-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, DRt/HgF3oxB42GwALxzGvEVX3uOzn25dAQDQLoAicwVrvSpbWnyTrcwR0xCKPNHv dZ/C5lt9YsydxVsqNgo36g== 0001104659-10-062656.txt : 20101215 0001104659-10-062656.hdr.sgml : 20101215 20101214180008 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-10-062656 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101214 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20101215 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101214 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001004440 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 521964611 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12869 FILM NUMBER: 101251591 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 CONSTELLATION WAY CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21202 BUSINESS PHONE: 4104702800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 CONSTELLATION WAY CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21202 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19951220 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: RH ACQUISITION CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19951205 8-K 1 a10-23192_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  December 14, 2010

 

Commission
File Number

 

Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter

 

IRS Employer
Identification No.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1-12869

 

CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.

 

52-1964611

 

 

Maryland

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

100 CONSTELLATION WAY, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

 

21202

(Address of principal executive office)

 

(Zip Code)

 

410-470-2800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

NOT APPLICABLE

(Former name, former address

and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 8.01.              Other Events

 

On December 14, 2010, Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (Company) sold $550 million principal amount of 5.15% Notes due December 1, 2020 (Notes).  The Notes were registered under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Registration Statement No. 333-157637.  This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to report as exhibits certain documents executed in connection with the sale of the Notes.

 

Item 9.01.              Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)           Exhibits

 

The following exhibits are being filed pursuant to Item 8.01 herein.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

4(a)

 

Indenture dated as of June 19, 2008, between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, relating to the Notes (incorporated by referenced from June 30, 2008 Form 10-Q, Exhibit 4(a), File No. 1-12869).

 

 

 

4(b)

 

Officers’ Certificate, dated December 14, 2010, establishing the Notes, with the form of Notes attached thereto.

 

 

 

5(a)

 

Opinion and Consent of Company Counsel, dated December 14, 2010.

 

 

 

5(b)

 

Opinion and Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, dated December 14, 2010.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

Date:

 

December 14, 2010

 

 

/s/ Charles A. Berardesco

 

 

Charles A. Berardesco

 

 

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

4(b)

 

Officers’ Certificate, dated December 14, 2010, establishing the Notes, with the form of Notes attached thereto.

 

 

 

5(a)

 

Opinion and Consent of Company Counsel dated December 14, 2010.

 

 

 

5(b)

 

Opinion and Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, New York, dated December 14, 2010.

 

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EX-4.(B) 2 a10-23192_1ex4db.htm EX-4.(B)

Exhibit 4(b)

 

 

December 14, 2010

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,

as Trustee Under the Indenture

Trust and Securities Services

60 Wall Street, 27th Floor

MS:  NYC60-2710

New York, New York  10005

 

Officers’ Certificate

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Pursuant to Sections 2.01(b), 2.01(c), 3.01 and 17.05 of the Indenture dated as of June 19, 2008, as supplemented (the “Indenture”), between Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (the “Company”) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Trustee”), and by authority established under the resolutions, dated December 1, 2010, adopted by the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, attached hereto as Exhibit A, the undersigned officers of the Company do hereby certify that:

 

1.               The title of the Securities is 5.15% Notes due December 1, 2020 (the “Notes”).  The CUSIP number for the Notes is set forth in the Note specimen attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

2.               The Notes will be initially authenticated and delivered under the Indenture in the amount of $550,000,000.  Additional Notes, without limitation as to amount, having the same terms and conditions as the Outstanding Notes (except for the issue date, issue price and, if applicable, the first payment of interest) may also be issued by the Company pursuant to the Indenture without the consent of the existing holders of the Notes.  Any such additional Notes as may be issued pursuant to the Indenture from time to time shall be part of the same series as the then-Outstanding Notes.

 

3.               The maturity of the Notes is December 1, 2020.

 

4.               The Notes shall bear interest at a fixed rate of 5.15%.  The date from which interest shall accrue, the interest payment dates, the record date for interest payable, and the other terms of payment of interest on the Notes are set forth in the Note specimen attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

5.               The optional redemption provisions applicable to the Notes are set forth in the Note specimen attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

6.               There is no obligation of the Company to redeem or purchase the Notes pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision.

 



 

7.               The denomination in which the Notes shall be issuable is $1,000, or integral multiples thereof.

 

8.               The Notes will be initially issued in global form to Cede & Co., the nominee of The Depository Trust Company, as Depositary.

