TELETOUCH COMMUNICATIONS INC
DEED OF TRUST
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                                                                    Exhibit 10.9

This Deed of Trust was prepared by and
when recorded should be mailed to:
William A. Clarke, Esq.
Carson Messinger Elliott Laughlin & Ragan, PLLC
3300 North Central Avenue, Suite 1900
Phoenix, Arizona  85012

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                       DEED OF TRUST, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS,
                      SECURITY AGREEMENT AND FIXTURE FILING

                       KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

                  THIS DEED OF TRUST, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS, SECURITY AGREEMENT
AND FIXTURE FILING (this "Deed of Trust") is made as of the 17th day of May,
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2002 by TELETOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a corporation duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and having an office at 110
College Street, Suite 200, Tyler, Texas 75702 (the "Trustor"), in favor of DAVID
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M. RATCHFORD, having an address at Chicago Title Insurance Company, 909 Fannin,
Suite 200, Houston, Texas 77010, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), and ING PRIME RATE
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TRUST, formerly known as, PILGRIM AMERICA PRIME RATE TRUST, a Massachusetts
business trust, having its principal office at 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road,
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258, as Administrative Agent for itself and any lender to
which it assigns any interest in the beneficial interest under this Deed of
Trust (in such capacities, together with its successors in such capacity, the
"Beneficiary").
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                              W I T N E S S E T H:


                  WHEREAS, the Trustor, TELETOUCH LICENSES, INC., and the
Beneficiary are parties to a Loan Modification Agreement, dated as of May ___,
2002 (the "Loan Modification Agreement", which Loan Modification Agreement
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provides for modification of the existing loan from the Beneficiary to the
Trustor, including the Trustor's execution and delivery to the Beneficiary of
this Deed of Trust;

                  WHEREAS, the Trustor and the Beneficiary are parties to the
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May

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___, 2002 (said Credit Agreement, as modified and supplemented and in effect
from time to time, being herein called the "Credit Agreement"; except as
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otherwise herein expressly provided, all terms defined in the Credit Agreement
being used herein as defined therein), which Credit Agreement provides for the
modified loan terms and conditions as contemplated by the Loan Modification
Agreement, including the reduction in the amount of the amount outstanding from
the Trustor to the Beneficiary to an aggregate principal amount of $2,750,000 to
be evidenced by, and repayable with interest thereon in accordance with, an
Amended and Restated Promissory Note to be executed and delivered by the Trustor
to the Beneficiary (the "Note");
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               WHEREAS, it is a condition to the Loan Modification Agreement
that the Trustor execute and deliver this Deed of Trust;

               NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt
of which is hereby acknowledged, and FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECURING the following
(collectively, the "Obligations"):
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               (a) the payment of all indebtedness evidenced by the Note and any
          and all modifications, extensions, substitutions, exchanges and
          renewals of the Credit Agreement or the Note (each of which
          modifications, extensions, substitutions, exchanges and renewals shall
          enjoy the same priority as the initial loan evidenced by the Note),

               (b) the performance and payment of the covenants, agreements and
          obligations hereinafter contained and all other monies secured hereby,
          including, without limitation, any and all sums expended by the
          Beneficiary pursuant to Section 1.10 hereof, together with interest
          thereon, and

               (c) the payment of all other obligations of the Trustor to the
          Beneficiary under the Credit Agreement,

the Trustor hereby irrevocably grants, bargains, sells, releases, conveys,
warrants, assigns, transfers, mortgages, pledges, sets over and confirms unto
the Trustee, IN TRUST WITH POWER OF SALE and right of entry and possession, for
the benefit and security of the Beneficiary, under and subject to the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, the land and premises (collectively, the
"Property") more particularly described in Schedule I hereto;
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               TOGETHER WITH all interests, estates or other claims, both in law
and in equity, that the Trustor now has or may hereafter acquire in (a) the
Property, (b) all easements, rights-of-way and rights used in connection
therewith or as a means of access thereto and (c) all tenements, hereditaments
and appurtenances in any manner belonging, relating or appertaining

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thereto (all of the foregoing interests, estates and other claims being
hereinafter collectively called "Easements and Rights of Way"); and
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               TOGETHER WITH all estate, right, title and interest of the
Trustor, now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to any land lying within the
right-of-way of any streets, open or proposed, adjoining the Property, and any
and all sidewalks, alleys and strips and gores of land adjacent to or used in
connection therewith (all of the foregoing estate, right, title and interest
being hereinafter called "Adjacent Rights"); and
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               TOGETHER WITH all estate, right, title and interest of the
Trustor, now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to any and all buildings and
other improvements now or hereafter located on the Property and all building
materials, building equipment and fixtures of every kind and nature located on
the Property or, attached to, contained in or used in any such buildings and
other improvements, and all appurtenances and additions thereto and betterments,
substitutions and replacements thereof (all of the foregoing estate, right,
title and interest being hereinafter collectively called, "Improvements"); and
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               TOGETHER WITH all estate, right, title and interest of the
Trustor in and to all such tangible property now owned or hereafter acquired by
the Trustor (including all machinery, apparatus, equipment, fittings and
articles of personal property) and now or hereafter located on or at or attached
to the Property that an interest in such tangible property arises under
applicable real estate law, and any and all products and accessions to any such
property that may exist at any time (all of the foregoing estate, right, title
and interest, and products and accessions, being hereinafter called "Fixtures");
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and

