Agreement pursuant to Item 601(b)(4)(iii)(A)
of Regulation S-K
The registrant hereby undertakes and agrees to furnish to the Securities and
Exchange Commission unpon request a copy of any instrument relating to, or
defining the rights of the holders of, any long-term debt of the registrant
and/or its subsudiaries, a copy of which has not been filed in reliance upon
Item 601(b)(4)(iii)(A) of Regulation S-K or which, although previously filed,
shall have become stale in the sense of Item 10(d) of RegulationS-K or which
shall have been deposed of by the Commission pursuant to its Record Control
Schedule. This Agreement and undertaking is intended to be effective with
respect to registrant's long-term debt instruments whether securities have been
issued thereunder or are yet to be issued thereunder.
Dated: August 12, 2002
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Senior Vice President
Corporate Secretary and Chief Financial
Officer
