-----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, VyKLDormPa9uRk9IDmsB9Aq5sBL4U/4iuWsvNqwFl4SS3akbDvX8jlwTIhCpiENr GwCc3qODssX/720OCd0MUg== 0001193125-06-059026.txt : 20060320 0001193125-06-059026.hdr.sgml : 20060320 20060320152712 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-06-059026 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3ASR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 26 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060320 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060320 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20060320 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PPL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000922224 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 232758192 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 0819 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-132574 FILM NUMBER: 06698585 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO N NINTH ST CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 181011179 BUSINESS PHONE: 6107745151 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO N NINTH ST CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18101-1179 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PP&L RESOURCES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19941123 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PPL ENERGY SUPPLY LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001161976 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-132574-01 FILM NUMBER: 06698584 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NORTH NINETH STREET CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18101 BUSINESS PHONE: 6107745151 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NORTH NINTH STREET CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18101 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000317187 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 230959590 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-132574-03 FILM NUMBER: 06698587 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO N NINTH ST CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18101 BUSINESS PHONE: 6107745151 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NORTH NINTH STREET CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18101-1179 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PP&L INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970912 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PP & L INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970912 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PPL CAPITAL FUNDING INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001047459 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 232758192 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-132574-02 FILM NUMBER: 06698586 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NORTH NINTH ST CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18101 BUSINESS PHONE: 6107745591 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NORTH NINTH ST CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18101 S-3ASR 1 ds3asr.htm FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT Form S-3 Registration Statement
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2006

Registration Nos. 333-            

 


UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

PPL Corporation   Pennsylvania   23-2758192
PPL Capital Funding, Inc.   Delaware   23-2926644
PPL Electric Utilities Corporation   Pennsylvania   23-0959590
PPL Energy Supply, LLC   Delaware   23-3074920
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
  (State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Two North Ninth Street

Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101-1179

(610) 774-5151

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of each registrant’s principal executive offices)

James E. Abel

Vice President-Finance and Treasurer

PPL Corporation

Two North Ninth Street

Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101-1179

(610) 774-5151

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 


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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the registration statement becomes effective, as determined by market and other conditions.

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 
Title of Each
Class of Securities
to be Registered
  

Amount To Be Registered/

Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit/

Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price/

Amount of Registration Fee

PPL Corporation Common Stock, par value $.01 per share

  

PPL Corporation Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share

  

PPL Corporation Stock Purchase Contracts

  

PPL Corporation Stock Purchase Units

  

PPL Corporation Depositary Shares

  

PPL Capital Funding, Inc. Debt Securities

  

PPL Corporation Guarantees of PPL Capital Funding, Inc. Debt Securities (“PPL Guarantees”)(1)

   (2)

PPL Energy Supply, LLC Debt Securities

  

PPL Energy Supply, LLC Preferred Securities

  

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Preferred Stock

  

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Preference Stock

  

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Depositary Shares

  

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Debt Securities

  
 

 

(1) No separate consideration will be received for the PPL Guarantees.

 

(2) There are being registered hereunder such presently indeterminate principal amount or number of (a) shares of Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Stock Purchase Contracts, Stock Purchase Units and Depositary Shares which may be sold from time to time by PPL Corporation, (b) Debt Securities which may be sold from time to time by PPL Capital Funding, Inc., and which will be guaranteed as to payment by PPL Corporation, (c) Preferred Securities and Debt Securities which may be sold from time to time by PPL Energy Supply, LLC and (d) Preferred Stock, Preference Stock, Depositary Shares and Debt Securities which may be sold from time to time by PPL Electric Utilities Corporation. In addition, there are being registered hereunder an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock issuable by PPL Corporation upon settlement of the Stock Purchase Contracts or Stock Purchase Units or upon conversion of any other Securities. In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r), the Registrants are deferring payment of all of the registration fee, except for (i) $63,350 that has already been paid with respect to $500,000,000 aggregate initial offering price of securities that were previously registered pursuant to PPL Corporation’s and PPL Capital Funding, Inc.’s Registration Statement No. 333-116478 and 333-116478-02 filed on June 15, 2004, and were not sold thereunder and (ii) $47,080 that has already been paid with respect to $400,000,000 aggregate initial offering price of securities that were previously registered pursuant to PPL Energy Supply, LLC’s Registration Statement No. 333-116477 filed on September 9, 2005, and were not sold thereunder.

 



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PROSPECTUS    PPL Corporation
   PPL Capital Funding, Inc.
   PPL Energy Supply, LLC
   PPL Electric Utilities Corporation
  

Two North Ninth Street

  

Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101-1179

  

(610) 774-5151

PPL Corporation

Common Stock, Preferred Stock,

Stock Purchase Contracts, Stock Purchase Units and Depositary Shares

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

Debt Securities

Guaranteed by PPL Corporation as described

in a supplement to this prospectus

PPL Energy Supply, LLC

Debt Securities and Preferred Securities

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

Preferred Stock, Preference Stock, Depositary Shares and Debt Securities

We will provide the specific terms of these securities in supplements to this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and the supplements carefully before you invest.

We may offer the securities directly or through underwriters or agents. The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any particular plan of distribution.

Investing in the securities involves certain risks. See “ Risk Factors” on page 4.

PPL Corporation’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange and trades under the symbol “PPL.”

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 determined that this prospectus is accurate or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus is March 20, 2006.


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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

   2

RISK FACTORS

   4

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

   4

PPL CORPORATION

   6

PPL CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.

   7

PPL ENERGY SUPPLY, LLC

   7

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

   9

USE OF PROCEEDS

   11

RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS

   11

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

   12

EXPERTS

   14

VALIDITY OF THE SECURITIES AND THE PPL GUARANTEES

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that PPL Corporation, PPL Capital Funding, Inc. (“PPL Capital Funding”), PPL Energy Supply, LLC (“PPL Energy Supply”) and PPL Electric Utilities Corporation (“PPL Electric”) have each filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, using the “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf process, we may, from time to time, sell combinations of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain a description of the securities we will offer and specific information about the terms of that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement together with additional information described under “Where You Can Find More Information.”

We may use this prospectus to offer from time to time:

 

    shares of PPL Corporation Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (“PPL Common Stock”);

 

    shares of PPL Corporation Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (“PPL Preferred Stock”);

 

    contracts or other rights to purchase shares of PPL Common Stock or PPL Preferred Stock (“PPL Stock Purchase Contracts”);

 

    stock purchase units, each representing (1) a PPL Stock Purchase Contract and (2) debt securities or preferred trust securities of third parties (such as Debt Securities or subordinated debt securities of PPL Capital Funding, preferred trust securities of a subsidiary trust or United States Treasury securities) that are pledged to secure the stock purchase unit holders’ obligations to purchase PPL Common Stock or PPL Preferred Stock under the PPL Stock Purchase Contracts (“PPL Stock Purchase Units”);

 

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    PPL Corporation’s Depositary Shares, issued under a deposit agreement and representing a fractional interest in PPL Preferred Stock (“PPL Depositary Shares”);

 

    PPL Capital Funding’s unsecured and unsubordinated debt securities (“PPL Capital Funding Debt Securities”);

 

    PPL Energy Supply’s unsecured and unsubordinated debt securities (“PPL Energy Debt Securities”);

 

    PPL Energy Supply’s preferred limited liability company membership interests (“PPL Energy Preferred Securities”);

 

    PPL Electric’s Series Preferred Stock (“PPL Electric Preferred Stock”);

 

    PPL Electric’s Preference Stock (“PPL Electric Preference Stock”);

 

    PPL Electric’s Depositary Shares, issued under a deposit agreement and representing a fractional interest in PPL Electric Preferred Stock or PPL Electric Preference Stock (“PPL Electric Depositary Shares”); and

 

    PPL Electric’s senior secured debt securities issued under PPL Electric’s 2001 indenture, as amended (“PPL Electric Secured Debt Securities”), which PPL Electric Secured Debt Securities may be secured by first mortgage bonds issued under PPL Electric’s 1945 first mortgage indenture (“PPL Electric 1945 Mortgage Bonds”), as well as by the lien of the 2001 indenture on PPL Electric’s distribution and transmission properties (subject to certain exceptions to be described in a prospectus supplement).

We sometimes refer to the securities listed above collectively as the “Securities.”

PPL Corporation will unconditionally guarantee the payment of principal, premium and interest on the PPL Capital Funding Debt Securities as will be described in supplements to this prospectus. We sometimes refer to PPL Corporation’s guarantees of PPL Capital Funding Debt Securities as “PPL Guarantees.”

Information contained herein relating to each registrant is filed separately by such registrant on its own behalf. No registrant makes any representation as to information relating to any other registrant or Securities or guarantees issued by any other registrant, except that information relating to PPL Capital Funding’s Securities is also attributed to PPL Corporation.

As used in this prospectus, the terms “we,” “our” and “us” generally refer to:

 

    PPL Corporation with respect to Securities or PPL Guarantees issued by PPL Corporation or PPL Capital Funding;

 

    PPL Energy Supply with respect to Securities issued by PPL Energy Supply; and

 

    PPL Electric, with respect to Securities issued by PPL Electric.

For more detailed information about the Securities and the PPL Guarantees, you can read the exhibits to the registration statement. Those exhibits have been either filed with the registration statement or incorporated by reference to earlier SEC filings listed in the registration statement.

 

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RISK FACTORS

Investing in the Securities involves certain risks. You are urged to read and consider the risk factors relating to an investment in the Securities described in the Annual Reports on Form 10-K of PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric, as applicable, for the year ended December 31, 2005, filed with the SEC on March 3, 2006 and incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider these risks as well as other information we include or incorporate by reference in this prospectus. The risks and uncertainties we have described are not the only ones facing PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric. The prospectus supplement applicable to each type or series of Securities we offer will contain a discussion of additional risks applicable to an investment in us and the particular type of Securities we are offering under that prospectus supplement.

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

Certain statements included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including statements with respect to future earnings, energy supply and demand, costs, electric rates, subsidiary performance, growth, new technology, project development, fuel and energy prices, strategic initiatives, and generating capacity and performance, are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Although we believe that the expectations and assumptions reflected in these statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that these expectations will prove to be correct. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. In addition to the specific factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section in this prospectus and our reports that are incorporated by reference, the following are among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements:

 

    market demand and prices for energy, capacity and fuel;

 

    market prices for crude oil and the potential impact on the phase out of synthetic fuel tax credits and synthetic fuel operations;

 

    weather conditions affecting generation production, customer energy usage and operating costs;

 

    competition in retail and wholesale power markets;

 

    liquidity of wholesale power markets;

 

    the effect of any business or industry restructuring;

 

    our profitability and liquidity, including access to capital markets and credit facilities;

 

    new accounting requirements or new interpretations or applications of existing requirements;

 

    operation and availability of our generation facilities and operating costs;

 

    transmission and distribution system conditions and operating costs;

 

    current and future environmental conditions and requirements and the related costs of compliance, including environmental capital expenditures and emission allowance and other expenses;

 

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    significant delays in the planned installation of pollution control equipment at our coal-fired generating units in Pennsylvania due to weather conditions, contractor performance or other reasons;

 

    development of new projects, markets and technologies;

 

    performance of new ventures;

 

    asset acquisitions and dispositions;

 

    political, regulatory or economic conditions in states, regions or countries where we or our subsidiaries conduct business;

 

    any impact of 2005 hurricanes on our business, including any impact on fuel prices;

 

    receipt of necessary governmental permits, approvals and rate relief;

 

    new state, federal or foreign legislation, including new tax legislation;

 

    state, federal and foreign regulatory developments;

 

    impact of state, federal or foreign investigations applicable to us and our subsidiaries and the energy industry;

 

    capital markets conditions, including changes in interest rates, and decisions regarding our capital structure;

 

    stock price performance of PPL Corporation;

 

    the market prices of equity securities and the impact on pension costs and resultant cash funding requirements for defined benefit pension plans;

 

    securities and credit ratings;

 

    foreign currency exchange rates;

 

    the outcome of litigation against us;

 

    potential effects of threatened or actual terrorism or war or other hostilities; and

 

    our commitments and liabilities.

Any such forward-looking statements should be considered in light of such important factors and in conjunction with other documents we file with the SEC.

New factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of such factors, or the extent to which any such factor or combination of factors may cause actual results to differ from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update the information contained in such statement to reflect subsequent developments or information.

 

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PPL CORPORATION

PPL Corporation, incorporated in 1994 and headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is an energy and utility holding company that, through its subsidiaries, is primarily engaged in the supply and delivery of energy. Through its subsidiaries, PPL Corporation generates electricity from power plants primarily in the northeastern and western United States; markets wholesale or retail energy primarily in the northeastern and western portions of the United States; delivers electricity to approximately 5.1 million customers in Pennsylvania, the United Kingdom and Latin America; and provides energy services for businesses in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern United States. PPL Corporation’s overall strategy is to achieve disciplined growth in energy supply margins while limiting volatility in both cash flows and earnings, and to achieve stable, long-term growth in regulated delivery businesses through efficient operations and strong customer and regulatory relations.

PPL Corporation’s principal subsidiaries are shown below:

LOGO

Energy Supply

PPL Corporation, through its indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries, PPL Generation and PPL EnergyPlus, owns and operates electricity generating power plants and markets this electricity and other power purchases to deregulated wholesale and retail markets. Both of these subsidiaries also are direct, wholly owned subsidiaries of PPL Energy Supply. As of December 31, 2005, PPL Corporation owned or controlled, through its subsidiaries, 11,830 megawatts, or MW, of low-cost and diverse power generation capacity. See “PPL Energy Supply, LLC” below for more information.

PPL Corporation’s strategy for its energy supply business is to match energy supply with load, or customer demand, under agreements of varying lengths with creditworthy counterparties to capture profits while effectively managing exposure to movements in energy and fuel prices and counterparty credit risk.

 

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Energy Delivery

PPL Corporation provides energy delivery services in the mid-Atlantic regions of the United States through its regulated public utility subsidiaries, PPL Electric and PPL Gas, and in the United Kingdom and Latin America through its subsidiary, PPL Global. PPL Electric provides electricity delivery services to approximately 1.4 million customers in eastern and central Pennsylvania. See “PPL Electric Utilities Corporation” below for more information. PPL Gas Utilities Corporation provides natural gas distribution and propane services to approximately 110,000 customers in various counties in Pennsylvania, as well as in small portions of Maryland and Delaware. Through its subsidiaries, PPL Global provides electricity delivery services to approximately 3.7 million customers in the United Kingdom and Latin America. PPL Global also is a wholly owned subsidiary of PPL Energy Supply, LLC. See “PPL Energy Supply, LLC” below for more information.

PPL Corporation’s strategy for its energy delivery businesses is to operate these businesses at the most efficient cost while maintaining the highest level of customer service and reliability.

PPL Corporation’s subsidiaries, including PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric, are separate legal entities, and are not liable for the debts of PPL Corporation, and PPL Corporation is not liable for the debts of its subsidiaries (other than under the PPL Guarantees). Neither PPL Energy Supply nor PPL Electric will guarantee or provide other credit or funding support for the Securities to be offered by PPL Corporation pursuant to this prospectus.

PPL CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.

PPL Capital Funding is a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of PPL Corporation. PPL Capital Funding’s primary business is to provide PPL Corporation with financing for its operations. PPL Corporation will unconditionally guarantee the payment of principal, premium and interest on the PPL Capital Funding Debt Securities pursuant to the PPL Guarantees as will be described in supplements to this prospectus.

PPL ENERGY SUPPLY, LLC

PPL Energy Supply, formed in 2000 and headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is an energy company engaged, through its subsidiaries, in the generation and marketing of electricity primarily in the northeastern and western power markets of the United States and in the delivery of electricity in the United Kingdom and Latin America. PPL Energy Supply’s major operating subsidiaries are PPL Generation, PPL EnergyPlus and PPL Global. PPL Energy Supply is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of PPL Corporation. See “PPL Corporation” above for more information.

Energy Supply: PPL Generation and PPL EnergyPlus

As of December 31, 2005, PPL Energy Supply owned or controlled, through its PPL Generation subsidiary, 11,830 MW of electric power generation capacity, with power plants in Pennsylvania (9,225 MW), Montana (1,267 MW), Illinois (540 MW), Arizona (300 MW), Connecticut (243 MW), New York (159 MW) and Maine (96 MW). PPL Generation also has current plans to implement capital projects at certain of its existing generation facilities in Pennsylvania and Montana that would provide 258 MW of additional generation capacity by 2010. PPL Generation’s plants are fueled by uranium, coal, gas, oil and hydro power. The electricity from these plants is sold to PPL EnergyPlus under FERC-jurisdictional power purchase agreements, except that most of the electricity from the Montana plants is sold directly to non-affiliated counterparties by PPL EnergyPlus acting as agent for PPL Montana.

 

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PPL EnergyPlus markets or brokers the electricity produced by PPL Generation’s subsidiaries, along with purchased power and natural gas, in competitive wholesale and deregulated retail markets, primarily in the northeastern and western portions of the United States. PPL EnergyPlus also provides energy-related products and services, such as engineering and mechanical contracting, construction and maintenance services, to commercial and industrial customers.

At December 31, 2005, PPL Energy Supply estimated that, on average, approximately 84% of its expected annual generation output for the period 2006 through 2009 would be used to meet:

 

    the obligation of its subsidiary PPL EnergyPlus under two agreements to provide electricity to PPL Electric, so that PPL Electric can, in turn, provide electricity as a “provider of last resort,” or “PLR,” through 2009 under fixed-price tariffs pursuant to the Pennsylvania Electricity Generation Customer Choice and Competition Act, or Customer Choice Act (See “PPL Electric Utilities Corporation—Provider of Last Resort”);

 

    PPL EnergyPlus’ obligation under two agreements to provide electricity to NorthWestern Corporation through June 2007; and

 

    other contractual sales to other counterparties for terms of various lengths.

These arrangements are consistent with and are an integral part of PPL Energy Supply’s overall business strategy, which includes the matching of energy supply with load, or customer demand, under agreements of varying lengths with creditworthy counterparties to capture profits while effectively managing our exposure to movements in energy and fuel prices and counterparty credit risk.

Due to the expiration of the PLR agreements referenced above at the end of 2009, PPL Energy Supply estimated as of December 31, 2005, that approximately 5% of its expected generation output for 2010 would be needed to fulfill obligations under existing power sales agreements. Consistent with its business strategy, PPL Energy Supply expects that it will enter into new power sales agreements over the next few years as its existing long-term agreements expire. Based on the way in which the wholesale markets have developed over the last several years, PPL Energy Supply expects that these new agreements may be of a shorter duration than the current PLR agreements, which at inception had terms of approximately eight years.

International Energy Delivery: PPL Global

PPL Energy Supply provides electricity delivery services in the United Kingdom and Latin America through its PPL Global subsidiary, which currently owns and operates electricity delivery businesses serving approximately 3.7 million customers. PPL Global owns Western Power Distribution Holdings Limited and WPD Investment Holdings Limited, which together we refer to as WPD. WPD operates two electric distribution companies in the U.K., which together serve approximately 2.6 million end-users. PPL Global’s Latin American subsidiaries in Chile, El Salvador and Bolivia serve an aggregate of approximately 1.1 million end-users.

 

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PPL Energy Supply’s strategy for its international electricity delivery businesses is to operate these businesses at the most efficient cost while maintaining the highest level of customer service and reliability.

Neither PPL Corporation nor any of its other subsidiaries or affiliates will guarantee or provide other credit or funding support for the securities to be offered by PPL Energy Supply pursuant to this prospectus.

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

PPL Electric, incorporated in 1920 and headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is a direct subsidiary of PPL Corporation and a regulated public utility. PPL Electric provides electricity delivery services to approximately 1.4 million customers in eastern and central Pennsylvania. PPL Electric also provides electricity supply to retail customers in that territory as a PLR under the Customer Choice Act.

Provider of Last Resort. Pursuant to a 1998 order issued by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, or PUC, PPL Electric agreed to provide electricity supply as a PLR to retail customers in its service territory not selecting an alternate electric energy supplier at predetermined capped rates through 2009. The Customer Choice Act allows for limited rate relief during the “capped” rate period for instances of unforeseen and significant operating or market events, or changes in law. However, through the year 2009, PPL Electric generally bears the risk that it will not be able to obtain adequate energy supply at the capped rates it may charge to its PLR customers.

In order to mitigate this risk, PPL Electric has entered into full-requirements energy supply agreements with another subsidiary of PPL Corporation, PPL EnergyPlus, that are designed to provide PPL Electric with sufficient supply to satisfy the Company’s PLR obligation through the end of 2009. Under one of the PLR agreements, PPL Electric is required to provide performance assurance to PPL EnergyPlus when the market price of electricity is less than the contract price by more than its contract collateral threshold. Conversely, PPL EnergyPlus is required to provide performance assurance to PPL Electric when the market price of electricity is greater than the contract price by more than its contract collateral threshold. Over the past few years, market prices for electricity have exceeded the contract price, and PPL Electric estimates that, at December 31, 2005, the market price of electricity exceeded the contract price by approximately $4.2 billion. Accordingly, at December 31, 2005, PPL EnergyPlus was required to provide PPL Electric with performance assurance of $300 million, the maximum amount of collateral required under the agreement. If PPL EnergyPlus is unable to satisfy its energy supply obligations under the PLR agreements, PPL Electric would be required to obtain energy supply in the wholesale market at then-current market rates to meet its PLR obligations. While the Customer Choice Act provides generally for PLR costs to be borne by customers, it is not clear whether PPL Electric would be able to pass on to its customers any costs of this replacement energy supply that exceeds the predetermined capped rates.

PPL Electric’s PLR obligation after 2009 will be determined by the PUC pursuant to rules that have not yet been promulgated. While regulations governing PLR obligations after 2009 have been proposed for comment by the PUC, at this time, PPL Electric cannot predict the content of these regulations, including the specific mechanism for recovery from customers of its costs for energy supply, or when the regulations will be finalized.

