EX-4.2 3 ex4-2.txt Exhibit 4.2 ALABAMA POWER COMPANY TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. TRUSTEE THIRTY-FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE DATED AS OF JANUARY 18, 2006 SERIES EE 5.75% SENIOR INSURED QUARTERLY NOTES DUE JANUARY 15, 2036
TABLE OF CONTENTS(1) Table of Contents Page ARTICLE 1 Series EE Senior Notes.............................................................4 SECTION 101. Establishment......................................................................4 -------------- SECTION 102. Definitions........................................................................5 ------------ SECTION 103. Payment of Principal and Interest..................................................5 ---------------------------------- SECTION 104. Denominations......................................................................6 -------------- SECTION 105. Global Securities..................................................................6 ------------------ SECTION 106. Transfer...........................................................................7 --------- SECTION 107. Redemption at the Company's Option.................................................7 ----------------------------------- SECTION 108. Redemption upon Death of a Beneficial Owner........................................7 -------------------------------------------- ARTICLE 2 Special Insurance Provisions......................................................11 SECTION 201. Supplemental Indentures...........................................................11 ------------------------ SECTION 202. Events of Default and Remedies....................................................11 ------------------------------ SECTION 203. Insurance Policy Payment Procedures...............................................11 ----------------------------------- SECTION 204. Application of Term "Outstanding" to Series EE Notes..............................12 ---------------------------------------------------- SECTION 205. Insurer as Third Party Beneficiary................................................12 ---------------------------------- SECTION 206. Concerning the Special Insurance Provisions.......................................13 ------------------------------------------- ARTICLE 3 Miscellaneous Provisions...........................................................................13 SECTION 301. Recitals by Company...............................................................13 -------------------- SECTION 302. Ratification and Incorporation of Original Indenture..............................13 ----------------------------------------------------- SECTION 303. Executed in Counterparts..........................................................13 ------------------------- EXHIBIT A FORM OF SERIES EE NOTE EXHIBIT B CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
1 This Table of Contents does not constitute part of the Indenture or have any bearing upon the interpretation of any of its terms and provisions. THIS THIRTY-FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE is made as of the 18th day of January, 2006, by and between ALABAMA POWER COMPANY, an Alabama corporation, 600 North 18th Street, Birmingham, Alabama 35291 (the "Company"), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), a national banking association, 4 New York Plaza, New York, New York 10004 (the "Trustee"). W I T N E S S E T H: WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore entered into a Senior Note Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1997 (the "Original Indenture"), with the Trustee, as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 12, 1997 (the "First Supplemental Indenture"), a Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 26, 1998 (the "Second Supplemental Indenture"), a Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 23, 1998 (the "Third Supplemental Indenture"), a Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 19, 1998 (the "Fourth Supplemental Indenture"), a Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 17, 1998 (the "Fifth Supplemental Indenture"), a Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 24, 1998 (the "Sixth Supplemental Indenture"), a Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 15, 1998 (the "Seventh Supplemental Indenture"), an Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 3, 1998 (the "Eighth Supplemental Indenture"), a Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 17, 1998 (the "Ninth Supplemental Indenture"), a Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 26, 1999 (the "Tenth Supplemental Indenture"), an Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 19, 1999 (the "Eleventh Supplemental Indenture"), a Twelfth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 30, 1999 (the "Twelfth Supplemental Indenture"), a Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 18, 2000 (the "Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture"), a Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 29, 2001 (the "Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture"), a Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 29, 2001 (the "Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture"), a Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 28, 2002 (the "Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture"), a Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 22, 2002 (the "Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture"), an Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 26, 2002 (the "Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture"), a Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 12, 2002 (the "Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture"), a Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 19, 2003 (the "Twentieth Supplemental Indenture"), a Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 19, 2003 (the "Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture"), a Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2003 (the "Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture"), a Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 23, 