [Preferred Trust] Security or
[Preferred Trust] Securities is registered in the Securities Register; provided, however, that in determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of
[Preferred Trust] Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, "Holder" shall not include the Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Guarantor.

"Majority in Liquidation Amount of the [Preferred Trust] Securities" means a vote by Holders, voting separately as a class, of more than 50% of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of all then outstanding [Preferred Trust] Securities.

"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman or a Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, or any Assistant Treasurer of the Guarantor, and delivered to the Guarantee Trustee. Any Officer's Certificate or Opinion of Counsel delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Guarantee Agreement shall include:

(a) a statement that the officer or counsel signing the Officer's Certificate or the Opinion of Counsel has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;

(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering the Officer's Certificate or the Opinion of Counsel;

(c) a statement that each such officer or counsel has made such examination or investigation as, in such officer's or counsel's opinion, is necessary to enable such officer or counsel to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

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

"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Guarantee Trustee or the Guarantor or an Affiliate of the Guarantor, or an employee or any thereof, who shall be acceptable to the Guarantee Trustee.

"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated organization or government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.

"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Guarantee Trustee, any vice-president, any assistant vice-president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any senior trust officer, any trust officer or assistant trust officer or any other officer in the Corporate Trust Department of the Guarantee Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of that officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

"Subordinated Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of ____________, ____, among the Guarantor, the Debenture Issuer and ______________________________, as trustee pursuant to which the Debentures are issued, together with any indenture supplemental thereto.

"Successor Guarantee Trustee" means a successor Guarantee Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.01.

"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

ARTICLE II

TRUST INDENTURE ACT

SECTION 2.01 Trust Indenture Act; Application.(a) This Guarantee Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required or deemed to be part of this Guarantee Agreement and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions; and

(b) if and to the extent that any provision of this Guarantee Agreement limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Section 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.

SECTION 2.02 Lists of Holders of [Preferred Trust] Securities.(a) The Guarantor shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Guarantee Trustee (a) semiannually, not later than ________ __ and ____ __ in each year, a list, in such form as the Guarantee Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders ("List of Holders") as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the delivery thereof, and (b) at such other times as the Guarantee Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Guarantor of any such request, a List of Holders as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided that, the Guarantor shall not be obligated to provide such List of Holders at any time the List of Holders does not differ from the most recent List of Holders given to the Guarantee Trustee by the Guarantor. The Guarantee Trustee may destroy any List of Holders previously given to it on receipt of a new List of Holders.

(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its obligations under
Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, subject to the provisions of
Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, and Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 2.03 Reports by the Guarantee Trustee.Within 60 days after each ____________, commencing ________________, the Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the Holders such reports, if any, as are required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act in the form and in the manner provided by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any such report shall be dated as of the next preceding ____________. The Guarantee Trustee shall also comply with the other requirements of Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 2.04 Periodic Reports to Guarantee Trustee.The Guarantor shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Holders such documents, reports and information, if any, as required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act and the compliance certificate required by
Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act in the form, in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of

the Trust Indenture Act, provided that such compliance certificate shall be delivered annually on or before _________ in each year, beginning _____________.

SECTION 2.05 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.The Guarantor shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee such evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent provided for in this Guarantee Agreement as and to the extent required by Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act may be given in the form of an Officer's Certificate.

SECTION 2.06 Events of Default; Waiver.(a) The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of [Preferred Trust] Securities may, by vote, on behalf of all of the Holders, waive any past Event of Default and its consequences. Upon such waiver, any such Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Guarantee Agreement, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

(b) The right of any Holder to receive payment of the Guarantee Payments in accordance with this Guarantee Agreement, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, shall not be impaired without the consent of each such Holder.

SECTION 2.07 Event of Default; Notice.(a) The Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of an Event of Default, transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Holders, a notice of such Event of Default known to the Guarantee Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice, provided that, except in the case of a default in the payment of a Guarantee Payment, the Guarantee Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the Guarantee Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders.

(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Event of Default unless the Guarantee Trustee shall have received written notice, or a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee charged with the administration of this Guarantee Agreement shall have received written notice, in each case from the Guarantor or a Holder, of such Event of Default.

SECTION 2.08 Conflicting Interests.The Trust Agreement, the Subordinated Indenture and the securities of any series issued thereunder [OTHERS] shall be deemed to be specifically described in this Guarantee Agreement for the purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

ARTICLE III

POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 3.01 Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee.(a) This Guarantee Agreement shall be held by the Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the Holders, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not transfer this Guarantee Agreement or any rights hereunder to any Person except a Holder exercising his or her rights pursuant to Section 5.04 or to a Successor Guarantee Trustee on acceptance by such Successor Guarantee Trustee of its appointment to act as Successor Guarantee Trustee. The right, title and interest of the Guarantee Trustee shall automatically vest in any Successor Guarantee Trustee, and such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered pursuant to the appointment of such Successor Guarantee Trustee.

(b) The Guarantee Trustee, prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Guarantee Agreement, and no implied covenants or

obligations shall be read into this Guarantee Agreement against the Guarantee Trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.06), the Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Guarantee Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

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

(i) prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have occurred:

(A) the duties and obligations of the Guarantee Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Guarantee Agreement, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Guarantee Agreement; and

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

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

(iii) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the [Preferred Trust] Securities relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under this Guarantee Agreement; and

(iv) no provision of this Guarantee Agreement shall require the Guarantee Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the Guarantee Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Guarantee Agreement or adequate indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the Guarantee Trustee, against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

SECTION 3.02 Certain Rights of Guarantee Trustee.(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.01:

(i) the Guarantee Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the proper party or parties;

(ii) any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by this Guarantee Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officer's Certificate, or as otherwise expressly provided herein;

(iii) whenever, in the administration of this Guarantee Agreement, the Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established before taking, suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and rely upon an Officer's Certificate which, upon receipt of such request from the Guarantee Trustee, shall be promptly delivered by the Guarantor;

(iv) the Guarantee Trustee may consult with counsel of its choice, and the written advice or Opinion of Counsel with respect to legal matters shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion; such counsel may be counsel to the Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantor or any of its Affiliates and may include any of its employees; the Guarantee Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Guarantee Agreement from any court of competent jurisdiction;

(v) the Guarantee Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Guarantee Agreement at the request or direction of any Holder, unless such Holder shall have provided to the Guarantee Trustee such adequate security and indemnity as would satisfy a reasonable person in the position of the Guarantee Trustee, against the costs, expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying with such request or direction, including such reasonable advances as may be requested by the Guarantee Trustee; provided that, nothing contained in this Section 3.02(a)(v) shall be taken to relieve the Guarantee Trustee, upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, of its obligation under the last sentence of Section 3.01(b) to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Guarantee Agreement;

(vi) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Guarantee Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit;

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

(viii) whenever in the administration of this Guarantee Agreement the Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (1) may request instructions from the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Trust Securities, (2) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions are received, and
(3) shall be protected in relying on or acting in accordance with such instructions;

(ix) the Guarantee Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording, filing or registration of any instrument (including any financing or continuation statement or any tax or securities form) (or any rerecording, refiling or re-registration thereof); and

(x) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Guarantee Agreement.

(c) No provision of this Guarantee Agreement shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Guarantee Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Guarantee Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Guarantee Trustee shall be construed to be a duty to act in accordance with such power or authority.

SECTION 3.03 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Guarantee.The recitals contained in this Guarantee Agreement shall be taken as the statements of the Guarantor, and the Guarantee Trustee does not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Guarantee Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Guarantee Agreement.

ARTICLE IV

GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 4.01 Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility.(a) There shall at all times be a Guarantee Trustee which shall:

(i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and

(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or Person permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission to act as an institutional trustee under the Trust Indenture Act, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least 50 million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the supervising or examining authority referred to above, then, for the purposes of this Section 4.01(a)(ii), the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.

(b) If at any time the Guarantee Trustee shall cease to be eligible to so act under Section 4.01(a), the Guarantee Trustee shall immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set out in Section 4.03(c).

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

SECTION 4.02 Compensation, Reimbursement and Indemnity.The Guarantor agrees to pay to the Guarantee Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust), to reimburse the Guarantee Trustee upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances (including the reasonable fees and expenses of its attorneys and agents) incurred or made by the Guarantee Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Guarantee Agreement and to indemnify each of the Guarantee Trustee and any predecessor Guarantee Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, liability or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based upon the income of the Guarantee Trustee) incurred without negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance of the trusts created by, or the administration of, this Guarantee Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The obligations of the Guarantor under this Section shall survive the termination of this Guarantee Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Guarantee Trustee.

SECTION 4.03 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Guarantee Trustee.(a) Subject to Section 4.03(b), the Guarantee Trustee may be appointed or removed without cause at any time by the Guarantor.

(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed by the Guarantor and has accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor.

(c) The Guarantee Trustee appointed to office shall hold office until a Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed or until its removal or resignation. The Guarantee Trustee may resign from office (without need for prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing executed by the Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor, which resignation shall not take effect until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument in writing executed by such Successor Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor and the resigning Guarantee Trustee.

(d) If no Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this Section 4.02 within 60 days after delivery to the Guarantor of an instrument of resignation or removal, the Guarantee Trustee resigning or being removed may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor Guarantee Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a Successor Guarantee Trustee.

(e) No Guarantee Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions to act of any Successor Guarantee Trustee.

ARTICLE V

GUARANTEE

SECTION 5.01 Guarantee.The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in full to the Holders the Guarantee Payments (without duplication of amounts theretofore paid by or on behalf of the Issuer), as and when due, regardless of any defense, right of set-off or counterclaim which the Issuer may have or assert. The Guarantor's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by causing the Issuer to pay such amounts to the Holders.

SECTION 5.02 Waiver of Notice and Demand.The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Guarantee Agreement and of any liability to which it applies or may apply, presentment, demand for payment, any right to require a proceeding first against the Guarantee Trustee, Issuer or any other Person before proceeding against the Guarantor, protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other notices and demands.

SECTION 5.03 Obligations Not Affected.The obligation of the Guarantor to make the Guarantee Payments under this Guarantee Agreement shall in no way be affected or impaired by reason of the happening from time to time of any of the following:

(a) the release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise, of the performance or observance by the Issuer of any express or implied agreement, covenant, term or condition relating to the [Preferred Trust] Securities to be performed or observed by the Issuer;

(b) the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer of all or any portion of the Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution or any other sums payable under the terms of the [Preferred Trust] Securities or the extension of time for the performance of any other obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with, the [Preferred Trust] Securities (other than an extension of time for payment of Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution or other sum payable that results

from the extension of any interest payment period on the Debentures permitted by the Subordinated Indenture);

(c) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of the Holders to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power or remedy conferred on the Holders pursuant to the terms of the [Preferred Trust] Securities, or any action on the part of the Issuer granting indulgence or extension of any kind;

(d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of any collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment of debt of, or other similar proceedings affecting, the Issuer or any of the assets of the Issuer;

(e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the [Preferred Trust] Securities;

(f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed hereby or hereby incurred; or

(g) any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 5.03 that the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances.

There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to, or obtain consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the foregoing.

SECTION 5.04 Rights of Holders.The Guarantor expressly acknowledges that:
(i) this Guarantee Agreement will be deposited with the Guarantee Trustee to be held for the benefit of the Holders; (ii) the Guarantee Trustee has the right to enforce this Guarantee Agreement on behalf of the Holders; (iii) the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the [Preferred Trust] Securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee in respect of this Guarantee Agreement or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under this Guarantee Agreement, provided, however, that, subject to Section 3.01, the Guarantee Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Guarantee Trustee being advised by counsel determines that the action so directed may not lawfully be taken, or if the Guarantee Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Guarantee Trustee, determine that the proceedings so directed would be illegal or involve it in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders not party to such direction, and provided further that nothing in this Trust Agreement shall impair the right of the Guarantee Trustee to take any action deemed proper by the Guarantee Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and (iv) any Holder may enforce this Guarantee Agreement, or institute a legal proceeding directly against the Guarantor to enforce the Guarantee Trustee's rights under this Guarantee Agreement without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Issuer, the Guarantee Trustee, or any other Person.

SECTION 5.05 Guarantee of Payment.This Guarantee Agreement creates a guarantee of payment and not of collection. This Guarantee Agreement will not be discharged except by payment of the Guarantee Payments in full (without duplication) or upon the distribution of Debentures as provided in the Trust Agreement.