 

9.               All other terms of the Notes are set forth in the Note specimen attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

10.         We have read the Indenture, including the provisions of Sections 2.01(b), 2.01(c) and 17.05, and examined such other documents relating to the issuance and sale of the Notes by the Company as we deemed necessary to enable us to make the statement that in our opinion, as of the date hereof, the Company has complied with all conditions precedent to the authentication and delivery of the Notes as provided for in the Indenture, which authentication will be effectuated pursuant to the Company’s written order and instructions.

 

11.         We certify that the following persons are now duly elected and qualified officers of the Company holding the offices indicated next to their respective names below, and the signatures appearing opposite their respective names below are the true and genuine signatures of such officers, and each of such officers is duly authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Company the Notes, any certificate or other document to be delivered by the Company pursuant to the Indenture and to instruct the Trustee to authenticate and deliver the Notes:

 

Name

 

Office

 

Signature

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jonathan W. Thayer

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

/s/ Jonathan W. Thayer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reese K. Feuerman

 

Vice President, Finance and Treasurer

 

/s/ Reese K. Feuerman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jennifer E. Lowry

 

Assistant Treasurer

 

/s/ Jennifer E. Lowry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sean J. Klein

 

Assistant Secretary

 

/s/ Sean J. Klein

 

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We hereby request that the Trustee authenticate and deliver the Notes to Cede & Co.

 

All capitalized terms not defined herein, which are defined in the Indenture or the Note specimen attached hereto as Exhibit B shall have the meanings assigned to them therein.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto executed this Officers’ Certificate as of the date above written.

 

 

 

/s/ Jonathan W. Thayer

 

Name:

Jonathan W. Thayer

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Reese K. Feuerman

 

Name:

Reese K. Feuerman

 

Title:

Vice President, Finance and Treasurer

 

I, the undersigned, Sean J. Klein, Assistant Secretary of Constellation Energy Group, Inc., do hereby certify that Jonathan W. Thayer is the duly elected, qualified and acting Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and that Reese K. Feuerman is the duly elected, qualified and acting Vice President, Finance and Treasurer of Constellation Energy Group, Inc., and that their respective signatures on the foregoing Officers’ Certificate are their genuine signatures.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name.

 

 

 

 

/s/ Sean J. Klein

 

Sean J. Klein

 

Assistant Secretary

 

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Exhibit B

 

This Note is registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company (the “Depositary”) (55 Water Street, New York, New York) or its nominee, and this Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary unless and until this Note is exchanged in whole or in part for Notes in definitive form. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of the Depositary to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary and any payment is made to Cede &am p; Co., or such other name ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co. has an interest herein.

 

No. R-

 

$

 

CUSIP: 210371 AL4

 

CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.

 

5.15% Note due December 1, 2020

 

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:  $

 

 

 

INTEREST RATE:  5.15% per annum

 

 

 

STATED MATURITY:  December 1, 2020

 

 

 

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:  December 14, 2010

 

 

 

ISSUE PRICE:  99.940%

 

 

Constellation Energy Group, Inc., a Maryland corporation (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture, as hereinafter defined), for value received, promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the principal sum of $                       (                                         DOLLARS) on the Stated Maturity shown above and to pay interest on said principal sum from December, at the fixed rate per annum shown above, semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 (the “Interest Payment D ates”) of each year beginning June 1, 2011 until the Stated Maturity or upon redemption of this Note.  Each payment of interest payable on each Interest Payment Date and at Stated Maturity or, if applicable, upon redemption shall include interest to, but excluding the relevant Interest Payment Date and the date of Stated Maturity or redemption, respectively. Said interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In the event this Note is issued between a Record Date (which shall be the close of business on the fifteenth calendar day next preceding such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day), provided that if the Notes are held by a securities depository in book-entry form, the Record Date will be the close of business on the

 



 

Business Day immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date) and an Interest Payment Date or on an Interest Payment Date, the first day that interest shall be payable will be on the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Record Date.  In the event of a Default in the payment of interest, interest will be payable as provided in that certain Indenture dated as of June 19, 2008 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor Trustee under the Indenture).

 

At any time prior to September 1, 2020 (three months prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes), the Company may redeem some or all of the Notes, upon at least 30 days’ and not more than 60 days’ notice, at its option, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

 

·              100% of the principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding to be redeemed; and

 

·              the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes (exclusive of interest accrued to the redemption date) being redeemed, discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points;

 

plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to the redemption date.