2003 (the "Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture"), a Twenty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 7, 2003 (the "Twenty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture"), a Twenty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 20, 2003 (the "Twenty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture"), a Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 17, 2004 (the "Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture"), a Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 21, 2004 (the "Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture"), a Twenty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 25, 2004 (the "Twenty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture), a Twenty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 16, 2004 (the "Twenty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture") and a Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 16, 2005 (the "Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture"); WHEREAS, the Original Indenture is incorporated herein by this reference and the Original Indenture, as heretofore supplemented and as further supplemented by this Thirty-First Supplemental Indenture, is herein called the "Indenture"; WHEREAS, under the Original Indenture, a new series of Senior Notes may at any time be established pursuant to a supplemental indenture executed by the Company and the Trustee; WHEREAS, the Company proposes to create under the Indenture a new series of Senior Notes; WHEREAS, additional Senior Notes of other series hereafter established, except as may be limited in the Original Indenture as at the time supplemented and modified, may be issued from time to time pursuant to the Indenture as at the time supplemented and modified; and WHEREAS, all conditions necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Thirty-First Supplemental Indenture and to make it a valid and binding obligation of the Company have been done or performed. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: ARTICLE 1 Series EE Senior Notes SECTION 101. Establishment. There is hereby established a new series of Senior Notes to be issued under the Indenture, to be designated as the Company's Series EE 5.75% Senior Insured Quarterly Notes due January 15, 2036 (the "Series EE Notes"). There are to be authenticated and delivered $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Series EE Notes, and such principal amount of the Series EE Notes may be increased from time to time pursuant to Section 301 of the Original Indenture. All Series EE Notes need not be issued at the same time and such series may be reopened at any time, without the consent of any Holder, for issuances of additional Series EE Notes. Any such additional Series EE Notes will have the same interest rate, maturity and other terms, including the benefit of the Policy (appropriately increased to cover the principal amount of and interest due on the additional Series EE Notes), as those initially issued. No Series EE Notes shall be authenticated and delivered in excess of the principal amount as so increased except as provided by Sections 203, 303, 304, 907 or 1107 of the Original Indenture. The Series EE Notes shall be issued in definitive fully registered form. The Series EE Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities in substantially the form set out in Exhibit A hereto. The Depositary with respect to the Series EE Notes shall be The Depository Trust Company. The form of the Trustee's Certificate of Authentication for the Series EE Notes shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto. Each Series EE Note shall be dated the date of authentication thereof and shall bear interest from the date of original issuance thereof or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for. The Series EE Notes will not have a sinking fund. SECTION 102. Definitions. The following defined terms used herein shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings specified below. Capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Original Indenture. "Beneficial Owner" has the meaning set forth in Section 108 hereof. "Initial Period" has the meaning set forth in Section 108 hereof. "Insurer" means XL Capital Assurance Inc., a New York stock insurance corporation. "Interest Payment Dates" means January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing April 15, 2006. "Original Issue Date" means January 18, 2006. "Participants" has the meaning set forth in Section 108 hereof. "Policy" means the financial guaranty insurance policy issued by the Insurer with respect to payments due for principal of and interest on the Series EE Notes as provided in such policy. "Redemption Request" has the meaning set forth in Section 108 hereof. "Regular Record Date" means, with respect to each Interest Payment Date, the close of business on the 15th calendar day preceding such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day). "Representatives" has the meaning set forth in Section 108 hereof. "Subsequent Period" has the meaning set forth in Section 108 hereof. "Stated Maturity" means January 15, 2036. SECTION 103. Payment of Principal and Interest. The principal of the Series EE Notes shall be due at Stated Maturity (unless earlier redeemed). The unpaid principal amount of the Series EE Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 5.75% per annum until paid or duly provided for. Interest shall be paid quarterly in arrears on each Interest Payment Date to the Person in whose name the Series EE Notes are registered on the Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date, provided that interest payable at the Stated Maturity of principal or on a Redemption Date as provided herein will be paid to the Person to whom principal is payable. Any such interest that is not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holders on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person or Persons in whose name the Series EE Notes are 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 the Series EE Notes not less than ten (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, if any, on which