-----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, Bhyo/4vK7ajcWj1Vvbe0d5bCQi7nyAIindBQS3KYi4kohesvNbBWfjpq2DpXt5TO oDdXKDbXcFrfKmj8WxUYuw== 0000950123-96-005661.txt : 19961017 0000950123-96-005661.hdr.sgml : 19961017 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-96-005661 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 11 REFERENCES 429: 033-50543 REFERENCES 429: 333-02571 FILED AS OF DATE: 19961016 SROS: NYSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DUKE POWER CO /NC/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000030371 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 560205520 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NC FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-14209 FILM NUMBER: 96643941 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 422 S CHURCH ST CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28242-0001 BUSINESS PHONE: 7045940887 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 422 S CHURCH ST CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28242 S-3 1 S-3 1 AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 16, 1996 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-02571 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 33-50543 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------------ FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT and POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENTS under THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------ DUKE POWER COMPANY (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) NORTH CAROLINA 56-0205520 (STATE OF INCORPORATION) (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)
422 SOUTH CHURCH STREET CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28242-0001 (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE) 704-594-0887 (REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER) ------------------ RICHARD J. OSBORNE JOHN SPUCHES SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER DEWEY BALLANTINE 422 SOUTH CHURCH STREET 1301 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28242-0001 NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019-6092 TELEPHONE NO. 704-382-5159 TELEPHONE NO. 212-259-7700
(NAMES, ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF AGENTS FOR SERVICE) ------------------ APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement as determined by market conditions and other factors. If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. / / If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. /X/ If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. / / _____ If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. / / _____ If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. / / ------------------ CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PROPOSED MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED AGGREGATE OFFERING PRICE REGISTRATION FEE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds; Debt Securities... $1,000,000,000(1)(2) $100(3) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) In no event will the aggregate initial offering price of all securities issued from time to time pursuant to this Registration Statement exceed $1,000,000,000. If any such securities are issued at an original issue discount, then the aggregate initial offering price as so discounted shall not exceed $1,000,000,000, notwithstanding that the stated principal amount of such securities may exceed such amount. (2) Subject to footnote (1), there are being registered hereunder an indeterminate principal amount of First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds and an indeterminate principal amount of unsecured debt securities ("Debt Securities"), such Debt Securities to consist of an indeterminate principal amount of Senior Notes and an indeterminate principal amount of Subordinated Debentures, as may be sold at indeterminate prices, from time to time, by the Registrant. (3) The minimum registration fee prescribed by Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 is being paid because, as explained below, the registration fee applicable for a maximum aggregate offering price of $1,000,000,000 of First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds has heretofore been paid. ------------------ Pursuant to Rule 429 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, the Prospectus which is part of this Registration Statement constitutes a combined Prospectus which also relates to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-02571, previously filed by the Registrant on Form S-3, as to which First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds having an aggregate offering price of $700,000,000 (for which a registration fee of $241,381 was paid) remain unsold and to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement No. 33-50543, previously filed by the Registrant on Form S-3, as to which First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds having an aggregate offering price of $300,000,000 (for which a registration fee of $93,750 was paid) remain unsold. Each such Post-Effective Amendment shall become effective concurrently with the effectiveness of this Registration Statement in accordance with Section 8(c) of the Securities Act of 1933. THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT BECOMES EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE. SUBJECT TO COMPLETION DATED OCTOBER 16, 1996 PROSPECTUS DUKE POWER COMPANY FIRST AND REFUNDING MORTGAGE BONDS DEBT SECURITIES Duke Power Company (the "Company") may offer, from time to time, up to $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds (the "New Bonds"), in one or more series, and its Debt Securities (the "Debt Securities"), consisting of Senior Notes (the "Senior Notes"), in one or more series, and Subordinated Debentures (the "Subordinated Debentures"), in one or more series, on terms to be determined at the time or times of sale. The New Bonds will be issued under, and secured by, a mortgage which constitutes a lien on substantially all of the properties and franchises of the Company. The Senior Notes and the Subordinated Debentures will be unsecured, and the indentures under which they are to be issued contain no limitations on the issuance by the Company of other indebtedness (whether secured or unsecured). The Senior Notes will rank equally and ratably with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company. The Subordinated Debentures will be subordinated to all Senior Indebtedness (as hereinafter defined) of the Company. Certain series of Subordinated Debentures may also be subordinated to other series of Subordinated Debentures. See "Description of the Debt Securities." For each offering of New Bonds (the "Offered Bonds"), Senior Notes (the "Offered Notes") or Subordinated Debentures (the "Offered Debentures") (collectively, the "Offered Securities") for which this Prospectus is being delivered, there will be an accompanying Prospectus Supplement (the "Prospectus Supplement") that sets forth the specific designation, aggregate principal amount, maturity or maturities, rate or rates and times of payment of interest, sinking fund provisions, redemption terms and any other special terms of the Offered Securities, and any planned listing thereof on a securities exchange (although no assurance can be given as to the liquidity of, or the trading market for, any of the Offered Securities). The Company may sell the Offered Securities to or through underwriters or dealers, directly to other purchasers or through agents. The names of any underwriters, dealers or agents involved in the distribution of the Offered Securities, any applicable discounts, commissions or allowances, any initial public offering price and the proceeds to the Company from the sale of the Offered Securities will be set forth in the Prospectus Supplement. See "Plan of Distribution" herein. ------------------------ THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. ------------------------ THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS OCTOBER , 1996. 3 NO PERSON IS AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS OR THE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES OTHER THAN THE REGISTERED SECURITIES TO WHICH IT RELATES OR AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY SUCH SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IN SUCH JURISDICTION. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS OR THE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE THE DATE HEREOF OR THEREOF OR THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN OR THEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF ANY TIME SUBSEQUENT TO ITS DATE. AVAILABLE INFORMATION The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and in accordance therewith files periodic and current reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Information concerning directors and officers, their remuneration, the principal holders of securities of the Company and any material interest of such persons in transactions with the Company, as of particular dates, is disclosed in proxy statements distributed to shareholders of the Company and filed with the Commission. Such reports, proxy statements and other information can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at Room 1024, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Ill. 60661, and Seven World Trade Center, 7th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10048. Copies of such material can also be obtained at prescribed rates from the Public Reference Section of the Commission at its principal office at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. In addition, reports, proxy statements and other information concerning the Company can be inspected at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 20 Broad Street, New York, N.Y. 10005, where certain securities of the Company are listed. The Commission maintains a Web site (http://www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants, such as the Company, that file electronically with the Commission. The Company has filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 (together with all amendments and exhibits thereto, the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"). This Prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the Registration Statement, certain parts of which are omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission. For further information, reference is made to the Registration Statement. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated in this Prospectus by reference as of their respective dates of filing and shall be deemed to be a part hereof: - Annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995. - Quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 1996 and June 30, 1996. All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering made by this Prospectus and the accompanying Prospectus Supplement shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and to be made a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein or in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus. THE COMPANY WILL PROVIDE WITHOUT CHARGE TO EACH PERSON, INCLUDING ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER, TO WHOM A COPY OF THIS PROSPECTUS AND THE ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT HAS BEEN DELIVERED, UPON ORAL OR WRITTEN REQUEST OF ANY SUCH PERSON, A COPY OF ANY OR ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO ABOVE WHICH HAVE BEEN OR MAY BE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS, OTHER THAN EXHIBITS TO SUCH DOCUMENTS, UNLESS SUCH EXHIBITS ARE SPECIFICALLY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE THEREIN. REQUESTS FOR COPIES OF SUCH DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO INVESTOR RELATIONS DEPARTMENT, DUKE POWER COMPANY, P.O. BOX 1005, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28201-1005 (TELEPHONE NO. 704-382-3853 OR 800-488-3853 (TOLL-FREE)). 2 4 THE COMPANY The Company is primarily engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electric energy in the central portion of North Carolina and the western portion of South Carolina, comprising the area in both States known as the Piedmont Carolinas. Its service area, approximately two-thirds of which lies in North Carolina, covers about 20,000 square miles with an estimated population of 5,000,000 and includes a number of cities, of which the largest are Charlotte, Greensboro, Winston-Salem and Durham in North Carolina and Greenville and Spartanburg in South Carolina. The Company supplies electric service directly to approximately 1,800,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in more than 200 cities, towns and unincorporated communities. Electricity is sold at wholesale to incorporated municipalities and to several public and private utilities. In addition, sales are made through contractual arrangements to former wholesale municipal or cooperative customers of the Company who had purchased portions of the Catawba Nuclear Station. The Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Nantahala Power and Light Company, supplies electric service directly to approximately 53,000 mostly residential customers in five counties in western North Carolina. The Company is also engaged in a variety of diversified operations, most of which are organized in separate subsidiaries, through the Associated Enterprises Group ("AEG"). For the twelve months ended June 30, 1996, the Company's operating revenues, including those of AEG, were $4.8 billion. The Company's executive offices are located in the Power Building, 422 South Church Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28242-0001 (Telephone No. 704-594-0887). RECENT FINANCIAL DATA (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) The following summary information has been selected from or is based upon the detailed information and financial statements incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto and should be read together therewith.
TWELVE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, ----------------------- 1996 1995 ---------- ---------- RESULTS OF OPERATIONS: Electric Revenues........................................... $4,503,680 $4,250,639 Net Income.................................................. 724,425 676,056 Earnings for Common Stock................................... 678,774 625,627 Earnings Per Share of Common Stock.......................... $3.31 $3.06
AS OF JUNE 30, 1996 % ---------- ----- CAPITAL STRUCTURE: Long-Term Debt.............................................. $3,649,199 39.5 Preferred Stocks............................................ 684,000 7.4 Common Equity............................................... 4,902,628 53.1 ---------- ----- Total Capitalization................................ $9,235,827 100.0 ========= ===== Current Maturities of Long-Term Debt and Preferred Stocks and Short-Term Debt..................... $ 179,061
The foregoing amounts with respect to the twelve months ended June 30, 1996 are unaudited but in the opinion of the Company include all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of such amounts. RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
12 MONTHS ENDED YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, JUNE 30, -------------------------------- 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges............. 5.05 4.94 4.72 4.68 3.49 3.83
For purposes of this ratio (i) earnings consist of income from continuing operations before income taxes and fixed charges and (ii) fixed charges consist of all interest deductions and the interest component of rentals. 3 5 USE OF PROCEEDS Except as otherwise provided in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, the Company expects to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities (a) to finance the construction of additions to the Company's electric plant facilities and the acquisition of nuclear fuel and (b) to purchase or redeem from time to time the Company's presently outstanding securities when such transactions will result in an overall cost savings to the Company. DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW BONDS The New Bonds will be issued as one or more series of First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds (the "Bonds") under a First and Refunding Mortgage, dated as of December 1, 1927 (the "Bond Indenture"), from the Company to The Chase Manhattan Bank, as successor Trustee (the "Trustee"), as supplemented and amended and as to be supplemented by one or more supplemental indentures relating to the New Bonds, copies of which are filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement. The Bond Indenture, as heretofore supplemented and amended and as to be supplemented by said supplemental indenture or indentures, is hereinafter called the "Mortgage". The statements under this heading do not purport to be complete, are subject to the detailed provisions of, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, the Mortgage and are summaries which make use of terms defined in the Mortgage. GENERAL Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the New Bonds will be issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof and will be exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of New Bonds of other authorized denominations of the same series. No charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of the New Bonds, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp tax or other governmental charge incident thereto. Transfers and exchanges of the New Bonds may be made at The Chase Manhattan Bank, 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041. INTEREST, MATURITY AND PAYMENT See the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. REDEMPTION See the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. REPLACEMENT FUND The Company is required to deposit with the Trustee annually, for a Replacement Fund, the sum of the replacement requirements (as defined) for all years beginning with 1949 and ending with the last calendar year preceding the date of the deposit, after deducting therefrom (1) the aggregate original cost of all fixed property (electric) retired during such period, which amount shall not exceed the aggregate of the gross amounts of additional property (electric) acquired or constructed by the Company during the same period; and (2) the aggregate amount of cash theretofore deposited by the Company with the Trustee, or which would have been required to be so deposited except for permitted reductions, under the Replacement Fund. The "replacement requirement" in respect of any year is 2 1/2% of the average "amount of depreciable fixed property" (electric) as at the beginning and end of such year but shall not exceed the depreciation or retirement charges permitted by any governmental authority, or the amount deductible as depreciation or similar expense for Federal income tax purposes. The "amount of depreciable fixed property" (electric) is the amount by which the sum of $192,913,385, plus the aggregate gross amount of all depreciable additional property (electric) acquired or constructed by the Company from January 1, 1949 to the date as of which such amount is determined, exceeds the original cost of all depreciable fixed property (electric) retired during such period or released from the lien of the Mortgage. 4 6 Upon application of the Company, the amount of cash at any time required to be deposited in the Replacement Fund may be reduced, and any cash previously so deposited and then held by the Trustee may be withdrawn, (1) in an amount equal to 150% of the principal amount of Bonds previously authenticated and delivered under the Mortgage, or refundable prior lien bonds, which shall be deposited with the Trustee and on the basis of which the Company would otherwise have been entitled to the authentication and delivery of additional Bonds; and (2) in an amount equal to 150% of the principal amount of Bonds to the authentication and delivery of which the Company would otherwise be entitled on the basis of additional property (electric). Upon application of the Company, the Trustee shall apply cash deposited in the Replacement Fund (and not theretofore withdrawn by the Company) to the payment, purchase or redemption of Bonds issued under the Mortgage or to the purchase of refundable prior lien bonds. The Company has never deposited any cash with the Trustee pursuant to the Replacement Fund. If any cash should be deposited in the future, the Company has agreed not to apply such cash to the redemption of the New Bonds as long as any of the Bonds presently outstanding remain outstanding. SECURITY The Mortgage creates a continuing lien to secure the payment of the principal of, and interest on, all Bonds issued thereunder, which are in all respects equally and ratably secured without preference, priority or distinction. The lien of the Mortgage covers substantially all of the properties (real, personal and mixed) and franchises of the Company, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, with certain exceptions including certain after-acquired non-electric properties, cash, accounts receivable, choses in action, inventories of materials and supplies, merchandise held for sale, securities held by the Company, certain after-acquired property not useful in the Company's electric business and certain after-acquired franchises. The lien of the Mortgage is subject to certain permitted liens and to liens which may exist upon properties acquired subsequent to the making of the Mortgage to the extent of the amounts of prior lien bonds secured by such properties (which shall not exceed 75% of the cost or value thereof) and additions thereto. ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL BONDS The aggregate amount of Bonds which may be issued under the Mortgage is unlimited. The Bonds of each series shall be of such denominations, date, maturity and interest rate, and may have such redemption or sinking fund provisions and such other terms as the Board of Directors of the Company may determine. Subject to the provisions of the Mortgage, additional Bonds may be authenticated and delivered in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding (1) the amount of cash deposited with the Trustee therefor, (2) the amount of previously authenticated and delivered Bonds and/or refundable prior lien bonds retired or to be retired and which, with certain exceptions, are deposited with the Trustee therefor, or (3) as to additional property (electric) certified to the Trustee subsequent to February 18, 1949, 66 2/3% of the aggregate of the net amounts thereof. No additional Bonds may be authenticated and delivered under the Mortgage, other than certain types of refunding Bonds, unless the Company's available net earnings for twelve consecutive calendar months within the fifteen calendar months immediately preceding shall have been at least twice the amount of the annual interest charges on all Bonds outstanding under the Mortgage, including the Bonds applied for, and on all outstanding prior lien bonds not held by the Trustee under the Mortgage. The Company may not apply for the authentication and delivery of any Bonds (1) in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $26 million on the basis of additional property (electric) acquired or constructed prior to January 1, 1949, or (2) on the basis of Bonds or prior lien bonds paid, purchased or redeemed prior to February 1, 1949; and the Company may not certify any additional property (electric) which is subject to the lien of any prior lien bonds for the purpose of establishing such prior lien bonds as refundable if the aggregate principal amount of such prior lien bonds exceeds 66 2/3% of the net amount of such additional property subject to the lien of such prior lien bonds. 5 7 RELEASE PROVISIONS The Mortgage permits the Company to dispose of certain property and take certain other action without release by the Trustee, and permits mortgaged property to be released upon the deposit of cash or equivalent consideration equal to the value of the property to be released. The Mortgage contains provisions under which, in certain events and within certain limitations, cash received by the Trustee (other than for the Replacement Fund or as the basis for the issuance of Bonds) shall be paid out by the Trustee upon application of the Company. Cash deposited with the Trustee for the Replacement Fund may be withdrawn by the Company as outlined under the subcaption "Replacement Fund" above. Cash deposited with the Trustee as the basis for the issuance of Bonds may be withdrawn by the Company, upon application to the Trustee, in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of any Bonds, the authentication and delivery of which the Company shall have become entitled to on the basis of additional property (electric), on the basis of Bonds previously authenticated and delivered, or on the basis of refundable prior lien bonds. AMENDMENTS OF MORTGAGE Amendments of the Mortgage may be made with the consent of the holders of 66 2/3% of the Bonds; but no amendment shall affect the terms of payment of the principal at maturity of, or the interest or premium on, any Bond or affect the rights of Bondholders to sue to enforce any such payment at maturity, or reduce the percentage required to effect a valid amendment; nor shall any amendment affect the rights under the Mortgage of the holders of less than all of the series of Bonds outstanding unless consented to by the holders of 66 2/3% of the Bonds of each of the series so affected. The covenants to be included in the supplemental indenture for the Offered Bonds will be solely for the benefit of holders of such Offered Bonds and may be modified by written consent or affirmative vote of holders of 66 2/3% of such Offered Bonds outstanding, without consent of Bondholders of any other series. EVENTS OF DEFAULT The Trustee may, and upon written request by the holders of not less than a majority of the outstanding Bonds shall, declare the principal of all outstanding Bonds due upon the happening of any of the events of default specified in the Mortgage, but the holders of a majority of the outstanding Bonds may waive such default and rescind any declaration if such default has been cured. The Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of its powers at the request of any of the holders of the Bonds unless such Bondholders have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the cost, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the Bonds outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, and the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with any such direction. Events of default are defined in the Mortgage as including (a) default in the payment of principal, (b) default for 60 days in the payment of interest, (c) default in the performance of any other covenants in the Mortgage continuing for a period of 60 days after notice by the Trustee or by the holders of not less than 10% in principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding, and (d) certain events in bankruptcy or insolvency. The Company is required to furnish annually to the Trustee a certificate in respect of compliance or non-compliance by the Company with the covenants of the Mortgage. 6 8 DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES The Debt Securities will constitute either senior or subordinated unsecured debt of the Company and will be issued in one or more series under (i) an indenture (the "Senior Indenture") for senior Debt Securities (sometimes called "Senior Notes") or (ii) an indenture (the "Subordinated Indenture") for subordinated Debt Securities (sometimes called "Subordinated Debentures"). The Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture (collectively, the "Indentures") are to be dated as of October 1, 1996, and are to be entered into between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee (the "Trustee"). Forms of the Indentures are filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part. The statements under this heading do not purport to be complete and are subject to the detailed provisions of, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, the applicable Indenture or Indentures and are summaries which make use of terms defined in one or both Indentures. GENERAL Neither Indenture limits the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities issuable thereunder or of any particular series of Debt Securities. The Debt Securities of any series need not be issued at the same time or bear interest at the same rate or mature on the same date. Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement (the "Prospectus Supplement") for the following terms of any particular series of Offered Notes or Offered Debentures (collectively, the "Offered Debt Securities"): (i) the title of such Debt Securities; (ii) any limit on the aggregate principal amount of such Debt Securities or the series of which they are a part; (iii) the date or dates on which the principal of any of such Debt Securities will be payable or the method by which such date or dates will be determined; (iv) the rate or rates at which any of such Debt Securities will bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates will be determined, and the date or dates from which any such interest will accrue; (v) the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest will be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for any such interest payable on any Interest Payment Date; (vi) if applicable, whether the interest payment periods may be extended by the Company and, if so, the duration of any such extension; (vii) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any of such Debt Securities will be payable; (viii) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any of such Debt Securities pursuant to any sinking fund, purchase fund or analogous provision or at the option of the Holder thereof and the terms and conditions on which any of such Debt Securities may be redeemed or purchased pursuant to such obligation; (ix) the denominations in which any of such Debt Securities will be issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof; (x) the terms and conditions, if any, on which any of such Debt Securities may be redeemed at the option of the Company; (xi) if applicable, the fact that the terms of the applicable Indenture which are described below under the caption "Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance" will not apply to any of such Debt Securities; (xii) the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of and any premium and interest on any of such Debt Securities will be payable, if other than U.S. dollars, and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in U.S. dollars for any purpose; (xiii) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any of such Debt Securities is to be payable, at the election of the Company or the Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than those in which such Debt Securities are stated to be payable, then the currency, currencies or currency units in which such payments will be made, the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner of determining any such amount); (xiv) the portion of the principal amount of any of such Debt Securities which will be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof, if other than the entire principal amount thereof; (xv) whether any of such Debt Securities will be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, if so, the identity of the depositary (the "Depositary") for any such Global Security and any provisions regarding the transfer, exchange or legending of any such Global Security if different from those described below under the caption "Global Securities"; (xvi) any addition to, change in or deletion from the Events of Default or covenants provided for with respect to any of such Debt Securities and any change in the right of the Trustee or the Holders to declare the principal amount of any of such Debt Securities due and payable; (xvii) any index or formula used to determine the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any of such Debt Securities and the manner of determining any such amounts; 7 9 (xviii) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any of such Debt Securities will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which will be deemed to be such principal amount as of any such date for any purpose, including the principal amount thereof which will be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity (or the manner of determining any such deemed principal amount); (xix) the subordination of such Debt Securities to any other indebtedness of the Company, including other series of Subordinated Debentures (for series of Subordinated Debentures only); and (xx) any other terms of such Debt Securities. Unless otherwise indicated in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto, the Debt Securities will be issued only in fully registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof, and no service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Debt Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Unless otherwise indicated in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto, the principal of and any premium and interest on the Offered Debt Securities will be payable, and the Offered Debt Securities will be exchangeable and transfers thereof will be registrable, at The Chase Manhattan Bank, 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041 and payment of any interest due on any Offered Debt Security will be made to the Person in whose name such Offered Debt Security is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest. If the Debt Securities of any series (or any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed, the Company will not be required to (i) issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any Debt Security of that series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Debt Security that may be selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or (ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Debt Security so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any such Debt Security being redeemed in part. Debt Securities, including Original Issue Discount Securities, may be offered and sold at a substantial discount below their principal amount. Special Federal income tax and other considerations, if any, applicable thereto will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. In addition, certain special United States Federal income tax or other considerations, if any, applicable to any Debt Securities which are denominated in a currency or currency unit other than U.S. dollars may be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Except as otherwise described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the covenants contained in either Indenture would not afford any Holders of Debt Securities issued thereunder protection in the event of a highly leveraged transaction involving the Company. GLOBAL SECURITIES Some or all of the Debt Securities of a series may be represented in whole or in part by one or more Global Securities that will be deposited with or on behalf of one or more Depositaries. The specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to any Debt Securities of a series will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto. The Company anticipates that the following provisions will apply to all depositary arrangements. Unless otherwise specified in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto, Debt Securities which are to be represented by a Global Security to be deposited with or on behalf of a Depositary will be represented by a Global Security registered in the name of such Depositary or its nominee. Upon the issuance of a Global Security in registered form, the Depositary for such Global Security will credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the respective principal amounts of the Debt Securities represented by such Global Security to the accounts of institutions that have accounts with such Depositary or its nominee ("participants"). The accounts to be credited will be designated by the underwriters or agents of such Debt Securities or by the Company, if such Debt Securities are offered and sold directly by the Company. Ownership of beneficial interests in such Global Securities will be limited to participants or persons that may hold interests through participants. Ownership of beneficial interests by participants in such Global Securities will be shown 8 10 on, and the transfer of any such ownership interest will be effected only through, records maintained by the Depositary or its nominee for such Global Security. Ownership of beneficial interests in Global Securities by persons that hold through participants will be effected only through records maintained by such participants. The laws of some jurisdictions require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of such securities in definitive form. Such limits and such laws may impair the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a Global Security. So long as the Depositary for a Global Security, or its nominee, is the registered owner of such Global Security, such Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or Holder of the Debt Securities represented by such Global Security for all purposes under the applicable Indenture. Except as set forth below, owners of beneficial interests in the Global Security will not be entitled to have the Debt Securities represented by such Global Security registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of the Debt Securities in definitive form and will not be considered the owners or Holders thereof under the applicable Indenture. Payment of principal of and any premium and interest on Debt Securities registered in the name of or held by a Depositary or its nominee will be made in immediately available funds to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner or the Holder of the Global Security representing such Debt Securities. None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar for such Debt Securities will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership interests in a Global Security for such Debt Securities or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. The Company expects that a Depositary for Debt Securities of a series, upon receipt of any payment of principal or any premium or interest in respect of a Global Security, will credit immediately participants' accounts with payment in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the principal amount of such Global Security as shown on the records of such Depositary. The Company also expects that payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in such Global Security held through such participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers registered in "street name", and will be the responsibility of such participants. A Global Security may not be transferred in whole or in part except by the Depositary for such Global Security to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. If a Depositary for Debt Securities of a series is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days, the Company will issue Debt Securities in definitive registered form in exchange for the Global Security or Global Securities representing such Debt Securities. In addition, the Company may at any time determine not to have any Debt Securities represented by one or more Global Securities and, in such event, will issue Debt Securities in definitive registered form in exchange for the Global Securities representing such Debt Securities. In any such instance, an owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Security will be entitled to physical delivery in definitive form of Debt Securities of the series represented by such Global Security equal in principal amount to such beneficial interest and to have such Debt Securities registered in its name. REDEMPTION Any terms and conditions for the optional or mandatory redemption of any Offered Debt Securities will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement with respect to Debt Securities that are redeemable at the option of the Holder, Debt Securities will be redeemable by the Company, subject to the subsequent sentence, only upon notice mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. With certain exceptions, a notice of redemption at the option of the Company may state that such redemption will be conditional upon receipt by the Trustee or any applicable Paying Agent or Agents, on or prior to the date fixed for such redemption, of money sufficient to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on such Debt Securities and that if such 9 11 money has not been so received, such notice will be of no force and effect and the Company will not be required to redeem such Debt Securities. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, ETC. Each Indenture provides that the Company may, without the consent of any Holders of the Debt Securities Outstanding thereunder, consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or Persons, or convey or transfer its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person, provided that the successor Person, if any, assumes by a supplemental indenture the Company's obligations under such Indenture and such Debt Securities and the Company delivers an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent in such Indenture relating to the transaction have been complied with. Upon the assumption by the successor Person of the Company's obligations under the applicable Indenture and the Debt Securities issued thereunder, and the satisfaction of any other condition precedent provided for in such Indenture, the successor Person will succeed to and be substituted for the Company under such Indenture and the Company will be relieved of its obligations under such Indenture and the Debt Securities issued thereunder. AMENDMENTS OF INDENTURE; WAIVER Each Indenture provides that modifications and amendments thereof may be made by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected thereby; provided, however, that no such modification or amendment may, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security affected thereby, (a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any instalment of principal of or interest on, any Debt Security; (b) reduce the principal amount of or any premium or the rate of interest on any Debt Security or reduce the amount of principal of any Original Issue Discount Security or any other Debt Security which would be due and payable upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof; (c) change the place or currency of payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any Debt Security; (d) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on any Debt Security on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or date of redemption); (e) reduce the percentage in principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for modification or amendment of such Indenture, for waiver of compliance with certain provisions of such Indenture or for waiver of certain defaults or (f) with certain exceptions, modify the above provisions or the sections of the applicable Indenture governing waiver of certain covenants and past defaults. Notwithstanding the foregoing, under certain limited circumstances and only upon the fulfillment of certain conditions, modifications and amendments of the relevant Indenture may be made by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of any Holders of the Debt Securities issued thereunder. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may waive, insofar as that series is concerned, compliance by the Company with certain restrictive provisions of the Indenture under which such Debt Securities were issued. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may waive any past default under the Indenture under which such Debt Securities were issued with respect to that series except a default in the payment of principal of, or any premium or interest on any Debt Security of such series or in respect of a covenant or provision under such Indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of such series affected thereby. The Subordinated Indenture may not be amended to alter the subordination of any of the Outstanding Subordinated Debentures without the written consent of each holder of Senior Indebtedness then outstanding that would be adversely affected thereby. EVENTS OF DEFAULT The following will be Events of Default under each Indenture with respect to Debt Securities of any series issued thereunder (unless inapplicable to the particular series, specifically modified or deleted as a term of such series or otherwise modified or deleted in an indenture supplemental to such Indenture): (a) failure to 10 12 pay principal of or any premium on any Debt Security of that series when due; (b) failure to pay any interest on any Debt Security of that series when due, continued for 60 days; (c) failure to make any sinking fund payment when and as due by the terms of any Debt Security of that series, continued for 60 days; (d) failure to perform any covenant of the Company in the applicable Indenture (other than a covenant which has expressly been included in such Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Debt Securities other than that series), continued for 90 days after written notice has been given by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 33% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series (unless such time period is extended by the Trustee or by the Trustee and the Holders of a principal amount of Debt Securities of that series not less than the principal amount of Debt Securities the Holders of which had given such notice of default; provided, however, that the Trustee, or the Trustee and such Holders, as the case may be, will be deemed to have agreed to such an extension if corrective action is initiated, and is being diligently pursued, by the Company, as further provided in the applicable Indenture); (e) certain events in bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization; and (f) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Debt Securities of that series. No Event of Default with respect to a particular series of Debt Securities issued under an Indenture necessarily constitutes an Event of Default with respect to any other series of Debt Securities issued thereunder. If an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 33% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series may, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), declare to be immediately due and payable the principal amount (or, if any Debt Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of the series) of all Debt Securities of that series. However, at any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Debt Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee, the Event of Default giving rise to such declaration of acceleration will, without further act, be deemed to have been waived, and such declaration will be deemed to have been rescinded and annulled, if (i) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all overdue interest on the Debt Securities of such series, the principal of and any premium on the Debt Securities of such series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Debt Securities, interest on overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in the Debt Securities of such series (to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful), and all amounts due to the Trustee under the applicable Indenture, and (ii) all Events of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of such series (other than the nonpayment of the principal of the Debt Securities of such series which has become due solely by such declaration of acceleration) have been cured or waived as provided in the applicable Indenture. Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement relating to any series of Debt Securities which are Original Issue Discount Securities for the particular provisions relating to acceleration of a portion of the principal amount of such Original Issue Discount Securities upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and the continuation thereof. Subject to the provisions of each Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee in case an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, each Indenture provides that the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under such Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity. Subject to such provisions for security and indemnification of the Trustee and certain other rights of the Trustee, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceedings for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that series. No Holder of any Debt Security of any series will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture under which such Debt Security was issued or for any remedy thereunder unless such Holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of that series and unless the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series have made such written request, and offered reasonable indemnity, to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as trustee under the applicable Indenture, and the Trustee has not received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series a 11 13 direction inconsistent with such request and has failed to institute such proceeding within 60 days after receipt of such notice and offer of indemnity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder of any Debt Security will have an absolute and unconditional right to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and, subject to certain limitations specified in the applicable Indenture, interest on such Debt Security on the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment. The Company is required to furnish annually to the Trustee for each Indenture a statement by certain officers of the Company to the effect that to the best of their knowledge the Company is not in default in the performance and observance of any terms, provisions or conditions of such Indenture or, if there has been such a default, specifying each such default and the status thereof. NEGATIVE PLEDGE The Senior Indenture provides that the Company will not, while any of the Notes remain Outstanding, create, or suffer to be created or to exist, any mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance of any kind upon any property of the Company, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure any indebtedness for borrowed money, unless it makes effective provision whereby the Senior Notes then Outstanding will be secured by such mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance equally and ratably with any and all indebtedness for borrowed money thereby secured so long as any such indebtedness shall be so secured; provided, however, that the Company will not be precluded from creating, or from suffering to be created or to exist, any mortgages, liens, pledges, security interests or other encumbrances, or any agreements, with respect to (i) purchase money mortgages, or other purchase money liens, pledges, security interests or encumbrances of any kind upon property acquired after the date of the Senior Indenture by the Company, or mortgages, liens, pledges, security interests or other encumbrances of any kind existing on any property at the time of the acquisition thereof (including mortgages, liens, pledges, security interests or other encumbrances which exist on any property of a Person which is consolidated with or merged with or into the Company or which transfers or leases all or substantially all of its properties to the Company), or conditional sales agreements or other title retention agreements and leases in the nature of title retention agreements with respect to any property acquired after the date of the Senior Indenture; provided, however, that no such mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance will extend to or cover any other property of the Company; (ii) mortgages, liens, pledges, security interests or other encumbrances of any kind upon any property of the Company existing as of the date of the initial issuance of the Senior Notes; liens for taxes or assessments or other governmental charges or levies; pledges or deposits to secure obligations under workers' compensation laws, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, including liens of judgments thereunder which are not currently dischargeable; pledges or deposits to secure performance in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money) or leases to which the Company is a party; pledges or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of the Company; builders', materialmen's, mechanics', carriers', warehousemen's, workers', repairmen's, operators', landlords' or other like liens in the ordinary course of business, or deposits to obtain the release of such liens; pledges or deposits to secure, or in lieu of, surety, stay, appeal, indemnity, customs, performance or return-of-money bonds; other pledges or deposits for similar purposes in the ordinary course of business; liens created by or resulting from any litigation or proceeding which at the time is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; liens incurred in connection with the issuance of bankers' acceptances and lines of credit, bankers' liens or rights of offset and any security given in the ordinary course of business to banks or others to secure any indebtedness payable on demand or maturing within 12 months of the date that such indebtedness is originally incurred; the "permitted liens" specified in Section 2.07 of the First and Refunding Mortgage referred to in clause (iii) below; liens incurred in connection with repurchase, swap or other similar agreements; leases made, or existing on property acquired, in the ordinary course of business; liens securing industrial revenue or pollution control bonds; liens, pledges, security interests or other encumbrances on any property arising in connection with any defeasance, covenant defeasance or in-substance defeasance of indebtedness of the Company, including the Senior Notes; liens created in connection with, and created to secure, a non-recourse obligation; zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, rights-of-way, restrictions on the use of property or minor irregularities in title thereto, which do not, in the opinion of the Company, materially impair the use of such property in the 12 14 operation of the business of the Company or the value of such property for the purpose of such business; (iii) First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds of the Company issued or to be issued from time to time under the First and Refunding Mortgage (the "Mortgage") dated as of December 1, 1927 from the Company to The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee, as supplemented and amended and as to be supplemented and amended; (iv) indebtedness which may be issued by the Company in connection with a consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person (which may be an Affiliate of the Company) in exchange for or otherwise in substitution for secured indebtedness of such Person ("Third Party Debt") which by its terms (1) is secured by a mortgage on all or a portion of the property of such Person, (2) prohibits secured indebtedness from being incurred by such Person, unless the Third Party Debt shall be secured equally and ratably with such secured indebtedness or (3) prohibits secured indebtedness from being incurred by such Person; (v) indebtedness of any Person which is required to be assumed by the Company in connection with a consolidation or merger of such Person, with respect to which any property of the Company is subjected to a mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance; (vi) mortgages, liens, pledges, security interests or other encumbrances of any kind upon any property acquired, constructed, developed or improved by the Company (whether alone or in association with others) after the date of the Senior Indenture which are created prior to, at the time of, or within 18 months after such acquisition (or in the case of property constructed, developed or improved, after the completion of such construction, development or improvement and commencement of full commercial operation of such property, whichever is later) to secure or provide for the payment of the purchase price or cost thereof, provided that in the case of such construction, development or improvement the mortgages shall not apply to any property theretofore owned by the Company other than theretofore unimproved real property; (vii) the replacement, extension or renewal (or successive replacements, extensions or renewals), as a whole or in part, of any mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance, or of any agreement, referred to above in clauses (i) through (vi) inclusive, or the replacement, extension or renewal (not exceeding the principal amount of indebtedness secured thereby together with any premium, interest, fee or expense payable in connection with any such replacement, extension or renewal) of the indebtedness secured thereby; provided that such replacement, extension or renewal is limited to all or a part of the same property that secured the mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance replaced, extended or renewed (plus improvements thereon or additions or accessions thereto); or (viii) any other mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance not excepted by the foregoing clauses (i) through (vii); provided that immediately after the creation or assumption of such mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance, the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company secured by all mortgages, liens, pledges, security interests and other encumbrances created or assumed under the provisions of clause (viii) will not exceed an amount equal to 10% of common stockholders' equity of the Company as shown on its consolidated balance sheet for the accounting period occurring immediately prior to the creation or assumption of such mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance. DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE Unless otherwise provided in the Prospectus Supplement for a series of Debt Securities, the Company may cause itself (subject to the terms of the Indenture under which such Debt Securities were issued) (i) to be discharged from any and all obligations with respect to any Debt Securities or series of Debt Securities (except for certain obligations to register the transfer or exchange of such Debt Securities, to replace such Debt Securities if stolen, lost or mutilated, to maintain paying agencies and to hold money for payment in trust) ("Defeasance") and/or (ii) to be released from any covenants expressly established in respect of any Debt Securities or series of Debt Securities and, with respect to any Debt Securities or series issued under the Senior Indenture, from the obligations, if applicable, described above under the caption "Negative Pledge" with respect to any such Debt Securities ("Covenant Defeasance"), in either case on and after the date the conditions set forth in such Indenture are satisfied. Such conditions include the deposit with the Trustee, in trust for such purpose, of money and/or U.S. Government Obligations (as such term is defined in the applicable Indenture), which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on such Debt Securities on the Stated Maturity of such payments or upon redemption, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms of the applicable Indenture and such Debt Securities. 13 15 Defeasance by the Company with respect to any Debt Securities of a series is permitted under certain circumstances under each Indenture notwithstanding the Company's prior Covenant Defeasance with respect to Debt Securities of that series. Following a Defeasance, payment of any of such Debt Securities may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default (as defined in the applicable Indenture). Following a Covenant Defeasance, payment of Debt Securities may not be accelerated under the applicable Indenture by reference to the covenants noted under clause (ii) above. However, if such an acceleration were to occur, the realizable value at the acceleration date of the money and U.S. Government Obligations in the defeasance trust could be less than the principal and interest then due on such Debt Securities, in that the required deposit in the defeasance trust is based upon scheduled cash flows rather than market value, which will vary depending upon interest rates and other factors. Under current Federal income tax law, the Defeasance contemplated in the preceding paragraphs would be treated as a taxable exchange of the relevant Debt Securities in which Holders of Debt Securities would recognize gain or loss. In addition, thereafter, the amount, timing and character of amounts that Holders would be required to include in income might be different from that which would be includible in the absence of such Defeasance. Prospective investors are urged to consult their own tax advisors as to the specific consequences of a Defeasance, including the applicability and effect of tax laws other than the Federal income tax law. Under current Federal income tax law, unless accompanied by other changes in the terms of the Debt Securities, Covenant Defeasance should not be treated as a taxable exchange. SUBORDINATION OF SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES The Subordinated Indenture provides that, unless otherwise provided in the Prospectus Supplement for a series of Subordinated Debentures, the Subordinated Debentures of any series will be expressly subordinate in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Subordinated Indenture, to all Senior Indebtedness. The Subordinated Indenture defines "Senior Indebtedness" to mean, with respect to any series of Subordinated Debentures, the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on and any other payment due pursuant to any of the following, whether outstanding at the date of execution of the Subordinated Indenture or thereafter incurred, created or assumed: (a) all indebtedness of the Company evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other securities sold by the Company for money or other obligations for money borrowed, (b) all indebtedness of others of the kinds described in the preceding clause (a) assumed by or guaranteed in any manner by the Company or in effect guaranteed by the Company through an agreement to purchase, contingent or otherwise, and (c) all renewals, extensions or refundings of indebtedness of the kinds described in either of the preceding clauses (a) and (b) unless, in the case of any particular indebtedness, renewal, extension or refunding, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or the assumption or guarantee of the same expressly provides that such indebtedness, renewal, extension or refunding is not superior in right of payment to or is pari passu with such Subordinated Debentures. In the event, with certain exceptions specified in the Indenture, (a) of any payment by, or distribution of assets of, the Company to creditors upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceedings, or (b) that (i) a default (continuing beyond any period of grace) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the payment of principal, interest or any other monetary amounts due and payable on any Senior Indebtedness or (ii) the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness shall have been accelerated because of a default with respect to such Senior Indebtedness, then the holders of all Senior Indebtedness shall first be entitled to receive payment, in the case of (a) above, of all amounts due or to become due upon all Senior Indebtedness, and, in the case of (b) above, of all amounts due thereon, or provision shall be made for such payment in money or money's worth, before the Holders of the Subordinated Debentures are entitled to receive a payment on account of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Subordinated Debentures. 14 16 On August 31, 1996, approximately $3,610,134,000 of Senior Indebtedness was outstanding. The Subordinated Indenture does not restrict the amount of Senior Indebtedness that the Company may incur. CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE The Chase Manhattan Bank is the Trustee under the Mortgage and each of the Indentures. The Chase Manhattan Bank provides general banking services for the Company and is a participant in the Company's $355 million credit facility under which its commitment is $30 million. The occurrence of a default under the Mortgage, the Subordinated Indenture or the Senior Indenture with respect to one or more series of Bonds or Debt Securities could create a conflicting interest for the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "1939 Act"). If such default has not been cured or waived within 90 days after the Trustee has or acquires a conflicting interest, the Trustee generally would be required by the 1939 Act to eliminate such conflicting interest or resign as Trustee with respect to the Bonds issued under the Mortgage or the Debt Securities issued under the Senior Indenture or the Subordinated Indenture. In the event of the Trustee's resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee with respect to the affected securities. PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION The Offered Securities may be sold (i) by selecting and negotiating with a managing underwriter or underwriters for the sale, (ii) directly to a limited number of purchasers or to a single purchaser or (iii) through agents. The Prospectus Supplement will set forth the manner and terms of the offering of the related Offered Securities, including the name or names of any underwriters, dealers or agents, the purchase price or prices of the Offered Securities, the proceeds to the Company from the sale of the Offered Securities, any initial public offering price, any underwriting discount or commission and any discounts, concessions or commissions allowed or reallowed or paid by any underwriter to other dealers. Any initial public offering price and any discounts, concessions or commissions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time. Unless otherwise indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, any agent will be acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its appointment. Underwriters, dealers and agents who participate in the distribution of the Offered Securities, and their officers, directors and controlling persons, may be entitled under agreements to be entered into with the Company to indemnification by the Company against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Act. Unless otherwise set forth in the Prospectus Supplement, the obligations of any underwriter or underwriters to purchase the related Offered Securities will be subject to certain conditions precedent and such underwriter or underwriters with respect to the sale of such Offered Securities will be obligated to purchase all of such Offered Securities if any are purchased. The Prospectus Supplement will set forth any planned listing of the related Offered Securities on a national securities exchange and indicates whether any underwriters, dealers or agents intend to make a market in the Offered Securities as permitted by applicable laws and regulations. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of or the trading market for the Offered Securities. EXPERTS The financial statements included in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K, which are incorporated herein by reference, have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, as stated in their report appearing therein, and are incorporated herein in reliance upon such report given upon the authority of that firm as experts in accounting and auditing. 15 17 LEGAL OPINIONS The validity of the Offered Securities will be passed upon for the Company by Steve C. Griffith, Jr., Esq., Charlotte, North Carolina, and by Dewey Ballantine, New York, New York, and will be passed upon for any agents, dealers or underwriters by counsel named in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. In giving its opinion, Dewey Ballantine may rely as to matters of local law upon the opinion of Mr. Griffith, who is a Director and Vice Chairman of the Board and the General Counsel of the Company. Mr. Griffith owns 43,847 shares of Common Stock of the Company, including 42,677 shares held under the Stock Purchase-Savings Program for Employees and the Employees' Stock Ownership Plan. 16 18 L O G O 19 PART II. INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION (ESTIMATED): SEC Filing Fee*................................................ $ 100 Trustee Fees................................................... 140,000 Printing and Engraving Costs................................... 190,000 Legal Fees and Expenses........................................ 190,000 Accounting Fees................................................ 35,000 Blue Sky Fees and Expenses..................................... 10,000 Rating Agency Fees............................................. 230,000 Miscellaneous.................................................. 4,900 -------- Total................................................ $800,000 ========
------------------------ * Actual ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. Sections 55-8-50 through 55-8-58 of the North Carolina Business Corporation Act and the By-Laws of the Company permit indemnification of the registrant's directors and officers in a variety of circumstances, which may include liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Act"). In addition, the registrant has purchased insurance permitted by the law of North Carolina on behalf of directors, officers, employees or agents which may cover liabilities under the Act. ITEM 16. EXHIBITS. Exhibits filed herewith:
EXHIBIT NUMBER - --------------------- 1-A -- Form of Underwriting Agreement relating to the New Bonds. 1-B -- Form of Underwriting Agreement relating to the Senior Notes. 1-C -- Form of Underwriting Agreement relating to the Subordinated Debentures. 1-D -- Form of Calculation Agreement relating to the Senior Notes. 4-B-81 -- Form of Supplemental Indenture relating to the New Bonds. 4-D-1 -- Form of Senior Indenture from registrant to The Chase Manhattan Bank relating to the Senior Notes. 4-D-2 -- Form of Subordinated Indenture from registrant to The Chase Manhattan Bank relating to the Subordinated Debentures. 5 -- Opinion of Steve C. Griffith, Jr., Esq. 12 -- Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. 23(A) -- Independent Auditors' Consent. 23(B) -- Consent of Steve C. Griffith, Jr., Esq. (included in Exhibit 5). 23(C) -- Consent of Dewey Ballantine. 24(A) -- Copy of power of attorney authorizing Ellen T. Ruff and others to sign the registration statement on behalf of the registrant and certain of its directors and officers. 24(B) -- Certified copy of resolution of the Board of Directors of the registrant authorizing power of attorney. 25-A -- Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1 of The Chase Manhattan Bank relating to the New Bonds.
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EXHIBIT NUMBER - --------------------- 25-B -- Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1 of The Chase Manhattan Bank relating to the Senior Notes. 25-C -- Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1 of The Chase Manhattan Bank relating to the Subordinated Debentures.
Exhibits incorporated herein by reference:
EXHIBIT NUMBER 4-A-1 -- Form of the New Bonds will be substantially as set forth on pages 7 through 12 of Exhibit 4-B-81 hereto. 4-B-1 -- First and Refunding Mortgage from registrant to Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Trustee, dated as of December 1, 1927 (filed with Form S-1, File No. 2-7224, effective October 15, 1947, as Exhibit 7(a)). 4-B-2 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 12, 1930, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-1, File No. 2-7224, effective October 15, 1947, as Exhibit 7(b)). 4-B-3 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 1, 1935, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-1, File No. 2-7224, effective October 15, 1947, as Exhibit 7(c)). 4-B-4 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1935, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-1, File No. 2-7224, effective October 15, 1947, as Exhibit 7(d)). 4-B-5 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1936, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-1, File No. 2-7224, effective October 15, 1947, as Exhibit 7(e)). 4-B-6 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1941, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-1, File No. 2-7224, effective October 15, 1947, as Exhibit 7(f)). 4-B-7 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1944, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-1, File No. 2-7224, effective October 15, 1947, as Exhibit 7(g)). 4-B-8 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1947, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-1, File No. 2-7224, effective October 15, 1947, as Exhibit 7(h)). 4-B-9 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 8, 1947, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-1, File No. 2-10401, effective August 21, 1953, as Exhibit 4-B-9). 4-B-10 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 1, 1949, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-1, File No. 2-7808, effective February 3, 1949, as Exhibit 7(j)). 4-B-11 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1949, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-1, File No. 2-8877, effective April 6, 1951, as Exhibit 7(k)). 4-B-12 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1951, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-1, File No. 2-8877, effective April 6, 1951, as Exhibit 7(l)). 4-B-13 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1953, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-1, File No. 2-10401, effective August 21, 1953, as Exhibit 4-B-13). 4-B-14 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 1, 1954, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-9, File No. 2-11297, effective December 30, 1954, as Exhibit 2-B-14). 4-B-15 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1955, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-9, File No. 2-11297, effective December 30, 1954, as Exhibit 2-B-15). 4-B-16 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 1956, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-9, File No. 2-12402, effective April 26, 1956, as Exhibit 2-B-16). 4-B-17 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1960, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form 10, effective June 29, 1961, as Exhibit 3-B-18). 4-B-18 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 1, 1960, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form 10, effective June 29, 1961, as Exhibit 3-B-19).
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EXHIBIT NUMBER 4-B-19 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 1, 1962, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-9, File No. 2-20577, effective August 16, 1962, as Exhibit 2-B-20). 4-B-20 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 1, 1962, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-1, File No. 2-25367, effective August 23, 1966, as Exhibit 4-B-19). 4-B-21 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 15, 1964, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-1, File No. 2-25367, effective August 23, 1966, as Exhibit 4-B-20). 4-B-22 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 1, 1965, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-1, File No. 2-25367, effective August 23, 1966, as Exhibit 4-B-21). 4-B-23 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1967, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-9, File No. 2-28023, effective February 15, 1968, as Exhibit 2-B-25). 4-B-24 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 1, 1968, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-9, File No. 2-31304, effective January 21, 1969, as Exhibit 2-B-26). 4-B-25 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 1, 1969, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-7, File No. 2-34289, effective August 27, 1969, as Exhibit 2-B-27). 4-B-26 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1969, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-7, File No. 2-36095, effective February 16, 1970, as Exhibit 2-B-39). 4-B-27 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1970, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-7, File No. 2-37953, effective July 28, 1970, as Exhibit 2-B-42). 4-B-28 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 1, 1970, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-7, File No. 2-39451, effective March 4, 1971, as Exhibit 2-B-28). 4-B-29 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1971, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-7, File No. 2-42404, effective December 7, 1971, as Exhibit 2-B-29). 4-B-30 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1971, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-7, File No. 2-43122, effective March 7, 1972, as Exhibit 2-B-30). 4-B-31 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1972, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-7, File No. 2-46208, effective November 20, 1972, as Exhibit 2-B-31). 4-B-32 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1972, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-7, File No. 2-48058, effective June 5, 1973, as Exhibit 2-B-32). 4-B-33 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 1973, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-7, File No. 2-49333, effective November 5, 1973, as Exhibit 2-B-33). 4-B-34 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 1973, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-7, File No. 2-50493, effective April 25, 1974, as Exhibit 2-B-34). 4-B-35 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 1974, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-7, File No. 2-52669, effective February 11, 1975, as Exhibit 2-B-35). 4-B-36 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 1, 1975, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-7, File No. 2-57118, effective October 5, 1976, as Exhibit 2-B-36).
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EXHIBIT NUMBER 4-B-37 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 1, 1975, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-7, File No. 2-57118, effective October 5, 1976, as Exhibit 2-B-37). 4-B-38 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 1, 1976, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-7, File No. 2-59494, effective August 10, 1977, as Exhibit 2-B-38). 4-B-39 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1977, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-7, File No. 2-61995, effective July 26, 1978, as Exhibit 2-B-39). 4-B-40 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 1, 1978, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-7, File No. 2-64541, effective June 7, 1979, as Exhibit 2-B-40). 4-B-41 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 1979, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-7, File No. 2-65371, effective October 2, 1979, as Exhibit 2-B-41). 4-B-42 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 1, 1979, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-7, File No. 2-66659, effective March 12, 1980, as Exhibit 2-B-42). 4-B-43 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1980, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-16, File No. 2-68571, effective August 19, 1980, as Exhibit 2-B-43). 4-B-44 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 1, 1980, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-16, File No. 2-75951, effective February 23, 1982, as Exhibit 2-B-44). 4-B-45 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1982, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-3, File No. 2-78882, effective August 30, 1982, as Exhibit 4-B-45). 4-B-46 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1982, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-3, File No. 2-95931, effective April 1, 1985, as Exhibit 4-B-46). 4-B-47 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 1983, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-3, File No. 2-95931, effective April 1, 1985, as Exhibit 4-B-47). 4-B-48 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1983, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-3, File No. 2-95931, effective April 1, 1985, as Exhibit 4-B-48). 4-B-49 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1984, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-3, File No. 2-95931, effective April 1, 1985, as Exhibit 4-B-49). 4-B-50 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1985, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-3, File No. 2-95931, effective April 1, 1985, as Exhibit 4-B-50). 4-B-51 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1985, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-3, File No. 33-5163, effective May 2, 1986, as Exhibit 4-B-51). 4-B-52 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1986, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-3, File No. 33-5163, effective May 2, 1986, as Exhibit 4-B-52). 4-B-53 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 1986, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1986, File No. 1-4928, as Exhibit 4-B-53). 4-B-54 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 1986, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1986, File No. 1-4928, as Exhibit 4-B-54).
