Exhibit 10.1


                                                Credit Agreement



                                                                    Exhibit 10.1





                                               U.S. $100,000,000

                                                CREDIT AGREEMENT

                                         Dated as of December 23, 2002


                                                    Between

                                          THE PHOENIX COMPANIES, INC.

                                         PHOENIX LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                                       PHOENIX INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LTD.

                                    THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY HERETO,

                                   FLEET NATIONAL BANK, AS SYNDICATION AGENT

                                   BANK OF MONTREAL, as ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

                           FLEET SECURITIES, INC. AND BANK OF MONTREAL NESBITT BURNS

                                            AS JOINT LEAD ARRANGERS

                    KEY BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS DOCUMENTATION

                                                     AGENTS







                                            TABLE OF CONTENTS


SECTION                                                HEADING                                            PAGE
ARTICLE I                  DEFINITIONS........................................................................1

       Section 1.1.        Certain Defined Terms..............................................................1
       Section 1.2.        Other Interpretive Provisions.....................................................14
       Section 1.3.        Accounting Principles.............................................................15

ARTICLE II                 THE CREDITS.......................................................................15

       Section 2.1.        Amounts and Terms of Commitments..................................................15
       Section 2.2.        Loan Accounts.....................................................................16
       Section 2.3.        Procedure for Borrowing...........................................................16
       Section 2.4.        Conversion and Continuation Elections.............................................17
       Section 2.5.        Voluntary Termination or Reduction of Commitments.................................18
       Section 2.6.        Optional Prepayments..............................................................18
       Section 2.7.        Repayment.........................................................................20
       Section 2.8.        Interest..........................................................................20
       Section 2.9.        Fees..............................................................................21
       Section 2.10.       Computation of Fees and Interest..................................................22
       Section 2.11.       Payments..........................................................................22
       Section 2.12.       Payments by the Banks to the Administrative Agent.................................23
       Section 2.13.       Sharing of Payments, Etc..........................................................24

ARTICLE III                TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY............................................24

       Section 3.1.        Taxes.............................................................................24
       Section 3.2.        Illegality........................................................................26
       Section 3.3.        Increased Costs and Reduction of Return...........................................26
       Section 3.4.        Funding Losses....................................................................27
       Section 3.5.        Inability to Determine Rates......................................................27
       Section 3.6.        Certificates of Banks.............................................................28
       Section 3.7.        Survival..........................................................................28

ARTICLE IV                 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT..............................................................28

       Section 4.1.        Conditions of Initial Loans.......................................................28
       Section 4.2.        Conditions to All Borrowings......................................................30

ARTICLE V                  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES....................................................30

       Section 5.1.        Corporate Existence and Power.....................................................31
       Section 5.2.        Corporate Authorization; No Contravention.........................................31
       Section 5.3.         Governmental Authorization.......................................................31
       Section 5.4.        Binding Effect....................................................................31
       Section 5.5.        Litigation........................................................................32
       Section 5.6.        Contractual Obligation............................................................32



       Section 5.7.        ERISA Compliance..................................................................32
       Section 5.8.        Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations...............................................32
       Section 5.9.        Title to Properties...............................................................33
       Section 5.10.       Taxes.............................................................................33
       Section 5.11.       Financial Condition...............................................................33
       Section 5.12.       Environmental Matters.............................................................34
       Section 5.13.       Regulated Entities................................................................34
       Section 5.14.       No Burdensome Restrictions........................................................34
       Section 5.15.        Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Licenses, Etc................................34
       Section 5.16.       Subsidiaries......................................................................34
       Section 5.17.       Insurance.........................................................................34
       Section 5.18.       Full Disclosure...................................................................35
       Section 5.19.       Compliance........................................................................35

ARTICLE VI                 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.............................................................35

       Section 6.1.        Financial Statements..............................................................35
       Section 6.2.        Certificates; Other Information...................................................36
       Section 6.3.        Notices...........................................................................37
       Section 6.4.        Preservation of Corporate Existence, Etc..........................................38
       Section 6.5.         Maintenance of Property..........................................................38
       Section 6.6.        Insurance.........................................................................38
       Section 6.7.        Payment of Obligations............................................................39
       Section 6.8.        Compliance with Laws..............................................................39
       Section 6.9.        Compliance with ERISA.............................................................39
       Section 6.10.       Inspection of Property and Books and Records......................................39
       Section 6.11.       Environmental Laws................................................................40
       Section 6.12.       Use of Proceeds...................................................................40

ARTICLE VII                NEGATIVE COVENANTS................................................................40

       Section 7.1.        Limitation on Liens...............................................................40
       Section 7.2.        Mergers, Consolidations and Sales of Assets.......................................41
       Section 7.3.        Loans and Investments.............................................................42
       Section 7.4.        Limitation on Indebtedness........................................................43
       Section 7.5.        Transactions with Affiliates......................................................43
       Section 7.6.        Use of Proceeds...................................................................43
       Section 7.7.        Contingent Obligations............................................................43
       Section 7.8.        Joint Ventures....................................................................44
       Section 7.9.        Restricted Payments...............................................................44
       Section 7.10.       ERISA.............................................................................44
       Section 7.11.       Change in Business................................................................44
       Section 7.12.       Accounting Changes................................................................44
       Section 7.13.       Pari Passu........................................................................44
       Section 7.14.       Phoenix...........................................................................44

ARTICLE VIII               PARENT'S FINANCIAL COVENANTS......................................................45


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       Section 8.1.        Parent Total Debt to Capitalization Ratio.........................................45
       Section 8.2.        Shareholders' Equity..............................................................45

ARTICLE IX                 PLIC FINANCIAL COVENANT...........................................................45

       Section 9.1.        Risk Based Capital................................................................45

ARTICLE X                  GUARANTIES........................................................................45

       Section 10.1.       Guaranty..........................................................................45
       Section 10.2.       Guaranty Unconditional............................................................45
       Section 10.3.       Discharge Only Upon Payment in Full; Reinstatement in Certain Circumstances.......46
       Section 10.4        Waiver by the Parent..............................................................46
       Section 10.5.       Subrogation.......................................................................46
       Section 10.6.       Stay of Acceleration..............................................................47

ARTICLE XI                 EVENTS OF DEFAULT.................................................................47

       Section 11.1.       Event of Default..................................................................47
       Section 11.2.       Remedies..........................................................................49
       Section 11.3.       Rights Not Exclusive..............................................................49

ARTICLE XII                THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT..........................................................50

       Section 12.1.       Appointment.......................................................................50
       Section 12.2.       Delegation of Duties..............................................................50
       Section 12.3.       Exculpatory Provisions............................................................50
       Section 12.4.       Reliance by Administrative Agent..................................................51
       Section 12.5.       Notice of Default.................................................................51
       Section 12.6.       Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Banks..............................51
       Section 12.7.       Indemnification...................................................................52
       Section 12.8.       Administrative Agent in Its Individual Capacity...................................53
       Section 12.9.       Successor Administrative Agent....................................................53
       Section 12.10.      Syndication Agent and Documentation Agent.........................................53

ARTICLE XIII               MISCELLANEOUS.....................................................................54

       Section 13.1.       Amendments and Waivers............................................................54
       Section 13.2.       Notices...........................................................................54
       Section 13.3.       No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies....................................................55
       Section 13.4.       Costs and Expenses................................................................55
       Section 13.5.       Indemnity.........................................................................56
       Section 13.6.       Payments Set Aside................................................................56
       Section 13.7.       Successors and Assigns............................................................57
       Section 13.8.       Assignments, Participations, etc..................................................57
       Section 13.9.       Confidentiality...................................................................59
       Section 13.10.      Set-off...........................................................................60
       Section 13.11.      Automatic Debits of Fees..........................................................60


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       Section 13.12.      Notification of Addresses, Lending Offices, Etc...................................60
       Section 13.13.      Counterparts......................................................................60
       Section 13.14.      Severability......................................................................61
       Section 13.15.      No Third Parties Benefits.........................................................61
       Section 13.16.      Governing Law and Jurisdiction....................................................61
       Section 13.17.      Waiver of Jury Trial..............................................................61
       Section 13.18.      Entire Agreement..................................................................62


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SCHEDULES
Schedule 2.1     Commitments
Schedule 7.1     Permitted Liens
Schedule 7.7     Contingent Obligations

EXHIBITS


Exhibit A        Form of Notice of Borrowing
Exhibit 3        Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation
Exhibit C        Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit D-1      Form of Legal Opinion of PXP’s Counsel
Exhibit D-2      Form of Legal Opinion of PLIC’s Counsel
Exhibit D-3      Form of Legal Opinion of Opinion of Parent’s Counsel
Exhibit E        Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit F        Form of Promissory Note
Exhibit I        Primary Subsidiaries
Exhibit J        Certain Undertakings


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                                                CREDIT AGREEMENT

To the Agents and each of the Financial
   Institutions which are or become parties hereto:

      The undersigned The Phoenix Companies, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (the "Parent"), Phoenix Life
Insurance Company, a New York stock insurance company ("PLIC") and Phoenix Investment Partners, Ltd., a
Delaware corporation ("PXP"), apply to you for your several commitments to extend credit to them on and
subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.


                                                   ARTICLE I

                                                  DEFINITIONS

      Section 1.1. Certain Defined Terms. The following terms have the following meanings:

      "Acquisition" means any transaction or series of related transactions for the purpose of or resulting,
directly or indirectly, in (a) the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of a Person, or of any
business or division of a Person, (b) the acquisition of in excess of 50% of the capital stock, partnership
interests or equity of any Person, or otherwise causing any Person to become a Subsidiary of the Parent, or (c)
a merger or consolidation or any other combination with another Person (other than a Person that is a
Subsidiary of the survivor) provided that the Parent or a Subsidiary thereof is the surviving entity.

      "Administrative Agent" means BMO, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Banks hereunder, and
any successor administrative agent arising under Section 12.9.

      "Administrative Agent's Payment Office" means the address for payments set forth on the signature page
hereto in relation to the Administrative Agent, or such other address as the Administrative Agent may from
time to time specify.

      "Affiliate" means, as to any Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly, is in control of,
is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another
Person if the controlling Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction
of the management and policies of the other Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract, or otherwise.

      "Agent-Related Persons" means BMO, Fleet, and any successor Administrative Agent arising under Section
12.9, together with their respective Affiliates (including, in the case of BMO and Fleet the Arrangers), and
the officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and Affiliates.

      "Agents" means the Administrative Agent, Fleet as Syndication Agent and Key Bank National Association
and The Bank of New York as Documentation Agents.



      "Agreement" means this Credit Agreement.

      "Annual Statement" means the annual financial statement of any insurance company as required to be filed
with the Department, together with all exhibits or schedules filed therewith, prepared in conformity with SAP.
References to amounts on particular exhibits, schedules, lines, pages and columns on such Annual Statements are
based on the formats promulgated by the NAIC for 2001 Annual Statements for the applicable type of insurance
company. If such format is changed in future years so that different information is contained in such items or
they no longer exist, it is understood that the reference is to information consistent with that recorded in
the referenced item in the 2000 Annual Statement of the applicable insurance company.

      "Applicable Margin" means, at any time, the rate per annum determined in accordance with the following:

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     LEVEL       PARENT S&P RATING    PARENT MOODY'S RATING   APPLICABLE MARGIN
-------------- --------------------- ----------------------- -------------------
       I                >A-                    >A3                 1.125%
-------------- --------------------- ----------------------- -------------------
      II           >BBB+ but <A-          >Baa1 but <A3            1.250%
-------------- --------------------- ----------------------- -------------------
      III          >BBB but <BBB+       >Baa2 but <Baa1            1.375%
-------------- --------------------- ----------------------- -------------------
      IV           >BBB- but <BBB        >Baa3 but <Baa2           1.500%
-------------- --------------------- ----------------------- -------------------
       V               <BBB-                  <Baa3                1.625%
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      Provided, however, that the forgoing shall be subject to the following:

            (a) The terms "Parent S&P Rating" and "Parent Moody's Rating" shall for all purposes of this
      Agreement mean the ratings solicited by the Parent from and issued by S&P or Moody's, respectively,
      for the long term unsecured debt of the Parent. The term "Rating" shall refer to any of the forgoing
      ratings.

            (b) If only an S&P Rating or a Moody's Rating is available then the Applicable Margins shall be
      determined on the basis of the Rating which is available but if both such Ratings are available and the
      Ratings are split (i.e., the Ratings are not at the same level as contemplated by the foregoing grid)
      then (i) the Applicable Margins shall be determined based upon whichever of the two Ratings yields the
      highest Applicable Margin if the two ratings differ by only one level and (ii) the Applicable Margin
      shall be determined based on the level which is one level above the level of the lower of the two ratings
      if the two ratings differ by more than one level. If neither an S&P Rating nor a Moody's Rating is
      available then in that event the Applicable Margin shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, after
      consultation with the Parent, so as to approximate the Administrative Agent's estimate of what the
      ratings of long term unsecured indebtedness of the Parent would have been had such ratings been available,
      the determination of the Administrative Agent to be final and conclusive provided it was  active in
      good faith.

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            (c) Changes in the Applicable Margin resulting from Rating changes or from Ratings becoming, or
      ceasing to be, available shall become effective upon the date of the occurrence in question.

            (d) References to rating categories hereinabove are references to such categories as presently
      determined by S&P and Moody's and in the event a ratings system referred to hereinabove is changed by any
      such rating agency, each reference to a particular rating set forth in this Agreement shall be deemed to
      be a reference to the rating under such changed rating system which, in the reasonable judgment of the
      Administrative Agent, after consultation with the rating service involved, most closely approximates the
      level of financial condition associated with the particular rating as currently defined.

            (e) The Applicable Margin shall initially be 1.375% per annum and shall not be subject to downward
      adjustment prior to March 23, 2003.

      "Arrangers" means Fleet Securities, Inc. and Bank of Montreal in their capacities as such.

      "Assignee" has the meaning specified in subsection 13.8(a).

      "Assignment and Acceptance" has the meaning specified in Section 13.8(a).

      "Attorney Costs" means and includes all fees and disbursements of any law firm or other external
counsel, the non-duplicative allocated cost of internal legal services and all disbursements of internal
counsel.

      "Banks" means the financial institutions from time to time parties hereto other than the Borrowers.

      "Bankruptcy Code" means the Federal Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. ss.101, et seq.), as
amended from time to time.

      "Base Rate" means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the higher of: (a) 0.50% per annum above the
Federal Funds Rate in effect for such date; and (b) the rate of interest announced by BMO from time to time as
its prime commercial rate for Dollar loans made in the United States (it being understood that such rate may
not be BMO's best or lowest rate), as in effect on such day. Any change in the Base Rate resulting from a
change in such prime commercial rate shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the
announcement of such change.

      "Base Rate Loan" means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.

      "BMO" means Bank of Montreal, a chartered bank of Canada.

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      "Borrowers" means the Parent, PLIC and PXP and each of them and "Borrower" means any of the
Borrowers. It is understood that no Borrower is liable for the Loans of the others or costs and expenses
related thereto except to the extent it has guaranteed same pursuant to Article X hereof.

      "Borrowing" means a borrowing hereunder consisting of Loans of the same type made to the same Borrower
on the same day by the Banks under Article II, and, other than in the case of Base Rate Loans, having the same
Interest Period.

      "Borrowing Date" means any date on which a Borrowing occurs under Section 2.3.

      "Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in
New York City or Chicago are authorized or required by law to close and, if the applicable Business Day relates
to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means such a day on which dealings are carried on in the applicable Eurodollar
dollar interbank market.

      "Capital Adequacy Regulation" means any guideline, request or directive of any central bank or other
Governmental Authority, or any other law, rule or regulation, whether or not having the force of law, in each
case, regarding capital adequacy of any bank or of any corporation controlling a bank.

      "Change of Control" means

            (a) the acquisition by any Person, or two or more Persons acting in concert, of beneficial
      ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
      Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of 30% or more of the voting power of the Parent; or

            (b) the failure of the Parent to own, either directly or indirectly, free and clear of all Liens or
      other encumbrances, all of the outstanding shares of the voting stock of the other Borrowers.

      "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and regulations promulgated thereunder, all as amended
from time to time.

      "Commitment," as to each Bank, has the meaning specified in Section 2.1. As of the date of this
Agreement, the amount of the combined Commitments of all Banks is $100,000,000.

      "Company Action Level" means 200% of the Authorized Control Level Risk-Based Capital of PLIC. The
Authorized Control Level Risk-Based Capital of PLIC shall be computed in the manner from time to time
prescribed by the Insurance Department of the State of New York for inclusion in the Annual Statement of PLIC
to such Department. Such Authorized Control Level Risk-Based Capital currently appears on page 22 of such
statement in column 1, line 28.

      "Compliance Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C.

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      "Contingent Obligation" means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability of that Person,
whether or not contingent, with or without recourse, (a) with respect to any Indebtedness, lease, dividend,
letter of credit or other obligation (the "primary obligations") of another Person (the "primary obligor"),
including any obligation of that Person (i) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such primary
obligations or any security therefor, (ii) to advance or provide funds for the payment or discharge of any such
primary obligation, or to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to
maintain the net worth or solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of the
primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the
owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary
obligation, or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the holder of any such primary obligation against
loss in respect thereof (each, a "Guaranty Obligation"); (b) with respect to any Surety Instrument issued  for
the account of that Person or as to which that person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings or
payments if the obligation supported by such Surety Instrument constitutes Indebtedness; (c) to purchase any
materials, supplies or other property from, or to obtain the services of, another Person if the relevant
contract or other related document or obligation requires that payment for such materials, supplies or other
property, or for such services, shall be made regardless of whether delivery of such materials, supplies or
other property is ever made or tendered, or such services are ever performed or tendered, or (d) in respect of
any Swap Contract. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall, in the case of Guaranty Obligations, be
deemed equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guaranty
Obligation is made or, if not stated or if indeterminable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in
respect thereof, and in the case of other Contingent Obligations, shall be equal to the maximum reasonably
anticipated liability in respect thereof.

      "Contractual Obligation" means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or
of any agreement, undertaking, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument, document or
agreement to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

      "Conversion/Continuation Date" means any date on which, under Section 2.4, a Borrower (a) converts Loans
of one Type to another Type, or (b) continues as Eurodollar Rate Loans, but with a new Interest Period,
Eurodollar Rate Loans having Interest Periods expiring on such date.

      "Default" means any event or circumstance which, with the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both,
would (if not cured or otherwise remedied during such time) constitute an Event of Default.

      "Department" means the applicable Governmental Authority of the state of domicile of an insurance
company responsible for the regulation of said insurance company.

      "Dollars," "dollars" and "$" each mean lawful money of the United States.

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      "Effective Date" means the date as of which the conditions precedent to the initial Loans as specified
in Section 4.1 hereof are satisfied.

      "Eligible Assignee" means (i) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States, or any
state thereof, and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 (or its equivalent in foreign
currency); (ii) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country which is a member of the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or a political subdivision of any such country, and
having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 (or its equivalent in foreign currency),
provided that such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United States; (iii) a Person
that is primarily engaged in the business of commercial banking and that is (A) a Subsidiary of a Bank, (B) a
Subsidiary of a Person of which a Bank is a Subsidiary, or (C) a Person of which a Bank is a Subsidiary; and
(iv) any other Person agreed to by the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.

      "Environmental Claims" means all claims, however asserted, by any Governmental Authority or other
Person alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of any Environmental Law, or for release or
injury to the environment.

      "Environmental Laws" means all federal, state or local laws, statutes, common law duties, rules,
regulations, ordinances and codes, together with all administrative orders, directed duties, requests,
licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authorities, in each case
relating to environmental, health, safety and land use matters.

      "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and regulations promulgated
thereunder, all as from time to time amended.

      "ERISA Affiliate" means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with
the Parent, PLIC or PXP within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of
the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).

      "ERISA Event" means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the
Parent, PLIC, PXP or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan
year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of
operations which is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial
withdrawal by the Parent, PLIC, PXP or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a
Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a
Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the
PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which might reasonably be
expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a
trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of any liability under
Title IV of ERISA, other than PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the
Parent, PLIC, PXP or any ERISA Affiliate.

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      "Eurodollar Rate" means, with respect to the Interest Period applicable to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, a
rate of interest per annum, determined pursuant to the following formula:

      Eurodollar Rate =                     LIBOR Rate
                                                                
                              100% - Eurodollar Reserve Percentage

      "Eurodollar Reserve Percentage" means, for any day during an Interest Period for a Borrowing of
Eurodollar Rate Loans, the maximum rate at which reserves (including, without limitation, any supplemental,
marginal and emergency reserves) are imposed on such day by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (or any successor) on "Eurocurrency liabilities", as defined in such Board's Regulation D (or in
respect of any other category of liabilities that includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on
Eurodollar Loans is determined on any category of extension of credit or other assets that include loans by
non-United States offices of any Bank to United States residents) subject to any amendments of such reserve
requirement by such Board or its successor, taking into account any transitional adjustments thereto. The
Eurodollar Rate shall automatically be adjusted as of the date of any change in the Eurodollar Reserve
Percentage.
      "Eurodollar Rate Loan" means a Loan that bears interest based on the Eurodollar Rate.

      "Event of Default" means any of the events or circumstances specified in Section 11.1.

      "Exchange Act" means the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and regulations promulgated
thereunder.

      "Existing Credit Agreement" means the Credit Agreement dated as of June 11, 2001 among the Borrowers,
BMO as Administrative Agent and the other agents and financial institutions party thereto, as heretofore amended.

      "Facility Fee" means the fee payable pursuant to Section 2.9(b) hereof.

      "FDIC" means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and any Governmental Authority succeeding
to any of its principal functions.

      "Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, a rate per annum (expressed as a decimal, rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next higher 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal
funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on such day, as
published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day, provided that
(i) if the day for which such rate is to be determined is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such
day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next
succeeding Business Day, and (ii) if such rate is not so published for any day, the Federal Funds Rate for such
day shall be the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by BMO as determined by
BMO and reported to the Administrative Agent.

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      "Fleet" means Fleet National Bank, a national banking association.

      "FRB" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and any Governmental Authority
succeeding to any of its principal functions.

      "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set forth from time to time in the opinions
and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (or agencies with
similar functions of comparable stature and authority within the U.S. accounting profession), which are
applicable to the circumstances as of the date hereof.

      "Governmental Authority" means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision
thereof, any central bank (or similar monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, and
any corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of
the foregoing.

