Agreement to Furnish Long-Term Debt Instruments to SEC under Regulation S-K Item 601(b)(4)(iii)(A)

Summary

This agreement, signed by the registrant and its Senior Vice President, states that the company will provide the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with copies of any long-term debt instruments not previously filed, or those that have become outdated or disposed of, upon the SEC's request. The agreement covers all such instruments, whether or not securities have been issued under them, and ensures compliance with SEC regulations regarding disclosure of long-term debt.

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Exhibit 4.1

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 upon 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 subsidiaries, 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 Regulation S-K or which shall have been disposed 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.


Date:
August 12, 2002
     
         
     
By:
/s/ Theodore C. Miller
       
Theodore C. Miller, Senior Vice President
       
Corporate Secretary and Chief Financial Officer