Strategic Initiative. In 2001, PPL Electric completed a strategic initiative designed to reduce its business and financial risk profile by, among other things, limiting its business activities to the transmission and distribution of electricity and businesses related to or arising out of the electric transmission and distribution businesses and reduce its exposure to volatility in energy prices associated

 

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with its PLR obligation. Obtaining long-term electric supply agreements with PPL EnergyPlus to meet its PLR obligations through 2009 at prices generally equal to the predetermined capped rates it was allowed to charge PLR customers was a key component of this initiative. Other key components of the initiative involved actions to confirm PPL Electric’s legal separation from PPL Corporation and PPL Corporation’s other subsidiaries. In connection with the initiative PPL Electric:

 

    adopted amendments to its Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws containing corporate governance and operating provisions designed to confirm and reinforce its legal and corporate separateness from PPL Corporation and its other affiliated companies and providing for PPL Electric to limit its businesses to electric transmission and distribution and related activities;

 

    appointed an independent director to its Board of Directors and required the unanimous approval of the Board of Directors, including the consent of the independent director, to amendments to these corporate governance and operating provisions or to the commencement of any insolvency proceedings, including any filing of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or other similar actions; and

 

    in connection with the issuance of certain senior secured bonds, agreed to appoint an independent compliance administrator to review, on a semi-annual basis, its compliance with the corporate governance and operating requirements contained in its Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. When such bonds are no longer outstanding, and in certain other circumstances, PPL Electric will not be required to maintain an independent compliance administrator.

The amended Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws permit PPL Electric’s Board of Directors to adopt additional amendments to the Bylaws, including amendments that revise or eliminate provisions that are designed to reinforce PPL Electric’s legal separateness from its affiliates. However, any such amendment must be approved unanimously by PPL Electric’s Board of Directors, including the independent director.

The enhancements to PPL Electric’s legal separation from its affiliates were intended to minimize the risk that a court would order PPL Electric’s assets and liabilities to be substantively consolidated with those of PPL Corporation or another affiliate of PPL Corporation in the event that PPL Corporation or another PPL Corporation affiliate were to become a debtor in a bankruptcy case. However, if PPL Corporation or another PPL Corporation affiliate were to become a debtor in a bankruptcy case, there can be no assurance that a court would not order PPL Electric’s assets and liabilities to be consolidated with those of PPL Corporation or such other PPL Corporation affiliate. Any such substantive consolidation could result in delays or reductions in payments on PPL Electric’s Securities.

Neither PPL Corporation nor any of PPL Corporation’s subsidiaries or affiliates will guarantee or provide other credit or funding support for the securities to be offered by PPL Electric pursuant to this prospectus.

 


The offices of PPL Corporation, PPL Capital Funding, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric are located at Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101-1179 and they can be contacted through telephone number (610) 774-5151.

 


 

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The information above concerning PPL Corporation, PPL Capital Funding, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric and, if applicable, their respective subsidiaries is only a summary and does not purport to be comprehensive. For additional information about these companies, including certain assumptions, risks and uncertainties involved in the forward-looking statements contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, you should refer to the information described in “Where You Can Find More Information.”

USE OF PROCEEDS

Except as otherwise described in a prospectus supplement, the net proceeds from the sale of the PPL Capital Funding Debt Securities will be loaned to PPL Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. PPL Corporation and/or its subsidiaries are expected to use the proceeds of such loans, and the proceeds of the other Securities issued by PPL Corporation, for general corporate purposes, including repayment of debt. Except as otherwise described in a prospectus supplement, each of PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric is expected to use the proceeds of the Securities it issues for general corporate purposes, including repayment of debt.

RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS

PPL Corporation

The following table sets forth PPL Corporation’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to fixed charges and preferred dividends for the periods indicated:

 

     Twelve Months
Ended December 31,
     2005    2004    2003    2002    2001

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends (a)

   2.6    2.7    2.6    1.9    1.7

 

(a) In calculating the earnings component, net income excludes minority interest, loss from discontinued operations and the cumulative effects of changes in accounting principles. See PPL Corporation’s reports on file with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as described under “Where You Can Find More Information” for more information. PPL Corporation had no preferred securities outstanding during the periods indicated; therefore, the ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends is the same as the ratio of earnings to fixed charges.

 

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PPL Energy Supply

The following table sets forth PPL Energy Supply’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to fixed charges and preferred dividends for the periods indicated:

 

     Twelve Months
Ended December 31,
     2005    2004    2003    2002    2001

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred securities dividends (a)

   3.2    4.1    4.8    4.0    5.4

 

(a) In calculating the earnings component, net income excludes minority interest, loss from discontinued operations and the cumulative effects of changes in accounting principles. See PPL Energy Supply’s reports on file with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act as described under “Where You Can Find More Information” for more information. PPL Energy Supply had no preferred securities outstanding during the periods indicated; therefore, the ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred securities dividends is the same as the ratio of earnings to fixed charges.

PPL Electric

The following table sets forth PPL Electric’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to fixed charges and preferred dividends for the periods indicated:

 

     Twelve Months
Ended December 31,
     2005    2004    2003    2002    2001

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (a)

   2.1    1.4    1.2    1.2    1.7

Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends (a)

   2.1    1.4    1.2    1.2    1.7

 

(a) In calculating the earnings component, net income excludes the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle. See PPL Electric’s reports on file with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act as described under “Where You Can Find More Information” for more information.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

Available Information

PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric each file reports and other information with the SEC. You may obtain copies of this information by mail from the Public Reference Room of the SEC, 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. Further information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. can be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

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PPL Corporation’s Internet Web site is www.pplweb.com. On the Investor Center page of that Web site PPL Corporation provides access to all SEC filings of PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric free of charge, as soon as reasonably practicable after filing with the SEC. The information at PPL Corporation’s Internet site is not incorporated in this prospectus by reference, and you should not consider it a part of this prospectus. Additionally, PPL Corporation’s, PPL Energy Supply’s and PPL Electric’s filings are available at the SEC’s Web site (www.sec.gov).

PPL Corporation Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange (symbol: PPL), and reports, proxy statements and other information concerning PPL Corporation can also be inspected at the offices of the NYSE at 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005 and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, 1900 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.

Certain securities of PPL Electric are also listed on the NYSE and certain information concerning PPL Electric may be inspected at the NYSE offices in New York.

In addition, reports, proxy statements and other information concerning PPL Corporation, PPL Electric and PPL Energy Supply can be inspected at their offices at Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101-1179.

Incorporation by Reference

Each of PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric will “incorporate by reference” information into this prospectus by disclosing important information to you by referring you to another document that it files separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus, and later information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede that information. This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents set forth below that have been previously filed with the SEC. These documents contain important information about the registrants.

PPL Corporation

 

SEC Filings (File No. 1-11459)

  

Period/Date

Annual Report on Form 10-K

  

Year ended December 31, 2005

Current Reports on Form 8-K and 8-K/A

  

January 3, 2006, February 1, 2006, February 27, 2006 (as to Item 5.02) and March 3, 2006

PPL Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form 8-B

  

April 27, 1995

PPL Energy Supply

 

SEC Filings (File No. 333-74794)

  

Period/Date

Annual Report on Form 10-K

  

Year ended December 31, 2005

Current Report on Form 8-K and 8-K/A

  

March 3, 2006

 

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PPL Electric

 

SEC Filings (File No. 1-905)

  

Period/Date

Annual Report on Form 10-K

  

Year ended December 31, 2005

Current Reports on Form 8-K and 8-K/A

  

February 1, 2006, February 16, 2006 and March 3, 2006

Additional documents that PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric file with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, between the date of this prospectus and the termination of the offering of the Securities are also incorporated herein by reference. In addition, any additional documents that PPL Corporation, PPL Electric or PPL Energy Supply file with the SEC pursuant to these sections of the Exchange Act after the date of the filing of the registration statement containing this prospectus, and prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement are also incorporated herein by reference.

Each of PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric will provide without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a copy of this prospectus has been delivered, a copy of any and all of its filings. You may request a copy of these filings by writing or telephoning the appropriate registrant at:

Two North Ninth Street

Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101-1179

Attention: Investor Services Department

Telephone: 1-800-345-3085

No separate financial statements of PPL Capital Funding are included herein or incorporated herein by reference. PPL Corporation and PPL Capital Funding do not consider those financial statements to be material to holders of the PPL Capital Funding Debt Securities because (1) PPL Capital Funding was formed for the primary purpose of providing financing for PPL Corporation and its subsidiaries, (2) PPL Capital Funding does not currently engage in any independent operations and (3) PPL Capital Funding does not currently plan to engage, in the future, in more than minimal independent operations. See “PPL Capital Funding.” PPL Capital Funding has received a “no action” letter from the Staff of the SEC stating that the Staff would not raise any objection if PPL Capital Funding does not file periodic reports under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Accordingly, PPL Corporation and PPL Capital Funding do not expect PPL Capital Funding to file those reports.

EXPERTS

The financial statements and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) of PPL Corporation incorporated in this Prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

The financial statements of PPL Energy Supply, LLC and PPL Electric Utilities Corporation incorporated in this Prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 have been so incorporated in reliance on the reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

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VALIDITY OF THE SECURITIES AND THE PPL GUARANTEES

Dewey Ballantine LLP, New York, New York or Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, New York and Thomas D. Salus, Esq., Senior Counsel of PPL Services Corporation, will pass upon the validity of the Securities and the PPL Guarantees for PPL Corporation, PPL Capital Funding, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, New York, will pass upon the validity of the Securities and the PPL Guarantees for any underwriters or agents. Dewey Ballantine LLP, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP will rely on the opinion of Mr. Salus as to matters involving the law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As to matters involving the law of the State of New York, Mr. Salus will rely on the opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP or Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, as applicable.

 

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PART II.

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

The following is a statement of the estimated expenses (other than underwriting compensation) to be incurred by PPL Corporation and subsidiaries in connection with a distribution of the securities registered under this registration statement.

 

Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee

   $ *

Printing expenses

     **

Trustee fees and expenses

     **

Legal fees and expenses

     **

Accounting fees and expenses

     **

Blue Sky fees and expenses

     **

Rating Agency fees

     **

Miscellaneous

     **
      

Total

   $ **

 

* To be deferred pursuant to Rule 456(b) and calculated in connection with the offering of securities under this registration statement pursuant to Rule 457(r).

 

** Estimated expenses not presently known.

 

Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

PPL Corporation

Section 7.01 of the Bylaws of PPL Corporation provides:

(a) Right to Indemnification. Except as prohibited by law, every director and officer of the corporation shall be entitled as of right to be indemnified by the corporation against reasonable expense and any liability paid or incurred by such person in connection with any actual or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding, civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other, whether brought by or in the right of the corporation or otherwise, in which he or she may be involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of such person being or having been a director or officer of the corporation or by reason of the fact that such person is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or other representative of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other entity (such claim, action, suit or proceeding hereinafter being referred to as “action”). Such indemnification shall include the right to have expenses incurred by such person in connection with an action paid in advance by the corporation prior to final disposition of such action, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by law. Persons who are not directors or officers of the corporation may be similarly indemnified in respect of service to the corporation or to another such entity at the request of the corporation to the extent the board of directors at any time denominates such person as entitled to the benefits of this Section 7.01. As used herein, “expense” shall include fees and expenses of counsel selected by such person; and “liability” shall include amounts of judgments, excise taxes, fines and penalties, and amounts paid in settlement.

(b) Right of Claimant to Bring Suit. If a claim under paragraph (a) of this Section 7.01 is not paid in full by the corporation within thirty days after a written claim has been received by the corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim, and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action that the conduct of the claimant was such that under Pennsylvania law the corporation would be prohibited from indemnifying the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the corporation. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its board of directors, independent legal counsel and its shareholders)

 

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to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because the conduct of the claimant was not such that indemnification would be prohibited by law, nor an actual determination by the corporation (including its board of directors, independent legal counsel or its shareholders) that the conduct of the claimant was such that indemnification would be prohibited by law, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the conduct of the claimant was such that indemnification would be prohibited by law.

(c) Insurance and Funding. The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance to protect itself and any person eligible to be indemnified hereunder against any liability or expense asserted or incurred by such person in connection with any action, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability or expense by law or under the provisions of this Section 7.01. The corporation may create a trust fund, grant a security interest, cause a letter of credit to be issued or use other means (whether or not similar to the foregoing) to ensure the payment of such sums as may become necessary to effect indemnification as provided herein.

(d) Non-Exclusivity; Nature and Extent of Rights. The right of indemnification provided for herein (1) shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights, whether now existing or hereafter created, to which those seeking indemnification hereunder may be entitled under any agreement, bylaw or charter provision, vote of shareholders or directors or otherwise, (2) shall be deemed to create contractual rights in favor of persons entitled to indemnification hereunder, (3) shall continue as to persons who have ceased to have the status pursuant to which they were entitled or were denominated as entitled to indemnification hereunder and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and legal representatives of persons entitled to indemnification hereunder and (4) shall be applicable to actions, suits or proceedings commenced after the adoption hereof, whether arising from acts or omissions occurring before or after the adoption hereof. The right of indemnification provided for herein may not be amended, modified or repealed so as to limit in any way the indemnification provided for herein with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to the effective date of any such amendment, modification or repeal.

Directors and officers of PPL Corporation may also be indemnified in certain circumstances pursuant to the statutory provisions of general application contained in Pennsylvania law. Furthermore, PPL Corporation, as well as its directors and officers, may be entitled to indemnification by any underwriters named in a prospectus supplement against certain civil liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933 under agreements entered into between PPL Corporation and such underwriters.

PPL Corporation presently has insurance policies which, among other things, include liability insurance coverage for officers and directors and officers and directors of PPL Corporation’s subsidiaries, including PPL Capital Funding, Inc., under which such officers and directors are covered against any “loss” by reason of payment of damages, judgments, settlements and costs, as well as charges and expenses incurred in the defense of actions, suits or proceedings. “Loss” is specifically defined to exclude fines and penalties, as well as matters deemed uninsurable under the law pursuant to which the insurance policy shall be construed. The policies also contain other specific exclusions, including illegally obtained personal profit or advantage, and dishonesty.

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

Article VI of the By-Laws of PPL Capital Funding, Inc. provides:

Section 6.1. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person (an “Indemnitee”) who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the written request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such Indemnitee. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 6.3, the

 

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Corporation shall be required to indemnify an Indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Indemnitee only if the commencement of such proceeding (or part thereof) by the Indemnitee was authorized by the Board of Directors.

Section 6.2. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an Indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Indemnitee to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VI or otherwise.

Section 6.3. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article VI is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the Indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the Indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of providing that the Indemnitee is not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

Section 6.4. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any Indemnitee by this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such Indemnitee may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation, these by-laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

Section 6.5. Other Sources. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance expenses to any Indemnitee who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such Indemnitee may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit enterprise.

Section 6.6. Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article VI shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any Indemnitee in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal of modification.

Section 6.7. Other Indemnification and Prepayment of Expenses. This Article VI shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Indemnitees when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.

Article 7 of the Certificate of Incorporation of PPL Capital Funding, Inc. provides:

The Corporation shall indemnify to the full extent authorized by law any person made or threatened to be made a party to an action or proceeding whether criminal, civil, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or serves or served any other enterprise as a director or officer at the request of the Corporation or any predecessor of the Corporation. No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director of the Corporation, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

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a prospectus supplement against certain civil liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933 under agreements entered into between PPL Capital Funding, Inc. and such underwriters.

PPL Capital Funding, Inc. presently has insurance policies which, among other things, include liability insurance coverage for officers and directors of PPL Capital Funding, Inc., under which such officers and directors are covered against any “loss” by reason of payment of damages, judgments, settlements and costs, as well as charges and expenses incurred in the defense of actions, suits or proceedings. “Loss” is specifically defined to exclude fines and penalties, as well as matters deemed uninsurable under the law pursuant to which the insurance policy shall be construed. The policies also contain other specific exclusions, including illegally obtained personal profit or advantage, and dishonesty.

PPL Energy Supply, LLC

Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act permits a Delaware limited liability company to indemnify and hold harmless any member, manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever, subject only to the standards and restrictions, if any, as may be set forth in the company’s limited liability company agreement. The registrant’s Limited Liability Company Agreement contains provisions which limit liability to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

Section 6.2 of the PPL Energy Supply, LLC’s Limited Liability Company Agreement provides, in part, as follows:

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Member, Manager or any officer, director, stockholder, partner, employee, representative, member, counsel or agent of any of the foregoing, or any officer, employee, representative, counsel, director, stockholder, partner or agent of the Company or any of its affiliates (each a “Covered Person”) from and against any and all losses, claims, demands, liabilities, expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (“Claims”), in which the Covered Person may be involved, or threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of its management of the affairs of the Company or which relates to or arises out of the Company or its property, business or affairs. A Covered Person shall not be entitled to indemnification under this Section 6.2 with respect to (i) any Claim with respect to which such Covered Person has engaged in fraud, willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence or (ii) any Claim initiated by such Covered Person unless such Claim (or part thereof) (A) was brought to enforce such Covered Person’s rights to indemnification hereunder or (B) was authorized or consented to by the Board. Expenses incurred by a Covered Person in defending any Claim shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such Claim upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Covered Person to repay such amount if it shall be ultimately determined that such Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorized by this Section 6.2.

Any repeal or modification of this Article VI by the Member shall not adversely affect any rights of such Covered Person pursuant to this Article VI, including the right to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a Covered Person existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

PPL Energy Supply, LLC, as well as its directors and officers, may be entitled to indemnification by any underwriters named in a prospectus supplement against certain civil liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933 under agreements entered into between PPL Energy Supply, LLC and such underwriters.

PPL Energy Supply, LLC presently has insurance policies which, among other things, include liability insurance coverage for officers and directors of PPL Energy Supply, LLC, under which such officers and directors are covered against any “loss” by reason of payment of damages, judgments, settlements and costs, as well as charges and expenses incurred in the defense of actions, suits or proceedings. “Loss” is specifically defined to exclude fines and penalties, as well as matters deemed uninsurable under the law pursuant to which the insurance policy shall be construed. The policies also contain other specific exclusions, including illegally obtained personal profit or advantage, and dishonesty.

 

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PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

Section 7.02 of the Bylaws of PPL Electric Utilities Corporation provides:

(a) Right To Indemnification. Except as prohibited by law, every director and officer of the Company shall be entitled as of right to be indemnified by the Company against reasonable expense and any liability paid or incurred by such person in connection with any actual or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding, civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other, whether brought by or in the right of the Company or otherwise, in which he or she may be involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of such person being or having been a director or officer of the Company or by reason of the fact that such person is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or other representative of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other entity (such claim, action, suit or proceeding hereinafter being referred to as “action”). Such indemnification shall include the right to have expenses incurred by such person in connection with an action paid in advance by the Company prior to final disposition of such action, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by law. Persons who are not directors or officers of the Company may be similarly indemnified in respect of service to the Company or to another such entity at the request of the Company to the extent the Board of Directors at any time denominates such person as entitled to the benefits of this Section 7.02. As used herein, “expense” shall include fees and expenses of counsel selected by such persons; and “liability” shall include amounts of judgments, excise taxes, fines and penalties, and amounts paid in settlement.

(b) Right Of Claimant To Bring Suit. If a claim under paragraph (a) of this Section 7.02 is not paid in full by the Company within thirty days after a written claim has been received by the Company, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim, and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action that the conduct of the claimant was such that under Pennsylvania law the Company would be prohibited from indemnifying the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Company. Neither the failure of the Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel and its shareholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because the conduct of the claimant was not such that indemnification would be prohibited by law, nor an actual determination by the Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its shareholders) that the conduct of the claimant was such that indemnification would be prohibited by law, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the conduct of the claimant was such that indemnification would be prohibited by law.

(c) Insurance and Funding. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance to protect itself and any person eligible to be indemnified hereunder against any liability or expense asserted or incurred by such person in connection with any action, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability or expense by law or under the provisions of this Section 7.02. The Company may create a trust fund, grant a security interest, cause a letter of credit to be issued or use other means (whether or not similar to the foregoing) to ensure the payment of such sums as may become necessary to effect indemnification as provided herein.

(d) Non-Exclusivity; Nature And Extent Of Rights. The right of indemnification provided for herein (1) shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights, whether now existing or hereafter created, to which those seeking indemnification hereunder may be entitled under any agreement, bylaw or charter provision, vote of shareholders or directors or otherwise, (2) shall be deemed to create contractual rights in favor of persons entitled to indemnification hereunder, (3) shall continue as to persons who have ceased to have the status pursuant to which they were entitled or were denominated as entitled to indemnification hereunder and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and legal representatives of persons entitled to indemnification hereunder and (4) shall be applicable to actions, suits or proceedings commenced after the adoption hereof, whether arising from acts or omissions occurring before or after the adoption hereof. The right of indemnification provided for herein may not be amended, modified or repealed so as to limit in any

 

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way the indemnification provided for herein with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to the effective date of any such amendment, modification or repeal.

Directors and officers of the PPL Electric Utilities Corporation may also be indemnified in certain circumstances pursuant to the statutory provisions of general application contained in Pennsylvania law. Furthermore, PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, as well as its directors and officers, may be entitled to indemnification by any underwriters named in a prospectus supplement against certain civil liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933 under agreements entered into between PPL Electric Utilities Corporation and such underwriters.

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation presently has insurance policies which, among other things, include liability insurance coverage for officers and directors of PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, under which such officers and directors are covered against any “loss” by reason of payment of damages, judgments, settlements and costs, as well as charges and expenses incurred in the defense of actions, suits or proceedings. “Loss” is specifically defined to exclude fines and penalties, as well as matters deemed uninsurable under the law pursuant to which the insurance policy shall be construed. The policies also contain other specific exclusions, including illegally obtained personal profit or advantage, and dishonesty.

 

Item 16. Exhibits.

Reference is made to the Exhibit Index filed herewith at page II-13, such Exhibit Index being incorporated in this Item 16 by reference.

 

Item 17. Undertakings.

(a) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the 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 the 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 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% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement; and

(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that (i), (ii) and (iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrants pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

 

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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, 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 post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

(A) Each prospectus filed by the registrants pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrants under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrants undertake that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrants pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrants will be sellers to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrants relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants or used or referred to by the undersigned registrants;

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrants or their securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants; and

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrants to the purchaser.

(b) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrants’ annual reports pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of

 

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the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrants have 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 registrants 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.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, PPL Corporation 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 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Allentown, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 20th day of March, 2006.

 

PPL Corporation

(Registrant)

By   /s/ William F. Hecht
  William F. Hecht
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 20th day of March, 2006.

 

Signature

       

Title

/s/ William F. Hecht

William F. Hecht, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

     Principal Executive Officer and Director

/s/ John R. Biggar

John R. Biggar, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

     Principal Financial Officer and Director

/s/ Paul A. Farr

Paul A. Farr, Senior Vice President-Financial

     Principal Accounting Officer
FREDERICK M. BERNTHAL, JOHN W. CONWAY, E. ALLEN DEAVER, LOUISE K. GOESER, STUART HEYDT, CRAIG A. ROGERSON, W. KEITH SMITH, SUSAN M. STALNECKER AND KEITH H. WILLIAMSON   }    Directors
By  

/s/ William F. Hecht

William F. Hecht, As Attorney-in-Fact

    

/s/ James H. Miller

James H. Miller

     Director

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, PPL Capital Funding, Inc. 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 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Allentown, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 20th day of March, 2006.