      "Guaranty Obligation" has the meaning specified in the definition of "Contingent Obligation."

      "Highest Lawful Rate" means as to any Bank, the maximum rate of interest, if any, that at any time or
from time to time may be contracted for, taken, charged or received by such Bank on the obligations owed to it
under the laws applicable to such Bank and this transaction.

      "Indebtedness" of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money; (b) all
obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than
trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business on ordinary terms); (c) all non-contingent
reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to Surety Instruments to the extent such Surety Instruments
support payment of Indebtedness; (d) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar
instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets
or businesses; (e) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to property acquired by the Person (even
though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited
to repossession or sale of such property); (f) all obligations with respect to capital leases; (g) all monetary
obligations of such Person under a so-called synthetic or tax retention lease, or any other agreement for the
use or possession of property creating obligations which do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but
which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as Indebtedness of such Person
(without regard to accounting treatment); (h) all net obligations with respect to Swap Contracts; (i) all
indebtedness referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above secured by (or for which the holder of such
Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in property
(including accounts and contracts rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or
become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness; and (j) all Guaranty Obligations in respect of indebtedness
or obligations of others of the kinds

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referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above. Indebtedness shall not, however, include obligations the payment
of which is tied to the closed block of business of PLIC.

      "Indemnified Liabilities" has the meaning specified in Section 13.5.

      "Indemnified Person" has the meaning specified in Section 13.5.

      "Independent Auditor" has the meaning specified in subsection 6.1(a).

      "Insolvency Proceeding" means (a) any case, action or proceeding before any court or other
Governmental Authority relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership,
dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors, or (b) any assignment for the benefit of creditors, composition,
marshaling of assets for creditors, or other, similar arrangement in respect of its creditors generally or any
substantial portion of its creditors; undertaken under U.S. Federal, state or foreign law, including the
Bankruptcy Code.

      "Insurance Code" means with respect to any insurance company, the insurance code of the state of
domicile and any successor statute of similar import together with the regulations thereunder as amended or
otherwise modified and in effect from time to time. References to sections of the Insurance Code shall be
construed to also refer to successor sections.

      "Interest Payment Date" means, as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period
applicable to such Loan and, as to any Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each calendar quarter and each
date such Loan is converted into another Type of Loan, provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a
Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three months, the date that falls every successive three months after the
beginning of such Interest Period and the last day thereof is also an Interest Payment Date.

      "Interest Period" means, as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the Borrowing Date
of such Loan or on the Conversion/Continuation Date on which the Loan is converted into or continued as an
Eurodollar Rate Loan, and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter as selected by the
applicable Borrower in its Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation;

provided that:

              (i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, that Interest
      Period shall be extended to the following Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to
      carry such Interest Period into another calendar month, in which event such Interest Period shall end on
      the preceding Business Day;

             (ii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for
      which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period)
      shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and

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            (iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Termination Date.

      "IRS" means the Internal Revenue Service, and any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its
principal functions under the Code.

      "Joint Venture" means a single-purpose corporation, partnership, joint venture or other similar legal
arrangement (whether created by contract or conducted through a separate legal entity) now or hereafter formed
by the Parent, PLIC, PXP or any of their Subsidiaries with another Person in order to conduct a common venture
or enterprise with such Person.

      "Lending Office" means, as to any Bank, the office or offices of such Bank specified as its "Lending
Office" or "Domestic Lending Office" or "Eurodollar Lending Office," as the case may be, on Schedule 13.2, or
such other office or offices as such Bank may from time to time notify the Borrowers and the Administrative
Agent.

      "LIBOR Rate" means, for any Interest Period applicable to a Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (a) the
LIBOR Index Rate for such Interest Period, if such rate is available, and (b) if the LIBOR Index Rate cannot be
determined, the arithmetic average of the rates of interest per annum (rounded upwards or downwards, if
necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) at which deposits in U.S. dollars in immediately available funds are
offered to the Administrative Agent at 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two (2) Business Days before the
beginning of such Interest Period by three (3) or more major lenders in the interbank eurodollar market
selected by the Administrative Agent for a period equal to such Interest Period and in an amount equal or
comparable to the principal amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan scheduled to be made by the Administrative Agent
during such Interest Period. "LIBOR Index Rate" means for any Interest Period applicable to a Eurodollar
Rate Loan, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher one hundred-thousandth of a
percentage point) for deposits in U.S. Dollars for a period equal to such Interest Period, which appears on the
Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on the date two Business Days before the commencement
of such Interest Period.

      "Lien" means any security interest, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, charge
or deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other) or preferential arrangement of any kind or
nature whatsoever in respect of any property (including those created by, arising under or evidenced by any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, the interest of a lessor under a capital lease, any
financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, or the filing of any
financing statement naming the owner of the asset to which such lien relates as debtor under the Uniform
Commercial Code or any comparable law (other than a filing made in connection with a true sale of accounts
receivable or a precautionary filing made in connection with a true lease) and any contingent or other
agreement to provide any of the foregoing, but not including the interest of a lessor under an operating lease.

      "Loan" means an extension of credit by a Bank to a Borrower under Article II, and may be a Base Rate
Loan or an Eurodollar Rate Loan (each, a "Type" of Loan).

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      "Loan Documents" means this Agreement, any Notes and all other certificates and documents required to be
delivered to the Administrative Agent or any Bank in connection herewith.

      "Majority Banks" means at any time Banks then holding at least 51% of the then aggregate unpaid
principal amount of the Loans, or, if no such principal amount is then outstanding, Banks then having at least
51% of the aggregate Commitments.

      "Margin Stock" means "margin stock" as such term is defined in Regulation T, U or X of the FRB.

      "Material Adverse Effect" means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the
operations, management, business, properties, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Parent and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of any of the Parent, PLIC or PXP
to perform under any Loan Document or to avoid any Event of Default; or (c) an adverse effect upon the
legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any of the Parent, PLIC or PXP of any Loan
Document.

      "Moody's" means Moody's Investors Services, Inc.

      "Multiemployer Plan" means a "Multi employer plan," within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA,
to which the Parent, PLIC or PXP or any ERISA Affiliate makes, is making, or is obligated to make contributions
or, during the preceding three calendar years, has made, or been obligated to make, contributions.

      "Note" means a promissory note executed by a Borrower in favor of a Bank pursuant to subsection 2.2(b)
in substantially the form of Exhibit F.

      "Notice of Borrowing" means a notice in substantially the form of Exhibit A.

      "Notice of Conversion/Continuation" means a notice in substantially the form of Exhibit B.

      "Obligations" means the principal of and interest on the Loans and all other fees, advances, debts,
liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties arising under any Loan Document owing by the Parent, PLIC, PXP
or any of them to any Bank, any Agent, or any other Indemnified Person, whether direct or indirect (including
those acquired by assignment), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising.

      "Organization Documents" means, for any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation, the
bylaws, any certificate of determination or instrument relating to the rights of preferred shareholders of such
corporation, any shareholder rights agreement, and all applicable resolutions of the board of directors (or any
committee thereof) of such corporation.

      "Parent" is defined in the introductory paragraph hereof.

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      "Parent Total Debt to Capitalization Ratio" means the ratio for the Parent and its Subsidiaries,
computed on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, of its Indebtedness (exclusive of Indebtedness which
is mandatorily convertible into equity securities within three years of issuance and obligations on Swap
Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculation), to the sum of its
Indebtedness (exclusive of Indebtedness which is mandatorily convertible into equity securities within three
years of issuance and obligations on Swap Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for
speculation) plus its Shareholders' Equity.

      "Participant" has the meaning specified in subsection 13.8(d).

      "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any
of its principal functions under ERISA.

      "Pension Plan" means a pension plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA
which any of the Parent, PLIC or PXP sponsors, maintains, or to which it makes, is making, or is obligated to
make contributions, or in the case of a multiple employer plan (as described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA) has
made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five (5) plan years.

      "Permitted Liens" has the meaning specified in Section 7.1.

      "Person" means an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, business trust, joint
stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or Governmental Authority.

      "Plan" means an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) which any of the Parent,
PLIC or PXP sponsors or maintains or to which any of them makes, is making, or is obligated to make
contributions and includes any Pension Plan.

      "PLIC" is defined in the introductory paragraph hereof.

      "Primary Insurance Subsidiaries" means PLIC and those other Primary Subsidiaries principally engaged in
the business of insurance.

      "Primary Subsidiaries" means PXP, PLIC and any other Subsidiary of the Parent or PLIC which at the time
of determination has capital or a net worth in excess of $25,000,000.

      "Pro Rata Share" means, as to any Bank at any time, the percentage equivalent (expressed as a decimal,
rounded to the ninth decimal place) at such time of such Bank's Commitments divided by the combined Commitments
of all Banks.

      "PXP" is defined in the introductory paragraph.

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      "Reportable Event" means, any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA or the regulations
thereunder, other than any such event for which the 30-day notice requirement under ERISA has been waived in
regulations issued by the PBGC.

      "Requirement of Law" means, as to any Person, any law (statutory or common), treaty, rule or regulation
or determination of an arbitrator or of a Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon
the Person or any of its property or to which the Person or any of its property is subject.

      "Responsible Officer" means, with respect to any Person, any one of the chief executive officer, the
president, any executive vice president, or the treasurer of such Person, or any other officer having
substantially the same authority and responsibility.

      "Risk Based Capital Ratio" means, as of any time the same is to be determined, the ratio of adjusted
capital of PLIC to the Company Action Level of PLIC. Adjusted capital, for the purpose of this definition,
shall be computed in the manner from time to time prescribed by the Insurance Department of the State of New
York as total adjusted capital for inclusion in the Annual Statement of PLIC to such department (currently
appearing on page 22 of such annual statement in column 1, line 27 and currently consisting of capital and
surplus, the asset valuation reserve of PLIC and 50% of PLIC's dividend liability).

      "S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of McGraw Hill, Inc.

      "SAP" means, as to PLIC, the statutory accounting principles prescribed or permitted by the Department,
or in the event that the Department fails to prescribe or address such practices, the NAIC guidelines.

      "SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of
its principal functions.

      "Shareholders' Equity" means the shareholders' equity of the applicable Person and its Subsidiaries
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

      "Subsidiary" of a Person means any corporation, limited liability company, association,
partnership, joint venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of the voting stock or other equity
interests (in the case of Persons other than corporations), is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by
the Person, or one or more of the Subsidiaries of the Person, or a combination thereof. The foregoing to the
contrary notwithstanding, a partnership or joint venture formed for the purpose of making or managing
investments in the ordinary course of business shall not be a Subsidiary if the Person in question directly or
indirectly owns less than 50% of the equity in the entity in question, provided that any Indebtedness of such
entity for which the Person in question is liable (whether by contract, operation of law or otherwise) shall
constitute Indebtedness of the Person in question. Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, references
herein to a "Subsidiary" refer to a Subsidiary of the Parent.

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      "Surety Instruments" means all letters of credit (including standby and commercial), banker's
acceptances, bank guaranties, shipside bonds, surety bonds and similar instruments.

      "Surplus Notes" means surplus notes issued in accordance with Section 1307 of the New York Insurance
Law and which are payable only out of free and divisible surplus with the prior approval of the Department.

      "Swap Contract" means any agreement (including any master agreement and any agreement, whether or
not in writing, relating to any single transaction) that is an interest rate swap agreement, basis swap,
forward rate agreement, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap or option, bond option,
interest rate option, forward foreign exchange agreement, rate cap, collar or floor agreement, currency swap
agreement, cross-currency rate swap agreement, swaption, currency option or any other, similar agreement
(including any option to enter into any of the foregoing).

      "Termination Date" means the earlier to occur of:

            (a)  December 22, 2003; and

            (b) the date on which the Commitments terminate in accordance with the provisions of this
      Agreement.

      "Type" has the meaning specified in the definition of "Loan."

      "Unfunded Pension Liability" means the excess of a Plan's benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16)
of ERISA, over the current value of that Plan's assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for
funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan year.

      "United States" and "U.S." each means the United States of America.

      "Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" means any corporation in which (other than directors' qualifying shares
required by law) 100% of the capital stock of each class having ordinary voting power, and 100% of the capital
stock of every other class, in each case, at the time as of which any determination is being made, is owned,
beneficially and of record, by the parent entity in question or by one or more of the other Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries thereof, or both.

      Section 1.2. Other Interpretive Provisions. (a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to
the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

      (b) The words "hereof," "herein," "hereunder" and similar words refer to this Agreement as a whole and
not to any particular provision of this Agreement; and subsection, Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are
to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

      (c) (i) The term "documents" includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates,
indentures, notices and other writings, however evidenced.

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           (ii) The term "including" is not limiting and means "including without limitation."

          (iii) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word
"from" means "from and including"; the words "to" and "until" each mean "to but excluding," and the word
"through" means "to and including."

      (d) Except as otherwise stated, the terms "determine" or "determination" mean to reasonably determine or
reasonable determination, respectively.

      (e) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (i) references to agreements (including this Agreement)
and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments and other modifications
thereto, but only to the extent such amendments and other modifications are not prohibited by the terms of any
Loan Document, and (ii) references to any statute or regulation are to be construed as including all statutory
and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting the statute or
regulation.

      (f) The captions and headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not
affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

      (g) This Agreement and other Loan Documents may use several different limitations, tests or measurements
to regulate the same or similar matters. All such limitations, tests and measurements are cumulative and shall
each be performed in accordance with their terms.

      (h) This Agreement and the other Loan Documents are the result of negotiations among and have been
reviewed by counsel to the Agents, the Borrowers and the other parties, and are the products of all parties.
Accordingly, they shall not be construed against the Banks or the Agents merely because of the Agents' or
Banks' involvement in their preparation.

      Section 1.3. Accounting Principles. (a) Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, all accounting
terms not expressly defined herein shall be construed, and all financial computations required under this
Agreement shall be made, in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied.

      (b) References herein to "fiscal year" and "fiscal quarter" refer to calendar years and calendar
quarters, respectively.


                                                   ARTICLE II

                                                  THE CREDITS

      Section 2.1. Amounts and Terms of Commitments. Each Bank severally agrees, on the terms and conditions
set forth herein, to make loans to the Borrowers (each such loan, a "Loan") from time to time on any Business
Day during the period from the Effective Date to the Termination Date, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at
any time outstanding, together with the principal amount of Loans outstanding in favor of such Bank at such
time, the amount set forth next to such Bank's name on Schedule 2.1 (such amount as the same may be reduced
under Section 2.5 or as a result of one or more assignments under Section 13.8, the Bank's

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"Commitment"); provided, however, that, after giving effect to any Borrowing, the aggregate principal amount
of all outstanding Loans shall not at any time exceed the combined Commitments. Within the limits of each
Bank's Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow under this
Section 2.1, prepay under Section 2.6 and reborrow under this Section 2.1.

      Section 2.2. Loan Accounts. (a) The Loans made by each Bank to each Borrower shall be evidenced by one
or more loan accounts or records maintained by such Bank in the ordinary course of business. The loan accounts
or records maintained by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of
the Loans made by the Banks to each Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure so to record or
any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrowers hereunder
to pay any amount owing with respect to the Loans.

      (b) Upon the request of any Bank made through the Administrative Agent, the Loans made by such Bank to
each Borrower may be evidenced by one or more Notes, instead of loan accounts. Each such Bank shall endorse on
the reverse of or on schedules annexed to its Note(s) the date, amount and maturity of each Loan made by it to
the applicable Borrower and the amount of each payment of principal made by each Borrower with respect thereto.
Each such Bank is irrevocably authorized by each Borrower to endorse its Note(s); provided, however, that the
failure of a Bank to make, or an error in making, a notation thereon with respect to any Loan shall not limit
or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrowers hereunder or under any such Note to such Bank.

      Section 2.3. Procedure for Borrowing. (a) Each Borrowing shall be made upon the applicable Borrower's
irrevocable written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent in the form of a Notice of Borrowing (which
notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) (i) three Business
Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans; and (ii) on the date of
Borrowing, in the case of Base Rate Loans, specifying:

                  (A) the amount of the Borrowing, which shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $5,000,000
            or any multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof;

                  (B) the requested Borrowing Date, which shall be a Business Day;

                  (C) the Type of Loans comprising the Borrowing; and

                  (D) in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, the duration of the Interest Period applicable to
            such Loans included in such notice. If the Notice of Borrowing fails to specify the duration of the
            Interest Period for any Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Rate Loans, such Interest Period shall be
            three months.

      (b) After giving effect to any Borrowing, there may be no more than 5 different Interest Periods in
effect.

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      (c) Each Borrowing shall be made from the Banks in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares.

      Section 2.4. Conversion and Continuation Elections. (a) Each Borrower may, upon irrevocable written
notice to the Administrative Agent in accordance with subsection 2.4(b):

             (i) elect, as of any Business Day, in the case of its Base Rate Loans, or as of the last day of
      the applicable Interest Period, in the case of its Eurodollar Rate Loans, to convert any such Loans (or
      any part thereof in an amount not less than $5,000,000, or that is in an integral multiple of $1,000,000
      in excess thereof) into Loans of any other Type; or

            (ii) elect, as of the last day of the applicable Interest Period, to continue any Loans having
      Interest Periods expiring on such day (or any part thereof in an amount not less than $5,000,000, or that
      is in an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof);

provided, that if at any time the aggregate amount of Eurodollar Rate Loans in respect of any Borrowing is
reduced, by payment, prepayment, or conversion of part thereof to be less than $5,000,000, such Eurodollar Rate
Loans shall automatically convert into Base Rate Loans.

      (b) The applicable Borrower shall deliver a Notice of Conversion/Continuation to be received by the
Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least (i) three Business Days in advance
of the Conversion/Continuation Date, if the Loans are to be converted into or continued as Eurodollar Rate
Loans; and (ii) on the Conversion/Continuation Date, if the Loans are to be converted into Base Rate Loans,
specifying:

            (A) the proposed Conversion/Continuation Date;

            (B) the aggregate amount of Loans to be converted or continued;

            (C) the Type of Loans resulting from the proposed conversion or continuation; and

            (D) in the case of continuations of or conversions into Eurodollar Rate Loans, the duration of the
      requested Interest Period.

      (c) If upon the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to Eurodollar Rate Loans, the applicable
Borrower has failed to select timely a new Interest Period to be applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Loans, or
if any Default or Event of Default then exists, such Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to convert such
Eurodollar Rate Loans into Base Rate Loans effective as of the expiration date of such Interest Period.

      (d) The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Bank of its receipt of a Notice of
Conversion/Continuation, or, if no timely notice is provided by the applicable Borrower, the Administrative
Agent will promptly notify each Bank of the details of any automatic conversion.


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All conversions and continuations shall be made ratably according to the respective outstanding principal
amounts of the Loans with respect to which the notice was given held by each Bank.

      (e) Unless the Majority Banks otherwise agree, with respect to all Loans during the existence of a
Default or Event of Default, the Borrowers may not elect to have a Loan converted into or continued as an
Eurodollar Rate Loan.

      (f) After giving effect to any conversion or continuation of Loans, there may not be more than 5
different Interest Periods in effect.

      Section 2.5. Voluntary Termination or Reduction of Commitments. The Borrowers may, upon not less than
three Business Days' prior notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Commitments, or permanently reduce
the Commitments by an aggregate minimum amount of $5,000,000 or any multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof;
provided, however, that after giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of Loans made on the effective date
thereof, the then- outstanding principal amount of the Loans may not exceed the amount of the combined
Commitments then in effect. Once reduced in accordance with this Section, the Commitments may not be increased.
Any reduction of the Commitments shall be applied to each Bank according to its Pro Rata Share. All accrued
facility fees to, but not including the effective date of any reduction or termination of Commitments, shall be
paid on the effective date of such reduction or termination.

      Section 2.6. Optional Prepayments.

      (a) Voluntary Prepayments. Subject to Section 3.4, any Borrower may, at any time or from time to time,
upon not less than three Business Days' (or one Business Day's, in the case of Base Rate Loans) irrevocable
notice to the Administrative Agent, ratably prepay its Loans in whole or in part, in minimum amounts of
$5,000,000 or any multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Such notice of prepayment shall specify the date
and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid. The Administrative Agent will promptly
notify each Bank of its receipt of any such notice, and of such Bank's Pro Rata Share of such prepayment. If
such notice is given by a Borrower, such Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified
in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with accrued interest to each
such date on the amount prepaid and any amounts required pursuant to Section 3.4.

      (b) Mandatory Prepayments.

            (i) Equity Issuances. Promptly upon receipt thereof by the Parent or a Subsidiary, the Parent shall
pay over to the Administrative Agent as and for a mandatory prepayment on the Loans an amount equal to 100% of
all net cash proceeds (i.e., gross proceeds less out of pocket costs at issuance including underwriters
discounts, investment banking, legal and advisory fees) received by the Parent or any Subsidiary from a public
offering, private placement or other issuance or sale of the capital stock or other equity interests (or of
warrants, options or other rights therefor) of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, provided however that no

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such prepayment need be made out of the proceeds of the issuance or sale of equity interests in a Subsidiary to
the Parent or to another Subsidiary.

           (ii) Debt Issuances. Promptly upon receipt by the Parent or any Subsidiary of any amounts from or
out of the issuance of any Indebtedness, the Parent shall or shall cause any borrowing Subsidiary which has
Loans outstanding to, pay over to the Administrative Agent as and for a mandatory prepayment on the Loans an
amount equal to the net cash proceeds (i.e., gross proceeds less actual out of pocket costs and expenses of
issuance including investment banking, advisory and legal fees) received by the Parent or its Subsidiaries
therefrom except that no such prepayment shall be required to be made out of (i) the issuance of Indebtedness
by any Subsidiary to the Parent or any other Subsidiary, (ii) payments received under Swap Contracts, (iii)
Indebtedness consisting of capitalized leases, conditional sales or other retention devices incurred for the
purpose of financing the purchase of fixed or capital assets, (iv) the proceeds of Indebtedness incurred by
Subsidiaries engaged in the business of insurance to the extent such Indebtedness was incurred for the purpose
of satisfying a regulatory requirement or supporting the conduct by such Subsidiary of its business of
insurance, in each case under circumstances under which the proceeds of such Indebtedness are retained by such
insurance Subsidiary and not used to pay a dividend or retire Indebtedness owing the Parent or another
Subsidiary, (v) Indebtedness outstanding under this Agreement, and (vi) other Indebtedness not otherwise
excepted by the forgoing and aggregating not more than $25,000,000 at any one time outstanding.