 

At any time on or after September 1, 2020, the Company may redeem some or all of the Notes, upon at least 30 days’ and not more than 60 days’ notice, at its option, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to the redemption date.

 

If at the time a redemption notice is given, the redemption moneys are not on deposit with the Trustee, then the redemption shall be subject to their receipt on or before the redemption date and such notice shall be of no effect unless such moneys are so received.

 

As used in this Note:

 

Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security or securities selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes being redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.

 

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date.

 

Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer” means Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC or UBS Securities LLC and one other primary

 

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U.S. Government securities dealer in the United States of America (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”) selected by the Company, and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing or their affiliates shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company at 3:30 p.m. New York City time on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

 

Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to actual or interpolated maturity (on a day count basis) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.

 

Pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture, the Company will maintain an agency at Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas in The City of New York, New York (the “Bank”), or at such other agencies as may from time to time be designated, where the Notes may be presented for payment, for registration of transfer and exchange, and where notices or demands to, or upon, the Company may be served.

 

The interest so payable on any Interest Payment Date will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Indenture, be paid to the person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that interest payable at Stated Maturity or, if applicable, upon redemption, shall be payable to the person to whom principal shall be payable. Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made at the Bank in U.S. dollars; provided, however, that payments of interest (other than any interest payable at Stated Maturity or upon redemption) may be made at the option of the Company (i) by checks mailed to the addresses of the persons entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear in the Register of the Notes or (ii) by wire transfer to persons who are holders of record at such other addresse s that have been filed with the Bank on or prior to the Record Date.

 

Payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest payable at Stated Maturity, or, if applicable, upon redemption, on this Note will be made in immediately available funds at the request of the holder provided that this Note is presented to the Bank in time for the Bank to make such payments in such funds in accordance with its normal procedures.

 

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on behalf of the Trustee or a duly designated authentication agent by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under said Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Constellation Energy Group, Inc. has caused this instrument to be executed in its corporate name with the manual or facsimile signature of its President or a Vice President and a facsimile of its corporate seal to be imprinted hereon, attested by the manual or facsimile signature of its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.

 

 

 

CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATTEST:

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title: 

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein issued under the Indenture described herein.

 

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS,
  as Trustee under the Indenture
By:  Deutsche Bank National Trust Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

Dated:

 

 

 

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(REVERSE)

 

CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.

 

5.15% NOTE DUE DECEMBER 1, 2020

 

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of debt securities (the “Securities”) of the Company, of a series designated as its 5.15% Notes due December 1, 2020 (herein called the “Notes”), issued and to be issued under the Indenture, to which Indenture and all relevant indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the Bank and the Securityholders and the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The Securities, of which the Notes constitute a series, may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest at different rates, may be subject to different covenants and Events of Default and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the definitions assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

The Company is not required to repurchase Notes from holders prior to Stated Maturity.

 

In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of this series, having the same Stated Maturity, optional redemption provisions, Interest Rate and other terms and provisions of this Note, in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the surrender hereof.

 

The Notes will not be subject to conversion, amortization or any sinking fund.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations herein and therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Register of the Notes, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the Bank, or at such other agencies as may be designated pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee or the Bank duly executed by, the holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

The Notes are issuable only as registered Notes without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof that is an integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture, and subject to certain limitations herein and therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations having the same interest rate, Stated Maturity, optional redemption provisions, if any, and Original Issue Date, as requested by the Securityholder surrendering the same.

 

No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

 

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The Company, the Trustee, the Bank, the Security registrar and any agent of the Company, the Trustee, the Bank, or the Security registrar may treat the Securityholder in whose name this Note is registered as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee, the Bank, the Security registrar nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

If an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the holders of the Securities of any series under the Indenture at any time by the Company with the consent of the holders of not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding to be affected (voting as one class). The Indenture also permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into supplemental indentures without the consent of the holders of Securities of any series for certain purposes specified in the Indenture, including the making of such other provisions in regard to matters arising under the Indenture which shall not adversely affect the interest of the holders of such Securities. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of specified percentages in aggr egate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the holders of all the Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past Defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

 

The Indenture provides that no holder of any Security of any series may enforce any remedy with respect to such series under the Indenture except in the case of refusal or neglect of the Trustee to act after notice of a continuing Event of Default and after written request by the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and the offer to the Trustee of reasonable indemnity; provided, however, that such provision shall not prevent the holder hereof from enforcing payment of the principal of or interest on this Note.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement

 

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of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

Assignee’s Social Security or Tax I.D. Number:

 

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or Type Assignee’s Name, Address and Zip Code)

 

the within Note of the Company and hereby does irrevocably constitute and appoint

 

 

 

 

 

Attorney to transfer the said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

 

Signature of Assignor

(Sign exactly as name appears on the face of the Note)

 

Dated:

 

 

 

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SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

 

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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EX-5.(A) 3 a10-23192_1ex5da.htm EX-5.(A)

Exhibit 5(a)

 

[Letterhead of Constellation Energy Group, Inc.]