 

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

(Registrant)

By   /s/ John R. Biggar
  John R. Biggar
  President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 20th day of March, 2006.

 

Signature

  

Title

/s/ John R. Biggar

John R. Biggar, President

   Principal Executive and Financial Officer and Director

/s/ James E. Abel

James E. Abel, Treasurer

   Principal Accounting Officer and Director

/s/ William F. Hecht

William F. Hecht

   Director

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, PPL Electric Utilities Corporation 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 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Allentown, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 20th day of March, 2006.

 

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

(Registrant)

By   /s/ John F. Sipics
  John F. Sipics
  President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 20th day of March, 2006.

 

Signature

  

Title

/s/ John F. Sipics

John F. Sipics, President

   Principal Executive Officer and Director

/s/ Paul A. Farr

Paul A. Farr, Senior Vice President-Financial

   Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

/s/ John R. Biggar

John R. Biggar

   Director

/s/ Dean A. Christiansen

Dean A. Christiansen

   Director

/s/ Robert J. Grey

Robert J. Grey

   Director

/s/ William F. Hecht

William F. Hecht

   Director

/s/ Rick L. Klingensmith

Rick L. Klingensmith

   Director

/s/ James H. Miller

James H. Miller

   Director

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, PPL Energy Supply, LLC 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 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Allentown, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 20th day of March, 2006.

 

PPL Energy Supply, LLC

(Registrant)

By   /s/ William F. Hecht
  William F. Hecht
  President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 20th day of March, 2006.

 

Signature

  

Title

/s/ William F. Hecht

William F. Hecht, President

   Principal Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Managers

/s/ Paul A. Farr

Paul A. Farr, Senior Vice President

   Principal Financial and Accounting Officer and Member of the Board of Managers

/s/ James H. Miller

James H. Miller

   Member of the Board of Managers

/s/ John R. Biggar

John R. Biggar

   Member of the Board of Managers

/s/ Robert J. Grey

Robert J. Grey

   Member of the Board of Managers

/s/ James E. Abel

James E. Abel

   Member of the Board of Managers

 

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PPL CORPORATION

PPL CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.

PPL ENERGY SUPPLY, LLC

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

  

Method of Filing

  1.1       

   Form of Underwriting Agreement with respect to Securities    A form of underwriting agreement with respect to any securities will be filed as an Exhibit to a report on Form 8-K, as contemplated by Item 601(b)(1) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.

  4.1       

   *Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of PPL Corporation    Exhibit 3.1 to PPL Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-11459) dated August 19, 2005.

  4.2       

   *By-Laws of PPL Corporation    Exhibit 3.2 to PPL Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-11459) dated August 19, 2005.

  4.3       

   Form of PPL Corporation Common Stock Certificate    Filed herewith.

  4.4       

   *Certificate of Incorporation of PPL Capital Funding, Inc.    Exhibit 3.3 to PPL Corporation and PPL Capital Funding, Inc. Registration Statement Nos. 333-38003 and 333-38003-01.

  4.5       

   *Amended Certificate of Incorporation of PPL Capital Funding, Inc.    Exhibit 3.5 to PPL Corporation, PPL Capital Funding, Inc. and PPL Capital Funding Trust I Registration Statement Nos. 333-54504, 333-54504-1 and 333-54504-2.

  4.6       

   *By-Laws of PPL Capital Funding, Inc.    Exhibit 3.4 to PPL Corporation and PPL Capital Funding, Inc. Registration Statement Nos. 333-38003 and 333-38003-01.

  4.7       

   *Certificate of Formation of PPL Energy Supply, LLC    Exhibit 3.1 to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Registration Statement No. 333-74794.

  4.8       

   *Limited Liability Company Agreement of PPL Energy Supply, LLC    Exhibit 3.2 to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Registration Statement No. 333-74794.

  4.9       

   Form of Amendment to Limited Liability Company Agreement of PPL Energy Supply, LLC    To be filed by amendment in connection with the issuance of any PPL Energy Supply, LLC Preferred Securities.

 

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Exhibit

No.

  

Description

  

Method of Filing

  4.10     

   *Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of PPL Electric Utilities Corporation    Exhibit 3(a)-3 to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 1-905) for the year ended December 31, 2001.

  4.11     

   *By-Laws of PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, as amended    Exhibit 3 to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 1-905) for the quarter ended June 30, 2004.

  4.12     

   Form of Deposit Agreement with respect to the PPL Corporation Depositary Shares (including form of Depositary Share Certificates)    Filed herewith.

  4.13     

   Form of Deposit Agreement with respect to the PPL Electric Utilities Depositary Shares (including form of Depositary Share Certificates)    Filed herewith.

  4.14.1  

   *Indenture dated as of November 1, 1997 among PPL Corporation, PPL Capital Funding, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee    Exhibit 4.1 to PPL Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-11459) dated November 12, 1997.

  4.14.2  

   *Supplemental Indenture No. 1 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4.2 to PPL Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-11459) dated November 12, 1997.

  4.14.3  

   *Supplemental Indenture No. 2 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4.3 to PPL Corporation, PPL Capital Funding, Inc. and PPL Capital Funding Trust I Registration Statement Nos. 333-87847, 333-87847-01 and 333-87847-02.

  4.14.4  

   *Supplemental Indenture No. 3 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(c)-4 to PPL Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 1-11459) for the year ended December 31, 1999, as amended by Form 10-K/A filed on June 28, 2000.

  4.14.5  

   *Supplemental Indenture No. 4 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4 to PPL Corporation Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 1-11459) for the quarter ended June 30, 2000.

  4.14.6  

   *Supplemental Indenture No. 5 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(a) to PPL Corporation Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 1-11459) for the quarter ended March 31, 2004.

 

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Exhibit

No.

  

Description

  

Method of Filing

  4.14.7

   *Supplemental Indenture No. 6 to Indenture    Exhibit 4.7 to PPL Corporation, PPL Capital Funding, Inc. and PPL Capital Funding Trust I Registration Statement Nos. 333-116478, 333-116478-01 and 333-116478-02.

  4.15   

   Form of Supplemental Indenture establishing series of PPL Capital Funding, Inc. Debt Securities    Filed herewith.

  4.16   

   Form of Officer’s Certificate establishing the form and terms of PPL Capital Funding, Inc. Debt Securities.    Filed herewith.

  4.17   

   Form of PPL Corporation Purchase Contract Agreement    Filed herewith.

  4.18   

   Form of PPL Corporation Pledge Agreement    Filed herewith.

  4.19   

   Form of PPL Corporation Remarketing Agreement    Filed herewith.

  4.20.1

   *Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2001 by PPL Energy Supply, LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee    Exhibit 4.1 to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Registration Statement No. 333-74794.

  4.20.2

   *Supplemental Indenture No. 1 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4.2 to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Registration Statement No. 333-74794.

  4.20.3

   *Supplemental Indenture No. 2 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(h)-4 to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Annual Report on Form 10-K (File 333-74794) for the year ended December 31, 2004.

  4.20.4

   *Supplemental Indenture No. 3 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(a) to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Form 8-K (File No. 333-74794) dated October 28, 2005.

  4.21   

   Form of Supplemental Indenture establishing series of PPL Energy Supply, LLC debt securities    Filed herewith.

  4.22   

   Form of Officer’s Certificate establishing the form and terms of PPL Energy Supply, LLC debt securities    Filed herewith.

  4.23.1

   *‡Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of October 1, 1945, between PPL Electric Utilities Corporation and Bankers Trust Company (as successor Trustee)    Exhibit 2(a)-4 to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Registration Statement No. 2-60291.

  4.23.2

   *Supplement, dated as of July 1, 1954, to said Mortgage and Deed of Trust    Exhibit 2(b)-5 to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Registration Statement No. 2-219255.

  4.23.3

   *Supplement, dated as of March 1, 1994, to said Mortgage and Deed of Trust    Exhibit 4(b) to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-905) dated March 11, 1994.

 

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Exhibit

No.

  

Description

  

Method of Filing

  4.23.4  

   *Supplement, dated as of March 15, 1994, to said Mortgage and Deed of Trust    Exhibit 4(a) to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-905) dated March 30, 1994.

  4.23.5  

   *Supplement, dated as of October 1, 1994, to said Mortgage and Deed of Trust    Exhibit 4(a) to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-905) dated October 3, 1994.

  4.23.6  

   *Supplement, dated as of August 1, 2001, to said Mortgage and Deed of Trust    Exhibit 4.5 to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-905) dated August 21, 2001.

  4.23.7  

   *Supplement, dated as of January 1, 2002, to said Mortgage and Deed of Trust    Exhibit 4(b)-19 to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 1-905) for the year ended December 31, 2001.

  4.23.8  

   *Supplement, dated as of February 1, 2003, to said Mortgage and Deed of Trust    Exhibit 4(b)-20 to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 1-905) for the year ended December 31, 2002.

  4.23.9  

   *Supplement, dated as of May 1, 2003, to said Mortgage and Deed of Trust    Exhibit 10(c) to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 1-905) for the quarter ended June 30, 2003.

  4.23.10

   *Supplement, dated as of February 1, 2005, to said Mortgage and Deed of Trust    Exhibit 4(b)-20 to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 1-905) for the year ended December 31, 2004.

  4.23.11

   *Supplement, dated as of May 1, 2005 to said Mortgage and Deed of Trust    Exhibit 4(a) to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 1-905) for the quarter ended June 30, 2005.

  4.23.12

   *Supplement, dated as of June 1, 2005 to said Mortgage and Deed of Trust    Exhibit 4(b)-12 to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 1-905) for the year ended December 31, 2005.

  4.23.13

   *Supplement, dated as of December 1, 2005 to said Mortgage and Deed of Trust    Exhibit 4(b) to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-905) dated December 22, 2005.

  4.24     

   Form of Supplement to Mortgage and Deed of Trust establishing series of 1945 Mortgage Bonds    Filed herewith.

 

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Exhibit

No.

  

Description

  

Method of Filing

  4.25.1  

   *Indenture, dated as of August 1, 2001, by PPL Electric Utilities Corporation and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee    Exhibit 4.1 to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-905) dated August 21, 2001.

  4.25.2  

   *Supplemental Indenture No. 1 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4.2 to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-905) dated August 21, 2001.

  4.25.3  

   *Supplemental Indenture No. 2 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(g)-3 to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K (File 1-905) for the year ended December 31, 2002.

  4.25.4  

   *Supplemental Indenture No. 3 to said Indenture    Exhibit 10(d) to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File 1-905) for the quarter ended June 30, 2002.

  4.25.5  

   *Supplemental Indenture No. 4 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(g)-5 to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K (File 1-905) for the year ended December 31, 2004.

  4.25.6  

   *Supplemental Indenture No. 5 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(b) to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 1-905) for the quarter ended June 30, 2005.

  4.25.7  

   *Supplemental Indenture No. 6 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(a) to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-905) dated December 22, 2005.

  4.26     

   Form of Supplemental Indenture to said Indenture establishing terms of PPL Electric Secured Debt Securities    Filed herewith.

  4.27     

   Form of Officer’s Certificate establishing terms of PPL Electric Secured Debt Securities    Filed herewith.

  5.1       

   Opinion of Thomas D. Salus    Filed herewith.

  5.2       

   Opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP    Filed herewith.

  5.3       

   Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP    Filed herewith.

12.1       

   *Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends for PPL Corporation    Exhibit 12(a) to PPL Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.

 

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Exhibit

No.

  

Description

  

Method of Filing

12.2       

   *Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges for PPL Energy Supply, LLC    Exhibit 12(b) to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.

12.3       

   *Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends for PPL Electric Utilities Corporation    Exhibit 12(c) to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.

23.1       

   Consent of Thomas D. Salus, Esq.    Filed herewith as part of Exhibit 5.1.

23.2       

   Consent of Dewey Ballantine LLP    Filed herewith as part of Exhibit 5.2.

23.3       

   Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP    Filed herewith as part of Exhibit 5.3.

23.4       

   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PPL Corporation)    Filed herewith.

23.5       

   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PPL Energy Supply, LLC)    Filed herewith.

23.6       

   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PPL Electric Utilities Corporation)    Filed herewith.

24.1       

   Power of Attorney of Directors of PPL Corporation    Filed herewith.

25.1       

   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee under PPL Capital Funding, Inc. Indenture    Filed herewith.

25.2       

   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee under Purchase Contract Agreement (Purchase Contract Agent)    Filed herewith.

25.3       

   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee under PPL Energy Supply, LLC Indenture    Filed herewith.

25.4       

   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee under PPL Electric Utilities Corporation 2001 Indenture    Filed herewith.

* Previously filed as indicated and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Certain supplemental indentures to the PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Mortgage and Deed of Trust relating to securities no longer outstanding are not listed.

 

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EX-4.3 2 dex43.htm SPECIMAN STOCK CERTIFICATE Speciman Stock Certificate

EXHIBIT 4.3

[Specimen Stock Certificate]

 

  

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

     

COMMON STOCK

PAR VALUE $.01

  

NUMBER

 

        [image]        

    SHARES

 

 
  

THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA,

NEW YORK, NEW YORK OR

ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

     

CUSIP 69351T 10 6

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

  
PPL CORPORATION  
  

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT

        
PPL            
  

IS THE OWNER OF

        
  

FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK OF

 

  

PPL Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) transferable on the books of the Company by the holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. This certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to all of the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, as restated and amended, of the Company (a copy of which is on file with the Transfer Agent), to all of which the holder, by acceptance hereof, assents. This certificate is not valid until countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar.

 

Witness the facsimile seal of the Company and the facsimile signatures of its authorized officers.

      

 

  

Dated

COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

ALLENTOWN, PA.

TRANSFER AGENT

AND REGISTRAR

   [seal ]
BY      

 

 

    

 

    

 

  

AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE

     SECRETARY     

CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

  


PPL CORPORATION

THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH WITHOUT CHARGE TO EACH SHARE OWNER WHO SO REQUESTS A STATEMENT OF THE DESIGNATIONS, TERMS, RELATIVE RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, LIMITATIONS, PREFERENCES AND VOTING POWERS AND THE PROHIBITIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS OF THE VOTING AND OTHER RIGHTS AND POWERS OF THE SHARES OF EACH CLASS OF STOCK WHICH THE COMPANY IS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE AND OF THE VARIATIONS IN THE RELATIVE RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES BETWEEN THE SHARES OF EACH SERIES OF EACH CLASS OF STOCK WHICH THE COMPANY IS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE IN SERIES INSOFAR AS THE SAME HAVE BEEN FIXED AND DETERMINED, AND OF THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO FIX AND DETERMINE THE RELATIVE RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES OF SUBSEQUENT SERIES.

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

TEN COM    -    as tenants in common   UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -                      Custodian                     
TEN ENT    -    as tenants by the entireties                                                  (Cust)                          (Minor)  
JT TEN    -    as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common  

                                               under Uniform Gifts to Minors

                                               Act                                 

                                                               (State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

For value received,                      hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER

IDENTIFYING NUMBER OR ASSIGNEE_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Shares of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and  appoint_____________________________________________

Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named Company with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

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EX-4.12 3 dex412.htm FORM OF DEPOSIT AGREEMENT Form of Deposit Agreement

Exhibit 4.12


PPL CORPORATION

___________, As Depositary

AND

THE HOLDERS FROM TIME TO TIME OF

THE DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS DESCRIBED HEREIN

 


Form of Deposit Agreement

Preferred Stock

 


Dated

 



TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I Definitions

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ARTICLE II Form of Receipts, Deposit of Stock, Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Redemption of Receipts

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SECTION 2.01.

  

Form and Transfer of Receipts

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SECTION 2.02.

  

Deposit of Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in Respect Thereof

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SECTION 2.03.

  

Redemption of Stock

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SECTION 2.04.

  

Registration of Transfer of Receipts

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SECTION 2.05.

  

Split-ups and Combinations of Receipts; Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Stock

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SECTION 2.06.

  

Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Exchange of Receipts

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SECTION 2.07.

  

Lost Receipts, etc.

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SECTION 2.08.

  

Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts

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ARTICLE III Certain Obligations of Holders of Receipts and the Company

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SECTION 3.01.

  

Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information

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SECTION 3.02.

  

Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges

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ARTICLE IV The Deposited Securities; Notices

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SECTION 4.01.

  

Cash Distributions and the Dividend Reinvestment Plan

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SECTION 4.02.

  

Distributions Other than Cash, Rights, Preferences or Privileges

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SECTION 4.03.

  

Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges

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SECTION 4.04.

  

Notice of Dividends, etc.; Fixing of Record Date for Holders of Receipts

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SECTION 4.05.

  

Voting Rights

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SECTION 4.06.

  

Changes Affecting Deposited Securities and Reclassifications, Recapitalizations, etc.

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SECTION 4.07.

  

Inspection of Reports

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SECTION 4.08.

  

Lists of Record Holders of Receipts

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ARTICLE V The Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar and the Company

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SECTION 5.01.

  

Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depositary; Registrar

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SECTION 5.02.

  

Prevention of or Delay in Performance by the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar, the Transfer Agent or the Company

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SECTION 5.03.

  

Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar, the Transfer Agent and the Company

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SECTION 5.04.

  

Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor Depositary

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SECTION 5.05.

  

Corporate Notices and Reports

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SECTION 5.06.

  

Indemnification by the Company

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SECTION 5.07.

  

Charges and Expenses

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ARTICLE VI Amendment and Termination

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SECTION 6.01.

  

Amendment

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SECTION 6.02.

  

Termination

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ARTICLE VII Miscellaneous

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SECTION 7.01.

  

Counterparts

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SECTION 7.02.

  

Exclusive Benefit of Parties

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SECTION 7.03.

  

Invalidity of Provisions

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SECTION 7.04.

  

Notices

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SECTION 7.05.

  

Depositary’s Agents

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SECTION 7.06.

  

Holders of Receipts Are Parties

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SECTION 7.07.

  

GOVERNING LAW

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SECTION 7.08.

  

Inspection of Deposit Agreement

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SECTION 7.09.

  

Headings

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DEPOSIT AGREEMENT dated as of             , among PPL CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,             , organized under the laws of the United States of America, and the holders from time to time of the Receipts described herein.

WHEREAS it is desired to provide, as hereinafter set forth in this Deposit Agreement, for the deposit of shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of PPL CORPORATION with the Depositary for the purposes set forth in this Deposit Agreement and for the issuance hereunder of Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares in respect of the Stock so deposited; and

WHEREAS the Receipts are to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A annexed hereto, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided in this Deposit Agreement, and may be issued in uncertificated form;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

The following definitions shall for all purposes, unless otherwise indicated, apply to the respective capitalized terms used in this Deposit Agreement:

“Agent Member” means a member of, or a participant in, the Global Receiptholder.

“Certificate” shall mean the Certificate of Designations filed with the Department of State of Pennsylvania establishing the Stock as a series of preferred stock of the Company.

“Certificated Receipt” means a Receipt in registered, physical individual form.

“Company” shall mean PPL Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and its successors.

“Deposit Agreement” shall mean this Deposit Agreement, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

“Depositary” shall mean             , and any successor as Depositary hereunder.

“Depositary Shares” shall mean Depositary Shares, each representing            of a share of Stock and evidenced by a Receipt.

“Depositary’s Agent” shall mean an agent appointed by the Depositary pursuant to Section 7.05.

“Depositary’s Office” shall mean the office of the Depositary to be designated by the Depositary, at which at any particular time its depositary receipt business shall be administered.


“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation, and its successors.

“DTC Legend” means the legend set forth in Exhibit A and identified as such.

“Global Receipt” means a Receipt in registered global form without interest coupons.

“Global Receiptholder” means the Global Receiptholder of each Global Receipt, which will initially be DTC.

“Person” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust, organization, association, other entity or individual.

“Receipt” shall mean one of the Depositary Receipts issued hereunder.

“record holder” as applied to a Receipt shall mean the person in whose name a Receipt is registered on the books of the Depositary maintained for such purpose.

“Registrar” shall mean any bank or trust company which shall be appointed pursuant to Section 5.01 to register ownership and transfers of Receipts as herein provided.

“Stock” shall mean shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

“Transfer Agent” shall be as defined in Section 7.05.

“Uncertificated Receipt” means a Receipt in individual, uncertificated form represented by direct registration entries on a direct registration system of the Depositary and the Registrar.

ARTICLE II

Form of Receipts, Deposit of Stock, Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Redemption of Receipts

SECTION 2.01. Form and Transfer of Receipts. Receipts shall be (i) substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A annexed to this Deposit Agreement, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided or (ii) issued in uncertificated form at the option of the Company. Pending the preparation of definitive Receipts, the Depositary, upon the written order of the Company or any holder of Stock, as the case may be, delivered in compliance with 2.02, shall execute and deliver temporary Receipts which are substantially of the tenor of the definitive Receipts in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the persons executing such Receipts may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Receipts. If temporary Receipts are issued, the Company and the Depositary will cause definitive Receipts to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Receipts, the temporary Receipts shall be exchangeable for definitive Receipts upon surrender of the temporary Receipts at any office described in the third paragraph of Section 2.02, without charge to the holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Receipts, the Depositary shall execute and deliver in exchange therefor definitive Receipts representing the same number of Depositary Shares as

 

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represented by the surrendered temporary Receipt or Receipts. Such exchange shall be made at the Company’s expense and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Receipts shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement, and with respect to the Stock, as definitive Receipts.

Receipts will be issued as Global Receipts, unless the Company directs the Global Receiptholder to issue them as Certificated Receipts or Uncertificated Receipts. Each Global Receipt will be registered in the name of the Global Receiptholder or its nominee and, so long as DTC is serving as the Global Receiptholder thereof, will bear the DTC Legend. Each Global Receipt will be delivered to the Depositary as custodian for the Global Receiptholder. Each Certificated Receipt will be registered in the name of the holder thereof or its nominee.

Receipts shall be executed by the Depositary by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer of the Depositary. The Depositary shall record on its books each Receipt so signed and delivered as hereinafter provided.

Receipts shall be in denominations of any number of whole Depositary Shares.

Receipts may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement as may be required by the Depositary or required to comply with any applicable law or any regulation thereunder or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange upon which the Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts may be listed or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Receipts are subject.

Title to Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt which is properly endorsed or for which proper instructions for transfer have been received, and properly executed instrument of transfer have been provided, shall be transferable by delivery with the same effect as in the case of a negotiable instrument; provided, however, that until transfer of a Receipt shall be registered on the books of the Depositary as provided in Section 2.04, the Depositary may, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, treat the record holder thereof at such time as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of determining the person entitled to distributions of dividends or other distributions or to any notice provided for in this Deposit Agreement and for all other purposes.