SECTION 5.06 Subrogation.The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all, if any, rights of the Holders against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid to the Holders by the Guarantor under this Guarantee Agreement; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required by mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any rights which it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this Guarantee Agreement, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts of Guarantee Payments are due and unpaid under this Guarantee Agreement. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence, the Guarantor agrees to hold such amount in trust for the Holders and to pay over such amount to the Holders.

SECTION 5.07 Independent Obligations.The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are independent of the obligations of the Issuer with respect to the [Preferred Trust] Securities and that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor hereunder to make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee Agreement notwithstanding the occurrence of any event referred to in subsections (a) through (g), inclusive, of Section 5.03.

ARTICLE VI

SUBORDINATION

SECTION 6.01 Subordination.This Guarantee Agreement will constitute an unsecured obligation of the Guarantor and will rank (i) subordinate and junior in right of payment to all other liabilities of the Guarantor, including the guarantee of the Debentures, except those made pari passu or subordinate by their terms, (ii) pari passu with the most senior preferred or preference stock now or hereafter issued by the Guarantor and with any guarantee now or hereafter entered into by the Guarantor in respect of any preferred or preference stock of any Affiliate of the Guarantor, and (iii) senior to all common stock of the Guarantor. [When a Debenture Event of Default (as defined in the Trust Agreement) occurs and is continuing, the rights of holders of the Common Trust Securities to payment in respect of Distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption or otherwise are subordinated to the rights to payment of holders of Preferred Trust Securities.] Each Person, by virtue of having become a Holder of a Security, shall be deemed to have expressly assented and agreed to the terms of, and shall be bound by, this Guarantee Agreement, the Trust Agreement and the Subordinated Indenture.

ARTICLE VII

TERMINATION

SECTION 7.01 Termination.This Guarantee Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect upon: (i) full payment of the Redemption Price of all [Preferred Trust] Securities, and all accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date of redemption, (ii) the distribution of Debentures to Holders in exchange for all of the [Preferred Trust] Securities, or (iii) full payment of the amounts payable in accordance with the Trust Agreement upon liquidation of the Issuer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Guarantee Agreement will continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any Holder must restore payment of any sums paid with respect to [Preferred Trust] Securities or under this Guarantee Agreement.

ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 8.01 Successors and Assigns.All guarantees and agreements contained in this Guarantee Agreement shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and representatives of the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders of the [Preferred Trust] Securities then outstanding. Except in connection with a consolidation, merger or sale involving the Guarantor that is permitted under Article Eleven of the Subordinated Indenture and pursuant to which the assignee agrees in writing to perform the Guarantor's obligations hereunder, the Guarantor shall not assign its obligations hereunder.

SECTION 8.02 Amendments.This Guarantee Agreement may be amended only by an instrument in writing entered into by the Guarantor and the Guarantee Trustee. Except with respect to any changes which do not materially adversely affect the rights of Holders (in which case no consent of Holders will be required), this Guarantee Agreement may only be amended with the prior approval of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of all the outstanding [Preferred Trust] Securities. Any such consent shall be deemed to be on behalf of the holders of all the [Preferred Trust] Securities. The provisions of Article VI of the Trust Agreement concerning meetings or consents of Holders shall apply to the giving of such approval.

SECTION 8.03 Notices.Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class mail as follows:

(a) if given to the Guarantor, to the address set forth below or such other address or facsimile number or to the attention of such other Person as the Guarantor may give notice of to the Guarantee Trustee and the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities:

American Electric Power Company, Inc. 1 Riverside Plaza
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Facsimile No: 614-223-1687 Attention: Treasurer

(b) if given to the Issuer, in care of the Administrative Trustees, at the Issuer's (and the Administrative Trustees') address set forth below or such other address or facsimile number or to the attention of such other Person as the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Issuer may give notice of to the Guarantee Trustee and the Holders:

AEP Capital Trust I
c/o American Electric Power Company, Inc. 1 Riverside Plaza
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Facsimile No: 614-223-1687 Attention: Administrative Trustees

(c) if given to the Guarantee Trustee, to the address set forth below or such other address or facsimile number or to the attention of such other Person as the Guarantee Trustee may give notice of to the Guarantor and the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities:

(d) if given to any Holder, at the address set forth on the books and records of the Issuer.

All notices hereunder shall be deemed to have been given when received in person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.

SECTION 8.04 Benefit.This Guarantee Agreement is solely for the benefit of the Holders and, subject to Section 3.01(a), is not separately transferable from the Preferred Trust Securities.

SECTION 8.05 Interpretation.In this Guarantee Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) a term defined anywhere in this Guarantee Agreement has the same meaning throughout;

(b) all references to "the Guarantee Agreement" or "this Guarantee Agreement" are to this Guarantee Agreement as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time;

(c) all references in this Guarantee Agreement to Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Guarantee Agreement unless otherwise specified;

(d) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning when used in this Guarantee Agreement unless otherwise defined in this Guarantee Agreement or unless the context otherwise requires;

(e) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa; and

(f) the masculine, feminine or neuter genders used herein shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter genders.

SECTION 8.06 Governing Law.THIS GUARANTEE AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

SECTION 8.07 Counterparts.

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

THIS GUARANTEE AGREEMENT is executed as of the day and year first above written.

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.,
As Guarantor

Title:

---------------------------------,
as Guarantee Trustee

Title:

Exhibit 4(m)(ii)

TRUST SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

Among

American Electric Power Company, Inc.
(as Guarantor)

and

Relating to AEP Capital Trust II

dated as of

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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                                    ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01             Definitions..............................................................................1

                                   ARTICLE II

                               TRUST INDENTURE ACT

SECTION 2.01             Trust Indenture Act; Application.........................................................3
SECTION 2.02             Lists of Holders of [Preferred Trust] Securities.........................................3
SECTION 2.03             Reports by the Guarantee Trustee.........................................................3
SECTION 2.04             Periodic Reports to Guarantee Trustee....................................................4
SECTION 2.05             Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.........................................4
SECTION 2.06             Events of Default; Waiver................................................................4
SECTION 2.07             Event of Default; Notice.................................................................4
SECTION 2.08             Conflicting Interests....................................................................4

                                   ARTICLE III

                 POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 3.01             Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee...............................................4
SECTION 3.02             Certain Rights of Guarantee Trustee......................................................5
SECTION 3.03             Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Guarantee....................................7

                                   ARTICLE IV

                                GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 4.01             Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility...........................................................7
SECTION 4.02             Compensation, Reimbursement and Indemnity................................................7
SECTION 4.03             Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Guarantee Trustee................................8

                                    ARTICLE V

                                    GUARANTEE

SECTION 5.01             Guarantee................................................................................8
SECTION 5.02             Waiver of Notice and Demand..............................................................8
SECTION 5.03             Obligations Not Affected.................................................................8
SECTION 5.04             Rights of Holders........................................................................9
SECTION 5.05             Guarantee of Payment.....................................................................9
SECTION 5.06             Subrogation..............................................................................9
SECTION 5.07             Independent Obligations.................................................................10

                                   ARTICLE VI

                                  SUBORDINATION

SECTION 6.01             Subordination...........................................................................10

                                   ARTICLE VII

                                   TERMINATION

SECTION 7.01             Termination.............................................................................10

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 8.01             Successors and Assigns..................................................................10
SECTION 8.02             Amendments..............................................................................10
SECTION 8.03             Notices.................................................................................10
SECTION 8.04             Benefit.................................................................................11
SECTION 8.05             Interpretation..........................................................................11
SECTION 8.06             Governing Law...........................................................................12
SECTION 8.07             Counterparts............................................................................12

Section of                                               Section of
Trust Indenture Act                                      Guarantee
of 1939, as amended                                      Agreement
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310(a).................................................  4.01(a)
310(b).................................................  4.01(c), 2.08
310(c).................................................  Inapplicable
311(a).................................................  2.02(b)
311(b).................................................  2.02(b)
311(c).................................................  Inapplicable
312(a).................................................  2.02(a)
312(b).................................................  2.02(b)
313....................................................  2.03
314(a).................................................  2.04
314(b).................................................  Inapplicable
314(c).................................................  2.05
314(d).................................................  Inapplicable
314(e).................................................  1.01, 2.05, 3.02
314(f).................................................  2.01
315(a).................................................  3.01, 3.02
315(b).................................................  2.07
315(c).................................................  3.01
315(d).................................................  3.01(c)
316(a).................................................  5.04, 2.06
316(b).................................................  5.03
316(c).................................................  8.02
317(a).................................................  Inapplicable
317(b).................................................  Inapplicable
318(a).................................................  2.01(b)
318(b).................................................  2.01
318(c).................................................  2.01(a)

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* This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Guarantee Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.

TRUST SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

This TRUST SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT ("Guarantee Agreement"), dated as of ____________, is executed and delivered by American Electric Power Company, Inc., a New York corporation (the "Guarantor"), and ______________________________, as trustee (the "Guarantee Trustee"), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Preferred Trust Securities [and Common Trust Securities] ([each] as defined herein [and together, the "Securities"]) of AEP Capital Trust II, a Delaware statutory business trust (the "Issuer").

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Trust Agreement (the "Trust Agreement"), dated as of _____________among the Trustees named therein, American Electric Power Company, Inc., as Depositor and Trust Securities Guarantor and the several Holders (as defined therein), the Issuer is issuing as of the date hereof $_____________ aggregate Liquidation Amount of its __% ___________________________ Securities (the "Preferred Trust Securities") representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer and having the terms set forth in the Trust Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Preferred Trust Securities are to be issued for sale by the Issuer and the proceeds [thereof, together with the proceeds from the issuance of the Issuer's Common Trust Securities (as defined herein)] are to be invested in $___________ principal amount of Debentures (as defined in the Trust Agreement) [of the Debenture Issuer, which Debentures will be deposited with Wilmington Trust Company, as Property Trustee under the Trust Agreement, as trust assets]; and

WHEREAS, as an incentive for Holders to purchase Preferred Trust Securities, the Guarantor desires irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to the extent set forth herein, to pay to the Holders the Guarantee Payments (as defined herein) and to make certain other payments on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase of Debentures, which purchase the Guarantor hereby agrees shall benefit the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this Guarantee Agreement for the benefit of the Holders from time to time.

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01 Definitions.As used in this Guarantee Agreement, the terms set forth below shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings. Capitalized or otherwise defined terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Trust Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.

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

["Common Trust Securities" means the common securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer that will be issued to American Electric Power Company, Inc., as Depositor.]

"Event of Default" means a default by the Guarantor on any of its payment or other obligations under this Guarantee Agreement; provided, however, that, except with respect to a default in payment of any Guarantee Payments, the Guarantor shall have received notice of default from the Guarantee Trustee or any Holder (with a copy to the Guarantee Trustee) and shall not have cured such default within 90 days after receipt of such notice.

"Guarantee Payments" means the following payments or distributions, without duplication, with respect to the [Preferred Trust] Securities, to the extent not paid or made by or on behalf of the Issuer: (i) any accrued and unpaid Distributions that are required to be paid on such [Preferred Trust] Securities but only if and to the extent that the Property Trustee has available in the Payment Account funds sufficient to make such payment at such time, (ii) the redemption price (the "Redemption Price"), and all accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date of redemption, with respect to the [Preferred Trust] Securities called for redemption by the Issuer but only if and to the extent that the Property Trustee has available in the Payment Account funds sufficient to make such payment, (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Issuer (other than in connection with the distribution of Debentures to the Holders in exchange for [Preferred Trust] Securities as provided in the Trust Agreement or upon a redemption of all of the
[Preferred Trust] Securities upon maturity or redemption of the Debentures as provided in the Trust Agreement), the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the Liquidation Amount of all [Preferred Trust] Securities and all accrued and unpaid Distributions on the [Preferred Trust] Securities to the date of payment but only if and to the extent that the Property Trustee has available in the Payment Account funds sufficient to make such payment at such time, and (b) the amount of assets of the Issuer remaining available for distribution to Holders in liquidation of the Issuer after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Issuer as required by applicable law (in either case, the "Liquidation Distribution").

"Guarantee Trustee" means ______________________________, until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee Agreement and thereafter means each such Successor Guarantee Trustee.