               TOGETHER WITH all estate, right, title and interest of the
Trustor in and to all rights, royalties and profits in connection with all
minerals, oil and gas and other hydrocarbon substances on or in the Property,
development rights or credits, air rights, water, water rights (whether
riparian, appropriative, or otherwise and whether or not appurtenant) and water
stock (all of the foregoing estate, right, title and interest being hereinafter
collectively called "Mineral and Related Rights"); and
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               TOGETHER WITH all reversion or reversions and remainder or
remainders of the Property and Improvements and all estate, right, title and
interest of the Trustor in and to any and all present and future leases of space
in the Property and Improvements, and all rents, revenues, proceeds, issues,
profits, royalties, income and other benefits now or hereafter derived from the
Property, the Improvements and the Fixtures, subject to the right, power and
authority hereinafter given to the Trustor

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to collect and apply the same (all of the foregoing reversions, remainders,
leases of space, rents, revenues, proceeds, issues, profits, royalties, income
and other benefits being hereinafter collectively called "Rents"); and
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               TOGETHER WITH all estate, right, title and interest and other
claim or demand that the Trustor now has or may hereafter acquire with respect
to any damage to the Property, the Improvements or the Fixtures and any and all
proceeds of insurance in effect with respect to the Improvements or the
Fixtures, and any and all awards made for the taking by eminent domain, or by
any proceeding or purchase in lieu thereof, of the Property, the Improvements or
the Fixtures, including without limitation any awards resulting from a change of
grade of streets or as the result of any other damage to the Property, the
Improvements or the Fixtures for which compensation shall be given by any
governmental authority (all of the foregoing estate, right, title and interest
and other claims or demand, and any such proceeds or awards, being hereinafter
collectively, called "Damage Rights"); and
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               TOGETHER WITH all estate, right, title and interest of the
Trustor in respect of any and all air rights, development rights, zoning rights
or other similar rights or interests that benefit or are appurtenant to the
Property or the Improvements (all of the foregoing estate, right, title and
interest being hereinafter collectively called "Air and Development Rights");
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and

               All of the foregoing Easements and Rights of Way, Adjacent
Rights, Improvements, Fixtures, Minerals and Related Rights, Rents, Damage
Rights and Air and Development Rights being sometimes hereinafter referred to
collectively as the "Ancillary Rights and Properties" and the Property and
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Ancillary Rights and Properties being sometimes hereinafter referred to
collectively as the "Trust Estate".
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               TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Trust Estate with all privileges and
appurtenances thereunto belonging, to the Trustee and the Beneficiary and their
respective successors and assigns, forever, upon the trust, terms and conditions
and for the uses hereinafter set forth.

               PROVIDED ALWAYS, that if the principal of and interest on the
Note and all of the other Obligations shall be paid in full, and the Trustor
shall not be in default under the Credit Agreement, then the Beneficiary shall
cause this Deed of Trust to be reconveyed and the lien and estate hereby granted
to be released.

               This Deed of Trust, the Note, the Credit Agreement and any other
instrument given to evidence or further secure the

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payment and performance of any Obligation are sometimes hereinafter collectively
referred to as the "Loan Instruments".
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               TO PROTECT THE SECURITY OF THIS DEED OF TRUST, THE TRUSTOR HEREBY
COVENANTS AND AGREES AS FOLLOWS:

                                    ARTICLE 1

               Particular Covenants and Agreements of the Trustor
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               Section 1.01. Payment of Secured Obligations. The Trustor shall
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pay when due the principal of, and the interest on, the indebtedness evidenced
by the Note, charges, fees and all other Obligations as provided in the Loan
Instruments, and the principal of, and the interest on, any future advances
secured by this Deed of Trust.

               Section 1.02 Title, etc. The Trustor represents and warrants that
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it has good and marketable fee simple title in and to the Property, and the
related Ancillary Rights and Properties, in each case subject to no mortgage,
deed of trust, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance or
adverse claim of any nature, except as permitted under Section 8.06 of the
Credit Agreement.

               The Trustor represents and warrants that it has the full power
and lawful authority to grant, bargain, sell, release, convey, warrant, assign,
transfer, mortgage, pledge, set over and confirm unto the Trustee the Trust
Estate as hereinabove provided and warrants that it will forever defend the
title to the Trust Estate and the validity and priority of the lien or estate
hereof against the claims and demands of all persons whomsoever.

               Section 1.03. Further Assurances; Filing; Re-Filing; etc.
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               (a) The Trustor shall execute, acknowledge and deliver, from time
to time, such further instruments as the Beneficiary or the Trustee may
reasonably require to accomplish the purposes of this Deed of Trust.

               (b) The Trustor, immediately upon the execution and delivery of
this Deed of Trust, and thereafter from time to time, shall cause this Deed of
Trust, any security agreement, mortgage or deed of trust supplemental hereto and
each instrument of further assurance to be filed, registered or recorded and
refiled, re-registered or re-recorded in such manner and in such places as may
be required by any present or future law in order to publish notice of and
perfect the lien or estate of this Deed of Trust upon the Trust Estate.

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          (c)   The Trustor shall pay all filing, registration and recording
fees, all refiling, re-registration and re-recording fees, and all expenses
incident to the execution, filing, recording and acknowledgment of this Deed of
Trust, any security agreement, mortgage or deed of trust supplemental hereto and
any instrument of further assurance, and all Federal, state, county and
municipal stamp taxes and other taxes, duties, imposts, assessments and charges
arising out of or in connection with the execution, delivery, filing and
recording of the Note, this Deed of Trust or any of the other Loan Instruments,
any security agreement, mortgage or deed of trust supplemental hereto or any
instruments of further assurance.

          Section 1.04.  Liens. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.06 of
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the Credit Agreement, but without limiting the obligations of the Trustor under
Section 1.06 of this Deed of Trust, the Trustor shall not create or suffer to be
created any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, security interest, charge or
encumbrance upon the Trust Estate prior to, on a parity with, or subordinate to
the lien of this Deed of Trust. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.06 of
the Credit Agreement, but without limiting the obligations of the Trustor under
Section 1.06 of this Deed of Trust, the Trustor shall pay and promptly discharge
at the Trustor's cost and expense, any such mortgages, deeds of trust, liens,
security interests, charges or encumbrances upon the Trust Estate or any portion
thereof or interest therein.