SECTION 2.02. Deposit of Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in Respect Thereof. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Company or any holder of Stock may from time to time deposit shares of Stock by delivery or transfer to the Depositary of a certificate or certificates representing the Stock to be deposited, or any interest in uncertificated Stock, properly endorsed or accompanied, as applicable, and if required by the Depositary, by a duly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement, in form satisfactory to the Depositary, together with all such certifications as may be required by the Depositary in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement, and together with a written order of the Company or such holder, as the case may be, directing the Depositary to execute and deliver to, or cause such interests in Uncertificated Receipts to be credited to, or upon the written order of, the person or persons stated in such order a Receipt or Receipts for the number of Depositary

 

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Shares representing such deposited Stock. Deposited Stock shall be held by the Depositary at the Depositary’s Office or at such other place or places as the Depositary shall determine.

Upon receipt by the Depositary of a certificate or certificates representing the Stock, or any interest in uncertificated Stock, to be deposited in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.02, together with the other documents required as above specified, and upon recordation of such Stock on the books of the registrar for the Stock in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, the Depositary, subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, shall execute and deliver, or shall cause to be credited, to or upon the order of the person or persons named in the written order delivered to the Depositary referred to in the first paragraph of this Section 2.02, a Receipt or Receipts, or interest in Uncertificated Receipts, for the number of Depositary Shares representing the Stock so deposited and registered in such name or names as may be requested by such person or persons.

In the case of Certificated Receipts, the Depositary shall execute and deliver such Receipt or Receipts at the Depositary’s Office or such other offices, if any, as the Depositary may designate. Delivery at other offices shall be at the risk and expense of the person requesting such delivery.

SECTION 2.03. Redemption of Stock. Whenever the Company shall elect to redeem shares of Stock in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate, it shall (unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Depositary) give the Depositary not less than 40 nor more than 70 days’ notice of the date of such proposed redemption of Stock, which notice shall be accompanied by a certificate from the Company stating that such redemption of Stock is in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate. Such notice, if given more than 60 days prior to the redemption date, shall be in addition to the notice required to be given for redemption pursuant to the Certificate. On the date of such redemption, provided that the Company shall then have paid in full to the Depositary the redemption price of the Stock held by the Depositary to be redeemed, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, the Depositary shall redeem the number of Depositary Shares representing such Stock. The Depositary shall mail notice of such redemption and the proposed simultaneous redemption of the number of Depositary Shares representing the Stock to be redeemed, first-class postage prepaid, not less than 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption of such Stock and Depositary Shares (the “Redemption Date”), to the record holders of the Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed, at the addresses of such holders as they appear on the records of the Depositary; but neither failure to mail any such notice to one or more such holders nor any defect in any notice to one or more such holders shall affect the sufficiency of the proceedings for redemption as to other holders. Each such notice shall state: (i) the Redemption Date; (ii) the number of Depositary Shares to be redeemed and, if less than all the Depositary Shares held by any such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such Depositary Shares held by such holder to be so redeemed; (iii) the redemption price; (iv) the place or places where, or other applicable method by which, Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (v) that dividends in respect of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares to be redeemed will cease to accumulate on such Redemption Date. In case less than all the outstanding Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed shall be selected by lot or pro rata (subject to rounding to avoid fractions of the Depositary

 

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Shares) as may be determined by the Depositary to be equitable and in compliance with any applicable rules and law.

Notice having been mailed by the Depositary as aforesaid, from and after the Redemption Date (unless the Company shall have failed to redeem the shares of Stock to be redeemed by it as set forth in the Company’s notice provided for in the preceding paragraph) all dividends in respect of the shares of Stock so called for redemption shall cease to accumulate, the Depositary Shares being redeemed from such proceeds shall be deemed no longer to be outstanding, all rights of the holders of Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (except the right to receive the redemption price, including any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon) shall, to the extent of such Depositary Shares, cease and terminate and, upon surrender of the Receipts evidencing any such Depositary Shares (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Depositary shall so require) in accordance with such notice, such Depositary Shares shall be redeemed by the Depositary at a redemption price per Depositary Share equal to            of the redemption price per share paid in respect of the shares of Stock, plus accrued and unpaid dividends on such a            share to the date fixed for redemption.

If less than all the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt are called for redemption, the Depositary will deliver to the holder of such Receipt upon its surrender to the Depositary, together with the redemption payment, a new Receipt evidencing the Depositary Shares evidenced by such prior Receipt and not called for redemption.

SECTION 2.04. Registration of Transfer of Receipts. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall register on its books from time to time transfers of Receipts upon any surrender thereof by the holder in person or by duly authorized attorney, properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer. Thereupon the Depositary and the Registrar shall execute a new Receipt or Receipts, or otherwise cause the applicable interest in a Receipt or Receipts, evidencing the same aggregate number of Depositary Shares as those evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered and deliver or credit such new Receipt or Receipts to or upon the order of the person entitled thereto.

Transfers of a Global Receipt (but not a beneficial interest therein) will be limited to transfers thereof in whole, but not in part, to the Global Receiptholder, its successors or their respective nominees, except (i) as set forth in the next succeeding paragraph and (ii) transfers of portions thereof in the form of Certificated Receipts or Uncertificated Receipts may be made upon request of an Agent Member (for itself or on behalf of a beneficial owner) by written notice given to the Depositary and the Registrar by or on behalf of the Global Receiptholder in accordance with customary procedures of the Global Receiptholder and in compliance with this Section 2.04.

If (i) the Company or the Global Receiptholder notifies the Depositary and Registrar in writing that the Global Receiptholder is unwilling or unable to continue as Global Receiptholder for a Global Receipt and a successor Global Receiptholder is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of the notice or (ii) the Company, at its option, notifies the Depositary and Registrar in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Certificated Receipts or Uncertificated Receipts, subject to any applicable procedures of DTC, the Depositary and Registrar will promptly exchange each beneficial interest in the Global Receipt for one or more Receipts in

 

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authorized denominations having an equal aggregate number of Depositary Shares registered in the name of the owner of such beneficial interest, as identified to the Depositary and Registrar by the Global Receiptholder, and thereupon the Global Receipt will be deemed canceled.

Agent Members will have no rights under this Agreement with respect to any Global Receipt held on their behalf by the Global Receiptholder, and the Global Receiptholder may be treated by the Company, the Depositary and Registrar and any agent of the Company or the Depositary and Registrar as the absolute owner and holder of such Global Receipt for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Global Receiptholder or its nominee may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person (including any Agent Member and any Person that holds a beneficial interest in a Global Receipt through an Agent Member) to take any action which a holder is entitled to take under this Agreement or the Receipts, and nothing herein will impair, as between the Global Receiptholder and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any security.

SECTION 2.05. Split-ups and Combinations of Receipts; Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Stock. Upon surrender of a Receipt or Receipts at the Depositary’s Office or at such other offices as it may designate for the purpose of effecting a split-up or combination of such Receipt or Receipts, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall execute and deliver a new Receipt or Receipts, or interest in Uncertificated Receipts, in the authorized denomination or denominations requested, evidencing the aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered.

Any holder of a Receipt or Receipts representing any number of whole shares of Stock, or any interest in an uncertificated Stock, may withdraw the Stock by surrendering such Receipt or Receipts or transferring interest in Uncertificated Receipts, at the Depositary’s Office or at such other offices as the Depositary may designate for such withdrawals. Thereafter, without unreasonable delay, the Depositary shall deliver to, or cause such interests in Uncertificated Receipts to be credited to, such holder, or to the person or persons designated by such holder as hereinafter provided, the number of whole shares of Stock represented by the Receipt or Receipts so surrendered for withdrawal, but holders of such whole shares of Stock will not thereafter be entitled to deposit or transfer such Stock hereunder or to receive Depositary Shares therefor; provided, however, that a record holder who withdraws Stock in order to demand dissenters rights available under Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law (“PBCL”), will, subject to certain conditions described below, be entitled to redeposit such Stock with the Depositary and to receive or be credited with Receipts evidencing Shares therefor in the event (i) such record holder subsequently withdraws such demand pursuant to Section 1930 of the PBCL, (ii) dissenter rights are not available for such Stock pursuant to Section 1930 of the PBCL or (iii) such record holder loses or otherwise fails to perfect his rights to dissent. In order to redeposit Stock with the Depositary, such a record holder must deliver the certificates for such Stock or transfer any interest in an uncertificated Stock, properly endorsed or accompanied, if required by the Depositary, by a duly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement, in form satisfactory to the Depositary, together with instructions that such Stock be so deposited, to the Depositary’s office or to such other offices as the Depositary may designate by not later than the 30th day after the earlier of (i) the withdrawal of such demand for dissent by such record holder, (ii) notice by the Company that dissenter rights are not available for such Stock or (iii) the date on which such record holder loses or otherwise fails to perfect his rights to dissent. The Company will notify

 

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any record holder of Receipts who so withdraws Stock in the event dissenter rights in respect of Stock are not available. Any shares so redeposited must be free and clear of any lien, security interest or pledge and a holder may be required to provide certification of the foregoing and such other certifications as may be required by the Depositary in accordance with this Agreement. In addition, if required by the Depositary, Stock presented for redeposit shall also be accompanied by (A) an agreement or assignment, or other instrument satisfactory to the Depositary, which will provide for the prompt transfer to the Depositary of any dividend or right to subscribe for additional Stock or to receive other property which such record holder may thereafter receive upon or in respect of such redeposited Stock, or in lieu thereof, such agreement of indemnity or other agreement as shall be satisfactory to the Depositary, and (B) a proxy or proxies entitling the Depositary to vote such redeposited Stock for any and all purposes until the Stock is transferred and recorded on the register of stockholders of the Company in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. If a Receipt delivered or transferred by the holder to the Depositary in connection with such withdrawal shall evidence a number of Depositary Shares in excess of the number of Depositary Shares representing the number of whole shares of Stock to be so withdrawn, the Depositary shall at the same time, in addition to such number of whole shares of Stock to be so withdrawn, deliver, or cause such interests in Uncertificated Receipts to be credited, to such holder a new Receipt or interest in Uncertificated Receipt evidencing such excess number of Depositary Shares. Delivery of the Stock being withdrawn may be made by the delivery of such certificates, documents of title and other instruments as the Depositary may deem appropriate.

If the Stock being withdrawn is to be delivered or credited to a person or persons other than the record holder of the Receipt or Receipts being surrendered for withdrawal of Stock, such holder shall execute and deliver to the Depositary a written order so directing the Depositary and the Depositary may require that the Receipt or Receipts surrendered by such holder for withdrawal of such shares of Stock be properly endorsed in blank or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer in blank.

In the case of Certificated Receipts, delivery of the Stock represented by Receipts surrendered for withdrawal shall be made by the Depositary at the Depositary’s office or at such other offices as the Depositary may designate, except that, at the request, risk and expense of the holder surrendering such Receipt or Receipts and for the account of the holder thereof, such delivery may be made at such other place as may be designated by such holder.

SECTION 2.06. Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Exchange of Receipts. As a condition precedent to the execution and delivery, registration of transfer, split-up, combination, surrender or exchange of any Receipt, the Depositary, any of the Depositary’s Agents or the Company may require (a) payment to it of a sum sufficient for the payment (or, in the event that the Depositary or the Company shall have made such payment, the reimbursement to it) of any charges or expenses payable by the holder of a Receipt pursuant to Section 5.07, (b) the production of evidence satisfactory to it as to the identity and genuineness of any signature and (c) compliance with such regulations, if any, as the Depositary or the Company may establish consistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement.

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surrender or exchange of outstanding Receipts may be suspended (i) during any period when the register of stockholders of the Company is closed or (ii) if any such action is deemed necessary or advisable by the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agents or the Company, at any time or from time to time, because of any requirement of law or of any government or governmental body or commission or under any provision of this Deposit Agreement.

SECTION 2.07. Lost Receipts, etc. In the case of Certificated Receipts, if any Receipt shall be mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, the Depositary in its discretion may execute and deliver a Receipt of like form and tenor in exchange and substitution for such mutilated Receipt, or in lieu of and in substitution for such destroyed, lost or stolen Receipt, upon (i) the filing by the holder thereof with the Depositary of evidence satisfactory to the Depositary of such destruction or loss or theft of such Receipt, of the authenticity thereof and of his or her ownership thereof and (ii) the furnishing of the Depositary with reasonable indemnification satisfactory to it.

SECTION 2.08. Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts. All Receipts surrendered to the Depositary or any Depositary’s Agent shall be canceled by the Depositary. Except as prohibited by applicable law or regulation, the Depositary is authorized to destroy all Receipts so canceled.

ARTICLE III

Certain Obligations of Holders of Receipts and the Company

SECTION 3.01. Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information. Any holder of a Receipt may be required from time to time to file such proof of residence, or other matters or other information, to execute such certificates and to make such representations and warranties as the Depositary or the Company may reasonably deem necessary or proper. The Depositary or the Company may withhold the delivery, or delay the registration of transfer, redemption or exchange, of any Receipt or the withdrawal of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by any Receipt or the distribution of any dividend or other distribution or the sale of any rights or of the proceeds thereof until such proof or other information is filed or such certificates are executed or such representations and warranties are made.

SECTION 3.02. Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges. Holders of Receipts shall be obligated to make payments to the Depositary of certain charges and expenses, as provided in Section 5.07. Registration of transfer of any Receipt or any withdrawal of Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt may be refused until any such payment due is made, and any dividends, interest payments or other distributions may be withheld or any part of or all the Stock or other property represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt and not theretofore sold may be sold for the account of the holder thereof (after attempting by reasonable means to notify such holder prior to such sale), and such dividends, interest payments or other distributions or the proceeds of any such sale may be applied to any payment of such charges or expenses, the holder of such Receipt remaining liable for any deficiency.

 

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ARTICLE IV

The Deposited Securities; Notices

SECTION 4.01. Cash Distributions. Whenever the Depositary shall receive any cash dividend or other cash distribution on Stock, the Depositary shall, subject to Sections 3.01 and 3.02, distribute to record holders of Receipts on the applicable record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.04 such amounts of such dividend or distribution as are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts held by such holders; provided, however, that in case the Company or the Depositary shall be required to withhold and shall withhold from any cash dividend or other cash distribution in respect of the Stock an amount on account of taxes, the amount made available for distribution or distributed in respect of Depositary Shares shall be reduced accordingly. The Depositary shall distribute or make available for distribution, as the case may be, only such amount, however, as can be distributed without attributing to any holder of Depositary Shares a fraction of one cent, and any balance not so distributable shall be held by the Depositary (without liability for interest thereon) and shall be added to and be treated as part of the next sum received by the Depositary for distribution to record holders of Receipts then outstanding.

SECTION 4.02. Distributions Other than Cash, Rights, Preferences or Privileges. Whenever the Depositary shall receive any distribution other than cash and other than any rights, preferences or privileges described in Section 4.03, upon Stock, the Depositary shall, subject to Sections 3.01 and 3.02, distribute to record holders of Receipts on the applicable record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.04 such amounts of the securities or property received by it as are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts held by such record holders, in any manner that the Depositary may deem equitable and practicable for accomplishing such distribution. If in the opinion of the Depositary such distribution cannot be made proportionately among such record holders, or if for any other reason (including any requirement that the Company or the Depositary withhold an amount on account of taxes) the Depositary deems, after consultation with the Company, such distribution not to be feasible, the Depositary may, with the approval of the Company, adopt such method as it deems equitable and practicable for the purpose of effecting such distribution, including the sale (at public or private sale) of the securities or property thus received, or any part thereof, at such place or places and upon such terms as it may deem proper. The net proceeds of any such sale shall be, subject to Sections 3.01 and 3.02, distributed or made available for distribution, as the case may be, by the Depositary to record holders of Receipts as provided by Section 4.01 in the case of a distribution received in cash.

The Depositary shall not make any distribution of securities received in respect of the Stock unless, if requested by the Depositary, the Company shall have provided an opinion of counsel stating that such securities have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or do not need to be so registered.

SECTION 4.03. Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges. If the Company shall at any time offer or cause to be offered to the persons in whose names Stock is recorded on the books of the Company any rights, preferences or privileges to subscribe for or to purchase any securities or any rights, preferences or privileges of any other nature, such rights, preferences

 

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or privileges shall in each such instance be made available by the Depositary to the record holders of Receipts in such manner as the Depositary may determine, either by the issue to such record holders of warrants representing such rights, preferences or privileges or by such other method as may be approved by the Depositary in its discretion with the approval of the Company; provided, however, that in case either (i) the Depositary determines that it is not lawful or (after consultation with the Company) not feasible to make such rights, preferences or privileges available to holders of Receipts by the issue of warrants or otherwise, or (ii) with respect to any portion of the rights, preferences or privileges of a holder of Receipts, the Depositary is instructed that such holder does not desire to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges, then the Depositary, in its discretion (with the approval of the Company, in any case where the Depositary has determined that it is not feasible to make such rights, preferences or privileges available), may (if applicable laws and the terms of such rights, preferences or privileges permit such transfer) sell such rights, preferences or privileges at public or private sale, at such place or places and upon such terms as it may deem proper. The net proceeds of any such sale shall be, subject to Sections 3.01 and 3.02, distributed by the Depositary to the record holders of Receipts entitled thereto as provided by Section 4.01 in the case of a distribution received in cash. The Depositary shall not make any distribution of any such rights, preferences or privileges unless, if requested by the Depositary, the Company shall have provided an opinion of counsel stating that such rights, preferences or privileges have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or do not need to be so registered.

If registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the securities to which any rights, preferences or privileges relate is required in order for holders of Receipts to be offered or sold the securities to which such rights, preferences or privileges relate, the Company agrees with the Depositary that it will file promptly a registration statement pursuant to such act with respect to such rights, preferences or privileges and securities and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective sufficiently in advance of the expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such holders to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges. In no event shall the Depositary make available to the holders of Receipts any right, preference or privilege to subscribe for or to purchase any securities unless and until such a registration statement shall have become effective, or unless the offering and sale of such securities to such holders are exempt from registration under the provisions of such Act.

If any other action under the laws of any jurisdiction or any governmental or administrative authorization, consent or permit is required in order for such rights, preferences or privileges to be made available to holders of Receipts, the Company agrees with the Depositary that the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to take such action or obtain such authorization, consent or permit sufficiently in advance of the expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such holders to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges.

SECTION 4.04. Notice of Dividends, etc.; Fixing of Record Date for Holders of Receipts. Whenever any cash dividend or other cash distribution shall become payable or any distribution other than cash shall be made, or if rights, preferences or privileges shall at any time be offered, with respect to Stock, or whenever the Depositary shall receive notice of any meeting at which record holders of Stock are entitled to vote or of which holders of Stock are entitled to notice, or whenever the Depositary and the Company shall decide it is appropriate, the

 

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Depositary shall in each such instance fix a record date (which shall be the same date as the record date fixed by the Company with respect to the Stock) for the determination of the record holders of Receipts who shall be entitled to receive such dividend, distribution, rights, preferences or privileges or the net proceeds of the sale thereof, or to give instructions for the exercise of voting rights at any such meeting, or who shall be entitled to notice of such meeting or for any other appropriate reasons.

SECTION 4.05. Voting Rights. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the record holders of Stock are entitled to vote, the Depositary shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail to the record holders of Receipts a notice which shall contain (i) such information as is contained in such notice of meeting and (ii) a statement that the record holders may, subject to any applicable restrictions, instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of Stock represented by their respective Depositary Shares (including an express indication that instructions may be given to the Depositary to give a discretionary proxy to a person designated by the Company) and a brief statement as to the manner in which such instructions may be given. Upon the written request of the record holders of Receipts on the relevant record date, the Depositary shall endeavor insofar as practicable to vote or cause to be voted, in accordance with the instructions set forth in such requests, the maximum number of whole shares of Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by all Receipts as to which any particular voting instructions are received. The Company hereby agrees to take all action using commercially reasonable efforts which may be deemed necessary by the Depositary in order to enable the Depositary to vote such Stock or cause such Stock to be voted. In the absence of specific instructions from the record holder of a Receipt, the Depositary will abstain from voting (but, at its discretion, not from appearing at any meeting with respect to such Stock unless directed to the contrary by the holders of all the Receipts) to the extent of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt.

SECTION 4.06. Changes Affecting Deposited Securities and Reclassifications, Recapitalizations, etc.. Upon any change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or any other reclassification of the Stock, or upon any recapitalization, reorganization, merger, amalgamation or consolidation affecting the Company or to which it is a party, the Depositary may in its discretion with the approval of, and shall upon the instructions of, the Company, and (in either case) in such manner as the Depositary may deem equitable and in compliance with any applicable rules and law, (i) make such adjustments as are certified by the Company in (x) the fraction of an interest represented by one Depositary Share in shares of Stock and (y) the ratio of the redemption price per Depositary Share to the redemption price of shares of Stock, in each case as may be necessary to fully reflect the effects of such change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or other reclassification of Stock, or of such recapitalization, reorganization, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and (ii) treat any securities which shall be received by the Depositary in exchange for or upon conversion of or in respect of the Stock as new deposited securities so received in exchange for or upon conversion or in respect of such Stock. In any such case the Depositary may in its discretion, with the approval of the Company, execute and deliver, or transfer, additional Receipts or interests in Uncertificated Receipts, or may call for the surrender of all outstanding Receipts to be exchanged for new Receipts, or interests in Uncertificated Receipts, specifically describing such new deposited securities. Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, holders of Receipts shall have the right from and after the effective date of any such change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or

 

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other reclassification of the Stock or any such recapitalization, reorganization, merger, amalgamation or consolidation to surrender such Receipts, or interests in Uncertificated Receipts, to the Depositary with instructions to convert, exchange or surrender the Stock represented thereby only into or for, as the case may be, the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property and cash into which the Stock represented by such Receipts might have been converted or for which such Stock might have been exchanged or surrendered immediately prior to the effective date of such transaction.

SECTION 4.07. Inspection of Reports. The Depositary shall make available for inspection by record holders of Receipts at the Depositary’s Office, and at such other places as it may from time to time deem advisable, any reports and communications received from the Company which are received by the Depositary as the holder of Stock.

SECTION 4.08. Lists of Record Holders of Receipts. Promptly upon request from time to time by the Company, the Depositary shall furnish to it a list, as of a recent date, of the names, addresses and holdings of Depositary Shares of all persons in whose names Receipts are registered on the books of the Depositary.

ARTICLE V

The Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar and the Company

SECTION 5.01. Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depositary; Registrar. The Depositary shall maintain at the Depositary’s Office facilities for the execution, delivery, registration and registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of Receipts, and at the offices of the Depositary’s Agents, if any, facilities for the delivery, registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of Receipts, all in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement.