"Holder" means a Person in whose name a [Preferred Trust] Security or
[Preferred Trust] Securities is registered in the Securities Register; provided, however, that in determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of
[Preferred Trust] Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, "Holder" shall not include the Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Guarantor.

"Majority in Liquidation Amount of the [Preferred Trust] Securities" means a vote by Holders, voting separately as a class, of more than 50% of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of all then outstanding [Preferred Trust] Securities.

"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman or a Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, or any Assistant Treasurer of the Guarantor, and delivered to the Guarantee Trustee. Any Officer's Certificate or Opinion of Counsel delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Guarantee Agreement shall include:

(a) a statement that the officer or counsel signing the Officer's Certificate or the Opinion of Counsel has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;

(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering the Officer's Certificate or the Opinion of Counsel;

(c) a statement that each such officer or counsel has made such examination or investigation as, in such officer's or counsel's opinion, is necessary to enable such officer or counsel to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

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

"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Guarantee Trustee or the Guarantor or an Affiliate of the Guarantor, or an employee or any thereof, who shall be acceptable to the Guarantee Trustee.

"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated organization or government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.

"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Guarantee Trustee, any vice-president, any assistant vice-president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any senior trust officer, any trust officer or assistant trust officer or any other officer in the Corporate Trust Department of the Guarantee Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of that officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

"Subordinated Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of ____________, ____, among the Guarantor, the Debenture Issuer and ______________________________, as trustee pursuant to which the Debentures are issued, together with any indenture supplemental thereto.

"Successor Guarantee Trustee" means a successor Guarantee Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.01.

"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

ARTICLE II

TRUST INDENTURE ACT

SECTION 2.01 Trust Indenture Act; Application.(a) This Guarantee Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required or deemed to be part of this Guarantee Agreement and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions; and

(b) if and to the extent that any provision of this Guarantee Agreement limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Section 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.

SECTION 2.02 Lists of Holders of [Preferred Trust] Securities.(a) The Guarantor shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Guarantee Trustee (a) semiannually, not later than ________ __ and ____ __ in each year, a list, in such form as the Guarantee Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders ("List of Holders") as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the delivery thereof, and (b) at such other times as the Guarantee Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Guarantor of any such request, a List of Holders as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided that, the Guarantor shall not be obligated to provide such List of Holders at any time the List of Holders does not differ from the most recent List of Holders given to the Guarantee Trustee by the Guarantor. The Guarantee Trustee may destroy any List of Holders previously given to it on receipt of a new List of Holders.

(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its obligations under
Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, subject to the provisions of
Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, and Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 2.03 Reports by the Guarantee Trustee.Within 60 days after each ____________, commencing ________________, the Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the Holders such reports, if any, as are required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act in the form and in the manner provided by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any such report shall be dated as of the next preceding ____________. The Guarantee Trustee shall also comply with the other requirements of Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 2.04 Periodic Reports to Guarantee Trustee.The Guarantor shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Holders such documents, reports and information, if any, as required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act and the compliance certificate required by
Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act in the form, in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of

the Trust Indenture Act, provided that such compliance certificate shall be delivered annually on or before _________ in each year, beginning _____________.

SECTION 2.05 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.The Guarantor shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee such evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent provided for in this Guarantee Agreement as and to the extent required by Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act may be given in the form of an Officer's Certificate.

SECTION 2.06 Events of Default; Waiver.(a) The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of [Preferred Trust] Securities may, by vote, on behalf of all of the Holders, waive any past Event of Default and its consequences. Upon such waiver, any such Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Guarantee Agreement, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

(b) The right of any Holder to receive payment of the Guarantee Payments in accordance with this Guarantee Agreement, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, shall not be impaired without the consent of each such Holder.

SECTION 2.07 Event of Default; Notice.(a) The Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of an Event of Default, transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Holders, a notice of such Event of Default known to the Guarantee Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice, provided that, except in the case of a default in the payment of a Guarantee Payment, the Guarantee Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the Guarantee Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders. (b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Event of Default unless the Guarantee Trustee shall have received written notice, or a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee charged with the administration of this Guarantee Agreement shall have received written notice, in each case from the Guarantor or a Holder, of such Event of Default.

SECTION 2.08 Conflicting Interests.The Trust Agreement, the Subordinated Indenture and the securities of any series issued thereunder [OTHERS] shall be deemed to be specifically described in this Guarantee Agreement for the purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

ARTICLE III

POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 3.01 Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee.(a) This Guarantee Agreement shall be held by the Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the Holders, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not transfer this Guarantee Agreement or any rights hereunder to any Person except a Holder exercising his or her rights pursuant to Section 5.04 or to a Successor Guarantee Trustee on acceptance by such Successor Guarantee Trustee of its appointment to act as Successor Guarantee Trustee. The right, title and interest of the Guarantee Trustee shall automatically vest in any Successor Guarantee Trustee, and such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered pursuant to the appointment of such Successor Guarantee Trustee.

(b) The Guarantee Trustee, prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Guarantee Agreement, and no implied covenants or

obligations shall be read into this Guarantee Agreement against the Guarantee Trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.06), the Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Guarantee Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

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

(i) prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have occurred:

(A) the duties and obligations of the Guarantee Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Guarantee Agreement, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Guarantee Agreement; and

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

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

(iii) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the [Preferred Trust] Securities relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under this Guarantee Agreement; and

(iv) no provision of this Guarantee Agreement shall require the Guarantee Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the Guarantee Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Guarantee Agreement or adequate indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the Guarantee Trustee, against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

SECTION 3.02 Certain Rights of Guarantee Trustee.(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.01:

(i) the Guarantee Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the proper party or parties;

(ii) any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by this Guarantee Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officer's Certificate, or as otherwise expressly provided herein;

(iii) whenever, in the administration of this Guarantee Agreement, the Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established before taking, suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and rely upon an Officer's Certificate which, upon receipt of such request from the Guarantee Trustee, shall be promptly delivered by the Guarantor;

(iv) the Guarantee Trustee may consult with counsel of its choice, and the written advice or Opinion of Counsel with respect to legal matters shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion; such counsel may be counsel to the Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantor or any of its Affiliates and may include any of its employees; the Guarantee Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Guarantee Agreement from any court of competent jurisdiction;

(v) the Guarantee Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Guarantee Agreement at the request or direction of any Holder, unless such Holder shall have provided to the Guarantee Trustee such adequate security and indemnity as would satisfy a reasonable person in the position of the Guarantee Trustee, against the costs, expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying with such request or direction, including such reasonable advances as may be requested by the Guarantee Trustee; provided that, nothing contained in this Section 3.02(a)(v) shall be taken to relieve the Guarantee Trustee, upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, of its obligation under the last sentence of Section 3.01(b) to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Guarantee Agreement;

(vi) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Guarantee Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit;

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

(viii) whenever in the administration of this Guarantee Agreement the Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (1) may request instructions from the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Trust Securities, (2) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions are received, and
(3) shall be protected in relying on or acting in accordance with such instructions;

(ix) the Guarantee Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording, filing or registration of any instrument (including any financing or continuation statement or any tax or securities form) (or any rerecording, refiling or re-registration thereof); and

(x) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Guarantee Agreement.

(c) No provision of this Guarantee Agreement shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Guarantee Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Guarantee Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Guarantee Trustee shall be construed to be a duty to act in accordance with such power or authority.

SECTION 3.03 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Guarantee.The recitals contained in this Guarantee Agreement shall be taken as the statements of the Guarantor, and the Guarantee Trustee does not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Guarantee Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Guarantee Agreement.

ARTICLE IV

GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 4.01 Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility.(a) There shall at all times be a Guarantee Trustee which shall:

(i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and

(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or Person permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission to act as an institutional trustee under the Trust Indenture Act, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least 50 million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the supervising or examining authority referred to above, then, for the purposes of this Section 4.01(a)(ii), the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.

(b) If at any time the Guarantee Trustee shall cease to be eligible to so act under Section 4.01(a), the Guarantee Trustee shall immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set out in Section 4.03(c).

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

SECTION 4.02 Compensation, Reimbursement and Indemnity.The Guarantor agrees to pay to the Guarantee Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust), to reimburse the Guarantee Trustee upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances (including the reasonable fees and expenses of its attorneys and agents) incurred or made by the Guarantee Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Guarantee Agreement and to indemnify each of the Guarantee Trustee and any predecessor Guarantee Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, liability or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based upon the income of the Guarantee Trustee) incurred without negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance of the trusts created by, or the administration of, this Guarantee Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The obligations of the Guarantor under this Section shall survive the termination of this Guarantee Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Guarantee Trustee.

SECTION 4.03 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Guarantee Trustee.(a) Subject to Section 4.03(b), the Guarantee Trustee may be appointed or removed without cause at any time by the Guarantor.

(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed by the Guarantor and has accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor.

(c) The Guarantee Trustee appointed to office shall hold office until a Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed or until its removal or resignation. The Guarantee Trustee may resign from office (without need for prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing executed by the Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor, which resignation shall not take effect until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument in writing executed by such Successor Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor and the resigning Guarantee Trustee.

(d) If no Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this Section 4.02 within 60 days after delivery to the Guarantor of an instrument of resignation or removal, the Guarantee Trustee resigning or being removed may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor Guarantee Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a Successor Guarantee Trustee.

(e) No Guarantee Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions to act of any Successor Guarantee Trustee.

ARTICLE V

GUARANTEE

SECTION 5.01 Guarantee.The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in full to the Holders the Guarantee Payments (without duplication of amounts theretofore paid by or on behalf of the Issuer), as and when due, regardless of any defense, right of set-off or counterclaim which the Issuer may have or assert. The Guarantor's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by causing the Issuer to pay such amounts to the Holders.

SECTION 5.02 Waiver of Notice and Demand.The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Guarantee Agreement and of any liability to which it applies or may apply, presentment, demand for payment, any right to require a proceeding first against the Guarantee Trustee, Issuer or any other Person before proceeding against the Guarantor, protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other notices and demands.

SECTION 5.03 Obligations Not Affected.The obligation of the Guarantor to make the Guarantee Payments under this Guarantee Agreement shall in no way be affected or impaired by reason of the happening from time to time of any of the following:

(a) the release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise, of the performance or observance by the Issuer of any express or implied agreement, covenant, term or condition relating to the [Preferred Trust] Securities to be performed or observed by the Issuer;

(b) the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer of all or any portion of the Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution or any other sums payable under the terms of the [Preferred Trust] Securities or the extension of time for the performance of any other obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with, the [Preferred Trust] Securities (other than an extension of time for payment of Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution or other sum payable that results

from the extension of any interest payment period on the Debentures permitted by the Subordinated Indenture);

(c) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of the Holders to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power or remedy conferred on the Holders pursuant to the terms of the [Preferred Trust] Securities, or any action on the part of the Issuer granting indulgence or extension of any kind;

(d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of any collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment of debt of, or other similar proceedings affecting, the Issuer or any of the assets of the Issuer;

(e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the [Preferred Trust] Securities;

(f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed hereby or hereby incurred; or

(g) any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 5.03 that the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances.

There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to, or obtain consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the foregoing.

SECTION 5.04 Rights of Holders.The Guarantor expressly acknowledges that:
(i) this Guarantee Agreement will be deposited with the Guarantee Trustee to be held for the benefit of the Holders; (ii) the Guarantee Trustee has the right to enforce this Guarantee Agreement on behalf of the Holders; (iii) the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the [Preferred Trust] Securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee in respect of this Guarantee Agreement or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under this Guarantee Agreement, provided, however, that, subject to Section 3.01, the Guarantee Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Guarantee Trustee being advised by counsel determines that the action so directed may not lawfully be taken, or if the Guarantee Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Guarantee Trustee, determine that the proceedings so directed would be illegal or involve it in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders not party to such direction, and provided further that nothing in this Trust Agreement shall impair the right of the Guarantee Trustee to take any action deemed proper by the Guarantee Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and (iv) any Holder may enforce this Guarantee Agreement, or institute a legal proceeding directly against the Guarantor to enforce the Guarantee Trustee's rights under this Guarantee Agreement without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Issuer, the Guarantee Trustee, or any other Person.

SECTION 5.05 Guarantee of Payment.This Guarantee Agreement creates a guarantee of payment and not of collection. This Guarantee Agreement will not be discharged except by payment of the Guarantee Payments in full (without duplication) or upon the distribution of Debentures as provided in the Trust Agreement.