          Section 1.05.  Insurance. The Trustor shall purchase and maintain in
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full force and effect policies of insurance in such form and amounts, covering
such risks, and issued by such companies, in each case in the manner and to the
extent required pursuant to Section 8.04 of the Credit Agreement and shall cause
each of such policies to name the Beneficiary and the Trustee as loss payee (to
the extent covering risk of loss or damage to tangible property) and as an
additional named insured as their interests may appear (to the extent covering
any other risk) in the manner and to the extent specified in said Section 8.04.
The Trustor expressly assumes all risk of loss, including a decrease in the use,
enjoyment or value of the Trust Estate from any fire or other casualty
whatsoever, whether or not insurable or insured against.

          Section 1.06.  Impositions.
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          (a)   Except to the extent otherwise permitted under Section 8.06 of
the Credit Agreement, the Trustor shall pay or cause to be paid, before any
fine, penalty, interest or cost attaches thereto, all taxes, assessments, water
and sewer rates, utility charges and all other governmental or nongovernmental
charges or levies now or hereafter assessed or levied against any part of the
Trust Estate (including, without limitation,

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nongovernmental levies or assessments such as maintenance charges, owner
association dues or charges or fees, levies or charges resulting from covenants,
conditions and restrictions affecting the Trust Estate) or upon the lien or
estate of the Beneficiary or the Trustee therein (collectively, "Impositions"),
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as well as all claims for labor, materials or supplies that, if unpaid, might by
law become a prior lien thereon, and within 30 days after request by the
Beneficiary or the Trustee will exhibit receipts showing payment of any of the
foregoing; provided, however, that if by law any such Imposition may be paid in
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installments (whether or not interest shall accrue on the unpaid balance
thereof), the Trustor may pay the same in installments (together with accrued
interest on the unpaid balance thereof) as the same respectively become due,
before any fine, penalty or cost attaches thereto.

          (b)   To the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of Section
8.03 of the Credit Agreement, the Trustor at its expense may contest by
appropriate legal, administrative or other proceedings conducted in good faith
and with due diligence, the amount or validity or application, in whole or in
part, of any Imposition or lien therefor or any claims of mechanics,
materialmen, suppliers or vendors or lien thereof, and may withhold payment of
the same pending such proceedings if permitted by law, so long as (i) in the
case of any Impositions or lien therefor or any claims of mechanics,
materialmen, suppliers or vendors or lien thereof, such proceedings shall
suspend the collection thereof from the Trust Estate, (ii) neither the Trust
Estate nor any part thereof or interest therein will be sold, forfeited or lost
if the Trustor pays the amount or satisfies the condition being contested, and
the Trustor would have the opportunity to do so, in the event of the Trustor's
failure to prevail in the contest, (iii) none of the Beneficiary or the Trustee
would, by virtue of such permitted contest, be exposed to any risk of any civil
liability for which the Trustor has not furnished additional security as
provided in clause (iv) below, or to any risk of criminal liability, and neither
the Trust Estate nor any interest therein would be subject to the imposition of
any lien for which the Trustor has not furnished additional security as provided
in clause (iv) below, as a result of the failure to comply with such law or of
such proceeding and (iv) the Trustor shall have furnished to the Beneficiary
additional security in respect of the claim being contested or the loss or
damage that may result from the Trustor's failure to prevail in such contest in
such amount as may be reasonably requested by the Beneficiary.

          Section 1.07.  Maintenance of the Improvements and Fixtures. Except as
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provided in the Credit Agreement, the Trustor shall not permit the Improvements
or Fixtures to be removed or demolished (provided, however, that, subject to the
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provisions of Section 8.03 of the Credit Agreement, the Trustor

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may remove or alter such Improvements and Fixtures that become obsolete in the
usual conduct of the Trustor's business and the removal or alteration of which
do not materially detract from the operation of the Trustor's business); shall
maintain the Trust Estate in good repair, working order and condition, except
for reasonable wear and use; and shall restore and repair the Improvements and
Fixtures or any part thereof now or hereafter affected by any Casualty Event.

          Section 1.08.  Compliance With Laws.
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          (a)   The Trustor represents and warrants that, except as otherwise
previously disclosed in writing to the Beneficiary (and except for the matters
described in clause (b) below, as to which the provisions of said clause (b)
shall apply) the Trustor and its operations at the Property currently are in
material compliance with all laws, ordinances, orders, rules and regulations of
all Federal, state, and local governments and of the appropriate departments,
commissions, boards and offices thereof, and the orders, rules and regulations
of the American Insurance Association or any other body now or hereafter
constituted exercising similar functions, that at any time are applicable to the
Trust Estate.

          (b)   The Trustor hereby confirms the representations and warranties
set forth in Section 7.13 of the Credit Agreement (relating to compliance by the
Trustor with applicable Environmental Laws) insofar as such representations and
warranties apply to the Trust Estate.