          (iii) Fixed Asset Proceeds. An amount equal to any and all net cash proceeds (i.e., gross cash
proceeds net of out of pocket expenses and property and transfer taxes incurred in effecting the sale or other
disposition in question and net of proceeds applied to repayment of liens on the assets sold or disposed of)
received by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries from the sale or other disposition (whether voluntary or
involuntary) of fixed or capital assets (including the proceeds of a sale as part of sale/leaseback transaction
and proceeds (including insurance proceeds) received as a result of damage to or destruction of fixed or
capital assets and the proceeds of any taking, whether by eminent domain or otherwise, of any such assets)
shall be promptly paid over to the Administrative Agent as and for a mandatory prepayment on the Loans provided
however that (aa) the forgoing provision shall be inapplicable to funds received as a result of casualty
losses or condemnations in the event that either the amount received in respect of any particular occurrence is
less than $2,500,000 or the Parent notifies the Administrative Agent that the Parent or the applicable
Subsidiary intends to utilize the proceeds in question to repair or replace the asset damaged or destroyed and
such proceeds are in fact so utilized within 180 days of their receipt by the Parent or the applicable
Subsidiary, (ab) no prepayment shall be required with respect to net cash proceeds received from the ordinary
course of business, sale or other disposition of fixed or capital assets which are obsolete or worn out; and
(ac) no prepayment shall be required out of the first $2,500,000 of such net cash proceeds received by the
Parent and its Subsidiaries in any fiscal year which are not otherwise excepted from prepayment hereunder.

      (iv) Securitization Transactions. An amount equal to any and all net cash proceeds (i.e., gross cash
proceeds, net of out of pocket expenses including investment banking, advisory and legal fees) received by the
Parent or its Subsidiaries from the sale of accounts receivable, notes

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receivable or other financial assets or which is the proceeds of obligations the payment of which is tied to
the performance of the closed block of business of PLIC shall be paid over to the Administrative Agent as and
for a mandatory prepayment on the Loans, provided, however that (aa) there shall be exempted from the forgoing
any amount of the proceeds of such a transaction which is required by the parties to the transaction which are
not Affiliates of the Parent to be retained to assure performance of the transaction (including retentions of
amounts in the nature of a debt service reserve fund), (ab) no prepayment need be made out of the sale or
liquidation of investments made in the ordinary course of business of the Parent and its Subsidiaries
substantially as now conducted and (ac) any transaction of the forgoing types by a Subsidiary engaged in the
business of insurance shall not require prepayment hereunder if and to the extent that the proceeds of the
transaction are required to be retained by the Subsidiary in question in order to satisfy a regulatory
requirement to which it is subject or to the extent that such retention is in the opinion of any applicable
commissioner of insurance or other regulatory body necessary or appropriate to maintain the soundness of such
insurance Subsidiary whether or not the opinion of such commissioner of insurance or regulatory body has the
force of law. If any transaction described in this clause (iv) could also be characterized as the incurrence of
Indebtedness the provisions of this clause (iv) shall control over the provisions of clause (ii) hereof.

      (v) Breakage. If a mandatory prepayment could not be made without prepaying Eurodollar Rate Loans and
such a prepayment would result in a reimbursement obligation arising under Section 3.4 hereof, the Parent or
other depositor may, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, elect to deposit
the amount of the prepayment with the Administrative Agent to be held by the Administrative Agent until such
prepayment can be effected without triggering a reimbursement liability under Section 3.4 hereof. The amounts
so held by the Administrative Agent, may at the option of Parent or other depositor be invested in an interest
bearing account maintained with the Administrative Agent, or other high grade investments mutually acceptable
to the depositor and the Administrative Agent pending application of the proceeds thereof to Eurodollar Rate
Loans, all such investments to constitute collateral security for the Obligations to be prepaid and with the
earnings on such investments to be remitted to the depositor.

      (vi) General Principles and Applications. If and to the extent that any transaction giving rise to a
requirement of prepayment under this Section 2.6(b) results in the receipt of funds by a Subsidiary which is
not a Borrower or receipt of funds by a Borrower in excess of the amount of its Loans hereunder, the Parent
shall nonetheless cause an amount equal to the amount required to be prepaid hereunder to be paid over to the
Administrative Agent as aforesaid and, without limiting the forgoing principles in any respect, nothing herein
contained shall be deemed to require any party to directly prepay Loans for which it is not the obligor or a
guarantor.

      Section 2.7. Repayment. Each Borrower shall repay to the Banks on the Termination Date the aggregate
principal amount of the Loans to it which are outstanding on such date.

      Section 2.8. Interest. (a) Each Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof
from the applicable Borrowing Date at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate or the Base Rate, as the
case may be (and subject to the applicable Borrower's right to

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convert to other Types of Loans under Section 2.4), plus the Applicable Margin, in the case of Eurodollar Rate
Loans.

      (b) Interest on each Loan shall be paid in arrears on each Interest Payment Date. Interest shall also be
paid on the date of any prepayment of Loans under Section 2.6 for the portion of the Loans so prepaid and upon
payment (including prepayment) in full thereof and, with respect to any Loan during the existence of any Event
of Default, interest shall be paid on demand of the Administrative Agent at the request or with the consent of
the Majority Banks.

      (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section with respect to any Loan, while any Event of Default
exists or after acceleration, the applicable Borrower shall pay interest (after as well as before entry of
judgment thereon to the extent permitted by law) on the principal amount of all outstanding Loans, at a rate
per annum which is determined by adding 2% per annum to the Applicable Margin then in effect for such Loans
and, in the case of Base Rate Loans, at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus 2%; provided, however,
that, on and after the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to any Eurodollar Rate Loan outstanding on
the date of occurrence of such Event of Default or acceleration, the principal amount of such Loan shall,
during the continuation of such Event of Default or after acceleration, bear interest at a rate per annum equal
to the Base Rate plus 2%.

      (d) Highest Lawful Rate. At no time shall the interest rate payable on the Loans of any Bank, together
with the fees and all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents to such Bank, to the extent the same are
construed to constitute interest, exceed the Highest Lawful Rate applicable to such Bank. If with respect to
any Bank for any period during the term of this Agreement, any amount paid to such Bank under the Loan
Documents, to the extent the same shall (but for the provisions of this Section) constitute or be deemed to
constitute interest, would exceed the maximum amount of interest permitted by the Highest Lawful Rate
applicable to such Bank during such period (such amount being hereinafter referred to as an "Unqualified Amount"),
then (i) such Unqualified Amount shall be applied or shall be deemed to have been applied as a prepayment of
the Loans of such Bank, and (ii) if in any subsequent period during the term of this Agreement, all amounts
payable under the Loan Documents to such Bank in respect of such period which constitute or shall be deemed to
constitute interest shall be less than the maximum amount of interest permitted by the Highest Lawful Rate
applicable to such Bank during such period, then the Borrowers shall pay to such Bank in respect of such period
an amount (each a "Compensatory Interest Payment") equal to the lesser of (x) a sum which, when added to all
such amounts, would equal the maximum amount of interest permitted by the Highest Lawful Rate applicable to
such Bank during such period, and (y) an amount equal to the Unqualified Amount less all other Compensatory
Interest Payments made in respect thereof.

      Section 2.9. Fees. (a) Arrangement, Agency Fee. The Parent shall pay such fees to the Arrangers and
the Agents for their own accounts as may be agreed to between the Parent and the Arrangers and the Agents from
time to time.

      (b) Facility Fee. The Parent shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Bank a
facility fee (the "Facility Fee") on such Bank's Commitment, whether or not in use, computed on a
quarterly basis in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter as

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calculated by the Administrative Agent, at the rate per annum equal at all times to .25% per annum. Such
Facility Fee shall accrue from the Effective Date to the Termination Date and shall be due and payable
quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter (commencing on March 31, 2003) through
the Termination Date, with the final payment to be made on the Termination Date; provided that, in connection
with any reduction or termination of the Commitments, the accrued Facility Fee calculated for the period ending
on such date shall also be paid on the date of such reduction or termination, with the following quarterly
payment being calculated on the basis of the period from such reduction or termination date to such quarterly
payment date. The Facility Fees provided in this subsection shall accrue at all times after the above-mentioned
commencement date, including at any time during which one or more conditions in Section 4.2 are not met.

      (c) Usage Fee. The Parent shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Bank a usage fee
at the rate of .125% per annum on the full aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Bank's Loans for each
day when such aggregate outstanding principal balance exceeds 33% of its Commitment, such fee to be computed
for each day on which such an excess exists but to be payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of
each calendar quarter through the Termination Date, with the final payment to be made on the Termination Date,
provided that if the Commitments are terminated in whole, the accrued usage fee calculated for the period
ending on the date of such termination in whole shall be paid on that date.

      (d) Upfront Fee. On the date hereof the Parent shall pay to each Bank a fee in the amount which has been
agreed upon between them.

      Section 2.10. Computation of Fees and Interest. (a) All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when
the Base Rate is determined by the prime commercial rate of BMO and all computations of the Facility Fees and
usage fees shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days
elapsed. All other computations of interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days
elapsed (which results in more interest being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest
and fees shall accrue during each Interest Period or other period during which interest or such fees are
computed from the first day thereof to but excluding the last day thereof.

      (b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive and binding on
the Borrowers and the Banks in the absence of manifest error.

      Section 2.11. Payments. (a) All payments to be made by the Borrowers or any of them shall be made
without set-off, recoupment or counterclaim. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all such payments
shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Banks at the Administrative Agent's Payment
Office, and shall be made in dollars and in immediately available funds, no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York
City time) on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Bank its Pro
Rata Share (or other applicable share as expressly provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received.
Any payment received by the Administrative Agent later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) shall be deemed to
have been received on the following Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.

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      (b) Subject to the provisions set forth in the definition of "Interest Period" herein, whenever any
payment is due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made the following Business Day, and
such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of interest or fees, as the case may
be.

      (c) Unless the Administrative Agent receives notice from a Borrower prior to the date on which any
payment is due to the Banks that such Borrower will not make such payment in full as and when required, the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Borrower has made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent on
such date in immediately available funds and the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be so required), in
reliance upon such assumption, distribute to each Bank on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due
such Bank. If and to the extent each Borrower has not made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent,
such Bank shall repay to the Administrative Agent on demand such amount distributed to such Bank, together with
interest thereon at the Federal Funds Rate for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Bank
until the date repaid.

      Section 2.12. Payments by the Banks to the Administrative Agent. (a) Unless the Administrative Agent
receives notice from a Bank on or prior to the Effective Date or, with respect to any Borrowing after the
Effective Date, at least one Business Day prior to the date of such Borrowing, that such Bank will not make
available as and when required hereunder to the Administrative Agent for the account of a Borrower the amount
of that Bank's Pro Rata Share of the Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that each Bank has made
such amount available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds on the Borrowing Date and the
Administrative Agent may (but shall not be so required) in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the
applicable Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent any Bank shall not have made its
full amount available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds and the Administrative Agent
in such circumstances has made available to a Borrower such amount, that Bank shall on the Business Day
following such Borrowing Date make such amount available to the Administrative Agent, together with interest at
the Federal Funds Rate for each day during such period. A notice of the Administrative Agent submitted to any
Bank with respect to amounts owing under this subsection (a) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. If
such amount is so made available, such payment to the Administrative Agent shall constitute such Bank's Loan on
the date of Borrowing for all purposes of this Agreement. If such amount is not made available to the
Administrative Agent on the Business Day following the Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent will notify the
applicable Borrower of such failure to fund and, upon demand by the Administrative Agent, such Borrower shall
pay such amount to the Administrative Agent for the Administrative Agent's account, together with interest
thereon for each day elapsed since the date of such Borrowing, at a rate per annum equal to the interest rate
applicable at the time to the Loans comprising such Borrowing.

      (b) The failure of any Bank to make any Loan on any Borrowing Date shall not relieve any other Bank of
any obligation hereunder to make a Loan on such Borrowing Date, but no Bank shall be responsible for the
failure of any other Bank to make the Loan to be made by such other Bank on any Borrowing Date.

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      Section 2.13. Sharing of Payments, Etc. If, other than as expressly provided elsewhere herein, any Bank
shall obtain on account of the Loans made by it any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the
exercise of any right of set-off, or otherwise) in excess of its Pro Rata Share, such Bank shall immediately
(a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase from the other Banks such participations in
the Loans made by them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Bank to share the excess payment pro rata
with each of them; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter
recovered from the purchasing Bank, such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Bank shall
repay to the purchasing Bank the purchase price paid therefor, together with an amount equal to such paying
Bank's ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such paying Bank's required repayment to
(ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Bank) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by
the purchasing Bank in respect of the total amount so recovered. The Borrowers agree that any Bank so
purchasing a participation from another Bank may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its
rights of payment (including the right of set-off, but subject to Section 13.10) with respect to such
participation as fully as if such Bank were the direct creditor of the applicable Borrower in the amount of
such participation. The Administrative Agent will keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the
absence of manifest error) of participations purchased under this Section and will in each case notify the
Banks following any such purchases or repayments.


                                                  ARTICLE III

                                     TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

      Section 3.1. Taxes. (a) Payments to be Free and Clear. All payments by each Borrower or any other Person
under the Loan Documents to or for the account of the Administrative Agent, or any Bank (each, an "Indemnified
Tax Person") shall be made free and clear of, and without any deduction or withholding for or on account of,
any and all current or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities
with respect thereto (including interest, additions to tax, and penalties thereon) imposed, levied, collected,
withheld or assessed by the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof (collectively,
"Taxes"), excluding as to any Indemnified Tax Person, (i) a Tax on the Income imposed on such Indemnified Tax
Person and (ii) any interest, fees, additions to tax or penalties for late payment thereof (each such nonexcluded
Tax, an "Indemnified Tax"). For purposes hereof, "Tax on the Income" shall mean, as to any Person, a
Tax imposed by one of the following jurisdictions or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof:
(i) the United States, (ii) the jurisdiction in which such Person is organized, (iii) the jurisdiction in which
such Person's principal office is located, or (iv) in the case of each Bank, any jurisdiction in which such
Bank's applicable Lending Office is located; which Tax is an income tax or franchise tax imposed on all or part
of the net income or net profits of such Person or which Tax represents interest, fees, or penalties for late
payment of such an income tax or franchise tax.

      (b) Grossing Up of Payments. If a Borrower or any other Person is required by law, rule, regulation,
order, directive, treaty or guideline to make any deduction or withholding (which deduction or withholding
would constitute an Indemnified Tax) from any amount required to be paid by it to or on behalf of an
Indemnified Tax Person under any Loan Document

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(i) it shall pay such Indemnified Tax before the date on which penalties attach thereto, such payment to be
made for its own account (if the liability to pay is imposed on it) or on behalf of and in the name of such
Indemnified Tax Person (if the liability is imposed on such Indemnified Tax Person), and (ii) the sum payable
to such Indemnified Tax Person shall be increased as may be necessary so that after making all required
deductions and withholdings (including deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under
this Section) such Indemnified Tax Person receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no
such deductions or withholdings been made.

      (c) Other Taxes. Each Borrower or other Person agrees to pay any current or future stamp or documentary
taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that arise from any payment made by it
hereunder or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or any amendment, supplement or modification of,
or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, the Loan Documents or otherwise with respect to, the Loan
Documents (collectively, the "Other Taxes").

      (d) Evidence of Payment. Within 30 days after the reasonable request therefor by the Administrative
Agent in connection with any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the applicable Borrower or other
Person will furnish to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of an official receipt from
the jurisdiction to which payment is made evidencing payment thereof or, if unavailable, a certificate from a
Responsible Officer that states that such payment has been made and that sets forth the date and amount of such
payment.

      (e) U.S. Tax Certificates. Each Indemnified Tax Person that is organized under the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the United States or any political subdivision thereof that is exempt from United
States federal withholding tax, or that is subject to such tax at a reduced rate under an applicable treaty,
with respect to payments under the Loan Documents shall deliver to the Borrowers, on or prior to the Effective
Date (in the case of each Indemnified Tax Person listed on the signature pages hereof) or on the effective date
of the Assignment and Acceptance Agreement or other document pursuant to which it becomes an Indemnified Tax
Person (in the case of each other Indemnified Tax Person), and at such other times as the Borrowers or the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request, Internal Revenue Form W-8 ECI or Form W-8 BEN or other certificate
or document required under United States law to establish entitlement to such exemption or reduced rate. No
Borrower shall be required to pay any additional amount to any such Indemnified Tax Person under subsection (b)
above if such Indemnified Tax Person shall have failed to satisfy the requirements of the immediately preceding
sentence with respect to such Borrower; provided that if such Indemnified Tax Person shall have satisfied such
requirements on the Effective Date (in the case of each Indemnified Tax Person listed on the signature pages
hereof) or on the effective date of the Assignment and Acceptance Agreement or other document pursuant to which
it became an Indemnified Tax Person (in the case of each other Indemnified Tax Person), nothing in this
subsection shall relieve the Borrowers of their obligation to pay any additional amounts pursuant to subsection
(b) in the event that, as a result of any change in applicable law or treaty, such Indemnified Tax Person is no
longer properly entitled to deliver certificates, documents or other evidence at a subsequent date establishing
the fact that such Indemnified Tax Person is no longer entitled to such exemption or reduced rate.

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      Section 3.2. Illegality. (a) If any Bank determines that the introduction of any Requirement of Law, or
any change in any Requirement of Law, or in the interpretation or administration of any Requirement of Law, has
made it unlawful, or that any central bank or other Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful,
for any Bank or its applicable Lending Office to make Eurodollar Rate Loans, then, on notice thereof by the
Bank to the Borrowers through the Administrative Agent, any obligation of that Bank to make Eurodollar Rate
Loans shall be suspended until the Bank notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers that the
circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist.

      (b) If a Bank determines that it is unlawful to maintain any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Borrowers shall,
upon receipt of notice of such fact and demand from such Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay
in full such Eurodollar Rate Loans of that Bank then outstanding, together with interest accrued thereon and
amounts required under Section 3.4, either on the last day of the Interest Period thereof, if the Bank may
lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if the Bank may not
lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loan. If a Borrower is required to so prepay any Eurodollar
Rate Loan, then concurrently with such prepayment, such Borrower shall borrow from the affected Bank, in the
amount of such repayment, a Base Rate Loan.

      Section 3.3. Increased Costs and Reduction of Return. (a) If any Bank determines that, due to either (i)
the introduction of or any change (other than any change by way of imposition of or increase in reserve
requirements included in the calculation of the Eurodollar Rate or in respect of the assessment rate payable by
any Bank to the FDIC for insuring U.S. deposits) in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation or (ii)
the compliance by that Bank with any guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority
(whether or not having the force of law), there shall be any increase in the cost to such Bank of agreeing to
make or making, funding or maintaining any Eurodollar Rate Loans, then the Borrowers shall be liable for, and
shall from time to time, upon demand (with a copy of such demand to be sent to the Administrative Agent), pay
to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Bank, additional amounts as are sufficient to compensate
such Bank for such increased costs.

      (b) If any Bank shall have determined that (i) the introduction of any Capital Adequacy Regulation, (ii)
any change in any Capital Adequacy Regulation, (iii) any change in the interpretation or administration of any
Capital Adequacy Regulation by any central bank or other Governmental Authority charged with the interpretation
or administration thereof, or (iv) compliance by the Bank (or its Lending Office) or any corporation
controlling the Bank with any Capital Adequacy Regulation, affects or would affect the amount of capital
required or expected to be maintained by the Bank or any corporation controlling the Bank and (taking into
consideration such Bank's or such corporation's policies with respect to capital adequacy and such Bank's
desired return on capital) determines that the amount of such capital is increased as a consequence of its
Commitment, loans, credits or obligations under this Agreement, then, upon demand of such Bank to the Parent
through the Administrative Agent, the Parent shall pay to the Bank, from time to time as specified by the Bank,
additional amounts sufficient to compensate the Bank for such increase.

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      Section 3.4. Funding Losses. Each Borrower shall reimburse each Bank and hold each Bank harmless from
any loss or expense which the Bank may sustain or incur as a consequence of:

            (a) the failure of such Borrower to make on a timely basis any payment of principal of any
      Eurodollar Rate Loan;

            (b) the failure of such Borrower to borrow, continue or convert a Loan after such Borrower has
      given (or is deemed to have given) a Notice of Borrowing or a Notice of Conversion/Continuation;

            (c) the failure of such Borrower to make any prepayment in accordance with any notice delivered
      under Section 2.6;

            (d) the prepayment or other payment (including after acceleration thereof) of an Eurodollar Rate
      Loan on a day that is not the last day of the relevant Interest Period; or

            (e) the automatic conversion under Section 2.4 of any Eurodollar Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan on a
      day that is not the last day of the relevant Interest Period;

including any such loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to
maintain its Eurodollar Rate Loans or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were
obtained. For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrowers to the Banks under this Section and
under subsection 3.3(a), each Eurodollar Rate Loan made by a Bank (and each related reserve, special deposit or
similar requirement) shall be conclusively deemed to have been funded at the LIBOR Rate used in determining the
Eurodollar Rate for such Eurodollar Rate Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the interbank
eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Rate Loan
is in fact so funded.

      Section 3.5. Inability to Determine Rates. If the Majority Banks determine that for any reason adequate
and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with
respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan, or that the Eurodollar Rate applicable pursuant to subsection
2.8(a) for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan does not adequately
and fairly reflect the cost to the Banks of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify
the Borrowers and each Bank. Thereafter, the obligation of the Banks to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans,
as the case may be, hereunder shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent upon the instruction of the
Majority Banks revokes such notice in writing. Upon receipt of such notice, each Borrower may revoke any Notice
of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation then submitted by it. If the applicable Borrower does not
revoke such Notice, the Banks shall make, convert or continue the Loans, as proposed by such Borrower, in the
amount specified in the applicable notice submitted by the applicable Borrower, but such Loans shall be made,
converted or continued as Base Rate Loans instead of Eurodollar Rate Loans,

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      Section 3.6. Certificates of Banks. Any Bank or Agent claiming reimbursement or compensation under this
Article III shall deliver to the applicable Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) a certificate
setting forth in reasonable detail the amount payable to the Bank or Agent hereunder and such certificate shall
be conclusive and binding on such Borrower in the absence of manifest error.