the Series EE Notes shall be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by any such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Original Indenture. Payments of interest on the Series EE Notes will include interest accrued to but excluding the respective Interest Payment Dates. Interest payments for the Series EE Notes shall be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on the Series EE Notes is not a Business Day, then payment of the interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), with the same force and effect as if made on the date the payment was originally payable. Payment of the principal and interest due at the Stated Maturity or earlier redemption of the Series EE Notes shall be made upon surrender of the Series EE Notes at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. The principal of and interest on the Series EE Notes shall be paid 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. Payments of interest (including interest on any Interest Payment Date) will be made, subject to such surrender where applicable, at the option of the Company, (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer or other electronic transfer at such place and to such account at a banking institution in the United States as may be designated in writing to the Trustee at least sixteen (16) days prior to the date for payment by the Person entitled thereto. SECTION 104. Denominations. The Series EE Notes may be issued in denominations of $1,000, or any integral multiple thereof. SECTION 105. Global Securities. The Series EE Notes will be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities registered in the name of the Depositary (which shall be The Depository Trust Company) or its nominee. Except under the limited circumstances described below, Series EE Notes represented by the Global Security will not be exchangeable for, and will not otherwise be issuable as, Series EE Notes in definitive form. The Global Securities described above may not be transferred except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or its nominee. Owners of beneficial interests in such a Global Security will not be considered the Holders thereof for any purpose under the Indenture, and no Global Security representing a Series EE Note shall be exchangeable, except for another Global Security of like denomination and tenor to be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee or to a successor Depositary or its nominee. The rights of Holders of such Global Security shall be exercised only through the Depositary. Subject to the procedures of the Depositary, a Global Security shall be exchangeable for Series EE Notes registered in the names of persons other than the Depositary or its nominee only if (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a Depositary for such Global Security and no successor Depositary shall have been appointed by the Company, or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, at a time when the Depositary is required to be so registered to act as such Depositary and no successor Depositary shall have been appointed by the Company, in each case within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such cessation, (ii) the Company in its sole discretion determines that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable, or (iii) there shall have occurred an Event of Default with respect to the Series EE Notes. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Series EE Notes registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct. SECTION 106. Transfer. No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of Series EE Notes, but payment will be required of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith. The Company shall not be required (a) to issue, transfer or exchange any Series EE Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business fifteen (15) days before the date of the mailing of a notice pursuant to Section 1104 of the Original Indenture identifying the serial numbers of the Series EE Notes to be called for redemption, and ending at the close of business on the day of the mailing, or (b) to transfer or exchange any Series EE Notes theretofore selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Series EE Notes redeemed in part. SECTION 107. Redemption at the Company's Option. The Series EE Notes will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, at any time and from time to time on or after January 15, 2011, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at a redemption price (the "Redemption Price") equal to 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date. In the event of redemption of the Series EE Notes in part only, a new Series EE Note or Notes for the unredeemed portion will be issued in the name or names of the Holders thereof upon the surrender thereof. Any redemption of less than all of the Series EE Notes shall, with respect to the principal thereof, be divisible by $1,000. SECTION 108. Redemption upon Death of a Beneficial Owner. Unless the Series EE Notes have been declared due and payable prior to the Stated Maturity by reason of an Event of Default, or have been previously redeemed or otherwise repaid, the Representative (as hereinafter defined) of a deceased Beneficial Owner (as hereinafter defined) of the Series EE Notes has the right, on or after January 15, 2011, to request redemption prior to the Stated Maturity of all or part of his or her interest in such Series EE Notes, and the Company will redeem the same, subject to the limitations that the Company will not be obligated to redeem, during the period from January 15, 2011 through and including January 15, 2012 (the "Initial Period"), and, during any twelve-month period that ends on and includes each January 15 thereafter (each such twelve-month period being hereinafter referred to as a "Subsequent Period"), (i) on behalf of a deceased Beneficial Owner any interest in the Series EE Notes which exceeds $25,000 aggregate principal amount or (ii) interests in the Series EE Notes exceeding $2,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. A request for redemption may be initiated by the Representative