          (c)   The Trustor shall notify the Beneficiary promptly of any notice
or order that the Trustor receives from any agency or instrumentality of the
Federal, or any state or local, government with respect to the Trustor's
compliance with any laws or regulations referred to in this Section 1.08 and
promptly take any and all actions necessary to bring its operations at the
Property into compliance with such laws or regulations (and shall be in material
compliance with the requirements of such laws or regulations that at any time
are applicable to its operations at the Property) all to the extent required
under the applicable provisions of the Credit Agreement; provided, that to the
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extent not inconsistent with the provisions of Section 8.03 of the Credit
Agreement, the Trustor at its expense may, after prior notice to the
Beneficiary, contest by appropriate legal, administrative or other proceedings
conducted in good faith and with due diligence, the validity or application, in
whole or in part, of any such laws or regulations so long as (i) neither the
Trust Estate nor any part thereof or any interest therein, will be sold,
forfeited or lost if the Trustor pays the amount or satisfies the condition
being contested, and the Trustor would have the opportunity to do so, in the
event of the Trustor's failure to prevail in the contest, (ii) none of the
Beneficiary

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or the Trustee would, by virtue of such permitted contest, be exposed to any
risk of any civil liability for which the Trustor has not furnished additional
security as provided in clause (iii) below, or to any risk of criminal
liability, and neither the Trust Estate nor any interest therein would be
subject to the imposition of any lien for which the Trustor has not furnished
additional security as provided in clause (iii) below as a result of the failure
to comply with such law or of such proceeding and (iii) the Trustor shall have
furnished to the Beneficiary additional security in respect of the claim being
contested or the loss or damage that may result from the Trustor's failure to
prevail in such contest in such amount as may be reasonably requested by the
Beneficiary.

          (d)   The Beneficiary, at its election and in its sole discretion may,
without obligation to do so, and upon notice to the Trustor (except in an
emergency), cure any failure on the part of the Trustor to comply with any laws
or regulations referred to in this Section 1.08, and without limitation, may
take any of the following actions:

          (i)  arrange for the prevention of any Release or threat of Release of
     Hazardous Substances at the Property, and pay any costs associated with
     such prevention;

          (ii)  arrange for the removal or remediation of Hazardous Substances
     that may be Released or result from a Release at the Property, and pay any
     costs associated with such removal and/or remediation;

          (iii)  pay, on behalf of the Trustor, any costs, fines or penalties
     imposed on the Trustor by the Federal, or any state or local, government or
     any representative thereof in connection with such Release or threat of
     Release of Hazardous Substances; or

          (iv)  make any other payment or perform any other act that will
     prevent a lien in favor of any governmental agency from attaching to the
     Property or the Trust Estate.

Any partial exercise by the Beneficiary of the remedies hereinafter set forth,
or any partial undertaking on the part of the Beneficiary to cure the Trustor's
failure to comply with such laws or regulations, shall not obligate the
Beneficiary to complete the actions taken or require the Beneficiary to expend
further sums to cure the Trustor's noncompliance; nor shall the exercise of any
such remedies operate to place upon the Beneficiary any responsibility for the
operation, control, care, management or repair of the Property or make the
Beneficiary the "operator" of the Property within the meaning of any
Environmental Laws. Any amount paid or costs incurred by the Beneficiary as a
result of the exercise by the Beneficiary of any

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of the rights hereinabove set forth, together with interest thereon at the
Post-Default Rate, shall be immediately due and payable by the Trustor to the
Beneficiary, and until paid shall be added to and become a part of the
Obligations secured hereby; and the Beneficiary, by making any such payment or
incurring any such costs, shall be subrogated to any rights of the Trustor to
seek reimbursement from any third parties, including, without limitation, a
predecessor-in-interest to the Trustor's title who may be a "responsible party"
or otherwise liable under any Environmental Law in connection with any such
Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Substances.

          (e)   If after the occurrence and during the continuance of any
Default the Beneficiary desires that an environmental survey and risk assessment
with respect to the Property be prepared, the Trustor agrees to supply such a
survey and risk assessment by an independent engineering firm selected by the
Trustor and satisfactory to the Beneficiary, in form and detail reasonably
satisfactory to the Beneficiary (including test borings of the ground and
chemical analyses of air, water and waste discharges), estimating current
liabilities and assessing potential sources of future liabilities of the Trustor
or any other owner or operator of the Property under applicable Environmental
Laws.

          Section 1.09.  Limitations of Use. The Trustor shall not initiate,
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join in or consent to any change in any private restrictive covenant, zoning
ordinance or other public or private restrictions limiting or defining the uses
that may be made of the Property and the Improvements or any part thereof that
would have a material adverse effect on the value of the Property or the
Improvements. The Trustor shall comply in all material respects with the
provisions of all leases, licenses, agreements and private covenants, conditions
and restrictions that at any time are applicable to the Trust Estate.

          Section 1.10.  Actions to Protect Trust Estate. If the Trustor shall
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fail to (a) effect the insurance required by Section 1.05 hereof, (b) make the
payments required by Section 1.06 hereof or (c) perform or observe any of its
other covenants or agreements hereunder, the Beneficiary may, without obligation
to do so, and upon notice to the Trustor (except in an emergency) effect or pay
the same. To the maximum extent permitted by law, all sums, including reasonable
attorneys' fees and disbursements, so expended or expended to sustain the lien
or estate of this Deed of Trust or its priority, or to protect or enforce any of
the rights hereunder, or to recover any of the Obligations, shall be a lien on
the Trust Estate, shall be deemed to be added to the Obligations secured hereby,
and shall be paid by the Trustor within 30 days after demand therefor, together
with interest thereon at the Post-Default Rate.

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                                    ARTICLE 2

                     Assignment of Rents, Issues and Profits
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          Section 2.01.  Assignment of Rents, Issues and Profits. The Trustor
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hereby assigns and transfers to the Beneficiary, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECURING the
Obligations, all Rents, and hereby gives to and confers upon the Beneficiary the
right, power and authority to collect the same. The Trustor irrevocably appoints
the Beneficiary its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, at its option at any time
and from time to time following the occurrence and during the continuance of a
Default, to demand, receive and enforce payment, to give receipts, releases and
satisfactions, and to sue, in the name of the Trustor or otherwise, for Rents
and apply the same to the Obligations as provided in Section 4.03(a) hereof;
provided, however, that the Trustor shall have the right to collect Rents at any
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time prior to the occurrence of a Default (but not more than one month in
advance, except in the case of security deposits).

