SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM T-1


         STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

                  OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

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


                            WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
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              (Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)


        Delaware                               51-0055023
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(State of incorporation)        (I.R.S. employer identification no.)


                              Rodney Square North
                            1100 North Market Street
                           Wilmington, Delaware 19890
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                    (Address of principal executive offices)


                               Cynthia L. Corliss
                        Vice President and Trust Counsel
                            Wilmington Trust Company
                              Rodney Square North
                           Wilmington, Delaware 19890
                                 (302) 651-8516
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           (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

                              PEOPLES BANCORP INC.
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              (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

          Ohio                                31-0987416
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(State of incorporation)            (I.R.S. employer identification no.)

      138 Putnam Street
         Marietta, Ohio                                      45750
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(Address of principal executive offices)                  (Zip Code)



        Series B 8.62% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures
                             of Peoples Bancorp Inc.
                       (Title of the indenture securities)



ITEM 1.  GENERAL INFORMATION.

                  Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

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

                    Federal Deposit Insurance Co.        State Bank Commissioner
                    Five Penn Center                           Dover, Delaware
                    Suite #2901
                    Philadelphia, PA

                    Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

                    The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust
powers.

ITEM 2.     AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR.

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

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

ITEM 3.  LIST OF EXHIBITS.

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

            A.      Copy of the Charter of Wilmington Trust Company, which
                    includes the certificate of authority of Wilmington Trust
                    Company to commence business and the authorization of
                    Wilmington Trust Company to exercise corporate trust powers.
            B.      Copy of By-Laws of Wilmington Trust Company.
            C.      Consent of Wilmington Trust Company required by Section
                    21(b) of Trust Indenture Act.
            D.      Copy of most recent Report of Condition of Wilmington Trust
                    Company.

            Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, Wilmington Trust Company, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of Delaware, has duly caused this Statement of
Eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, all in the City of Wilmington and State of Delaware on the 15th day
of June, 1999.


                                            WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
[SEAL]

Attest: /s/ Donald G. MacKelcan             By: /s/ James P. Lawler
       Assistant Secretary                  Name: James P. Lawler
                                            Title:  Vice President





                                    EXHIBIT A

                                 AMENDED CHARTER

                            Wilmington Trust Company

                              Wilmington, Delaware

                           As existing on May 9, 1987


                                 Amended Charter

                                       or

                              Act of Incorporation

                                       of

                            Wilmington Trust Company

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

      First: - The name of this corporation is Wilmington Trust Company.

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


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

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

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

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

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

                    (5) To receive upon deposit for safekeeping money, jewelry,
                    plate, deeds, bonds and any and all other personal property
                    of every sort and kind, from 9executors, administrators,
                    guardians, public officers, courts, receivers,
assignees, trustees, and from all fiduciaries, and from all other persons and
individuals, and from all corporations whether state, municipal, corporate or
private, and to rent boxes, safes, vaults and other receptacles for such
property.

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

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

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

                    (9) To act by any and every method of appointment as
                    trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee, assignee
                    in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, guardian, bailee, or
                    in any other trust capacity in the receiving, holding,
                    managing, and disposing of any and all estates and property,
                    real, personal or mixed, and to be appointed as such
                    trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee, assignee
                    in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, guardian or bailee
                    by any persons, corporations, court, officer, 10or
                    authority, in the State of Delaware or
elsewhere; and whenever this Corporation is so appointed by any person,
corporation, court, officer or authority such trustee, trustee in bankruptcy,
receiver, assignee, assignee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, guardian,
bailee, or in any other trust capacity, it shall not be required to give bond
with surety, but its capital stock shall be taken and held as security for the
performance of the duties devolving upon it by such appointment.