      Section 3.7. Survival. The agreements and obligations of the Borrowers in this Article III shall survive
the payment of all other Obligations.


                                                   ARTICLE IV

                                              CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

Section 4.1. Conditions of Initial Loans. The obligation of each Bank to make its initial Loan hereunder is
subject to the following conditions:

            (a) The Administrative Agent shall have received on or before the initial Borrowing Date all of the
      following, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Bank, and in
      sufficient copies for each Bank (except for the Notes (of which only the originals shall be signed)):

                   (i) Credit Agreement. This Agreement executed by each party hereto;

                  (ii) Notes. The Notes (if any);

                 (iii) Resolutions; Incumbency. (A) Copies of the resolutions of the board of directors of
            each of the Parent, PLIC and PXP authorizing the transactions contemplated hereby, certified as of
            the Effective Date by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each of them;

                   (B) A certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each of the Parent, PLIC and
            PXP certifying the names and true signatures of those of their officers authorized to execute,
            deliver and perform, as applicable, this Agreement, and all other Loan Documents to be delivered by
            them hereunder;

                  (iv) Organization Documents; Good Standing. Each of the following documents:

                       (A) the articles or certificate of incorporation and the bylaws of each of the Parent,
                 PLIC and PXP as in effect on the Effective Date, certified by the Secretary or Assistant
                 Secretary of each of them as of the Effective Date; and


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                       (B) a good standing certificate for each of the Parent, PLIC and PXP from the Secretary
                 of State (or similar, applicable Governmental Authority) of its state of incorporation;

                   (v) Legal Opinions.

                       (A) An opinion of Nancy Engberg, counsel to PXP and addressed to the Agents and the
                 Banks, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1; and

                       (B) An opinion of John T. Mulrain, counsel to PLIC and addressed to the Agents and the
                 Banks, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2;

                       (C) An opinion of Tracy L. Rich, counsel to the Parent, and addressed to the Agents and
                 the Banks, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-3.

                  (vi) Certificate. A certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of each of the Parent, PLIC
            and PXP, dated as of the Effective Date, stating that:

                       (A) the representations and warranties contained in Article V are true and correct on
                 and as of such date, as though made on and as of such date;

                       (B) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result from the initial Borrowing;

                       (C) there has occurred since September 30, 2002, no event or circumstance that has
                 resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and

                       (D) all material third party approvals and consents necessary in connection with the
                 execution and delivery by each of the Parent, PLIC and PXP of the Loan Documents to which it
                 is a party, and the performance by each of the Parent, PLIC and PXP of its obligations under
                 the Loan Documents shall have been obtained and remain in effect and any applicable waiting
                 periods shall have expired.

                 (vii) Other Documents. Such other approvals, opinions, documents or materials as the
            Administrative Agent or any Bank may request.

            (b) The Commitments to extend credit under the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been terminated
      and the principal of and interest on all loans outstanding thereunder, together with all accrued and
      unpaid commitment and/or facility fees, shall have been paid in full (it being acknowledged that such a
      repayment may be out of the

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      proceeds of the initial Borrowing hereunder). Each Bank party hereto which is also a lender party to the
      Existing Credit Agreement hereby waives any requirements set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement to
      which it is a party for prior notice of the termination of the commitments thereunder and/or the
      repayment of the loans and/or fees due thereunder to the extent, but only to the extent, that the
      termination of such commitments and/or the repayment of such loans is occurring substantially
      concurrently with this Agreement becoming effective. The foregoing waivers shall not (i) constitute a
      waiver of any condition or requirement of any Existing Credit Agreement that payments of principal or
      interest be received by a certain time on the date of payment in order to avoid the imposition of
      additional interest for the payment date and for any non-business days immediately following the payment
      date and (ii) the foregoing waiver shall not preclude the right of the banks party to the Existing Credit
      Agreement to be compensated, in accordance with the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement, for any loss,
      cost or expense (including loss of profit) incident to the prepayment of the loans outstanding thereunder
      which bears interest at a fixed rate and which is being prepaid on a day other than a date which,
      pursuant to the terms of the applicable Existing Credit Agreement, would avoid the requirement that the
      applicable Borrower reimburse such banks for such losses, costs or expenses.

      Section 4.2. Conditions to All Borrowings. The obligation of each Bank to make any Loan to be made by it
(including its initial Loan) is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on the
relevant Borrowing Date:

            (a) Notice of Borrowing. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing;

            (b) Continuation of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties in Article V
      shall be true and correct on and as of such Borrowing Date with the same effect as if made on and as of
      such Borrowing Date (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly refer to an
      earlier date); and

            (c) No Existing Default. No Event of Default or Default shall exist or shall result from such
      Borrowing.

Each Notice of Borrowing submitted hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the applicable
Borrower hereunder, as of the date of each such notice and as of each Borrowing Date, that the conditions in
Section 4.2 are satisfied.


                                                   ARTICLE V

                                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

      The Parent, PLIC and PXP represent and warrant to each Agent and each Bank that as of the Effective Date
and at all times thereafter except to the extent that any representation or warranty herein expressly refers
only to a certain date:

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      Section 5.1. Corporate Existence and Power. The Parent, PLIC, PXP and each of their Subsidiaries:

            (a) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
      jurisdiction of its incorporation;

            (b) has the power and authority and all governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and
      approvals to own its assets, carry on its business and to execute, deliver, and perform its obligations
      under the Loan Documents;

            (c) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and is licensed and in good standing under the laws
      of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business
      requires such qualification or license; and

            (d) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law; except, in each case referred to in clause (c)
      or clause (d), to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a
      Material Adverse Effect.

      Section 5.2. Corporate Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Parent, PLIC, PXP and their Subsidiaries of this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which such Person is
party, and each Borrowing hereunder, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do not
and will not:

            (a) contravene the terms of any of that Person's Organization Documents;

            (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under,
      any document evidencing any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or any order,
      injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority to which such Person or its property is subject;
      or

            (c) violate any Requirement of Law.

      Section 5.3. Governmental Authorization. No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action
by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is necessary or required in connection with the
execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, the Parent, PLIC, PXP or any of their
Subsidiaries of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except filings made prior to the date hereof and
other filings which will be made as required by law.

      Section 5.4. Binding Effect. This Agreement and each other Loan Document to which any of the Parent, PLIC
or PXP is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Person, enforceable against such
Person in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally or by
equitable principles relating to enforceability.

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      Section 5.5. Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending, or to the
best knowledge of any of the Parent, PLIC or PXP threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration
or before any Governmental Authority, against the Parent, PLIC or PXP or any of their Subsidiaries or any of
their respective properties which:

            (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the
      transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; or

            (b) as to which there exists a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination, which
      determination would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No injunction, writ,
      temporary restraining order or any order of any nature has been issued by any court or other Governmental
      Authority purporting to enjoin or restrain the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or
      any other Loan Document, or directing that the transactions provided for herein or therein not be
      consummated as herein or therein provided.

      Section 5.6. Contractual Obligation. As of the Effective Date neither the Parent, PLIC, PXP nor any
Subsidiary of any of them is or will be in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation in any
respect which, individually or together with all such defaults, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

      Section 5.7. ERISA Compliance. (a) Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the
applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other federal or state law. The Parent, PLIC, PXP and each ERISA
Affiliate has made all required contributions to any Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code, and no
application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code
has been made with respect to any Plan.

      (b) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Parent, PLIC or PXP, threatened claims, actions
or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan which has resulted or could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or
violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan which has resulted or could reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

      (c) (i) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) no Pension Plan has any
Unfunded Pension Liability; (iii) neither the Parent, PLIC, PXP nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or
reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than
premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) neither the Parent, PLIC, PXP nor any ERISA
Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with
the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Section 4201 or 4243 of
ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v) neither the Parent, PLIC, PXP nor any ERISA Affiliate has
engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.

      Section 5.8. Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations. The proceeds of the Loans are to be used solely for
the purposes set forth in and permitted by Section 6.12 and Section 7.6. Neither

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the Parent, PLIC, PXP nor any Subsidiary of any of them is generally engaged in the business of purchasing or
selling Margin Stock or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock.

      Section 5.9. Title to Properties. The Parent, PLIC, PXP and their Subsidiaries have good record and
marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or used in the
ordinary conduct of their respective businesses, except for such defects in title as could not, individually or
in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Effective Date, the property of the Parent, PLIC,
PXP and their Subsidiaries is and will be subject to no Liens, other than Permitted Liens.

      Section 5.10. Taxes. The Parent, PLIC, PXP and their Subsidiaries have filed all Federal and other
material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all Federal and other material taxes,
assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or
assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. There is no proposed
tax assessment against the Parent, PLIC, PXP or any of their Subsidiaries that would, if made, have a Material
Adverse Effect.

      Section 5.11. Financial Condition. (a) The statutory financial statements of PLIC and its Primary
Insurance Subsidiaries dated December 31, 2001 and the related statements of income or operations, surplus or
capital and surplus and cash flows for the fiscal periods ended on those dates:

              (i) were prepared in accordance with SAP consistently applied throughout the period covered
      thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein;

             (ii) fairly present the financial condition of PLIC and its Primary Insurance Subsidiaries as of
      the date thereof and results of operations for the period covered thereby; and

            (iii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of PLIC and its
      Primary Insurance Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material
      commitments and Contingent Obligations.

      (b) The audited consolidated financial statements of the Parent and its Subsidiaries dated December 31,
2001 and the unaudited, interim consolidated financial statements of the Parent and its Subsidiaries dated
September 30, 2002, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders' equity and
cash flows for the fiscal periods ended on those dates:

              (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered
      thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein;

             (ii) fairly present the financial condition of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the date
      thereof and results of operations for the period covered thereby; and

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            (iii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Parent and
      its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material
      commitments and Contingent Obligations.

      (c) Since September 30, 2002, there has been no Material Adverse Effect.

      Section 5.12. Environmental Matters. The Parent, PLIC, PXP and their Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance
with any and all applicable Environmental Laws, (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals
required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in
compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such
noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or
failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, singly or in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

      Section 5.13. Regulated Entities. The Parent, PLIC and PXP are not subject to regulation under the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce Act, any state
public utilities code, or any other Federal or state statute or regulation limiting their ability to incur
Indebtedness. No filings, approvals or consents are required under the Investment Company Act of 1940 for the
enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

      Section 5.14. No Burdensome Restrictions. Neither the Parent, PLIC, PXP nor any Subsidiary of any of
them is a party to or bound by any Contractual Obligation, or subject to any restriction in any Organization
Document, or any Requirement of Law, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

      Section 5.15. Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Licenses, Etc. The Parent, PLIC, PXP and their
Subsidiaries own or are licensed or otherwise have the right to use all of the patents, trademarks, service
marks, trade names, copyrights, contractual franchises, authorizations and other rights that are reasonably
necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, without conflict with the rights of any other
Person. To the best knowledge of the Parent, PLIC and PXP, no slogan or other advertising device, product,
process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by the
Parent, PLIC and PXP or any Subsidiary thereof infringes upon any rights held by any other Person. No claim or
litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or threatened, and no patent, invention, device,
application, principle or any statute, law, rule, regulation, standard or code is pending or, to the knowledge
of the Parent, PLIC and PXP, proposed, which, in either case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

      Section 5.16. Subsidiaries. PLIC and PXP are Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of the Parent. As of the date
hereof the Primary Subsidiaries are as identified on Exhibit I.

      Section 5.17. Insurance. The properties of the Parent, PLIC, PXP and their Subsidiaries are insured with
financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Parent, PLIC or PXP, in such amounts,
with such deductibles and covering such risks as are

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customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities
where the Parent, PLIC, PXP or any such Subsidiary operates.

      Section 5.18. Full Disclosure. None of the representations or warranties made by the Parent, PLIC
or PXP in the Loan Documents as of the date such representations and warranties are made or deemed made, and
none of the statements contained in any exhibit, report, statement or certificate furnished by or on behalf of
the Parent, PLIC or PXP in connection with the Loan Documents (including the offering and disclosure materials
delivered by or on behalf of the Parent, PLIC or PXP to the Banks prior to the Effective Date), contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading as of
the time when made or delivered.

      Section 5.19. Compliance. The Parent, PLIC, PXP and each of their Subsidiaries is in compliance
with all applicable laws and regulations, all applicable ordinances, decrees, requirements, orders and
judgments of, and all of the terms of any applicable licenses and permits issued by, any governmental body,
agency or official, and all agreements and instruments to which it may be subject or any of its properties may
be bound, in each case where the violation thereof may have a Material Adverse Effect.


                                                   ARTICLE VI

                                             AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

      From and after the Effective Date and so long as any Bank shall have any Commitment hereunder, or any
Loan or other Obligation shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, unless the Majority Banks waive compliance in
writing:

      Section 6.1. Financial Statements. The Parent or PLIC shall deliver to the Administrative Agent,
in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Majority Banks, with sufficient copies for
each Bank:

            (a) as soon as available, but not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of
      the audited consolidated balance sheets of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and
      the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for such
      year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, and
      accompanied by the opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers or another nationally-recognized independent public
      accounting firm ("Independent Auditor") which report shall state that such consolidated financial
      statements present fairly the financial position for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP
      applied on a basis consistent with prior years. Such opinion shall not be qualified or limited because of
      a restricted or limited examination by the Independent Auditor of any material portion of the Parent's or
      any Subsidiary's records;

            (b) as soon as available, but not later than 60 days after the end of each of the first three
      fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, a copy of the unaudited interim consolidated

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      balance sheets of the Parent and its Subsidiaries and of PXP and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such
      quarter and the related interim consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity and cash flows
      for the period commencing on the first day and ending on the last day of such quarter, and certified by a
      Responsible Officer of the Parent and PXP (as applicable) as fairly presenting, in accordance with GAAP
      (subject to ordinary, good faith year-end audit adjustments), the financial positions and the results of
      operations of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, and of PXP and its Subsidiaries;

            (c) as soon as available, but not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, (i) a copy
      of the Annual Statement of PLIC for such fiscal year prepared in accordance with SAP and accompanied by
      the certification of a Responsible Officer of PLIC that such Annual Statement presents fairly in
      accordance with SAP the financial position of PLIC for the period then ended and (ii) a copy of the
      unaudited consolidated balance sheet of PXP and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such year and the
      related consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity and cashflows for the period commencing
      on the first day of such fiscal year and ending on the last day thereof and certified by a Responsible
      Officer of PXP as fairly presenting, in accordance with GAAP, the financial positions and results of
      operations of PXP and its Subsidiaries;

            (d) as soon as possible, but no later than 60 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal
      quarters of each fiscal year, a copy of the quarterly statement of PLIC for each such fiscal quarter, all
      prepared in accordance with SAP and accompanied by the certification of a Responsible Officer of PLIC
      that all such quarterly statements present fairly in accordance with SAP the financial position of PLIC
      for the period then ended;

            (e) as soon as available, a copy of PLIC's "Statement of Actuarial Opinion" which is provided to
      the Department (or equivalent information should the Department no longer require such a statement) as to
      the adequacy of loss reserves of PLIC, which opinion shall be in the format prescribed by the Insurance
      Code; and

            (f) as soon as available, a copy of the "Management Discussion and Analysis" filed with the
      Department with respect to any of the foregoing financial statements and such other information.

      Section 6.2. Certificates; Other Information. The Parent or PLIC shall furnish to the Administrative
Agent, with sufficient copies for each Bank:

            (a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in subsections 6.1(a)
      and (b), a Compliance Certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Parent;

            (b) promptly, copies of all financial statements and reports that the Parent or PLIC sends to its
      policyholders or shareholders, and copies of all financial statements and regular, periodical or special
      reports that the Parent or any Subsidiary may make to, or file with, the SEC other than filings made on
      behalf of Persons which are not Subsidiaries

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      of the Parent, PLIC or PXP and filings made in connection with investment advisory, mutual fund and/or
      asset management activities;

            (c) promptly, upon a change in any rating referred to in the definition of the term "Applicable
      Margin", written notice of such change by a Responsible Officer; and

            (d) promptly, such additional information regarding the business, financial or corporate affairs of
      the Parent, PLIC, PXP or any Subsidiary of any of them as the Administrative Agent, at the request of any
      Bank, may from time to time reasonably request.

      Section 6.3. Notices. The Borrowers shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each Bank:

            (a) of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default and of the occurrence or existence of any
      event or circumstance that foreseeably will become a Default or Event of Default;

            (b) of any matter that has resulted or may result in a Material Adverse Effect, including (i)
      breach or non-performance of, or any default under, a Contractual Obligation of the Parent, PLIC, PXP or
      any Subsidiary of any of them; (ii) any dispute, litigation, investigation, proceeding or suspension
      between the Parent, PLIC or PXP or any Subsidiary thereof and any Governmental Authority; or (iii) the
      commencement of, or any material development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting the Parent, PLIC,
      PXP or any Subsidiary thereof; including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws;

            (c) of the occurrence of any of the following events affecting the Parent, PLIC or PXP or any ERISA
      Affiliate (but in no event more than 10 days after such event), and deliver to the Administrative Agent
      and each Bank a copy of any notice with respect to such event that is filed with a Governmental Authority
      and any notice delivered by a Governmental Authority to the Parent or any ERISA Affiliate with respect to
      such event:

                   (i) an ERISA Event;

                  (ii) a material increase in the Unfunded Pension Liability of any Pension Plan;

                 (iii) the adoption of, or the commencement of contributions to, any Plan subject to Section
            412 of the Code by the Parent or any ERISA Affiliate; or

                  (iv) the adoption of any amendment to a Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code, if such
            amendment results; in a material increase in contributions or Unfunded Pension Liability;

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            (d) of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by the Parent,
      PLIC, PXP or any of their Primary Subsidiaries; and

            (e) of any Acquisition by the Parent, PLIC, PXP or any of their Subsidiaries, the total
      consideration for which shall exceed $25,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency), together with
      pro forma financial statements giving effect to such Acquisition but subject to the requirements of any
      applicable confidentiality agreement.

      Each notice under this Section shall be accompanied by a written statement by a Responsible Officer of
the Parent, PLIC or PXP setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein, and stating what action
the Parent, PLIC, PXP or any affected Subsidiary proposes to take with respect thereto and at what time. Each
notice under subsection 6.3(a) or (b) shall describe with particularity any and all clauses or provisions of
this Agreement or other Loan Document that have been (or foreseeably will be) breached or violated.

      Section 6.4. Preservation of Corporate Existence, Etc. The Parent, PLIC and PXP each shall, and shall
cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to:

            (a) preserve and maintain in full force and effect its corporate existence and good standing under
      the laws of its state or jurisdiction of incorporation;

            (b) preserve and maintain in full force and effect all governmental rights, privileges,
      qualifications, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its
      business;

            (c) use reasonable efforts, in the ordinary course of business, to preserve its business
      organization and goodwill; and

            (d) preserve or renew all of its registered patents, trademarks, trade names and service marks, the
      nonpreservation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

      The forgoing provisions of this Section 6.4 shall not restrict or prohibit the liquidation or dissolution
of any Subsidiary (other than a Borrower) which is inactive or whose continued existence is not necessary to
the continued operation of the businesses of the Parent, PLIC, PXP and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

      Section 6.5. Maintenance of Property. The Parent, PLIC and PXP each shall maintain, and shall cause each
of their respective Subsidiaries to maintain, and preserve all its property which is used or useful in its
business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.

      Section 6.6. Insurance. The Parent, PLIC and PXP each shall maintain, and shall cause each of their
respective Subsidiaries to maintain, with financially sound and reputable independent insurers, insurance with
respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by
Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of

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such types and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons.

      Section 6.7. Payment of Obligations. The Parent, PLIC and PXP each shall, and shall cause each of their
respective Subsidiaries to, pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all their respective
obligations and liabilities, including:

            (a) all tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties
      or assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and adequate
      reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by the applicable Person;

            (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property; and

            (c) all indebtedness, as and when due and payable, but subject to any subordination provisions
      contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness.

      Section 6.8. Compliance with Laws. The Parent, PLIC and PXP shall each comply, and shall cause each of
their respective Subsidiaries to comply, in all material respects with all Requirements of Law of any
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over it or its business (including the Federal Fair Labor Standards
Act), except such as may be contested in good faith or as to which a bona fide dispute may exist.

      Section 6.9. Compliance with ERISA. The Parent, PLIC and PXP each shall, and shall cause each of its
ERISA Affiliates to: (a) maintain each Plan in compliance in all material respects with the applicable
provisions of ERISA, the Code and other federal or state law; (b) cause each Plan which is qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code to maintain such qualification; and (c) make all required contributions to any Plan
subject to Section 412 of the Code.

      Section 6.10. Inspection of Property and Books and Records. The Parent, PLIC and PXP shall each maintain,
and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to maintain, proper books of record and account, in which
full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP or SAP, as applicable, consistently applied shall be
made of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Parent, PLIC and PXP
and each such Subsidiary. The Parent, PLIC, PXP shall each permit, and shall cause each of their respective
Subsidiaries to permit, representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent or any Bank to
visit and inspect any of their respective properties, to examine their respective corporate, financial and
operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss their respective affairs,
finances and accounts with their respective directors, officers, and independent public accountants, all at the
expense of the applicable Person if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and at such
reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable
advance notice to the applicable Person; provided, however, when an Event of Default or Default exists the

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Administrative Agent or any Bank may do any of the foregoing during normal business hours and without advance
notice.

      Section 6.11. Environmental Laws. The Parent, PLIC and PXP shall each, and shall cause each of their
respective Subsidiaries to, conduct its operations and keep and maintain its property in compliance with all
Environmental Laws.

      Section 6.12. Use of Proceeds. The Borrowers shall use the proceeds of the Loans for working capital and
other general corporate purposes, including the repayment of Indebtedness; provided, however, that such
proceeds shall not be used for any Acquisition if the board of directors of the entity to be acquired shall not
have approved such Acquisition.