The Depositary shall keep books at the Depositary’s Office for the registration and registration of transfer of Receipts, which books at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the record holders of Receipts; provided, that any such holder requesting to exercise such right shall certify to the Depositary that such inspection shall be for a proper purpose reasonably related to such person’s interest as an owner of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts.

The Depositary may close such books, at any time or from time to time, when deemed expedient by it in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder.

The Depositary may, with the approval of the Company, appoint a Registrar for registration of the Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby. If the Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby or the Stock represented by such Depositary Shares shall be listed or quoted on a Securities Market Exchange, the Depositary will appoint a Registrar (acceptable to the Company) for registration of such Receipts or Depositary Shares in accordance with any requirements of such securities market or securities exchange. Such Registrar (which may be the Depositary if so permitted by the requirements of such securities market or exchange) may be removed and a substitute registrar appointed by the Depositary upon

 

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the request or with the approval of the Company. If the Receipts, such Depositary Shares or such Stock are listed on one or more other securities markets or exchanges, the Depositary will, at the request of the Company, arrange such facilities for the delivery, registration, registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of such Receipts, such Depositary Shares or such Stock as may be required by law or applicable securities market or exchange regulation.

SECTION 5.02. Prevention of or Delay in Performance by the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar, the Transfer Agent or the Company. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor any Transfer Agent nor the Company shall incur any liability to any holder of any Receipt if by reason of any provision of any present or future law, or regulation thereunder, of the United States of America or of any other governmental authority or, in the case of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent or the Registrar, by reason of any provision, present or future, of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (including the Certificate) or by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstance beyond the control of the relevant party, the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent, the Registrar, the Transfer Agent or the Company shall be prevented or forbidden from, or subjected to any penalty on account of, doing or performing any act or thing which the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar, any Transfer Agent or the Company incur any liability to any holder of a Receipt (i) by reason of any nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall or may be done or performed, or (ii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in this Deposit Agreement except, in case of any such exercise or failure to exercise discretion not caused as aforesaid, if caused by the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the party charged with such exercise or failure to exercise.

SECTION 5.03. Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar, the Transfer Agent and the Company. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor any Transfer Agent nor the Company assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under this Deposit Agreement to holders of Receipts other than for its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; provided, however, that the Depositary shall not be liable for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential damages.

Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor any Transfer Agent nor the Company shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding in respect of the Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability be furnished as often as may be required.

Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor any Transfer Agent nor the Company shall be liable for any action or any failure to act by it in reliance upon the written advice of legal counsel or accountants, or information from any person presenting Stock for deposit, any holder of a Receipt or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such information. The Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar, any Transfer Agent and the Company may each rely and shall each be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

 

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The Depositary and any Depositary’s Agent shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instruction to vote any of the shares of Stock or for the manner or effect of any such vote made, as long as any such action or non-action is in good faith. The Depositary undertakes, and any Registrar and Transfer Agent shall be required to undertake, to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Depositary, any Registrar or any Transfer Agent. The Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, any Registrar and any Transfer Agent may own and deal in any class of securities of the Company and its affiliates and in Receipts. The Depositary may also act as transfer agent or registrar of any of the securities of the Company and its affiliates. The Depositary undertakes not to (i) issue any Receipt other than to evidence the Depositary Shares then on deposit with it and (ii) sell (except as provided herein), pledge or lend Depositary Shares held by it as Depositary.

SECTION 5.04. Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor Depositary. The Depositary may at any time resign as Depositary hereunder by notice of its election to do so delivered to the Company, such resignation to take effect upon the appointment of a successor Depositary and its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.

The Depositary may at any time be removed by the Company by notice of such removal delivered to the Depositary, such removal to take effect upon the appointment of a successor Depositary and its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.

In case at any time the Depositary acting hereunder shall resign or be removed, the Company shall, within 60 days after the delivery of the notice of resignation or removal, as the case may be, appoint a successor Depositary, which shall be a bank or trust company having its principal office in the United States of America and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If no successor Depositary shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 60 days after delivery of such notice, the resigning or removed Depositary may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Depositary. Every successor Depositary shall execute and deliver to its predecessor and to the Company an instrument in writing accepting its appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Depositary, without any further act or deed, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor and for all purposes shall be the Depositary under this Deposit Agreement, and such predecessor, upon payment of all sums due it and on the written request of the Company, shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor all rights and powers of such predecessor hereunder, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver all right, title and interest in the Stock to such successor, and shall deliver to such successor a list of the record holders of all outstanding Receipts. Any successor Depositary shall promptly mail notice of its appointment to the record holders of Receipts.

Any corporation into or with which the Depositary may be merged, consolidated or converted shall be the successor of such Depositary without the execution or filing of any document or any further act, and notice thereof shall not be required hereunder. Such successor Depositary may authenticate the Receipts in the name of the predecessor Depositary or in the name of the successor Depositary.

 

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SECTION 5.05. Corporate Notices and Reports. The Company agrees that it will transmit to the record holders of Receipts, in each case at the addresses furnished to it pursuant to Section 4.08, all notices and reports (including without limitation financial statements) required by law, by the rules of any national securities exchange upon which the Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts are listed or by the Company’s Articles of Incorporation (including the Certificate) to be furnished by the Company to holders of Receipts. Such transmission will be at the Company’s expense.

SECTION 5.06. Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall indemnify the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar and any Transfer Agent against, and hold each of them harmless from, any loss, liability or expense (including the costs and expenses of defending itself) which may arise out of (a) acts performed or omitted in connection with this Agreement and the Receipts by (i) the Depositary, any Registrar, any Transfer Agent or any of their respective agents (including any Depositary’s Agent), except for any liability arising out of negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the respective parts of any such person or persons, or (ii) the Company or any of its agents, or (b) the offer, sale or registration of the Receipts or the Stock pursuant to the provisions hereof. The obligations of the Company set forth in this Section 5.06 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and any succession of any Depositary, Registrar, Transfer Agent or Depositary’s Agent.

SECTION 5.07. Charges and Expenses. The Company shall pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of the depositary arrangements. The Company shall pay all fees, charges and expenses of the Depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the Stock and the initial issuance of the Depositary Shares and any redemption of the Stock at the option of the Company. All other transfer and other taxes and governmental charges and fees for the withdrawal of Stock upon surrender of Receipts shall be at the expense of holders of Depositary Shares. If, at the request of a holder of Receipts, the Depositary incurs charges or expenses for which it is not otherwise liable hereunder, such holder will be liable for such charges and expenses. All other charges and expenses of the Depositary and any Depositary’s Agent hereunder and of any Registrar and Transfer Agent (including, in each case, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) incident to the performance of their respective obligations hereunder will be paid upon consultation and agreement between the Depositary and the Company as to the amount and nature of such charges and expenses. The Depositary shall present its statement for charges and expenses to the Company at such times as the Company and the Depositary may agree.

ARTICLE VI

Amendment and Termination

SECTION 6.01. Amendment. The form of the Receipts and any provisions of this Deposit Agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended by agreement between the Company and the Depositary in any respect which they may deem necessary or desirable; provided, however, that no such amendment (other than any change in the fees of any Depositary, Registrar or Transfer Agent, which shall go into effect not sooner than three months after notice thereof to the record holders of the Receipts or any change as may be required by DTC) which shall materially and adversely alter the rights of the holders of Receipts shall be

 

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effective unless such amendment shall have been approved by the record holders of at least a majority of the Depositary Shares then outstanding. Every holder of an outstanding Receipt at the time any such amendment becomes effective shall be deemed, by continuing to hold such Receipt, to consent and agree to such amendment and to be bound by the Deposit Agreement as amended thereby.

SECTION 6.02. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by the Company or the Depositary only after (i) all outstanding Depositary Shares shall have been redeemed pursuant to Section 2.03 or (ii) there shall have been made a final distribution in respect of the Stock in connection with any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and such distribution shall have been distributed to the holders of Depositary Shares pursuant to Section 4.01 or 4.02, as applicable.

Upon the termination of this Deposit Agreement, the Company shall be discharged from all obligations under this Deposit Agreement except for its obligations to the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar and any Transfer Agent under Sections 5.06 and 5.07.

ARTICLE VII

Miscellaneous

SECTION 7.01. Counterparts. This Deposit Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by each of the parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

SECTION 7.02. Exclusive Benefit of Parties. This Deposit Agreement is for the exclusive benefit of the parties hereto, and their respective successors hereunder, and shall not be deemed to give any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim to any other person whatsoever.

SECTION 7.03. Invalidity of Provisions. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Deposit Agreement or in the Receipts should be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein or therein shall in no way be affected, prejudiced or disturbed thereby.

SECTION 7.04. Notices. Any and all notices to be given to the Company hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail or telegram or telex confirmed by letter, addressed to the Company at Two North Ninth Street Allentown, PA 18101-1179, to the attention of the Treasure, or at any other address of which the Company shall have notified the Depositary in writing.

Any and all notices to be given to the Depositary hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail or by telegram or telex confirmed by letter, addressed to the Depositary at the Depositary’s Office, at                     , to the attention of the                     , or at any other address of which the Depositary shall have notified the Company in writing.

 

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Any communication contemplated herein shall be deemed to have been made, given, furnished and filed if personally delivered, on the date of delivery, if transmitted by facsimile transmission or other direct written electronic means, on the date of transmission, and if transmitted by registered or certified mail or reputable overnight courier, on the date of receipt.

Delivery of a notice sent by mail or by telegram or telex shall be deemed to be effected at the time when a duly addressed letter containing the same (or a confirmation thereof in the case of a telegram or telex message) is deposited, postage prepaid, in a post office letter box. The Depositary or the Company may, however, act upon any telegram or telex message received by it from the other or from any holder of a Receipt, notwithstanding that such telegram or telex message shall not subsequently be confirmed by letter or as aforesaid.

SECTION 7.05. Depositary’s Agents. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the Depositary may from time to time appoint Depositary’s Agents to act in any respect for the Depositary for the purposes of this Deposit Agreement and may at any time appoint additional Depositary’s Agents and vary or terminate the appointment of such Depositary’s Agents. The Depositary will notify the Company of any such action.

The Company has authorized the appointment of, and has requested the Depositary to appoint hereunder, [            ], as transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) for the Depositary Shares. The Depositary hereby appoints [            ] as Transfer Agent and Registrar for the Depositary Shares and delegates to [            ] the duties of the Depositary hereunder customarily performed by a transfer agent, a registrar and a depositary. Without otherwise affecting the liability of the Depositary hereunder, it is hereby agreed that if [            ] shall have agreed in writing to be bound by all the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement and to assume the obligations of the Depositary hereunder to be performed by it, then in no event shall the Depositary be liable for any acts or omissions of [            ] as Transfer Agent, Registrar or Depositary’s Agent with respect to the Depositary Shares.

SECTION 7.06. Holders of Receipts Are Parties. The holders of Receipts from time to time shall be parties to this Deposit Agreement and shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions hereof and of the Receipts by acceptance of delivery, or transfer, thereof.

SECTION 7.07. GOVERNING LAW. THIS DEPOSIT AGREEMENT AND THE RECEIPTS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 7.08. Inspection of Deposit Agreement. Copies of this Deposit Agreement shall be filed with the Depositary and the Depositary’s Agents and shall be open to inspection during business hours at the Depositary’s office and the respective offices of the Depositary’s Agents, if any, by any holder of a Receipt.

SECTION 7.09. Headings. The headings of articles and sections in this Deposit Agreement and in the form of the Receipt set forth in Exhibit A hereto have been inserted for convenience only and are not to be regarded as a part of this Deposit Agreement or the Receipts or to have any bearing upon the meaning or interpretation of any provision contained herein or in the Receipts.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Depositary have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above set forth, and all holders of Receipts shall become parties hereto by and upon acceptance by them of delivery of Receipts issued in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

PPL CORPORATION

By:     

[                            ], as Depositary,

By:     

 

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EXHIBIT A

DEPOSITARY RECEIPT

FOR

DEPOSITARY SHARES

EACH REPRESENTING AN INTEREST

(SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT) IN A SHARE OF

Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share

OF

PPL CORPORATION

(Incorporated under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania)

 


CUSIP NO.                    

 

No. EACH DEPOSITARY SHARE REPRESENTS AN INTEREST (SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT) IN A SHARE OF PREFERRED STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE, OF PPL CORPORATION.

[INSERT THIS DTC LEGEND IF GLOBAL RECEIPT AND DTC WILL BE GLOBAL RECEIPTHOLDER]

THIS DEPOSITARY RECEIPT IS IN GLOBAL FORM WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS DEPOSITARY RECEIPT MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC TO THE COMPANY OR THE DEPOSITARY, AND ANY DEPOSITARY RECEIPT ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

1. [            ] organized under the laws of the United States of America, as Depositary (the “Depositary”), hereby certifies that          is the registered owner of Depositary Shares (“Depositary Shares”) [, or such other amount as may be specified on the attached Schedule of Exchanges of Receipts], each Depositary Share representing a (as such


fraction may from time to time be adjusted as provided in the Deposit Agreement, as defined below) interest in a share of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share of PPL Corporation (the “Stock”), a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the “Company”), deposited with, and held by, the Depositary. The rights, preferences and limitations of the Stock are set forth in the Certificate of Designations dated (the “Certificate”), adopted by resolution of the Company, copies of which are on file at the Depositary’s Office at             .

2. THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT. Depositary Receipts (the “Receipts”), of which this Receipt is one, are made available upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Deposit Agreement, dated as of              (the “Deposit Agreement”), among the Company, the Depositary and all holders from time to time of Receipts. The Deposit Agreement (copies of which are on file at the Depositary’s Office) sets forth the rights of holders of Receipts and the rights and duties of the Depositary in respect of the Stock deposited, and any and all money and other property from time to time held thereunder. The statements made in this Receipt are summaries of certain provisions of the Deposit Agreement and are subject to the detailed provisions thereof, to which reference is hereby made. The holder of this Receipt from time to time shall be deemed to be a party to the Deposit Agreement and shall be bound by, and entitled to all of the rights and benefits under, all the terms and conditions hereof and of the Deposit Agreement by acceptance of delivery of this Receipt. Unless otherwise expressly herein provided, all defined terms shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Deposit Agreement.

3. REDEMPTION. Wherever the Company shall be permitted and shall elect, under the Certificate, to redeem shares of the Stock, it shall give the Depositary not less than 40 nor more then 70 days’ notice thereof. The Depositary shall mail notice of such redemption and the simultaneous redemption of the corresponding Depositary Shares not less than 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the holders of record of Receipts representing the number of Depositary Shares to be redeemed. Each such notice shall state: (a) the date of such proposed redemption; (b) the number of Depositary Shares to be redeemed; (c) the redemption price; (d) the place or places where Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (e) that dividends in respect of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares to be redeemed will cease to accumulate at the close of business on such redemption date. In case less than all the outstanding Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed shall be selected by lot or pro rata as may be determined by the Depositary to be equitable. From and after the date set for redemption, all dividends in respect of the Depositary Shares so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, such Depositary Shares shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights of the holders of Receipts representing such Depositary Shares (except the right to receive the redemption price) shall cease and terminate. From and after the redemption date, upon surrender in accordance with the redemption notice of the Receipts representing any such Depositary Shares (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Depositary shall so require), such Depositary Shares shall be redeemed by the Depositary at the redemption price per share equal to              of the redemption price per share paid in respect of the shares of Stock plus any money or other property represented thereby.

4. TRANSFERS, SPLIT-UPS, COMBINATIONS. This Receipt is transferable on the books of the Depositary upon surrender of this Receipt to the Depositary, properly endorsed


or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer, and upon such transfer the Depositary shall execute a new Receipt to or upon the order of the person entitled thereto, as provided in the Deposit Agreement. This Receipt may be split into other Receipts or combined with other Receipts into one Receipt, representing the same aggregate number of Depositary Shares as the Receipt or Receipts surrendered.

5. SUSPENSION OF DELIVERY, TRANSFER, ETC. The transfer or surrender of this Receipt may be suspended during any period when the register of stockholders of the Company is closed or if any such action is deemed necessary or advisable by the Depositary, any agent of the Depositary, or the Company at any time or from time to time because of any requirement of rule of law or of any government or governmental body or commission, or under any provision of the Deposit Agreement.

6. PAYMENT OF TAXES OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL CHARGES. If any tax or other government charge shall become payable by or on behalf of the Depositary with respect to this Receipt, such tax (including transfer taxes, if any) or governmental charge shall be payable by the holder hereof. Transfer of this Receipt may be refused until such payment is made, and any dividends, interest payments or other distributions may be withheld or any part of or all the Stock or other property represented by this Receipt and not theretofore sold may be sold for the account of the holder thereof (after attempting by reasonable means to notify such holder prior to such sale), and such dividends, interest payments or other distributions or the proceeds of any such sale may be applied to any payment of such tax or charge, the holder of this Receipt remaining liable for any deficiency.

7. WARRANTY BY COMPANY. The Company has warranted that the Stock, when issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

8. AMENDMENT. The form of the Receipts and any provisions of the Deposit Agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended by agreement between the Company and the Depositary in any respect which they may deem necessary or desirable; provided, however, that no such amendment (other than any change in the fees of any Depositary, Registrar or Transfer Agent, which shall go into effect not sooner than three months after notice thereof to the record holders of the Receipts or any change as may be required by DTC) which shall materially and adversely alter the rights of the holders of Receipts shall be effective unless such amendment shall have been approved by the record holders of at least a majority of the Depositary Shares then outstanding. A holder of a Receipt at the time any such amendment so becomes effective shall be deemed, by continuing to hold such Receipt, to consent and agree to such amendment and to be bound by the Deposit Agreement as amended thereby.

9. CHARGES OF DEPOSITARY. The Company will pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of the depositary arrangements, and all charges of the Depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the Stock and the initial issuance of the Depositary Shares and redemption of the Stock at the option of the Company. All other transfer and other taxes and other governmental charges shall be at the expense of holders of Depositary Shares. All other charges and expenses of the Depositary and any agent of the Depositary will be paid in consultation and agreement between the Depositary and the Company.


10. TITLE OF RECEIPTS. This Receipt (and the Depositary Shares evidenced hereby), when properly endorsed or proper instructions for transfer have been received, and properly executed instrument of transfer have been provided, is transferable by delivery with the same effect as in the case of a negotiable instrument; provided, however, that until transfer of a Receipt shall be registered on the books of the Depositary, the Depositary may, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, treat the record holder hereof at such time as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of determining the person entitled to distributions of dividends or other distributions or to any notice provided for in the Deposit Agreement, and for all other purposes.

11. DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS. Whenever the Depositary receives any cash dividend or other cash distribution on the Stock, the Depositary will, subject to the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, make such distribution to the Receipt holders as nearly as practicable in proportion to the number of Depositary Shares held by them; provided, however, that the amount distributed will be reduced by any amounts required to be withheld by the Company or the Depositary on account of taxes. Other distributions received on the Stock may be distributed to holders of Receipts as provided in the Deposit Agreement.

12. FIXING OF RECORD DATE. Whenever any cash dividend or other cash distribution shall become payable or any distribution other than cash shall be made, or if rights, preferences or privileges shall at any time be offered, with respect to Stock, or whenever the Depositary shall receive notice of any meeting at which holders of Stock are entitled to vote or of which holders of Stock are entitled to notice, the Depositary shall in each instance fix a record date (which shall be the record date fixed by the Company with respect to the Stock), for the determination of the holders of Receipts who shall be entitled to receive such dividend, distribution, rights, preferences or privileges or the net proceeds of the sale thereof, or to give instructions for the exercise of voting rights at any such meeting, or who shall be entitled to notice of such meeting.

13. VOTING RIGHTS. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which holders of Stock are entitled to vote, the Depositary shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail to the record holders of Receipts a notice which shall contain (i) such information as is contained in such notice of meeting and (ii) a statement informing holders of Receipts that they may instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of Stock represented by their respective Depositary Shares and a brief statement as to the manner in which such instructions may be given. Upon the written request of a holder of a Receipt on such record date, the Depositary shall endeavor insofar as practicable to vote or cause to be voted the amount of Stock represented by such Receipt in accordance with the instructions set forth in such request. In the absence of specific instructions from the holder of a Receipt, the Depositary will abstain from voting (but, at its discretion, not from appearing at any meeting with respect to such Stock unless directed to the contrary by the holders of Receipts) to the extent of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt.

14. CHANGES AFFECTING DEPOSITED SECURITIES. Upon any change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or any other reclassification of the Stock or upon any recapitalization, reorganization, merger, amalgamation or consolidation affecting the Company or to which it is a party, or upon the sale of all or substantially all the Company’s assets, the Depositary may in its discretion with the approval of the Company, and in such manner as the


Depositary may deem equitable, (i) make such adjustments in (x) the fraction of an interest represented by one Depositary Share in shares of Stock and (y) the ratio of the redemption price of shares of Stock, in each case as may be necessary to fully reflect the effect of such change and (ii) treat any securities which shall be received by the Depositary in exchange for or upon conversion or in respect of the Stock as new deposited securities so received in exchange for or upon conversion or in respect of such Stock. In any such case the Depositary may in its discretion, with the approval of the Company, execute and deliver additional Receipts or cause to be credited interest in Uncertificated Receipts, or may call for the surrender of outstanding Receipts to be exchanged for new Receipts specifically describing such new deposited securities.

15. LIABILITY AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE DEPOSITARY, THE DEPOSITARY’S AGENTS OR THE COMPANY. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor the Company assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under this Deposit Agreement to any holder of any Receipt, other than for its gross negligence or willful misconduct. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor the Company shall incur any liability to any holder of any Receipt if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation thereunder of the United States of America or any other governmental authority or, in the case of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent or the Registrar, by reason of any provision, present or future, of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (including the Certificate) or by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstances beyond their control, the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent, the Registrar or the Company shall be prevented or forbidden from doing or performing any act or thing which the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar or the Company incur any liability to any holder of a Receipt by reason of nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, other than for its gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor the Company assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to holders of Receipts other than to use its best judgment and good faith in the performance of such duties as are specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor the Company shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding in respect of the Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts, which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability be furnished. The Deposit Agreement contains various other exculpancy, indemnification and related provisions, to which reference is hereby made.

16. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF DEPOSITARY. The Depositary may at any time (a) resign by written notice of its election to do so delivered to the Company, such resignation to take effect upon the appointment of a successor Depositary and its acceptance of such appointment, or (b) be removed by the Company effective upon the appointment of a successor Depositary and its acceptance of such appointment.