 

 

December 14, 2010

 

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

100 Constellation Way

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

I have acted as counsel to Constellation Energy Group, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance and sale by the Company of $550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.15% Notes due December 1, 2020 (the “Notes”), issued under the Indenture dated as of June 19, 2008 (as supplemented, the “Indenture”) between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

I have considered (1) Registration Statement Nos. 333-157637 and 333-157637-01, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto (the “Registration Statement”), which Registration Statement was filed jointly by the Company and Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, a Maryland corporation, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”); (2) the prospectus dated July 9, 2009 forming a part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 1, as supplemented by a prospectus supplement dated December 9, 2010 relating to the Notes, both such prospectus and prospectus supplement filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act; (3) the Indenture ; (4) the Company’s corporate proceedings with respect to the Notes; and (5) such other corporate records, certificates and other documents (including a receipt executed on behalf of the Company acknowledging receipt of the purchase price for the Notes) and such questions of law as I have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.

 

Upon the basis of such examination, I am of the opinion that the Notes are legally issued, valid and binding obligations of the Company, except as limited or affected by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and general principles of equity.

 

In rendering the foregoing opinion, I have assumed that the certificates representing the Notes conform to specimens examined by me and that the Notes have been duly authenticated, in accordance with the Indenture, by the Trustee under the Indenture, and that the signatures on all documents examined by me are genuine, assumptions which I have not independently verified.

 

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed by the Company on or about December 14, 2010, which will be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.  In giving the foregoing consent, I do not thereby admit that I come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Maryland insofar as they bear on matters covered hereby.  As to all matters of New York and federal law, I have relied, with your consent, upon an opinion of even date herewith addressed to you by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.  As to all matters of Maryland law, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is hereby authorized to rely upon this opinion as though it were rendered to it.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

/s/ Charles A. Berardesco

 

Charles A. Berardesco

 


EX-5.(B) 4 a10-23192_1ex5db.htm EX-5.(B)

Exhibit 5(b)

 

[Letterhead of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP]

 

 

December 14, 2010

 

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

100 Constellation Way

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel to Constellation Energy Group, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance and sale by the Company of $550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.15% Notes due December 1, 2020 (the “Notes”), issued under the Indenture dated as of June 19, 2008 (as supplemented, the “Indenture”) between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

We have considered (1) Registration Statement Nos. 333-157637 and 333-157637-01, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto (the “Registration Statement”), which Registration Statement was filed jointly by the Company and Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, a Maryland corporation, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”); (2) the prospectus dated July 9, 2009 forming a part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 1, as supplemented by a prospectus supplement dated December 9, 2010 relating to the Notes, both such prospectus and prospectus supplement filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act; (3) the Indentur e; (4) the Company’s corporate proceedings with respect to the Notes; and (5) such other corporate records, certificates and other documents (including a receipt executed on behalf of the Company acknowledging receipt of the purchase price for the Notes) and such questions of law as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.

 

Upon the basis of such examination, we are of the opinion that the Notes are legally issued, valid and binding obligations of the Company, except as limited or affected by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and general principles of equity.

 

In rendering the foregoing opinion, we have assumed that the certificates representing the Notes conform to specimens examined by us and that the Notes have been duly authenticated, in accordance with the Indenture, by the Trustee under the Indenture, and that the signatures on all documents examined by us are genuine, assumptions which we have not independently verified.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed by the Company on or about December 14, 2010, which will be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.  In giving the foregoing consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York and the federal laws of the United States insofar as they bear on matters covered hereby.  As to all matters of Maryland law, we have relied, with your consent, upon an opinion of even date herewith addressed to you by Charles A. Beradesco, Esq., Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Company.  As to all matters of New York law and the federal laws of the United States, Charles A. Berardesco, Esq. is hereby authorized to rely upon this opinion as though it were rendered to him.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

/s/ Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

 


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