                                                  ARTICLE VII

                                               NEGATIVE COVENANTS

      From and after the Effective Date and so long as any Bank shall have any Commitment hereunder, or any
Loan or other Obligation shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, unless the Majority Banks waive compliance in
writing:

      Section 7.1. Limitation on Liens. The Parent, PLIC and PXP shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any
Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, make, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with
respect to any part of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or lease any property previously
owned by any of them other than the following ("Permitted Liens"):

            (a) any Lien existing on property of the Parent, PLIC, PXP or any Subsidiary on the Effective Date
      and set forth in Schedule 7.1 securing Indebtedness outstanding on such date;

            (b) any Lien created under any Loan Document;

            (c) Liens for taxes, fees, assessments or other governmental charges which are not delinquent or
      remain payable without penalty, or to the extent that non-payment thereof is permitted by Section 6.7,
      provided that no notice of lien has been filed or recorded under the Code;

            (d) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', landlords', materialmen's, repairmen's or other similar
      Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not delinquent or remain payable without
      penalty;

            (e) Liens (other than any Lien imposed by ERISA) consisting of pledges or deposits required in the
      ordinary course of business in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other
      social security legislation;

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            (f) Liens consisting of judgment or judicial attachment liens, provided that the enforcement of
      such Liens is effectively stayed and all such liens in the aggregate at any time outstanding for the
      Parent, PLIC, PXP and their Subsidiaries do not exceed $50,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other
      currency);

            (g) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary
      course of business which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which do not in any case
      materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or interfere with the ordinary conduct
      of the businesses of the Parent, PLIC, PXP and their Subsidiaries;

            (h) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker's
      liens, securities intermediary's liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit
      accounts, securities accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution; provided
      that (i) such deposit account is not a dedicated cash collateral account and is not subject to
      restrictions against access by the Parent, PLIC, PXP or the applicable Subsidiary in excess of those set
      forth by regulations promulgated by the FRB, and (ii) such deposit account or securities account is not
      intended by the Parent, PLIC, PXP or any Subsidiary to provide collateral to the depository institution
      providing such account;

            (i) Liens granted by Subsidiaries which are not Borrowers to secure obligations the payment of
      which is tied to the performance of the closed block of business of PLIC and which are on a fund in the
      nature of a debt service coverage or reserve fund funded out of the proceeds of the transaction in
      question, rights in respect of tax benefits associated with the transaction in question and/or amounts
      payable in respect of Swap Contracts entered into in connection with such transactions;

            (j) Liens securing obligations under Swap Contracts of the Parent and/or its Subsidiaries entered
      into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculation; and

            (k) additional Liens securing Indebtedness and sale/leaseback transactions not in excess of
      $25,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency) in the aggregate for all such Indebtedness and
      sale/leaseback transactions at any time outstanding.

      For purposes of this Agreement, Liens on property held in a segregated separate account established
pursuant to the New York Insurance Code for the benefit of specified classes of policyholders, annuitants or
other third parties and securing Indebtedness for which the Parent, PLIC, PXP and their Subsidiaries have no
personal liability shall not be treated as a lien upon the property of the Parent, PLIC, PXP or their
Subsidiaries nor shall such indebtedness be treated as Indebtedness thereof.

      Section 7.2. Mergers, Consolidations and Sales of Assets. The Parent, PLIC and PXP will not, and will not
permit any Primary Subsidiary to:

            (a) consolidate with or be a party to a merger with any other Person or

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            (b) sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any substantial part of its assets, provided that the
      foregoing shall not apply to or operate to prevent (i) reinsurance and similar risk sharing arrangements
      entered into in the ordinary course of business, (ii) sales or other dispositions of assets acquired in
      satisfaction of obligations owing the Parent, PLIC, PXP or a Primary Subsidiary, (iii) mergers of a
      Subsidiary with and into a Borrower and other mergers of a Subsidiary not involving the Parent, PLIC or
      PXP, (iv) mergers constituting Acquisitions which are permitted by Section 7.3(d) hereof, (v) the sale of
      all or any substantial part of the assets of, or of the equity interests held by any of the Parent, PLIC
      or PXP in, any Primary Subsidiary which is not a Borrower or (vi) the transfer by the Parent of the
      capital stock of PLIC to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Parent formed to facilitate a transaction
      resulting in the issuance of obligations the payment of which is tied to the performance of the closed
      block of business of PLIC so long as in the case of each of the matters described in clauses (i) through
      (vi) above, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a
      result thereof. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to permit any transaction which constitutes a
      Change of Control. PXP will not be or become a direct or indirect Subsidiary of PLIC or of any other
      person, firm or corporation primarily engaged in the business of insurance or banking.

      Section 7.3. Loans and Investments. The Parent, PLIC and PXP shall not purchase or acquire, or suffer or
permit any Subsidiary to purchase or acquire, or make any commitment therefor, any capital stock, equity
interest, or any obligations or other securities of, or any interest in, any Person or make or commit to make
any Acquisitions, or make or commit to make any advance, loan, extension of credit or capital contribution to
or any other investment in, any Person including any Affiliate of the Parent, PLIC or PXP, except for:

            (a) investments in cash equivalents;

            (b) investments by PLIC and other Subsidiaries primarily engaged in the business of insurance in
      compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements;

            (c) investments by PXP in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; and

            (d) Acquisitions, so long as after giving effect thereto (i) the general nature of the business
      which would then be engaged in by the Parent, PLIC, PXP and their Subsidiaries would not be substantially
      changed from the general nature of the business engaged in by PLIC, PXP and their Subsidiaries on the
      date of this Agreement, (ii) (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and
      (B) the Parent, PLIC and PXP would have been in compliance with all financial covenants hereof,
      calculated on a pro forma basis at the time of the Acquisition as if the Acquisition had taken place at
      the beginning of the four fiscal quarter period ending as of the last fiscal quarter end and as though
      this Agreement had been in effect throughout such period, with the Parent providing a certificate with
      respect thereto and (iii) after giving effect to each expenditure for Acquisitions the aggregate unused
      amount of the Commitments shall be not less than $75,000,000; and

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            (e) Investments in Subsidiaries provided that (i) each such investment shall be made in compliance
      with all applicable regulatory requirements, (ii) each such investment which constitutes an Acquisition
      shall comply with the requirements of clause (d) hereof and (iii) after giving effect to each investment
      the Borrowers shall be in compliance with all the requirements of this Agreement and no Default or Event
      of Default shall have occurred or be continuing.

      Section 7.4. Limitation on Indebtedness. The Parent, PLIC and PXP shall not, and shall not suffer or
permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume, suffer to exist, or otherwise become or remain directly or
indirectly liable with respect to, any Indebtedness if after giving effect thereto and to the application of
the proceeds thereof (i) a breach would have occurred under any provision of Article VIII or IX hereof had the
Indebtedness in question been incurred, and the proceeds thereof applied, as of the last day of the fiscal
quarter most recently concluded prior to the incurrence of the Indebtedness in question or (ii) the aggregate
amount of Indebtedness of the Parent and its Subsidiaries (exclusive of Indebtedness owed by the Parent or a
Subsidiary to a Subsidiary or the Parent, Swap Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and
not for speculation and Indebtedness which is mandatorily convertible into equity within three years of
issuance) would exceed $750,000,000.

      Section 7.5. Transactions with Affiliates. The Parent, PLIC and PXP shall not, and shall not suffer or
permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Parent, except upon fair and
reasonable terms no less favorable to the Parent, PLIC, PXP or such Subsidiary than would obtain in a
comparable arm's-length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate of the Parent, PLIC, PXP or such Subsidiary.

      Section 7.6. Use of Proceeds. The Borrowers shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any Subsidiary to,
use any portion of the Loan proceeds, directly or indirectly, (i) to purchase or carry Margin Stock, (ii) to
repay or otherwise refinance indebtedness of the Borrowers or others incurred to purchase or carry Margin
Stock, (iii) to extend credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock, or (iv) to acquire
any security in any transaction that is subject to Section 13 or 14 of the Exchange Act.

      Section 7.7. Contingent Obligations. The Parent, PLIC and PXP shall not, and shall not suffer or permit
any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Contingent Obligations except:

            (a) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business;

            (b) Contingent Obligations of the Parent, PLIC, PXP and their Subsidiaries existing as of the
      Effective Date and listed in Schedule 7.7;

            (c) Contingent Obligations included in the definition of the term "Indebtedness";

            (d) the undertakings by PLIC in existence on the date hereof and identified on Exhibit J hereto
      pursuant to which PLIC provides rating agencies with undertakings to

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      maintain the net worth or capital of the Subsidiaries in question and/or to assure that such Subsidiaries
      are able to meet their obligations on a timely basis, provided that (i) such undertakings may be renewed
      or extended and may be modified if the modifications in question will not increase the liability of PLIC
      thereunder in any material respect and (ii) PLIC shall cause the undertakings as to any Subsidiary to be
      terminated if and when it ceases to be a Subsidiary of PLIC (the undertakings above described shall not
      constitute "Indebtedness" of PLIC); and

            (e) other Contingent Obligations in aggregate amounts not to exceed $50,000,000.

      Section 7.8. Joint Ventures. The Parent, PLIC and PXP shall not enter into or permit any Subsidiary to
enter into, any Joint Venture if after giving effect thereto the aggregate amount of investments by the Parent,
PLIC, PXP and their Subsidiaries (exclusive of investments in joint ventures between any of them or any of them
and their Subsidiaries or among such Subsidiaries) would exceed 10% of the Parent's Shareholders Equity.

      Section 7.9. Restricted Payments. The Parent shall not, declare or pay any dividend or other distribution
on account of its equity securities or directly or indirectly, through a subsidiary or otherwise, purchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire or retire any such equity securities if after giving effect thereto a Default or
Event of Default such have occurred and be continuing. The Parent will not permit any Subsidiary to enter into,
or permit to remain outstanding, any agreement prohibiting or limiting the amount of dividends or other
distributions which it may make to the holders of its equity securities.

      Section 7.10. ERISA. The Parent, PLIC or PXP shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any of its ERISA
Affiliates to: (a) engage in a prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with
respect to any Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Parent,
PLIC or PXP in an aggregate amount in excess of $5,000,000 or (b) engage in a transaction that could be subject
to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.

      Section 7.11. Change in Business The Parent, PLIC and PXP shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any
Subsidiary to, engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business
carried on by PLIC, PXP and their Subsidiaries on the date hereof.

      Section 7.12. Accounting Changes. The Parent, PLIC and PXP shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any
Subsidiary to, make any significant change in accounting treatment or reporting practices, except as required
by GAAP or SAP, or change the fiscal year of the Parent or of any Subsidiary.

      Section 7.13. Pari Passu. Each Borrower shall cause the Obligations to rank at least pari passu with all
other senior unsecured Indebtedness of such Borrower.

      Section 7.14. Phoenix. The Parent and PLIC shall retain the word "Phoenix" in their names.

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                                                  ARTICLE VIII

                                          PARENT'S FINANCIAL COVENANTS

      So long as any Bank shall have any Commitments hereunder, or any Loan or other Obligations shall remain
unpaid or unsatisfied, unless the Majority Banks waive compliance in writing:

      Section 8.1. Parent Total Debt to Capitalization Ratio. The Parent shall at all times maintain the Parent
Total Debt to Capitalization Ratio at not more than 30%.

      Section 8.2. Shareholders' Equity. The Parent shall at all times maintain Parent's Shareholder's Equity
at not less than $1,700,000,000.


                                                   ARTICLE IX

                                            PLIC FINANCIAL COVENANT

      From and after the Effective Date and so long as any Bank shall have any Commitments hereunder, or any
Loan or other Obligation shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, unless the Majority Banks waive compliance in
writing:

      Section 9.1. Risk Based Capital. PLIC shall as of the last day of each calendar quarter have a Risk Based
Capital Ratio of not less than 2.25 to 1.


                                                   ARTICLE X

                                                   GUARANTIES

      Section 10.1. Guaranty. The Parent hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the full and
punctual payment (whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise) of the principal of and interest
on each Note issued by PLIC or PXP pursuant to this Agreement, and the full and punctual payment of all
Obligations of PLIC or PXP under this Agreement. Upon failure by PLIC or PXP to pay punctually any such amount,
the Parent shall forthwith on demand pay the amount not so paid at the place and in the manner specified in
this Agreement.

      Section 10.2. Guaranty Unconditional The obligations of the Parent under this Article X shall be
unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall not be released,
discharged or otherwise affected by:

            (a) any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver or release in respect of any obligation
      of PLIC or PXP under this Agreement or any Note, by operation of law or otherwise;

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            (b) any modification or amendment of or supplement to this Agreement or any Note;

            (c) any release, impairment, non-perfection or invalidity of any direct or indirect security for
      any obligation of PLIC or PXP under this Agreement or any Note;

            (d) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of PLIC or PXP or any insolvency,
      bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting PLIC or PXP or their assets or any
      resulting release or discharge of any obligation of PLIC or PXP contained in this Agreement or any Note;

            (e) the existence of any claim, set-off or other right which the Parent may have at any time
      against PLIC or PXP, the Administrative Agent, any Bank or any other Person, whether in connection
      herewith or any unrelated transaction, provided that nothing herein shall prevent the assertion of any
      such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim;

            (f) any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against PLIC or PXP for any reason of this
      Agreement or any Note, or any provision of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the
      payment by PLIC or PXP of the principal of or interest on any Note or any other amount payable by PLIC or
      PXP under this Agreement; or

            (g) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by PLIC or PXP, the Administrative Agent,
      any Bank or any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of
      this paragraph, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of PLIC or PXP or of the Parent's obligations
      as guarantor hereunder.

      Section 10.3. Discharge Only Upon Payment in Full; Reinstatement in Certain Circumstances. The Parent's
obligations as guarantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect until the Commitments shall have
terminated and all Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full in money. If at any time any payment
of principal, interest or any other amount payable by PLIC or PXP under this Agreement or any Note is rescinded
or must be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of PLIC or PXP or
otherwise, the Parent's obligations hereunder with respect to such payment shall be reinstated as though such
payment had been due but not made at such time.

      Section 10.4. Waiver by the Parent. The Parent irrevocably waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand,
protest and any notice not provided for herein, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken
by any Person against PLIC or PXP or any other Person.

      Section 10.5. Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment made by or for the account of the Parent pursuant
to this Article X, the Parent shall not be subrogated to any right of the Administrative Agent or any Bank
until such time as the Administrative Agent and the Banks shall have received final payment in cash of the full
amount of all Obligations.

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        Section 10.6. Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any amount payable by
PLIC or PXP under this Agreement or any Note is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of
PLIC or PXP, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of this Agreement shall
nonetheless be payable by the Parent hereunder forthwith on demand by the Administrative Agent made at the
request of the Majority Banks.


                                                   ARTICLE XI

                                               EVENTS OF DEFAULT

      Section 11.1. Event of Default. Any of the following shall constitute an "Event of Default":

      (a) Non-Payment. Any of the Parent, PLIC or PXP fails to pay, (i) when and as required to be paid herein,
any amount of principal of any Loan, or (ii) within five days after the same becomes due, any interest, fee or
any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or

      (b) Representation or Warranty. Any representation or warranty by any of the Parent, PLIC or PXP or any
other Subsidiary made or deemed made herein, in any other Loan Document, or which is contained in any
certificate, document or financial or other statement by the Parent, PLIC or PXP, any other Subsidiary, or any
Responsible Officer of the Parent, PLIC, PXP or any other Subsidiary, furnished at any time under this
Agreement, or in or under any other Loan Document, is incorrect in any material respect on or as of the date
made or deemed made; or

      (c) Specific Defaults. Any of the Parent, PLIC or PXP fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or
agreement contained in any of Section 6.1 or 6.3 or in Article VII, VIII or IX hereof; or

      (d) Other Defaults. Any of the Parent, PLIC or PXP fails to perform or observe any other term or covenant
contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period
of 20 days after the date upon which written notice thereof is given to the Parent, PLIC or PXP (as applicable)
by the Administrative Agent or any Bank; or

      (e) Cross-Default. The Parent, PLIC, PXP or any other Subsidiary thereof (i) fails to make any payment in
respect of any Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn
committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated
credit arrangement) of more than $10,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency) with respect to the
Parent or PLIC, or $5,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency) with respect to PXP or any other
Subsidiary of the Parent (other than PLIC) or of PLIC, when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required
prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise); or (ii) fails to perform or observe any other condition or
covenant, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, under any agreement or

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instrument relating to any such Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation, if the effect of such failure, event or
condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or beneficiary or beneficiaries
of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries)
to cause such Indebtedness to be declared to be due and payable prior to its stated maturity, or such
Contingent Obligation to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded; provided
that paying an amount on a Swap Contract entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for
speculation when due shall not be treated as subject to this clause (ii); or

      (f) Insolvency; Voluntary Proceedings. The Parent, PLIC, PXP or any other Subsidiary (i) ceases or fails
to be solvent, or generally fails to pay, or admits in writing its inability to pay, its debts as they become
due, subject to applicable grace periods, if any, whether at stated maturity or otherwise; (ii) voluntarily
ceases to conduct its business in the ordinary course other than, in the case of a Subsidiary other than PLIC
or PXP, as a result of a decision of the Parent that the continued operation of the Subsidiary in question is
no longer necessary to the conduct of the business of the Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (iii)
commences any Insolvency Proceeding with respect to itself or its property; or (iv) takes any action to
effectuate or authorize any of the foregoing; or

      (g) Involuntary Proceedings. (i) Any involuntary Insolvency Proceeding is commenced or filed against the
Parent, PLIC or PXP or any other Subsidiary or its property, or any writ, judgment, warrant of attachment,
execution or similar process, is issued or levied against a substantial part of the properties of any of them,
and any such proceeding or petition shall not be dismissed, or such writ, judgment, warrant of attachment,
execution or similar process shall not be released, vacated or fully bonded within 60 days after commencement,
filing or levy; (ii) the Parent, PLIC or PXP or any other Subsidiary admits the material allegations of a
petition against it in any Insolvency Proceeding, or an order for relief (or similar order under non-U.S. law)
is ordered in any Insolvency Proceeding; or (iii) the Parent, PLIC or PXP or any other Subsidiary acquiesces in
the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, mortgagee in possession (or agent
therefor), or other similar Person for itself or a substantial portion of its property or business; or

      (h) ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event shall occur with respect to a Pension Plan or Multi employer Plan which has
resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Parent under Title IV of ERISA to the
Pension Plan, Multi-employer Plan or the PBGC; (ii) there exists an Unfunded Pension Liability; or (iii) the
Parent, PLIC or PXP or any ERISA Affiliate shall fail to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable
grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA
under a Multi-employer Plan; or

      (i) Monetary Judgments. One or more non-interlocutory judgments, non-interlocutory orders, decrees or
arbitration awards is entered against the Parent, PLIC, PXP or any other Subsidiary involving in the aggregate
a liability (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not
dispute coverage) as to any single or related series of transactions, incidents or conditions, of $25,000,000
(or its equivalent in any

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other currency) or more, and the same shall remain unsatisfied, unvacated and unstayed pending appeal for a
period of 30 days after the entry thereof; or

      (j) Non-Monetary Judgments. Any non-monetary judgment, order or decree is entered against the Parent,
PLIC, PXP or any other Subsidiary which does or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
and there shall be any period of 30 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or
order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; or

      (k) Change of Control. Any Change of Control occurs; or

      (l) Loss of Licenses. Any Governmental Authority revokes or fails to renew any license, permit or
franchise of the Parent, PLIC, PXP or any other Subsidiary, or the Parent, PLIC, PXP or any other Subsidiary
for any reason loses any license, permit or franchise, or the Parent or any Subsidiary suffers the imposition
of any restraining order, escrow, suspension or impound of funds in connection with any proceeding (judicial or
administrative) with respect to any license, permit or franchise, if the effect of any thereof involves a
reasonable possibility of a Material Adverse Effect or any Governmental Authority intervenes in the management
of any Subsidiary engaged in the business of insurance. .

      Section 11.2. Remedies. If any Event of Default occurs, the Administrative Agent shall, at the
request of, or may, with the consent of, the Majority Banks,

            (a) declare the commitments of each Bank to make Loans to be terminated, whereupon such commitments
      shall be terminated;

            (b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid
      thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be
      immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of
      which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers; and

            (c) exercise on behalf of itself and the Banks all rights and remedies available to it and the
      Banks under the Loan Documents or applicable law;

provided, however, that upon the occurrence of any event specified in subsection (f) or (g) of Section 11.1 (in
the case of clause (i) of subsection (g) upon the expiration of the 60-day period mentioned therein) with
respect to the Parent, PLIC, PXP or any other Primary Subsidiary, the obligation of each Bank to make Loans
shall automatically terminate and the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and
other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable without further act of the Administrative
Agent or any Bank.

      Section 11.3. Rights Not Exclusive. The rights provided for in this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other rights, powers,

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privileges or remedies provided by law or in equity, or under any other instrument, document or agreement now
existing or hereafter arising.


                                                  ARTICLE XII

                                            THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

      Section 12.1. Appointment. Subject to Section 12.9 hereof, each Bank hereby irrevocably designates and
appoints BMO as the Administrative Agent of such Bank under the Loan Documents and each Bank hereby irrevocably
authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of the Loan
Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative
Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The
duties of the Administrative Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature, and, notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary elsewhere in any Loan Document, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or
responsibilities other than those expressly set forth therein, or any fiduciary relationship with, or fiduciary
duty to, any Bank, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities
shall be read into the Loan Documents or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.

      Section 12.2. Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under the Loan
Documents by or through agents or attorneys in fact and shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall be fully
protected in, and shall not be under any liability for, relying upon, the advice of counsel concerning all
matters pertaining to such duties.

      Section 12.3. Exculpatory Provisions. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its officers,
directors, employees, agents attorneys-in-fact, or affiliates shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken
or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with the Loan Documents (except the
Administrative Agent for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii) responsible in any manner to
any of the Banks for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by the Parent, PLIC or PXP or
any officer thereof contained in the Loan Documents or in any certificate, report, statement or other document
referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, the Loan
Documents or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, perfection, enforceability or sufficiency of
any of the Loan Documents or for any failure of the Parent, PLIC, PXP or any other Person to perform its
obligations thereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not be under any obligation to any Bank to ascertain or
to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, the
Loan Documents, or to inspect the property, books or records of the Parent, PLIC or PXP. The Banks acknowledge
that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted under the
Loan Documents unless the Administrative Agent shall be instructed in writing to do so by the Majority Banks
and such instructions shall be binding on the Banks and all holders of any Obligations; provided, however, that
the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action which exposes the Administrative Agent to
personal liability or is contrary to law or any provision of the Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall
not be under any liability or responsibility whatsoever, as Administrative Agent, to the Parent, PLIC, PXP or
any other

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Person as a consequence of any failure or delay in performance, or any breach, by any Bank of any of its
obligations under any of the Loan Documents.

