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Title:

Stockholder Voting Agreement

Entities:

Paine Webber Group Inc

Date:

2000

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$39

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                          STOCKHOLDER VOTING AGREEMENT

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STOCKHOLDER VOTING AGREEMENT, dated as of July 12, 2000 (this
"Agreement"), among General Electric Company, a New York corporation ("Parent"),
GECS Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("GECS Holdings"), General Electric
Capital Services, Inc. ("GECS"), a Delaware corporation, and General Electric
Capital Corporation, a New York corporation ("Capital" and, together with GECS
Holdings, the "Stockholder", which term shall include Parent and any subsidiary
of Parent to the extent Subject Shares (as defined below) are held by Parent or
such subsidiary), and UBS AG, an Aktiengesellschaft organized under the laws of
Switzerland ("UBS").

WHEREAS, Paine Webber Group, Inc. a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), UBS and Neptune Merger Subsidiary, Inc., a Delaware corporation and
a wholly owned subsidiary of UBS ("Merger Subsidiary"), are contemporaneously
herewith entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated the date hereof
(the "Merger Agreement"), which provides, among other things, for the merger of
the Company with and into Merger Subsidiary (the "Merger");

WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to their willingness to
enter into the Merger Agreement, UBS and Merger Subsidiary have requested that
Stockholder make certain agreements with respect to 31,523,600 shares of common
stock, par value $1.00 per share, having one vote per share ("Shares"), of the
Company owned of record and beneficially by the Stockholder (such Shares,
together with any additional securities of the Company described in Section 4,
being referred to herein as the "Subject Shares"), upon the terms and subject to
the conditions hereof; and

WHEREAS, in order to induce UBS and Merger Subsidiary to enter
into the Merger Agreement, Stockholder is willing to make certain agreements
with respect to the Subject Shares;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as
follows:

1. Voting Agreements. For so long as this Agreement is in
effect, at any meeting of stockholders of the Company, however called, including
any adjourned or postponed meeting, and in any action by consent of the
stockholders of the Company or in any other circumstances upon which a vote,
consent or other approval is sought, Stockholder shall vote (or cause to be
voted), or, if applicable, give consent or approval with respect to, all of the
Subject Shares that Stockholder has the right to vote in favor of adoption of
the Merger Agreement and approval of the Merger and any other transaction
contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Any such vote shall be cast or consent
shall be given for purposes of this Section 1 in accordance with such procedures
relating thereto as shall ensure that it is duly counted for purposes of
determining that a quorum is present and for purposes of recording in accordance
herewith the results of such vote or consent.


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2. Covenants. From and after the date of this Agreement,
Stockholder agrees not to, and to use best efforts to cause any investment
banker, attorney or other adviser or representative of Stockholder not to, (i)
sell, transfer, exchange, pledge, assign, hypothecate, encumber, tender or
otherwise dispose of, or enter into any contract, option or other arrangement
with respect to the sale, transfer, exchange, pledge, assignment, hypothecation,
encumbrance, tender or other disposition of the Subject Shares, except that
Stockholder may transfer Subject Shares to any subsidiary of Parent; provided,
that such transferee has agreed to be bound by the terms of this Agreement; (ii)
exchange or convert Subject Shares for or into shares of non-voting common
stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company prior to the time the
stockholders of the Company have voted on the Merger; (iii) grant any proxies
with respect to any Subject Shares, deposit any such Subject Shares into a
voting trust or enter into a voting or option agreement with respect to any of
such Subject Shares; (iv) directly or indirectly, solicit or encourage inquiries
or proposals with respect to, or engage in any negotiations concerning, or
provide any confidential information to, or have any discussions with, any
person relating to, an Acquisition Proposal; or (v) take any action which would
make any representation or warranty of Stockholder herein untrue or incorrect or
prevent, burden or materially delay the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. As used in this Agreement, "person" shall have
the meaning specified in Sections 3(a)(9) and 13(d)(3) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").


 

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