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EXHIBIT NUMBER 4-B-55 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 1, 1987, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1986, File No. 1-4928, as Exhibit 4-B-55). 4-B-56 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 15, 1987, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1986, File No. 1-4928, as Exhibit 4-B-56). 4-B-57 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1987, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1986, File No. 1-4928, as Exhibit 4-B-57). 4-B-58 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 1, 1987, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1987, File No. 1-4928, as Exhibit 4-B-58). 4-B-59 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 1, 1990, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1989, File No. 1-4928, as Exhibit 4-B-59). 4-B-60 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1990, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1990, File No. 1-4928, as Exhibit 4-B-60). 4-B-61 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 1990, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1990, File No. 1-4928, as Exhibit 4-B-61). 4-B-62 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 15, 1990, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1990, File No. 1-4928, as Exhibit 4-B-62). 4-B-63 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1991, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1990, File No. 1-4928, as Exhibit 4-B-63). 4-B-64 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 1, 1991, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-3, File No. 33-45501, effective February 13, 1992, as Exhibit 4-B-64). 4-B-65 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1991, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-3, File No. 33-45501, effective February 13, 1992, as Exhibit 4-B-65). 4-B-66 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1992, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1991, File No. 1-4928, as Exhibit 4-B-66). 4-B-67 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 1992, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-3, File No. 33-50592, effective August 11, 1992, as Exhibit 4-B-67). 4-B-68 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 1, 1992, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-3, File No. 33-50592, effective August 11, 1992, as Exhibit 4-B-68). 4-B-69 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1992, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-3, File No. 33-53308, effective November 24, 1992, as Exhibit 4-B-69).
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EXHIBIT NUMBER 4-B-70 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 1, 1993, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1992, File No. 1-4928, as Exhibit 4-B-70). 4-B-71 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1993, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-3, File No. 33-59448, effective March 17, 1993, as Exhibit 4-B-71). 4-B-72 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1993, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-3, File No. 33-50543, effective October 20, 1993, as Exhibit 4-B-72). 4-B-73 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 1993, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-3, File No. 33-50543, effective October 20, 1993, as Exhibit 4-B-73). 4-B-74 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 1993, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-3, File No. 33-50543, effective October 20, 1993, as Exhibit 4-B-74). 4-B-75 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 1, 1993, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-3, File No. 33-50543, effective October 20, 1993, as Exhibit 4-B-75). 4-B-76 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 1, 1993, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-3, File No. 33-50543, effective October 20, 1993, as Exhibit 4-B-76). 4-B-77 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 20, 1993, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form S-3, File No. 33-50543, effective October 20, 1993, as Exhibit 4-B-77). 4-B-78 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 1994, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994, File No. 1-4928, as Exhibit 4-B-78). 4-B-79 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 1994, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994, File No. 1-4928, as Exhibit 4-B-79). 4-B-80 -- Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 1, 1995, supplementing said Mortgage (filed with Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995, File No. 1-4928, as Exhibit 4-B-80). 4-C -- Instrument of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance among the registrant, Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, as Trustee, and Chemical Bank (now The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Successor Trustee, dated as of August 30, 1994 (filed with Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994, File No. 1-4928, as Exhibit 4-C). 4-C-1 -- Form of the Senior Notes will be substantially as set forth on pages 12 through 18 of Exhibit 4-D-1 hereto or as to be filed as Exhibit(s) by means of Form 8-K. 4-C-2 -- Form of the Subordinated Debentures will be substantially as set forth on pages 13 through 18 of Exhibit 4-D-2 hereto or as to be filed as Exhibit(s) by means of Form 8-K.
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made of the securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: (i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Act; (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the II-6 25 form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement; provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (i) and (ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement. (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. (4) That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the indemnification provisions described in Item 15 above or in contractual arrangements pursuant thereto, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. II-7 26 SIGNATURES PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THE REGISTRANT CERTIFIES THAT IT HAS REASONABLE GROUNDS TO BELIEVE THAT IT MEETS ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING ON FORM S-3 AND HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR AMENDMENT THERETO TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED, IN THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE AND STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ON THE 16TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1996. DUKE POWER COMPANY Registrant By: W. H. GRIGG ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR AMENDMENT THERETO HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATE INDICATED.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE - --------------------------------- --------------------------------------- ----------------- W. H. GRIGG Chairman of the Board and October 16, 1996 Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) RICHARD J. OSBORNE Senior Vice President and October 16, 1996 Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) JEFFREY L. BOYER Controller (Principal October 16, 1996 Accounting Officer) G. ALEX BERNHARDT CRANDALL C. BOWLES ROBERT J. BROWN W. A. COLEY STEVE C. GRIFFITH, JR. W. H. GRIGG GEORGE DEAN JOHNSON, JR. October 16, 1996 W. W. JOHNSON MAX LENNON JAMES G. MARTIN BUCK MICKEL R. B. PRIORY RUSSELL M. ROBINSON, II
I,1 ELLEN T. RUFF, by signing her name hereto, does hereby sign this document on behalf of the registrant and on behalf of each of the above-named persons pursuant to a power of attorney duly executed by the registrant and such persons, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit hereto. ELLEN T. RUFF ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ELLEN T. RUFF Attorney-in-fact A majority of the Directors 27 EXHIBIT 12 DUKE POWER COMPANY COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
12 MONTHS ENDED YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, DECEMBER 31, 1996 ----------------- 199319921991 -------------------------- 1995 ----------------- 1994 -- ---------- --------- --------- Earnings Before Income Taxes......... $1,203,371 $1,180,979 $1,035,895 $1,036,392 $ 812,053 $ 876,641 Fixed Charges........................ 297,162 299,633 278,117 281,428 326,575 310,030 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Total................... $1,500,533 $1,480,612 $1,314,012 $1,317,820 $1,138,628 $1,186,671 =========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== Fixed Charges Interest on long-term debt....... $ 253,781 $ 253,058 $ 237,063 $ 243,047 $ 257,149 $ 269,419 Other interest................... 17,962 21,143 16,814 17,704 47,239 23,947 Amortization of debt discount, premium, and expense........... 16,085 16,239 16,340 13,300 8,497 5,243 Interest component of rentals.... 9,334 9,193 7,900 7,377 13,690 11,421 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Fixed Charges........... $ 297,162 $ 299,633 $ 278,117 $ 281,428 $ 326,575 $ 310,030 =========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges... 5.05 4.94 4.72 4.68 3.49 3.83
II-9 28 EXHIBIT 23(A) INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT We consent to (i) the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of Duke Power Company, (ii) the incorporation by reference in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-02571 on Form S-3 of Duke Power Company and (iii) the incorporation by reference in Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement No. 33-50543 on Form S-3 of Duke Power Company of our report dated February 9, 1996, appearing in the annual report on Form 10-K of Duke Power Company for the year ended December 31, 1995 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus which is a part of these Registration Statements. DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP - ------------------------ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP Charlotte, North Carolina October 16, 1996 II-10 29 EXHIBIT 23(B) CONSENT OF COUNSEL The consent of Steve C. Griffith, Jr., Esq. is contained in his opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement. II-11 30 EXHIBIT 23(C) We hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the heading "Legal Opinions" in the Prospectus forming a part of this Registration Statement. In giving such 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 of 1933 and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder. DEWEY BALLANTINE - ------------------------ DEWEY BALLANTINE New York, New York October 16, 1996 II-12 31 EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT NUMBER EXHIBIT - --------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- 1-A -- Form of Underwriting Agreement relating to the New Bonds. 1-B -- Form of Underwriting Agreement relating to the Senior Notes. 1-C -- Form of Underwriting Agreement relating to the Subordinated Debentures. 1-D -- Form of Calculation Agreement relating to the Senior Notes. 4-B-81 -- Form of Supplemental Indenture relating to the New Bonds. 4-D-1 -- Form of Senior Indenture from registrant to The Chase Manhattan Bank relating to the Senior Notes. 4-D-2 -- Form of Subordinated Indenture from registrant to The Chase Manhattan Bank relating to the Subordinated Debentures. 5 -- Opinion of Steve C. Griffith, Jr., Esq. 12 -- Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges (see page II-9 of Registration Statement). 23(A) -- Independent Auditors' Consent (see page II-10 of Registration Statement). 23(B) -- Consent of Steve C. Griffith, Jr., Esq. (included in Exhibit 5 -- see page II-11 of Registration Statement). 23(C) -- Consent of Dewey Ballantine (see page II-12 of Registration Statement). 24(A) -- Copy of power of attorney authorizing Ellen T. Ruff and others to sign the Registration Statement on behalf of the registrant and certain of its directors and officers. 24(B) -- Certified copy of resolution of the Board of Directors of the registrant authorizing power of attorney. 25-A -- Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1 of The Chase Manhattan Bank relating to the New Bonds. 25-B -- Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1 of The Chase Manhattan Bank relating to the Senior Notes. 25-C -- Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1 of The Chase Manhattan Bank relating to the Subordinated Debentures.
EX-1.A 2 FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT/NEW BONDS 1 (Proof of October 16, 1996) $ DUKE POWER COMPANY FIRST AND REFUNDING MORTGAGE BONDS, % SERIES DUE UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT , 199 Gentlemen: 1. Introductory. DUKE POWER COMPANY, a North Carolina corporation ("Company"), proposes to issue and sell $ aggregate principal amount of First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, % Series Due ("Bonds"), to be issued pursuant to the provisions of a First and Refunding Mortgage, dated as of December 1, 1927 ("Original Indenture"), from the Company to The Chase Manhattan Bank, successor Trustee, as amended and supplemented by various supplemental indentures, including the supplemental indenture dated as of , (the Original Indenture, as so amended and supplemented, being hereinafter called the "Mortgage"), and hereby agrees with you (the "Underwriter") as follows: 2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriter that: (a) A registration statement (No. ), including a prospectus, relating to the Bonds has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act") and has been declared effective by the Commission. The Company will file with, or will transmit for filing to, the Commission a supplemented prospectus relating to the Bonds pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act. The registration statement as amended at the date of this Agreement (including all documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act) is hereinafter referred to as the "Registration Statement", and such supplemented prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act) is hereinafter referred to as the "Prospectus". (b) The Registration Statement conforms and the Prospectus will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder ("1933 Act Regulations"), and the Registration Statement does not and the Prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except that the foregoing does not apply to statements or omissions in any such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter specifically for use therein. (c) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, at the time they were filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act") and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the "1934 Act Regulations"), and, when read together with the other information in the Prospectus, do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and any documents deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus will, when they 2 are filed with the Commission, comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations, and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. 3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Bonds. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Company, the entire principal amount of the Bonds at a purchase price of % of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest from , to the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined). Payment of the purchase price for the Bonds to be purchased by the Underwriter shall be made at the offices of Dewey Ballantine, 1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y., or at such other place as shall be mutually agreed upon by you and the Company, at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on , or such other time not later than three full business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by you and the Company (the "Closing Date"). Payment shall be made to the Company by certified or official bank check or checks in New York Clearing House or similar next day funds, payable to the order of the Company, against delivery to you of the Bonds. The Bonds shall be in such denominations and registered in such names as you may request in writing at least two full business days before the Closing Date. 4. Offering by the Underwriter. It is understood that the Underwriter proposes to offer the Bonds for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus. 5. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with the Underwriter that: (a) The Company will advise you promptly of any amendment or supplementation of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement, and will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting, if issued. (b) If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Bonds is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Prospectus to comply with the 1933 Act, the Company promptly will prepare and file with the Commission an amendment, supplement or an appropriate document pursuant to Section 13 or 14 of the 1934 Act which will correct such statement or omission or which will effect such compliance. (c) The Company, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Bonds is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will file promptly all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 14 of the 1934 Act. (d) The Company will make generally available to its security holders, in each case as soon as practicable but not later than 60 days after the close of the period covered thereby, earnings statements (in form complying with the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act, which need not be certified by independent certified public accountants unless required by the 1933 Act) covering (i) a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the effective date of the Registration Statement and (ii) a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the date of this Agreement. (e) The Company will furnish to you copies of the Registration Statement ( of which will be signed and will include all exhibits other than those incorporated by reference), the Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as you reasonably request. (f) The Company will arrange or cooperate in arrangements for the qualification of the Bonds for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as you designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so 2 3 long as required for the distribution; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file any general consents to service of process under the laws of any state where it is not now so subject. (g) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement including (i) the printing and filing of the Registration Statement and the printing of this Agreement, the Blue Sky Survey and any Underwriter's Questionnaire, (ii) the issuance and delivery of the Bonds to the Underwriter, (iii) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter in connection with the qualification of the Bonds under the securities laws of any jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions of Section 5(f) and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey, such fees not to exceed $5,000, and (iv) the printing and delivery to the Underwriter, in quantities as hereinabove referred to, of copies of the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto, and of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto. 6. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase and pay for the Bonds will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent: (a) Prior to the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or you, shall be threatened by the Commission. (b) Prior to the Closing Date, the rating assigned by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Corporation to any debt securities or preferred stock of the Company as of the date of this Agreement shall not have been lowered. (c) Since the respective most recent dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus and up to the Closing Date, there shall not have been any material adverse change in the condition of the Company, financial or otherwise, except as reflected in or contemplated by the Prospectus, and, since such dates and up to the Closing Date, there shall not have been any material transaction entered into by the Company other than transactions contemplated by the Prospectus and transactions in the ordinary course of business. (d) You shall have received an opinion of Steve C. Griffith, Jr., Esq., General Counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that: (i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of North Carolina, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus. (ii) The Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which it owns or leases substantial properties or in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification. (iii) The Mortgage has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, is duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, and is a legal, valid and enforceable instrument in accordance with its terms, except (x) as the same may be limited by the laws of the States of North Carolina and South Carolina (in which States such counsel is advised all physical property of the Company subject to the Mortgage is located except for certain interconnection lines) with respect to or affecting the remedies to enforce the security provided by the Mortgage, which laws do not, in the opinion of such counsel, make inadequate the remedies necessary for the realization of the benefits of such security, and by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights, and (y) that the provisions of the Mortgage subjecting to the lien thereof the revenues and income from the mortgaged property may not be effective prior to the 3 4 delivery or taking of possession of such revenues or income or of the mortgaged property by or on behalf of the bondholders. (iv) The Bonds have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and, when the same have been executed and authenticated as specified in the Mortgage and delivered to the Underwriter against payment of the consideration therefor specified in this Agreement, will be legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, except, in each case, as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights, and are entitled to the benefits and security afforded by the Mortgage in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage and the Bonds, except as set forth in paragraph (iii) above. (v) The Company has good title to all properties owned by it, subject only (a) to the lien of the Mortgage, (b) to permitted encumbrances as defined in the Mortgage, (c) to minor exceptions and defects which do not, in the aggregate, in the opinion of such counsel, materially interfere with the use by the Company of such properties for the purposes for which they are held, materially detract from the value of said properties or in any material way impair the security afforded by the Mortgage, and (d) in the case of the Company's existing hydroelectric plants, to provisions of licenses issued by the Federal Power Commission or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and to the provisions of the Federal Power Act. (vi) The Mortgage complies as to form with all applicable laws of the States wherein the properties subjected or intended to be subjected to the lien of the Mortgage are located, including all applicable recording laws, and constitutes a valid, direct first mortgage lien on all properties and franchises purported to be owned by the Company, except such property as is specifically excepted from the lien thereof, subject only to the liens, charges and encumbrances stated in paragraph (v) above; all fixed electric properties hereafter acquired by the Company will, upon such acquisition, become subject to the lien of the Mortgage, subject, however, to liens or charges of the character permitted to exist by the Mortgage, and to liens, if any, existing or placed on such property at the time of the acquisition thereof by the Company; and the description of such property and franchises in the Mortgage is adequate to constitute the same a lien on such property and franchises of the Company except as aforesaid. (vii) The Company holds valid and subsisting franchises, licenses and permits in all communities wherein it operates its properties, which are free from unduly burdensome restrictions, are individually satisfactory and vest in the Company adequate authority to operate its public utility system therein, except that in a few municipalities the Company is operating either without franchises or with franchises the validity of which might possibly be called into question; in the opinion of such counsel, however, the Company's franchises, licenses and permits relating to its public utility business, as a system, are satisfactory for the adequate conduct of the business of the Company in the territory which it serves, the rights of the Company to maintain transmission lines through unincorporated communities and over public lands not located in incorporated communities and over private rights of way are, as a system, satisfactory for the adequate conduct of the business of the Company in the territory which it serves, and, as a public utility corporation operating under the laws of the States of North Carolina and South Carolina, the Company has adequate rights to operate its system. (viii) The Original Indenture and the supplemental indentures thereto, other than the supplemental indenture dated as of , , have been duly recorded or filed for recordation in all such offices as are necessary to perfect and to preserve and protect the lien of the Mortgage upon the property intended to be subjected to the lien thereof, and upon the filing and recording of the supplemental indenture dated as of , , no other recording or any periodic or other refiling or rerecording of the Mortgage is or will be required in order to perfect and to preserve and protect the lien of the Mortgage upon such property, and there are no mortgage, recording or other 4 5 taxes required to be paid in connection with such filing and recording or in connection with the issuance of the Bonds other than customary filing and recording fees. (ix) The Registration Statement has become effective under the 1933 Act, and, to the best of the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened under the 1933 Act. (x) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. (xi) The North Carolina Utilities Commission and The Public Service Commission of South Carolina have issued appropriate orders with respect to the issuance and sale of the Bonds in accordance with this Agreement, and, to the best of the knowledge of such counsel, such orders are still in effect; the issuance and sale of the Bonds to the Underwriter are in conformity with the terms of such orders; and no other authorization, approval or consent of any other governmental body (other than in connection or compliance with the provisions of the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction) is legally required for the issuance and sale of the Bonds pursuant to this Agreement. (xii) The performance by the Company of this Agreement will not contravene any of the provisions of the Restated Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company. (xiii) The descriptions in the Registration Statement and Prospectus of legal or governmental proceedings are accurate and fairly present the information required to be shown and such counsel does not know of any other legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus which are not described as required. (e) You shall have received an opinion or opinions of Dewey Ballantine, counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the matters set forth in (i), (iii), (iv) and (ix) through (xii) of Section 6(d) and to the further effect that: (i) The Registration Statement as of the date of effectiveness under the 1933 Act and the Prospectus as of the date it was filed with, or transmitted for filing to, the Commission (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information included therein, as to which no opinion need be rendered) complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, and nothing has come to their attention that would lead them to believe that the Registration Statement as of the date of effectiveness under the 1933 Act (or if an amendment to such Registration Statement or an annual report on Form 10-K has been filed by the Company with the Commission subsequent to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, then at the time of the most recent such filing) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Prospectus as of the date it was filed with, or transmitted for filing to, the Commission and at the Closing Date contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. (ii) The statements made in the Prospectus under the captions "Description of the New Bonds" and "Certain Terms of the Offered Bonds", insofar as they purport to summarize provisions of documents specifically referred to therein, fairly present the information called for with respect thereto by Form S-3. In giving their opinion Dewey Ballantine may rely on the opinion of Steve C. Griffith, Jr., Esq. as to matters of the laws of North Carolina and South Carolina. (f) You shall have received the opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, counsel for the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the matters set forth in (i), (iii), (iv) and (ix) through (xi) of Section 6(d) and in (i) and (ii) of Section 6(e) and other related matters as you may require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of 5 6 enabling them to pass upon such matters. In giving their opinion Willkie Farr & Gallagher may rely on the opinion of Steve C. Griffith, Jr., Esq. as to matters of the laws of North Carolina and South Carolina. (g) You shall have received a certificate of the President or any Vice President and a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, in which such officers, to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date, that the conditions specified in Section 6(b) and Section 6(c) have been satisfied, and that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are threatened by the Commission. (h) On the date of this Agreement, you shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter dated the date hereof, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you, to the effect that (i) they are independent certified public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the applicable published 1933 Act Regulations; (ii) in their opinion, the financial statements and supplemental schedules incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement from the Company's Form 10-K Annual Reports filed with the Commission under Section 13 of the 1934 Act (such 10-K Annual Report for December 31 of the most recent year for which the Company has filed an Annual Report on Form 10-K, or, if the Company has filed a Current Report on Form 8-K including audited financial statements for a later year but has not theretofore filed an Annual Report on Form 10-K for such year, such Current Report on Form 8-K, being hereinafter referred to as the "Form 10-K") comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1934 Act and the applicable published 1934 Act Regulations; (iii) they have read the unaudited balance sheets of the Company as of the end of each quarter since the end of the year covered by the Form 10-K and the related unaudited statements of income and cash flows of the Company for the interim periods ended as of the end of each of the quarters since the end of the year covered by the Form 10-K and the corresponding interim periods in the preceding year incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and included in the Company's Form 10-Q Quarterly Reports, if any, filed with the Commission under Section 13 of the 1934 Act for the quarters ended since the end of the year covered by the Form 10-K (the "Form 10-Q's"); and on the basis of a reading of such unaudited balance sheets and such unaudited statements of income and cash flows and of the latest available unaudited financial statements of the Company, the minutes of the meetings of shareholders, the Board of Directors and the Management Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company as set forth in the minute books at a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter and inquiries of officers of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters (it being understood that the foregoing procedures do not constitute an examination made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and that they would not necessarily reveal matters of significance with respect to the comments made in such letter, and, accordingly, that Deloitte & Touche LLP make no representation as to the sufficiency of such procedures for your purposes), nothing has come to their attention which caused them to believe that (A) any material modifications should be made to the unaudited financial statements of the Company as at the end of each quarter since the end of the year covered by the Form 10-K and for the interim periods ended as of the end of each of the quarters since the end of the year covered by the Form 10-K and the corresponding interim periods in the preceding year included in the Form 10-Q's and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement for it to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, (B) such unaudited financial statements do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1934 Act and the applicable published 1934 Act Regulations or (C) at a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter there was any change in the capital stock (except for the issuance of common stock under the Company's Stock Purchase-Savings Program for Employees, Employees' Stock Ownership Plan, Stock Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan or Stock Ownership Plan for Nonemployee Directors) or long-term debt of the Company (except for increases resulting from issuances of debt pursuant to the Company's Medium-Term Notes Program or reductions resulting from redemptions, purchases, payments of sinking fund obligations or scheduled maturities) or any decrease in its net assets, 6 7 in each case as compared with amounts shown in the most recent balance sheet of the Company incorporated by reference in the Prospectus except, with respect to clause (C), for changes or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur; and (iv) they have carried out certain procedures, and made certain findings confirming certain other financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus. (i) At the Closing Date you shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that such accountants reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to paragraph (h) of this Section 6, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than four days prior to the Closing Date. The Company will furnish you with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as you reasonably request. 7. Indemnification. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act, as follows: (i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus, the prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement in the form in which it became effective or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, unless such statement or omission or such alleged statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such preliminary prospectus, such prospectus, or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); (ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company; and (iii) against any and all expense whatsoever reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above. In no case shall the Company be liable under this indemnity agreement with respect to any claim made against the Underwriter or any such controlling person unless the Company shall be notified in writing of the nature of the claim within a reasonable time after the assertion thereof, but failure so to notify the Company shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. The Company shall be entitled to participate at its own expense in the defense, or, if it so elects, within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice, to assume the defense of any suit brought to enforce any such claim, but if it so elects to assume the defense, such defense shall be conducted by counsel chosen by it and approved by the Underwriter or controlling person or persons, defendant or defendants in any suit so brought, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. In any such suit, the Underwriter or any such controlling person shall have the right to employ its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Underwriter or such controlling person unless (i) the Company and the Underwriter shall have mutually agreed to the employment of such counsel, or (ii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both the Underwriter or such controlling person and the Company and the Underwriter or such controlling person shall have been advised by such counsel that a conflict of interest 7 8 between the Company and the Underwriter or such controlling person may arise and for this reason it is not desirable for the same counsel to represent both the indemnifying party and also the indemnified party (it being understood, however, that the Company shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys for the Underwriter and all such controlling persons, which firm shall be designated in writing by you). The Company agrees to notify you within a reasonable time of the assertion of any claim against it, any of its officers or directors or any person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act, in connection with the sale of the Bonds. (b) The Underwriter agrees that it will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, and each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act to the same extent as the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, but only with respect to statements or omissions made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, such prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), such preliminary prospectus, such prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto). In case any action shall be brought against the Company or any person so indemnified based on the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such preliminary prospectus, such prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) and in respect of which indemnity may be sought against the Underwriter, the Underwriter shall have the rights and duties given to the Company, and the Company and each person so indemnified shall have the rights and duties given to the Underwriter, by the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section. 8. Termination of this Agreement. (a) You shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by giving the notice indicated below in this Section at any time at or prior to the Closing Date if (i) trading on the New York Stock Exchange shall be suspended by that Exchange or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by either Federal or New York authorities, or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak of hostilities or other national or international calamity or crisis, or any declaration of war or a national emergency by the United States, the effect of which on the financial markets of the United States shall be such as, in your reasonable judgment, to make it impracticable for you to enforce contracts for the sale of the Bonds. If you shall so terminate this Agreement, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except for any expenses to be paid or reimbursed by the Company pursuant to Section 5(g). (b) If the Underwriter elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section, the Company shall be notified promptly by the Underwriter, by telephone or telecopy, confirmed by letter. 9. Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the Underwriter set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of the Underwriter or the Company, or any of its officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Bonds. 10. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Underwriter, will be mailed, delivered, or telecopied and confirmed to you at , , , , attention of , or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered, or telecopied and confirmed to it at 422 South Church Street, Charlotte, N.C. 28242-0001, attention of Richard J. Osborne, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. 11. Successors. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriter and the Company and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and the controlling persons and the officers and directors referred to in Section 7, and their 8 9 respective successors, heirs and legal representatives any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained; this Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and said controlling persons, officers and directors and their respective successors, heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Bonds from the Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase. 12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 13. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Company and the Underwriter in accordance with its terms. Very truly yours, DUKE POWER COMPANY By: The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written. By: 9 EX-1.B 3 FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT/SENIOR NOTES 1 (Proof of October 16, 1996) $ DUKE POWER COMPANY % SENIOR NOTES DUE UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT , 199 Gentlemen: 1. Introductory. DUKE POWER COMPANY, a North Carolina corporation ("Company"), proposes to issue and sell $ aggregate principal amount of % Senior Notes due ("Notes"), to be issued pursuant to the provisions of a Senior Indenture, dated as of October 1, 1996 ("Indenture"), between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank, and hereby agrees with you (the "Underwriter") as follows: 2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriter that: (a) A registration statement (No. ), including a prospectus, relating to the Notes has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act") and has been declared effective by the Commission. The Company will file with, or will transmit for filing to, the Commission a supplemented prospectus relating to the Notes pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act. The registration statement as amended at the date of this Agreement (including all documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act) is hereinafter referred to as the "Registration Statement", and such supplemented prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act) is hereinafter referred to as the "Prospectus". (b) The Registration Statement conforms and the Prospectus will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder ("1933 Act Regulations"), and the Registration Statement does not and the Prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except that the foregoing does not apply to statements or omissions in any such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter specifically for use therein. (c) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, at the time they were filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act") and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the "1934 Act Regulations"), and, when read together with the other information in the Prospectus, do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and any documents deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus will, when they are filed with the Commission, comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations, and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. 2 3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Notes. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Company, the entire principal amount of the Notes at a purchase price of % of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest from , to the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined). Payment of the purchase price for the Notes to be purchased by the Underwriter shall be made at the offices of Dewey Ballantine, 1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y., or at such other place as shall be mutually agreed upon by you and the Company, at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on , or such other time not later than three full business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by you and the Company (the "Closing Date"). Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer in immediately available funds, payable to the order of the Company against delivery of the Notes, in fully registered form, to or upon your order. The Notes shall be delivered in the form of a global note in the denomination equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes upon original issuance and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company. 4. Offering by the Underwriter. It is understood that the Underwriter proposes to offer the Notes for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus. 5. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with the Underwriter that: (a) The Company will advise you promptly of any amendment or supplementation of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement, and will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting, if issued. (b) If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Notes is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Prospectus to comply with the 1933 Act, the Company promptly will prepare and file with the Commission an amendment, supplement or an appropriate document pursuant to Section 13 or 14 of the 1934 Act which will correct such statement or omission or which will effect such compliance. (c) The Company, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Notes is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will file promptly all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 14 of the 1934 Act. (d) The Company will make generally available to its security holders, in each case as soon as practicable but not later than 60 days after the close of the period covered thereby, earnings statements (in form complying with the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act, which need not be certified by independent certified public accountants unless required by the 1933 Act) covering (i) a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the effective date of the Registration Statement and (ii) a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the date of this Agreement. (e) The Company will furnish to you copies of the Registration Statement ( of which will be signed and will include all exhibits other than those incorporated by reference), the Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as you reasonably request. (f) The Company will arrange or cooperate in arrangements for the qualification of the Notes for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as you designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file any general consents to service of process under the laws of any state where it is not now so subject. 2 3 (g) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement including (i) the printing and filing of the Registration Statement and the printing of this Agreement, the Blue Sky Survey and any Underwriter's Questionnaire, (ii) the issuance and delivery of the Notes as specified herein, (iii) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter in connection with the qualification of the Notes under the securities laws of any jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions of Section 5(f) and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey, such fees not to exceed $5,000, and (iv) the printing and delivery to the Underwriter, in quantities as hereinabove referred to, of copies of the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto, and of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto. 6. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase and pay for the Notes will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent: (a) Prior to the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or you, shall be threatened by the Commission. (b) Prior to the Closing Date, the rating assigned by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Corporation to any debt securities or preferred stock of the Company as of the date of this Agreement shall not have been lowered. (c) Since the respective most recent dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus and up to the Closing Date, there shall not have been any material adverse change in the condition of the Company, financial or otherwise, except as reflected in or contemplated by the Prospectus, and, since such dates and up to the Closing Date, there shall not have been any material transaction entered into by the Company other than transactions contemplated by the Prospectus and transactions in the ordinary course of business. (d) You shall have received an opinion of Steve C. Griffith, Jr., Esq., General Counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that: (i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of North Carolina, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus. (ii) The Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which it owns or leases substantial properties or in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification. (iii) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, is duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and is a legal, valid and enforceable instrument in accordance with its terms except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights. (iv) The Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and, when the same have been executed and authenticated as specified in the Indenture and delivered to the Underwriter against payment of the consideration therefor specified in this Agreement, will be legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, except, in each case, as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights, and are entitled to the benefits afforded by the Indenture in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Notes. (v) The Registration Statement has become effective under the 1933 Act, and, to the best of the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration 3 4 Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened under the 1933 Act. (vi) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. (vii) The North Carolina Utilities Commission and The Public Service Commission of South Carolina have issued appropriate orders with respect to the issuance and sale of the Notes in accordance with this Agreement, and, to the best of the knowledge of such counsel, such orders are still in effect; the issuance and sale of the Notes to the Underwriter are in conformity with the terms of such orders; and no other authorization, approval or consent of any other governmental body (other than in connection or compliance with the provisions of the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction) is legally required for the issuance and sale of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement. (viii) The performance by the Company of this Agreement will not contravene any of the provisions of the Restated Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company. (ix) The descriptions in the Registration Statement and Prospectus of legal or governmental proceedings are accurate and fairly present the information required to be shown and such counsel does not know of any other legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus which are not described as required. (e) You shall have received an opinion or opinions of Dewey Ballantine, counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the matters set forth in (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) through (viii) of Section 6(d) and to the further effect that: (i) The Registration Statement as of the date of effectiveness under the 1933 Act and the Prospectus as of the date it was filed with, or transmitted for filing to, the Commission (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information included therein, as to which no opinion need be rendered) complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, and nothing has come to their attention that would lead them to believe that the Registration Statement as of the date of effectiveness under the 1933 Act (or if an amendment to such Registration Statement or an annual report on Form 10-K has been filed by the Company with the Commission subsequent to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, then at the time of the most recent such filing) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Prospectus as of the date it was filed with, or transmitted for filing to, the Commission and at the Closing Date contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. (ii) The statements made in the Prospectus under the captions "Description of the Debt Securities" (but only with respect to the Notes) and "Certain Terms of the Offered Notes", insofar as they purport to summarize provisions of documents specifically referred to therein, fairly present the information called for with respect thereto by Form S-3. In giving their opinion Dewey Ballantine may rely on the opinion of Steve C. Griffith, Jr., Esq. as to matters of the laws of North Carolina and South Carolina. (f) You shall have received the opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, counsel for the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the matters set forth in (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) through (viii) of Section 6(d) and in (i) and (ii) of Section 6(e) and other related matters as you may require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. In giving their opinion Willkie Farr & Gallagher may rely on the opinion of Steve C. Griffith, Jr., Esq. as to matters of the laws of North Carolina and South Carolina. (g) You shall have received a certificate of the President or any Vice President and a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, in which such officers, to the best 4 5 of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date, that the conditions specified in Section 6(b) and Section 6(c) have been satisfied, and that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are threatened by the Commission. (h) On the date of this Agreement, you shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter dated the date hereof, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you, to the effect that (i) they are independent certified public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the applicable published 1933 Act Regulations; (ii) in their opinion, the financial statements and supplemental schedules incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement from the Company's Form 10-K Annual Reports filed with the Commission under Section 13 of the 1934 Act (such 10-K Annual Report for December 31 of the most recent year for which the Company has filed an Annual Report on Form 10-K, or, if the Company has filed a Current Report on Form 8-K including audited financial statements for a later year but has not theretofore filed an Annual Report on Form 10-K for such year, such Current Report on Form 8-K, being hereinafter referred to as the "Form 10-K") comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1934 Act and the applicable published 1934 Act Regulations; (iii) they have read the unaudited balance sheets of the Company as of the end of each quarter since the end of the year covered by the Form 10-K and the related unaudited statements of income and cash flows of the Company for the interim periods ended as of the end of each of the quarters since the end of the year covered by the Form 10-K and the corresponding interim periods in the preceding year incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and included in the Company's Form 10-Q Quarterly Reports, if any, filed with the Commission under Section 13 of the 1934 Act for the quarters ended since the end of the year covered by the Form 10-K (the "Form 10-Q's"); and on the basis of a reading of such unaudited balance sheets and such unaudited statements of income and cash flows and of the latest available unaudited financial statements of the Company, the minutes of the meetings of shareholders, the Board of Directors and the Management Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company as set forth in the minute books at a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter and inquiries of officers of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters (it being understood that the foregoing procedures do not constitute an examination made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and that they would not necessarily reveal matters of significance with respect to the comments made in such letter, and, accordingly, that Deloitte & Touche LLP make no representation as to the sufficiency of such procedures for your purposes), nothing has come to their attention which caused them to believe that (A) any material modifications should be made to the unaudited financial statements of the Company as at the end of each quarter since the end of the year covered by the Form 10-K and for the interim periods ended as of the end of each of the quarters since the end of the year covered by the Form 10-K and the corresponding interim periods in the preceding year included in the Form 10-Q's and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement for it to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, (B) such unaudited financial statements do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1934 Act and the applicable published 1934 Act Regulations or (C) at a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter there was any change in the capital stock (except for the issuance of common stock under the Company's Stock Purchase-Savings Program for Employees, Employees' Stock Ownership Plan, Stock Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan or Stock Ownership Plan for Nonemployee Directors) or long-term debt of the Company (except for increases resulting from issuances of debt pursuant to the Company's Medium-Term Notes Program or reductions resulting from redemptions, purchases, payments of sinking fund obligations or scheduled maturities) or any decrease in its net assets, in each case as compared with amounts shown in the most recent balance sheet of the Company incorporated by reference in the Prospectus except, with respect to clause (C), for changes or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur; and (iv) they have carried out certain 5 6 procedures, and made certain findings confirming certain other financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus. (i) At the Closing Date you shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that such accountants reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to paragraph (h) of this Section 6, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than four days prior to the Closing Date. The Company will furnish you with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as you reasonably request. 7. Indemnification. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act, as follows: (i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus, the prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement in the form in which it became effective or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, unless such statement or omission or such alleged statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such preliminary prospectus, such prospectus, or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); (ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company; and (iii) against any and all expense whatsoever reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above. In no case shall the Company be liable under this indemnity agreement with respect to any claim made against the Underwriter or any such controlling person unless the Company shall be notified in writing of the nature of the claim within a reasonable time after the assertion thereof, but failure so to notify the Company shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. The Company shall be entitled to participate at its own expense in the defense, or, if it so elects, within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice, to assume the defense of any suit brought to enforce any such claim, but if it so elects to assume the defense, such defense shall be conducted by counsel chosen by it and approved by the Underwriter or controlling person or persons, defendant or defendants in any suit so brought, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. In any such suit, the Underwriter or any such controlling person shall have the right to employ its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Underwriter or such controlling person unless (i) the Company and the Underwriter shall have mutually agreed to the employment of such counsel, or (ii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both the Underwriter or such controlling person and the Company and the Underwriter or such controlling person shall have been advised by such counsel that a conflict of interest between the Company and the Underwriter or such controlling person may arise and for this reason it is not desirable for the same counsel to represent both the indemnifying party and also the indemnified party (it being understood, however, that the Company shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate 6 7 but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys for the Underwriter and all such controlling persons, which firm shall be designated in writing by you). The Company agrees to notify you within a reasonable time of the assertion of any claim against it, any of its officers or directors or any person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act, in connection with the sale of the Notes. (b) The Underwriter agrees that it will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, and each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act to the same extent as the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, but only with respect to statements or omissions made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, such prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), such preliminary prospectus, such prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto). In case any action shall be brought against the Company or any person so indemnified based on the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such preliminary prospectus, such prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) and in respect of which indemnity may be sought against the Underwriter, the Underwriter shall have the rights and duties given to the Company, and the Company and each person so indemnified shall have the rights and duties given to the Underwriter, by the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section. 8. Termination of this Agreement. (a) You shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by giving the notice indicated below in this Section at any time at or prior to the Closing Date if (i) trading on the New York Stock Exchange shall be suspended by that Exchange or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by either Federal or New York authorities, or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak of hostilities or other national or international calamity or crisis, or any declaration of war or a national emergency by the United States, the effect of which on the financial markets of the United States shall be such as, in your reasonable judgment, to make it impracticable for you to enforce contracts for the sale of the Notes. If you shall so terminate this Agreement, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except for any expenses to be paid or reimbursed by the Company pursuant to Section 5(g). (b) If the Underwriter elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section, the Company shall be notified promptly by the Underwriter, by telephone or telecopy, confirmed by letter. 9. Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the Underwriter set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of the Underwriter or the Company, or any of its officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Notes. 10. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Underwriter, will be mailed, delivered, or telecopied and confirmed to you at , , , , attention of , or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered, or telecopied and confirmed to it at 422 South Church Street, Charlotte, N.C. 28242-0001, attention of Richard J. Osborne, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. 11. Successors. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriter and the Company and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and the controlling persons and the officers and directors referred to in Section 7, and their respective successors, heirs and legal representatives any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained; this Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their 7 8 respective successors and said controlling persons, officers and directors and their respective successors, heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Notes from the Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase. 12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 13. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Company and the Underwriter in accordance with its terms. Very truly yours, DUKE POWER COMPANY By: The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written. By: 8 EX-1.C 4 FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT/SUBORDINATED DEBEN. 1 (Proof of October 16, 1996) $ DUKE POWER COMPANY % SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES DUE UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT , 199 Gentlemen: 1. Introductory. DUKE POWER COMPANY, a North Carolina corporation ("Company"), proposes to issue and sell $ aggregate principal amount of % Subordinated Debentures due ("Debentures"), to be issued pursuant to the provisions of a Subordinated Indenture, dated as of October 1, 1996 ("Indenture"), between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank, and hereby agrees with you (the "Underwriter") as follows: 2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriter that: (a) A registration statement (No. ), including a prospectus, relating to the Debentures has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act") and has been declared effective by the Commission. The Company will file with, or will transmit for filing to, the Commission a supplemented prospectus relating to the Debentures pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act. The registration statement as amended at the date of this Agreement (including all documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act) is hereinafter referred to as the "Registration Statement", and such supplemented prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act) is hereinafter referred to as the "Prospectus". (b) The Registration Statement conforms and the Prospectus will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder ("1933 Act Regulations"), and the Registration Statement does not and the Prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except that the foregoing does not apply to statements or omissions in any such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter specifically for use therein. (c) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, at the time they were filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act") and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the "1934 Act Regulations"), and, when read together with the other information in the Prospectus, do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and any documents deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus will, when they are filed with the Commission, comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations, and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. 2 3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Debentures. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Company, the entire principal amount of the Debentures at a purchase price of % of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest from , to the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined). Payment of the purchase price for the Debentures to be purchased by the Underwriter shall be made at the offices of Dewey Ballantine, 1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y., or at such other place as shall be mutually agreed upon by you and the Company, at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on , or such other time not later than three full business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by you and the Company (the "Closing Date"). Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer in immediately available funds, payable to the order of the Company against delivery of the Debentures, in fully registered form, to or upon your order. The Debentures shall be delivered in the form of a global note in the denomination equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures upon original issuance and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company. 4. Offering by the Underwriter. It is understood that the Underwriter proposes to offer the Debentures for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus. 5. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with the Underwriter that: (a) The Company will advise you promptly of any amendment or supplementation of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement, and will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting, if issued. (b) If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Debentures is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Prospectus to comply with the 1933 Act, the Company promptly will prepare and file with the Commission an amendment, supplement or an appropriate document pursuant to Section 13 or 14 of the 1934 Act which will correct such statement or omission or which will effect such compliance. (c) The Company, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Debentures is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will file promptly all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 14 of the 1934 Act. (d) The Company will make generally available to its security holders, in each case as soon as practicable but not later than 60 days after the close of the period covered thereby, earnings statements (in form complying with the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act, which need not be certified by independent certified public accountants unless required by the 1933 Act) covering (i) a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the effective date of the Registration Statement and (ii) a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the date of this Agreement. (e) The Company will furnish to you copies of the Registration Statement ( of which will be signed and will include all exhibits other than those incorporated by reference), the Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as you reasonably request. (f) The Company will arrange or cooperate in arrangements for the qualification of the Debentures for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as you designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file any general consents to service of process under the laws of any state where it is not now so subject. 2 3 (g) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement including (i) the printing and filing of the Registration Statement and the printing of this Agreement, the Blue Sky Survey and any Underwriter's Questionnaire, (ii) the issuance and delivery of the Debentures as specified herein, (iii) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter in connection with the qualification of the Debentures under the securities laws of any jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions of Section 5(f) and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey, such fees not to exceed $5,000, and (iv) the printing and delivery to the Underwriter, in quantities as hereinabove referred to, of copies of the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto, and of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto. 6. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase and pay for the Debentures will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent: (a) Prior to the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or you, shall be threatened by the Commission. (b) Prior to the Closing Date, the rating assigned by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Corporation to any debt securities or preferred stock of the Company as of the date of this Agreement shall not have been lowered. (c) Since the respective most recent dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus and up to the Closing Date, there shall not have been any material adverse change in the condition of the Company, financial or otherwise, except as reflected in or contemplated by the Prospectus, and, since such dates and up to the Closing Date, there shall not have been any material transaction entered into by the Company other than transactions contemplated by the Prospectus and transactions in the ordinary course of business. (d) You shall have received an opinion of Steve C. Griffith, Jr., Esq., General Counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that: (i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of North Carolina, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus. (ii) The Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which it owns or leases substantial properties or in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification. (iii) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, is duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and is a legal, valid and enforceable instrument in accordance with its terms except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights. (iv) The Debentures have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and, when the same have been executed and authenticated as specified in the Indenture and delivered to the Underwriter against payment of the consideration therefor specified in this Agreement, will be legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, except, in each case, as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights, and are entitled to the benefits afforded by the Indenture in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Debentures. (v) The Registration Statement has become effective under the 1933 Act, and, to the best of the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration 3 4 Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened under the 1933 Act. (vi) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. (vii) The North Carolina Utilities Commission and The Public Service Commission of South Carolina have issued appropriate orders with respect to the issuance and sale of the Debentures in accordance with this Agreement, and, to the best of the knowledge of such counsel, such orders are still in effect; the issuance and sale of the Debentures to the Underwriter are in conformity with the terms of such orders; and no other authorization, approval or consent of any other governmental body (other than in connection or compliance with the provisions of the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction) is legally required for the issuance and sale of the Debentures pursuant to this Agreement. (viii) The performance by the Company of this Agreement will not contravene any of the provisions of the Restated Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company. (ix) The descriptions in the Registration Statement and Prospectus of legal or governmental proceedings are accurate and fairly present the information required to be shown and such counsel does not know of any other legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus which are not described as required. (e) You shall have received an opinion or opinions of Dewey Ballantine, counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the matters set forth in (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) through (viii) of Section 6(d) and to the further effect that: (i) The Registration Statement as of the date of effectiveness under the 1933 Act and the Prospectus as of the date it was filed with, or transmitted for filing to, the Commission (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information included therein, as to which no opinion need be rendered) complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, and nothing has come to their attention that would lead them to believe that the Registration Statement as of the date of effectiveness under the 1933 Act (or if an amendment to such Registration Statement or an annual report on Form 10-K has been filed by the Company with the Commission subsequent to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, then at the time of the most recent such filing) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Prospectus as of the date it was filed with, or transmitted for filing to, the Commission and at the Closing Date contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. (ii) The statements made in the Prospectus under the captions "Description of the Debt Securities" (but only with respect to the Debentures) and "Certain Terms of the Offered Debentures", insofar as they purport to summarize provisions of documents specifically referred to therein, fairly present the information called for with respect thereto by Form S-3. In giving their opinion Dewey Ballantine may rely on the opinion of Steve C. Griffith, Jr., Esq. as to matters of the laws of North Carolina and South Carolina. (f) You shall have received the opinion of Brown & Wood, counsel for the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the matters set forth in (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) through (viii) of Section 6(d) and in (i) and (ii) of Section 6(e) and other related matters as you may require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. In giving their opinion Brown & Wood may rely on the opinion of Steve C. Griffith, Jr., Esq. as to matters of the laws of North Carolina and South Carolina. (g) You shall have received a certificate of the President or any Vice President and a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, in which such officers, to the best 4 5 of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date, that the conditions specified in Section 6(b) and Section 6(c) have been satisfied, and that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are threatened by the Commission. (h) On the date of this Agreement, you shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter dated the date hereof, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you, to the effect that (i) they are independent certified public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the applicable published 1933 Act Regulations; (ii) in their opinion, the financial statements and supplemental schedules incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement from the Company's Form 10-K Annual Reports filed with the Commission under Section 13 of the 1934 Act (such 10-K Annual Report for December 31 of the most recent year for which the Company has filed an Annual Report on Form 10-K, or, if the Company has filed a Current Report on Form 8-K including audited financial statements for a later year but has not theretofore filed an Annual Report on Form 10-K for such year, such Current Report on Form 8-K, being hereinafter referred to as the "Form 10-K") comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1934 Act and the applicable published 1934 Act Regulations; (iii) they have read the unaudited balance sheets of the Company as of the end of each quarter since the end of the year covered by the Form 10-K and the related unaudited statements of income and cash flows of the Company for the interim periods ended as of the end of each of the quarters since the end of the year covered by the Form 10-K and the corresponding interim periods in the preceding year incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and included in the Company's Form 10-Q Quarterly Reports, if any, filed with the Commission under Section 13 of the 1934 Act for the quarters ended since the end of the year covered by the Form 10-K (the "Form 10-Q's"); and on the basis of a reading of such unaudited balance sheets and such unaudited statements of income and cash flows and of the latest available unaudited financial statements of the Company, the minutes of the meetings of shareholders, the Board of Directors and the Management Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company as set forth in the minute books at a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter and inquiries of officers of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters (it being understood that the foregoing procedures do not constitute an examination made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and that they would not necessarily reveal matters of significance with respect to the comments made in such letter, and, accordingly, that Deloitte & Touche LLP make no representation as to the sufficiency of such procedures for your purposes), nothing has come to their attention which caused them to believe that (A) any material modifications should be made to the unaudited financial statements of the Company as at the end of each quarter since the end of the year covered by the Form 10-K and for the interim periods ended as of the end of each of the quarters since the end of the year covered by the Form 10-K and the corresponding interim periods in the preceding year included in the Form 10-Q's and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement for it to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, (B) such unaudited financial statements do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1934 Act and the applicable published 1934 Act Regulations or (C) at a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter there was any change in the capital stock (except for the issuance of common stock under the Company's Stock Purchase-Savings Program for Employees, Employees' Stock Ownership Plan, Stock Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan or Stock Ownership Plan for Nonemployee Directors) or long-term debt of the Company (except for increases resulting from issuances of debt pursuant to the Company's Medium-Term Notes Program or reductions resulting from redemptions, purchases, payments of sinking fund obligations or scheduled maturities) or any decrease in its net assets, in each case as compared with amounts shown in the most recent balance sheet of the Company incorporated by reference in the Prospectus except, with respect to clause (C), for changes or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur; and (iv) they have carried out certain 5 6 procedures, and made certain findings confirming certain other financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus. (i) At the Closing Date you shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that such accountants reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to paragraph (h) of this Section 6, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than four days prior to the Closing Date. The Company will furnish you with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as you reasonably request. 7. Indemnification. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act, as follows: (i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus, the prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement in the form in which it became effective or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, unless such statement or omission or such alleged statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such preliminary prospectus, such prospectus, or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); (ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company; and (iii) against any and all expense whatsoever reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above. In no case shall the Company be liable under this indemnity agreement with respect to any claim made against the Underwriter or any such controlling person unless the Company shall be notified in writing of the nature of the claim within a reasonable time after the assertion thereof, but failure so to notify the Company shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. The Company shall be entitled to participate at its own expense in the defense, or, if it so elects, within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice, to assume the defense of any suit brought to enforce any such claim, but if it so elects to assume the defense, such defense shall be conducted by counsel chosen by it and approved by the Underwriter or controlling person or persons, defendant or defendants in any suit so brought, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. In any such suit, the Underwriter or any such controlling person shall have the right to employ its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Underwriter or such controlling person unless (i) the Company and the Underwriter shall have mutually agreed to the employment of such counsel, or (ii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both the Underwriter or such controlling person and the Company and the Underwriter or such controlling person shall have been advised by such counsel that a conflict of interest between the Company and the Underwriter or such controlling person may arise and for this reason it is not desirable for the same counsel to represent both the indemnifying party and also the indemnified party (it being understood, however, that the Company shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate 6 7 but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys for the Underwriter and all such controlling persons, which firm shall be designated in writing by you). The Company agrees to notify you within a reasonable time of the assertion of any claim against it, any of its officers or directors or any person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act, in connection with the sale of the Debentures. (b) The Underwriter agrees that it will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, and each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act to the same extent as the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, but only with respect to statements or omissions made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, such prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), such preliminary prospectus, such prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto). In case any action shall be brought against the Company or any person so indemnified based on the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such preliminary prospectus, such prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) and in respect of which indemnity may be sought against the Underwriter, the Underwriter shall have the rights and duties given to the Company, and the Company and each person so indemnified shall have the rights and duties given to the Underwriter, by the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section. 8. Termination of this Agreement. (a) You shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by giving the notice indicated below in this Section at any time at or prior to the Closing Date if (i) trading on the New York Stock Exchange shall be suspended by that Exchange or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by either Federal or New York authorities, or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak of hostilities or other national or international calamity or crisis, or any declaration of war or a national emergency by the United States, the effect of which on the financial markets of the United States shall be such as, in your reasonable judgment, to make it impracticable for you to enforce contracts for the sale of the Debentures. If you shall so terminate this Agreement, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except for any expenses to be paid or reimbursed by the Company pursuant to Section 5(g). (b) If the Underwriter elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section, the Company shall be notified promptly by the Underwriter, by telephone or telecopy, confirmed by letter. 9. Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the Underwriter set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of the Underwriter or the Company, or any of its officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Debentures. 10. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Underwriter, will be mailed, delivered, or telecopied and confirmed to you at , , , , attention of , or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered, or telecopied and confirmed to it at 422 South Church Street, Charlotte, N.C. 28242-0001, attention of Richard J. Osborne, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. 11. Successors. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriter and the Company and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and the controlling persons and the officers and directors referred to in Section 7, and their respective successors, heirs and legal representatives any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained; this Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their 7 8 respective successors and said controlling persons, officers and directors and their respective successors, heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Debentures from the Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase. 12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 13. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Company and the Underwriter in accordance with its terms. Very truly yours, DUKE POWER COMPANY By: The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written. By: 8 EX-1.D 5 FORM OF CALCULATION AGREEMENT/SENIOR NOTES 1 (Proof of October 16, 1996) CALCULATION AGENT AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT dated as of October 1, 1996 between Duke Power Company (hereinafter called the "Issuer"), having its principal office at 422 South Church Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28242, and The Chase Manhattan Bank, a New York banking corporation (hereinafter sometimes called the "Calculation Agent" which term shall, unless the context shall otherwise require, include its successors and assigns), having its principal corporate trust office at 450 West 33rd Street, New York, New York 10001. RECITALS OF THE ISSUER The Issuer proposes to issue from time to time Senior Notes (the "Notes") under a Senior Indenture dated as of October 1, 1996 (the "Indenture"), between the Issuer and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used as defined in the Indenture. Certain of the Notes may bear interest at one of several floating rates determined by reference to an interest rate formula (the "Floating Rate Notes") and the Issuer desires to engage the Calculation Agent to perform certain services in connection therewith. NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED THAT: 1. The Issuer hereby appoints The Chase Manhattan Bank as Calculation Agent for the Floating Rate Notes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein mentioned, subject to the Issuer's right to designate a different party as Calculation Agent in the Prospectus Supplement relating to the Floating Rate Notes, and The Chase Manhattan Bank hereby accepts such appointment. This appointment shall apply only to those series of Floating Rate Notes for which no other Calculation Agent is designated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement relating to the Floating Rate Notes and the term "Floating Rate Notes" in this Agreement shall mean only Floating Rate Notes as to which this appointment applies. Subject to the foregoing, the Calculation Agent shall act as an agent of the Issuer for the purpose of determining the interest rate or rates of the Floating Rate Notes. 2. The Issuer agrees to deliver to the Calculation Agent, prior to the issuance of any Floating Rate Notes, copies of the proposed forms of such Notes, including copies of the terms and conditions relating to the determination of the interest rate thereunder. The Issuer shall not issue any Floating Rate Note prior to the receipt of confirmation from the Calculation Agent of its acceptance of the proposed form of such Note. 3. The Issuer shall notify the Calculation Agent of the issuance of any Floating Rate Notes prior to the issuance thereof and at the time of such issuance shall deliver to the Calculation Agent the information required to be provided by the Issuer for the calculation of the applicable interest rates thereunder. The Calculation Agent shall calculate the applicable interest rates for Floating Rate Notes in accordance with the terms of such Notes, the Indenture and the provisions of this Agreement. 4. Upon the determination of an interest rate applicable to a Floating Rate Note, the Calculation Agent shall promptly notify the Issuer, the Trustee and any Paying Agent of such interest rate. Upon the request of the holder of a Floating Rate Note, the Calculation Agent shall advise such holder of the interest rate then in effect and, if different, the interest rate which will become effective as a result of a determination already made with respect to such Floating Rate Note. 5. The Issuer will pay such compensation as shall be agreed upon with the Calculation Agent and the out-of-pocket expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, incurred by the Calculation Agent in connection with its duties hereunder, upon receipt of such invoices as the Issuer shall reasonably require. 2 6. Notwithstanding any satisfaction or discharge of the Notes or the Indenture, the Issuer will indemnify the Calculation Agent against any losses, liabilities, costs, claims, actions or demands which it may incur or sustain or which may be made against it in connection with its appointment or the exercise of its powers and duties hereunder as well as the reasonable costs, including the reasonable expenses and fees of counsel in defending any claim, action or demand, except such as may result from the gross negligence, wilful misconduct or bad faith of the Calculation Agent or any of its employees or agents. The Calculation Agent shall give the Issuer prompt notice of any such claim, action or demand known to it, but failure to do so shall not affect the indemnity provided hereby. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, the Calculation Agent shall incur no liability and shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Issuer for, or in respect of, any actions taken or suffered to be taken in good faith by the Calculation Agent in reliance upon (i) the written opinion or advice of counsel or (ii) written instructions from an officer of the Issuer. 7. The Calculation Agent accepts its obligations herein set forth upon the terms and conditions hereof, including the following, to all of which the Issuer agrees: (i) in acting under this Agreement and in connection with the Floating Rate Notes, the Calculation Agent, acting as agent for the Issuer, does not assume any obligation toward, or any relationship of agency or trust for or with, any of the holders of such Floating Rate Notes; (ii) unless herein otherwise specifically provided, any order, certificate, notice, request or communication from the Issuer made or given under any provisions of this Agreement shall be sufficient if signed by any person whom the Calculation Agent reasonably believes to be a duly authorized officer or attorney-in-fact of the Issuer; (iii) the Calculation Agent shall be obligated to perform only such duties as are set forth specifically herein, in the Floating Rate Notes or in the Indenture and any duties necessarily incidental thereto; (iv) the Calculation Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken or omitted to be taken or anything suffered by it in reliance upon any provision contained in a Floating Rate Note, the Indenture or any information supplied to it by an officer of the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement, including the information to be supplied pursuant to paragraph 3 above; (v) the Calculation Agent, whether acting for itself or in any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes with the same rights as it would have had if it were not acting hereunder as Calculation Agent; and (vi) the Calculation Agent shall incur no liability hereunder except for loss sustained by reason of its or its employees' or agents' gross negligence, wilful misconduct or bad faith. 