SECTION 5.06 Subrogation.The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all, if any, rights of the Holders against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid to the Holders by the Guarantor under this Guarantee Agreement; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required by mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any rights which it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this Guarantee Agreement, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts of Guarantee Payments are due and unpaid under this Guarantee Agreement. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence, the Guarantor agrees to hold such amount in trust for the Holders and to pay over such amount to the Holders.

SECTION 5.07 Independent Obligations.The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are independent of the obligations of the Issuer with respect to the [Preferred Trust] Securities and that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor hereunder to make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee Agreement notwithstanding the occurrence of any event referred to in subsections (a) through (g), inclusive, of Section 5.03.

ARTICLE VI

SUBORDINATION

SECTION 6.01 Subordination.This Guarantee Agreement will constitute an unsecured obligation of the Guarantor and will rank (i) subordinate and junior in right of payment to all other liabilities of the Guarantor, including the guarantee of the Debentures, except those made pari passu or subordinate by their terms, (ii) pari passu with the most senior preferred or preference stock now or hereafter issued by the Guarantor and with any guarantee now or hereafter entered into by the Guarantor in respect of any preferred or preference stock of any Affiliate of the Guarantor, and (iii) senior to all common stock of the Guarantor. [When a Debenture Event of Default (as defined in the Trust Agreement) occurs and is continuing, the rights of holders of the Common Trust Securities to payment in respect of Distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption or otherwise are subordinated to the rights to payment of holders of Preferred Trust Securities.] Each Person, by virtue of having become a Holder of a Security, shall be deemed to have expressly assented and agreed to the terms of, and shall be bound by, this Guarantee Agreement, the Trust Agreement and the Subordinated Indenture.

ARTICLE VII

TERMINATION

SECTION 7.01 Termination.This Guarantee Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect upon: (i) full payment of the Redemption Price of all [Preferred Trust] Securities, and all accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date of redemption, (ii) the distribution of Debentures to Holders in exchange for all of the [Preferred Trust] Securities, or (iii) full payment of the amounts payable in accordance with the Trust Agreement upon liquidation of the Issuer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Guarantee Agreement will continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any Holder must restore payment of any sums paid with respect to [Preferred Trust] Securities or under this Guarantee Agreement.

ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 8.01 Successors and Assigns.All guarantees and agreements contained in this Guarantee Agreement shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and representatives of the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders of the [Preferred Trust] Securities then outstanding. Except in connection with a consolidation, merger or sale involving the Guarantor that is permitted under Article Eleven of the Subordinated Indenture and pursuant to which the assignee agrees in writing to perform the Guarantor's obligations hereunder, the Guarantor shall not assign its obligations hereunder.

SECTION 8.02 Amendments.This Guarantee Agreement may be amended only by an instrument in writing entered into by the Guarantor and the Guarantee Trustee. Except with respect to any changes which do not materially adversely affect the rights of Holders (in which case no consent of Holders will be required), this Guarantee Agreement may only be amended with the prior approval of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of all the outstanding [Preferred Trust] Securities. Any such consent shall be deemed to be on behalf of the holders of all the [Preferred Trust] Securities. The provisions of Article VI of the Trust Agreement concerning meetings or consents of Holders shall apply to the giving of such approval.

SECTION 8.03 Notices.Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class mail as follows:

(a) if given to the Guarantor, to the address set forth below or such other address or facsimile number or to the attention of such other Person as the Guarantor may give notice of to the Guarantee Trustee and the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities:

American Electric Power Company, Inc. 1 Riverside Plaza
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Facsimile No: 614-223-1687 Attention: Treasurer

(b) if given to the Issuer, in care of the Administrative Trustees, at the Issuer's (and the Administrative Trustees') address set forth below or such other address or facsimile number or to the attention of such other Person as the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Issuer may give notice of to the Guarantee Trustee and the Holders:

AEP Capital Trust II
c/o American Electric Power Company, Inc. 1 Riverside Plaza
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Facsimile No: 614-223-1687 Attention: Administrative Trustees

(c) if given to the Guarantee Trustee, to the address set forth below or such other address or facsimile number or to the attention of such other Person as the Guarantee Trustee may give notice of to the Guarantor and the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities:

(d) if given to any Holder, at the address set forth on the books and records of the Issuer.

All notices hereunder shall be deemed to have been given when received in person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.

SECTION 8.04 Benefit.This Guarantee Agreement is solely for the benefit of the Holders and, subject to Section 3.01(a), is not separately transferable from the Preferred Trust Securities.

SECTION 8.05 Interpretation.In this Guarantee Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) a term defined anywhere in this Guarantee Agreement has the same meaning throughout;

(b) all references to "the Guarantee Agreement" or "this Guarantee Agreement" are to this Guarantee Agreement as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time;

(c) all references in this Guarantee Agreement to Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Guarantee Agreement unless otherwise specified;

(d) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning when used in this Guarantee Agreement unless otherwise defined in this Guarantee Agreement or unless the context otherwise requires;

(e) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa; and

(f) the masculine, feminine or neuter genders used herein shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter genders.

SECTION 8.06 Governing Law.THIS GUARANTEE AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

SECTION 8.07 Counterparts.

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

THIS GUARANTEE AGREEMENT is executed as of the day and year first above written.

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.,
As Guarantor

Title:

------------------------------,
as Guarantee Trustee

Title:

Exhibit 4(m)(iii)

TRUST SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

Among

American Electric Power Company, Inc.
(as Guarantor)

and

Relating to AEP Capital Trust III

dated as of

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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                                    ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01             Definitions..............................................................................1

                                   ARTICLE II

                               TRUST INDENTURE ACT

SECTION 2.01             Trust Indenture Act; Application.........................................................3
SECTION 2.02             Lists of Holders of [Preferred Trust] Securities.........................................3
SECTION 2.03             Reports by the Guarantee Trustee.........................................................3
SECTION 2.04             Periodic Reports to Guarantee Trustee....................................................3
SECTION 2.05             Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.........................................4
SECTION 2.06             Events of Default; Waiver................................................................4
SECTION 2.07             Event of Default; Notice.................................................................4
SECTION 2.08             Conflicting Interests....................................................................4

                                   ARTICLE III

                 POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 3.01             Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee...............................................4
SECTION 3.02             Certain Rights of Guarantee Trustee......................................................5
SECTION 3.03             Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Guarantee....................................7

                                   ARTICLE IV

                                GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 4.01             Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility...........................................................7
SECTION 4.02             Compensation, Reimbursement and Indemnity................................................7
SECTION 4.03             Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Guarantee Trustee................................8

                                    ARTICLE V

                                    GUARANTEE

SECTION 5.01             Guarantee................................................................................8
SECTION 5.02             Waiver of Notice and Demand..............................................................8
SECTION 5.03             Obligations Not Affected.................................................................8
SECTION 5.04             Rights of Holders........................................................................9
SECTION 5.05             Guarantee of Payment.....................................................................9
SECTION 5.06             Subrogation..............................................................................9
SECTION 5.07             Independent Obligations.................................................................10

                                   ARTICLE VI

                                  SUBORDINATION

SECTION 6.01             Subordination...........................................................................10

                                   ARTICLE VII

                                   TERMINATION

SECTION 7.01             Termination.............................................................................10

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 8.01             Successors and Assigns..................................................................10
SECTION 8.02             Amendments..............................................................................10
SECTION 8.03             Notices.................................................................................10
SECTION 8.04             Benefit.................................................................................11
SECTION 8.05             Interpretation..........................................................................11
SECTION 8.06             Governing Law...........................................................................12
SECTION 8.07             Counterparts............................................................................12

Section of                                                   Section of
Trust Indenture Act                                          Guarantee
of 1939, as amended                                          Agreement
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310(a)......................................................  4.01(a)
310(b)......................................................  4.01(c), 2.08
310(c)......................................................  Inapplicable
311(a)......................................................  2.02(b)
311(b)......................................................  2.02(b)
311(c)......................................................  Inapplicable
312(a)......................................................  2.02(a)
312(b)......................................................  2.02(b)
313.........................................................  2.03
314(a)......................................................  2.04
314(b)......................................................  Inapplicable
314(c)......................................................  2.05
314(d)......................................................  Inapplicable
314(e)......................................................  1.01, 2.05, 3.02
314(f)......................................................  2.01
315(a)......................................................  3.01, 3.02
315(b)......................................................  2.07
315(c)......................................................  3.01
315(d)......................................................  3.01(c)
316(a)......................................................  5.04, 2.06
316(b)......................................................  5.03
316(c)......................................................  8.02
317(a)......................................................  Inapplicable
317(b)......................................................  Inapplicable
318(a)......................................................  2.01(b)
318(b)......................................................  2.01
318(c)......................................................  2.01(a)

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* This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Guarantee Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.

TRUST SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

This TRUST SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT ("Guarantee Agreement"), dated as of ____________, is executed and delivered by American Electric Power Company, Inc., a New York corporation (the "Guarantor"), and ______________________________, as trustee (the "Guarantee Trustee"), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Preferred Trust Securities [and Common Trust Securities] ([each] as defined herein [and together, the "Securities"]) of AEP Capital Trust III, a Delaware statutory business trust (the "Issuer").

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Trust Agreement (the "Trust Agreement"), dated as of _____________among the Trustees named therein, American Electric Power Company, Inc., as Depositor and Trust Securities Guarantor and the several Holders (as defined therein), the Issuer is issuing as of the date hereof $_____________ aggregate Liquidation Amount of its __% ___________________________ Securities (the "Preferred Trust Securities") representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer and having the terms set forth in the Trust Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Preferred Trust Securities are to be issued for sale by the Issuer and the proceeds [thereof, together with the proceeds from the issuance of the Issuer's Common Trust Securities (as defined herein)] are to be invested in $___________ principal amount of Debentures (as defined in the Trust Agreement) [of the Debenture Issuer, which Debentures will be deposited with Wilmington Trust Company, as Property Trustee under the Trust Agreement, as trust assets]; and

WHEREAS, as an incentive for Holders to purchase Preferred Trust Securities, the Guarantor desires irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to the extent set forth herein, to pay to the Holders the Guarantee Payments (as defined herein) and to make certain other payments on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase of Debentures, which purchase the Guarantor hereby agrees shall benefit the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this Guarantee Agreement for the benefit of the Holders from time to time.

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01 Definitions.As used in this Guarantee Agreement, the terms set forth below shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings. Capitalized or otherwise defined terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Trust Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.

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

["Common Trust Securities" means the common securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer that will be issued to American Electric Power Company, Inc., as Depositor.]

"Event of Default" means a default by the Guarantor on any of its payment or other obligations under this Guarantee Agreement; provided, however, that, except with respect to a default in payment of any Guarantee Payments, the Guarantor shall have received notice of default from the Guarantee Trustee or any Holder (with a copy to the Guarantee Trustee) and shall not have cured such default within 90 days after receipt of such notice.

"Guarantee Payments" means the following payments or distributions, without duplication, with respect to the [Preferred Trust] Securities, to the extent not paid or made by or on behalf of the Issuer: (i) any accrued and unpaid Distributions that are required to be paid on such [Preferred Trust] Securities but only if and to the extent that the Property Trustee has available in the Payment Account funds sufficient to make such payment at such time, (ii) the redemption price (the "Redemption Price"), and all accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date of redemption, with respect to the [Preferred Trust] Securities called for redemption by the Issuer but only if and to the extent that the Property Trustee has available in the Payment Account funds sufficient to make such payment, (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Issuer (other than in connection with the distribution of Debentures to the Holders in exchange for [Preferred Trust] Securities as provided in the Trust Agreement or upon a redemption of all of the
[Preferred Trust] Securities upon maturity or redemption of the Debentures as provided in the Trust Agreement), the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the Liquidation Amount of all [Preferred Trust] Securities and all accrued and unpaid Distributions on the [Preferred Trust] Securities to the date of payment but only if and to the extent that the Property Trustee has available in the Payment Account funds sufficient to make such payment at such time, and (b) the amount of assets of the Issuer remaining available for distribution to Holders in liquidation of the Issuer after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Issuer as required by applicable law (in either case, the "Liquidation Distribution").