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

                    (11) To purchase, receive, hold and own bonds, mortgages,
                    debentures, shares of capital stock, and other securities,
                    obligations, contracts and evidences of indebtedness, of any
                    private, public or municipal corporation within and without
                    the State of Delaware, or of the Government of the United
                    States, or of any state, territory, colony, or possession
                    thereof, or of any foreign government or country; to
                    receive, collect, receipt for, and dispose of interest,
                    dividends and income upon and from any of the bonds,
                    mortgages, debentures, notes, shares of capital stock,
                    securities, obligations, contracts, evidences of
                    indebtedness and other property held and owned by it, and to
                    exercise in respect of all such bonds, mortgages,
                    debentures, notes, shares of capital stock, securities,
                    obligations, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other
                    property, any and all the rights, powers and privileges of
                    individual owners thereof, including the right to vote
                    thereon; to invest and deal in and with any of the moneys of
                    the Corporation upon such securities and in such manner as
                    it may think fit and proper, and from time to time to vary
                    or realize such investments; to issue bonds and secure the
                    same by pledges or deeds of trust or mortgages of or upon
                    the whole or any part of the property held or owned by the
                    Corporation, and to sell and pledge such bonds, as and when
                    the Board of Directors shall determine, and in the promotion
                    of its said corporate business of investment and to the
                    extent authorized by law, to lease, purchase, hold, 11sell,
                    assign,
transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey real and personal property of any name and
nature and any estate or interest therein.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                    (1) The distinctive designation of, and the number of shares
                    of Preferred Stock which shall constitute such series, which
                    number may be increased (except where 13otherwise provided
                    by the Board of Directors) or decreased
(but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) from time to time
by like action of the Board of Directors;

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

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

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

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

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

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

      (c)   (1) After the requirements with respect to preferential dividends on
            the Preferred Stock (fixed in accordance with the provisions of
            section (b) of this Article Fourth), if any, shall have been met and
            after the Corporation shall have complied with all the requirements,
            if any, with respect to the setting aside of sums as sinking funds
            or redemption or purchase accounts (fixed in accordance with the
            provisions of section (b) of this Article Fourth), and subject
            further to any conditions which may be fixed in accordance with the
            provisions of section (b) of this Article Fourth, then and not
            otherwise the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive
            such dividends as may be declared from time to time by the Board of
            Directors.

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

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

     (d) No  holder  of any of the  shares of any class or series of stock or of
options,  warrants or other rights to purchase  shares of any class or series of
stock or of other securities of the Corporation  shall have any preemptive right
to purchase or subscribe  for any  unissued  stock of any class or series or any
additional  shares of any class or series to be issued by reason of any increase
of the authorized  capital stock of the  Corporation of any class or series,  or
bonds, certificates of indebtedness,  debentures or other securities convertible
into or  15exchangeable  for stock of the Corporation of any class or series, or
carrying  any  right to  purchase  stock of any  class or  series,  but any such
unissued stock,  additional authorized issue of shares of any class or series of
stock or securities  convertible into or exchangeable for stock, or carrying any
right to purchase stock, may be issued and disposed of pursuant to resolution of
the Board of Directors to such persons,  firms,  corporations  or  associations,
whether such holders or others,  and upon such terms as may be deemed  advisable
by the Board of Directors in the exercise of its sole discretion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

     (c)  Notwithstanding  any  other  provisions  of  this  Charter  or  Act of
Incorporation  or the By-Laws of the Corporation (and  notwithstanding  the fact
that some lesser  percentage  may be  specified  by law,  this Charter or Act of
Incorporation or the By-

Laws of the Corporation), any director or the entire Board of Directors of the
Corporation may be removed at any time without cause, but only by the
affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds or more of the outstanding shares
of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election
of directors (considered for this purpose as one class) cast at a meeting of the
stockholders called for that purpose.

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

      Ninth: - This Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

                    (C) the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or any
                    Subsidiary (in one transaction or a series of related
                    transactions) of any securities of the Corporation or any
                    Subsidiary to any Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate of
                    any Interested Stockholder in exchange for cash, securities
                    or other property (or a combination thereof) having an
                    aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more, or

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

                    (E) any reclassification of securities (including any
                    reverse stock split), or recapitalization of the
                    Corporation, or any merger or consolidation of the
                    Corporation with any of its Subsidiaries or any similar
                    transaction (whether or not with or into or otherwise
                    involving an Interested Stockholder) which has the effect,
                    directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate
                    share of the outstanding shares of any class of equity or
                    convertible securities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary
                    which is directly or indirectly owned by any Interested
                    Stockholder, or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder,


shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors, considered for the purpose of this
Article Fifteenth as one class ("Voting Shares"). Such affirmative vote shall be
required notwithstanding the fact that no vote may be required, or that some
lesser percentage may be specified, by law or in any agreement with any national
securities exchange or otherwise.

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

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

                    (c) For the purposes of this Article Fifteenth:

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

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

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

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

                    (C) is an assignee of or has otherwise succeeded in any
share of capital stock of the Corporation which 21were at any time within two
years prior thereto beneficially owned by any Interested Stockholder, and such
assignment or succession shall have occurred in the course of a transaction or
series of transactions not involving a public offering within the meaning of the
Securities Act of 1933.