      Section 12.4. Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and
shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit,
opinion, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document
or conversation in good faith believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by
a proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation,
counsel to Parent, PLIC or PXP), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative
Agent. The Administrative Agent may treat each Bank, or the Person designated in the last notice filed with it
under this Section, as the holder of all of the interests of such Bank, in its Loans and Notes, until written
notice of transfer, signed by such Bank (or the Person designated in the last notice filed with the
Administrative Agent) and by the Person designated in such written notice of transfer, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The
Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty to examine or pass upon the validity, effectiveness,
enforceability or genuineness of the Loan Documents or any instrument, document or communication furnished
pursuant thereto or in connection therewith, and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to assume that the
same are valid, effective and genuine, have been signed or sent by the proper parties and are what they purport
to be. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under the
Loan Documents unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Majority Banks as it deems
appropriate. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from
acting, under the Loan Documents in accordance with a request or direction of the Majority Banks, and such
request or direction and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the
Banks and all future holders of the Notes.

      Section 12.5. Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice
of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless the Administrative Agent has received written
notice thereof from a Bank or a Borrower. In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice,
the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Banks and the Parent, PLIC and PXP. The
Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be
directed by the Majority Banks; provided, however, that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have
received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or
refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem to be in the
best interests of the Banks.

      Section 12.6. Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Banks. Each Bank expressly acknowledges that
neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents,
attorneys-in-fact or affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the
Administrative Agent hereinafter, including any review of the affairs of the Parent, PLIC and PXP, shall be
deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent to any Bank. Each Bank
represents to the Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative
Agent or any Bank, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own
evaluation of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and
creditworthiness of the Parent, PLIC and PXP and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Bank
also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any

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Bank, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make
its own credit analysis, evaluations and decisions in taking or not taking action under any Loan Document, and
to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property,
financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Parent, PLIC and PXP. Except for notices, reports and
other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Banks by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the
Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide the Bank with any credit or other
information concerning the business, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of
the Parent, PLIC or PXP which at any time may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of
its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.

      Section 12.7. Indemnification. Each Bank agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent
in its capacity as such (to the extent not promptly reimbursed by the Parent, PLIC and PXP and without limiting
the obligation of the Parent, PLIC and PXP to do so), pro rata according to the aggregate of the outstanding
principal balance of the Loans (or at any time when no Loans are outstanding, according to its Pro Rata Share),
from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever, including, without limitation, any amounts paid to the
Banks (through the Administrative Agent) by any of the Parent, PLIC or PXP pursuant to the terms of the Loan
Documents, that are subsequently rescinded or avoided, or must otherwise be restored or returned) which may at
any time (including, without limitation, at any time following the payment of the Loans or the Notes) be
imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of
the Loan Documents or any other documents contemplated by or referred to therein or the transactions
contemplated thereby or any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Administrative Agent under or in
connection with any of the foregoing; provided, however, that no Bank shall be liable for the payment of any
portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements to the extent resulting solely from the finally adjudicated gross negligence or
willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Bank agrees to
reimburse the Administrative Agent promptly upon demand for its pro rata share of any unpaid fees owing to the
Administrative Agent, and any costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses
of counsel) payable by the Parent, PLIC or PXP under Section 13.4, to the extent that the Administrative Agent
has not been paid such fees or has not been reimbursed for such costs and expenses by the Parent, PLIC or PXP.
The failure of any Bank to reimburse the Administrative Agent promptly upon demand for its pro rata share of
any amount required to be paid by the Banks to the Administrative Agent as provided in this Section shall not
relieve any other Bank of its obligation hereunder to reimburse the Administrative Agent for its pro rata share
of such amount, but no Bank shall be responsible for the failure of any other Bank to reimburse the
Administrative Agent for such other Bank's pro rata share of such amount. If, after having been indemnified or
reimbursed by the Banks as provided by this Section, the Administrative Agent shall have received payment

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from the obligor in respect of the obligation or liability for which it received such indemnification or
reimbursement from the Banks, the Administrative Agent shall disburse to the Banks an amount equal to the
amount of the payment so received on a pro rata basis. The agreements in this Section shall survive the
termination of the Commitments of all of the Banks, and the payment of all amounts payable under the Loan
Documents.

      Section 12.8. Administrative Agent in Its Individual Capacity. BMO and its affiliates may make secured or
unsecured loans to, accept deposits from, issue letters of credit for the account of, act as trustee under
indentures of, and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Parent, PLIC, PLP or their Subsidiaries
as though BMO were not an Agent hereunder. With respect to the Commitment made or renewed by BMO and the
Obligations owing it, BMO shall have the same rights and powers under the Loan Documents as any Bank and may
exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the terms "Bank" and "Banks" shall in
each case include BMO.

      Section 12.9. Successor Administrative Agent. If at any time the Administrative Agent deems it advisable,
in its discretion, it may submit to the Banks a written notice of its resignation as Administrative Agent under
the Loan Documents, such resignation to be effective upon the earlier of (i) the written acceptance of the
duties of the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents by a successor Administrative Agent and (ii) on the
30th day after the date of such notice. Upon any such resignation, the Majority Banks shall have the right to
appoint from among the Banks a successor Administrative Agent. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have
been so appointed by the Majority Banks and accepted such appointment in writing within 30 days after the
retiring Administrative Agent's giving of notice of resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on
behalf of the Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which successor Administrative Agent shall be a
commercial bank organized or licensed under the laws of the United States or any State thereof and having a
combined capital, surplus, and undivided profits of at least $500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any
appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor
Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and
duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent's rights, powers, privileges
and duties as Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents shall be terminated. The Parent, PLIC, PXP and the
Banks shall execute such documents as shall be necessary to effect such appointment. After any retiring
Administrative Agent's resignation as Administrative Agent, the provisions of the Loan Documents shall inure to
its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it, and any amounts owing to it, while it was
Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents. If at any time there shall not be a duly appointed and acting
Administrative Agent, the Parent, PLIC and PXP agree to make each payment due under the Loan Documents directly
to the Banks entitled thereto during such time.

      Section 12.10. Syndication Agent and Documentation Agent. The Banks identified on the facing page or
signature pages of this Agreement as a "syndication agent" or "documentation agent" shall have no right, power,
obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Banks as
such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Banks so identified as a "co-agent" or "lead manager" shall
have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Bank or the Parent, PLIC or PXP. Each Bank

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acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of the Banks so identified in deciding to enter
into this Agreement or in taking or not taking action hereunder. The parties identified on the facing pages
hereof as having arranged this transaction are not parties to this Agreement and have no liabilities hereunder.


                                                  ARTICLE XIII

                                                 MISCELLANEOUS

      Section 13.1. Amendments and Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document, and no consent with respect to any departure by the Parent, PLIC or PXP therefrom, shall
be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Majority Banks (or by the Administrative
Agent at the written request of the Majority Banks) and the Parent, PLIC and PXP and acknowledged by the
Administrative Agent, and then any such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and
for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such waiver, amendment, or consent shall,
unless in writing and signed by all the Banks, the Parent, PLIC and PXP and acknowledged by the Administrative
Agent, do any of the following:

            (a) increase or extend the Commitment of any Bank (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant
      to Section 11.2);

            (b) postpone or delay any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment
      of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Banks (or any of them) hereunder or under any
      other Loan Document;

            (c) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on any Loan, or any fees or
      other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document;

            (d) change the percentage of the Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the
      Loans which is required for the Banks or any of them to take any action hereunder;

            (e) amend this Section, or Section 2.13 or any provision herein providing for consent or other
      action by all Banks; or

            (f) amend or terminate any guaranty, including the guaranties pursuant to Article X;

and, provided, further, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the
Administrative Agent in addition to the Majority Banks or all the Banks, as the case may be, affect the rights
or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

      Section 13.2. Notices. (a) All notices, requests and other communications under the Loan Documents
shall be in writing (including, unless the context expressly otherwise provides, by

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facsimile transmission, provided that any matter transmitted by the Parent, PLIC or PXP by facsimile (i) shall
be immediately confirmed by a telephone call to the recipient at the number specified on the signature pages
hereof or on an Assignment and Acceptance to which it is a party, and (ii) shall be followed promptly by
delivery of a hard-copy original thereof) and mailed, faxed or delivered, to the address or facsimile number
specified for notices on the signature pages hereof or on an Assignment and Acceptance to which it is a party;
or, as directed to the Parent, PLIC, PXP or the Administrative Agent, to such other address as shall be
designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties, and as directed to any other party, at such
other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties.

      (b) All such notices, requests and communications shall, when transmitted by overnight delivery, or
faxed, be effective when delivered for overnight (next-day) delivery, or transmitted in legible form by
facsimile machine, respectively, or, if mailed, upon the third Business Day after the date deposited into the
U.S. mail, or, if delivered, upon delivery; except that notices pursuant to Article II or XII shall not be
effective until actually received by the Administrative Agent.

      (c) Any agreement of the Administrative Agent and the Banks herein to receive certain notices by
telephone or facsimile is solely for the convenience and at the request of the Parent, PLIC and/or PXP. The
Administrative Agent and the Banks shall be entitled to rely on the authority of any Person purporting to be a
Person authorized by the Parent, PLIC and/or PXP to give such notice and the Administrative Agent and the Banks
shall not have any liability to the Parent, PLIC, PXP or other Persons on account of any action taken or not
taken by the Administrative Agent or the Banks in reliance upon such telephonic or facsimile notice. The
obligation of the Borrowers to repay the Loans shall not be affected in any way or to any extent by any failure
by the Administrative Agent and the Banks to receive written confirmation of any telephonic or facsimile notice
or the receipt by the Administrative Agent and the Banks of a confirmation which is at variance with the terms
understood by the Administrative Agent and the Banks to be contained in the telephonic or facsimile notice.

      Section 13.3. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the
part of the Administrative Agent or any Bank, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder, shall operate as
a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.

      Section 13.4. Costs and Expenses. The Borrowers shall:

            (a) whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, pay or reimburse BMO for
      all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by BMO in connection with the development, preparation,
      delivery, administration and execution of, and any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification to (in
      each case, whether or not consummated), this Agreement, any Loan Document and any other documents
      prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation of the transactions

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      contemplated hereby and thereby, including reasonable Attorney Costs incurred by BMO with respect
      thereto; and

            (b) pay or reimburse each Agent, the Arrangers and each Bank for all costs and expenses (including
      reasonable Attorney Costs) incurred by them in connection with the enforcement, attempted enforcement, or
      preservation of any rights or remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Document during the
      existence of an Event of Default or after acceleration of the Loans (including in connection with any
      "workout" or restructuring regarding the Loans, and including in any Insolvency Proceeding or appellate
      proceeding).

      Section 13.5. Indemnity. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Parent,
PLIC and PXP shall indemnify and hold the Agent-Related Persons, and each Bank and each of its respective
officers, directors, employees, counsel, agents and attorneys-in-fact (each, an "Indemnified Person") harmless
from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, charges, expenses and disbursements (including Attorney Costs) of any kind or nature whatsoever which
may at any time (including at any time following repayment of the Loans and the termination, resignation or
replacement of the Administrative Agent or replacement of any Bank) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted
against any such Person in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any document contemplated by
or referred to herein, or the transactions contemplated hereby, or any action taken or omitted by any such
Person under or in connection with any of the foregoing, including with respect to any investigation,
litigation or proceeding (including any Insolvency Proceeding or appellate proceeding) related to or arising
out of this Agreement or the Loans or the use of the proceeds thereof, whether or not any Indemnified Person is
a party thereto (all the foregoing, collectively, the "Indemnified Liabilities"); provided, that the Parent,
PLIC and PXP shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnified Person with respect to Indemnified
Liabilities resulting solely from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person; and
provided, further, that the Indemnified Persons shall, at the request of the Parent, PLIC and PXP only use one
counsel among them unless any such Indemnified Person determines in its sole discretion that its interests may
differ from any other Indemnified Person. The agreements in this Section shall survive payment of all other
Obligations.

      Section 13.6. Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any of the Parent, PLIC or PXP makes a payment to
the Administrative Agent or the Banks, or the Administrative Agent or the Banks exercise their right of
set-off, and such payment or the proceeds of such set-off or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated,
declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered
into by the Administrative Agent or such Bank in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any
other party, in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery
the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force
and effect as if such payment had not been made or such set-off had not occurred, and (b) each Bank severally
agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its pro rata share of any amount so recovered from or
repaid by the Administrative Agent.

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      Section 13.7. Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Parent, PLIC and
PXP may not assign or transfer any of their rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Bank.

      Section 13.8. Assignments, Participations, etc. (a) Any Bank may, subject to the written consent of the
Borrowers at all times other than during the existence of an Event of Default, and the Administrative Agent,
which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld, at any time assign and delegate to one or more Eligible
Assignees (provided that no written consent of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent shall be required in
connection with any assignment and delegation by a Bank to an Eligible Assignee that is an Affiliate of such
Bank and the assignee need not be an Eligible Assignee if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing)
(each an "Assignee") all, or any ratable part of all, of the Loans, the Commitments and the other rights and
obligations of such Bank hereunder, in a minimum amount such that the Assignee after giving effect to such
assignment shall hold at least $5,000,000 of the Commitments (or if less the aggregate amount of the
Commitments of the Bank so assigning); provided, however, that the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent may
continue to deal solely and directly with such Bank in connection with the interest so assigned to an Assignee
until (i) written notice of such assignment, together with payment instructions, addresses and related
information with respect to the Assignee, shall have been given to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent
by such Bank and the Assignee; (ii) such Bank and its Assignee shall have delivered to the Borrowers and the
Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance in the form of Exhibit E or in such other form as shall be
acceptable to them ("Assignment and Acceptance") and (iii) the assignor Bank or Assignee has paid to the
Administrative Agent a processing fee in the amount of $3,500 (such processing fee to be payable, without
limitation, in connection with assignments from a Bank to another Bank).

      (b) From and after the date that the Administrative Agent notifies the assignor Bank that it has received
(and provided its consent with respect to) an executed Assignment and Acceptance and payment of the
above-referenced processing fee, (i) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that
rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, shall
have the rights and obligations of a Bank under the Loan Documents, and (ii) the assignor Bank shall, to the
extent that rights and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents have been assigned by it
pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under
the Loan Documents.

      (c) Within five Business Days after its receipt of notice by the Administrative Agent that it has
received an executed Assignment and Acceptance and payment of the processing fee, (and provided that it
consents to such assignment in accordance with subsection 13.8(a)), the Borrowers shall at the request of the
Assignee execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, a new Note evidencing such Assignee's assigned Loans
and Commitment. Immediately upon each Assignee's making its processing fee payment under the Assignment and
Acceptance, this Agreement shall be deemed to be amended to the extent, but only to the extent, necessary to
reflect the addition of the Assignee and the resulting adjustment of the Commitments arising

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therefrom. The Commitment allocated to each Assignee shall reduce such Commitment of the assigning Bank pro
tanto.

      (d) Any Bank may at any time sell to one or more commercial banks or other Persons not Affiliates of the
Borrowers (a "Participant") participating interests in any Loans, the Commitment of that Bank and the other
interests of that Bank (the "originating Bank") hereunder and under the other Loan Documents; provided,
however, that (i) the originating Bank's obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) the
originating Bank shall remain solely responsible for the performance of such obligations, (iii) the Borrowers
and the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with the originating Bank in connection
with the originating Bank's rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (iv)
no Bank shall transfer or grant any participating interest under which the Participant has rights to approve
any amendment to, or any consent or waiver with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except
to the extent such amendment, consent or waiver would require unanimous consent of the Banks as described in
the first proviso to Section 13.1. In the case of any such participation, the Participant shall be entitled to
the benefit of Sections 3.1, 3.3 and 13.5 as though it were also a Bank hereunder, and not have any other
rights under this Agreement, or any of the other Loan Documents, and all amounts payable by the Borrowers
hereunder shall be determined as if such Bank had not sold such participation; except that, if amounts
outstanding under this Agreement are due and unpaid, or shall have been declared or shall have become due and
payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Participant shall be deemed to have the right of
set-off in respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement to the same extent as if
the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Bank under this Agreement.

      (e) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, any Bank may at any time create a security
interest in, or pledge, all or any portion of its rights under and interest in this Agreement and the Note held
by it in favor of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the FRB or U.S. Treasury
Regulation 31 CFR ss.203.14, and such Federal Reserve Bank may enforce such pledge or security interest in any
manner permitted under applicable law.

      (f) (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Bank, (a "Granting Lender") may
grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an "SPV"), identified as such in writing from time to time by such
Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers, the option to fund all or any part of any Loan
that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to fund pursuant to this Credit Agreement; provided that
(aa) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPV to fund any Loan, (ab) if an SPV elects not to
exercise such option or otherwise fails to fund all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be
obligated to fund such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof, (ac) no SPV shall have any voting rights pursuant to
Section 13.1 and (ad) with respect to notices, payments and other matters hereunder, the Borrowers, the
Administrative Agent and the Banks shall not be obligated to deal with an SPV, but may limit their
communications and other dealings relevant to such SPV to the applicable Granting Lender. The funding of a Loan
by an SPV hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent that, and as if,
such Loan were funded by such Granting Lender.

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           (ii) As to any Loans or portion thereof made by it, each SPV shall have all the rights that its
applicable Granting Lender making such Loans or portion thereof would have had under this Credit Agreement;
provided, however, that each SPV shall have granted to its Granting Lender an irrevocable power of attorney, to
deliver and receive all communications and notices under this Agreement (and any related documents) and to
exercise on such SPV's behalf, all of such SPV's voting rights under this Credit Agreement. No additional Note
shall be required to evidence the Loans or portion thereof made by an SPV; and the related Granting Lender
shall be deemed to hold its Note as agent for such SPV to the extent of the Loans or portion thereof funded by
such SPV. In addition. any payments for the account of any SPV shall be paid to its Granting Lender as agent
for such SPV.

          (iii) Each party hereto hereby agrees that no SPV shall be liable for any indemnity or payment under
this Agreement for which a Lender would otherwise be liable for so long as, and to the extent, the Granting
Lender provides such indemnity or makes such payment. In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby
agrees (which agreements shall survive the termination of this Credit Agreement) that, prior to the date that
is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior
indebtedness of any SPV, it will not institute against, or join any other person in instituting against, such
SPV any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under the laws of the
United States or any State thereof.

           (iv) In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, but subject
to the other provisions of Section 13.8(f), any SPV may (i) at any time and without paying any processing fee
therefor, assign or participate all or a portion of its Loans to the Granting Lender or to any financial
institutions providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of such SPV to support the funding
or maintenance of Loans and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its
Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity
enhancements to such SPV. This Section 13.8(f) may not be amended without the written consent of any Granting
Lender affected thereby if the existence of such Granting Lender has been identified to the Borrowers and
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 13.8(f)(i).

      Section 13.9. Confidentiality. Each Bank agrees to take and to cause its Affiliates to take normal
and reasonable precautions and exercise due care to maintain the confidentiality of all information identified
as "confidential" or "secret" by the Parent, PLIC or PXP and provided to it by the Parent, PLIC or PXP or any
other Subsidiary, or by any Agent or the Arrangers on their behalf, under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, and neither it nor any of its Affiliates shall use any such information other than in connection with
the enforcement of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or in connection with other business now or
hereafter existing or contemplated with the Parent, PLIC, PXP or any Subsidiary thereof; except to the extent
such information (i) was or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by
the Bank, or (ii) was or becomes available on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Parent, PLIC
or PXP, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Parent, PLIC or PXP
known to the Bank; provided, however, that any Bank may disclose such information (A) at the request or
pursuant to any requirement of any Governmental Authority to which the Bank is subject or in connection with
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such Bank by any such authority; (B) pursuant to subpoena or other court process; (C) when required to do
so in accordance with the provisions of any applicable Requirement of Law; (D) to the extent reasonably
required in connection with any litigation or proceeding to which the Administrative Agent, any Bank or their
respective Affiliates may be party; (E) to the extent reasonably required in connection with the exercise of
any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document; (F) to such Bank's independent auditors and other
professional advisors; (G) to any Participant or Assignee, actual or potential, provided that such Person
agrees in writing to keep such information confidential to the same extent required of the Banks hereunder; (H)
as to any Bank or its Affiliate, as expressly permitted under the terms of any other document or agreement
regarding confidentiality to which the Parent or any Subsidiary is party or is deemed party with such Bank or
such Affiliate; and (I) to its Affiliates.

      Section 13.10. Set-off. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Banks provided by law, if an
Event of Default exists or the Loans have been accelerated, each Bank is authorized at any time and from time
to time, without prior notice to the Parent, PLIC or PXP, any such notice being waived by the Parent, PLIC and
PXP to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time
or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by, and other indebtedness at any time owing by, such Bank to
or for the credit or the account of any of the Parent, PLIC or PXP against any and all obligations owing to
such Bank by the depositor, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not the Administrative Agent
or such Bank shall have made demand under this Agreement or any Loan Document and although such Obligations may
be contingent or unmatured. Each Bank agrees promptly to notify the applicable party and the Administrative
Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Bank; provided, however, that the failure to give
such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.

      Section 13.11. Automatic Debits of Fees. With respect to any fee, or any other cost or expense
(including Attorney Costs) due and payable to the Agents or the Arrangers under the Loan Documents, the Parent,
PLIC and PXP hereby irrevocably authorize them to debit any deposit account of an obligor in an amount such
that the aggregate amount debited from all such deposit accounts does not exceed such fee or other cost or
expense. If there are insufficient funds in such deposit accounts to cover the amount of the fee or other cost
or expense then due, such debits will be reversed (in whole or in part, in the debtor's sole discretion) and
such amount not debited shall be deemed to be unpaid. No such debit under this Section shall be deemed a
set-off.

      Section 13.12. Notification of Addresses, Lending Offices, Etc. Each Bank shall notify the
Administrative Agent in writing of any changes in the address to which notices to the Bank should be directed,
of addresses of any Lending Office, of payment instructions in respect of all payments to be made to it
hereunder and of such other administrative information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.

      Section 13.13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of separate counterparts, each
of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be
deemed to constitute but one and the same instrument.

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      Section 13.14. Severability. The illegality or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement
or any instrument or agreement required hereunder shall not in any way affect or impair the legality or
enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement or any instrument or agreement required hereunder.