"Guarantee Trustee" means ______________________________, until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee Agreement and thereafter means each such Successor Guarantee Trustee.

"Holder" means a Person in whose name a [Preferred Trust] Security or
[Preferred Trust] Securities is registered in the Securities Register; provided, however, that in determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of
[Preferred Trust] Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, "Holder" shall not include the Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Guarantor.

"Majority in Liquidation Amount of the [Preferred Trust] Securities" means a vote by Holders, voting separately as a class, of more than 50% of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of all then outstanding [Preferred Trust] Securities.

"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman or a Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, or any Assistant Treasurer of the Guarantor, and delivered to the Guarantee Trustee. Any Officer's Certificate or Opinion of Counsel delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Guarantee Agreement shall include:

(a) a statement that the officer or counsel signing the Officer's Certificate or the Opinion of Counsel has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;

(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering the Officer's Certificate or the Opinion of Counsel;

(c) a statement that each such officer or counsel has made such examination or investigation as, in such officer's or counsel's opinion, is necessary to enable such officer or counsel to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

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

"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Guarantee Trustee or the Guarantor or an Affiliate of the Guarantor, or an employee or any thereof, who shall be acceptable to the Guarantee Trustee.

"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated organization or government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.

"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Guarantee Trustee, any vice-president, any assistant vice-president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any senior trust officer, any trust officer or assistant trust officer or any other officer in the Corporate Trust Department of the Guarantee Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of that officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

"Subordinated Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of ____________, ____, among the Guarantor, the Debenture Issuer and ______________________________, as trustee pursuant to which the Debentures are issued, together with any indenture supplemental thereto.

"Successor Guarantee Trustee" means a successor Guarantee Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.01.

"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

ARTICLE II

TRUST INDENTURE ACT

SECTION 2.01 Trust Indenture Act; Application.(a) This Guarantee Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required or deemed to be part of this Guarantee Agreement and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions; and

(b) if and to the extent that any provision of this Guarantee Agreement limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Section 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.

SECTION 2.02 Lists of Holders of [Preferred Trust] Securities.(a) The Guarantor shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Guarantee Trustee (a) semiannually, not later than ________ __ and ____ __ in each year, a list, in such form as the Guarantee Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders ("List of Holders") as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the delivery thereof, and (b) at such other times as the Guarantee Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Guarantor of any such request, a List of Holders as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided that, the Guarantor shall not be obligated to provide such List of Holders at any time the List of Holders does not differ from the most recent List of Holders given to the Guarantee Trustee by the Guarantor. The Guarantee Trustee may destroy any List of Holders previously given to it on receipt of a new List of Holders.

(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its obligations under
Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, subject to the provisions of
Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, and Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 2.03 Reports by the Guarantee Trustee.Within 60 days after each ____________, commencing ________________, the Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the Holders such reports, if any, as are required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act in the form and in the manner provided by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any such report shall be dated as of the next preceding ____________. The Guarantee Trustee shall also comply with the other requirements of Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 2.04 Periodic Reports to Guarantee Trustee.The Guarantor shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Holders such documents, reports and information, if any, as required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act and the compliance certificate required by
Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act in the form, in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of

the Trust Indenture Act, provided that such compliance certificate shall be delivered annually on or before _________ in each year, beginning _____________.

SECTION 2.05 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.The Guarantor shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee such evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent provided for in this Guarantee Agreement as and to the extent required by Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act may be given in the form of an Officer's Certificate.

SECTION 2.06 Events of Default; Waiver.(a) The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of [Preferred Trust] Securities may, by vote, on behalf of all of the Holders, waive any past Event of Default and its consequences. Upon such waiver, any such Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Guarantee Agreement, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

(b) The right of any Holder to receive payment of the Guarantee Payments in accordance with this Guarantee Agreement, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, shall not be impaired without the consent of each such Holder.

SECTION 2.07 Event of Default; Notice.(a) The Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of an Event of Default, transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Holders, a notice of such Event of Default known to the Guarantee Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice, provided that, except in the case of a default in the payment of a Guarantee Payment, the Guarantee Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the Guarantee Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders.

(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Event of Default unless the Guarantee Trustee shall have received written notice, or a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee charged with the administration of this Guarantee Agreement shall have received written notice, in each case from the Guarantor or a Holder, of such Event of Default.

SECTION 2.08 Conflicting Interests.The Trust Agreement, the Subordinated Indenture and the securities of any series issued thereunder [OTHERS] shall be deemed to be specifically described in this Guarantee Agreement for the purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

ARTICLE III

POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 3.01 Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee.(a) This Guarantee Agreement shall be held by the Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the Holders, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not transfer this Guarantee Agreement or any rights hereunder to any Person except a Holder exercising his or her rights pursuant to Section 5.04 or to a Successor Guarantee Trustee on acceptance by such Successor Guarantee Trustee of its appointment to act as Successor Guarantee Trustee. The right, title and interest of the Guarantee Trustee shall automatically vest in any Successor Guarantee Trustee, and such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered pursuant to the appointment of such Successor Guarantee Trustee.

(b) The Guarantee Trustee, prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Guarantee Agreement, and no implied covenants or

obligations shall be read into this Guarantee Agreement against the Guarantee Trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.06), the Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Guarantee Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

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

(i) prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have occurred:

(A) the duties and obligations of the Guarantee Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Guarantee Agreement, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Guarantee Agreement; and

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

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

(iii) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the [Preferred Trust] Securities relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under this Guarantee Agreement; and

(iv) no provision of this Guarantee Agreement shall require the Guarantee Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the Guarantee Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Guarantee Agreement or adequate indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the Guarantee Trustee, against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

SECTION 3.02 Certain Rights of Guarantee Trustee.(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.01:

(i) the Guarantee Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the proper party or parties;

(ii) any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by this Guarantee Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officer's Certificate, or as otherwise expressly provided herein;

(iii) whenever, in the administration of this Guarantee Agreement, the Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established before taking, suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and rely upon an Officer's Certificate which, upon receipt of such request from the Guarantee Trustee, shall be promptly delivered by the Guarantor;

(iv) the Guarantee Trustee may consult with counsel of its choice, and the written advice or Opinion of Counsel with respect to legal matters shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion; such counsel may be counsel to the Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantor or any of its Affiliates and may include any of its employees; the Guarantee Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Guarantee Agreement from any court of competent jurisdiction;

(v) the Guarantee Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Guarantee Agreement at the request or direction of any Holder, unless such Holder shall have provided to the Guarantee Trustee such adequate security and indemnity as would satisfy a reasonable person in the position of the Guarantee Trustee, against the costs, expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying with such request or direction, including such reasonable advances as may be requested by the Guarantee Trustee; provided that, nothing contained in this Section 3.02(a)(v) shall be taken to relieve the Guarantee Trustee, upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, of its obligation under the last sentence of Section 3.01(b) to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Guarantee Agreement;

(vi) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Guarantee Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit;

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

(viii) whenever in the administration of this Guarantee Agreement the Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (1) may request instructions from the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Trust Securities, (2) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions are received, and
(3) shall be protected in relying on or acting in accordance with such instructions;

(ix) the Guarantee Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording, filing or registration of any instrument (including any financing or continuation statement or any tax or securities form) (or any rerecording, refiling or re-registration thereof); and

(x) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Guarantee Agreement.

(c) No provision of this Guarantee Agreement shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Guarantee Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Guarantee Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Guarantee Trustee shall be construed to be a duty to act in accordance with such power or authority.

SECTION 3.03 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Guarantee.The recitals contained in this Guarantee Agreement shall be taken as the statements of the Guarantor, and the Guarantee Trustee does not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Guarantee Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Guarantee Agreement.

ARTICLE IV

GUARANTEE TRUSTEE

SECTION 4.01 Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility.(a) There shall at all times be a Guarantee Trustee which shall:

(i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and

(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or Person permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission to act as an institutional trustee under the Trust Indenture Act, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least 50 million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the supervising or examining authority referred to above, then, for the purposes of this Section 4.01(a)(ii), the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.

(b) If at any time the Guarantee Trustee shall cease to be eligible to so act under Section 4.01(a), the Guarantee Trustee shall immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set out in Section 4.03(c).

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

SECTION 4.02 Compensation, Reimbursement and Indemnity.The Guarantor agrees to pay to the Guarantee Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust), to reimburse the Guarantee Trustee upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances (including the reasonable fees and expenses of its attorneys and agents) incurred or made by the Guarantee Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Guarantee Agreement and to indemnify each of the Guarantee Trustee and any predecessor Guarantee Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, liability or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based upon the income of the Guarantee Trustee) incurred without negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance of the trusts created by, or the administration of, this Guarantee Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The obligations of the Guarantor under this Section shall survive the termination of this Guarantee Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Guarantee Trustee.

SECTION 4.03 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Guarantee Trustee.(a) Subject to Section 4.03(b), the Guarantee Trustee may be appointed or removed without cause at any time by the Guarantor.

(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed by the Guarantor and has accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor.

(c) The Guarantee Trustee appointed to office shall hold office until a Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed or until its removal or resignation. The Guarantee Trustee may resign from office (without need for prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing executed by the Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor, which resignation shall not take effect until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument in writing executed by such Successor Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor and the resigning Guarantee Trustee.

(d) If no Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this Section 4.02 within 60 days after delivery to the Guarantor of an instrument of resignation or removal, the Guarantee Trustee resigning or being removed may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor Guarantee Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a Successor Guarantee Trustee.

(e) No Guarantee Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions to act of any Successor Guarantee Trustee.

ARTICLE V

GUARANTEE

SECTION 5.01 Guarantee.The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in full to the Holders the Guarantee Payments (without duplication of amounts theretofore paid by or on behalf of the Issuer), as and when due, regardless of any defense, right of set-off or counterclaim which the Issuer may have or assert. The Guarantor's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by causing the Issuer to pay such amounts to the Holders.

SECTION 5.02 Waiver of Notice and Demand.The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Guarantee Agreement and of any liability to which it applies or may apply, presentment, demand for payment, any right to require a proceeding first against the Guarantee Trustee, Issuer or any other Person before proceeding against the Guarantor, protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other notices and demands.

SECTION 5.03 Obligations Not Affected.The obligation of the Guarantor to make the Guarantee Payments under this Guarantee Agreement shall in no way be affected or impaired by reason of the happening from time to time of any of the following:

(a) the release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise, of the performance or observance by the Issuer of any express or implied agreement, covenant, term or condition relating to the [Preferred Trust] Securities to be performed or observed by the Issuer;

(b) the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer of all or any portion of the Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution or any other sums payable under the terms of the [Preferred Trust] Securities or the extension of time for the performance of any other obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with, the [Preferred Trust] Securities (other than an extension of time for payment of Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution or other sum payable that results

from the extension of any interest payment period on the Debentures permitted by the Subordinated Indenture);

(c) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of the Holders to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power or remedy conferred on the Holders pursuant to the terms of the [Preferred Trust] Securities, or any action on the part of the Issuer granting indulgence or extension of any kind;

(d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of any collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment of debt of, or other similar proceedings affecting, the Issuer or any of the assets of the Issuer;

(e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the [Preferred Trust] Securities;

(f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed hereby or hereby incurred; or

(g) any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 5.03 that the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances.

There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to, or obtain consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the foregoing.

SECTION 5.04 Rights of Holders.The Guarantor expressly acknowledges that:
(i) this Guarantee Agreement will be deposited with the Guarantee Trustee to be held for the benefit of the Holders; (ii) the Guarantee Trustee has the right to enforce this Guarantee Agreement on behalf of the Holders; (iii) the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the [Preferred Trust] Securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee in respect of this Guarantee Agreement or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under this Guarantee Agreement, provided, however, that, subject to Section 3.01, the Guarantee Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Guarantee Trustee being advised by counsel determines that the action so directed may not lawfully be taken, or if the Guarantee Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Guarantee Trustee, determine that the proceedings so directed would be illegal or involve it in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders not party to such direction, and provided further that nothing in this Trust Agreement shall impair the right of the Guarantee Trustee to take any action deemed proper by the Guarantee Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and (iv) any Holder may enforce this Guarantee Agreement, or institute a legal proceeding directly against the Guarantor to enforce the Guarantee Trustee's rights under this Guarantee Agreement without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Issuer, the Guarantee Trustee, or any other Person.