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

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

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

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

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

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

      (6)   "Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation of which a majority of any
            class of equity security (as defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General
            Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
            in effect in December 31, 1981) is owned, directly or indirectly, by
            the 22Corporation; provided, however, that for the purposes of the
            definition of Investment
Stockholder set forth in paragraph (2) of this section (c), the term
"Subsidiary" shall mean only a corporation of which a majority of each class of
equity security is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation.

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

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

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

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

                    (b) Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph
shall not adversely affect any right or 23protection of a Director of the
Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring
prior to the time of such repeal or modification."



                                    EXHIBIT B

                                     BY-LAWS


                            WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY

                              WILMINGTON, DELAWARE

                         As existing on January 16, 1997




                       BY-LAWS OF WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY


                                    ARTICLE I
                             Stockholders' Meetings

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

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

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

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


                                   ARTICLE II
                                    Directors

         Section 1. The number and classification of the Board of Directors
shall be as set forth in the Charter of the Bank.

         Section 2. No person who has attained the age of seventy-two (72) years
shall be nominated for election to the Board of Directors of the Company,
provided, however, that this limitation shall not apply to any person who was
serving as director of the Company on September 16, 1971.


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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





                                   ARTICLE III
                                   Committees

         Section 1.  Executive Committee

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

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

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

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

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

                             (F) In the event of a state of disaster of
sufficient severity to prevent the conduct and management of
the affairs and business of the Company by its directors and officers as
contemplated by these By-Laws any two available members of the Executive
Committee as constituted immediately prior to such disaster shall constitute a
quorum of that Committee for the full conduct and management of the affairs and
business of the Company in accordance with the provisions of Article III of
these By-Laws; and if less than three members of the Trust Committee is
constituted immediately prior to such disaster shall be available for the
transaction of its business, such Executive Committee shall also be empowered to
exercise all of the powers reserved to the Trust Committee under Article III
Section 2 hereof. In the event of the unavailability, at such time, of a minimum
of two 29members of such Executive Committee, any three available directors
shall constitute the Executive Committee for the full conduct and management of
the affairs and business of the Company in accordance with the foregoing
provisions of this Section. This By-Law shall be subject to implementation by
Resolutions of the Board of Directors presently existing or hereafter passed
from time to time for that purpose, and any provisions of these By-Laws (other
than this Section) and any resolutions which are contrary to the provisions of
this Section or to the provisions of any such implementary Resolutions shall be
suspended during such a disaster period until it shall be determined by any
interim Executive Committee acting under this section that it shall be to the
advantage of the Company to resume the conduct and management of its affairs and
business under all of the other provisions of these By-Laws.

         Section 2.  Trust Committee

                             (A) The Trust Committee shall be composed of not
more than thirteen members who shall be selected by the
Board of Directors, a majority of whom shall be members of the Board of
Directors and who shall hold office during the pleasure of the Board.

                             (B) The Trust Committee shall have general
supervision over the Trust Department and the investment of
trust funds, in all matters, however, being subject to the approval of the
Board of Directors.

                             (C) The Trust Committee shall meet at the principal
office of the Company or elsewhere in its discretion
at such times to be determined by a majority of its members or at the call of
its chairman. A majority of its members shall be necessary to constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business.

                             (D) Minutes of each meeting of the Trust Committee
shall be kept and promptly submitted to the Board of
Directors.

                             (E) The Trust Committee shall have the power to
appoint Committees and/or designate officers or
employees of the Company to whom supervision over the investment of trust funds
may be delegated when the Trust Committee is not in session.

         Section 3.  Audit Committee

                             (A) The Audit Committee shall be composed of five
members who shall be selected by the Board of
Directors from its own 30members, none of whom shall be an officer of the
Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board.

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

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

         Section 4.  Compensation Committee

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

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

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

         Section 5.  Associate Directors

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

                             (B) An associate director shall be entitled to
attend all directors meetings and participate in the
discussion of all matters brought to the Board, with the exception that he would
31have no right to vote. An associate director will be eligible for appointment
to Committees of the Company, with the exception of the Executive Committee,
Audit Committee and Compensation Committee, which must be comprised solely of
active directors.