8. (a) The Issuer agrees to notify the Calculation Agent at least three Business Days prior to the issuance of any Floating Rate Note with an interest rate to be determined by any formula that would require the Calculation Agent to select banks or other financial institutions (the "Reference Banks") for purposes of quoting rates. Immediately prior to seeking such quotes from such Reference Banks, the Calculation Agent will notify the Issuer and the Trustee of the names and addresses of such Reference Banks. The Calculation Agent shall not be responsible to the Issuer or any third party for any failure of the Reference Banks to fulfill their duties or meet their obligations as Reference Banks or as a result of the Calculation Agent having acted (except in the event of gross negligence, wilful misconduct or bad faith) on any quotation or other information given by any Reference Bank which subsequently may be found to be incorrect. (b) Except as provided below, the Calculation Agent may at any time resign as Calculation Agent by giving written notice to the Issuer and the Trustee of such intention on its part, specifying the date on which its desired resignation shall become effective, provided 2 3 that such notice shall be given not less than 60 days prior to the said effective date unless the Issuer agrees in writing. The Calculation Agent may be removed by the filing with it and the Trustee of an instrument in writing signed by the Issuer specifying such removal and the date when it shall become effective. Any resignation or removal of the Calculation Agent shall take effect only upon: (i) the appointment by the Issuer as hereinafter provided of a successor Calculation Agent; and (ii) the acceptance of such appointment by such successor Calculation Agent; provided, however, that in the event the Calculation Agent has given not less than 60 days' prior notice of its desired resignation, and during such 60 days there has not been acceptance by a successor Calculation Agent of its appointment as successor Calculation Agent, the Calculation Agent so resigning may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Calculation Agent. The Issuer covenants that it shall appoint a successor Calculation Agent as soon as practicable after receipt of any notice of resignation hereunder. Upon its resignation or removal becoming effective, the retiring Calculation Agent shall be entitled to the payment of all compensation and the reimbursement of its expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) incurred by such retiring Calculation Agent, in accordance with paragraph 5 hereof, to the date such resignation or removal becomes effective. (c) If at any time the Calculation Agent shall resign or be removed, or shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or liquidated or dissolved, or an order is made or an effective resolution is passed to wind up the Calculation Agent, or if the Calculation Agent shall file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or shall consent to the appointment of a receiver, administrator or other similar official of all or any substantial part of its property, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay or meet its debts as they mature, or if a receiver, administrator or other similar official of the Calculation Agent or of all or any substantial part of its property shall be appointed, or if any order of any court shall be entered approving any petition filed by or against the Calculation Agent under the provisions of any applicable bankruptcy or insolvency law, or if any public officer shall take charge or control of the Calculation Agent or its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then a successor Calculation Agent shall be appointed by the Issuer by an instrument in writing filed with the predecessor Calculation Agent, the successor Calculation Agent and the Trustee. Upon the appointment as aforesaid of a successor Calculation Agent and acceptance by the latter of such appointment the former Calculation Agent shall cease to be Calculation Agent hereunder. (d) Any successor Calculation Agent appointed hereunder shall execute and deliver to its predecessor, the Issuer and the Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Calculation Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the authority, rights, powers, immunities, duties and obligations of such predecessor with like effect as if originally named as the Calculation Agent hereunder, and such predecessor shall thereupon become obliged to transfer and deliver, and such successor Calculation Agent shall be entitled to receive, copies of any relevant records maintained by such predecessor Calculation Agent. (e) Any corporation into which the Calculation Agent may be merged or converted or any corporation with which the Calculation Agent may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Calculation Agent shall be a party shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be the successor Calculation Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. Notice of any such merger, conversion or consolidation shall forthwith be given to the Issuer and the Trustee. 3 4 (f) The provisions of paragraph 6 hereof shall survive any resignation or removal hereunder. 9. Any notice required to be given hereunder shall be delivered in person against written receipt, sent by letter or telecopy or communicated by telephone (subject, in the case of communication by telephone, to confirmation dispatched within two Business Days by letter or telecopy), in the case of the Issuer, to it at the address set forth in the heading of this Agreement, Attention: Treasurer; in the case of the Calculation Agent, to it at the address set forth in the heading of this Agreement, Attention: Corporate Trust Agency Department; in the case of the Trustee, to it at 450 West 33rd Street, New York, New York 10001, Attention: Corporate Trustee Administration Department; or, in any case, to any other address of which the party receiving notice shall have notified the party giving such notice in writing. 10. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing duly executed and delivered by each of the parties signing below. 11. The provisions of this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. 12. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts and the executed counterparts shall together constitute a single instrument. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written. DUKE POWER COMPANY By: ------------------------------------ Title: THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK By: ------------------------------------ Title: 4 EX-4.B.81 6 FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE/NEW BONDS 1 Exhibit 4-B-81 (Proof of October 16, 1996) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DUKE POWER COMPANY TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, TRUSTEE ------------------ EIGHTY - SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE DATED AS OF , 199 ------------------ CREATING AN ISSUE OF FIRST AND REFUNDING MORTGAGE BONDS, % SERIES DUE ------------------ SUPPLEMENTAL TO FIRST AND REFUNDING MORTGAGE DATED AS OF DECEMBER 1, 1927 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, bearing date as of the day of , , made and entered into by and between DUKE POWER COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of North Carolina, hereinafter called the "Company", party of the first part, and THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, formerly known as Chemical Bank (successor to Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York as Trustee), a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, having its principal place of business in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, hereinafter called the "Trustee", as Trustee, party of the second part. WHEREAS Duke Power Company, a New Jersey corporation, hereinafter called the "New Jersey Company", duly executed and delivered its First and Refunding Mortgage, dated as of December 1, 1927, to Guaranty Trust Company of New York, as Trustee, to secure its First and Refunding Mortgage Gold Bonds, to be issued from time to time in series as provided in said Mortgage, and has from time to time duly executed and delivered supplemental indentures, including supplemental indentures dated as of September 1, 1947 and February 1, 1949, to Guaranty Trust Company of New York (the corporate name of which has been changed to Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York), as Trustee, and a supplemental indenture dated as of February 1, 1960 to Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, as Trustee, supplementing and modifying said Mortgage (said Mortgage, as so supplemented and modified, being hereinafter referred to as the "original indenture"); and WHEREAS bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 2.65% Series Due 1977" (herein called "bonds of the 2.65% Series"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 2 7/8% Series Due 1979" (herein called "bonds of the 1979 Series"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 5 3/8% Series Due 1997" (herein called "bonds of the 1997 Series"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 6 3/8% Series Due 1998" (herein called "bonds of the 1998 Series"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, Annual Tender Pollution Control Series 1987 A" (herein called "bonds of the 1987 Pollution Control Series A"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, Annual Tender Pollution Control Series 1987 B" (herein called "bonds of the 1987 Pollution Control Series B"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, Annual Tender Pollution Control Series 1987 C" (herein called "bonds of the 1987 Pollution Control Series C"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, Pollution Control Facilities Revenue Refunding Series Due 2014" (herein called "bonds of the 3 2 1990 Pollution Control Series"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 8 3/4% Series Due 2021" (herein called "bonds of the 2021 Series"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, City of Greensboro Series Due 2027" (herein called "bonds of the 2027 City of Greensboro Series"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, Medium-Term Notes Series" (herein called "bonds of the Medium-Term Notes Series"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 8 3/8% Series B Due 2021" (herein called "bonds of the 2021 Series B"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 8% Series Due 2004" (herein called "bonds of the 2004 Series"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 8 5/8% Series Due 2022" (herein called "bonds of the 2022 Series"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 7% Series Due 2000" (herein called "bonds of the 2000 Series"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 7% Series B Due 2000" (herein called "bonds of the 2000 Series B"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 7% Series Due 2005" (herein called "bonds of the 2005 Series"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 6 5/8% Series B Due 2003" (herein called "bonds of the 2003 Series B"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 7 3/8% Series Due 2023" (herein called "bonds of the 2023 Series"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 6 3/8% Series Due 2008" (herein called "bonds of the 2008 Series"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 5 7/8% Series C Due 2003" (herein called "bonds of the 2003 Series C"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, Pollution Control Facilities Revenue Refunding Series Due 2014" (herein called "bonds of the 1993 Pollution Control Series"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 6 1/4% Series B 2004" (herein called "bonds of the 2004 Series B"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 5 7/8% Series Due 2001" (herein called "bonds of the 2001 Series"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 7% Series Due 2033" (herein called "bonds of the 2033 Series"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 6 7/8% Series B Due 2023" (herein called "bonds of the 2023 Series B"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 6 3/4% Series Due 2025" (herein called "bonds of the 2025 Series"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 7 7/8% Series Due 2024" (herein called "bonds of the 2024 Series"), bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 8% Series B Due 1999" (herein called "bonds of the 1999 Series B") and bonds of a series known as the "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 7 1/2% Series B Due 2025" (herein called "bonds of 4 3 the 2025 Series B") have heretofore been issued and (except for bonds of the 2.65% Series, bonds of the 1979 Series and bonds of the 1998 Series which have been retired in their entirety) are the only bonds now outstanding under the original indenture as heretofore supplemented; and WHEREAS the Company has duly executed and delivered a supplemental indenture, dated as of June 15, 1964, to Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, as Trustee, for the purpose of evidencing the succession by merger of the Company to the New Jersey Company and the assumption by the Company of the covenants and conditions of the New Jersey Company in the original indenture and to enable the Company to have and exercise the powers and rights of the New Jersey Company under the original indenture in accordance with the terms thereof and whereby the Company assumed and agreed to pay duly and punctually the principal of and interest on the bonds issued under the original indenture in accordance with the provisions of said bonds and the coupons thereto appertaining and the original indenture, and agreed to perform and fulfill all the terms, covenants and conditions of the original indenture binding upon the New Jersey Company; and WHEREAS Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York resigned as Trustee under the original indenture as heretofore supplemented and Chemical Bank was appointed successor Trustee, said resignation and appointment having taken effect on August 30, 1994 pursuant to an Instrument of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance dated as of August 30, 1994 among the Company, Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, as Trustee, and Chemical Bank (now The Chase Manhattan Bank), as successor Trustee; and WHEREAS the Company desires to create under the original indenture, as heretofore supplemented and as to be supplemented by this supplemental indenture, a new series of bonds, to be known as its "First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, % Series Due ", and to determine the terms and provisions and the form of the bonds of such series; and WHEREAS for the purposes hereinabove recited, and pursuant to due corporate action, the Company has duly determined to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in the form hereof supplementing the original indenture (the original indenture, as supplemented by the aforesaid supplemental indenture dated as of June 15, 1964, by supplemental indentures dated as of April 1, 1967, February 1, 1968, February 15, 1987, October 1, 1987, March 1, 1990, May 15, 1990, March 1, 1991, July 1, 1991, December 1, 1991, March 1, 1992, June 1, 1992, July 1, 1992, September 1, 1992, February 1, 1993, March 1, 1993, April 1, 1993, May 1, 1993, June 1, 1993, July 1, 1993, August 1, 1993, August 20, 1993, May 1, 1994, November 1, 1994, August 1, 5 4 1995 and as hereby supplemented, being sometimes hereinafter referred to as the "Indenture"); and WHEREAS all conditions and requirements necessary to make this supplemental indenture a valid, legal and binding instrument in accordance with its terms have been done and performed, and the execution and delivery hereof have been in all respects duly authorized: NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: That in consideration of the premises and of the sum of one dollar duly paid by the Company to the Trustee at or before the execution and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the Company hereby covenants and agrees with the Trustee and its successors in the trust under the Indenture as follows: PART ONE. BONDS OF THE % SERIES DUE . SECTION 1. The Company hereby creates a new series of bonds to be issued under and secured by the Indenture and known as its First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, % Series Due (herein called "bonds of the Series"), and the Company hereby establishes, determines and fixes the terms and provisions of the bonds of the Series as hereinafter in this Part One set forth. Each bond of the Series shall be dated the date of its authentication (except that if any such bond shall be authenticated on any interest payment date, it shall be dated the following day) and interest shall be payable on the principal represented thereby commencing , , from the or , as the case may be, next preceding the date thereof to which interest has been paid, unless such date of authentication is prior to , , in which case interest shall be payable from , ; provided, however, that interest shall be payable on each bond of the Series authenticated after the record date (as defined in the next succeeding paragraph of this Section 1) with respect to any interest payment date and prior to such interest payment date, only from such interest payment date. Interest on any bond of the Series shall be paid to the person who, according to the bond register of the Company, is the registered holder of such bond of the Series at the close of business on the applicable record date, and such interest payments shall be made by check mailed to such registered holder at his last address shown on such bond register; provided, however, that, if the Company shall default in the payment of the interest due on any interest payment date on any bond of the Series, such defaulted interest shall be 6 5 paid to the registered holder of such bond (or any bond or bonds of the Series issued upon transfer, exchange or substitution thereof) on the date of subsequent payment of such defaulted interest or, at the election of the Company, to the person in whose name such bond (or any bond or bonds of the Series issued upon transfer, exchange or substitution thereof) is registered on a subsequent record date established by notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Company to the holders of all bonds of the Series not less than ten (10) days preceding such subsequent record date. The term "record date" as used in this Section 1 shall mean, with respect to any semi-annual interest payment date, the close of business on the or , as the case may be, next preceding such interest payment date or, in the case of a payment of defaulted interest, the close of business on any subsequent record date established as provided above. SECTION 2. All bonds of the Series shall mature as to principal on , , and shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum, payable semi-annually on the day of and in each year. SECTION 3. The bonds of the Series shall be fully registered bonds, without coupons, in denominations of one thousand dollars ($1,000) and any integral multiple of one thousand dollars ($1,000), all such bonds to be numbered, and shall be transferable and exchangeable as provided in the form of bond set forth in this supplemental indenture. The provisions of sec. 1.19 and any other provision in the Indenture in respect of coupon bonds or reservation of coupon bond numbers shall be inapplicable to the bonds of the Series. SECTION 4. The bonds of the Series are not subject to redemption (otherwise than through the operation of the Replacement Fund provided in Part Two of this supplemental indenture or through the application of moneys paid to the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of sec. 5.05 of the Indenture) prior to , . On and after , , the bonds of the Series are subject to redemption (otherwise than through the operation of the Replacement Fund provided in Part Two of this supplemental indenture or through the application of moneys paid to the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of sec. 5.05 of the Indenture) prior to maturity, at the option of the Company, as a whole at any time or in part from time to time, in principal amounts equal to $1,000 or any multiple thereof, upon prior notice as hereinafter provided, at the redemption prices specified in the third paragraph of the reverse side of the form of bond set forth in this supplemental indenture, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption thereof. The bonds of the Series are also subject to redemption through the operation of the Replacement Fund provided in Part Two of this supplemental 7 6 indenture or through the application of moneys paid to the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of sec. 5.05 of the Indenture, at any time or from time to time prior to maturity, upon prior notice as hereinafter provided, at the redemption prices specified in the fourth paragraph of the reverse side of the form of bond set forth in this supplemental indenture, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption thereof. All such redemption of bonds of the Series shall be effected as provided in Article 3 of the Indenture except that, in case a part only of the bonds of the Series is to be paid and redeemed, the particular bonds or part thereof shall be selected by the Trustee in such manner as the Trustee in its uncontrolled discretion shall determine to be fair and in any case where several bonds are registered in the same name, the Trustee may treat the aggregate principal amount so registered as if it were represented by one bond and except that when bonds are redeemed in part only the notice given to any particular holder need state only the principal amount of the bonds of that holder which are to be redeemed and except that notice to the holders of bonds to be redeemed shall be given by mailing to such holders a notice of such redemption, first class mail postage prepaid, not later than the thirtieth day, and not earlier than the sixtieth day, before the date fixed for redemption, at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the bond register of the Company. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice; and failure duly to give such notice by mail, or any defect in such notice, to the holder of any bond designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other bond. No publication of notice of such redemption shall be required. SECTION 5. The aggregate principal amount of the bonds of the Series shall be unlimited. SECTION 6. The place or places of payment (as to principal and premium, if any, and interest), redemption, transfer, exchange and registration of the bonds of the Series shall be the office or offices or the agency or agencies of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, designated from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Company. SECTION 7. The form of the bonds of the Series and the certificate of the Trustee to be endorsed on the bonds, respectively, shall be substantially as follows: 8 7 [FORM OF BOND OF THE SERIES] [FACE SIDE OF BOND] DUKE POWER COMPANY FIRST AND REFUNDING MORTGAGE BOND, % Series Due No. $ DUKE POWER COMPANY, a North Carolina corporation (hereinafter called the "Company"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to or registered assigns, the principal sum of Dollars on , , in any coin or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and to pay interest thereon at said office or agency from the interest payment date next preceding the date hereof to which interest on outstanding bonds of this series has been paid (unless the date hereof is prior to , in which case from , , and unless the date hereof is a date subsequent to , or a date subsequent to , in which case from the next succeeding or , as the case may be), at the rate of per cent per annum, in like coin or currency, semi-annually on and in each year until the principal hereof shall become due and payable. Such interest payments shall be made by check mailed to the person in whose name this bond is registered at the close of business on the day of or preceding each semi-annual interest payment date, as the case may be (subject to certain exceptions provided in the Indenture hereinafter mentioned), at his last address as it shall appear upon the bond register of the Company. The provisions of this bond are continued on the reverse hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth in this place. This bond shall not become or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the Trustee shall have signed the form of certificate endorsed hereon. 9 8 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be signed in its name by its President or one of its Vice Presidents, manually or by facsimile signature, and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed, or a facsimile thereof to be hereon engraved, lithographed or printed, and to be attested by the manual or facsimile signature of its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. Dated: DUKE POWER COMPANY By: ................................. President Attest: ..................................... Secretary [FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE FOR BOND OF THE SERIES] This bond is one of the bonds, of the series designated therein, described in the within-mentioned Indenture. THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, Trustee By: ................................. Authorized Officer 10 9 [REVERSE SIDE OF BOND] This bond is one of the bonds of a series, designated specially as First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, % Series Due , of an authorized issue of bonds of the Company, without limit as to aggregate principal amount, designated generally as First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, all issued and to be issued under and equally and ratably secured by an indenture dated as of December 1, 1927, duly executed by Duke Power Company, a New Jersey corporation (hereinafter called the "New Jersey Company"), to Guaranty Trust Company of New York (now Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York), as Trustee (The Chase Manhattan Bank, formerly known as Chemical Bank, successor Trustee), as supplemented and modified by indentures supplemental thereto, including supplemental indentures dated as of September 1, 1947, February 1, 1949, February 1, 1960, June 15, 1964 (under which the Company succeeded to and was substituted for the New Jersey Company), April 1, 1967, February 1, 1968, February 15, 1987, October 1, 1987, March 1, 1990, May 15, 1990, March 1, 1991, July 1, 1991, December 1, 1991, March 1, 1992, June 1, 1992, July 1, 1992, September 1, 1992, February 1, 1993, March 1, 1993, April 1, 1993, May 1, 1993, June 1, 1993, July 1, 1993, August 1, 1993, August 20, 1993, May 1, 1994, November 1, 1994, August 1, 1995 and , , the latter providing for said series (said indenture as so supplemented and modified being hereinafter referred to as the "Indenture"), to which Indenture reference is made for a description of the property mortgaged, the nature and extent of the security, the rights of the holders of the bonds in respect thereof, the terms and conditions upon which the bonds are secured and the restrictions subject to which additional bonds secured thereby may be issued. To the extent permitted by, and as provided in, the Indenture, modifications or alterations of the Indenture, or of any indenture supplemental thereto, and of the rights and obligations of the Company and of the holders of the bonds, may be made with the consent of the Company by the affirmative vote, or with the written consent, of the holders of not less than 66 2/3% in principal amount of the bonds then outstanding, and by the affirmative vote, or with the written consent, of the holders of not less than 66 2/3% in principal amount of the bonds of any series then outstanding and affected by such modification or alteration, in case one or more but less than all of the series of bonds then outstanding under the Indenture are so affected, evidenced, in each case, as provided in the Indenture; provided that any supplemental indenture may be modified in accordance with the provisions contained therein for its modification; and provided, further, that no such modification or alteration shall be made which will affect the terms of payment of the principal of, or interest or premium on, this bond, or the right of any bondholder to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the 11 10 respective due dates expressed in this bond, or reduce the percentage required for the taking of any such action. Any such affirmative vote of, or written consent given by, any holder of this bond is binding upon all subsequent holders hereof as provided in the Indenture. In case an event of default as defined in the Indenture shall occur, the principal of all the bonds outstanding thereunder may become or be declared due and payable, at the time, in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. The bonds of this series are not subject to redemption (otherwise than for the Replacement Fund hereinafter mentioned or upon application of certain moneys included in the trust estate) prior to , . On and after , , the bonds of this series are subject to redemption (otherwise than for the Replacement Fund hereinafter mentioned or upon application of certain moneys included in the trust estate) prior to maturity, at the option of the Company, as a whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of their principal amounts), in each case together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption: If redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning :
REDEMPTION YEAR PRICE - ---------------------- ---------- REDEMPTION YEAR PRICE - ---------------------- ---------- % %
12 11 The bonds of this series are also subject to redemption for the Replacement Fund for bonds of this series provided for in the supplemental indenture dated as of , , providing for this series, or upon application of certain moneys included in the trust estate, at any time or from time to time prior to maturity, at the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of their principal amounts), in each case together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption: If redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning :
REDEMPTION YEAR PRICE - ---------------------- ---------- REDEMPTION YEAR PRICE - ---------------------- ---------- % %
Redemption is in every case to be effected at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, upon at least thirty days' prior notice, given by mail as more fully provided in the Indenture. If this bond or any portion hereof ($1,000 or a multiple thereof) is called for redemption and payment is duly provided, this bond or such portion thereof shall cease to bear interest from and after the date fixed for such redemption. This bond is transferable, as provided in the Indenture, by the registered owner hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney, at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, upon surrender and cancellation of this bond, and thereupon a new bond of the same series and of like aggregate principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange herefor as provided in the Indenture; or the registered owner of this bond, at his option, may surrender the same for cancellation at said office or agency of the Company and receive in exchange herefor the same aggregate 13 12 principal amount of bonds of the same series of authorized denominations; all subject to the terms of the Indenture but without payment of any charges other than a sum sufficient to reimburse the Company for any stamp taxes or other governmental charges incident thereto. This bond is a corporate obligation only and no recourse whatsoever, either directly or through the Company or any trustee, receiver, assignee or any other person, shall be had for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on this bond, or for the enforcement of any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof or of the Indenture, against any promoter, subscriber to the capital stock, incorporator, or any past, present or future stockholder, officer or director of the Company as such, or of any successor or predecessor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitutional provision, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment, penalty, subscription or otherwise, any and all such liability of promoters, subscribers, incorporators, stockholders, officers and directors being waived and released by each successive holder hereof by the acceptance of this bond, and as a part of the consideration for the issue hereof, and being likewise waived and released by the terms of the Indenture. [END OF BOND FORM] PART TWO. REPLACEMENT FUND. SECTION 1. So long as any of the bonds of the Series are outstanding, the Company will continue to maintain the Replacement Fund set forth in, and in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions now contained in, Part Two of the supplemental indenture dated as of February 1, 1949, and the covenants on the part of the Company contained in such Part Two shall continue and remain in full force and effect, whether or not bonds of the 1979 Series are outstanding and to the same extent as though the words "or any bonds of the Series" were inserted after the word "Series" appearing in the second line of Section 1 and the second line of Section 4 of said Part Two of said supplemental indenture dated as of February 1, 1949. SECTION 2. If at any time (a) bonds of the Series are outstanding and (b) no bonds of the 1997 Series, of the 2021 Series, of the Medium-Term Notes Series, of the 2021 Series B, of the 2004 Series, of the 2022 Series, of the 2000 Series, of the 2000 Series B, of the 2005 Series, of the 2003 Series B, of the 2023 Series, of the 2008 Series, of the 2003 Series C, of the 2004 Series B, of the 2001 Series, of the 2033 Series, of the 2023 Series B, of the 2025 Series, of the 2024 Series, of the 1999 Series B or of the 2025 Series B are outstanding and (c) cash which shall have been deposited with the Trustee 14 13 pursuant to such Replacement Fund shall not within five years from the date of deposit thereof have been paid out, or used or set aside by the Trustee for the payment, purchase or redemption of bonds, pursuant to such Replacement Fund, such cash shall, if in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), be applied to the redemption of bonds of the Series in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to exhaust as nearly as possible the full amount of such cash. Anything in Section 5 of Part Two of the aforesaid supplemental indenture dated as of February 1, 1949, in Section 3 of Part Two of the supplemental indentures dated as of April 1, 1967, March 1, 1991, December 1, 1991, June 1, 1992, July 1, 1992, September 1, 1992, February 1, 1993, May 1, 1993, June 1, 1993, July 1, 1993, August 1, 1993, August 20, 1993, May 1, 1994, November 1, 1994 and August 1, 1995, in Section 3 of Part Three of the supplemental indenture dated as of March 1, 1990, in Section 4 of Part Three of the supplemental indenture dated as of March 1, 1992 and in Section 5 of Part Four of the supplemental indenture dated as of March 1, 1993 to the contrary notwithstanding, no cash shall be paid over to the Company thereunder if at the time any bonds of the Series are then outstanding, and such cash shall in such event be applied as in this Part Two set forth. SECTION 3. Whenever all of the bonds of the Series, the 1997 Series, the 2021 Series, the Medium-Term Notes Series, the 2021 Series B, the 2004 Series, the 2022 Series, the 2000 Series, the 2000 Series B, the 2005 Series, the 2003 Series B, the 2023 Series, the 2008 Series, the 2003 Series C, the 2004 Series B, the 2001 Series, the 2033 Series, the 2023 Series B, the 2025 Series, the 2024 Series, the 1999 Series B and the 2025 Series B shall have been paid, purchased or redeemed, the Trustee shall, upon application of the Company, pay to or upon the order of the Company all cash theretofore deposited with the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of the Replacement Fund and not previously disposed of pursuant to the provisions of the Replacement Fund, and shall deliver to the Company any bonds which shall theretofore have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of the Replacement Fund or paid, purchased or redeemed pursuant to the provisions of the Replacement Fund. PART THREE. ADDITIONAL COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. SECTION 1. Whether or not the covenants on the part of the Company contained in Part Three of the supplemental indenture dated as of February 1, 1949 are modified with the consent of the holders of bonds of the 1997 Series, the 1987 Pollution Control Series A, the 1987 Pollution Control Series B, the 1987 Pollution Control Series C, the 1990 Pollution Control Series, the 2021 15 14 Series, the 2027 City of Greensboro Series, the Medium-Term Notes Series, the 2021 Series B, the 2004 Series, the 2022 Series, the 2000 Series, the 2000 Series B, the 2005 Series, the 2003 Series B, the 2023 Series, the 2008 Series, the 2003 Series C, the 1993 Pollution Control Series, the 2004 Series B, the 2001 Series, the 2033 Series, the 2023 Series B, the 2025 Series, the 2024 Series, the 1999 Series B or the 2025 Series B and whether or not the bonds of the 1997 Series, the 1987 Pollution Control Series A, the 1987 Pollution Control Series B, the 1987 Pollution Control Series C, the 1990 Pollution Control Series, the 2021 Series, the 2027 City of Greensboro Series, the Medium-Term Notes Series, the 2021 Series B, the 2004 Series, the 2022 Series, the 2000 Series, the 2000 Series B, the 2005 Series, the 2003 Series B, the 2023 Series, the 2008 Series, the 2003 Series C, the 1993 Pollution Control Series, the 2004 Series B, the 2001 Series, the 2033 Series, the 2023 Series B, the 2025 Series, the 2024 Series, the 1999 Series B or the 2025 Series B are outstanding, such covenants on the part of the Company contained in said Part Three shall continue and remain in full force and effect so long as any of the bonds of the Series are outstanding and to the same extent as though the words "or so long as any bonds of the Series are outstanding" were inserted after the words "so long as any of the bonds of the 1979 Series or any bonds of the 2.65% Series are outstanding" wherever such words appear in said Part Three of the supplemental indenture dated as of February 1, 1949. SECTION 2. Whether or not the second sentence of paragraph (a) of sec. 2.08 of the original indenture (making certain provisions for the definition of the term "net amount" applicable while bonds of the 2.65% Series were outstanding and which was originally set forth in Section 4 of Article One of the supplemental indenture dated as of September 1, 1947 and which is corrected and clarified by Section 2 of Part Four of the supplemental indenture dated as of February 1, 1968) is modified with the consent of the holders of bonds of the 1997 Series, the 1987 Pollution Control Series A, the 1987 Pollution Control Series B, the 1987 Pollution Control Series C, the 1990 Pollution Control Series, the 2021 Series, the 2027 City of Greensboro Series, the Medium-Term Notes Series, the 2021 Series B, the 2004 Series, the 2022 Series, the 2000 Series, the 2000 Series B, the 2005 Series, the 2003 Series B, the 2023 Series, the 2008 Series, the 2003 Series C, the 1993 Pollution Control Series, the 2004 Series B, the 2001 Series, the 2033 Series, the 2023 Series B, the 2025 Series, the 2024 Series, the 1999 Series B or the 2025 Series B and whether or not bonds of the 1997 Series, the 1987 Pollution Control Series A, the 1987 Pollution Control Series B, the 1987 Pollution Control Series C, the 1990 Pollution Control Series, the 2021 Series, the 2027 City of Greensboro Series, the Medium-Term Notes Series, the 2021 Series B, the 2004 Series, the 2022 Series, the 2000 Series, the 2000 Series B, the 2005 Series, the 2003 16 15 Series B, the 2023 Series, the 2008 Series, the 2003 Series C, the 1993 Pollution Control Series, the 2004 Series B, the 2001 Series, the 2033 Series, the 2023 Series B, the 2025 Series, the 2024 Series, the 1999 Series B or the 2025 Series B are outstanding, said sentence shall continue and remain in full force and effect so long as any bonds of the Series are outstanding, and with the same force and effect as though said sentence had stated that such provisions were to be applicable so long as any of the bonds of the Series are outstanding. PART FOUR. MISCELLANEOUS. SECTION 1. (a) For the purposes of sec. 2.10 of the Indenture and for the purposes of any modification of the provisions of the Replacement Fund referred to in Part Two of this supplemental indenture, the covenants and provisions on the part of the Company which are set forth or incorporated in Part Two of this supplemental indenture shall be for the benefit only of the holders of the bonds of the Series. Such covenants and provisions shall remain in force and be applicable only so long as any bonds of the Series shall be outstanding, and, subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of sec. 10.01 of the Indenture, any such covenants and provisions may be modified with the consent, in writing or by vote at a bondholders' meeting, of the holders of sixty-six and two-thirds per cent (66 2/3%) of the principal amount of the bonds of the Series at the time outstanding and without the consent of the holders of any other bonds then outstanding under the Indenture; provided that no such consent shall be effective to waive any past default under such covenants and provisions, and its consequences, unless the consent of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of all bonds then outstanding under the Indenture is obtained. Such covenants shall be deemed to be additional covenants and none of them shall affect or derogate from, or relieve the Company from, its obligation to comply with any of the other covenants, conditions, requirements or provisions of the Indenture or any other supplemental indenture. (b) For the purposes of sec. 2.10 of the Indenture and for the purposes of any modification of the provisions of Part Three of this supplemental indenture, the covenants and provisions on the part of the Company which are set forth or incorporated in said Part Three shall be for the benefit only of the holders of the bonds of the Series. Such covenants and provisions shall remain in force and be applicable only so long as any bonds of the Series shall be outstanding, and, subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of sec. 10.01 of the Indenture, any such covenants and provisions may be 17 16 modified with the consent, in writing or by vote at a bondholders' meeting, of the holders of sixty-six and two-thirds per cent (66 2/3%) of the principal amount of the bonds of the Series at the time outstanding and without the consent of the holders of any other bonds then outstanding under the Indenture; provided that no such consent shall be effective to waive any past default under such covenants and provisions, and its consequences, unless the consent of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of all bonds then outstanding under the Indenture is obtained. Such covenants shall be deemed to be additional covenants and none of them shall affect or derogate from, or relieve the Company from, its obligation to comply with any of the other covenants, conditions, requirements or provisions of the Indenture or any other supplemental indenture. SECTION 2. All terms contained in this supplemental indenture shall, except as specifically provided herein or except as the context may otherwise require, have the meanings given to such terms in the Indenture. SECTION 3. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this supplemental indenture should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision contained in this supplemental indenture, and, to the extent, but only to the extent, that such provision is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, this supplemental indenture shall be construed as if such provision had never been contained herein. SECTION 4. The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts herein declared and provided upon the terms and conditions in the Indenture set forth. SECTION 5. This supplemental indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original, and all collectively but one instrument. 18 17 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Duke Power Company, the party of the first part hereto, has caused this supplemental indenture to be signed in its name by one of its Vice Presidents and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, and the same to be attested by one of its Assistant Secretaries, and The Chase Manhattan Bank, the party of the second part hereto, in token of its acceptance of the trust hereby created, has caused this supplemental indenture to be signed in its name by one of its Vice Presidents and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, and the same to be attested by one of its Senior Trust Officers, all as of the day and year first above written. DUKE POWER COMPANY By:............................. Senior Vice President ATTEST: ..................................... Assistant Secretary Signed, sealed, executed, acknowledged and delivered by DUKE POWER COMPANY, in the presence of: ..................................... ..................................... THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK By:............................. Vice President ATTEST: ..................................... Senior Trust Officer Signed, sealed, executed, acknowledged and delivered by THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, in the presence of: ..................................... ..................................... 19 18 STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK SS.:
Personally appeared before me and made oath that she saw , a Vice President, and , a Senior Trust Officer, respectively, of THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, sign, attest and affix hereto the corporate seal of said Chemical Bank, and, as the act and deed of said corporation, deliver the within written and foregoing deed, and that she, with , witnessed the execution thereof. ..................................... Sworn and subscribed before me this day of , . ..................................... Notary Public, State of New York No. Qualified in County Certificate Filed in New York County Commission Expires , . STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK SS.:
I, , a Notary Public in and for the State and County aforesaid, certify that personally came before me this day and acknowledged that he is a Senior Trust Officer of THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, a New York corporation, and that, by authority duly given and as the act of the corporation, the foregoing instrument was signed in its name by one of its Vice Presidents, sealed with its corporate seal, and attested by himself as one of its Senior Trust Officers. Witness my hand and official seal, this day of , . ..................................... Notary Public, State of New York No. Qualified in County Certificate Filed in New York County Commission Expires , . 20 19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF MECKLENBURG SS.:
Personally appeared before me and made oath that she saw , a Senior Vice President, and , an Assistant Secretary, respectively, of DUKE POWER COMPANY, sign, attest and affix hereto the corporate seal of said Duke Power Company, and, as the act and deed of said corporation, deliver the within written and foregoing deed, and that she, with , witnessed the execution thereof. ..................................... Sworn and subscribed before me this day of , . ..................................... Notary Public County, N.C. My Commission expires , . STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF MECKLENBURG SS.:
I, , a Notary Public in and for the State and County aforesaid, certify that personally came before me this day and acknowledged that he is an Assistant Secretary of DUKE POWER COMPANY, a North Carolina corporation, and that, by authority duly given and as the act of the corporation, the foregoing instrument was signed in its name by one of its Senior Vice Presidents, sealed with its corporate seal, and attested by himself as one of its Assistant Secretaries. My commission expires , . Witness my hand and official seal, this day of , . ..................................... Notary Public County, N.C. EX-4.D.1 7 FORM OF SENIOR INDENTURE/SENIOR NOTES 1 (Proof of October 16, 1996) DUKE POWER COMPANY TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK Trustee -------------------------------------------- SENIOR INDENTURE Dated as of October 1, 1996 -------------------------------------------- 2 INDENTURE, dated as of October 1, 1996, between Duke Power Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of North Carolina (herein called the "Company"), having its principal office at 422 South Church Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28242, and The Chase Manhattan Bank, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee"). RECITALS OF THE COMPANY The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured senior debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the "Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done. NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as follows: ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION SECTION 101. Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: (1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular; (2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein; (3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term "generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America; (4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an "Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and 3 (5) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. "Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104. "Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing. "Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series. "Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board. "Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee. "Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close. "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time. "Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor Person. "Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee. "Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee in the City of New York, New York at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 450 West 33rd Street, New York, New York 10001. 2 4 "corporation" means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or business trust. "Covenant Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1303. "Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307. "Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1302. "Depositary" means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301. "Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501. "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time. "Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 104. "Global Security" means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series which is issued to a Depositary or a nominee thereof for such series in accordance with Section 301(17). "Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register. "Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term "Indenture" shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301. "interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity. "Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an instalment of interest on such Security. "Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time. "Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an instalment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise. 3 5 "Notice of Default" means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 501(4). "Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section 1005 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company. "Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company, or other counsel who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. "Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502. "Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except: (1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; (2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; (3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 1302; and (4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the 4 6 amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. "Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company. "Periodic Offering" means an offering of Securities of a series from time to time the specific terms of which Securities, including without limitation the rate or rates of interest or formula for determining the rate or rates of interest thereon, if any, the Stated Maturity or Maturities thereof and the redemption provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company upon the issuance of such Securities. "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. "Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 301. "Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security. "Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture. "Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture. "Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301. 5 7 "Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means the chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the president, any vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any senior trust officer, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the controller or any assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. "Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time. "Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings specified in Section 305. "Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307. "Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or any instalment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such instalment of principal or interest is due and payable. "Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended. "Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series. "U.S. Government Obligation" has the meaning specified in Section 1304. "Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title "vice president". 6 8 SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers' Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture. Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include, (1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto; (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with. SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. 7 9 Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. Whenever, subsequent to the receipt by the Trustee of any Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate, Opinion of Counsel or other document or instrument, a clerical, typographical or other inadvertent or unintentional error or omission shall be discovered therein, a new document or instrument may be substituted therefor in corrected form with the same force and effect as if originally filed in the corrected form and, irrespective of the date or dates of the actual execution and/or delivery thereof, such substitute document or instrument shall be deemed to have been executed and/or delivered as of the date or dates required with respect to the document or instrument for which it is substituted. Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, if any such corrective document or instrument indicates that action has been taken by or at the request of the Company which could not have been taken had the original document or instrument not contained such error or omission, the action so taken shall not be invalidated or otherwise rendered ineffective but shall be and remain in full force and effect, except to the extent that such action was a result of willful misconduct or bad faith. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Securities issued under the authority of such defective document or instrument shall nevertheless be the valid obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of this Indenture equally and ratably with all other Outstanding Securities, except as aforesaid. SECTION 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient. The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register. 8 10 Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security. The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series; provided that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take or revoke the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106. The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section 512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction or to revoke the same, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company's expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by 9 11 Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be sent to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106. With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which sets such record dates may designate any day as the "Expiration Date" and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date. Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount. SECTION 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, (1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trustee Administration, or (2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument, attention: Treasurer, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company. SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, 10 12 and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver. In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder. SECTION 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act which is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be. SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. SECTION 110. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. SECTION 111. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture. SECTION 112. Governing Law. This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof. 11 13 SECTION 113. Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity. ARTICLE TWO SECURITY FORMS SECTION 201. Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities. The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. SECTION 202. Form of Face of Security. [Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.] DUKE POWER COMPANY ____________________ No. __________ $ __________ CUSIP No. ____ Duke Power Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of North Carolina (herein called the "Company", which term includes any successor 12 14 Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to ______________________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of ________ Dollars on _________________________ [if the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert - , and to pay interest thereon from __________ or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, [insert - semi-annually, quarterly, monthly or other description of the relevant payment period] on [________, ________,] and __________ in each year, commencing _______________, at the rate of ____% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [if applicable, insert - , provided that any principal and premium, and any such instalment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the [___________________] (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture]. [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert - The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium shall bear interest at the rate of ____% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue principal or premium shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on overdue principal or premium which is not paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of ____% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest on interest shall be legally enforceable), from the date of such demand until the amount so demanded is paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue interest shall be payable on demand.] Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insert - any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in _________________, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts [if applicable, insert - ; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register]. 13 15 Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal. DUKE POWER COMPANY By_______________________ Attest: _____________________ SECTION 203. Form of Reverse of Security. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of October 1, 1996 (herein called the "Indenture", which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [if applicable, insert - , limited in aggregate principal amount to $__________]. [If applicable, insert - The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, [if applicable, insert - (1) on ____________ in any year commencing with the year _____ and ending with the year _____ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [if applicable, insert - on or after ___________, 19__], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [if applicable, insert - on or before _________________, ___%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning _________ of the years indicated, 14 16 Year Redemption Price Year Redemption Price ---- ---------------- ---- ---------------- and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ____% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert - (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest instalments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.] [If applicable, insert - The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, (1) on ____________ in any year commencing with the year ______ and ending with the year _____ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [if applicable, insert - on or after _____________], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning ________ of the years indicated, Redemption Price for Redemption Price for Redemption Through Redemption Otherwise Than Operation of the Through Operation Year Sinking Fund of the Sinking Fund ---- ------------ ------------------- and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to _____% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest instalments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.] [If applicable, insert - Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to _________, redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [if applicable, insert - Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than ____% per annum.] 15 17 [If applicable, insert - The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on __________ in each year beginning with the year _______ and ending with the year ______ of [if applicable, insert - not less than $___________ ("mandatory sinking fund") and not more than] $____________ aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [if applicable, insert - mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [if applicable, insert - mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [if applicable, insert - , in the inverse order in which they become due].] [If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert - - In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.] [If applicable, insert - The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of [the entire indebtedness of this Security] [or] [certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security] [, in each case] upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.] [If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert - If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.] [If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert - If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to [insert formula for determining the amount]. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.] 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 each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all 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 Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. 16 18 As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge shall 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. Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 17 19 SECTION 204. Form of Legend for Global Securities. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form: THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. SECTION 205. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form: This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, As Trustee By____________________________ Authorized Officer ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, (1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series); 18 20 (2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1106 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder); (3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest; (4) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of the series is payable or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined; (5) the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined; the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue; the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable; the manner (if any) of determination of such Interest Payment Dates; and the Regular Record Date, if any, for any such interest payable on any Interest Payment Date; (6) the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and the duration of such extension; (7) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and whether, if acceptable to the Trustee, any principal of such Securities shall be payable without presentation or surrender thereof; (8) the period or periods within which, or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced; (9) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund, purchase fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; (10) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable; (11) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined; 19 21 (12) if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the definition of "Outstanding" in Section 101; (13) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or the Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such Securities as to which such election is made shall be payable, the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be determined); (14) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502; (15) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined); (16) if either or both of Sections 1302 and 1303 do not apply to any Securities of the series; (17) if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the respective Depositary or Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 204 and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof; (18) any addition, modification or deletion of any Events of Default or covenants provided with respect to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 502; (19) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article Ten which applies to Securities of the series; and 20 22 (20) any other terms of the series. All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers' Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms or the manner of determining the terms of the series. With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Board Resolution (or action taken pursuant thereto), Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture referred to above may provide general terms or parameters for Securities of such series and provide either that the specific terms of particular Securities of such series shall be specified in a Company Order or that such terms shall be determined by the Company in accordance with other procedures specified in a Company Order as contemplated by the third paragraph of Section 303. Notwithstanding Section 301(2) herein and unless otherwise expressly provided with respect to a series of Securities, the aggregate principal amount of a series of Securities may be increased and additional Securities of such series may be issued up to the maximum aggregate principal amount authorized with respect to such series as increased. SECTION 302. Denominations. The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in fully registered form without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities. 21 23 At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities, provided, however, that in the case of Securities offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities from time to time in accordance with such other procedures (including, without limitation, the receipt by the Trustee of oral or electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agents, promptly confirmed in writing) acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified by or pursuant to a Company Order delivered to the Trustee prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such series. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating, (1) if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; (2) if the terms of such Securities have been, or in the case of Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been, or in the case of Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture, subject, in the case of Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel; and (3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles. If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers' Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued. 22 24 With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee may rely, as to the authorization by the Company of any of such Securities, the form and terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel and the other documents delivered pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 and this Section, as applicable, in connection with the first authentication of Securities of such series. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized officer, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. SECTION 304. Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor. SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office or in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby 23 25 appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount. At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1106 not involving any transfer. If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part. The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to Global Securities: (1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian 24 26 therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security and a successor Depositary has not been appointed by the Company within 90 days of receipt by the Company of such notification or (B) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated by Section 301. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may at any time in its sole discretion determine that Securities issued in the form of a Global Security shall no longer be represented in whole or in part by such Global Security, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order therefor, shall authenticate and deliver definitive Securities in exchange in whole or in part for such Global Security. (3) Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange or transfer of a Global Security for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for or upon transfer of a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall direct. (4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 304, 306, 906 or 1106 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof. SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security. 25 27 Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder. The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities. SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest. Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below: (1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner set forth in Section 106, not less than 10 days 26 28 prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2). (2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security. SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. SECTION 309. Cancellation. All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a Company Order; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be required to destroy such cancelled Securities. SECTION 310. Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 27 29 SECTION 311. CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when (1) either (A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable, or (ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore 28 30 delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; (2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and (3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive. SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee. ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES SECTION 501. Events of Default. "Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body), unless it is inapplicable to a particular series or is specifically deleted or modified in the Board Resolution (or action taken pursuant thereto), Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture under which such series of Securities is issued or has been deleted or modified in an indenture supplemental hereto: (1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 60 days; or (2) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on any Security of that series at its Maturity; or 29 31 (3) default in the making of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series, and continuance of such default for a period of 60 days; or (4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 33% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder, unless the Trustee, or the Trustee and the Holders of a principal amount of Securities of such series not less than the principal amount of Securities the Holders of which gave such notice, as the case may be, shall agree in writing to an extension of such period prior to its expiration; provided, however, that the Trustee, or the Trustee and the Holders of such principal amount of Securities of such series, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have agreed to an extension of such period if corrective action is initiated by the Company within such period and is being diligently pursued; or (5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or (6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the authorization of any such action by the Board of Directors; or 30 32 (7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series. SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 33% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Event of Default giving rise to such declaration of acceleration shall, without further act, be deemed to have been waived, and such declaration and its consequences shall, without further act, be deemed to have been rescinded and annulled, if (1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay (A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series, (B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, (C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and (D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and (2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon. 31 33 SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The Company covenants that if (1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 60 days, or (2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy. SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607. No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors' or other similar committee. 32 34 SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered. SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected. Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid: FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607; SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest, respectively; and THIRD: To the payment of the balance, if any, to the Company or any other Person or Persons legally entitled thereto. SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless (1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series; (2) the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder; (3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; (4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and 33 35 (5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders. SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted. SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be. 34 36 SECTION 512. Control By Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series; provided that (1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, (2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and (3) subject to the provisions of Section 601, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability. SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default (1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such series, or (2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected. Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon. SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company or the Trustee. 35 37 SECTION 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted. ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities. The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section. SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults. If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series. SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section 601: (1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties; 36 38 (2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order or as otherwise expressly provided herein, and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution; (3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate; (4) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon; (5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction; (6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled, at reasonable times previously notified to the Company, to examine the relevant books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney; and (7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder. SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof. 37 39 SECTION 605. May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent. SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company. SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees (1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed to in writing between the Company and the Trustee for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); (2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and (3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held by it hereunder for any amount owing it or any predecessor Trustee pursuant to this Section 607, except with respect to funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities. Without limiting any rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or Section 501(6), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law. 38 40 The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture. SECTION 608. Conflicting Interests. If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one series. SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article. SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611. The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series. The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If at any time: (1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or 39 41 (2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or (3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees. If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series. The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office. SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all 40 42 the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder. In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates. Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be. No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article. SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any 41 43 of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities. SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor). SECTION 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents acceptable to the Company with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section. Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent. An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and 42 44 to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section. The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section. If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form: This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, As Trustee By_____________________________, As Authenticating Agent By_____________________________ Authorized Officer ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee (1) 15 days after each Regular Record Date, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of each series as of such Regular Record Date, and (2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; 43 45 excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders. The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished. The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act. Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act. SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee. The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. If required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall, within 60 days after each October 1 following the date of this Indenture, deliver to Holders a brief report, dated as of such October 1, which complies with the provisions of such Section 313(a). A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange. SECTION 704. Reports by Company. The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act; provided that any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the Commission. 44 46 ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms. Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person or Persons (whether or not affiliated with the Company), or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any conveyance or transfer of the properties and assets of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company) lawfully entitled to acquire the same; provided, however, and the Company hereby covenants and agrees, that upon any such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all of the Securities, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company, shall be expressly assumed, by indenture supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or by the Person which shall have acquired such properties and assets, and (ii) the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with. SECTION 802. Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Person or any conveyance or transfer of the properties and assets of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities. 45 47 ARTICLE NINE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes: (1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities; or (2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or (3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); or (4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or (5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities; provided that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or (6) to secure the Securities; or (7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or (8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for 46 48 or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 611; or (9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture; provided that such action pursuant to this Clause (9) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect. SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders. With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture with respect to Securities of such series, or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, (1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any instalment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security which would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or (2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or (3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1006, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 1006, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 611 and 901(8). A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular 47 49 series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series. It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof. SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby. SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act. SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series. 48 50 ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture. SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands. The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust. If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. 49 51 The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series. The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust hereunder by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money. Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. SECTION 1004. Limitation on Liens. The Company will not, while any of the Securities remain Outstanding, create, or suffer to be created or to exist, any mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance of any kind upon any property of the Company, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure any indebtedness for borrowed money, unless it shall make effective provision whereby the Securities then Outstanding shall be secured by such mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance equally and ratably with any and all indebtedness for borrowed money thereby secured so long as any such indebtedness shall be so secured; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall be construed to prevent the Company from creating, or from suffering to be created or to exist, any mortgages, liens, pledges, security interests or other encumbrances, or any agreements, with respect to: 50 52 (1) purchase money mortgages, or other purchase money liens, pledges, security interests or encumbrances of any kind upon property hereafter acquired by the Company, or mortgages, liens, pledges, security interests or other encumbrances of any kind existing on any property at the time of the acquisition thereof (including mortgages, liens, pledges, security interests or other encumbrances which exist on any property of a Person which is consolidated with or merged with or into the Company or which transfers or leases all or substantially all of its properties to the Company), or conditional sales agreements or other title retention agreements and leases in the nature of title retention agreements with respect to any property hereafter acquired; provided, however, that no such mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance shall extend to or cover any other property of the Company; (2) mortgages, liens, pledges, security interests or other encumbrances of any kind upon any property of the Company existing as of the date of the initial issuance of the Securities; liens for taxes or assessments or other governmental charges or levies; pledges or deposits to secure obligations under worker's compensation laws, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, including liens of judgments thereunder which are not currently dischargeable; pledges or deposits to secure performance in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money) or leases to which the Company is a party; pledges or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of the Company; builders', materialmen's, mechanics', carriers', warehousemen's, workers', repairmen's, operators', landlords' or other like liens in the ordinary course of business, or deposits to obtain the release of such liens; pledges or deposits to secure, or in lieu of, surety, stay, appeal, indemnity, customs, performance or return-of-money bonds; other pledges or deposits for similar purposes in the ordinary course of business; liens created by or resulting from any litigation or proceeding which at the time is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; liens incurred in connection with the issuance of bankers' acceptances and lines of credit, bankers' liens or rights of offset and any security given in the ordinary course of business to banks or others to secure any indebtedness payable on demand or maturing within 12 months of the date that such indebtedness is originally incurred; the "permitted liens" specified in Section 2.07 of the First and Refunding Mortgage referred to in clause (3) of this Section; liens incurred in connection with repurchase, swap or other similar agreements; leases made, or existing on property acquired, in the ordinary course of business; liens securing industrial revenue or pollution control bonds; liens, pledges, security interests or other encumbrances on any property arising in connection with any defeasance, covenant defeasance or in-substance defeasance of indebtedness of the Company, including the Securities; liens created in connection with, and created to secure, a non-recourse obligation; zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, rights-of-way, restrictions on the use of property or minor irregularities in title thereto, which do not, in the opinion of the Company, materially impair the use of such property in the operation of the business of the Company or the value of such property for the purpose of such business; (3) First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds of the Company issued or to be issued from time to time under the First and Refunding Mortgage dated as of December 1, 1927 from the Company to The Chase Manhattan Bank (formerly known 51 53 as Chemical Bank), as successor trustee, as supplemented and amended and as to be supplemented and amended; (4) indebtedness which may be issued by the Company in connection with a consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person (which may be an Affiliate of the Company) in exchange for or otherwise in substitution for secured indebtedness of such Person ("Third Party Debt") which by its terms (i) is secured by a mortgage on all or a portion of the property of such Person, (ii) prohibits secured indebtedness from being incurred by such Person, unless the Third Party Debt shall be secured equally and ratably with such secured indebtedness or (iii) prohibits secured indebtedness from being incurred by such Person; (5) indebtedness of any Person which is required to be assumed by the Company in connection with a consolidation or merger of such Person, with respect to which any property of the Company is subjected to a mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance; (6) mortgages, liens, pledges, security interests or other encumbrances of any kind upon any property acquired, constructed, developed or improved by the Company (whether alone or in association with others) after the date of the Indenture which are created prior to, at the time of, or within 18 months after such acquisition (or in the case of property constructed, developed or improved, after the completion of such construction, development or improvement and commencement of full commercial operation of such property, whichever is later) to secure or provide for the payment of the purchase price or cost thereof, provided that in the case of such construction, development or improvement the mortgages shall not apply to any property theretofore owned by the Company other than theretofore unimproved real property; (7) the replacement, extension or renewal (or successive replacements, extensions or renewals), as a whole or in part, of any mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance, or of any agreement, referred to above in clauses (1) through (6) inclusive, or the replacement, extension or renewal (not exceeding the principal amount of indebtedness secured thereby together with any premium, interest, fee or expense payable in connection with any such replacement, extension or renewal) of the indebtedness secured thereby; provided that such replacement, extension or renewal is limited to all or a part of the same property that secured the mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance replaced, extended or renewed (plus improvements thereon or additions or accessions thereto); or (8) any other mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance not excepted by the foregoing clauses (1) through (7); provided that immediately after the creation or assumption of such mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance, the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company secured by all mortgages, liens, pledges, security interests and other encumbrances created or assumed under the provisions of this clause (8) shall not exceed an amount equal to 10% of common stockholders' equity of the Company as shown on its consolidated balance sheet for the accounting period occurring immediately prior to the creation or assumption of such mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance. 52 54 SECTION 1005. Statement by Officers as to Default. The Company will deliver to the Trustee, on or before October 15 of each calendar year or on or before such other day in each calendar year as the Company and the Trustee may from time to time agree upon, an Officers' Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge. SECTION 1006. Waiver of Certain Covenants. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series, the Company may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to Section 301(19), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such series or in Section 1004 if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 1007. Calculation of Original Issue Discount. The Company shall file with the Trustee promptly after the end of each calendar year a written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding Securities as of the end of such year. ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article. Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities) in accordance with this Article. SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company, the Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall 53 55 be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (a) prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition. SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed. If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series; provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed. SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register. All notices of redemption shall state: 54 56 (1) the Redemption Date; (2) the Redemption Price; (3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series and of a specified tenor consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series and of a specified tenor consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to be redeemed; (4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date; (5) the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, unless it shall have been specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to such Securities that such surrender shall not be required; (6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case; and (7) such other matters as the Company shall deem desirable or appropriate. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities in accordance with Section 301, with respect to any redemption of Securities at the election of the Company, unless, upon the giving of notice of such redemption, Defeasance shall have been effected with respect to such Securities pursuant to Section 1302, such notice may state that such redemption shall be conditional upon the receipt by the Trustee or the Paying Agent(s) for such Securities, on or prior to the date fixed for such redemption, of money sufficient to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities and that if such money shall not have been so received such notice shall be of no force or effect and the Company shall not be required to redeem such Securities. In the event that such notice of redemption contains such a condition and such money is not so received, the redemption shall not be made and within a reasonable time thereafter notice shall be given, in the manner in which the notice of redemption was given, that such money was not so received and such redemption was not required to be made, and the Trustee or Paying Agent(s) for the Securities otherwise to have been redeemed shall promptly return to the Holders thereof any of such Securities which had been surrendered for payment upon such redemption. Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company, and any notice of non-satisfaction of redemption as aforesaid, shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. Subject to the preceding paragraph, any such notice of redemption shall be irrevocable. 55 57 SECTION 1105. Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, and the conditions, if any, set forth in such notice having been satisfied, the Securities or portions thereof so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless, in the case of an unconditional notice of redemption, the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any) such Securities or portions thereof, if interest-bearing, shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security or portion thereof shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that no such surrender shall be a condition to such payment if so specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to such Security, and provided further that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, instalments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307. If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security. SECTION 1106. Securities Redeemed in Part. Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered. ARTICLE TWELVE SINKING FUNDS SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities. The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of any Securities is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of such Securities is 56 58 herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment". If provided for by the terms of any Securities, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities as provided for by the terms of such Securities. SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as and to the extent provided for by the terms of such Securities; provided that the Securities to be so credited have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price, as specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for such Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section 1202 and stating the basis for such credit and that such Securities have not been previously so credited and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days prior to each such sinking fund payment date, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1105 and 1106. ARTICLE THIRTEEN DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE SECTION 1301. Applicability of Article. Unless, pursuant to Section 301, provision is made that either or both of (a) defeasance of any Securities or any series of Securities under Section 1302 and (b) covenant defeasance of any Securities or any series of Securities under Section 1303 shall not apply to such Securities of a series, then the provisions of either or both of Sections 1302 and Section 1303, as the case may be, together with Sections 1304 and 1305, shall be applicable to the 57 59 Outstanding Securities of such series upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article. SECTION 1302. Defeasance and Discharge. The Company may cause itself to be discharged from its obligations with respect to any Securities or any series of Securities on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called "Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1304 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when payments are due, (2) the Company's obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003 and with respect to the Trustee under Section 607, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, Defeasance with respect to any Securities or any series of Securities by the Company is permitted under this Section 1302 notwithstanding the prior exercise by the Company of its rights under Section 1303 with respect to such Securities. Following a Defeasance, payment of such Securities may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. SECTION 1303. Covenant Defeasance. The Company may cause itself to be released from its obligations under Section 1004 and any covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(19), 901(2), 901(6) or 901(7) with respect to any Securities or any series of Securities for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 501(4) (with respect to Section 1004 and any such covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(19), 901(2), 901(6) or 901(7)) or 501(7) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section, in each case on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called "Covenant Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 501(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby. SECTION 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 1302 or Section 1303 to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be: 58 60 (1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities or on any Redemption Date established pursuant to Clause (3) below, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used herein, "U.S. Government Obligation" means (x) any security which is (i) a direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation which is specified in clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt. (2) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any other Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Sections 501(5) and (6), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such 90th day). (3) If the Securities are to be redeemed prior to Stated Maturity (other than from mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments), notice of such redemption shall have been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made. (4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with. 59 61 SECTION 1305. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 1304 in respect of any Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1304 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities. Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1304 with respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect to such Securities. ARTICLE FOURTEEN IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS SECTION 1401. Indenture and Securities Solely Corporate Obligations. No recourse for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture, or in any Security, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of the Securities. 60 62 ------------------------------------ This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written. DUKE POWER COMPANY By______________________________ President Attest: ________________________________ THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK By_____________________________ Vice President Attest: __________________________________ 61 63 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ) ) ss.: COUNTY OF MECKLENBURG ) On the day of October, 1996, before me personally came , to me known, who, being duly sworn, did depose and say that he is of DUKE POWER COMPANY, one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority. ___________________________ Notary Public [NOTARIAL SEAL] STATE OF NEW YORK ) ) ss.: COUNTY OF NEW YORK ) On the day of October, 1996, before me personally came , to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is of THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority. ___________________________ Notary Public [NOTARIAL SEAL] 62 EX-4.D.2 8 FORM OF SUBORDINATED INDENTURE 1 (Proof of October 16, 1996) DUKE POWER COMPANY TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK Trustee -------------------------------------------- SUBORDINATED INDENTURE Dated as of October 1, 1996 -------------------------------------------- 2 INDENTURE, dated as of October 1, 1996, between Duke Power Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of North Carolina (herein called the "Company"), having its principal office at 422 South Church Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28242, and The Chase Manhattan Bank, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee"). RECITALS OF THE COMPANY The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured subordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the "Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done. NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as follows: ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION SECTION 101. Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: (1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular; (2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein; (3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term "generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America; (4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an "Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and 3 (5) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. "Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104. "Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing. "Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series. "Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board. "Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee. "Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close. "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time. "Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor Person. "Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee. "Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee in the City of New York, New York at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 450 West 33rd Street, New York, New York 10001. 2 4 "corporation" means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or business trust. "Covenant Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1303. "Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307. "Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1302. "Depositary" means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301. "Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501. "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time. "Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 104. "Global Security" means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series which is issued to a Depositary or a nominee thereof for such series in accordance with Section 301(17). "Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register. "Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term "Indenture" shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301. "interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity. "Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an instalment of interest on such Security. "Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time. "Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an instalment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise. 3 5 "Notice of Default" means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 501(4). "Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section 1004 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company. "Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company, or other counsel who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. "Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502. "Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except: (1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; (2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; (3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 1302; and (4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the 4 6 amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. "Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company. "Periodic Offering" means an offering of Securities of a series from time to time the specific terms of which Securities, including without limitation the rate or rates of interest or formula for determining the rate or rates of interest thereon, if any, the Stated Maturity or Maturities thereof and the redemption provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company upon the issuance of such Securities. "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. "Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 301. "Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security. "Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture. "Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture. "Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301. 5 7 "Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means the chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the president, any vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any senior trust officer, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the controller or any assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. "Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time. "Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings specified in Section 305. "Senior Indebtedness" means with respect to any series of Securities, the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on and any other payment due pursuant to any of the following, whether outstanding at the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter incurred, created or assumed: (a) all indebtedness of the Company evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other securities sold by the Company for money or other obligations for money borrowed, (b) all indebtedness of others of the kinds described in the preceding clause (a) assumed by or guaranteed in any manner by the Company or in effect guaranteed by the Company through an agreement to purchase, contingent or otherwise, and (c) all renewals, extensions or refundings of indebtedness of the kinds described in either of the preceding clauses (a) and (b) unless, in the case of any particular indebtedness, renewal, extension or refunding, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or the assumption or guarantee of the same expressly provides that such indebtedness, renewal, extension or refunding is not superior in right of payment to or is pari passu with such Securities. "Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307. "Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or any instalment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such instalment of principal or interest is due and payable. "Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended. "Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable 6 8 provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series. "U.S. Government Obligation" has the meaning specified in Section 1304. "Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title "vice president". SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers' Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture. Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include, (1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto; (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with. SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, 7 9 unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. Whenever, subsequent to the receipt by the Trustee of any Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate, Opinion of Counsel or other document or instrument, a clerical, typographical or other inadvertent or unintentional error or omission shall be discovered therein, a new document or instrument may be substituted therefor in corrected form with the same force and effect as if originally filed in the corrected form and, irrespective of the date or dates of the actual execution and/or delivery thereof, such substitute document or instrument shall be deemed to have been executed and/or delivered as of the date or dates required with respect to the document or instrument for which it is substituted. Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, if any such corrective document or instrument indicates that action has been taken by or at the request of the Company which could not have been taken had the original document or instrument not contained such error or omission, the action so taken shall not be invalidated or otherwise rendered ineffective but shall be and remain in full force and effect, except to the extent that such action was a result of willful misconduct or bad faith. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Securities issued under the authority of such defective document or instrument shall nevertheless be the valid obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of this Indenture equally and ratably with all other Outstanding Securities, except as aforesaid. SECTION 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. 8 10 Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient. The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security. The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series; provided that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take or revoke the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106. The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section 512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction or to revoke the same, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to 9 11 prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company's expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be sent to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106. With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which sets such record dates may designate any day as the "Expiration Date" and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date. Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount. SECTION 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, (1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trustee Administration, or (2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument, attention: Treasurer, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company. 10 12 SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver. In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder. SECTION 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act which is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be. SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. SECTION 110. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 11 13 SECTION 111. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, their successors hereunder, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture. SECTION 112. Governing Law. This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof. SECTION 113. Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity. ARTICLE TWO SECURITY FORMS SECTION 201. Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities. The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. 12 14 SECTION 202. Form of Face of Security. [Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.] DUKE POWER COMPANY __________________ No.________________________ $____________________ CUSIP No._____________ Duke Power Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of North Carolina (herein called the "Company", which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to ______________________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of ________ Dollars on _________________________ [if the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity and interest payment periods are not extendable, insert - , and to pay interest thereon from __________ or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, [insert - semi-annually, quarterly, monthly or other description of the relevant payment period] on [________, ________,] and __________ in each year, commencing _______________, at the rate of ____% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [if applicable, insert - , provided that any principal and premium, and any such instalment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the [___________________] (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture]. [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert - The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium shall bear interest at the rate of ____% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue principal or premium shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on overdue principal or premium which is not paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of ____% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest on interest shall be legally enforceable), from the 13 15 date of such demand until the amount so demanded is paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue interest shall be payable on demand.] Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insert- any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in _________________, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts [if applicable, insert - ; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register]. Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal. DUKE POWER COMPANY By______________________________ Attest: _______________________________________ SECTION 203. Form of Reverse of Security. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of October 1, 1996 (herein called the "Indenture", which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [if applicable, insert - , limited in aggregate principal amount to $__________]. [If applicable, insert - The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, [if applicable, insert - (1) on ____________ in any year commencing with the year _____ and ending with the year _____ through operation of 14 16 the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [if applicable, insert - on or after ___________, 19__], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [if applicable, insert - on or before _________________, ___%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning _________ of the years indicated,
Year Redemption Price Year Redemption Price
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ____% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert - (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.] [If applicable, insert - The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, (1) on ____________ in any year commencing with the year ______ and ending with the year _____ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [if applicable, insert - on or after _____________], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning ________ of the years indicated,
Redemption Price for Redemption Price for Redemption Through Redemption Otherwise Than Operation of the Through Operation Year Sinking Fund of the Sinking Fund
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to _____% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.] 15 17 [If applicable, insert - Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to _________, redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [if applicable, insert - Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than ____% per annum.] [If applicable, insert - The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on __________ in each year beginning with the year _______ and ending with the year ______ of [if applicable, insert - not less than $___________ ("mandatory sinking fund") and not more than] $____________ aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [if applicable, insert - mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [if applicable, insert - mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [if applicable, insert - , in the inverse order in which they become due].] [If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert - - In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.] [If applicable, insert - The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of [the entire indebtedness of this Security] [or] [certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security] [, in each case] upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.] [If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert - If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.] [If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert - If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to [insert formula for determining the amount]. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.] The indebtedness represented by the Securities of this series is, to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Indenture, expressly subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, as defined in the Indenture, with respect to this series, and this Security is issued subject to such provisions, and each Holder of this Security, by acceptance thereof, agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions and authorizes and directs the Trustee in his, her or its behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in the Indenture and 16 18 appoints the Trustee his, her or its attorney-in-fact, as the case may be, for any and all such purposes. 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 each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all 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 Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the 17 19 Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge shall 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. Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. SECTION 204. Form of Legend for Global Securities. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form: THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. SECTION 205. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form: This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, As Trustee By_____________________________ Authorized Officer ARTICLE THREE 18 20 THE SECURITIES SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, with the Securities issued hereunder being expressly subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner set forth in Article Fourteen, to all Senior Indebtedness of the Company. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, (1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series); (2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1106 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder); (3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest; (4) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of the series is payable or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined; (5) the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined; the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue; the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable; the manner (if any) of determination of such Interest Payment Dates; and the Regular Record Date, if any, for any such interest payable on any Interest Payment Date; (6) the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and the duration of such extension; (7) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and whether, if acceptable to the Trustee, any principal of such Securities shall be payable without presentation or surrender thereof; 19 21 (8) the period or periods within which, or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced; (9) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund, purchase fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; (10) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable; (11) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined; (12) if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the definition of "Outstanding" in Section 101; (13) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or the Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such Securities as to which such election is made shall be payable, the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be determined); (14) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502; (15) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined); 20 22 (16) if either or both of Sections 1302 and 1303 do not apply to any Securities of the series; (17) if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the respective Depositary or Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 204 and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof; (18) any addition, modification or deletion of any Events of Default or covenants provided with respect to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 502; (19) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article Ten which applies to Securities of the series; (20) the subordination of the Securities of such series to any other indebtedness of the Company, including, without limitation, the Securities of any other series; and (21) any other terms of the series. All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers' Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms or the manner of determining the terms of the series. With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Board Resolution (or action taken pursuant thereto), Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture referred to above may provide general terms or parameters for Securities of such series and provide either that the specific terms of particular Securities of such series shall be specified in a Company Order or that such terms shall be determined by the Company in accordance with other procedures specified in a Company Order as contemplated by the third paragraph of Section 303. Notwithstanding Section 301(2) herein and unless otherwise expressly provided with respect to a series of Securities, the aggregate principal amount of a series of Securities 21 23 may be increased and additional Securities of such series may be issued up to the maximum aggregate principal amount authorized with respect to such series as increased. SECTION 302. Denominations. The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in fully registered form without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities. At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities, provided, however, that in the case of Securities offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities from time to time in accordance with such other procedures (including, without limitation, the receipt by the Trustee of oral or electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agents, promptly confirmed in writing) acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified by or pursuant to a Company Order delivered to the Trustee prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such series. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating, (1) if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; (2) if the terms of such Securities have been, or in the case of Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been, or in the case of Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture, subject, in the case of Securities of a series 22 24 offered in a Periodic Offering, to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel; and (3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles. If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers' Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued. With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee may rely, as to the authorization by the Company of any of such Securities, the form and terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel and the other documents delivered pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 and this Section, as applicable, in connection with the first authentication of Securities of such series. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized officer, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. 23 25 SECTION 304. Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor. SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office or in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount. At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. 24 26 Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1106 not involving any transfer. If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part. The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to Global Securities: (1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security and a successor Depositary has not been appointed by the Company within 90 days of receipt by the Company of such notification or (B) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated by Section 301. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may at any time in its sole discretion determine that Securities issued in the form of a Global Security shall no longer be represented in whole or in part by such Global Security, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order therefor, shall authenticate and deliver definitive Securities in exchange in whole or in part for such Global Security. (3) Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange or transfer of a Global Security for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for or upon transfer of a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall direct. 25 27 (4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 304, 306, 906 or 1106 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof. SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security. Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder. The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities. SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest. 26 28 Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below: (1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner set forth in Section 106, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2). (2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security. 27 29 SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. SECTION 309. Cancellation. All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a Company Order; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be required to destroy such cancelled Securities. SECTION 310. Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. SECTION 311. CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. 28 30 ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when (1) either (A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable, or (ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; (2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and (3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with. 29 31 Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive. SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee. ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES SECTION 501. Events of Default. "Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or Article Fourteen or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body), unless it is inapplicable to a particular series or is specifically deleted or modified in the Board Resolution (or action taken pursuant thereto), Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture under which such series of Securities is issued or has been deleted or modified in an indenture supplemental hereto: (1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 60 days; or (2) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on any Security of that series at its Maturity; or (3) default in the making of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series, and continuance of such default for a period of 60 days; or (4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to 30 32 the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 33% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder, unless the Trustee, or the Trustee and the Holders of a principal amount of Securities of such series not less than the principal amount of Securities the Holders of which gave such notice, as the case may be, shall agree in writing to an extension of such period prior to its expiration; provided, however, that the Trustee, or the Trustee and the Holders of such principal amount of Securities of such series, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have agreed to an extension of such period if corrective action is initiated by the Company within such period and is being diligently pursued; or (5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or (6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the authorization of any such action by the Board of Directors; or (7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series. SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 33% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as 31 33 may be specified by the terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Event of Default giving rise to such declaration of acceleration shall, without further act, be deemed to have been waived, and such declaration and its consequences shall, without further act, be deemed to have been rescinded and annulled, if (1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay (A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series, (B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, (C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and (D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and (2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon. SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The Company covenants that if (1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 60 days, or (2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof, 32 34 the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy. SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607. No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors' or other similar committee. SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered. 33 35 SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected. Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall, subject (in the case of clauses SECOND and THIRD below) to the subordination provisions hereof, be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid: FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607; SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest, respectively; and THIRD: To the payment of the balance, if any, to the Company or any other Person or Persons legally entitled thereto. SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless (1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series; (2) the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder; (3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; (4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and (5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this 34 36 Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders. SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted. SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be. SECTION 512. Control By Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series; provided that 35 37 (1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, (2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and (3) subject to the provisions of Section 601, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability. SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default (1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such series, or (2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected. Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon. SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company or the Trustee. SECTION 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted. 36 38 ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities. The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section. SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults. If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series. SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section 601: (1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties; (2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order or as otherwise expressly provided herein, and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution; (3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate; 37 39 (4) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon; (5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction; (6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled, at reasonable times previously notified to the Company, to examine the relevant books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney; and (7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder. SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof. SECTION 605. May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent. SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company. 38 40 SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees (1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed to in writing between the Company and the Trustee for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); (2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and (3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held by it hereunder for any amount owing it or any predecessor Trustee pursuant to this Section 607, except with respect to funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities. Without limiting any rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or Section 501(6), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law. The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture. SECTION 608. Conflicting Interests. If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one series. 39 41 SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article. SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611. The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series. The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If at any time: (1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or (2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or (3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly 40 42 situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees. If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series. The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office. SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder. In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to 41 43 transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates. Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be. No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article. SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities. SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust 42 44 Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor). SECTION 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents acceptable to the Company with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section. Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent. An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section. 43 45 The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section. If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form: This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, As Trustee By___________________________ As Authenticating Agent By_________________________________ Authorized Officer ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee (1) 15 days after each Regular Record Date, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of each series as of such Regular Record Date, and (2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders. The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished. 44 46 The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act. Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act. SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee. The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. If required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall, within 60 days after each October 1 following the date of this Indenture, deliver to Holders a brief report, dated as of such October 1, which complies with the provisions of such Section 313(a). A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange. SECTION 704. Reports by Company. The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act; provided that any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the Commission. ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms. Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person or Persons (whether or not affiliated with the Company), or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any conveyance or transfer of the properties and assets of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company) lawfully entitled to acquire the same; provided, however, and the Company hereby covenants and agrees, that upon any such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all of the Securities, 45 47 according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company, shall be expressly assumed, by indenture supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or by the Person which shall have acquired such properties and assets, and (ii) the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with. SECTION 802. Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Person or any conveyance or transfer of the properties and assets of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities. ARTICLE NINE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes: (1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities; or (2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or (3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for 46 48 the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); or (4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or (5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities; provided that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or (6) to secure the Securities; or (7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or (8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 611; or (9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture; provided that such action pursuant to this Clause (9) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect. SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders. With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture with respect to Securities of such series, or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, (1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any instalment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other 47 49 Security which would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or (2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or (3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1005, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 1005, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 611 and 901(8). A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series. It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof. SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby. 48 50 SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act. SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series. SECTION 907. Subordination Unimpaired. This Indenture may not be amended to alter the subordination of any of the Outstanding Securities without the written consent of each holder of Senior Indebtedness then outstanding that would be adversely affected thereby. ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture. SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands. The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for 49 51 any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust. If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series. The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust hereunder by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money. Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; 50 52 provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. SECTION 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default. The Company will deliver to the Trustee, on or before October 15 of each calendar year or on or before such other day in each calendar year as the Company and the Trustee may from time to time agree upon, an Officers' Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge. SECTION 1005. Waiver of Certain Covenants. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series, the Company may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to Section 301(19), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 1006. Calculation of Original Issue Discount. The Company shall file with the Trustee promptly after the end of each calendar year a written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding Securities as of the end of such year. ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article. 51 53 Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities) in accordance with this Article. SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company, the Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (a) prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition. SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed. If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series; provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities 52 54 redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed. SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register. All notices of redemption shall state: (1) the Redemption Date; (2) the Redemption Price; (3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series and of a specified tenor consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series and of a specified tenor consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to be redeemed; (4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date; (5) the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, unless it shall have been specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to such Securities that such surrender shall not be required; (6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case; and (7) such other matters as the Company shall deem desirable or appropriate. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities in accordance with Section 301, with respect to any redemption of Securities at the election of the Company, unless, upon the giving of notice of such redemption, Defeasance shall have been effected with respect to such Securities pursuant to Section 1302, such notice may state that such redemption shall be conditional upon the receipt by the Trustee or the Paying Agent(s) for such Securities, on or prior to the date fixed for such redemption, of money sufficient to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities and that if such money shall not have been so received such notice shall be of no force or effect and the Company shall not be required to redeem such Securities. In the event that such notice of redemption contains such a condition and such money is not so received, the redemption shall not be made and within a reasonable time thereafter notice shall be given, in the manner in which the notice of redemption was given, that such money was not so received and such redemption was not required to be made, 53 55 and the Trustee or Paying Agent(s) for the Securities otherwise to have been redeemed shall promptly return to the Holders thereof any of such Securities which had been surrendered for payment upon such redemption. Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company, and any notice of non-satisfaction of redemption as aforesaid, shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. Subject to the preceding paragraph, any such notice of redemption shall be irrevocable. SECTION 1105. Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, and the conditions, if any, set forth in such notice having been satisfied, the Securities or portions thereof so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless, in the case of an unconditional notice of redemption, the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any) such Securities or portions thereof, if interest-bearing, shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security or portion thereof shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that no such surrender shall be a condition to such payment if so specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to such Security, and provided further that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307. If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security. SECTION 1106. Securities Redeemed in Part. Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered. 54 56 ARTICLE TWELVE SINKING FUNDS SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities. The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of any Securities is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of such Securities is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment". If provided for by the terms of any Securities, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities as provided for by the terms of such Securities. SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as and to the extent provided for by the terms of such Securities; provided that the Securities to be so credited have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price, as specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for such Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section 1202 and stating the basis for such credit and that such Securities have not been previously so credited and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days prior to each such sinking fund payment date, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1105 and 1106. 55 57 ARTICLE THIRTEEN DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE SECTION 1301. Applicability of Article. Unless, pursuant to Section 301, provision is made that either or both of (a) defeasance of any Securities or any series of Securities under Section 1302 and (b) covenant defeasance of any Securities or any series of Securities under Section 1303 shall not apply to such Securities of a series, then the provisions of either or both of Sections 1302 and Section 1303, as the case may be, together with Sections 1304 and 1305, shall be applicable to the Outstanding Securities of such series upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article. SECTION 1302. Defeasance and Discharge. The Company may cause itself to be discharged from its obligations with respect to any Securities or any series of Securities on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called "Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1304 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when payments are due, (2) the Company's obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003 and with respect to the Trustee under Section 607, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, Defeasance with respect to any Securities or any series of Securities by the Company is permitted under this Section 1302 notwithstanding the prior exercise by the Company of its rights under Section 1303 with respect to such Securities. Following a Defeasance, payment of such Securities may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. SECTION 1303. Covenant Defeasance. The Company may cause itself to be released from its obligations under any covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(19), 901(2), 901(6) or 901(7) with respect to any Securities or any series of Securities for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 501(4) (with respect to any such covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(19), 901(2), 901(6) or 901(7)) or 501(7) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section, in each case on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called "Covenant Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, the Company may omit to comply with and shall 56 58 have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 501(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby. SECTION 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 1302 or Section 1303 to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be: (1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities or on any Redemption Date established pursuant to Clause (3) below, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used herein, "U.S. Government Obligation" means (x) any security which is (i) a direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation which is specified in clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt. (2) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any other Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Sections 501(5) and (6), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such 90th day). 57 59 (3) If the Securities are to be redeemed prior to Stated Maturity (other than from mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments), notice of such redemption shall have been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made. (4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with. SECTION 1305. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 1304 in respect of any Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1304 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities. Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1304 with respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect to such Securities. ARTICLE FOURTEEN SUBORDINATION SECTION 1401. Securities Subordinated to Senior Indebtedness. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for any series of Securities, the Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by his acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that the indebtedness represented by the Securities of any series and the payment of the principal of and any premium or interest on each and all of the Securities of each series is subordinate, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior 58 60 Indebtedness. Senior Indebtedness shall continue to be Senior Indebtedness and entitled to the benefits of these subordination provisions irrespective of any amendment, modification or waiver of any term of the Senior Indebtedness or extension or renewal of the Senior Indebtedness. In the event (a) of any payment by, or distribution of assets of, the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon any dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, or (b) subject to the provisions of Section 1402 that (i) a default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the payment of principal, interest or any other monetary amounts due and payable on any Senior Indebtedness and such default shall have continued beyond the period of grace, if any, specified in the instrument evidencing such Senior Indebtedness, (and the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company or one or more holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives or the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued), or (ii) the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness shall have been accelerated because of a default in respect of such Senior Indebtedness (and the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company or one or more holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives or the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued), then: (i) the holders of all Senior Indebtedness shall first be entitled to receive, in the case of (a) above, payment of all amounts due or to become due upon all Senior Indebtedness and, in the case of subclauses (i) and (ii) of clause (b) above, payment of all amounts due thereon, or provision shall be made for such payment in money or money's worth, before the Holders of any of the Securities are entitled to receive any payment on account of the principal of or any premium or interest on the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities, including, without limitation, any payments made pursuant to Article Eleven or Article Twelve; (ii) any payment by, or distribution of assets of, the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Holders of any of the Securities would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article, including any such payment or distribution which may be payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any other indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the payment of such Securities, shall be paid or delivered by the Person making such payment or distribution, whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating trustee or otherwise, directly to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of such Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution (or provision therefor) to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, before any payment or distribution is made to the Holders of the indebtedness evidenced by such Securities; and 59 61 (iii) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment by, or distribution of assets of, the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, including any such payment or distribution which may be payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any other indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the payment of such Securities, in respect of principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities or in connection with the repurchase by the Company of any of the Securities, shall be received by the Trustee or the Holders of any of the Securities when such payment or distribution is prohibited pursuant to this Section, such payment or distribution shall be paid over to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, ratably as aforesaid, for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid until all such Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution (or provision therefor) to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time after the 90th day following the date of deposit of money or U.S. Government Obligations pursuant to Section 1304 (provided all other conditions set out in such Section shall have been satisfied) the funds so deposited and any interest thereon will not be subject to any rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness including, without limitation, those arising under this Article. For purposes of this Article Fourteen, the words "cash, property or securities" shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other Person provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the payment of which is subordinated at least to the extent provided in this Article with respect to the Securities to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness which may at the time be outstanding; provided that (i) the Senior Indebtedness is assumed by the Person, if any, resulting from any such reorganization or readjustment, and (ii) the rights of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness are not, without the consent of each such holder adversely affected thereby, altered by such reorganization or readjustment. The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another Person or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance or transfer of its property as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another Person upon the terms and conditions provided for in Article Eight hereof shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section if such other Person shall, as part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions stated in Article Eight hereof. SECTION 1402. Disputes with Holders of Certain Senior Indebtedness. Any failure by the Company to make any payment on or perform any other obligation under Senior Indebtedness, other than any indebtedness incurred by the Company or assumed or guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by the Company for money borrowed (or any deferral, renewal, extension or refunding thereof) or any indebtedness or obligation as to which the provisions of this Section shall have been waived by the Company in the instrument or instruments by which the Company incurred, assumed, guaranteed or otherwise created such indebtedness or obligation, shall not be deemed a default or event of default under Section 1401(b) if (i) the Company shall be disputing its obligation to make such payment or perform 60 62 such obligation and (ii) either (A) no final judgment relating to such dispute shall have been issued against the Company which is in full force and effect and is not subject to further review, including a judgment that has become final by reason of the expiration of the time within which a party may seek further appeal or review, and (B) in the event of a judgment that is subject to further review or appeal has been issued, the Company shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or other proceeding for review and a stay of execution shall have been obtained pending such appeal or review. SECTION 1403. Subrogation. Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with the holders of all obligations of the Company which by their express terms are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness of the Company to the same extent as the Securities are subordinated and which are entitled to like rights of subrogation) to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until all amounts owing on the Securities shall be paid in full, and as between the Company, its creditors other than holders of such Senior Indebtedness and the Holders, no such payment or distribution made to the holders of Senior Indebtedness by virtue of this Article that otherwise would have been made to the Holders shall be deemed to be a payment by the Company on account of such Senior Indebtedness, it being understood that the provisions of this Article are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders, on the one hand, and the holders of Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand. SECTION 1404. Obligation of Company Unconditional. Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Holders, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders the principal of and any premium or interest on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the Holders and creditors of the Company other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article of the holders of Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy. Upon payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article, the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which any such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceeding affecting the affairs of the Company is pending or upon a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidating trustee or agent or other person making any payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders, for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article. 61 63 The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee or representative on behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Indebtedness or a trustee or representative on behalf of any such holder or holders. In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment. SECTION 1405. Payments on Securities Permitted. Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities shall affect the obligations of the Company to make, or prevent the Company from making, payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on the Securities in accordance with the provisions hereof and thereof, except as otherwise provided in this Article. SECTION 1406. Effectuation of Subordination by Trustee. Each Holder of Securities, by his acceptance thereof, authorizes and directs the Trustee in his, her or its behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article and appoints the Trustee his, her or its attorney-in-fact, as the case may be, for any and all such purposes. SECTION 1407. Knowledge of Trustee. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee, or the taking of any other action by the Trustee, unless and until the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof mailed or delivered to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office from the Company, any Holder, any paying agent or the holder or representative of any Senior Indebtedness; provided that if at least two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such moneys may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal or any premium or interest on any Security) the Trustee shall not have received with respect to such moneys the notice provided for in this Section, then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such moneys and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were received and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary that may be received by it within two Business Days prior to or on or after such date. 62 64 SECTION 1408. Trustee May Hold Senior Indebtedness. The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article with respect to any Senior Indebtedness at the time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. SECTION 1409. Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness Not Impaired. No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce the subordination herein shall at any time or in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof which any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with. With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, (i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture; (ii) the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture; (iii) no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and (iv) the Trustee shall not be deemed to be a fiduciary as to such holders. SECTION 1410. Trust Moneys Not Subordinated. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, payments from money or U.S. Government Obligations held in trust under Article Four or Article Thirteen by the Trustee for the payment of principal of and any premium or interest on the Securities of any series shall not be subordinated to the prior payment of any Senior Indebtedness of the Company or subject to the restrictions set forth in this Article and none of the Holders shall be obligated to pay over any such amount to the Company or any holder of Senior Indebtedness or any other creditor of the Company. SECTION 1411. Article Applicable to Paying Agents. In case at any time any paying agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee" as used in this Article shall in such case (unless the context shall otherwise require) be construed as extending to and including such paying agent within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such paying agent were named in this Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided, however, that Sections 1407 and 1408 shall not apply to the Company if it acts as its own paying agent. 63 65 SECTION 1412. Trustee; Compensation Not Prejudiced. Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee pursuant to Section 607. ARTICLE FIFTEEN IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS SECTION 1501. Indenture and Securities Solely Corporate Obligations. No recourse for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture, or in any Security, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of the Securities. 64 66 _____________________ This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written. DUKE POWER COMPANY By_________________________________ President Attest: ____________________________________ THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK By_________________________________ Vice President Attest: ____________________________________________________ 65 67 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ) ) ss.: COUNTY OF MECKLENBURG ) On the day of October, 1996, before me personally came ,to me known, who, being duly sworn, did depose and say that he is of DUKE POWER COMPANY, one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority. ____________________ Notary Public [NOTARIAL SEAL] STATE OF NEW YORK ) ) ss.: COUNTY OF NEW YORK ) On the day of October, 1996, before me personally came , to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is of THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority. _______________________ Notary Public [NOTARIAL SEAL] 66 EX-25.A 9 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY/NEW BONDS 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D. C. 20549 ------------------------- FORM T-1 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE ------------------------------------------- CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2) ________ ---------------------------------------- THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter) NEW YORK 13-4994650 (State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer if not a national bank) identification No.) 270 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) William H. McDavid General Counsel 270 Park Avenue New York, New York 10017 Tel: (212) 270-2611 (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service) --------------------------------------------- DUKE POWER COMPANY (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter) NORTH CAROLINA 56-0205520 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer incorporation or organization) identification No.) 422 SOUTH CHURCH STREET CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28242 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) ------------------------------------------- FIRST AND REFUNDING MORTGAGE BONDS (Title of the indenture securities) ----------------------------------------------------- 2 GENERAL Item 1. General Information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee: (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. New York State Banking Department, State House, Albany, New York 12110. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C., 20551 Federal Reserve Bank of New York, District No. 2, 33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C., 20429. (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. Yes. Item 2. Affiliations with the Obligor. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation. None. - 2 - 3 Item 16. List of Exhibits List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of Eligibility. 1. A copy of the Articles of Association of the Trustee as now in effect, including the Organization Certificate and the Certificates of Amendment dated February 17, 1969, August 31, 1977, December 31, 1980, September 9, 1982, February 28, 1985, December 2, 1991 and July 10, 1996 (see Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-06249, which is incorporated by reference). 2. A copy of the Certificate of Authority of the Trustee to Commence Business (see Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 33-50010, which is incorporated by reference. On July 14, 1996, in connection with the merger of Chemical Bank and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), Chemical Bank, the surviving corporation, was renamed The Chase Manhattan Bank.) 3. None, authorization to exercise corporate trust powers being contained in the documents identified above as Exhibits 1 and 2. 4. A copy of the existing By-Laws of the Trustee (see Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-06249, which is incorporated by reference). 5. Not applicable. 6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (see Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 33-50010, which is incorporated by reference. On July 14, 1996, in connection with the merger of Chemical Bank and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), Chemical Bank, the surviving corporation, was renamed The Chase Manhattan Bank.) 7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee, published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority. (On July 14, 1996, in connection with the merger of Chemical Bank and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), Chemical Bank, the surviving corporation, was renamed The Chase Manhattan Bank.) 8. Not applicable. 9. Not applicable. SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 the Trustee, The Chase Manhattan Bank, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of New York and State of New York, on the 25TH day of SEPTEMBER, 1996. THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK By /s/Patricia A. Kelly ----------------------------- Patricia A. Kelly Vice President - 3 - 4 Exhibit 7 to Form T-1 Bank Call Notice RESERVE DISTRICT NO. 2 CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION OF CHEMICAL BANK of 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017 and Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries, a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business June 30, 1996, in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.
DOLLAR AMOUNTS ASSETS IN MILLIONS Cash and balances due from depository institutions: Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin ........................................... $ 4,167 Interest-bearing balances ................................... 5,094 Securities: Held to maturity securities ...................................... 3,367 Available for sale securities .................................... 27,786 Federal Funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell in domestic offices of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBF's: Federal funds sold .......................................... 7,204 Securities purchased under agreements to resell ............. 136 Loans and lease financing receivables: Loans and leases, net of unearned income .................... $ 67,215 Less: Allowance for loan and lease losses ................... 1,768 Less: Allocated transfer risk reserve ....................... 75 -------- Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and reserve ...................................... 65,372 Trading Assets ................................................... 28,610 Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) ..................................................... 1,326 Other real estate owned .......................................... 26 Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies ........................................ 68 Customer's liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding ................................................. 995 Intangible assets ................................................ 309 Other assets ..................................................... 6,993 -------- TOTAL ASSETS ..................................................... $151,453 ========
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LIABILITIES Deposits In domestic offices ..................................... $ 46,917 Noninterest-bearing .....................................$16,711 Interest-bearing ........................................ 30,206 In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, ------- and IBF's ............................................... 31,577 Noninterest-bearing......................................$ 2,197 Interest-bearing ........................................ 29,380 ------- Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agree- ments to repurchase in domestic offices of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBF's Federal funds purchased ................................. 12,155 Securities sold under agreements to repurchase .......... 8,536 Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury ..................... 1,000 Trading liabilities .......................................... 20,914 Other Borrowed money: With a remaining maturity of one year or less ........... 10,018 With a remaining maturity of more than one year ......... 192 Mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases .................................................. 12 Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding...... 1,001 Subordinated notes and debentures ............................ 3,411 Other liabilities ............................................ 8,091 TOTAL LIABILITIES ............................................ 143,824 --------- EQUITY CAPITAL Common stock ................................................. 620 Surplus ...................................................... 4,664 Undivided profits and capital reserves ....................... 2,970 Net unrealized holding gains (Losses) on available-for-sale securities ............................. (633) Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments .......... 8 TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL ......................................... 7,629 --------- TOTAL LIABILITIES, LIMITED-LIFE PREFERRED STOCK AND EQUITY CAPITAL ................................ $ 151,453 =========
I, Joseph L. Sclafani, S.V.P. & Controller of the above-named bank, do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. JOSEPH L. SCLAFANI We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of Condition and declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct. WALTER V. SHIPLEY ) EDWARD D. MILLER )DIRECTORS THOMAS G. LABRECQUE ) - 5 - EX-25.B 10 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY/SENIOR NOTES 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D. C. 20549 ------------------------- FORM T-1 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE ------------------------------------------- CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2) ________ ---------------------------------------- THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter) NEW YORK 13-4994650 (State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer if not a national bank) identification No.) 270 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) William H. McDavid General Counsel 270 Park Avenue New York, New York 10017 Tel: (212) 270-2611 (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service) --------------------------------------------- DUKE POWER COMPANY (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter) NORTH CAROLINA 56-0205520 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer incorporation or organization) identification No.) 422 SOUTH CHURCH STREET CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28242 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) ------------------------------------------- SENIOR NOTES (Title of the indenture securities) ----------------------------------------------------- 2 GENERAL Item 1. General Information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee: (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. New York State Banking Department, State House, Albany, New York 12110. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C., 20551 Federal Reserve Bank of New York, District No. 2, 33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C., 20429. (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. Yes. Item 2. Affiliations with the Obligor. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation. None. - 2 - 3 Item 16. List of Exhibits List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of Eligibility. 1. A copy of the Articles of Association of the Trustee as now in effect, including the Organization Certificate and the Certificates of Amendment dated February 17, 1969, August 31, 1977, December 31, 1980, September 9, 1982, February 28, 1985, December 2, 1991 and July 10, 1996 (see Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-06249, which is incorporated by reference). 2. A copy of the Certificate of Authority of the Trustee to Commence Business (see Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 33-50010, which is incorporated by reference. On July 14, 1996, in connection with the merger of Chemical Bank and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), Chemical Bank, the surviving corporation, was renamed The Chase Manhattan Bank.) 3. None, authorization to exercise corporate trust powers being contained in the documents identified above as Exhibits 1 and 2. 4. A copy of the existing By-Laws of the Trustee (see Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-06249, which is incorporated by reference). 5. Not applicable. 6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (see Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 33-50010, which is incorporated by reference. On July 14, 1996, in connection with the merger of Chemical Bank and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), Chemical Bank, the surviving corporation, was renamed The Chase Manhattan Bank.) 7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee, published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority. (On July 14, 1996, in connection with the merger of Chemical Bank and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), Chemical Bank, the surviving corporation, was renamed The Chase Manhattan Bank.) 8. Not applicable. 9. Not applicable. SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 the Trustee, The Chase Manhattan Bank, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of New York and State of New York, on the 25TH day of SEPTEMBER, 1996. THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK By /s/Patricia A. Kelly ----------------------------- Patricia A. Kelly Vice President - 3 - 4 Exhibit 7 to Form T-1 Bank Call Notice RESERVE DISTRICT NO. 2 CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION OF CHEMICAL BANK of 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017 and Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries, a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business June 30, 1996, in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.
DOLLAR AMOUNTS ASSETS IN MILLIONS Cash and balances due from depository institutions: Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin ........................................... $ 4,167 Interest-bearing balances ................................... 5,094 Securities: ...................................................... Held to maturity securities ...................................... 3,367 Available for sale securities .................................... 27,786 Federal Funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell in domestic offices of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBF's: Federal funds sold .......................................... 7,204 Securities purchased under agreements to resell ............. 136 Loans and lease financing receivables: Loans and leases, net of unearned income .................... $ 67,215 Less: Allowance for loan and lease losses ................... 1,768 Less: Allocated transfer risk reserve ....................... 75 -------- Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and reserve ...................................... 65,372 Trading Assets ................................................... 28,610 Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) ..................................................... 1,326 Other real estate owned .......................................... 26 Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies ........................................ 68 Customer's liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding ................................................. 995 Intangible assets ................................................ 309 Other assets ..................................................... 6,993 -------- TOTAL ASSETS ..................................................... $151,453 ========
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LIABILITIES Deposits In domestic offices ..................................... $ 46,917 Noninterest-bearing ..................................... $16,711 Interest-bearing ........................................ 30,206 In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, ------- and IBF's ............................................... 31,577 Noninterest-bearing...................................... $ 2,197 Interest-bearing ........................................ 29,380 ------- Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase in domestic offices of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBF's Federal funds purchased ................................. 12,155 Securities sold under agreements to repurchase .......... 8,536 Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury ..................... 1,000 Trading liabilities .......................................... 20,914 Other Borrowed money: With a remaining maturity of one year or less ........... 10,018 With a remaining maturity of more than one year ......... 192 Mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases .................................................. 12 Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding...... 1,001 Subordinated notes and debentures ............................ 3,411 Other liabilities ............................................ 8,091 TOTAL LIABILITIES ............................................ 143,824 --------- EQUITY CAPITAL Common stock ................................................. 620 Surplus ...................................................... 4,664 Undivided profits and capital reserves ....................... 2,970 Net unrealized holding gains (Losses) on available-for-sale securities ............................. (633) Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments .......... 8 TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL ......................................... 7,629 --------- TOTAL LIABILITIES, LIMITED-LIFE PREFERRED STOCK AND EQUITY CAPITAL ................................ $ 151,453 =========
I, Joseph L. Sclafani, S.V.P. & Controller of the above-named bank, do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. JOSEPH L. SCLAFANI We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of Condition and declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct. WALTER V. SHIPLEY ) EDWARD D. MILLER )DIRECTORS THOMAS G. LABRECQUE ) - 5 - EX-25.C 11 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY/SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D. C. 20549 ------------------------- FORM T-1 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE ------------------------------------------- CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2) ________ ---------------------------------------- THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter) NEW YORK 13-4994650 (State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer if not a national bank) identification No.) 270 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) William H. McDavid General Counsel 270 Park Avenue New York, New York 10017 Tel: (212) 270-2611 (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service) --------------------------------------------- DUKE POWER COMPANY (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter) NORTH CAROLINA 56-0205520 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer incorporation or organization) identification No.) 422 SOUTH CHURCH STREET CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28242 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) ------------------------------------------- SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES (Title of the indenture securities) ----------------------------------------------------- 2 GENERAL Item 1. General Information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee: (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. New York State Banking Department, State House, Albany, New York 12110. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C., 20551 Federal Reserve Bank of New York, District No. 2, 33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C., 20429. (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. Yes. Item 2. Affiliations with the Obligor. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation. None. - 2 - 3 Item 16. List of Exhibits List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of Eligibility. 1. A copy of the Articles of Association of the Trustee as now in effect, including the Organization Certificate and the Certificates of Amendment dated February 17, 1969, August 31, 1977, December 31, 1980, September 9, 1982, February 28, 1985, December 2, 1991 and July 10, 1996 (see Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-06249, which is incorporated by reference). 2. A copy of the Certificate of Authority of the Trustee to Commence Business (see Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 33-50010, which is incorporated by reference. On July 14, 1996, in connection with the merger of Chemical Bank and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), Chemical Bank, the surviving corporation, was renamed The Chase Manhattan Bank.) 3. None, authorization to exercise corporate trust powers being contained in the documents identified above as Exhibits 1 and 2. 4. A copy of the existing By-Laws of the Trustee (see Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-06249, which is incorporated by reference). 5. Not applicable. 6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (see Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 33-50010, which is incorporated by reference. On July 14, 1996, in connection with the merger of Chemical Bank and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), Chemical Bank, the surviving corporation, was renamed The Chase Manhattan Bank.) 7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee, published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority. (On July 14, 1996, in connection with the merger of Chemical Bank and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), Chemical Bank, the surviving corporation, was renamed The Chase Manhattan Bank.) 8. Not applicable. 9. Not applicable. SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 the Trustee, The Chase Manhattan Bank, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of New York and State of New York, on the 25TH day of SEPTEMBER, 1996. THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK By /s/Patricia A. Kelly ----------------------------- Patricia A. Kelly Vice President - 3 - 4 Exhibit 7 to Form T-1 Bank Call Notice RESERVE DISTRICT NO. 2 CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION OF CHEMICAL BANK of 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017 and Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries, a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business June 30, 1996, in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.
DOLLAR AMOUNTS ASSETS IN MILLIONS Cash and balances due from depository institutions: Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin ........................................... $ 4,167 Interest-bearing balances ................................... 5,094 Securities: Held to maturity securities ...................................... 3,367 Available for sale securities .................................... 27,786 Federal Funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell in domestic offices of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBF's: Federal funds sold .......................................... 7,204 Securities purchased under agreements to resell ............. 136 Loans and lease financing receivables: Loans and leases, net of unearned income .................... $ 67,215 Less: Allowance for loan and lease losses ................... 1,768 Less: Allocated transfer risk reserve ....................... 75 -------- Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and reserve ...................................... 65,372 Trading Assets ................................................... 28,610 Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) ..................................................... 1,326 Other real estate owned .......................................... 26 Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies ........................................ 68 Customer's liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding ................................................. 995 Intangible assets ................................................ 309 Other assets ..................................................... 6,993 -------- TOTAL ASSETS ..................................................... $151,453 ========
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LIABILITIES Deposits In domestic offices ..................................... $ 46,917 Noninterest-bearing ..................................... $16,711 Interest-bearing ........................................ 30,206 In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, ------- and IBF's ............................................... 31,577 Noninterest-bearing...................................... $ 2,197 Interest-bearing ........................................ 29,380 ------- Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase in domestic offices of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBF's Federal funds purchased ................................. 12,155 Securities sold under agreements to repurchase .......... 8,536 Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury ..................... 1,000 Trading liabilities .......................................... 20,914 Other Borrowed money: With a remaining maturity of one year or less ........... 10,018 With a remaining maturity of more than one year ......... 192 Mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases .................................................. 12 Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding...... 1,001 Subordinated notes and debentures ............................ 3,411 Other liabilities ............................................ 8,091 TOTAL LIABILITIES ............................................ 143,824 --------- EQUITY CAPITAL Common stock ................................................. 620 Surplus ...................................................... 4,664 Undivided profits and capital reserves ....................... 2,970 Net unrealized holding gains (Losses) on available-for-sale securities ............................. (633) Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments .......... 8 TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL ......................................... 7,629 --------- TOTAL LIABILITIES, LIMITED-LIFE PREFERRED STOCK AND EQUITY CAPITAL ................................ $ 151,453 =========
I, Joseph L. Sclafani, S.V.P. & Controller of the above-named bank, do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. JOSEPH L. SCLAFANI We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of Condition and declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct. WALTER V. SHIPLEY ) EDWARD D. MILLER )DIRECTORS THOMAS G. LABRECQUE ) - 5 - -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----