SECTION 5.05 Guarantee of Payment.This Guarantee Agreement creates a guarantee of payment and not of collection. This Guarantee Agreement will not be discharged except by payment of the Guarantee Payments in full (without duplication) or upon the distribution of Debentures as provided in the Trust Agreement.

SECTION 5.06 Subrogation.The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all, if any, rights of the Holders against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid to the Holders by the Guarantor under this Guarantee Agreement; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required by mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any rights which it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this Guarantee Agreement, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts of Guarantee Payments are due and unpaid under this Guarantee Agreement. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence, the Guarantor agrees to hold such amount in trust for the Holders and to pay over such amount to the Holders.

SECTION 5.07 Independent Obligations.The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are independent of the obligations of the Issuer with respect to the [Preferred Trust] Securities and that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor hereunder to make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee Agreement notwithstanding the occurrence of any event referred to in subsections (a) through (g), inclusive, of Section 5.03.

ARTICLE VI

SUBORDINATION

SECTION 6.01 Subordination.This Guarantee Agreement will constitute an unsecured obligation of the Guarantor and will rank (i) subordinate and junior in right of payment to all other liabilities of the Guarantor, including the guarantee of the Debentures, except those made pari passu or subordinate by their terms, (ii) pari passu with the most senior preferred or preference stock now or hereafter issued by the Guarantor and with any guarantee now or hereafter entered into by the Guarantor in respect of any preferred or preference stock of any Affiliate of the Guarantor, and (iii) senior to all common stock of the Guarantor. [When a Debenture Event of Default (as defined in the Trust Agreement) occurs and is continuing, the rights of holders of the Common Trust Securities to payment in respect of Distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption or otherwise are subordinated to the rights to payment of holders of Preferred Trust Securities.] Each Person, by virtue of having become a Holder of a Security, shall be deemed to have expressly assented and agreed to the terms of, and shall be bound by, this Guarantee Agreement, the Trust Agreement and the Subordinated Indenture.

ARTICLE VII

TERMINATION

SECTION 7.01 Termination.This Guarantee Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect upon: (i) full payment of the Redemption Price of all [Preferred Trust] Securities, and all accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date of redemption, (ii) the distribution of Debentures to Holders in exchange for all of the [Preferred Trust] Securities, or (iii) full payment of the amounts payable in accordance with the Trust Agreement upon liquidation of the Issuer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Guarantee Agreement will continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any Holder must restore payment of any sums paid with respect to [Preferred Trust] Securities or under this Guarantee Agreement.

ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 8.01 Successors and Assigns.All guarantees and agreements contained in this Guarantee Agreement shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and representatives of the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders of the [Preferred Trust] Securities then outstanding. Except in connection with a consolidation, merger or sale involving the Guarantor that is permitted under Article Eleven of the Subordinated Indenture and pursuant to which the assignee agrees in writing to perform the Guarantor's obligations hereunder, the Guarantor shall not assign its obligations hereunder.

SECTION 8.02 Amendments.This Guarantee Agreement may be amended only by an instrument in writing entered into by the Guarantor and the Guarantee Trustee. Except with respect to any changes which do not materially adversely affect the rights of Holders (in which case no consent of Holders will be required), this Guarantee Agreement may only be amended with the prior approval of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of all the outstanding [Preferred Trust] Securities. Any such consent shall be deemed to be on behalf of the holders of all the [Preferred Trust] Securities. The provisions of Article VI of the Trust Agreement concerning meetings or consents of Holders shall apply to the giving of such approval.

SECTION 8.03 Notices.Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class mail as follows:

(a) if given to the Guarantor, to the address set forth below or such other address or facsimile number or to the attention of such other Person as the Guarantor may give notice of to the Guarantee Trustee and the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities:

American Electric Power Company, Inc. 1 Riverside Plaza
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Facsimile No: 614-223-1687 Attention: Treasurer

(b) if given to the Issuer, in care of the Administrative Trustees, at the Issuer's (and the Administrative Trustees') address set forth below or such other address or facsimile number or to the attention of such other Person as the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Issuer may give notice of to the Guarantee Trustee and the Holders:

AEP Capital Trust III
c/o American Electric Power Company, Inc. 1 Riverside Plaza
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Facsimile No: 614-223-1687 Attention: Administrative Trustees

(c) if given to the Guarantee Trustee, to the address set forth below or such other address or facsimile number or to the attention of such other Person as the Guarantee Trustee may give notice of to the Guarantor and the Holders of the Preferred Trust Securities:

(d) if given to any Holder, at the address set forth on the books and records of the Issuer.

All notices hereunder shall be deemed to have been given when received in person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.

SECTION 8.04 Benefit.This Guarantee Agreement is solely for the benefit of the Holders and, subject to Section 3.01(a), is not separately transferable from the Preferred Trust Securities.

SECTION 8.05 Interpretation.In this Guarantee Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) a term defined anywhere in this Guarantee Agreement has the same meaning throughout;

(b) all references to "the Guarantee Agreement" or "this Guarantee Agreement" are to this Guarantee Agreement as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time;

(c) all references in this Guarantee Agreement to Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Guarantee Agreement unless otherwise specified;

(d) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning when used in this Guarantee Agreement unless otherwise defined in this Guarantee Agreement or unless the context otherwise requires;

(e) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa; and

(f) the masculine, feminine or neuter genders used herein shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter genders.

SECTION 8.06 Governing Law.THIS GUARANTEE AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

SECTION 8.07 Counterparts.

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

THIS GUARANTEE AGREEMENT is executed as of the day and year first above written.

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.,
As Guarantor

Title:

------------------------------,
as Guarantee Trustee

Title:

Exhibit 4(n)

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.

AND

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

AS FORWARD PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

FORWARD PURCHASE CONTRACT AGREEMENT

DATED AS OF _____________

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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION........................................1
        Section 1.1       Definitions.....................................................................1
        Section 1.2       Compliance Certificates and Opinions...........................................13
        Section 1.3       Form of Documents Delivered to Agent...........................................14
        Section 1.4       Acts of Holders; Record Dates..................................................14
        Section 1.5       Notices........................................................................16
        Section 1.6       Notice to Holders; Waiver......................................................16
        Section 1.7       Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.......................................17
        Section 1.8       Successors and Assigns.........................................................17
        Section 1.9       Separability Clause............................................................17
        Section 1.10      Benefits of Agreement..........................................................17
        Section 1.11      Governing Law..................................................................17
        Section 1.12      Legal Holidays.................................................................17
        Section 1.13      Counterparts...................................................................18
        Section 1.14      Inspection of Agreement........................................................18

ARTICLE II. CERTIFICATE FORMS............................................................................18
        Section 2.1       Forms of Certificates Generally................................................18
        Section 2.2       Form of Agent's Certificate of Authentication..................................19

ARTICLE III. THE EQUITY UNITS............................................................................20
        Section 3.1       Title and Terms; Denominations.................................................20
        Section 3.2       Rights and Obligations Evidenced by the Certificates...........................20
        Section 3.3       Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.................................21
        Section 3.4       Temporary Certificates.........................................................22
        Section 3.5       Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange............................22
        Section 3.6       Book-Entry Interests...........................................................24
        Section 3.7       Notices To Holders.............................................................24
        Section 3.8       Appointment of Successor Clearing Agency.......................................24
        Section 3.9       Definitive Certificates........................................................24
        Section 3.10      Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Certificates.............................25
        Section 3.11      Persons Deemed Owners..........................................................26
        Section 3.12      Cancellation...................................................................27
        Section 3.13      Establishment of Stripped Units..................................................
        Section 3.14      Reestablishment of Equity Units................................................28
        Section 3.15      Transfer of Collateral Upon Occurrence of Termination Event....................30
        Section 3.16      No Consent to Assumption.........................................................

ARTICLE IV. THE NOTES....................................................................................30
        Section 4.1       Payment of Interest; Rights to Interest Payments Preserved; Notice.............30
        Section 4.2       Notice and Voting..............................................................31
        Section 4.3       Tax Event Redemption...........................................................32

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ARTICLE V. THE FORWARD PURCHASE CONTRACTS; THE REMARKETING...............................................32
        Section 5.1       Purchase of Shares of Common Stock.............................................32
        Section 5.2       Contract Adjustment Payments...................................................34
        Section 5.3       Deferral of Contract Adjustment Payments.......................................35
        Section 5.4       Payment of Purchase Price; Remarketing.........................................37
        Section 5.5       Issuance of Shares of Common Stock.............................................42
        Section 5.6       Adjustment of Settlement Rate..................................................42
        Section 5.7       Notice of Adjustments and Certain Other Events.................................49
        Section 5.8       Termination Event; Notice......................................................50
        Section 5.9       Early Settlement...............................................................50
        Section 5.10      Early Settlement Upon Merger...................................................52
        Section 5.11      Charges and Taxes..............................................................54
        Section 5.12      No Fractional Shares...........................................................54
        Section 5.13      Tax Treatment..................................................................54

ARTICLE VI. REMEDIES.....................................................................................54
        Section 6.1       Unconditional Right of Holders to Purchase Common Stock........................54
        Section 6.2       Restoration of Rights and Remedies.............................................55
        Section 6.3       Rights and Remedies Cumulative.................................................55
        Section 6.4       Delay or Omission Not Waiver...................................................55
        Section 6.5       Undertaking For Costs..........................................................55
        Section 6.6       Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws...............................................56

ARTICLE VII. THE AGENT...................................................................................56
        Section 7.1       Certain Duties, Rights and Immunities..........................................56
        Section 7.2       Notice of Default..............................................................58
        Section 7.3       Certain Rights of Agent........................................................58
        Section 7.4       Not Responsible For Recitals, Etc..............................................59
        Section 7.5       May Hold Equity Units and Stripped Units and Other Dealings....................60
        Section 7.6       Money Held In Custody..........................................................60
        Section 7.7       Compensation and Reimbursement.................................................60
        Section 7.8       Corporate Agent Required; Eligibility..........................................61
        Section 7.9       Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor..............................61
        Section 7.10      Acceptance of Appointment By Successor.........................................62
        Section 7.11      Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business....................63
        Section 7.12      Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.........................63
        Section 7.13      Failure to Act.................................................................64
        Section 7.14      No Obligations of Agent........................................................64
        Section 7.15      Tax Compliance.................................................................64

ARTICLE VIII. SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS....................................................................65
        Section 8.1       Supplemental Agreements Without Consent of Holders.............................65
        Section 8.2       Supplemental Agreements With Consent of Holders................................66

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        Section 8.3       Execution of Supplemental Agreements...........................................67
        Section 8.4       Effect of Supplemental Agreements..............................................67
        Section 8.5       Reference to Supplemental Agreements...........................................67

ARTICLE IX. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE....................................................67
        Section 9.1       Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms...........................67
        Section 9.2       Successor Substituted..........................................................68

ARTICLE X. COVENANTS.....................................................................................68
        Section 10.1      Performance Under Forward Purchase Contracts...................................68
        Section 10.2      Maintenance of Office or Agency................................................69
        Section 10.3      Company to Reserve Common Stock................................................69
        Section 10.4      Covenants as to Common Stock...................................................69
        Section 10.5      Statements of Officer of the Company as to Default.............................70
        Section 10.6      ERISA..........................................................................70

Exhibit A     Form of Equity Units Certificate
Exhibit B     Form of Stripped Units Certificate
Exhibit C     Instruction from Forward Purchase Contract Agent to Collateral
              Agent
Exhibit D     Instruction to Forward Purchase Contract Agent
Exhibit E     Notice to Settle by Cash

FORWARD PURCHASE CONTRACT AGREEMENT, dated as of _____________, between American Electric Power Company, Inc., a New York corporation (the "Company"), and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, acting as Forward Purchase Contract Agent for the Holders of Equity Units and Stripped Units from time to time (the "Agent").

RECITALS

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Certificates evidencing the Equity Units and Stripped Units.

All things necessary to make the Forward Purchase Contracts, when the Certificates are executed by the Company and authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered by the Agent, as provided in this Agreement, the valid obligations of the Company, and to constitute this Agreement a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Equity Units by the Holders thereof, the Company and the Agent mutually agree as follows:

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 1.1 DEFINITIONS.

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

(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular, and nouns and pronouns of the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders;

(b) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States;

(c) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and

(d) the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 1.1(d):

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

"Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereunder.