          Section 2.02.  Collection Upon Default. To the extent permitted by
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law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default, the
Beneficiary may, at any time without notice, either in person, by agent or by a
receiver appointed by a court, and without regard to the adequacy of any
security for the Obligations or the solvency of the Trustor, enter upon and take
possession of the Property, the Improvements and the Fixtures or any part
thereof, in its own name, sue for or otherwise collect Rents including those
past due and unpaid, and apply the same, less costs and expenses of operation
and collection, including attorneys' fees and disbursements, to the payment of
the Obligations as provided in Section 4.03(a) hereof, and in such order as the
Beneficiary may determine. The collection of Rents or the entering upon and
taking possession of the Property, the Improvements or the Fixtures or any part
thereof, or the application thereof as aforesaid, shall not cure or waive any
Default or notice thereof or invalidate any act done in response to such Default
or pursuant to notice thereof.

                                    ARTICLE 3

                               Security Agreement
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          Section 3.01.  Creation of Security Interest. The Trustor hereby
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grants to the Beneficiary a security interest in the Fixtures for the purpose of
securing the Obligations. The Beneficiary shall have, in addition to all rights
and remedies provided herein and in the other Loan Instruments, all the rights
and remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code

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of the state in which the applicable portion of the Fixtures is located.

          Section 3.02.  Warranties, Representations and Covenants. The Trustor
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hereby warrants, represents and covenants that: (a) except as otherwise
permitted under the Credit Agreement, the Fixtures will be kept on or at the
Property and the Trustor will not remove any Fixtures from the Property, except
such portions or items of the Fixtures that are consumed or worn out in ordinary
usage, all of which shall be promptly replaced by the Trustor, except as
otherwise expressly provided in Section 1.07 hereof, (b) all covenants and
obligations of the Trustor contained herein relating to the Trust Estate shall
be deemed to apply to the Fixtures whether or not expressly referred to herein
and (c) this Deed of Trust constitutes a security agreement and "fixture filing"
as those terms are used in the applicable Uniform Commercial Code. Information
relative to the security interest created hereby may be obtained by application
to the Beneficiary (secured party), 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Scottsdale,
Arizona 85258. The mailing address of the Trustor is set forth on Page 1 hereof.

                                    ARTICLE 4

                               Defaults; Remedies
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          Section 4.01.  Defaults. If any Event of Default (herein, a "Default")
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under the Credit Agreement shall occur and be continuing then, as more
particularly provided in the Credit Agreement, the principal of and accrued
interest on the Note and all other Obligations under the Credit Agreement may be
declared, or may become, due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest
or other formalities of any kind, all of which have been waived pursuant to the
Credit Agreement.

          Section 4.02.  Default Remedies.
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          (a)   If a Default shall have occurred and be continuing, this Deed of
Trust may, to the maximum extent permitted by law, be enforced, and the Trustee
or the Beneficiary may exercise any right, power or remedy permitted to them
hereunder, under the Credit Agreement or under any of the other Loan Instruments
or by law, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee or
the Beneficiary may, personally or by their respective agents, to the maximum
extent permitted by law:

          (i)   enter into and take possession of the Trust Estate or any part
     thereof, exclude the Trustor and all persons claiming under the Trustor
     whose claims are junior to this Deed of Trust, wholly or partly therefrom,
     and use, operate,

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     manage and control the same either in the name of the Trustor or otherwise
     as the Trustee or the Beneficiary shall deem best, and upon such entry,
     from time to time at the expense of the Trustor and the Trust Estate, make
     all such repairs, replacements, alterations, additions or improvements to
     the Trust Estate or any part thereof as the Beneficiary may deem proper
     and, whether or not the Trustee or the Beneficiary has so entered and taken
     possession of the Trust Estate or any part thereof, collect and receive all
     Rents and apply the same to the payment of all expenses that the Trustee or
     the Beneficiary may be authorized to make under this Deed of Trust, the
     remainder to be applied to the payment of the Obligations until the same
     shall have been repaid in full; if the Trustee or the Beneficiary demands
     or attempts to take possession of the Trust Estate or any portion thereof
     in the exercise of any rights hereunder, the Trustor shall promptly turn
     over and deliver complete possession thereof to the Trustee or the
     Beneficiary, as the case may be; and

          (ii)  personally or by agents, with or without entry, if the Trustee
     or the Beneficiary shall deem it advisable:

                (x)  sell the Trust Estate at a sale or sales held at such place
          or places and time or times and upon such notice and otherwise in such
          manner as may be required by law, or, in the absence of any such
          requirement, as the Trustee or the Beneficiary may deem appropriate,
          and from time to time adjourn any such sale by announcement at the
          time and place specified for such sale or for such adjourned sale
          without further notice, except such as may be required by law;

                (y)  proceed to protect and enforce its rights under this Deed
          of Trust, by suit for specific performance of any covenant contained
          herein or in the Loan Instruments or in aid of the execution of any
          power granted herein or in the Loan Instruments, or for the
          foreclosure of this Deed of Trust and the sale of the Trust Estate
          under the judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, or
          for the enforcement of any other right as the Trustee or the
          Beneficiary shall deem most effectual for such purpose, provided, that
                                                                  --------
          in the event of a sale, by foreclosure or otherwise, of less than all
          of the Trust Estate, this Deed of Trust shall continue as a lien on,
          and security interest in, the remaining portion of the Trust Estate;
          or

                (z)  exercise any or all of the remedies available to a secured
          party under the applicable Uniform Commercial Code, including, without
          limitation:

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                     (1)  either personally or by means of a court appointed
                receiver, take possession of all or any of the Fixtures and
                exclude therefrom the Trustor and all persons claiming under the
                Trustor, and thereafter hold, store, use, operate, manage,
                maintain and control, make repairs, replacements, alterations,
                additions and improvements to and exercise all rights and powers
                of the Trustor in respect of the Fixtures or any part thereof;
                if the Beneficiary demands or attempts to take possession of the
                Fixtures in the exercise of any rights hereunder, the Trustor
                shall promptly turn over and deliver complete possession thereof
                to the Beneficiary;

                     (2)  without notice to or demand upon the Trustor, make
                such payments and do such acts as the Beneficiary may deem
                necessary to protect its security interest in the Fixtures,
                including, without limitation, paying, purchasing, contesting or
                compromising any encumbrance that is prior to or superior to the
                security interest granted hereunder, and in exercising any such
                powers or authority paying all expenses incurred in connection
                therewith;

                     (3)  require the Trustor to assemble the Fixtures or any
                portion thereof, at a place designated by the Beneficiary and
                reasonably convenient to both parties, and promptly to deliver
                the Fixtures to the Beneficiary, or an agent or representative
                designated by it; the Beneficiary, and its agents and
                representatives, shall have the right to enter upon the premises
                and property of the Trustor to exercise the Beneficiary's rights
                hereunder; and

                     (4)  sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the Fixtures, with
                or without having the Fixtures at the place of sale, and upon
                such terms and in such manner as the Beneficiary may determine
                (and the Trustee, the Beneficiary or any Lender may be a
                purchaser at any such sale).

          (b)   If a Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Beneficiary, to the maximum extent permitted by law, shall be entitled, as a
matter of right, to the appointment of a receiver of the Trust Estate, without
notice or demand, and without regard to the adequacy of the security for the
Obligations or the solvency of the Trustor. The Trustor hereby irrevocably
consents to such appointment and waives notice of any

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application therefor. Any such receiver or receivers shall have all the usual
powers and duties of receivers in like or similar cases and all the powers and
duties of the Beneficiary in case of entry and shall continue as such and
exercise all such powers until the date of confirmation of sale of the Trust
Estate, unless such receivership is sooner terminated.

          (c)   If a Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustor
shall, to the maximum extent permitted by law, pay monthly in advance to the
Beneficiary, or to any receiver appointed at the request of the Beneficiary to
collect Rents, the fair and reasonable rental value for the use and occupancy of
the Property, the Improvements and the Fixtures or of such part thereof as may
be in the possession of the Trustor. Upon default in the payment thereof, the
Trustor shall vacate and surrender possession of the Property, the Improvements
and the Fixtures to the Trustee or the Beneficiary or such receiver, and upon a
failure so to do may be evicted by summary proceedings.

          (d)   In any sale under any provision of this Deed of Trust or
pursuant to any judgment or decree of court, the Trust Estate, to the maximum
extent permitted by law, may be sold in one or more parcels or as an entirety
and in such order as the Trustee or the Beneficiary may elect, without regard to
the right of the Trustor or any person claiming under the Trustor to the
marshalling of assets. The purchaser at any such sale shall take title to the
Trust Estate or the part thereof so sold free and discharged of the estate of
the Trustor therein, the purchaser being hereby discharged from all liability to
see to the application of the purchase money. Any person, including the Trustee,
the Beneficiary or any Lender, may purchase at any such sale. Upon the
completion of any such sale by virtue of this Section 4.02 the Trustee shall
execute and deliver to the purchaser an appropriate instrument that shall
effectively transfer all of the Trustor's (and, as applicable, the Trustee's)
estate, right, title, interest, property, claim and demand in and to the Trust
Estate or portion thereof so sold, but without any covenant or warranty, express
or implied. The Trustee and the Beneficiary are each hereby irrevocably
appointed the attorney-in-fact of the Trustor in its name and stead to make all
appropriate transfers and deliveries of the Trust Estate or any portions thereof
so sold and, for that purpose, the Trustee and the Beneficiary may execute all
appropriate instruments of transfer, and may substitute one or more persons with
like power, the Trustor hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys
or such substitute or substitutes shall lawfully do by virtue hereof.
Nevertheless, the Trustor shall ratify and confirm, or cause to be ratified and
confirmed, any such sale or sales by executing and delivering, or by causing to
be executed and delivered, to the Trustee or the Beneficiary or to such
purchaser or purchasers all such instruments as may be advisable, in the
judgment of the Trustee or the Beneficiary, for such

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purpose, and as may be designated in such request. Any sale or sales made under
or by virtue of this Deed of Trust, to the extent not prohibited by law, shall
operate to divest all the estate, right, title, interest, property, claim and
demand whatsoever, whether at law or in equity, of the Trustor in, to and under
the Trust Estate, or any portions thereof so sold, and shall be a perpetual bar
both at law and in equity against the Trustor and against any and all persons
claiming or who may claim the same, or any part thereof, by, through or under
the Trustor. The powers and agency herein granted are coupled with an interest
and are irrevocable.

          (e)   All rights of action under the Loan Instruments and this Deed of
Trust may be enforced by the Trustee or the Beneficiary without the possession
of the Loan Instruments and without the production thereof at any trial or other
proceeding relative thereto. Any such suit or proceeding instituted by the
Trustee shall be brought in its name and as trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery of judgment shall, subject to the rights of the Trustee, be for the
benefit of the Beneficiary.

          Section 4.03.  Application of Proceeds.
                         -----------------------

          (a)   The proceeds of any sale made either under the power of sale
hereby given or under a judgment, order or decree made in any action to
foreclose or to enforce this Deed of Trust, or of any monies held by the Trustee
or the Beneficiary hereunder shall, to the maximum extent permitted by law, be
applied:

          (i)   first to the payment of all costs and expenses of such sale,
     including the Trustee's and the Beneficiary's reasonable attorneys' fees
     and disbursements;

          (ii)   then to the payment of all charges, expenses and advances
     incurred or made by the Trustee or the Beneficiary in order to protect the
     lien and estate of this Deed of Trust or the security afforded hereby;

          (iii)  then to the payment in full of the Obligations;

and after payment in full of all Obligations any surplus remaining shall be paid
to the Trustor or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same.