      Section 13.15. No Third Parties Benefits. This Agreement is made and entered into for the sole
protection and legal benefit of the Parent, PLIC, PXP, the Banks, the Agents and the Agent-Related Persons, and
their permitted successors and assigns, and no other Person shall be a direct or indirect legal beneficiary of,
or have any direct or indirect cause of action or claim in connection with, this Agreement or any of the other
Loan Documents.

      Section 13.16. Governing Law and Jurisdiction. (a) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY,
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED THAT THE AGENTS AND THE BANKS
SHALL RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL LAW.

      (b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT MAY BE
BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK,
AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH OF THE PARENT, PLIC, PXP, THE AGENTS AND THE BANKS
CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH OF
THE PARENT, PLIC, PXP, THE AGENTS AND THE BANKS IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO
THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE
BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED
HERETO. THE PARENT, PLIC, PXP, THE AGENTS AND THE BANKS EACH WAIVE PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT
OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY NEW YORK LAW.

      Section 13.17. Waiver of Jury Trial. THE PARENT, PLIC, PXP, THE BANKS AND THE AGENTS EACH WAIVE
THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, IN ANY
ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY OF THE PARTIES AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR ANY
AGENT-RELATED PERSON, PARTICIPANT OR ASSIGNEE, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, OR
OTHERWISE. THE PARENT, PLIC, PXP, THE BANKS AND THE AGENTS EACH AGREE THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION
SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT
THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM
OR OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS
AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF OR THEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY
SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.

                                                      -61-


      Section 13.18. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, embodies the
entire agreement and understanding among the Borrowers, the Banks and the Agents, and supersedes all prior or
contemporaneous agreements and understandings of such Persons, verbal or written, relating to the subject
matter hereof and thereof.



                                                      -62-


      In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by
their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.


                                    THE PHOENIX COMPANIES, INC.


                                    /s/ Christopher M. Wilkos
                                    ---------------------------------
                                    By: Christopher M. Wilkos
                                      Its: Senior Vice President


                                    PHOENIX LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


                                    /s/ Katherine P. Cody
                                    ---------------------------------
                                    By: Katherine P. Cody
                                      Its: Second Vice President & Treasurer


                                    PHOENIX INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LTD


                                    /s/ Glenn H. Pease
                                    ---------------------------------
                                    By: Glenn H. Pease
                                      Its: Vice President, Finance

                                    Address for Notices to the Above Parties:

                                    One American Row
                                    Hartford, Connecticut 06115
                                    Attention: Katherine Cody
                                    Phone:  860-403-6763
                                    Fax:  860-403-5009

                                    With copies also marked "Attention:  General
                                      Counsel"


                                                      -63-



                                    BANK OF MONTREAL, as Administrative Agent

                                    /s/ Amy K. Dumser
                                    ---------------------------------
                                    By:  Amy K. Dumser
                                      Its: Director

                                    Address for Notices:

                                    115 S. LaSalle Street
                                    Chicago, Illinois 60603
                                    Attn: Randy J. Goodleaf
                                    Phone: (312) 845-2035
                                    Fax:  (312) 845-2199


                                    BMO NESBITT BURNS FINANCING, INC., as a
                                      Bank

                                    /s/ Bruce A. Pietka
                                    ---------------------------------
                                    By:  Bruce A. Pietka
                                      Its: Vice President

                                    Lending Office:

                                    115 S. LaSalle Street
                                    Chicago, Illinois 60603
                                    Attn: Manager-Loan Operations
                                    Phone: (312) 750-4333
                                    Fax:  (312) 750-3456

                                    Address For Notices

                                    Same as above

                                    Attn:  Joseph Linder
                                    Phone: (312) 750-3784
                                    Fax:  (312) 750-6057


                                                      -64-


                                    FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as a Syndication Agent
                                       and as a Bank

                                    /s/ Lawrence Davis
                                    ---------------------------------
                                    By:  Lawrence Davis
                                      Its: Portfolio Manager

                                    Lending Office

                                    777 Main Street
                                    Hartford, Connecticut 06115
                                    Attn: Lawrence Davis
                                    Phone: (860) 952-7559
                                    Fax:  (860) 952-7604

                                    Address for Notices

                                    Same as above


                                                      -65-


                                    JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as a Bank

                                    /s/ Robert Bottamedi
                                    ---------------------------------
                                    By: Robert Bottamedi
                                      Its: Vice President

                                    Lending Office

                                    1 Chase Manhattan Plaza
                                    New York, New York 10017
                                    Attn:  Rocky Chan
                                    Phone: (212) 552-7929
                                    Fax:  (212) 552-7490

                                    Address for Notices

                                    270 Park Avenue, 4th Floor
                                    New York, New York 10017
                                    Attn: Robert Bottamedi
                                    Phone: (212) 270-7275
                                    Fax:  (212) 270-1511


                                                      -66-



                                    KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a
                                    Documentation Agent and as a Bank

                                    /s/ Mary K. Young
                                    ---------------------------------
                                    By:  Mary K. Young
                                      Its: Vice President

                                    /s/ Thomas J. Purcell
                                    ---------------------------------
                                    By: Thomas J. Purcell
                                      Its: Senior Vice President

                                    Lending Office

                                    127 Public Square, OH-01-27-0606
                                    Cleveland, OH 44114
                                    Attn: Dianne Cox
                                    Phone: (216) 689-4450
                                    Fax:  (216) 689-4981

                                    Address for Notices

                                    Same as above

                                    Attn:  Mary Young
                                    Phone: (216) 689-4443
                                    Fax:  (216) 689-4981


                                                      -67-



                                    WACHOVIA BANK, N.A., as a Bank

                                    /s/ Thomas L. Stitchberry
                                    ---------------------------------
                                    By: Thomas L. Stitchberry
                                      Its: Managing Director

                                    Lending Office

                                    Wachovia Bank, N.A.
                                    1339 Chestnut Street
                                    PA 4819
                                    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101-7618
                                    Attn: John L. Thomas
                                    Phone: (762) 321-6710
                                    Fax:  (762) 321-7102

                                    Address for Notices

                                    Same as above


                                                      -68-



                                    THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as a Documentation
                                       Agent and as a Bank

                                    /s/ Gary Overton
                                    ---------------------------------
                                    By:  Gary Overton
                                     Its: Vice President

                                    Lending Office

                                    One Wall Street
                                    New York, New York 10286
                                    Attn:  Gary Overton
                                    Phone: (212) 635-4529
                                    Fax:  (212) 809-9520

                                    Address for Notices

                                    Same as above

                                    Attn:  Linda Ventura
                                    Phone: (212) 635-6483
                                    Fax:  (212) 809-9520


                                                      -69-




                                    STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, as a Bank

                                    /s/ Edward Anderson
                                    ---------------------------------
                                    By:  Edward Anderson
                                      Its: Vice President

                                    Lending Office

                                    2 Ave de LaFayette, 2nd Floor
                                    Boston, Massachusetts 02111
                                    Attn: Edward M. Anderson
                                    Phone: (617) 662-3782
                                    Fax:  (617) 662-3778

                                    Address for Notices

                                    225 Franklin Street, MAO 11
                                    Boston, MA  02110
                                    Attn:  Lillian Kins
                                    Phone: (617) 664-4008
                                    Fax:  (617) 664-3941


                                                      -70-


                                    WEBSTER BANK, as a Bank

                                    /s/ Stephen Corcoran
                                    ---------------------------------
                                    By: Stephen Corcoran
                                    Its: Vice President

                                    Lending Office

                                    185 Asylum Street
                                    Hartford, Connecticut 06107
                                    Attn: Stephen Corcoran
                                    Phone: (860) 692-1612
                                    Fax:  (860) 692-1602

                                    Address for Notices

                                    80 Elm Street
                                    New Haven, Connecticut 06510
                                    Attn:  Gail Cerrone
                                    Phone: (203) 782-4543
                                    Fax:  (203) 782-4577



                                                      -71-



                                                   EXHIBIT A

                                              NOTICE OF BORROWING


                                             Date: __________, ____




To:   Bank of Montreal, as Administrative Agent for the Banks parties to the Credit Agreement dated as of
      December 23, 2002 (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the "Credit Agreement")
      among The Phoenix Companies, Inc., Phoenix Life Insurance Company, Phoenix Investment Partners, Ltd.,
      certain Banks which are signatories thereto, Bank of Montreal, as Administrative Agent, and Fleet
      National Bank as Syndication Agent.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      The undersigned, [Insert Name of Applicable Borrower] (the "Borrower"), refers to the Credit
Agreement, the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined, and hereby gives you notice
irrevocably, pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Credit Agreement, of the Borrowing of Loans* specified below:

            1. The Business Day of the proposed Borrowing is __________, 20__.

            2. The aggregate amount of the proposed Borrowing is $____________.

            3. The Borrowing is to be comprised of $___________ of [Base Rate] [Eurodollar Rate] Loans.

            [4. The duration of the Interest Period for the Eurodollar Rate Loans included in the Borrowing
      shall be ______ months.]

         The undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the date hereof, and will
be true on the date of the proposed Borrowing, before and after giving effect thereto and to the application of
the proceeds therefrom:

            (a) the representations and warranties of the Borrowers contained in Article V of the Credit
      Agreement are true and correct as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent such
      representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of
      such date);

__________________________________

*Include after the Demutualization



            (b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such
      proposed Borrowing; and

            (c) The proposed Borrowing will not cause the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans
      to exceed the combined Commitments of the Banks.

                                                       [NAME OF APPLICABLE BORROWER]


                                                       By:___________________________________________________
                                                         Title:______________________________________________



                                                      -2-


                                                   EXHIBIT B

                                       NOTICE OF CONVERSION/CONTINUATION


                                             Date: __________, ____




To:   Bank of Montreal, as Administrative Agent for the Banks parties to the Credit Agreement dated as of
      December 23, 2002 (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the "Credit Agreement")
      among The Phoenix Companies, Inc., Phoenix Life Insurance Company, Phoenix Investment Partners, Ltd.,
      certain Banks which are signatories thereto, Bank of Montreal, as Administrative Agent, and Fleet
      National Bank as Syndication Agent.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      The undersigned, [Name of Applicable Borrower] (the "Borrower"), refers to the Credit Agreement, the
terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined, and hereby gives you notice irrevocably, pursuant
to Section 2.4 of the Credit Agreement, of the [conversion] [continuation] of the Loans specified herein, that:

            1. The Conversion/Continuation Date is __________, 20__.

            2. The aggregate amount of the Loans to be [converted] [continued] is $____________.

            3. The Loans are to be [converted into] [continued as] [Eurodollar Rate] [Base Rate] Loans.

            4. [If applicable:] The duration of the Interest Period for the Loans included in the [conversion]
      [continuation] shall be ___ months.

                                                       [NAME OF APPLICABLE BORROWER]


                                                       By:_____________________________________________________
                                                         Title:________________________________________________




                                                   EXHIBIT C

                                             COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE


                                    Financial Statement Date: _______, 200__




      Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2002 (as extended, renewed,
amended or restated from time to time, the "Credit Agreement") among The Phoenix Companies, Inc., Phoenix Life
Insurance Company, Phoenix Investment Partners, Ltd., the several financial institutions from time to time
parties to the Credit Agreement (the "Banks"), Bank of Montreal, as Administrative Agent, and Fleet National
Bank as Syndication Agent. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.

      The undersigned Responsible Officer of the Parent, hereby certifies as of the date hereof that he/she is
the _______________ of the Parent, and that, as such, he/she is authorized to execute and deliver this
Certificate to the Banks and the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, and that:

            1. Enclosed herewith is a copy of the [annual audit/quarterly] report of the Parent as at
      __________ (the "Computation Date") which report fairly presents the financial condition and results of
      operation of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, as of the Computation Date.

            2. The undersigned has reviewed and is familiar with the terms of the Credit Agreement and has
      made, or has caused to be made under his/her supervision, a detailed review of the transactions and
      conditions (financial or otherwise) of the Parent during the accounting period covered by the attached
      financial statements.

            3. To the best of the undersigned's knowledge, the Parent, PLIC and PXP, during such period, have
      observed, performed or satisfied all of their covenants and other agreements, and satisfied every
      condition in the Credit Agreement to be observed, performed or satisfied by the Parent, PLIC and PXP, and
      the undersigned has no knowledge of any Default of Event of Default.

            4. The following financial covenant analyses and information set forth on Schedule 1 attached
      hereto are true and accurate on and as of the date of this Certificate.






      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of __________, 200__.

                                                       THE PHOENIX COMPANIES, INC.


                                                       By:_____________________________________________________
                                                         Title:________________________________________________



                                                      -2-


                                                   SCHEDULE 1

                                           TO COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
                                        FINANCIAL COVENANT CALCULATIONS



                                                      -3-


                                                  EXHIBIT D-1

                                        FORM OF OPINION OF PXP'S COUNSEL



                                               December 23, 2002



 To:  Fleet National Bank as Syndication Agent, Bank of
      Montreal, as Administrative Agent, and the other
      Bank parties from time to time to the Credit
      Agreement hereinafter referred to

       Re: Credit Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2002, among The Phoenix
              Companies, Inc., Phoenix Life Insurance Company, Phoenix
          Investment Partners, Ltd., and the Financial Institutions Party
          Thereto, Fleet National Bank, as Syndication Agent, and Bank of
             Montreal, as Administrative Agent (the "Credit Agreement")

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      The undersigned has acted as counsel for Phoenix Investment Partners, Ltd. ("PXP") in connection with
the negotiation, execution and delivery of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. This opinion
letter is delivered pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(v) of the Credit Agreement. Unless otherwise defined herein or
the context otherwise requires, all capitalized terms used in this opinion letter shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.

      I have reviewed the corporate proceedings taken by PXP in connection with the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents. In addition, I have examined and relied upon copies of such Credit Agreement, the Charter
and the Bylaws of PXP as in effect on the date hereof, copies of supporting resolutions adopted by the Board of
Directors of PXP in connection with the Credit Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby and
certificates executed by officers of PXP addressing facts material to my opinions as I consider necessary or
appropriate for the basis of the opinions expressed.

      In making the examination of such agreements and instruments in connection with the opinions expressed
herein, I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures (other than those on behalf of PXP) and the
authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals and the conformity with the originals of all
documents submitted to me as copies and have further assumed that each of the Banks has the corporate power to
enter into and perform its obligations under the Credit Agreement and have assumed with respect to each of them
due authorization by all requisite corporate action, due execution and delivery and the valid and binding
effect of such documents and agreements and compliance by the Banks with applicable law. I am admitted to



practice law only in the State of Connecticut and as to matters involving New York law, I have assumed that the
law of the State of New York is identical to the law of the State of Connecticut.

      Based upon and subject to the foregoing, I am of the opinion that:

            (1) PXP is a corporation, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
      the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and has full corporate power and authority to own and hold under
      lease its property and to conduct its business substantially as currently conducted by it. PXP has full
      corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under each Loan Document to which
      it is a party.

            (2) PXP's execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party are
      PXP's corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do not:

                 a. contravene PXP's Charter or Bylaws;

                 b. contravene any relevant law;

                 c. to the best of my knowledge, contravene any relevant order;

                 d. to the best of my knowledge, conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or
            the creation of any Lien under, any document evidencing any Contractual Obligation to which PXP is
            a party; or

                 e. result in, or require the creation or imposition of, any Lien on PXP's property under any
            relevant law or relevant order.

            (3) No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any
      Governmental Authority is required for PXP's due execution, delivery or performance of the Loan Documents
      to which it is a party.

            (4) The Loan Documents to which PXP is a party constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation
      of PXP, enforceable against PXP in accordance with their terms.

      With respect to matters of fact on which my opinion is based, I have relied on appropriate certificates
of public officials and officers of PXP and I have no reason to believe such certificates are inaccurate. My
opinion is limited to the laws of the United States of America, the State of Connecticut, the general corporate
law of the States of Delaware and (as qualified herein) New York.

      This opinion letter is rendered solely for the Agents' and the Banks' benefit in connection with the
above transaction. Without my prior written consent, this opinion letter may not be: (i) relied upon by any
other party or for any other purpose; (ii) quoted in whole or in part or otherwise referred to in any report or
document; or (iii) furnished (the original or copies thereof) to any party except in connection with the
enforcement of the Loan Documents by the Agents or


                                                      -2-


the Banks; provided, however, that copies of this opinion letter may be furnished to regulatory authorities,
assignees and participants (actual or potential) in the Loans and pursuant to the requirements of process.

                                             Very truly yours,




                                             Vice President and Counsel





                                                      -3-


                                                  EXHIBIT D-2

                                       FORM OF OPINION OF PLIC'S COUNSEL
                                               December 23, 2002




To:   Fleet National Bank as Syndication Agent, Bank of Montreal, as
      Administrative Agent and the other Bank parties from time to time to the
      Credit Agreement hereinafter referred to


      Re:  Credit Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2002, among The Phoenix
           Companies, Inc., Phoenix Life Mutual Insurance Company, Phoenix
           Investment Partners, Ltd., and the Financial Institutions Party
           Thereto, Fleet National Bank, as Syndication Agent and Bank of
           Montreal, as Administrative Agent (the "Credit Agreement").

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      The undersigned has acted as Vice President and Counsel of Phoenix Life Insurance Company ("PLI") in
connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
This opinion letter is delivered pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(v) of the Credit Agreement. Unless otherwise
defined herein or the context otherwise requires, all capitalized terms used in this opinion letter shall have
the respective meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.

      I have reviewed the corporate proceedings taken by PLI in connection with the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents. In addition, I have examined and relied upon copies of such Credit Agreement, the Charter
and the Bylaws of PLI as in effect on the date hereof, copies of supporting resolutions adopted by the. Board
of Directors of PLI in connection with the Credit Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby and
certificates executed by officers of PLI addressing facts material to my opinions as I consider necessary or
appropriate for the basis of the opinions expressed.

      In making the examination of such agreements and instruments in connection with the opinions expressed
herein, I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures (other than those on behalf of PLI) and the
authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals and the conformity with the originals of all
documents submitted to me as copies and have further assumed that each of the Banks has the corporate power to
enter into and perform its obligations under the Credit Agreement and have assumed with respect to each of them
due authorization by all requisite corporate action, due execution and delivery and the valid and binding
effect of such documents and agreements and compliance by the Banks with applicable law. I am admitted to
practice law only in the State of Connecticut and as to matters involving New York law other



than matters relating to the organization, existence and corporate powers of PLI, I have assumed that the law
of the State of New York is identical to the law of the State of Connecticut.

      Based upon and subject to the foregoing, I am of the opinion that:

            (1) PLI is a corporation, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
      the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and has full corporate power and authority to own and hold under
      lease its property and to conduct its business substantially as currently conducted by it. PLI has full
      corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under each Loan Document to which
      it is a party.

            (2) PLI's execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party are
      within PLI's corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do not:

                 a. contravene PLI's Charter or Bylaws;

                 b. contravene any relevant law;

                 c. to the best of my knowledge, contravene any relevant order;

                 d. to the best of my knowledge, conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or
            the creation of any Lien under, any document evidencing any Contractual Obligation to which PLI is
            a party; or

                 e. result in, or require the creation or imposition of, any Lien on PLI's property under any
            relevant law or relevant order.

            (3) No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any
      Governmental Authority is required for PLI's due execution, delivery or performance of the Loan Documents
      to which it is a party.

            (4) The Loan Documents to which PLI is a party constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation
      of PLI, enforceable against PLI in accordance with their terms, except as such terms may be limited by
      bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws, and legal and equitable principles, affecting or limiting the
      enforcement of creditors' rights generally.

      With respect to matters of fact on which my opinion is based, I have relied on appropriate certificates
of public officials and officers of PLI and I have no reason to believe such certificates are inaccurate. My
opinion is limited to the laws of the United States of America, the State of Connecticut, the general corporate
law of the State of (as qualified herein) New York.

      This opinion letter is rendered solely for the Agents' and the Banks' benefit in connection with the
above transaction. Without my prior written consent, this opinion letter may not be: (i) relied upon by any
other party or for any other purpose; (ii) quoted in whole or in part or

                                                      -2-


otherwise referred to in any report or document, or (iii) furnished (the original or copies thereof) to any
party except in connection with the enforcement of the Loan Documents by the Agents of the Banks; provided,
however, that copies of this opinion letter may be furnished to regulatory authorities, assignees and
participants (actual or potential) in the Loans and pursuant to the requirements of process.

                                                   Very truly yours,


                                                   John T. Mulrain
                                                   Vice President and Counsel




                                                      -3-


                                                  EXHIBIT D-3

                                      FORM OF OPINION OF PARENT'S COUNSEL
                                               December 23, 2002




To:   Fleet National Bank as Syndication Agent, Bank of Montreal, as Administrative Agent and the other Bank
      parties from time to time to the Credit Agreement hereinafter referred to


      Re:  Credit Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2002, among The Phoenix Companies,
           Inc., Phoenix Life Insurance Company, Phoenix Investment Partners, Ltd., and
           the Financial Institutions Party Thereto, Fleet National Bank, as Syndication
           Agent and Bank of Montreal, as Administrative Agent (the "Credit Agreement").

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      The undersigned has acted as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of The Phoenix Companies, Inc.
("PCI") and Phoenix Life Insurance Company ("PLI"), which is the parent of Phoenix Investment Partners,
Ltd. ("PXP"), in connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery of the Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents. This opinion letter is delivered pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(v) of the Credit Agreement. Unless
otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, all capitalized terms used in this opinion letter
shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.

      I have reviewed the corporate proceedings taken by PCI in connection with the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents. In addition, I have examined and relied upon copies of such Credit Agreement, the Pledge
Agreement, the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws of PCI as in effect on the date hereof, copies of
supporting resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of PCI in connection with the Credit Agreement and
Pledge Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby and certificates executed by officers of PCI
addressing facts material to my opinions as I consider necessary or appropriate for the basis of the opinions
expressed.

      In making the examination of such agreements and instruments in connection with the opinions expressed
herein, I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures (other than those on behalf of PCI) and the
authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals and the conformity with the originals of all
documents submitted to me as copies and have further assumed that each of the Banks has the corporate power to
enter into and perform its obligations under the Credit Agreement and have assumed with respect to each of them
due authorization by all requisite corporate action, due execution and delivery and the valid and binding
effect of such documents and agreements and compliance by the Banks with applicable law.