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

"Agent-purchased Treasury Consideration" has the meaning specified in
Section 5.4(d).

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

"Applicable Market Value" has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(c).

"Applicable Ownership Interest" means, with respect to an Equity Unit and the U.S. Treasury Securities in the Treasury Portfolio, (A) for the principal amount of a Note, a 1/20, or 5.0%, undivided beneficial ownership interest in a $1,000 principal or interest amount of a principal or interest strip in a U.S. Treasury security included in such Treasury Portfolio which matures on or prior to the Stock Purchase Date and (B) for the scheduled interest Payment Date on the Notes that occurs on the Stock Purchase Date, in the case of a successful remarketing, or for each scheduled interest Payment Date on the Notes that occurs after the Tax Event Redemption Date and on or before the Stock Purchase Date, in the case of a Tax Event Redemption, a ________% undivided beneficial ownership interest in a $1,000 principal or interest amount of a principal or interest strip in a U.S. Treasury security included in the Treasury Portfolio that matures on or prior to that interest Payment Date or Dates.

"Applicants" has the meaning specified in Section 7.12(b).

"Bankruptcy Code" means Title 11 of the United States Code, or any other law of the United States that from time to time provides a uniform system of bankruptcy laws.

"Beneficial Owner" means, with respect to a Book-Entry Interest, a Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Interest as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).

"Board of Directors" means either the Board of Directors of the Company or any other committee of such Board duly authorized to act generally or in any particular respect for such Board hereunder.

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

"Book-Entry Interest" means a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate, ownership and transfers of which shall be maintained and made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 3.6.

"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banking institutions and trust companies in the State of New York or at a place of payment are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to be closed.

"Capital Stock" means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) corporate stock or similar interests in other types of entities.

"Cash Merger" has the meaning specified in Section 5.10(a).

"Cash Settlement" has the meaning specified in Section 5.4(a).

"Certificate" means an Equity Units Certificate or a Stripped Units Certificate.

"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "Clearing Agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act that is acting as a depositary for the Equity Units and Stripped Units and in whose name, or in the name of a nominee of that organization, shall be registered a Global Certificate and which shall undertake to effect book-entry transfers and pledges of the Equity Units and Stripped Units.

"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time the Clearing Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing Agency.

"Closing Price" has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(c).

"Code" means Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

"Collateral" has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a) of the Pledge Agreement.

"Collateral Agent" means The Bank of New York, as Collateral Agent under the Pledge Agreement until a successor Collateral Agent shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Pledge Agreement, and thereafter "Collateral Agent" shall mean the Person who is then the Collateral Agent thereunder.

"Collateral Substitution" has the meaning specified in Section 3.13(a).

"Common Stock" means the common stock, par value $6.50 per share, of the Company.

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

"Constituent Person" has the meaning specified in Section 5.6(b).

"Contract Adjustment Payments" means, in the case of Equity Units and Stripped Units, the amount payable by the Company in respect of each Forward Purchase Contract constituting a part of such Equity Units or Stripped Units, equal to ____% per year of the Stated Amount, in each case computed (1) for any full quarterly period on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, and (2) for any period shorter than a full quarterly period, on the basis of a 30-day month

and (3) for periods of less than a month, on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month, plus any Deferred Contract Adjustment Payments accrued pursuant to Section 5.3.

"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Agent at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at The Bank of New York, 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286.

"Coupon Rate" means the percentage rate per annum at which each Note will bear interest initially.

"Current Market Price" has the meaning specified in Section 5.6(a)(8).

"Custodial Agent" means The Bank of New York, as Custodial Agent under the Pledge Agreement until a successor Custodial Agent shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Pledge Agreement, and thereafter "Custodial Agent" shall mean the Person who is then the Custodial Agent thereunder.

"Deferred Contract Adjustment Payments" has the meaning specified in
Section 5.3.

"Depositary" means, initially, DTC, until another Clearing Agency becomes its successor, and thereafter "Depositary" shall mean such successor.

"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency.

"Early Settlement" has the meaning specified in Section 5.9(a).

"Early Settlement Amount" has the meaning specified in Section 5.9(a).

"Early Settlement Date" has the meaning specified in Section 5.9(a).

"Early Settlement Rate" has the meaning specified in Section 5.9(b).

"Equity Units" means the collective rights and obligations of a Holder of an Equity Units Certificate in respect of a Note or the appropriate Treasury Consideration or Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, subject in each case to the Pledge thereof, and the related Forward Purchase Contract.

"Equity Units Certificate" means a certificate evidencing the rights and obligations of a Holder in respect of the number of Equity Units specified on such certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

"Equity Units Register" and "Equity Units Registrar" have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.5(a).

"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 1.4(f).

"Expiration Time" has the meaning specified in Section 5.6(a)(6).

"Failed Remarketing" has the meaning specified in Section 5.4(e).

"Fair Market Value" with respect to securities distributed in a Spin-Off means (a) in the case of any Spin-Off that is effected simultaneously with an Initial Public Offering of such securities, the Initial Public Offering price of those securities, and (b) in the case of any other Spin-Off, the average of the Sale Prices of those securities over the first 10 Trading Days after the effective date of such Spin-Off.

"Forward Purchase Contract," when used with respect to any Equity Units or Stripped Units, means the contract forming a part of such Equity Unit or Stripped Unit and obligating the Company to sell and the Holder of such Equity Unit or Stripped Unit to purchase Common Stock on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article Five.

"Forward Purchase Contract Settlement Fund" has the meaning specified in Section 5.5.

"Global Certificate" means a Certificate that evidences all or part of the Units and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee thereof.

"Holder" means the Person in whose name the Units evidenced by an Equity Units Certificate or a Stripped Units Certificate is registered in the Equity Units Register or the Stripped Units Register, as the case may be.

"Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2001, between the Company and the Trustee as supplemented by any officers' certificate or supplemental indenture.

"Initial Public Offering," with respect to any Spin-Off, means the first time securities of the same class or type as the securities being distributed in the Spin-Off are bone fide offered to the public for cash.

"Issuer Order" or "Issuer Request" means a written order or request signed in the name of the Company by the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Vice-President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary (or other officer performing similar functions) of the Company and delivered to the Agent.

"Last Failed Remarketing" has the meaning specified in Section 5.4(e)(i).

"Merger Early Settlement" has the meaning specified in Section 5.10.

"Merger Early Settlement Amount" has the meaning specified in Section 5.10.

"Merger Early Settlement Date" has the meaning specified in Section 5.10.

"Non-electing Share" has the meaning specified in Section 5.6(b).

"Notes" means the series of senior debt securities of the Company designated the ____% Senior Notes Due _______________, to be issued under the Indenture.

"NYSE" has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(c).

"Office of the Agent in The City of New York" means an office where Certificates may be presented or surrendered for acquisition of shares of Common Stock, transfer or exchange, Notes may be presented for payment or surrendered for transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of Units may be served, such office being located initially at 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286.

"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Vice-President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary (or other officer performing similar functions) of the Company and delivered to the Agent.

"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.

"Opt-out Treasury Consideration" has the meaning specified in Section 5.4(g).

"Outstanding Units" means, as of the date of determination, all Equity Units or Stripped Units evidenced by Certificates theretofore authenticated, executed and delivered under this Agreement, except:

(i) If a Termination Event has occurred, (A) Stripped Units and (B) Equity Units for which the related Note or the appropriate Treasury Consideration or Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, has been theretofore deposited with the Agent in trust for the Holders of such Equity Units;

(ii) Equity Units and Stripped Units evidenced by Certificates theretofore cancelled by the Agent or delivered to the Agent for cancellation or deemed cancelled pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement; and

(iii) Equity Units and Stripped Units evidenced by Certificates in exchange for or in lieu of which other Certificates have been authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holder and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, other than any such Certificate in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Agent proof satisfactory to it that such Certificate is held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands the Equity Units or Stripped Units evidenced by such Certificate are valid obligations of the Company;

provided, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite number of the Equity Units or Stripped Units have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,

notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Equity Units or Stripped Units owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Agent shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Equity Units or Stripped Units which a Responsible Officer of the Agent actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Equity Units or Stripped Units so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding Units if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Agent the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Equity Units or Stripped Units and that the pledgee is not the Company or any Affiliate of the Company.

"Payment Date" means each ______________, ___________, ___________ and ___________, commencing ___________________.

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

"Plan" means an employee benefit plan that is subject to Title I of ERISA, a plan, individual retirement account or other arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code or any similar law or any entity whose underlying assets are considered to include "plan assets" of any such plan, account or arrangement.

"Pledge" means the pledge under the Pledge Agreement of the Notes, the Treasury Securities or the appropriate Treasury Consideration or Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, in each case constituting a part of the Equity Units or Stripped Units, property, cash, securities, financial assets and security entitlements of the Collateral Account (as defined in
Section 1.1 of the Pledge Agreement) and any proceeds of any of the foregoing.

"Pledge Agreement" means the Pledge Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Agent, on its own behalf and as attorney-in-fact for the Holders from time to time of the Equity Units and Stripped Units.

"Pledged Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio" has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(c) of the Pledge Agreement.

"Pledged Notes" has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(c) of the Pledge Agreement.

"Pledged Treasury Consideration" has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(c) of the Pledge Agreement.

"Pledged Treasury Securities" has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(c) of the Pledge Agreement.

"Predecessor Certificate" means a Predecessor Equity Units Certificate or a Predecessor Stripped Units Certificate.

"Predecessor Equity Units Certificate" of any particular Equity Units Certificate means every previous Equity Units Certificate evidencing all or a portion of the rights and obligations of the Company and the Holder under the Equity Units evidenced thereby; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Equity Units Certificate authenticated and delivered under Section 3.10 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Equity Units Certificate shall be

deemed to evidence the same rights and obligations of the Company and the Holder as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Equity Units Certificate.

"Predecessor Stripped Units Certificate" of any particular Stripped Units Certificate means every previous Stripped Units Certificate evidencing all or a portion of the rights and obligations of the Company and the Holder under the Stripped Units evidenced thereby; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Stripped Units Certificate authenticated and delivered under Section 3.10 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Stripped Units Certificate shall be deemed to evidence the same rights and obligations of the Company and the Holder as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Stripped Units Certificate.

"Purchase Price" has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(a).

"Purchased Shares" has the meaning specified in Section 5.6(a)(6).

"Quotation Agent" means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. or its successor or any other primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City selected by the Company.

"Record Date" for the distribution payable on any Payment Date means, as to any Global Certificate, the Business Day next preceding such Payment Date, and as to any other Certificate, the 15th day preceding such Payment Date.

"Redemption Amount" means, (A) in the case of a Tax Event Redemption occurring prior to the earlier of a successful remarketing of the Notes or the Stock Purchase Date, for each Note the product of (i) the Stated Amount of such Note and (ii) a fraction whose numerator is the applicable Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price and whose denominator is the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding on the Tax Event Redemption Date, and (B) in the case of a Tax Event Redemption occurring after the earlier of a successful remarketing of the Notes or the Stock Purchase Date, for each Note the Stated Amount of the Note.

"Redemption Price" means the redemption price per Note equal to the Redemption Amount.

"Register" means the Equity Units Register and the Stripped Units Register, as applicable.

"Registrar" means the Equity Units Registrar and the Stripped Units Registrar, as applicable.

"Remarketing Agent" means Salomon Smith Barney Inc. or its successor under the Remarketing Agreement.

"Remarketing Agreement" means the Remarketing Agreement dated _____________ by and among the Company, the Remarketing Agent and the Agent.

"Remarketing Date" means the third Business Day preceding ____________.

"Remarketing Fee" has the meaning specified in Section 5.4(d).

"Remarketing Period" means the three Business Day period either: (i) beginning on the Remarketing Date and ending after the two immediately following Business Days; (ii) immediately preceding _____________; (iii) immediately preceding _____________; or (iv) immediately preceding _______________.