of a deceased Beneficial Owner at any time, on or after January 15, 2011, and in any principal amount. The Company may, at its option, redeem interests of any deceased Beneficial Owner in the Series EE Notes in the Initial Period or any Subsequent Period in excess of the $25,000 limitation. Any such redemption by the Company, to the extent that it exceeds the $25,000 limitation for any deceased Beneficial Owner, shall not be included in the computation of the $2,000,000 aggregate limitation for the Series EE Notes for such Initial Period and for such Subsequent Period or for any succeeding Subsequent Period. The Company may, at its option, redeem interests of deceased Beneficial Owners in the Series EE Notes in the Initial Period or in any Subsequent Period in an aggregate principal amount exceeding the $2,000,000 aggregate limitation. Any such redemption by the Company, to the extent it exceeds the $2,000,000 aggregate limitation, shall not reduce the $2,000,000 aggregate limitation for any succeeding Subsequent Period. On any determination by the Company to redeem Series EE Notes in excess of the $25,000 limitation or the $2,000,000 aggregate limitation, such Series EE Notes shall be redeemed in the order of the receipt of Redemption Requests (as hereinafter defined) by the Trustee. A request for redemption of an interest in the Series EE Notes may be initiated by the personal representative or other person authorized to represent the estate of the deceased Beneficial Owner or from a surviving joint tenant(s) or tenant(s) by the entirety or the trustee of a trust (each, a "Representative"). A Representative may initiate a request for redemption at any time and in any principal amount, provided that the principal amount is in integral multiples of $1,000. The Representative shall deliver its request to the Participant (as hereinafter defined) through whom the deceased Beneficial Owner owned such interest, in form satisfactory to the Participant, together with evidence of the death of the Beneficial Owner, evidence of the authority of the Representative satisfactory to the Participant, any waivers, notices or certificates as may be required under applicable state or federal law and any other evidence of the right to such redemption as the Participant requires. Subject to the rules and arrangements applicable to the Depositary, the Participant will then deliver to the Depositary a request for redemption substantially in the form attached to the Series EE Notes as Annex A (a "Redemption Request"). The Depositary will, upon receipt of a Redemption Request, forward the same to the Trustee. The Trustee is required to maintain records with respect to Redemption Requests received by it, including the date of receipt, the name of the Participant filing the Redemption Request and the status of each Redemption Request with respect to the $25,000 limitation and the $2,000,000 aggregate limitation. The Trustee will promptly file with the Company each Redemption Request it receives, together with the information regarding the eligibility of the Redemption Request with respect to the $25,000 limitation and the $2,000,000 aggregate limitation. The Company, the Depositary and the Trustee may conclusively assume, without independent investigation, that the statements contained in each Redemption Request are true and correct and shall have no responsibility (a) for reviewing any documents submitted to the Participant by the Representative or (b) for determining whether the applicable decedent is in fact the Beneficial Owner of the interest in the Series EE Notes to be redeemed or is in fact deceased and whether the Representative is duly authorized to request redemption on behalf of the applicable Beneficial Owner. Subject to the $25,000 limitation and the $2,000,000 aggregate limitation, on or after January 15, 2011, the Company will, after the death of any Beneficial Owner, redeem the interest of such Beneficial Owner in the Series EE Notes on the next Interest Payment Date occurring not less than 30 days following receipt by the Company of a Redemption Request from the Trustee. If Redemption Requests exceed the aggregate principal amount of interests in Series EE Notes required to be redeemed during the Initial Period or any Subsequent Period, then such excess Redemption Requests will be applied, in the order received by the Trustee to successive Subsequent Periods, regardless of the number of Subsequent Periods required to redeem such interests. The Company may, at any time, notify the Trustee that it will redeem on the next Interest Payment Date not less than 30 days thereafter, all or any lesser amount of Series EE Notes for which Redemption Requests have been received but which are not then eligible for redemption by reason of the $25,000 limitation or the $2,000,000 aggregate limitation. Any Series EE Notes so redeemed shall be redeemed in the order of receipt of Redemption Requests by the Trustee. The price to be paid by the Company for the Series EE Notes to be redeemed pursuant to a Redemption Request is 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of payment. Subject to arrangements with the Depositary, payment for interests in the Series EE Notes to be redeemed shall be made to the Depositary upon presentation of the Series EE Notes to the Trustee for redemption in the aggregate principal amount specified in the Redemption Requests submitted to the Trustee by the Depositary which are to be fulfilled in connection with such payment. The principal amount of any Series EE Notes acquired or redeemed by the Company other than by redemption at the option of any Representative of a deceased Beneficial Owner pursuant to this Section 108 shall not be included in the computation of either the $25,000 limitation or the $2,000,000 aggregate limitation for the Initial Period or any Subsequent Period. For purposes of this section, a "Beneficial Owner" means the person who has the right to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of an interest in a Series EE Note and the right to receive the proceeds therefrom, as well as the interest and principal payable to the Holder thereof. In general, a determination