      Based upon and subject to the foregoing, I am of the opinion that:

            (1) PCI is a corporation, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
      the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and has full corporate power and authority to own and hold under
      lease its property and to conduct its business substantially as currently conducted by it. PCI has full
      corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under each Loan Document to which
      it is a party.

            (2) PCI's execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party are
      within PCI's corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do not:

                 a. contravene PCI's Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws;

                 b. contravene any relevant law;

                 c. to the best of my knowledge, contravene any relevant order;

                 d. to the best of my knowledge, conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or
            the creation of any Lien under, any document evidencing any Contractual Obligation to which PCI is
            a party; or

                 e. result in, or require the creation or imposition of, any Lien on PCI's property under any
            relevant law or relevant order.

            (3) No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any
      Governmental Authority is required for PCI's due execution, delivery or performance of the Loan Documents
      to which it is a party.

            (4) The Loan Documents to which PCI, PLI and PXP are parties constitute the legal, valid and
      binding obligations of PCI, PLI and PXP enforceable against PCI, PLI and PXP in accordance with their
      terms, except as such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws, and legal and
      equitable principles, affecting or limiting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally. In rendering
      the foregoing opinions with respect to PLI and PXP, I have relied upon paragraphs 1 and 2 of the opinions
      of Nancy J. Engberg Esq. and John T. Mulrain Esq. to you of even date herewith.

      With respect to matters of fact on which my opinion is based, I have relied on appropriate certificates
of public officials and officers of PCI and I have no reason to believe such certificates are inaccurate. My
opinion is limited to the laws of the United States of America, the States of New York and Connecticut and the
general corporate law of the State of Delaware.

      This opinion letter is rendered solely for the Agents' and the Banks' benefit in connection with the
above transaction. Without my prior written consent, this opinion letter may not be: (i) relied upon by any
other party or for any other purpose; (ii) quoted in whole or in part or

                                                      -2-


otherwise referred to in any report or document; or (iii) furnished (the original or copies thereof) to any
party except in connection with the enforcement of the Loan Documents by the Agents of the Banks; provided,
however, that copies of this opinion letter may be furnished to regulatory authorities, assignees and
participants (actual or potential) in the Loans and pursuant to the requirements of process.


                                                     Very truly yours,


                                                     Tracy L. Rich
                                                     Executive Vice President




                                                      -3-


                                                   EXHIBIT E

                                 [FORM OF] ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE AGREEMENT


      This ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE AGREEMENT (this "Assignment and Acceptance") dated as of
_________________, ____ is made between ________________________ (the "Assignor") and
___________________________ (the "Assignee").


                                                    RECITALS

      WHEREAS, the Assignor is party to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2002 (as
amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or renewed, the "Credit Agreement") among The
Phoenix Companies, Inc., Phoenix Life Insurance Company, Phoenix Investment Partners, Ltd., the several
financial institutions from time to time party thereto (including the Assignor, the "Banks"), Bank of
Montreal, as Administrative Agent, and Fleet National Bank as Syndication Agent. Any terms defined in the
Credit Agreement and not defined in this Assignment and Acceptance are used herein as defined in the Credit
Agreement;

      WHEREAS, as provided under the Credit Agreement, the Assignor has committed to making Loans (the
"Loans") to the Borrowers in an aggregate amount not to exceed $__________ (its "Commitment");

      WHEREAS, the Assignor wishes to assign to the Assignee [part of the] [all] rights and obligations of the
Assignor under the Credit Agreement in respect of its Commitments, together with a corresponding portion of
each of its outstanding Loans, in an amount equal to $________________ (the "Assigned Amount") on the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth herein and the Assignee wishes to accept assignment of such rights and
to assume such obligations from the Assignor on such terms and subject to such conditions;

      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements contained herein, the parties
hereto agree as follows:

SECTION 1.   ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE.

      (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Assignment and Acceptance, (i) the Assignor hereby sells,
transfers and assigns to the Assignee, and (ii) the Assignee hereby purchases, assumes and undertakes from the
Assignor, without recourse and without representation or warranty (except as provided in this Assignment and
Acceptance) ______% (the "Assignee's Percentage Share") of (A) the Commitment and the Loans of the Assignor
and (B) all related rights, benefits, obligations, liabilities and indemnities of the Assignor under and in
connection with the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents.

      (b) With effect on and after the Effective Date (as defined in Section 5 hereof), the Assignee shall be a
party to the Credit Agreement and succeed to all of the rights and be



obligated to perform all of the obligations of a Bank under the Credit Agreement, including the requirements
concerning confidentiality and the payment of indemnification, with a Commitment in an amount equal to the
Assigned Amount. The Assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations
which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Bank. It is the intent of
the parties hereto that the Commitments of the Assignor shall, as of the Effective Date, be reduced by an
amount equal to the Assigned Amount and the Assignor shall relinquish its rights and be released from its
obligations under the Credit Agreement to the extent such obligations have been assumed by the Assignee;
provided, however, the Assignor shall not relinquish its rights under Sections 13.4 and 13.5 of the Credit
Agreement to the extent such rights relate to the time prior to the Effective Date.

      (c) After giving effect to the assignment and assumption set forth herein, on the Effective Date the
Assignee's Commitment will be $_____________.

      (d) After giving effect to the assignment and assumption set forth herein, on the Effective Date the
Assignor's Commitment will be $_____________.

SECTION 2. PAYMENTS.

      (a) As consideration for the sale, assignment and transfer contemplated in Section 1 hereof, the Assignee
shall pay to the Assignor on the Effective Date in immediately available funds $________________.*

      (b) The [Assignor] [Assignee] further agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent a processing fee in the
amount specified in Section 13.8 of the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 3. REALLOCATION OF PAYMENTS.

      Any interest, fees and other payments accrued to the Effective Date with respect to the Commitment and
assigned Loans shall be for the account of the Assignor. Any interest, fees and other payments accrued on and
after the Effective Date with respect to the Assigned Amounts shall be for the account of the Assignee. Each of
the Assignor and the Assignee agrees that it will hold in trust for the other party any interest, fees and
other amounts which it may receive to which the other party is entitled pursuant to the preceding sentence and
pay to the other party any such amounts which it may receive promptly upon receipt.

SECTION 4. INDEPENDENT CREDIT DECISION.

      The Assignee (a) acknowledges that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and the Schedules and
Exhibits thereto, together with copies of the most recent financial statements referred to in Section 6.1 of
the Credit Agreement, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own
credit and legal analysis and decision to enter into this

___________________________

*$ blank may be deleted and the phrase "the amount separately agreed to by Assignor and Assignee" substituted


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Assignment and Acceptance; and (b) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Assignor,
any Agent or any other Bank and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the
time, continue to make its own credit and legal decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit
Agreement.

SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE; NOTICES.

      (a) As between the Assignor and the Assignee, the effective date for this Assignment and Acceptance shall
be ______________, 20__ (the "Effective Date"); provided that the following conditions precedent
have been satisfied on or before the Effective Date:

              (i) this Assignment and Acceptance shall be executed and delivered by the Assignor and the
      Assignee;

             (ii) the consent of the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent required for an effective
      assignment of the Assigned Amounts by the Assignor to the Assignee under Section 13.8 of the Credit
      Agreement shall have been duly obtained and shall be in full force and effect as of the Effective Date;

            (iii) the Assignee shall pay to the Assignor all amounts due to the Assignor under this Assignment
      and Acceptance;

             (iv) the processing fee referred to in Section 2(b) hereof and in Section 13.8 of the Credit
      Agreement shall have been paid to the Administrative Agent; and

              (v) the Assignor shall have assigned and the Assignee shall have assumed a percentage equal to
      the Assignee's Percentage Share of the rights and obligations of the Assignor under the Credit Agreement
      (if such agreements exists).

      (b) Promptly following the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance, the Assignor shall deliver to the
Borrowers and the Administrative Agent for acknowledgment by the Administrative Agent, a Notice of Assignment
substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule 1.

[SECTION 6. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT [INCLUDE ONLY IF ASSIGNOR IS ADMINISTRATIVE
            AGENT]

      (a) The Assignee hereby appoints and authorizes the Assignor to take such action as administrative agent
on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement as are delegated to the Administrative
Agent by the Banks pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement.

      (b) The Assignee shall assume no duties or obligations held by the Assignor in its capacity as
Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement.]


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SECTION 7. WITHHOLDING TAX.

      The Assignee (a) represents and warrants to the Banks, the Administrative Agent, the Parent, PLIC and PXP
that under applicable law and treaties no tax will be required to be withheld by the Bank with respect to any
payments to be made to the Assignee hereunder, (b) agrees to furnish (if it is organized under the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the United States or any State thereof) to the Administrative Agent and the Parent,
PLIC and PXP prior to the time that the Administrative Agent or the Parent, PLIC or PXP are required to make
any payment of principal, interest or fees hereunder, duplicate executed originals of either U.S. Internal
Revenue Service Form W-8 ECI or U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 BEN (wherein the Assignee claims
entitlement to the benefits of a tax treaty that provides for a complete exemption from U.S. federal income
withholding tax on all payments hereunder) and agrees to provide new Forms W-8 ECI or W-8 BEN upon the
expiration of any previously delivered form or comparable statements in accordance with applicable U.S. law and
regulations and amendments thereto, duly execute and completed by the Assignee, and (c) agrees to comply with
all applicable U.S. laws and regulations with regard to such withholding tax exemption.

SECTION 8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

      (a) The Assignor represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest
being assigned by it hereunder and that such interest is free and clear of any Lien or other adverse claim;
(ii) it is duly organized and existing and it has the full power and authority to take, and has taken, all
action necessary to execute and deliver this Assignment and Acceptance and any other documents required or
permitted to be executed or delivered by it in connection with this Assignment and Acceptance and to fulfill
its obligations hereunder; (iii) no notices to, or consents, authorizations or approvals of, any Person are
required (other than any already given or obtained) for its due execution, delivery and performance of this
Assignment and Acceptance, and apart from any agreements or undertakings or filings required by the Credit
Agreement, no further action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Person is required of it for such execution,
delivery or performance; and (iv) this Assignment and Acceptance has been duly executed and delivered by it and
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Assignor, enforceable against the Assignor in
accordance with the terms hereof, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
reorganization and other laws of general application relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general
equitable principles.

      (b) The Assignor makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any
statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Loan Documents or the execution,
legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any other
instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto. The Assignor makes no representation or warranty in
connection with, and assumes no responsibility with respect to, the solvency, financial condition or statements
of the Borrowers, or the performance or observance by the Borrowers, of any of its respective obligations under
the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished in connection therewith.

      (c) The Assignee represents and warrants that (i) it is duly organized and existing and it has full power
and authority to take, and has taken, all action necessary to execute and deliver


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this Assignment and Acceptance and any other documents required or permitted to be executed or delivered by it
in connection with this Assignment and Acceptance, and to fulfill its obligations hereunder; (ii) no notices
to, or consents, authorizations or approvals of, any Person are required (other than any already given or
obtained) for its due execution, delivery and performance of this Assignment and Acceptance; and apart from any
agreements or undertakings or filings required by the Credit Agreement, no further action by, or notice to, or
filing with, any Person is required of it for such execution, delivery or performance; (iii) this Assignment
and Acceptance has been duly executed and delivered by it and constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Assignee, enforceable against the Assignee in accordance with the terms hereof, subject, as
to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and other laws of general application
relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equitable principles; and (iv) it is an Eligible
Assignee.

SECTION 9. FURTHER ASSURANCES.

      The Assignor and the Assignee each hereby agree to execute and deliver such other instruments, and take
such other action, as either party may reasonably request in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Assignment and Acceptance, including the delivery of any notices or other documents or instruments to the
Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, which may be required in connection with the assignment and assumption
contemplated hereby.

SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS.

      (a) Any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Assignment and Acceptance shall be in writing and
signed by the parties hereto. No failure or delay by either party hereto in exercising any right, power or
privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof and any waiver of any breach of the provisions of this
Assignment and Acceptance shall be without prejudice to any rights with respect to any other or further breach
thereof.

      (b) All payments made hereunder shall be made without any set-off or counterclaim.

      (c) The Assignor and the Assignee shall each pay its own costs and expenses incurred in connection with
the negotiation, preparation, execution and performance of this Assignment and Acceptance.

      (d) This Assignment and Acceptance may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such
counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

      (e) THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK. The Assignor and the Assignee each irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of
any State or Federal court sitting in New York over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating
to this Assignment and Acceptance and irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such action or
proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or Federal court. Each party to this Assignment


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and Acceptance hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so, the defense of an
inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding.

      (f) THE ASSIGNOR AND THE ASSIGNEE EACH HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS
THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE, THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, ANY RELATED DOCUMENTS AND AGREEMENTS OR
ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, OR STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN).

      [Other provisions to be added as may be negotiated between the Assignor and the Assignee, provided that
such provisions are not inconsistent with the Credit Agreement.]

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Assignor and the Assignee have caused this Assignment and Acceptance to be
executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

                                                       [ASSIGNOR]



                                                       By:_____________________________________________________
                                                         Title:________________________________________________

                                                       Address:

                                                       [ASSIGNOR]



                                                       By:_____________________________________________________
                                                         Title:________________________________________________

                                                       Address:




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                                                   SCHEDULE A

                                      NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE


                                                                                  ______________, 200__

To:   The Administrative Agent
      and the Borrowers under
      the Credit Agreement
      Referenced to below

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      We refer to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2002 (as amended, amended and restated,
modified, supplemented or renewed from time to time the "Credit Agreement") among The Phoenix Companies, Inc.,
Phoenix Life Insurance Company, Phoenix Investment Partners, Ltd., the Banks referred to therein, Bank of
Montreal, as Administrative Agent, and Fleet National Bank as Syndication Agent. Terms defined in the Credit
Agreement are used herein as therein defined.

      1. We hereby give you notice of, and request your consent to, the assignment by __________________________ (the
"Assignor") to __________________________ (the "Assignee") of _______% of the right, title and interest
of the Assignor in and to the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, the right, title and interest of
the Assignor in and to the Commitments of the Assignor and all outstanding Loans made by the Assignor pursuant
to the Assignment and Acceptance Agreement attached hereto (the "Assignment and Acceptance").

      2. The Assignee agrees that, upon receiving the consent of the Administrative Agent and, if applicable,
the Borrowers to such assignment, the Assignee will be bound by the terms of the Credit Agreement as fully and
to the same extent as if the Assignee were the Bank originally holding such interest in the Credit Agreement.

      3. The following administrative details apply to the Assignee:

            (A) Notice Address:

                 Assignee Name:_____________________________________
                 Address:___________________________________________
                         ___________________________________________
                         ___________________________________________
                 Attention:_________________________________________
                 Telephone: (___) __________________________________
                 Telecopier: (___) _________________________________



            (B) Payment Instructions:

                 Account No.:_______________________________________
                          At:_______________________________________
                            ________________________________________
                            ________________________________________
                 Reference:_________________________________________
                 Attention:_________________________________________

      4. You are entitled to rely upon the representations, warranties and covenants of each of the Assignor
and Assignee contained in the Assignment and Acceptance.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Assignor and the Assignee have caused this Notice of Assignment and Acceptance to
be executed by their respective duly authorized officials, officers or agents as of the date first above
mentioned.

                                                       Very truly yours,

                                                       [NAME OF ASSIGNOR]



                                                       By:___________________________________________________
                                                         Title:______________________________________________

                                                       [NAME OF ASSIGNOR]



                                                       By:___________________________________________________
                                                         Title:______________________________________________



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ACKNOWLEDGED AND ASSIGNMENT
CONSENTED TO:

THE PHOENIX COMPANIES, INC.



By:__________________________________________________
    Its:_____________________________________________

PHOENIX LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY



By:__________________________________________________
    Its:_____________________________________________


PHOENIX INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LTD.



By:__________________________________________________
    Its:_____________________________________________

BANK OF MONTREAL, as Administrative Agent



By:__________________________________________________
    Title:___________________________________________



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                                                   EXHIBIT F

                                           [FORM OF] PROMISSORY NOTE

                                                                                         _____________, 2002

      For Value Received, the undersigned, [Insert Name of Applicable Borrower] (the "Borrower"), hereby
promises to pay to the order of ________________ (the "Bank"), the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all
Loans made by the Bank to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2002 (such
Credit Agreement, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, being
hereinafter called the "Credit Agreement"), among The Phoenix Companies, Inc., Phoenix Life Insurance Company
and Phoenix Investment Partners, Ltd., the Bank, the other banks parties thereto, Bank of Montreal, as
Administrative Agent, and Fleet National Bank as Syndication Agent, on the dates and in the amounts provided in
the Credit Agreement. The Borrower further promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Loans
evidenced hereby from time to time at the rates, on the dates, and otherwise as provided in the Credit
Agreement.

      The Bank is authorized to endorse or record the amount and the date on which each Loan is made, the
maturity date therefor and each payment of principal with respect thereto on a schedule annexed hereto and made
a part hereof, or on continuations thereof which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof or on its
books and records; provided, that any failure to so endorse or record such information shall not in any manner
affect any obligation of the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and this Promissory Note (the "Note").

      This Note is one of the Notes referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit Agreement,
which Credit Agreement, among other things, contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon
the happening of certain stated events and also for prepayments on account of principal hereof prior to the
maturity hereof upon the terms and conditions therein specified.

      Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with their defined meanings therein unless
otherwise defined herein. This Note shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the
laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State.

                                                       [NAME OF APPLICABLE BORROWER]



                                                       By:___________________________________________________
                                                         Title:______________________________________________



                                                  SCHEDULE 2.1

                                                THE COMMITMENTS



             BANK                       COMMITMENT AMOUNT        PRO RATA SHARE

Fleet National Bank                        $15,000,000                 15%

BMO Nesbitt Burns Financing, Inc.          $15,000,000                 15%

KeyBank National Association               $15,000,000                 15%

The Bank of New York                       $15,000,000                 15%

JP Morgan Chase Bank                       $10,000,000                 10%

State Street Bank and Trust Company        $10,000,000                 10%

Wachovia Bank, N.A.                        $10,000,000                 10%

Webster Bank                               $10,000,000                 10%


                                          $100,000,000                100%






                                                  SCHEDULE 7.1

                                           SCHEDULED PERMITTED LIENS


                                                      None






                                                  SCHEDULE 7.7

                                        SCHEDULED CONTINGENT OBLIGATIONS

                                                      NONE






                                                   EXHIBIT I

                                              PRIMARY SUBSIDIARIES



      Name                                                     State of Domicile

      PM Holdings, Inc.                                        Connecticut

      American Phoenix Life and Reassurance Company            Connecticut

      PHL Variable Insurance Company                           Connecticut

      Phoenix Investment Partners, Ltd.                        Delaware

      Phoenix Life Insurance Company                           New York

      Phoenix Investment Management Company                    Connecticut

      Phoenix Life and Reassurance Company of New York         New York




                                                   EXHIBIT J

                                              CERTAIN UNDERTAKINGS

                                         PHOENIX LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                                         CAPITAL AND SURPLUS GUARANTEES

                                                    [UPDATE]



                                          Date of
    Company          Ratings Carried By   Board Vote     Guaranteed to                     Guarantee
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
American Phoenix    Standard & Poor's       Apr-96     Standard & Poor's    S&P capital adequacy ratio of at
Life and                                                                    least 150%
Reassurance
Company             A.M. Best               Apr-96     Other Rating         NAIC adjusted capital of at least
                                                       Agencies             300% authorized control risk based
                                                                            capital

                                            Jun-93     Alaska               Minimum capital and surplus
                                                                            required by State

                                            Feb-92     Arizona              Minimum capital and surplus
                                                                            required by State

                                            Oct-95     Iowa                 Minimum capital and surplus
                                                                            required by State

                                            Dec-91     Maine                Minimum capital and surplus
                                                                            required by State

                                            Dec-96     New Jersey           Minimum capital and surplus
                                                                            required by State

                                            Dec-91     New York             Minimum capital and surplus
                                                                            required by State

                                            Feb-95     North Carolina       Minimum capital and surplus
                                                                            required by State

                                            Dec-91     Tennessee            Minimum capital and surplus
                                                                            required by State


Phoenix Life and      Standard & Poor's     Apr-96     Standard & Poor's    S&P capital adequacy ratio of at
Annuity Company                                                             least 150%


                      A.M. Best             Apr-96     Other Rating         NAIC adjusted capital of at least
                                                       Agencies             300% authorized control  risk based
                                                                            capital

                                            Aug-99     New Jersey

                                            Feb-00     North Carolina

                                            Feb-97     Virginia


Phoenix Life and      Standard & Poor's     Apr-96     Standard & Poor's    S&P capital adequacy ratio of at
Reassurance Company                                                         least 150%
of New York




                                          Date of
    Company          Ratings Carried By   Board Vote     Guaranteed to                     Guarantee
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Apr-96     Other Rating         NAIC adjusted capital of at least
                                                       Agencies             300% authorized control risk based
                                                                            capital

PHL Variable          Standard & Poor's     Aug-94     Standard & Poor's    S&P adjusted surplus to be at least 50%
Insurance Company                                                           greater than risk adjusted capital

                      A.M. Best             Aug-94     A.M. Best            NAIC adjusted capital of at least
                                                                            200% authorized control risk based
                                                                            capital

                                            Aug-94     New Jersey           Minimum capital and surplus required
                                                                            by State

                                            Feb-97     North Carolina       Minimum capital and surplus required
                                                                            by State

                                            Aug-02     California           Adjusted Capital at least 250% of
                                                                            authorized control level risk based
                                                                            capital

AGL Life Assurance    Standard & Poor's     Dec-99     Standard & Poor's    S&P capital adequacy ratio of at least 125%
Company

                      A.M. Best             Feb-00     A.M. Best            Minimum capital & surplus required to carry
                                                                            an AMB "A" rating

                      Fitch                 Dec-99     Fitch                NAIC adjusted capital of at least 200%
                                                                            authorized control risk based capital

                                            May-02     New Jersey           Minimum Capital and Surplus Required by
                                                                            State

                                            June-01    Maine                Minimum Capital and Surplus of $2,500,000

Phoenix National      ---                   Aug-98     New Jersey           Minimum capital and surplus required by
Insurance Company                                                           State



Note: Guarantees to "Other
Rating Agencies" on behalf of
APLAR, PLAC and PLRNY have
only been provided to A.M.
Best, however the guarantee
is not limited to that agency.