          (b)   No sale or other disposition of all or any part of the Trust
Estate pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof shall be deemed to relieve the Trustor of
its obligations under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Instrument except
to the extent the proceeds thereof are applied to the payment of such
obligations. If the proceeds of sale, collection or other realization of or upon
the Trust Estate are insufficient to cover the costs and

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expenses of such realization and the payment in full of the Obligations, the
Trustor shall remain liable for any deficiency.

          Section 4.04.  Right to Sue. The Trustee and the Beneficiary or either
                         ------------
of them shall have the right from time to time to sue for any sums required to
be paid by the Trustor under the terms of this Deed of Trust as the same become
due, without regard to whether or not the Obligations shall be, or have become,
due and without prejudice to the right of the Trustee or the Beneficiary
thereafter to bring any action or proceeding of foreclosure or any other action
upon the occurrence of any Default existing at the time such earlier action was
commenced.

          Section 4.05.  Powers of the Trustee and the Beneficiary. The Trustee
                         -----------------------------------------
and the Beneficiary may at any time or from time to time (with the agreement of
the Trustor) renew or extend this Deed of Trust or (with the agreement of the
Trustor) alter or modify the same in any way, or waive any of the terms,
covenants or conditions hereof or thereof, in whole or in part, and may release
or reconvey any portion of the Trust Estate or any other security, and grant
such extensions and indulgences in relation to the Obligations, or release any
person liable therefor as the Trustee or the Beneficiary may determine without
the consent of any junior lienor or encumbrancer, without any obligation to give
notice of any kind thereto, without in any manner affecting the priority of the
lien and estate of this Deed of Trust on or in any part of the Trust Estate, and
without affecting the liability of any other person liable for any of the
Obligations.

          Section 4.06.  Remedies Cumulative.
                         -------------------

          (a)   No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or the Beneficiary is intended to be exclusive of any other right or
remedy, and each and every right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition
to any other right or remedy under this Deed of Trust, or under applicable law,
whether now or hereafter existing; the failure of the Trustee or the Beneficiary
to insist at any time upon the strict observance or performance of any of the
provisions of this Deed of Trust or to exercise any right or remedy provided for
herein or under applicable law, shall not impair any such right or remedy nor be
construed as a waiver or relinquishment thereof.

          (b)   The Trustee and the Beneficiary, and each of them, shall be
entitled to enforce payment and performance of any of the obligations of the
Trustor and to exercise all rights and powers under this Deed of Trust or under
any Loan Instrument or any laws now or hereafter in force, notwithstanding that
some or all of the Obligations may now or hereafter be otherwise secured,
whether by mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien, assignment or otherwise;
neither the acceptance of this Deed of Trust nor its

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enforcement, whether by court action or pursuant to the power of sale or other
powers herein contained, shall prejudice or in any manner affect the Trustee's
or the Beneficiary's right to realize upon or enforce any other security now or
hereafter held by the Trustee or the Beneficiary, it being stipulated that the
Trustee and the Beneficiary, and each of them, shall be entitled to enforce this
Deed of Trust and any other security now or hereafter held by the Trustee or the
Beneficiary in such order and manner as the Trustee or the Beneficiary, in its
sole discretion, may determine; every power or remedy given by the Credit
Agreement, this Deed of Trust or any of the other Loan Instruments to the
Trustee or the Beneficiary, or to which the Trustee or the Beneficiary is
otherwise entitled, may be exercised, concurrently or independently, from time
to time and as often as may be deemed expedient by the Trustee or the
Beneficiary, and either of them may pursue inconsistent remedies.

          Section 4.07.  Waiver of Stay, Extension, Moratorium Laws; Equity of
                         -----------------------------------------------------
Redemption. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Trustor shall not at any
----------
time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatever claim or take any benefit
or advantage of any applicable present or future stay, extension or moratorium
law, that may affect observance or performance of the provisions of this Deed of
Trust; nor claim, take or insist upon any benefit or advantage of any present or
future law providing for the valuation or appraisal of the Trust Estate or any
portion thereof prior to any sale or sales thereof that may be made under or by
virtue of Section 4.02 hereof; and the Trustor, to the extent that it lawfully
may, hereby waives all benefit or advantage of any such law or laws. The Trustor
for itself and all who may claim under it, hereby waives, to the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law, any and all rights and equities of redemption from
sale under the power of sale created hereunder or from sale under any order or
decree of foreclosure of this Deed of Trust and (if a Default shall have
occurred and is continuing) all notice or notices of seizure, and all right to
have the Trust Estate marshalled upon any foreclosure hereof. Neither the
Trustee nor the Beneficiary shall be obligated to pursue or exhaust its rights
or remedies as against any other part of the Trust Estate and the Trustor hereby
waives any right or claim of right to have the Trustee or the Beneficiary
proceed in any particular order.


                                    ARTICLE 5

                                   The Trustee
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          Section 5.01.  Acceptance by Trustee. The Trustee accepts this trust
                         ---------------------
when this Deed of Trust, duly executed and acknowledged, is made a public record
as provided by law.

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          Section 5.02.  Compensation. The Trustee waives any statutory fee and
                         ------------
shall accept reasonable compensation from the Beneficiary in lieu thereof for
any services rendered by it in accordance with the terms hereof.