of beneficial ownership in the Series EE Notes will be subject to the rules, regulations and procedures governing the Depositary and institutions that have accounts with the Depositary or a nominee thereof ("Participants"). For purposes of this section, an interest in a Series EE Note held in tenancy by the entirety, by joint tenancy or by tenants in common will be deemed to be held by a single Beneficial Owner, and the death of a tenant by the entirety, joint tenant or tenant in common will be deemed the death of a Beneficial Owner. The death of a person who, during his or her lifetime, was entitled to substantially all of the rights of a Beneficial Owner of an interest in the Series EE Notes will be deemed the death of the Beneficial Owner, regardless of the recordation of such interest on the records of the Participant, if such rights can be established to the satisfaction of the Participant and the Company. Such interests shall be deemed to exist in typical cases of nominee ownership, ownership under the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act or the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, community property or other similar joint ownership arrangements, including individual retirement accounts or Keogh H.R. 10 plans maintained solely by or for the decedent or by or for the decedent and any spouse, and trust and certain other arrangements where one person has substantially all of the rights of a Beneficial Owner during such person's lifetime. In the case of a Redemption Request that is presented on behalf of a deceased Beneficial Owner and that has not been fulfilled at the time the Company gives notice of its election to redeem the Series EE Notes in part pursuant to Section 107 hereof, the Series EE Notes that are the subject of such pending Redemption Request shall be redeemed pursuant to Section 107 hereof prior to any other Series EE Notes. Any Redemption Request may be withdrawn by the person(s) presenting such request upon delivery of a written request for such withdrawal given by the Participant on behalf of such person(s) to the Depositary and by the Depositary to the Trustee not less than 60 days prior to the Interest Payment Date on which such Series EE Notes are eligible for redemption. The Company may, at its option, purchase any Series EE Notes for which Redemption Requests have been received in lieu of redeeming such Series EE Notes. Any Series EE Notes so purchased by the Company shall either be reoffered for sale and sold within 180 days after the date of purchase or presented to the Trustee for cancellation. During such time or times as the Series EE Notes are not represented by a Global Security and are issued in definitive form, all references to Participants and the Depositary, including the Depositary's governing rules, regulations and procedures, shall be deemed deleted, all determinations which under this Section the Participants are required to make shall be made by the Company (including, without limitation, determining whether the applicable decedent is in fact the Beneficial Owner of the interest in the Series EE Notes to be redeemed or is in fact deceased and whether the Representative is duly authorized to request redemption on behalf of the applicable Beneficial Owner), all Redemption Requests, to be effective, shall be delivered by the Representative to the Trustee, with a copy to the Company, and shall be in the form of a Redemption Request (with appropriate changes mutually agreed to by the Trustee and the Company to reflect the fact that such Redemption Request is being executed by a Representative (including provision for signature guarantees)) and, in addition to all documents that are otherwise required to accompany a Redemption Request, shall be accompanied by the Series EE Note that is the subject of such request and, if applicable, a properly executed assignment or endorsement. If the record interest in the Series EE Note is held by a nominee of the deceased Beneficial Owner, a certificate or letter from such nominee attesting to the deceased's ownership of a beneficial interest in the Series EE Note must also be delivered. ARTICLE 2 Special Insurance Provisions SECTION 201. Supplemental Indentures. The consent of the Insurer shall be required with respect to any indenture or indentures supplemental to the Original Indenture requiring the consent of the Holders of the Series EE Notes pursuant to Section 902 of the Original Indenture. SECTION 202. Events of Default and Remedies. Subject to Section 107 of the Original Indenture and to the Trust Indenture Act, including, without limitation, Sections 316(a)(1) and 317(a) thereof, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Insurer shall be entitled to control and direct the enforcement of all rights and remedies granted to the Holders of the Series EE Notes or the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Series EE Notes under the Indenture, including, without limitation, (i) the right to accelerate the principal of the Series EE Notes as provided in Section 502 of the Original Indenture, and (ii) the right to annul any such declaration of acceleration, and the Insurer shall also be entitled to approve any waiver of an Event of Default with respect to the Series EE Notes, the obligation of the Trustee to comply with any such direction to be subject to compliance with the conditions set forth in Sections 512 and 603(e) of the Original Indenture (as if references in those Sections to Holders were references to the Insurer) and the protections provided to the Trustee by Section 601(c)(3) of the Original Indenture shall be applicable with respect to any direction from the Insurer given pursuant hereto (as if references in said Section to Holders were references to the Insurer). SECTION 203. Insurance Policy Payment Procedures. (a) The Insurer will make payments of principal or interest due on the Series EE Notes in accordance with the Policy on or before the first Business Day next following the date on which the Insurer shall have received notice of Nonpayment (as defined in the Policy) from the Trustee. (b) In the event of Nonpayment and notification thereof to the Insurer, the