17. TERMINATION OF DEPOSIT AGREEMENT. The Deposit Agreement may be terminated by the Company or the Depositary only upon or after the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) all outstanding Depositary Shares shall have been redeemed or (ii) there


shall have been made a final distribution in respect of the Stock in connection with any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and such distribution shall have been distributed to the holders of Receipts. Upon the termination of the Deposit Agreement, the Company shall be discharged from all obligations thereunder except for its obligations to the Depositary with respect to indemnification, charges and expenses.

18. GOVERNING LAW. This Receipt and the Deposit Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

This Receipt shall not be entitled to any benefits under the Deposit Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless this Receipt shall have been executed manually or facsimile by a duly authorized signatory of the Depositary or a Registrar for the Receipts.

The Company will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

 

Dated:

   

[                                ],

as Depositary and Registrar

      By:     
        Authorized Officer
      [Insert signature block for Registrar for the Receipts if other than the Depositary]


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF RECEIPTS1

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Receipt for Certificated Receipts or a part of another Global Receipt have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

 

Amount of decrease
in number of

Depositary Shares

represented by this

Global Receipt

 

Amount of increase
in number of

Depositary Shares

represented by this

Global Receipt

  

Number of

Depositary Shares

represented by
this Global Receipt
following such
decrease (or
increase)

  

Signature of
authorized officer of
Depositary and

Registrar

         
         

1 For Global Receipts
EX-4.13 4 dex413.htm FORM OF DEPOSIT AGREEMENT Form of Deposit Agreement

Exhibit 4.13


PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION,

___________, As Depositary

AND

THE HOLDERS FROM TIME TO TIME OF

THE DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS DESCRIBED HEREIN

 


Form of Deposit Agreement

Preference Stock

 


Dated

 



TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I Definitions

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ARTICLE II Form of Receipts, Deposit of Stock, Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Redemption of Receipts

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SECTION 2.01.

  

Form and Transfer of Receipts

   2

SECTION 2.02.

  

Deposit of Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in Respect Thereof

   3

SECTION 2.03.

  

Redemption of Stock

   4

SECTION 2.04.

  

Registration of Transfer of Receipts

   5

SECTION 2.05.

  

Split-ups and Combinations of Receipts; Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Stock

   6

SECTION 2.06.

  

Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Exchange of Receipts

   7

SECTION 2.07.

  

Lost Receipts, etc.

   8

SECTION 2.08.

  

Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts

   8

ARTICLE III Certain Obligations of Holders of Receipts and the Company

   8

SECTION 3.01.

  

Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information

   8

SECTION 3.02.

  

Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges

   8

ARTICLE IV The Deposited Securities; Notices

   9

SECTION 4.01.

  

Cash Distributions and the Dividend Reinvestment Plan

   9

SECTION 4.02.

  

Distributions Other than Cash, Rights, Preferences or Privileges

   9

SECTION 4.03.

  

Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges

   9

SECTION 4.04.

  

Notice of Dividends, etc.; Fixing of Record Date for Holders of Receipts

   10

SECTION 4.05.

  

Voting Rights

   11

SECTION 4.06.

  

Changes Affecting Deposited Securities and Reclassifications, Recapitalizations, etc.

   11

SECTION 4.07.

  

Inspection of Reports

   12

SECTION 4.08.

  

Lists of Record Holders of Receipts

   12

ARTICLE V The Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar and the Company

   12

SECTION 5.01.

  

Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depositary; Registrar

   12

SECTION 5.02.

  

Prevention of or Delay in Performance by the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar, the Transfer Agent or the Company

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SECTION 5.03.

  

Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar, the Transfer Agent and the Company

   13

SECTION 5.04.

  

Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor Depositary

   14

SECTION 5.05.

  

Corporate Notices and Reports

   15

SECTION 5.06.

  

Indemnification by the Company

   15

SECTION 5.07.

  

Charges and Expenses

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ARTICLE VI Amendment and Termination

   15

SECTION 6.01.

  

Amendment

   15

SECTION 6.02.

  

Termination

   16

ARTICLE VII Miscellaneous

   16

SECTION 7.01.

  

Counterparts

   16

SECTION 7.02.

  

Exclusive Benefit of Parties

   16

SECTION 7.03.

  

Invalidity of Provisions

   16

SECTION 7.04.

  

Notices

   16

SECTION 7.05.

  

Depositary’s Agents

   17

SECTION 7.06.

  

Holders of Receipts Are Parties

   17

SECTION 7.07.

  

GOVERNING LAW

   17

SECTION 7.08.

  

Inspection of Deposit Agreement

   17

SECTION 7.09.

  

Headings

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DEPOSIT AGREEMENT dated as of             , among PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,             , organized under the laws of the United States of America, and the holders from time to time of the Receipts described herein.

WHEREAS it is desired to provide, as hereinafter set forth in this Deposit Agreement, for the deposit of shares of Preference Stock, without par value, of PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION with the Depositary for the purposes set forth in this Deposit Agreement and for the issuance hereunder of Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares in respect of the Stock so deposited; and

WHEREAS the Receipts are to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A annexed hereto, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided in this Deposit Agreement, and may be issued in uncertificated form;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

The following definitions shall for all purposes, unless otherwise indicated, apply to the respective capitalized terms used in this Deposit Agreement:

“Agent Member” means a member of, or a participant in, the Global Receiptholder.

“Certificate” shall mean the Certificate of Designations filed with the Department of State of Pennsylvania establishing the Stock as a series of preference stock of the Company.

“Certificated Receipt” means a Receipt in registered, physical individual form.

“Company” shall mean PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and its successors.

“Deposit Agreement” shall mean this Deposit Agreement, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

“Depositary” shall mean             , and any successor as Depositary hereunder.

“Depositary Shares” shall mean Depositary Shares, each representing              of a share of Stock and evidenced by a Receipt.

“Depositary’s Agent” shall mean an agent appointed by the Depositary pursuant to Section 7.05.

“Depositary’s Office” shall mean the office of the Depositary to be designated by the Depositary, at which at any particular time its depositary receipt business shall be administered.


“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation, and its successors.

“DTC Legend” means the legend set forth in Exhibit A and identified as such.

“Global Receipt” means a Receipt in registered global form without interest coupons.

“Global Receiptholder” means the Global Receiptholder of each Global Receipt, which will initially be DTC.

“Person” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust, organization, association, other entity or individual.

“Receipt” shall mean one of the Depositary Receipts issued hereunder.

“record holder” as applied to a Receipt shall mean the person in whose name a Receipt is registered on the books of the Depositary maintained for such purpose.

“Registrar” shall mean any bank or trust company which shall be appointed pursuant to Section 5.01 to register ownership and transfers of Receipts as herein provided.

“Stock” shall mean shares of the Company’s Preference Stock, without par value.

“Transfer Agent” shall be as defined in Section 7.05.

“Uncertificated Receipt” means a Receipt in individual, uncertificated form represented by direct registration entries on a direct registration system of the Depositary and the Registrar.

ARTICLE II

Form of Receipts, Deposit of Stock, Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Redemption of Receipts

SECTION 2.01. Form and Transfer of Receipts. Receipts shall be (i) substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A annexed to this Deposit Agreement, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided or (ii) issued in uncertificated form at the option of the Company. Pending the preparation of definitive Receipts, the Depositary, upon the written order of the Company or any holder of Stock, as the case may be, delivered in compliance with 2.02, shall execute and deliver temporary Receipts which are substantially of the tenor of the definitive Receipts in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the persons executing such Receipts may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Receipts. If temporary Receipts are issued, the Company and the Depositary will cause definitive Receipts to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Receipts, the temporary Receipts shall be exchangeable for definitive Receipts upon surrender of the temporary Receipts at any office described in the third paragraph of Section 2.02, without charge to the holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Receipts, the Depositary shall execute and deliver in exchange therefor definitive Receipts representing the same number of Depositary Shares as

 

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represented by the surrendered temporary Receipt or Receipts. Such exchange shall be made at the Company’s expense and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Receipts shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement, and with respect to the Stock, as definitive Receipts.

Receipts will be issued as Global Receipts, unless the Company directs the Global Receiptholder to issue them as Certificated Receipts or Uncertificated Receipts. Each Global Receipt will be registered in the name of the Global Receiptholder or its nominee and, so long as DTC is serving as the Global Receiptholder thereof, will bear the DTC Legend. Each Global Receipt will be delivered to the Depositary as custodian for the Global Receiptholder. Each Certificated Receipt will be registered in the name of the holder thereof or its nominee.

Receipts shall be executed by the Depositary by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer of the Depositary. The Depositary shall record on its books each Receipt so signed and delivered as hereinafter provided.

Receipts shall be in denominations of any number of whole Depositary Shares.

Receipts may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement as may be required by the Depositary or required to comply with any applicable law or any regulation thereunder or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange upon which the Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts may be listed or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Receipts are subject.

Title to Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt which is properly endorsed or for which proper instructions for transfer have been received, and properly executed instrument of transfer have been provided, shall be transferable by delivery with the same effect as in the case of a negotiable instrument; provided, however, that until transfer of a Receipt shall be registered on the books of the Depositary as provided in Section 2.04, the Depositary may, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, treat the record holder thereof at such time as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of determining the person entitled to distributions of dividends or other distributions or to any notice provided for in this Deposit Agreement and for all other purposes.

SECTION 2.02. Deposit of Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in Respect Thereof. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Company or any holder of Stock may from time to time deposit shares of Stock by delivery or transfer to the Depositary of a certificate or certificates representing the Stock to be deposited, or any interest in uncertificated Stock, properly endorsed or accompanied, as applicable, and if required by the Depositary, by a duly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement, in form satisfactory to the Depositary, together with all such certifications as may be required by the Depositary in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement, and together with a written order of the Company or such holder, as the case may be, directing the Depositary to execute and deliver to, or cause such interests in Uncertificated Receipts to be credited to, or upon the written order of, the person or persons stated in such order a Receipt or Receipts for the number of Depositary

 

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Shares representing such deposited Stock. Deposited Stock shall be held by the Depositary at the Depositary’s Office or at such other place or places as the Depositary shall determine.

Upon receipt by the Depositary of a certificate or certificates representing the Stock, or any interest in uncertificated Stock, to be deposited in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.02, together with the other documents required as above specified, and upon recordation of such Stock on the books of the registrar for the Stock in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, the Depositary, subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, shall execute and deliver, or shall cause to be credited, to or upon the order of the person or persons named in the written order delivered to the Depositary referred to in the first paragraph of this Section 2.02, a Receipt or Receipts, or interest in Uncertificated Receipts, for the number of Depositary Shares representing the Stock so deposited and registered in such name or names as may be requested by such person or persons.

In the case of Certificated Receipts, the Depositary shall execute and deliver such Receipt or Receipts at the Depositary’s Office or such other offices, if any, as the Depositary may designate. Delivery at other offices shall be at the risk and expense of the person requesting such delivery.

SECTION 2.03. Redemption of Stock. Whenever the Company shall elect to redeem shares of Stock in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate, it shall (unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Depositary) give the Depositary not less than 40 nor more than 70 days’ notice of the date of such proposed redemption of Stock, which notice shall be accompanied by a certificate from the Company stating that such redemption of Stock is in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate. Such notice, if given more than 60 days prior to the redemption date, shall be in addition to the notice required to be given for redemption pursuant to the Certificate. On the date of such redemption, provided that the Company shall then have paid in full to the Depositary the redemption price of the Stock held by the Depositary to be redeemed, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, the Depositary shall redeem the number of Depositary Shares representing such Stock. The Depositary shall mail notice of such redemption and the proposed simultaneous redemption of the number of Depositary Shares representing the Stock to be redeemed, first-class postage prepaid, not less than 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption of such Stock and Depositary Shares (the “Redemption Date”), to the record holders of the Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed, at the addresses of such holders as they appear on the records of the Depositary; but neither failure to mail any such notice to one or more such holders nor any defect in any notice to one or more such holders shall affect the sufficiency of the proceedings for redemption as to other holders. Each such notice shall state: (i) the Redemption Date; (ii) the number of Depositary Shares to be redeemed and, if less than all the Depositary Shares held by any such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such Depositary Shares held by such holder to be so redeemed; (iii) the redemption price; (iv) the place or places where, or other applicable method by which, Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (v) that dividends in respect of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares to be redeemed will cease to accumulate on such Redemption Date. In case less than all the outstanding Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed shall be selected by lot or pro rata (subject to rounding to avoid fractions of the Depositary

 

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Shares) as may be determined by the Depositary to be equitable and in compliance with any applicable rules and law.

Notice having been mailed by the Depositary as aforesaid, from and after the Redemption Date (unless the Company shall have failed to redeem the shares of Stock to be redeemed by it as set forth in the Company’s notice provided for in the preceding paragraph) all dividends in respect of the shares of Stock so called for redemption shall cease to accumulate, the Depositary Shares being redeemed from such proceeds shall be deemed no longer to be outstanding, all rights of the holders of Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (except the right to receive the redemption price, including any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon) shall, to the extent of such Depositary Shares, cease and terminate and, upon surrender of the Receipts evidencing any such Depositary Shares (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Depositary shall so require) in accordance with such notice, such Depositary Shares shall be redeemed by the Depositary at a redemption price per Depositary Share equal to              of the redemption price per share paid in respect of the shares of Stock, plus accrued and unpaid dividends on such              a share to the date fixed for redemption.

If less than all the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt are called for redemption, the Depositary will deliver to the holder of such Receipt upon its surrender to the Depositary, together with the redemption payment, a new Receipt evidencing the Depositary Shares evidenced by such prior Receipt and not called for redemption.

SECTION 2.04. Registration of Transfer of Receipts. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall register on its books from time to time transfers of Receipts upon any surrender thereof by the holder in person or by duly authorized attorney, properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer. Thereupon the Depositary and the Registrar shall execute a new Receipt or Receipts, or otherwise cause the applicable interest in a Receipt or Receipts, evidencing the same aggregate number of Depositary Shares as those evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered and deliver or credit such new Receipt or Receipts to or upon the order of the person entitled thereto.

Transfers of a Global Receipt (but not a beneficial interest therein) will be limited to transfers thereof in whole, but not in part, to the Global Receiptholder, its successors or their respective nominees, except (i) as set forth in the next succeeding paragraph and (ii) transfers of portions thereof in the form of Certificated Receipts or Uncertificated Receipts may be made upon request of an Agent Member (for itself or on behalf of a beneficial owner) by written notice given to the Depositary and the Registrar by or on behalf of the Global Receiptholder in accordance with customary procedures of the Global Receiptholder and in compliance with this Section 2.04.

If (i) the Company or the Global Receiptholder notifies the Depositary and Registrar in writing that the Global Receiptholder is unwilling or unable to continue as Global Receiptholder for a Global Receipt and a successor Global Receiptholder is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of the notice or (ii) the Company, at its option, notifies the Depositary and Registrar in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Certificated Receipts or Uncertificated Receipts, subject to any applicable procedures of DTC, the Depositary and Registrar will promptly exchange each beneficial interest in the Global Receipt for one or more Receipts in

 

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authorized denominations having an equal aggregate number of Depositary Shares registered in the name of the owner of such beneficial interest, as identified to the Depositary and Registrar by the Global Receiptholder, and thereupon the Global Receipt will be deemed canceled.

Agent Members will have no rights under this Agreement with respect to any Global Receipt held on their behalf by the Global Receiptholder, and the Global Receiptholder may be treated by the Company, the Depositary and Registrar and any agent of the Company or the Depositary and Registrar as the absolute owner and holder of such Global Receipt for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Global Receiptholder or its nominee may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person (including any Agent Member and any Person that holds a beneficial interest in a Global Receipt through an Agent Member) to take any action which a holder is entitled to take under this Agreement or the Receipts, and nothing herein will impair, as between the Global Receiptholder and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any security.

SECTION 2.05. Split-ups and Combinations of Receipts; Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Stock. Upon surrender of a Receipt or Receipts at the Depositary’s Office or at such other offices as it may designate for the purpose of effecting a split-up or combination of such Receipt or Receipts, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall execute and deliver a new Receipt or Receipts, or interest in Uncertificated Receipts, in the authorized denomination or denominations requested, evidencing the aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered.

Any holder of a Receipt or Receipts representing any number of whole shares of Stock, or any interest in an uncertificated Stock, may withdraw the Stock by surrendering such Receipt or Receipts or transferring interest in Uncertificated Receipts, at the Depositary’s Office or at such other offices as the Depositary may designate for such withdrawals. Thereafter, without unreasonable delay, the Depositary shall deliver to, or cause such interests in Uncertificated Receipts to be credited to, such holder, or to the person or persons designated by such holder as hereinafter provided, the number of whole shares of Stock represented by the Receipt or Receipts so surrendered for withdrawal, but holders of such whole shares of Stock will not thereafter be entitled to deposit or transfer such Stock hereunder or to receive Depositary Shares therefor; provided, however, that a record holder who withdraws Stock in order to demand dissenters rights available under Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law (“PBCL”), will, subject to certain conditions described below, be entitled to redeposit such Stock with the Depositary and to receive or be credited with Receipts evidencing Shares therefor in the event (i) such record holder subsequently withdraws such demand pursuant to Section 1930 of the PBCL, (ii) dissenter rights are not available for such Stock pursuant to Section 1930 of the PBCL or (iii) such record holder loses or otherwise fails to perfect his rights to dissent. In order to redeposit Stock with the Depositary, such a record holder must deliver the certificates for such Stock or transfer any interest in an uncertificated Stock, properly endorsed or accompanied, if required by the Depositary, by a duly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement, in form satisfactory to the Depositary, together with instructions that such Stock be so deposited, to the Depositary’s office or to such other offices as the Depositary may designate by not later than the 30th day after the earlier of (i) the withdrawal of such demand for dissent by such record holder, (ii) notice by the Company that dissenter rights are not available for such Stock or (iii) the date on which such record holder loses or otherwise fails to perfect his rights to dissent. The Company will notify

 

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any record holder of Receipts who so withdraws Stock in the event dissenter rights in respect of Stock are not available. Any shares so redeposited must be free and clear of any lien, security interest or pledge and a holder may be required to provide certification of the foregoing and such other certifications as may be required by the Depositary in accordance with this Agreement. In addition, if required by the Depositary, Stock presented for redeposit shall also be accompanied by (A) an agreement or assignment, or other instrument satisfactory to the Depositary, which will provide for the prompt transfer to the Depositary of any dividend or right to subscribe for additional Stock or to receive other property which such record holder may thereafter receive upon or in respect of such redeposited Stock, or in lieu thereof, such agreement of indemnity or other agreement as shall be satisfactory to the Depositary, and (B) a proxy or proxies entitling the Depositary to vote such redeposited Stock for any and all purposes until the Stock is transferred and recorded on the register of stockholders of the Company in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. If a Receipt delivered or transferred by the holder to the Depositary in connection with such withdrawal shall evidence a number of Depositary Shares in excess of the number of Depositary Shares representing the number of whole shares of Stock to be so withdrawn, the Depositary shall at the same time, in addition to such number of whole shares of Stock to be so withdrawn, deliver, or cause such interests in Uncertificated Receipts to be credited, to such holder a new Receipt or interest in Uncertificated Receipt evidencing such excess number of Depositary Shares. Delivery of the Stock being withdrawn may be made by the delivery of such certificates, documents of title and other instruments as the Depositary may deem appropriate.

If the Stock being withdrawn is to be delivered or credited to a person or persons other than the record holder of the Receipt or Receipts being surrendered for withdrawal of Stock, such holder shall execute and deliver to the Depositary a written order so directing the Depositary and the Depositary may require that the Receipt or Receipts surrendered by such holder for withdrawal of such shares of Stock be properly endorsed in blank or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer in blank.

In the case of Certificated Receipts, delivery of the Stock represented by Receipts surrendered for withdrawal shall be made by the Depositary at the Depositary’s office or at such other offices as the Depositary may designate, except that, at the request, risk and expense of the holder surrendering such Receipt or Receipts and for the account of the holder thereof, such delivery may be made at such other place as may be designated by such holder.

SECTION 2.06. Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Exchange of Receipts. As a condition precedent to the execution and delivery, registration of transfer, split-up, combination, surrender or exchange of any Receipt, the Depositary, any of the Depositary’s Agents or the Company may require (a) payment to it of a sum sufficient for the payment (or, in the event that the Depositary or the Company shall have made such payment, the reimbursement to it) of any charges or expenses payable by the holder of a Receipt pursuant to Section 5.07, (b) the production of evidence satisfactory to it as to the identity and genuineness of any signature and (c) compliance with such regulations, if any, as the Depositary or the Company may establish consistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement.

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surrender or exchange of outstanding Receipts may be suspended (i) during any period when the register of stockholders of the Company is closed or (ii) if any such action is deemed necessary or advisable by the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agents or the Company, at any time or from time to time, because of any requirement of law or of any government or governmental body or commission or under any provision of this Deposit Agreement.

SECTION 2.07. Lost Receipts, etc. In the case of Certificated Receipts, if any Receipt shall be mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, the Depositary in its discretion may execute and deliver a Receipt of like form and tenor in exchange and substitution for such mutilated Receipt, or in lieu of and in substitution for such destroyed, lost or stolen Receipt, upon (i) the filing by the holder thereof with the Depositary of evidence satisfactory to the Depositary of such destruction or loss or theft of such Receipt, of the authenticity thereof and of his or her ownership thereof and (ii) the furnishing of the Depositary with reasonable indemnification satisfactory to it.

SECTION 2.08. Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts. All Receipts surrendered to the Depositary or any Depositary’s Agent shall be canceled by the Depositary. Except as prohibited by applicable law or regulation, the Depositary is authorized to destroy all Receipts so canceled.

ARTICLE III

Certain Obligations of Holders of Receipts and the Company

SECTION 3.01. Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information. Any holder of a Receipt may be required from time to time to file such proof of residence, or other matters or other information, to execute such certificates and to make such representations and warranties as the Depositary or the Company may reasonably deem necessary or proper. The Depositary or the Company may withhold the delivery, or delay the registration of transfer, redemption or exchange, of any Receipt or the withdrawal of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by any Receipt or the distribution of any dividend or other distribution or the sale of any rights or of the proceeds thereof until such proof or other information is filed or such certificates are executed or such representations and warranties are made.

SECTION 3.02. Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges. Holders of Receipts shall be obligated to make payments to the Depositary of certain charges and expenses, as provided in Section 5.07. Registration of transfer of any Receipt or any withdrawal of Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt may be refused until any such payment due is made, and any dividends, interest payments or other distributions may be withheld or any part of or all the Stock or other property represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt and not theretofore sold may be sold for the account of the holder thereof (after attempting by reasonable means to notify such holder prior to such sale), and such dividends, interest payments or other distributions or the proceeds of any such sale may be applied to any payment of such charges or expenses, the holder of such Receipt remaining liable for any deficiency.