"Remarketing Value" means

(1) the value at the Remarketing Date or any Subsequent Remarketing Date, as the case may be, of either (a) U.S. Treasury securities that will pay, on or prior to the Payment Date falling on the Stock Purchase Date, an amount of cash equal to the aggregate interest payment that is scheduled to be payable on that Payment Date, on (x) the Notes which are included in Equity Units and are participating in the remarketing and (y) the Separate Notes which are to be remarketed pursuant to Section 4.5(d) of the Pledge Agreement and Section 1.6 of the Supplemental Indenture, assuming for that purpose that the interest rate on the Notes is equal to the Coupon Rate, if the remarketing occurs prior to the fourth Business Day preceding the Stock Purchase Date, or
(b) an amount of cash equal to the aggregate interest payment that is scheduled to be payable on that Payment Date, on (x) the Notes which are included in Equity Units and are participating in the remarketing and (y) the Separate Notes which are to be remarketed pursuant to Section 4.5(d) of the Pledge Agreement, assuming for that purpose that the interest rate on the Notes is equal to the Coupon Rate, if the remarketing occurs on or after the fourth Business Day preceding the Stock Purchase Date; and

(2) the value at the Remarketing Date or any Subsequent Remarketing Date, as the case may be, of either (a) U.S. Treasury securities that will pay, on or prior to the Stock Purchase Date, an amount of cash equal to the Stated Amount of (x) such Notes which are included in Equity Units and are participating in the remarketing and (y) the Separate Notes which are to be remarketed pursuant to Section 4.5(d) of the Pledge Agreement and Section 1.6 of the Supplemental Indenture, if the remarketing occurs prior to the fourth Business Day preceding the Stock Purchase Date, or (b) an amount of cash equal to the Stated Amount of (x) such Notes which are included in Equity Units and are participating in the remarketing and (y) the Separate Notes which are to be remarketed pursuant to Section 4.5(d) of the Pledge Agreement, if the remarketing occurs on or after the fourth Business Day preceding the Stock Purchase Date

provided that for purposes of clauses (1) and (2) above, the Remarketing Value shall be calculated on the assumptions that
(x) the U.S. Treasury securities are highly liquid and mature on or within 35 days prior to the Stock Purchase Date, as determined in good faith by the

Remarketing Agent in a manner intended to minimize the cash value of the U.S. Treasury securities, and (y) the U.S. Treasury securities are valued based on the ask-side price of the U.S. Treasury securities at a time between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., New York City time, selected by the Remarketing Agent, on the Remarketing Date or any Subsequent Remarketing Date, as the case may be, as determined on a third-day settlement basis by reasonable and customary means selected in good faith by the Remarketing Agent, plus accrued interest to that date.

"Reorganization Event" has the meaning specified in Section 5.6(b).

"Reset Rate" has the meaning specified in Section 5.4(c).

"Responsible Officer" means, when used with respect to the Agent, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Agent (or any successor of the Agent), including any Vice-President, any assistant Vice-President, any assistant secretary, any assistant treasurer, any trust officer, any senior trust officer or any other officer of the Agent who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such Person's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who, in each of the above cases, shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement.

"Sale Price" of the Common Stock or any securities distributed in a Spin-Off, as the case may be, on any Trading Day means the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and asked prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average asked prices) on such Trading Day as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. securities exchange on which the Common Stock or such securities are traded or, if the Common Stock or such securities are not listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, as reported by NASDAQ.

"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

"Securities Intermediary" means The Bank of New York, in its capacity as securities intermediary under the Pledge Agreement, together with its successors in such capacity.

"Separate Notes" has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Pledge Agreement.

"Settlement Date" means any Early Settlement Date or Merger Early Settlement Date or the Stock Purchase Date.

"Settlement Rate" has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(a).

"Spin-Off" means a dividend or other distribution of shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests, of or relating to a subsidiary or other business unit of the Company.

"Stated Amount" means, with respect to any one Note, Equity Unit or Stripped Unit, $_____.

"Stock Purchase Date" means _______________.

"Stripped Units" means the collective rights and obligations of a holder of a Stripped Units Certificate in respect of a 1/20 undivided beneficial interest in a Treasury Security, subject in each case to the Pledge thereof, and the related Forward Purchase Contract.

"Stripped Units Certificate" means a certificate evidencing the rights and obligations of a Holder in respect of the number of Stripped Units specified on such certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.

"Stripped Units Register" and "Stripped Units Registrar" have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.5(a).

"Subsequent Remarketing Date" means, provided there has been one or more Failed Remarketings, the date on which the Remarketing Agent has consummated a remarketing in accordance with Section 5.4 hereof and Section 1.6 of the Indenture, such date to be no later than the third Business Day immediately preceding the Stock Purchase Date.

"Supplemental Indenture" means a supplemental indenture dated as of _____________, between the Company and the Trustee to the indenture dated as of May 1, 2001, between the Company and the Trustee.

"Tax Event" means the receipt by the Company of an opinion of nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such matters, which may be Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, to the effect that there is more than an insubstantial risk that interest payable by the Company on the Notes would not be deductible, in whole or in part, by the Company for United States federal income tax purposes, as a result of (a) any amendment to, or change (including any announced proposed change) in, the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, (b) any amendment to or change in an official interpretation or application of such laws or regulations by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority or (c) any interpretation or pronouncement that provides for a position with respect to such laws or regulations that differs from the generally accepted position on _____________, which amendment, change or proposed change is effective or which interpretation or pronouncement is announced on or after _____________.

"Tax Event Redemption" means, if a Tax Event shall occur, the redemption of the Notes, at the option of the Company, in whole but not in part, on not less than 30 days' nor more than 60 days' written notice.

"Tax Event Redemption Date" means the date upon which a Tax Event Redemption is to occur.

"Termination Date" means the date, if any, on which a Termination Event occurs.

"Termination Event" means the occurrence of any of the following events, at any time on or prior to the Stock Purchase Date:

(i) the entry by a court having competent jurisdiction of:

(a) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or a decree or order adjudging the Company to be insolvent, or approving a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of the Company and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

(b) a final and non-appealable order appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of the property of the Company ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company; or

(ii) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of a voluntary proceeding seeking to be adjudicated insolvent or the consent by the Company to the entry of a decree or order for relief in an involuntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any insolvency proceedings against it, or the filling by the Company of a petition or answer or consent seeking organization or relief under any applicable law, or the consent by the Company to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or similar official of the or any substantial part of the property of the Company or the making by the Company of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the taking of corporate action by the Company or any in furtherance of any such action.

"Threshold Appreciation Price" has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(a)(i).

"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

"Trading Day" has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(c).

"Transaction Documents" has the meaning specified in Section 7.1(a).

"Treasury Consideration" means the Agent-purchased Treasury Consideration or the Opt-out Treasury Consideration.

"Treasury Portfolio" means: (i) if a Tax Event Redemption occurs prior to a successful remarketing of the Notes or the Stock Purchase Date, a portfolio of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury Securities consisting of principal or interest strips of U.S. Treasury Securities that mature on or prior to the Stock Purchase Date in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes

included in the Equity Units on the Tax Event Redemption Date and, with respect to each scheduled interest Payment Date on the Notes that occurs after the Tax Event Redemption Date and on or before the Stock Purchase Date, interest or principal strips of U.S. Treasury Securities that mature on or prior to such Payment Date in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate interest payment that would be due on the aggregate principal amount of the Notes included in the Equity Units on such Payment Date if the interest rate of the Notes were not reset on the applicable Remarketing Date, and (ii) solely for purposes of determining the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price in the case of a Tax Event Redemption Date occurring prior to a successful remarketing of the Notes, a portfolio of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury Securities consisting of principal or interest strips of U.S. Treasury Securities that mature on or prior to the Stock Purchase Date in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding on the Tax Event Redemption Date and with respect to each scheduled interest Payment Date on the Notes outstanding that occurs after the Tax Event Redemption Date and on or before the Stock Purchase Date, interest or principal strips of U.S. Treasury Securities that mature on or prior to such interest Payment Date in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate interest payment that would be due on the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding on the Tax Event Redemption Date.

"Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price" means the lowest aggregate price quoted by a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City to the Quotation Agent on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Tax Event Redemption Date for the purchase of the Treasury Portfolio for settlement on the Tax Event Redemption Date.

"Treasury Security" means a zero-coupon U.S. Treasury security (CUSIP Number _________) maturing on _______________ that will pay $1,000 on such maturity date.

"Trustee" means The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as trustee under the Indenture, or any successor thereto.

"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement relating to the Equity Units dated ____________ between the Company and the underwriters named therein.

"Vice-President" means any vice-president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title "vice-president."

Section 1.2 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.

Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Agreement, upon any application or request by the Company to the Agent to take any action under any provision of this Agreement, the Company shall furnish to the Agent an Officer's Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to the proposed action have been complied with and, if requested by the Agent, an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Agreement relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Agreement (other than the Officer's Certificate provided for in Section 10.5) shall include:

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

(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such individual to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

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

Section 1.3 FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO AGENT.

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

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

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

Section 1.4 ACTS OF HOLDERS; RECORD DATES.

(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Agreement to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent of such Holders duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Agent and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Agreement and

(subject to Section 7.1) conclusive in favor of the Agent and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

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

(c) The ownership of Equity Units or Stripped Units shall be proved by the Equity Units Register or the Stripped Units Register, as the case may be.

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

(e) The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Units entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Agreement to be given, made or taken by Holders of Equity Units and Stripped Units. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of the Outstanding Units on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action with respect to the Equity Units or the Stripped Units, as the case may be, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite number of Outstanding Units on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite number of Outstanding Units on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Agent in writing and to each Holder of Equity Units and Stripped Units in the manner set forth in Section 1.6.

(f) With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the Company may designate any date as the "Expiration Date" and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the Agent in writing, and to each Holder of Equity Units and Stripped Units in the manner set forth in Section 1.6, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the Company shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.

Section 1.5 NOTICES.

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

(a) the Agent by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if made, given, furnished or filed in writing and personally delivered, mailed, first-class postage prepaid, telecopied or delivered by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the Agent at 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286, telecopy number: (212) 328-8243, Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or at any other address furnished in writing by the Agent to the Holders and the Company; or

(b) the Company by the Agent or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if made, given, furnished or filed in writing and personally delivered, mailed, first-class postage prepaid, telecopied or delivered by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the Company at American Electric Power Company, Inc., 1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215, telecopy number: (614) 223-1687, Attention: General Counsel, or at any other address furnished in writing to the Agent and the Holders by the Company; or

(c) the Collateral Agent by the Agent, the Company or any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if made, given, furnished or filed in writing and personally delivered, mailed, first-class postage prepaid, telecopied or delivered by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, addressed to the Collateral Agent at 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286, telecopy number: (212) 328-8243, Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or at any other address furnished in writing by the Collateral Agent to the Agent, the Company and the Holders; or

(d) the Trustee by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if made, given, furnished or filed in writing and personally delivered, mailed, first-class postage prepaid, telecopied or delivered by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, addressed to the Trustee at The Bank of New York, 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286, telecopy number: (212) 328-8243, Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or at any other address furnished in writing by the Trustee to the Company.

Section 1.6 NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER.

(a) Where this Agreement provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at its address as it appears in the applicable Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the

earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Agreement provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Agent, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

(b) In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Agent shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

Section 1.7 EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

Section 1.8 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.

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

Section 1.9 SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.

In case any provision in this Agreement or in the Equity Units or Stripped Units shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof and thereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 1.10 BENEFITS OF AGREEMENT.

Nothing in this Agreement or in the Equity Units or Stripped Units, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and, to the extent provided hereby, the Holders, any benefits or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement. The Holders from time to time shall be beneficiaries of this Agreement and shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions hereof and of the Equity Units and Stripped Units evidenced by their Certificates by their acceptance of delivery of such Certificates.

Section 1.11 GOVERNING LAW.

This Agreement and the Equity Units and Stripped Units shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws.

Section 1.12 LEGAL HOLIDAYS.

(a) In any case where any Payment Date shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the Equity Units Certificates) payments on the Notes shall not be made on such date, but such payments shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Payment Date, provided that no interest shall accrue or be payable by the Company for the period from and after any such Payment Date, except that if such next succeeding Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the Business Day immediately preceding the Payment Date with the same force and effect as if made on such Payment Date.

(b) If any date on which Contract Adjustment Payments are to be made on the Forward Purchase Contracts is not a Business Day, then payment of the Contract Adjustment Payments payable on that date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day, and no interest or additional payment will be paid in respect of the delay. However, if that Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, the payment will be made on the Business Day immediately preceding the Payment Date with the same force and effect as if made on that Payment Date.