Trustee shall make available to the Insurer the books kept by the Trustee for the registration and for the registration of transfer of Series EE Notes as provided in the Indenture. (c) The Trustee shall, at the time it provides notice to the Insurer pursuant to (a) above, notify Holders of Series EE Notes entitled to receive the payment of principal or interest thereon from the Insurer (i) as to the fact of such entitlement, (ii) that the Insurer will remit to them all or a part of the interest payments next coming due upon proof of Holder entitlement to interest payments and delivery to the Insurer, in form satisfactory to the Insurer, of an appropriate assignment of the Holder's right to payment, (iii) that should they be entitled to receive full payment of principal from the Insurer, they must surrender their Series EE Notes (along with an appropriate instrument of assignment in form satisfactory to the Insurer to permit ownership of such Series EE Notes to be registered in the name of the Insurer) for payment to the Insurer, and not the Trustee or any paying agent, and (iv) that should they be entitled to receive partial payment of principal from the Insurer, they must surrender their Series EE Notes for payment thereon first to the Trustee, who shall note on such Series EE Notes the portion of the principal paid by the Trustee, and then, along with an appropriate instrument of assignment in form satisfactory to the Insurer, to the Insurer, which will then pay the unpaid portion of principal. (d) In the event that the Trustee has notice that any payment of principal of or interest on a Series EE Note which has become due for payment (under the terms of the Policy) and which is made to a Holder by or on behalf of the Company has been deemed a preferential transfer and theretofore recovered from its Holder pursuant to the United States Bankruptcy Code by a trustee in bankruptcy in accordance with a final, nonappealable order of a court having competent jurisdiction, the Trustee shall, at the time the Insurer is notified pursuant to (a) above, notify all Holders of the Series EE Notes that in the event that any Holder's payment is so recovered, such Holder will be entitled to payment from the Insurer to the extent of such recovery if sufficient funds are not otherwise available, and the Trustee shall furnish to the Insurer its records evidencing the payments of principal of and interest on the Series EE Notes which have been made by the Trustee and subsequently recovered from Holders and the dates on which such payments were made. (e) In addition to those rights granted the Insurer under the Indenture, the Insurer shall, to the extent it makes payment of principal of or interest on Series EE Notes, become subrogated to the rights of the recipients of such payments in accordance with the terms of the Policy, and to evidence such subrogation (i) in the case of subrogation as to claims for past due interest, the Trustee shall note the Insurer's rights as subrogee on the registration books of the Company maintained by the Trustee upon receipt from the Insurer of proof of the payment of interest thereon to the Holders of the Series EE Notes, and (ii) in the case of subrogation as to claims for past due principal, the Trustee shall note the Insurer's rights as subrogee on the registration books of the Company maintained by the Trustee upon surrender of the Series EE Notes by the Holders thereof together with proof of the payment of principal thereof. SECTION 204. Application of Term "Outstanding" to Series EE Notes. In the event that the principal and/or interest due on the Series EE Notes shall be paid by the Insurer pursuant to the Policy, the Series EE Notes shall remain Outstanding for all purposes of the Indenture, not be considered defeased or otherwise satisfied and not be considered paid by the Company, and the assignment and pledge of the Indenture and all covenants, agreements and other obligations of the Company to the Holders of the Series EE Notes shall continue to exist and shall run to the benefit of the Insurer, and the Insurer shall be subrogated to the rights of such Holders to the extent of each such payment. SECTION 205. Insurer as Third Party Beneficiary. To the extent that the Indenture confers upon or gives or grants to the Insurer any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of the Indenture, the Insurer is hereby explicitly recognized as being a third-party beneficiary hereunder and may enforce any such right, remedy or claim conferred, given or granted hereunder. SECTION 206. Concerning the Special Insurance Provisions. The provisions of this Article 2 shall apply notwithstanding anything in the Indenture to the contrary, but only so long as the Policy shall be in full force and effect and the Insurer is not in default thereunder. ARTICLE 3 Miscellaneous Provisions SECTION 301. Recitals by Company. The recitals in this Thirty-First Supplemental Indenture are made by the Company only and not by the Trustee, and all of the provisions contained in the Original Indenture in respect of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers and duties of the Trustee shall be applicable in respect of Series EE Notes and of this Thirty-First Supplemental Indenture as fully and with like effect as if set forth herein in full. SECTION 302. Ratification and Incorporation of Original Indenture. As heretofore supplemented and as supplemented hereby, the Original Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Original Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, the Ninth Supplemental Indenture, the Tenth Supplemental Indenture, the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, the Twelfth Supplemental Indenture, the Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, the Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, the Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture, the Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture, the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture, the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, the Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture, the Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture, the Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture, the Twenty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the Twenty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture, the Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the Twenty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture, the Twenty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture, the Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture and this Thirty-First Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument. SECTION 303. Executed in Counterparts. This Thirty-First Supplemental Indenture may be simultaneously executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. [Signature page to follow.] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party hereto has caused this instrument to be signed in its name and behalf by its duly authorized officers, all as of the day and year first above written. ATTEST: ALABAMA POWER COMPANY By: By: ------------------------ ----------------------- Assistant Secretary Art P. Beattie Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer ATTEST: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Trustee By: By: ------------------------------------- --------------------------------- Trust Officer Carol Ng Vice President EXHIBIT A FORM OF SERIES EE NOTE NO. __ CUSIP NO. 010392 EQ 7 ALABAMA POWER COMPANY SERIES EE 5.75% SENIOR INSURED QUARTERLY NOTE DUE JANUARY 15, 2036 Principal Amount: $__________________ Regular Record Date: 15th calendar day prior to Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day) Original Issue Date: January 18, 2006 Stated Maturity: January 15, 2036 Interest Payment Dates: January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15 Interest Rate: 5.75% Authorized Denomination: $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof Alabama Power Company, an Alabama corporation (the "Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to ___________________________________________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of ____________________________________________ DOLLARS ($______________) on the Stated Maturity shown above (or upon earlier redemption), and to pay interest thereon from the Original Issue Date shown above, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly in arrears on each Interest Payment Date as specified above, commencing on April 15, 2006, and on the Stated Maturity (or upon earlier redemption) at the rate per annum shown above until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment and on any overdue principal and on any overdue installment of interest. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (other than an Interest Payment Date that is the Stated Maturity or on a Redemption Date) will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (the "Note") is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date as specified above next preceding such Interest Payment Date, provided that any interest payable at the Stated Maturity or on any Redemption Date will be paid to the Person to whom principal is payable. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, 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 Note 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 Notes 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, if any, on which the Notes of this series shall be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by any such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payments of interest on this Note will include interest accrued to but excluding the respective Interest Payment Dates. Interest payments for this Note shall be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In the event that any Interest Payment Date would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, then payment of the interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), with the same force and effect as if made on the date the payment was originally payable. A "Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed or a day on which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is closed for business. Payment of the principal of and interest due at the Stated Maturity or earlier redemption of the Series EE Notes shall be made upon surrender of the Series EE Notes at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. The principal of and interest on the Series EE Notes shall be paid 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. Payment of interest (including interest on an Interest Payment Date) will be made, subject to such surrender where applicable, at the option of the Company, (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer or other electronic transfer at such place and to such account at a banking institution in the United States as may be designated in writing to the Trustee at least 16 days prior to the date for payment by the Person entitled thereto. XL Capital Assurance, Inc. (the "Insurer"), New York, New York, has delivered its financial guaranty insurance policy (the "Policy") with respect to the scheduled payments due of principal of and interest on this Note to the principal Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. Said policy is on file and available for inspection at the principal Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee and a copy thereof may be obtained from the Insurer or the Trustee. REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS NOTE 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 by manual signature, this Note 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. Dated: ALABAMA POWER COMPANY By: ----------------------------------- Vice President Attest: Assistant Secretary {Seal of ALABAMA POWER COMPANY appears here} CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the Senior Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as Trustee By: ------------------------------- Authorized Officer --------- (Reverse Side of Note) This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Senior Notes of the Company (the "Notes"), issued and issuable in one or more series under a Senior Note Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1997, as