          Section 5.03.  Action in Accordance With Instructions. Upon receipt by
                         --------------------------------------
the Trustee of instructions from the Beneficiary at any time or from time to
time, the Trustee shall (a) give any notice or direction or exercise any right,
remedy or power hereunder or in respect of any part or all of the Trust Estate
as shall be specified in such instructions and (b) approve as satisfactory all
matters required by the terms hereof to be satisfactory to the Trustee or to the
Beneficiary. The Trustee may, but need not, take any of such actions in the
absence of such instructions. In addition, at any time or from time to time,
upon request of the Beneficiary and presentation of this Deed of Trust for
endorsement, and without affecting the liability of any person for payment of
the Obligations, the Trustee may, upon such request, reconvey all or any part of
the Trust Estate, consent to the making of any map or plat thereof, join in
granting any easement thereon, or join in any extension agreement or any
agreement subordinating the lien and estate hereof.

          Section 5.04.  Resignation. The Trustee may resign at any time upon
                         -----------
giving not less than 60 days' prior notice to the Beneficiary, but shall
continue to act as trustee until its successor shall have been qualified and
appointed pursuant to Section 5.05 hereof.

          Section 5.05.  Successor Trustee. In the event of the death, removal,
                         -----------------
resignation or refusal or inability of the Trustee to act, for any reason, at
any time, the Beneficiary shall have the irrevocable power, with or without
cause, without notice of any kind, and without applying to any court, to select
and appoint a successor trustee. Each such appointment and substitution shall be
made by notice to the Trustor, the Trustee and successor trustee and by
recording notice of such in each office in which this Deed of Trust is recorded.
Such notice shall be executed and acknowledged by the Beneficiary and shall
contain reference to this Deed of Trust and when so recorded shall be conclusive
proof of proper appointment of the successor trustee. Such successor shall not
be required to give bond for the faithful performance of its duties unless
required by the Beneficiary.

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                                    ARTICLE 6

                                  Miscellaneous
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          Section 6.01.  Reconveyance by Trustee. Upon the termination of the
                         -----------------------
Commitments under and as defined in the Credit Agreement and the payment in full
of the Obligations, the Beneficiary shall cause the Trustee to release the lien
of this Deed of Trust and to reconvey, without warranty or covenant, any portion
of the Trust Estate then held hereunder to the Trustor, or upon the request of
the Trustor, and at the Trustor's expense, cause the Trustee to assign this Deed
of Trust without recourse to the Trustor's designee, or to the person or persons
legally entitled thereto, by an instrument duly acknowledged in form for
recording. The Trustee shall, upon request by the Beneficiary, release and
reconvey (or, as the case may be, assign) all or any portion of the Trust Estate
as described in the preceding sentence whenever requested to do so by the
Beneficiary and shall not require, as a condition to any such release,
reconveyance or assignment, that the Beneficiary certify or demonstrate that all
or any portion of the Obligations shall have been paid in full.

          Section 6.02.  Notices. All notices, demands, consents, requests or
                         -------
other communications (collectively, "notices") that are permitted or required to
                                     -------
be given by any party to the other hereunder shall be in writing and given in
the manner specified in the Credit Agreement; provided, that notices to the
                                              --------
Trustee shall be addressed to the Trustee at its office set forth on Page 1
hereof.

          Section 6.03.  Amendments; Waivers; etc. This Deed of Trust cannot be
                         ------------------------
modified, changed or discharged except by an agreement in writing, duly
acknowledged in form for recording, signed by the Trustor and the Beneficiary.

          Section 6.04.  Successors and Assigns. This Deed of Trust applies to,
                         ----------------------
inures to the benefit of and binds the Trustor and the Beneficiary and their
respective successors and assigns and shall run with the Property.

          Section 6.05.  Captions. The captions or headings at the beginning of
                         --------
each Article and Section hereof are for the convenience of reference and are not
a part of this Deed of Trust.

          Section 6.06.  Severability. If any term or provision of this Deed of
                         ------------
Trust or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall to any
extent be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Deed of Trust, or the
application of such term or provision to persons or circumstances other than
those as to which it is invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby,
and each term and provision of this Deed of Trust shall

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be valid and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by law. If any portion
of the Obligations shall for any reason not be secured by a valid and
enforceable lien upon any part of the Trust Estate, then any payments made in
respect of the Obligations (whether voluntary or under foreclosure or other
enforcement action or procedure or otherwise) shall, for purposes of this Deed
of Trust (except to the extent otherwise required by applicable law) be deemed
to be made (i) first, in respect of the portion of the Obligations not secured
by the lien of this Deed of Trust, (ii) second, in respect of the portion of the
Obligations secured by the lien of this Deed of Trust, but which lien is on less
than all of the Trust Estate, and (iii) last, to the portion of the Obligations
secured by the lien of this Deed of Trust, and which lien is on all of the Trust
Estate.

          Section 6.07.  Trust is Irrevocable. The trust created hereby is
                         --------------------
irrevocable by the Trustor.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Deed of Trust has been duly executed by the
Trustor as of the day and year first above written.

                                              TELETOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.


                                              By _______________________________
                                                 Title:


Signed and acknowledged
in the presence of:


_________________________

_________________________

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STATE OF __________   )
                      )  ss:
COUNTY OF _________   )


          On this __ day of May 2002, before me, the undersigned, a Notary
Public, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared
_______________________, to me known who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and
say that he resides at __________________________; that he is the
_________________ of Teletouch Communications, Inc., the corporation described
in and that executed the foregoing instrument; and that he signed his name
thereto under authority of the board of directors of said corporation.

          WITNESS my hand and seal hereto affixed the day and year first above
written.

                                                     ___________________________
                                                     NOTARY PUBLIC
                                                     My Commission expires:

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                                   SCHEDULE I

                             DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY
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          The following land and premises located in Smith County, Texas:


                      [Insert metes and bounds description]



                                   Schedule I
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