         Section 6.  Absence or Disqualification of Any Member of a Committee

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

         ARTICLE IV
         Officers

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

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

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

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


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

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

         Section 7. The Treasurer shall have general supervision over all assets
and liabilities of the Company. He shall be custodian of and responsible for all
monies, funds and valuables of the Company and for the keeping of proper records
of the evidence of property or indebtedness and of all the transactions of the
Company. He shall have general supervision of the expenditures of the Company
and shall report to the Board of Directors at each regular meeting of the
condition of the Company, and perform such other duties as may be assigned to
him from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Executive Committee.

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

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

         Section 9. The officer designated by the Board of Directors to be in
charge of the Audit Division of the Company with such title as the Board of
Directors shall prescribe, shall report to and be directly responsible only to
the Board of Directors.
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         There shall be an Auditor and there may be one or more Audit Officers,
however denominated, who may perform all the duties of the Auditor and such
duties as may be prescribed by the officer in charge of the Audit Division.

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

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


         ARTICLE V
         Stock and Stock Certificates

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

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

         Section 3. The Board of Directors of the Company is authorized to fix
in advance a record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to
notice of, and to vote at, any meeting of stockholders and any adjournment
thereof, or entitled 34to receive payment of any dividend, or to any allotment
or rights, or to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or
exchange of capital stock, or in connection with obtaining the consent of
stockholders for any purpose, which record date shall not be more than 60 nor
less than 10 days proceeding the date of any meeting of stockholders or the date
for the payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the
date when any change or conversion or exchange of capital stock shall go into
effect, or a date in connection with obtaining such consent.


                                   ARTICLE VI
                                      Seal

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

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


                                   ARTICLE VII
                                   Fiscal Year

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





                                  ARTICLE VIII
                     Execution of Instruments of the Company

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


                                   ARTICLE IX
               Compensation of Directors and Members of Committees

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


                                    ARTICLE X
                                 Indemnification

      Section 1. (A) The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may
hereafter be amended, any person who was 36or is made or is threatened to be
made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a "proceeding") by reason of
the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was
a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving
at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or
agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust,
enterprise or non-profit entity, including service with respect to employee
benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably
incurred by such person. The Corporation shall indemnify a person in connection
with a proceeding initiated by such person only if the proceeding was authorized
by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

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

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

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

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



                                   ARTICLE XI
                            Amendments to the By-Laws

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


                                    EXHIBIT C

      Section 321(b) Consent


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



                                      WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY


Dated: June 15, 1999                  By: /s/ James P. Lawler
                                         --------------------------------------
                                      Name: James P. Lawler
                                      Title: Vice President






                                    EXHIBIT D



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Consolidating domestic subsidiaries of the

           WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY                        of     WILMINGTON
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                 Name of Bank City

in the State of   DELAWARE  , at the close of business on March 31, 1999.
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ASSETS
                                                            Thousands of dollars
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
 Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coins................... 196,035
 Interest-bearing balances................................................... 0
Held-to-maturity securities............................................. 44,909
Available-for-sale securities........................................ 1,396,028
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under
     agreements to resell.............................................. 127,340
Loans and lease financing receivables:
         Loans and leases, net of unearned income..........4,176,290
         LESS:  Allowance for loan and lease losses ..........68,543
         LESS:  Allocated transfer risk reserve ........ ..........0
  Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and reserve....4,107,747
Assets held in trading accounts...............................................0
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)................139,843
Other real estate owned...................................................1,055
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies...... 1,225
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding................. 0
Intangible assets........................................................ 5,265
Other assets............................................................ 99,075
Total assets..........................................................6,118,520

LIABILITIES

Deposits:
In domestic offices...................................................4,332,124
         Noninterest-bearing ...............959,777
         Interest-bearing ................3,372,347
Federal funds purchased and Securities sold under
  agreements to repurchase............................................. 432,395
Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury.................................28,906
Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-D)......................................0
Other borrowed money:...................................................///////
         With original maturity of one year or less.....................715,000
         With original maturity of more than one year................... 43,000
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding..................... 0
Subordinated notes and debentures............................................ 0
Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G).................................. 93,311
Total liabilities.....................................................5,644,736

EQUITY CAPITAL

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus.................................0
Common Stock................................................................500
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)................ 62,118
Undivided profits and capital reserves................................. 408,053
Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities... 3,113
Total equity capital....................................................473,784
Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock, and equity capital...6,118,520