supplemented (the "Indenture"), between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), Trustee (the "Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures incidental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitation of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes issued thereunder and of the terms upon which said Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof as Series EE 5.75% Senior Insured Quarterly Notes due January 15, 2036 (the "Series EE Notes") which is unlimited in aggregate principal amount. Capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture. The Company shall have the right, subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, to redeem this Note at any time on or after January 15, 2011 at the option of the Company, without premium or penalty, in whole or in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed plus any accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date. Subject to the conditions and restrictions contained in the Indenture, this Note may be redeemed in whole or in part at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed plus accrued but unpaid interest to the Redemption Date, at the request of the Representative of the deceased beneficial owner of this Note pursuant to a Redemption Request attached hereto as Annex A. In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the surrender hereof. The Series EE Notes will not have a sinking fund. If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes 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 not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes 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 Notes of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registerable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company for such purpose, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar and duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series, of authorized denominations and of like tenor and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 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 Note 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 Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. The Notes 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, Notes of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same upon surrender of the Note or Notes to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Company. This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York. ABBREVIATIONS The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: TEN COM- as tenants in UNIF GIFT MIN ACT- _______ Custodian ________ common (Cust) (Minor) TEN ENT- as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts to JT TEN- as joint tenants Minors Act with right of survivorship and ________________________ not as tenants (State) in common Additional abbreviations may also be used though not on the above list. FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s) and transfer(s) unto (please insert Social Security or other identifying number of assignee) PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing agent to transfer said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: -------------------- ------------------------------ NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatever. ANNEX A FORM OF REDEMPTION REQUEST Alabama Power Company Series EE 5.75% Senior Insured Quarterly Notes due January 15, 2036 (the "Series EE Notes") CUSIP NO. 010392 EQ 7 The undersigned, ____________________ (the "Participant"), does hereby certify, pursuant to the provisions of that certain Senior Note Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1997, as supplemented by the Thirty-First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 18, 2006 (the "Indenture") made by and between Alabama Power Company (the "Company") and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee (the "Trustee"), to The Depository Trust Company (the "Depositary"), the Company and the Trustee that: 1. [Name of deceased Beneficial Owner] is deceased. 2. Name of deceased Beneficial Owner] had a $__________ interest in the above referenced Series EE Notes. 3. [Name of Representative] is [Beneficial Owner's personal representative/other person authorized to represent the estate of the Beneficial Owner/surviving joint tenant/surviving tenant by the entirety/trustee of a trust] of [Name of deceased Beneficial Owner] and has delivered to the undersigned a request for redemption in form satisfactory to the undersigned, requesting that $__________ principal amount of said Series EE Notes be redeemed pursuant to said Indenture. The documents accompanying such request, all of which are in proper form, are in all respects satisfactory to the undersigned and [Name of Representative] is entitled to have the Series EE Notes to which this Request relates redeemed. 4. The Participant holds the interest in the Series EE Notes with respect to which this Request for Redemption is being made on behalf of [Name of deceased Beneficial Owner]. 5. The Participant hereby certifies that it will indemnify and hold harmless the Depositary, the Trustee and the Company (including their respective officers, directors, agents, attorneys and employees), against all damages, loss, cost, expense (including reasonable attorneys' and accountants' fees), obligations, claims or liability (collectively, the "Damages") incurred by the indemnified party or parties as a result of or in connection with the redemption of Series EE Notes to which this Request relates. The Participant will, at the request of the Company, forward to the Company, a copy of the documents submitted by [Name of Representative] in support of the request for redemption. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Redemption Request as of ____________, _____. [PARTICIPANT NAME] By: ------------------------------------ Name: ---------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- EXHIBIT B CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the Senior Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as Trustee By: ---------------------------------------- Authorized Officer