 

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ARTICLE IV

The Deposited Securities; Notices

SECTION 4.01. Cash Distributions. Whenever the Depositary shall receive any cash dividend or other cash distribution on Stock, the Depositary shall, subject to Sections 3.01 and 3.02, distribute to record holders of Receipts on the applicable record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.04 such amounts of such dividend or distribution as are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts held by such holders; provided, however, that in case the Company or the Depositary shall be required to withhold and shall withhold from any cash dividend or other cash distribution in respect of the Stock an amount on account of taxes, the amount made available for distribution or distributed in respect of Depositary Shares shall be reduced accordingly. The Depositary shall distribute or make available for distribution, as the case may be, only such amount, however, as can be distributed without attributing to any holder of Depositary Shares a fraction of one cent, and any balance not so distributable shall be held by the Depositary (without liability for interest thereon) and shall be added to and be treated as part of the next sum received by the Depositary for distribution to record holders of Receipts then outstanding.

SECTION 4.02. Distributions Other than Cash, Rights, Preferences or Privileges. Whenever the Depositary shall receive any distribution other than cash and other than any rights, preferences or privileges described in Section 4.03, upon Stock, the Depositary shall, subject to Sections 3.01 and 3.02, distribute to record holders of Receipts on the applicable record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.04 such amounts of the securities or property received by it as are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts held by such record holders, in any manner that the Depositary may deem equitable and practicable for accomplishing such distribution. If in the opinion of the Depositary such distribution cannot be made proportionately among such record holders, or if for any other reason (including any requirement that the Company or the Depositary withhold an amount on account of taxes) the Depositary deems, after consultation with the Company, such distribution not to be feasible, the Depositary may, with the approval of the Company, adopt such method as it deems equitable and practicable for the purpose of effecting such distribution, including the sale (at public or private sale) of the securities or property thus received, or any part thereof, at such place or places and upon such terms as it may deem proper. The net proceeds of any such sale shall be, subject to Sections 3.01 and 3.02, distributed or made available for distribution, as the case may be, by the Depositary to record holders of Receipts as provided by Section 4.01 in the case of a distribution received in cash.

The Depositary shall not make any distribution of securities received in respect of the Stock unless, if requested by the Depositary, the Company shall have provided an opinion of counsel stating that such securities have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or do not need to be so registered.

SECTION 4.03. Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges. If the Company shall at any time offer or cause to be offered to the persons in whose names Stock is recorded on the books of the Company any rights, preferences or privileges to subscribe for or to purchase any securities or any rights, preferences or privileges of any other nature, such rights, preferences

 

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or privileges shall in each such instance be made available by the Depositary to the record holders of Receipts in such manner as the Depositary may determine, either by the issue to such record holders of warrants representing such rights, preferences or privileges or by such other method as may be approved by the Depositary in its discretion with the approval of the Company; provided, however, that in case either (i) the Depositary determines that it is not lawful or (after consultation with the Company) not feasible to make such rights, preferences or privileges available to holders of Receipts by the issue of warrants or otherwise, or (ii) with respect to any portion of the rights, preferences or privileges of a holder of Receipts, the Depositary is instructed that such holder does not desire to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges, then the Depositary, in its discretion (with the approval of the Company, in any case where the Depositary has determined that it is not feasible to make such rights, preferences or privileges available), may (if applicable laws and the terms of such rights, preferences or privileges permit such transfer) sell such rights, preferences or privileges at public or private sale, at such place or places and upon such terms as it may deem proper. The net proceeds of any such sale shall be, subject to Sections 3.01 and 3.02, distributed by the Depositary to the record holders of Receipts entitled thereto as provided by Section 4.01 in the case of a distribution received in cash. The Depositary shall not make any distribution of any such rights, preferences or privileges unless, if requested by the Depositary, the Company shall have provided an opinion of counsel stating that such rights, preferences or privileges have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or do not need to be so registered.

If registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the securities to which any rights, preferences or privileges relate is required in order for holders of Receipts to be offered or sold the securities to which such rights, preferences or privileges relate, the Company agrees with the Depositary that it will file promptly a registration statement pursuant to such act with respect to such rights, preferences or privileges and securities and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective sufficiently in advance of the expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such holders to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges. In no event shall the Depositary make available to the holders of Receipts any right, preference or privilege to subscribe for or to purchase any securities unless and until such a registration statement shall have become effective, or unless the offering and sale of such securities to such holders are exempt from registration under the provisions of such Act.

If any other action under the laws of any jurisdiction or any governmental or administrative authorization, consent or permit is required in order for such rights, preferences or privileges to be made available to holders of Receipts, the Company agrees with the Depositary that the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to take such action or obtain such authorization, consent or permit sufficiently in advance of the expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such holders to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges.

SECTION 4.04. Notice of Dividends, etc.; Fixing of Record Date for Holders of Receipts. Whenever any cash dividend or other cash distribution shall become payable or any distribution other than cash shall be made, or if rights, preferences or privileges shall at any time be offered, with respect to Stock, or whenever the Depositary shall receive notice of any meeting at which record holders of Stock are entitled to vote or of which holders of Stock are entitled to notice, or whenever the Depositary and the Company shall decide it is appropriate, the

 

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Depositary shall in each such instance fix a record date (which shall be the same date as the record date fixed by the Company with respect to the Stock) for the determination of the record holders of Receipts who shall be entitled to receive such dividend, distribution, rights, preferences or privileges or the net proceeds of the sale thereof, or to give instructions for the exercise of voting rights at any such meeting, or who shall be entitled to notice of such meeting or for any other appropriate reasons.

SECTION 4.05. Voting Rights. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the record holders of Stock are entitled to vote, the Depositary shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail to the record holders of Receipts a notice which shall contain (i) such information as is contained in such notice of meeting and (ii) a statement that the record holders may, subject to any applicable restrictions, instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of Stock represented by their respective Depositary Shares (including an express indication that instructions may be given to the Depositary to give a discretionary proxy to a person designated by the Company) and a brief statement as to the manner in which such instructions may be given. Upon the written request of the record holders of Receipts on the relevant record date, the Depositary shall endeavor insofar as practicable to vote or cause to be voted, in accordance with the instructions set forth in such requests, the maximum number of whole shares of Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by all Receipts as to which any particular voting instructions are received. The Company hereby agrees to take all action using commercially reasonable efforts which may be deemed necessary by the Depositary in order to enable the Depositary to vote such Stock or cause such Stock to be voted. In the absence of specific instructions from the record holder of a Receipt, the Depositary will abstain from voting (but, at its discretion, not from appearing at any meeting with respect to such Stock unless directed to the contrary by the holders of all the Receipts) to the extent of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt.

SECTION 4.06. Changes Affecting Deposited Securities and Reclassifications, Recapitalizations, etc.. Upon any change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or any other reclassification of the Stock, or upon any recapitalization, reorganization, merger, amalgamation or consolidation affecting the Company or to which it is a party, the Depositary may in its discretion with the approval of, and shall upon the instructions of, the Company, and (in either case) in such manner as the Depositary may deem equitable and in compliance with any applicable rules and law, (i) make such adjustments as are certified by the Company in (x) the fraction of an interest represented by one Depositary Share in shares of Stock and (y) the ratio of the redemption price per Depositary Share to the redemption price of shares of Stock, in each case as may be necessary to fully reflect the effects of such change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or other reclassification of Stock, or of such recapitalization, reorganization, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and (ii) treat any securities which shall be received by the Depositary in exchange for or upon conversion of or in respect of the Stock as new deposited securities so received in exchange for or upon conversion or in respect of such Stock. In any such case the Depositary may in its discretion, with the approval of the Company, execute and deliver, or transfer, additional Receipts or interests in Uncertificated Receipts, or may call for the surrender of all outstanding Receipts to be exchanged for new Receipts, or interests in Uncertificated Receipts, specifically describing such new deposited securities. Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, holders of Receipts shall have the right from and after the effective date of any such change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or

 

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other reclassification of the Stock or any such recapitalization, reorganization, merger, amalgamation or consolidation to surrender such Receipts, or interests in Uncertificated Receipts, to the Depositary with instructions to convert, exchange or surrender the Stock represented thereby only into or for, as the case may be, the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property and cash into which the Stock represented by such Receipts might have been converted or for which such Stock might have been exchanged or surrendered immediately prior to the effective date of such transaction.

SECTION 4.07. Inspection of Reports. The Depositary shall make available for inspection by record holders of Receipts at the Depositary’s Office, and at such other places as it may from time to time deem advisable, any reports and communications received from the Company which are received by the Depositary as the holder of Stock.

SECTION 4.08. Lists of Record Holders of Receipts. Promptly upon request from time to time by the Company, the Depositary shall furnish to it a list, as of a recent date, of the names, addresses and holdings of Depositary Shares of all persons in whose names Receipts are registered on the books of the Depositary.

ARTICLE V

The Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar and the Company

SECTION 5.01. Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depositary; Registrar. The Depositary shall maintain at the Depositary’s Office facilities for the execution, delivery, registration and registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of Receipts, and at the offices of the Depositary’s Agents, if any, facilities for the delivery, registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of Receipts, all in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement.

The Depositary shall keep books at the Depositary’s Office for the registration and registration of transfer of Receipts, which books at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the record holders of Receipts; provided, that any such holder requesting to exercise such right shall certify to the Depositary that such inspection shall be for a proper purpose reasonably related to such person’s interest as an owner of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts.

The Depositary may close such books, at any time or from time to time, when deemed expedient by it in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder.

The Depositary may, with the approval of the Company, appoint a Registrar for registration of the Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby. If the Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby or the Stock represented by such Depositary Shares shall be listed or quoted on a Securities Market Exchange, the Depositary will appoint a Registrar (acceptable to the Company) for registration of such Receipts or Depositary Shares in accordance with any requirements of such securities market or securities exchange. Such Registrar (which may be the Depositary if so permitted by the requirements of such securities market or exchange) may be removed and a substitute registrar appointed by the Depositary upon

 

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the request or with the approval of the Company. If the Receipts, such Depositary Shares or such Stock are listed on one or more other securities markets or exchanges, the Depositary will, at the request of the Company, arrange such facilities for the delivery, registration, registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of such Receipts, such Depositary Shares or such Stock as may be required by law or applicable securities market or exchange regulation.

SECTION 5.02. Prevention of or Delay in Performance by the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar, the Transfer Agent or the Company. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor any Transfer Agent nor the Company shall incur any liability to any holder of any Receipt if by reason of any provision of any present or future law, or regulation thereunder, of the United States of America or of any other governmental authority or, in the case of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent or the Registrar, by reason of any provision, present or future, of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (including the Certificate) or by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstance beyond the control of the relevant party, the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent, the Registrar, the Transfer Agent or the Company shall be prevented or forbidden from, or subjected to any penalty on account of, doing or performing any act or thing which the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar, any Transfer Agent or the Company incur any liability to any holder of a Receipt (i) by reason of any nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall or may be done or performed, or (ii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in this Deposit Agreement except, in case of any such exercise or failure to exercise discretion not caused as aforesaid, if caused by the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the party charged with such exercise or failure to exercise.

SECTION 5.03. Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar, the Transfer Agent and the Company. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor any Transfer Agent nor the Company assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under this Deposit Agreement to holders of Receipts other than for its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; provided, however, that the Depositary shall not be liable for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential damages.

Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor any Transfer Agent nor the Company shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding in respect of the Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability be furnished as often as may be required.

Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor any Transfer Agent nor the Company shall be liable for any action or any failure to act by it in reliance upon the written advice of legal counsel or accountants, or information from any person presenting Stock for deposit, any holder of a Receipt or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such information. The Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar, any Transfer Agent and the Company may each rely and shall each be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

 

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The Depositary and any Depositary’s Agent shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instruction to vote any of the shares of Stock or for the manner or effect of any such vote made, as long as any such action or non-action is in good faith. The Depositary undertakes, and any Registrar and Transfer Agent shall be required to undertake, to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Depositary, any Registrar or any Transfer Agent. The Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, any Registrar and any Transfer Agent may own and deal in any class of securities of the Company and its affiliates and in Receipts. The Depositary may also act as transfer agent or registrar of any of the securities of the Company and its affiliates. The Depositary undertakes not to (i) issue any Receipt other than to evidence the Depositary Shares then on deposit with it and (ii) sell (except as provided herein), pledge or lend Depositary Shares held by it as Depositary.

SECTION 5.04. Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor Depositary. The Depositary may at any time resign as Depositary hereunder by notice of its election to do so delivered to the Company, such resignation to take effect upon the appointment of a successor Depositary and its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.

The Depositary may at any time be removed by the Company by notice of such removal delivered to the Depositary, such removal to take effect upon the appointment of a successor Depositary and its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.

In case at any time the Depositary acting hereunder shall resign or be removed, the Company shall, within 60 days after the delivery of the notice of resignation or removal, as the case may be, appoint a successor Depositary, which shall be a bank or trust company having its principal office in the United States of America and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If no successor Depositary shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 60 days after delivery of such notice, the resigning or removed Depositary may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Depositary. Every successor Depositary shall execute and deliver to its predecessor and to the Company an instrument in writing accepting its appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Depositary, without any further act or deed, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor and for all purposes shall be the Depositary under this Deposit Agreement, and such predecessor, upon payment of all sums due it and on the written request of the Company, shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor all rights and powers of such predecessor hereunder, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver all right, title and interest in the Stock to such successor, and shall deliver to such successor a list of the record holders of all outstanding Receipts. Any successor Depositary shall promptly mail notice of its appointment to the record holders of Receipts.

Any corporation into or with which the Depositary may be merged, consolidated or converted shall be the successor of such Depositary without the execution or filing of any document or any further act, and notice thereof shall not be required hereunder. Such successor Depositary may authenticate the Receipts in the name of the predecessor Depositary or in the name of the successor Depositary.

 

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SECTION 5.05. Corporate Notices and Reports. The Company agrees that it will transmit to the record holders of Receipts, in each case at the addresses furnished to it pursuant to Section 4.08, all notices and reports (including without limitation financial statements) required by law, by the rules of any national securities exchange upon which the Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts are listed or by the Company’s Articles of Incorporation (including the Certificate) to be furnished by the Company to holders of Receipts. Such transmission will be at the Company’s expense.

SECTION 5.06. Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall indemnify the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar and any Transfer Agent against, and hold each of them harmless from, any loss, liability or expense (including the costs and expenses of defending itself) which may arise out of (a) acts performed or omitted in connection with this Agreement and the Receipts by (i) the Depositary, any Registrar, any Transfer Agent or any of their respective agents (including any Depositary’s Agent), except for any liability arising out of negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the respective parts of any such person or persons, or (ii) the Company or any of its agents, or (b) the offer, sale or registration of the Receipts or the Stock pursuant to the provisions hereof. The obligations of the Company set forth in this Section 5.06 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and any succession of any Depositary, Registrar, Transfer Agent or Depositary’s Agent.

SECTION 5.07. Charges and Expenses. The Company shall pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of the depositary arrangements. The Company shall pay all fees, charges and expenses of the Depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the Stock and the initial issuance of the Depositary Shares and any redemption of the Stock at the option of the Company. All other transfer and other taxes and governmental charges and fees for the withdrawal of Stock upon surrender of Receipts shall be at the expense of holders of Depositary Shares. If, at the request of a holder of Receipts, the Depositary incurs charges or expenses for which it is not otherwise liable hereunder, such holder will be liable for such charges and expenses. All other charges and expenses of the Depositary and any Depositary’s Agent hereunder and of any Registrar and Transfer Agent (including, in each case, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) incident to the performance of their respective obligations hereunder will be paid upon consultation and agreement between the Depositary and the Company as to the amount and nature of such charges and expenses. The Depositary shall present its statement for charges and expenses to the Company at such times as the Company and the Depositary may agree.

ARTICLE VI

Amendment and Termination

SECTION 6.01. Amendment. The form of the Receipts and any provisions of this Deposit Agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended by agreement between the Company and the Depositary in any respect which they may deem necessary or desirable; provided, however, that no such amendment (other than any change in the fees of any Depositary, Registrar or Transfer Agent, which shall go into effect not sooner than three months after notice thereof to the record holders of the Receipts or any change as may be required by DTC) which shall materially and adversely alter the rights of the holders of Receipts shall be

 

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effective unless such amendment shall have been approved by the record holders of at least a majority of the Depositary Shares then outstanding. Every holder of an outstanding Receipt at the time any such amendment becomes effective shall be deemed, by continuing to hold such Receipt, to consent and agree to such amendment and to be bound by the Deposit Agreement as amended thereby.

SECTION 6.02. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by the Company or the Depositary only after (i) all outstanding Depositary Shares shall have been redeemed pursuant to Section 2.03 or (ii) there shall have been made a final distribution in respect of the Stock in connection with any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and such distribution shall have been distributed to the holders of Depositary Shares pursuant to Section 4.01 or 4.02, as applicable.

Upon the termination of this Deposit Agreement, the Company shall be discharged from all obligations under this Deposit Agreement except for its obligations to the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar and any Transfer Agent under Sections 5.06 and 5.07.

ARTICLE VII

Miscellaneous

SECTION 7.01. Counterparts. This Deposit Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by each of the parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

SECTION 7.02. Exclusive Benefit of Parties. This Deposit Agreement is for the exclusive benefit of the parties hereto, and their respective successors hereunder, and shall not be deemed to give any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim to any other person whatsoever.

SECTION 7.03. Invalidity of Provisions. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Deposit Agreement or in the Receipts should be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein or therein shall in no way be affected, prejudiced or disturbed thereby.

SECTION 7.04. Notices. Any and all notices to be given to the Company hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail or telegram or telex confirmed by letter, addressed to the Company at Two North Ninth Street Allentown, PA 18101-1179, to the attention of the Treasure, or at any other address of which the Company shall have notified the Depositary in writing.

Any and all notices to be given to the Depositary hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail or by telegram or telex confirmed by letter, addressed to the Depositary at the Depositary’s Office, at                     , to the attention of the                     , or at any other address of which the Depositary shall have notified the Company in writing.

 

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Any communication contemplated herein shall be deemed to have been made, given, furnished and filed if personally delivered, on the date of delivery, if transmitted by facsimile transmission or other direct written electronic means, on the date of transmission, and if transmitted by registered or certified mail or reputable overnight courier, on the date of receipt.

Delivery of a notice sent by mail or by telegram or telex shall be deemed to be effected at the time when a duly addressed letter containing the same (or a confirmation thereof in the case of a telegram or telex message) is deposited, postage prepaid, in a post office letter box. The Depositary or the Company may, however, act upon any telegram or telex message received by it from the other or from any holder of a Receipt, notwithstanding that such telegram or telex message shall not subsequently be confirmed by letter or as aforesaid.

SECTION 7.05. Depositary’s Agents. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the Depositary may from time to time appoint Depositary’s Agents to act in any respect for the Depositary for the purposes of this Deposit Agreement and may at any time appoint additional Depositary’s Agents and vary or terminate the appointment of such Depositary’s Agents. The Depositary will notify the Company of any such action.

The Company has authorized the appointment of, and has requested the Depositary to appoint hereunder, [            ], as transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) for the Depositary Shares. The Depositary hereby appoints [            ] as Transfer Agent and Registrar for the Depositary Shares and delegates to [            ] the duties of the Depositary hereunder customarily performed by a transfer agent, a registrar and a depositary. Without otherwise affecting the liability of the Depositary hereunder, it is hereby agreed that if [            ] shall have agreed in writing to be bound by all the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement and to assume the obligations of the Depositary hereunder to be performed by it, then in no event shall the Depositary be liable for any acts or omissions of [            ] as Transfer Agent, Registrar or Depositary’s Agent with respect to the Depositary Shares.

SECTION 7.06. Holders of Receipts Are Parties. The holders of Receipts from time to time shall be parties to this Deposit Agreement and shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions hereof and of the Receipts by acceptance of delivery, or transfer, thereof.

SECTION 7.07. GOVERNING LAW. THIS DEPOSIT AGREEMENT AND THE RECEIPTS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 7.08. Inspection of Deposit Agreement. Copies of this Deposit Agreement shall be filed with the Depositary and the Depositary’s Agents and shall be open to inspection during business hours at the Depositary’s office and the respective offices of the Depositary’s Agents, if any, by any holder of a Receipt.

SECTION 7.09. Headings. The headings of articles and sections in this Deposit Agreement and in the form of the Receipt set forth in Exhibit A hereto have been inserted for convenience only and are not to be regarded as a part of this Deposit Agreement or the Receipts or to have any bearing upon the meaning or interpretation of any provision contained herein or in the Receipts.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Depositary have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above set forth, and all holders of Receipts shall become parties hereto by and upon acceptance by them of delivery of Receipts issued in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

By:     

[                            ], as Depositary,

By:     

 

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EXHIBIT A

DEPOSITARY RECEIPT

FOR

DEPOSITARY SHARES

EACH REPRESENTING AN INTEREST

(SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT) IN A SHARE OF

Preference Stock, without par value

OF

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

(Incorporated under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania)

 


CUSIP NO.                    

 

No. EACH DEPOSITARY SHARE REPRESENTS AN INTEREST (SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT) IN A SHARE OF PREFERENCE STOCK, WITHOUT PAR VALUE, OF PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION.

[INSERT THIS DTC LEGEND IF GLOBAL RECEIPT AND DTC WILL BE GLOBAL RECEIPTHOLDER]

THIS DEPOSITARY RECEIPT IS IN GLOBAL FORM WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS DEPOSITARY RECEIPT MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC TO THE COMPANY OR THE DEPOSITARY, AND ANY DEPOSITARY RECEIPT ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

1. [            ] organized under the laws of the United States of America, as Depositary (the “Depositary”), hereby certifies that              is the registered owner of Depositary Shares (“Depositary Shares”) [, or such other amount as may be specified on the


attached Schedule of Exchanges of Receipts], each Depositary Share representing a (as such fraction may from time to time be adjusted as provided in the Deposit Agreement, as defined below) interest in a share of Preference Stock, without par value, of PPL Electric Utilities Corporation (the “Stock”), a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the “Company”), deposited with, and held by, the Depositary. The rights, preferences and limitations of the Stock are set forth in the Certificate of Designations dated              (the “Certificate”), adopted by resolution of the Company, copies of which are on file at the Depositary’s Office at             .

2. THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT. Depositary Receipts (the “Receipts”), of which this Receipt is one, are made available upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Deposit Agreement, dated as of              (the “Deposit Agreement”), among the Company, the Depositary and all holders from time to time of Receipts. The Deposit Agreement (copies of which are on file at the Depositary’s Office) sets forth the rights of holders of Receipts and the rights and duties of the Depositary in respect of the Stock deposited, and any and all money and other property from time to time held thereunder. The statements made in this Receipt are summaries of certain provisions of the Deposit Agreement and are subject to the detailed provisions thereof, to which reference is hereby made. The holder of this Receipt from time to time shall be deemed to be a party to the Deposit Agreement and shall be bound by, and entitled to all of the rights and benefits under, all the terms and conditions hereof and of the Deposit Agreement by acceptance of delivery of this Receipt. Unless otherwise expressly herein provided, all defined terms shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Deposit Agreement.

3. REDEMPTION. Wherever the Company shall be permitted and shall elect, under the Certificate, to redeem shares of the Stock, it shall give the Depositary not less than 40 nor more then 70 days’ notice thereof. The Depositary shall mail notice of such redemption and the simultaneous redemption of the corresponding Depositary Shares not less than 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the holders of record of Receipts representing the number of Depositary Shares to be redeemed. Each such notice shall state: (a) the date of such proposed redemption; (b) the number of Depositary Shares to be redeemed; (c) the redemption price; (d) the place or places where Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (e) that dividends in respect of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares to be redeemed will cease to accumulate at the close of business on such redemption date. In case less than all the outstanding Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed shall be selected by lot or pro rata as may be determined by the Depositary to be equitable. From and after the date set for redemption, all dividends in respect of the Depositary Shares so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, such Depositary Shares shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights of the holders of Receipts representing such Depositary Shares (except the right to receive the redemption price) shall cease and terminate. From and after the redemption date, upon surrender in accordance with the redemption notice of the Receipts representing any such Depositary Shares (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Depositary shall so require), such Depositary Shares shall be redeemed by the Depositary at the redemption price per share equal to              of the redemption price per share paid in respect of the shares of Stock plus any money or other property represented thereby.


4. TRANSFERS, SPLIT-UPS, COMBINATIONS. This Receipt is transferable on the books of the Depositary upon surrender of this Receipt to the Depositary, properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer, and upon such transfer the Depositary shall execute a new Receipt to or upon the order of the person entitled thereto, as provided in the Deposit Agreement. This Receipt may be split into other Receipts or combined with other Receipts into one Receipt, representing the same aggregate number of Depositary Shares as the Receipt or Receipts surrendered.

5. SUSPENSION OF DELIVERY, TRANSFER, ETC. The transfer or surrender of this Receipt may be suspended during any period when the register of stockholders of the Company is closed or if any such action is deemed necessary or advisable by the Depositary, any agent of the Depositary, or the Company at any time or from time to time because of any requirement of rule of law or of any government or governmental body or commission, or under any provision of the Deposit Agreement.

6. PAYMENT OF TAXES OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL CHARGES. If any tax or other government charge shall become payable by or on behalf of the Depositary with respect to this Receipt, such tax (including transfer taxes, if any) or governmental charge shall be payable by the holder hereof. Transfer of this Receipt may be refused until such payment is made, and any dividends, interest payments or other distributions may be withheld or any part of or all the Stock or other property represented by this Receipt and not theretofore sold may be sold for the account of the holder thereof (after attempting by reasonable means to notify such holder prior to such sale), and such dividends, interest payments or other distributions or the proceeds of any such sale may be applied to any payment of such tax or charge, the holder of this Receipt remaining liable for any deficiency.

7. WARRANTY BY COMPANY. The Company has warranted that the Stock, when issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

8. AMENDMENT. The form of the Receipts and any provisions of the Deposit Agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended by agreement between the Company and the Depositary in any respect which they may deem necessary or desirable; provided, however, that no such amendment (other than any change in the fees of any Depositary, Registrar or Transfer Agent, which shall go into effect not sooner than three months after notice thereof to the record holders of the Receipts or any change as may be required by DTC) which shall materially and adversely alter the rights of the holders of Receipts shall be effective unless such amendment shall have been approved by the record holders of at least a majority of the Depositary Shares then outstanding. A holder of a Receipt at the time any such amendment so becomes effective shall be deemed, by continuing to hold such Receipt, to consent and agree to such amendment and to be bound by the Deposit Agreement as amended thereby.

9. CHARGES OF DEPOSITARY. The Company will pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of the depositary arrangements, and all charges of the Depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the Stock and the initial issuance of the Depositary Shares and redemption of the Stock at the option of the Company. All other transfer and other taxes and other governmental charges shall be at the expense of holders


of Depositary Shares. All other charges and expenses of the Depositary and any agent of the Depositary will be paid in consultation and agreement between the Depositary and the Company.

10. TITLE OF RECEIPTS. This Receipt (and the Depositary Shares evidenced hereby), when properly endorsed or proper instructions for transfer have been received, and properly executed instrument of transfer have been provided, is transferable by delivery with the same effect as in the case of a negotiable instrument; provided, however, that until transfer of a Receipt shall be registered on the books of the Depositary, the Depositary may, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, treat the record holder hereof at such time as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of determining the person entitled to distributions of dividends or other distributions or to any notice provided for in the Deposit Agreement, and for all other purposes.

11. DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS. Whenever the Depositary receives any cash dividend or other cash distribution on the Stock, the Depositary will, subject to the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, make such distribution to the Receipt holders as nearly as practicable in proportion to the number of Depositary Shares held by them; provided, however, that the amount distributed will be reduced by any amounts required to be withheld by the Company or the Depositary on account of taxes. Other distributions received on the Stock may be distributed to holders of Receipts as provided in the Deposit Agreement.

12. FIXING OF RECORD DATE. Whenever any cash dividend or other cash distribution shall become payable or any distribution other than cash shall be made, or if rights, preferences or privileges shall at any time be offered, with respect to Stock, or whenever the Depositary shall receive notice of any meeting at which holders of Stock are entitled to vote or of which holders of Stock are entitled to notice, the Depositary shall in each instance fix a record date (which shall be the record date fixed by the Company with respect to the Stock), for the determination of the holders of Receipts who shall be entitled to receive such dividend, distribution, rights, preferences or privileges or the net proceeds of the sale thereof, or to give instructions for the exercise of voting rights at any such meeting, or who shall be entitled to notice of such meeting.

13. VOTING RIGHTS. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which holders of Stock are entitled to vote, the Depositary shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail to the record holders of Receipts a notice which shall contain (i) such information as is contained in such notice of meeting and (ii) a statement informing holders of Receipts that they may instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of Stock represented by their respective Depositary Shares and a brief statement as to the manner in which such instructions may be given. Upon the written request of a holder of a Receipt on such record date, the Depositary shall endeavor insofar as practicable to vote or cause to be voted the amount of Stock represented by such Receipt in accordance with the instructions set forth in such request. In the absence of specific instructions from the holder of a Receipt, the Depositary will abstain from voting (but, at its discretion, not from appearing at any meeting with respect to such Stock unless directed to the contrary by the holders of Receipts) to the extent of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt.

14. CHANGES AFFECTING DEPOSITED SECURITIES. Upon any change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or any other reclassification of the Stock or upon any


recapitalization, reorganization, merger, amalgamation or consolidation affecting the Company or to which it is a party, or upon the sale of all or substantially all the Company’s assets, the Depositary may in its discretion with the approval of the Company, and in such manner as the Depositary may deem equitable, (i) make such adjustments in (x) the fraction of an interest represented by one Depositary Share in shares of Stock and (y) the ratio of the redemption price of shares of Stock, in each case as may be necessary to fully reflect the effect of such change and (ii) treat any securities which shall be received by the Depositary in exchange for or upon conversion or in respect of the Stock as new deposited securities so received in exchange for or upon conversion or in respect of such Stock. In any such case the Depositary may in its discretion, with the approval of the Company, execute and deliver additional Receipts or cause to be credited interest in Uncertificated Receipts, or may call for the surrender of outstanding Receipts to be exchanged for new Receipts specifically describing such new deposited securities.

15. LIABILITY AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE DEPOSITARY, THE DEPOSITARY’S AGENTS OR THE COMPANY. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor the Company assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under this Deposit Agreement to any holder of any Receipt, other than for its gross negligence or willful misconduct. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor the Company shall incur any liability to any holder of any Receipt if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation thereunder of the United States of America or any other governmental authority or, in the case of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent or the Registrar, by reason of any provision, present or future, of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (including the Certificate) or by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstances beyond their control, the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent, the Registrar or the Company shall be prevented or forbidden from doing or performing any act or thing which the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar or the Company incur any liability to any holder of a Receipt by reason of nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, other than for its gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor the Company assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to holders of Receipts other than to use its best judgment and good faith in the performance of such duties as are specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor the Company shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding in respect of the Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts, which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability be furnished. The Deposit Agreement contains various other exculpancy, indemnification and related provisions, to which reference is hereby made.

16. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF DEPOSITARY. The Depositary may at any time (a) resign by written notice of its election to do so delivered to the Company, such resignation to take effect upon the appointment of a successor Depositary and its acceptance of such appointment, or (b) be removed by the Company effective upon the appointment of a successor Depositary and its acceptance of such appointment.


17. TERMINATION OF DEPOSIT AGREEMENT. The Deposit Agreement may be terminated by the Company or the Depositary only upon or after the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) all outstanding Depositary Shares shall have been redeemed or (ii) there shall have been made a final distribution in respect of the Stock in connection with any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and such distribution shall have been distributed to the holders of Receipts. Upon the termination of the Deposit Agreement, the Company shall be discharged from all obligations thereunder except for its obligations to the Depositary with respect to indemnification, charges and expenses.

18. GOVERNING LAW. This Receipt and the Deposit Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

This Receipt shall not be entitled to any benefits under the Deposit Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless this Receipt shall have been executed manually or facsimile by a duly authorized signatory of the Depositary or a Registrar for the Receipts.

The Company will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

 

Dated:

   

[                                ],

as Depositary and Registrar

      By:     
        Authorized Officer
      [Insert signature block for Registrar for the Receipts if other than the Depositary]


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF RECEIPTS1

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Receipt for Certificated Receipts or a part of another Global Receipt have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

 

Amount of decrease
in number of

Depositary Shares

represented by this

Global Receipt

 

Amount of increase
in number of

Depositary Shares

represented by this

Global Receipt

  

Number of

Depositary Shares

represented by
this Global Receipt
following such
decrease (or
increase)

   Signature of
authorized officer of
Depositary and
Registrar
         
         

1 For Global Receipts
EX-4.15 5 dex415.htm SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Supplemental Indenture

EXHIBIT 4.15

 


PPL CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.,

Issuer

and

PPL CORPORATION,

Guarantor

TO

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

(formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank),

Trustee

 


Supplemental Indenture No.     

Dated as of                         

Supplemental to the Indenture

dated as of November 1, 1997

Establishing a series of Securities designated

Medium Term Notes, Series     

limited in aggregate principal amount to $            

 



SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No.     , dated as of                      among PPL CAPITAL FUNDING, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”), PPL CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (herein called the “Guarantor”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), under the Indenture dated as of November 1, 1997 (hereinafter called the “Original Indenture”), this Supplemental Indenture No.      being supplemental thereto. The Original Indenture and any and all indentures and instruments supplemental thereto are hereinafter sometimes collectively called the “Indenture.”

Recitals of the Company and the Guarantor

The Original Indenture was authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its Securities (such term and all other capitalized terms used herein without definition having the meanings assigned to them in the Original Indenture), to be issued in one or more series as contemplated therein, and for the Guarantee by the Guarantor of the payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Securities.

As contemplated by Sections 301 and 1201(f) of the Original Indenture, the Company wishes to establish a series of Securities to be designated “Medium Term Notes, Series     ” to be limited in aggregate principal amount (except as contemplated in Section 301(b) of the Original Indenture) to $            , such series of Securities to be hereinafter sometimes called “Series No.     .”

As contemplated by Section 201 and 1402 of the Original Indenture, the Guarantor wishes to establish the form and terms of the Guarantees to be endorsed on the Securities of Series No.     .

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture No.      to establish the Securities of Series No.      and has duly authorized the issuance of such Securities; the Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture No.      and has duly authorized its Guarantees of the Securities of Series No. __; and all acts necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture No.      a valid agreement of the Company and the Guarantor, to make the Securities of Series No.      valid obligations of the Company, and to make the Guarantees valid obligations of the Guarantor, have been performed.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No.      WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and of the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities of Series No.     , as follows:


ARTICLE ONE

Series of Securities

Section 1. There is hereby created a series of Securities designated “Medium Term Notes, Series     ” and limited in aggregate principal amount (except as contemplated in Section 301(b) of the Original Indenture) to $            . The forms and terms of the Securities of Series No.      shall be established in an Officer’s Certificate of the Company, as contemplated by Section 301 of the Original Indenture.

Section 2. The Company hereby agrees that, if the Company shall make any deposit of money and/or Eligible Obligations with respect to any Securities of Series No.     , or any portion of the principal amount thereof, as contemplated by Section 701 of the Indenture, the Company shall not deliver an Officer’s Certificate described in clause (z) in the first paragraph of said Section 701 unless the Company shall also deliver to the Trustee, together with such Officer’s Certificate, either:

(A) an instrument wherein the Company, notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of its indebtedness in respect of such Securities, shall assume the obligation (which shall be absolute and unconditional) to irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent such additional sums of money, if any, or additional Eligible Obligations (meeting the requirements of Section 701), if any, or any combination thereof, at such time or times, as shall be necessary, together with the money and/or Eligible Obligations theretofore so deposited, to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest due and to become due on such Securities or portions thereof, all in accordance with and subject to the provisions of said Section 701; provided, however, that such instrument may state that the obligation of the Company to make additional deposits as aforesaid shall be subject to the delivery to the Company by the Trustee of a notice asserting the deficiency accompanied by an opinion of an independent public accountant of nationally recognized standing, selected by the Trustee, showing the calculation thereof (which opinion shall be obtained at the expense of the Company); or

(B) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities, or portions of the principal amount thereof, will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the satisfaction and discharge of the Company’s indebtedness in respect thereof and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amounts, at the same times and in the same manner as if such satisfaction and discharge had not been effected.

 

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ARTICLE TWO

Form of Guarantee

Guarantees to be endorsed on the Securities of Series No.      shall be in substantially the form set forth below:

[FORM OF GUARANTEE]

PPL Corporation (formerly called PP&L Resources, Inc.), a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the “Guarantor”, which term includes any successor under the Indenture (the “Indenture”), referred to in the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed), for value received, hereby unconditionally guarantees to the Holder of the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on such Security when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such Security and of the Indenture. In case of the failure of PPL Capital Funding, Inc. (formerly called PP&L Capital Funding, Inc.), a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”, which term includes any successor under the Indenture), punctually to make any such payment, the Guarantor hereby agrees to cause such payment to be made punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company.

The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of such Security or the Indenture, any failure to enforce the provisions of such Security or the Indenture, or any waiver, modification or indulgence granted to the Company with respect thereto, by the Holder of such Security or the Trustee or any other circumstance which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, no such waiver, modification or indulgence shall, without the consent of the Guarantor, increase the principal amount of such Security, or increase the interest rate thereon, or change any redemption provisions thereof (including any change to increase any premium payable upon redemption thereof) or change the Stated Maturity thereof.

The Guarantor hereby waives the benefits of diligence, presentment, demand for payment, any requirement that the Trustee or the Holder of such Security exhaust any right or take any action against the Company or any other Person, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with respect to such Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged in respect of such Security except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Security and in this Guarantee. This Guarantee shall constitute a guaranty of payment and not of collection. The Guarantor hereby agrees that, in the event of a default in payment of principal, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on such Security, whether at its Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, or otherwise, legal

 

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proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the Holder of such Security, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, directly against the Guarantor to enforce this Guarantee without first proceeding against the Company.

The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder with respect to such Security shall be continuing and irrevocable until the date upon which the entire principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Security has been, or has been deemed pursuant to the provisions of Article Seven of the Indenture to have been, paid in full or otherwise discharged.

The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holder of such Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor on account of such Security pursuant to the provisions of this Guarantee or the Indenture; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all Securities issued under the Indenture shall have been paid in full.

This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue notwithstanding any petition filed by or against the Company for liquidation or reorganization, the Company becoming insolvent or making an assignment for the benefit of creditors or a receiver or trustee being appointed for all or any significant part of the Company’s assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment of the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Holder of such Security, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent transfer,” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned on such Security, such Security shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed paid only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication of the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed shall have been manually executed by or on behalf of the Trustee under the Indenture.

All terms used in this Guarantee which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in such Indenture.

This Guarantee shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

PPL CORPORATION

By:

 

 

[END OF FORM]

ARTICLE THREE

Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 1. This Supplemental Indenture No.      is a supplement to the Original Indenture. As supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture No. __, the Indenture is in all respects ratified, approved and confirmed, and the Original Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture No. [7] shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 2. The recitals contained in this Supplemental Indenture No.      shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the Guarantor, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness and makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture No.     .

Section 3. 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.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture No. [7] to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first written above.

 

    PPL CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.
    By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
[SEAL]      
ATTEST:      

 

     
    PPL CORPORATION
    By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
[SEAL]      
ATTEST:      

 

     
   

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Trustee

    By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
[SEAL]      
ATTEST:      

 

     

 

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EX-4.16 6 dex416.htm OFFICERS CERTIFICATE Officers Certificate

EXHIBIT 4.16

OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE

(Under Section 301 of the Indenture of

PPL Capital Funding, Inc. and PPL Corporation)

The undersigned                     ,                      of PPL CAPITAL FUNDING, INC. (the “Company”), in accordance with Section 301 of the Indenture, dated as of November 1, 1997, as heretofore supplemented (the “Indenture”, capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein having the meanings specified in the Indenture), of the Company and PPL CORPORATION (the “Guarantor”), to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee (the “Trustee”), does hereby establish for the series of Securities established in Supplemental Indenture No.     , dated as of                          (the “Supplemental Indenture”), the following terms and characteristics (the lettered clauses set forth below corresponding to the lettered clauses of Section 301 of the Indenture), and the undersigned                     ,                      of the Guarantor, does hereby approve of such terms and characteristics on behalf of the Guarantor:

(a) the title of the Securities of such series shall be “Medium Term Notes, Series     ” (the “Notes”);

(b) the aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be limited to $            , except as contemplated in Section 301(b) of the Indenture;

(c) interest on the Notes shall be payable to the Person or Persons in whose names the Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, except as otherwise expressly provided in the forms, attached hereto and hereby authorized and approved, of Fixed Rate Note (as hereinafter defined) and Floating Rate Note (as hereinafter defined) or as otherwise determined by the proper officers of the Company and communicated to the Trustee in a Company Order;

(d) the date or dates on which the principal of the Notes shall be payable shall be determined at the time of sale of the Notes, or any Tranche thereof, by the proper officers of the Company pursuant to the Administrative Procedures (the


“Administrative Procedures”) attached as Schedule C to the Distribution Agreement dated                      among the Company, the Guarantor,                                                               and certain other Agents named therein; provided, however, that in no event shall any Note have a Stated Maturity that is less than nine months or more than 40 years from the date of original issuance;

(e) the Notes, or any Tranche thereof, may bear interest at a fixed rate (any such Note being hereinafter called a “Fixed Rate Note”) or at a floating rate (any such Note being hereinafter called a “Floating Rate Note”), in each case as determined by the proper officers of the Company as follows: there shall be determined by the proper officers of the Company and communicated to the Trustee by Company Order, or by the proper officers of the Company pursuant to the Administrative Procedures, at the time of sale of the Notes or any Tranche thereof, (1) in the case of Fixed Rate Notes, the interest rate or rates, and (2) in the case of Floating Rate Notes, whether such Note is a Regular Floating Rate Note, an Inverse Floating Rate Note, or a Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note, the Initial Interest Rate, the Interest Rate Basis (which shall be the CMT Rate, the Commercial Paper Rate, the Prime Rate, LIBOR, the Federal Funds Rate, the Treasury Rate or any other Interest Rate Basis determined at the time of sale of the Notes or Tranche thereof), the Maximum Interest Rate, if any, the Minimum Interest Rate, if any, the Interest Reset Period, the Interest Reset Dates, the Index Maturity, the Spread, if any, the Spread Multiplier, if any, if such Note is a LIBOR Note, the Designated LIBOR Page, any other terms relating to the determination of the interest rates on the Floating Rate Notes, and, if applicable, any Fixed Interest Rate Commencement Date and Fixed Interest Rate (each of such terms being referred to in the form of Floating Rate Note attached hereto); interest shall accrue on any Note from the Original Issue Date specified in such Note or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for; the Interest Payment Dates for the Fixed Rate Notes shall be                  and                 , and the Regular Record Dates with respect to such Interest Payment Dates shall be                  and                 , respectively (whether or not a Business Day) or shall be, in each case, such dates as shall be determined by the proper officers of the Company and communicated to the Trustee by Company Order, or determined by the proper officers of the Company pursuant to the Administrative Procedures; the Interest Payment Dates on Floating Rate Notes shall be determined at the time of sale of the Notes or Tranche thereof by the proper officers of the Company and communicated to the Trustee by Company Order, or determined by the proper officers of the Company pursuant to the Administrative Procedures, and the Regular Record Date with respect to each such Interest Payment Date shall be the fifteenth calendar day immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day); and interest on Floating Rate Notes which employ the CMT Rate or the Treasury Rate as the Interest Rate Basis shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the year;

 

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(f) the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in New York, New York shall be the office or agency of the Company at which the principal of and any premium and interest, on the Notes shall be payable, at which registration of transfer and exchange of Notes may be effected and at which notices and demands to or upon the Company or the Guarantor in respect of the Notes or any Tranche thereof and the Indenture may be served; provided, however, that the Company and the Guarantor each reserve the right to change, by one or more Officer’s Certificates supplemental to this Officer’s Certificate, any such office or agency; and provided, further, that the Company and the Guarantor each reserve the right to designate, by one or more Officer’s Certificates supplemental to this Officer’s Certificate, its principal office in Allentown, Pennsylvania or the office of the Guarantor or the Guarantor’s subsidiary, PPL Electric Utilities Corporation in Allentown, Pennsylvania, as any such office or agency; the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes; provided, that the Company and the Guarantor reserve the right, by one or more Officer’s Certificates supplemental to this Officer’s Certificate, to designate any additional Security Registrar or Paying Agent (which in each case, may be the Company, the Guarantor or any Affiliate of either of them) and to remove any Security Registrar or Paying Agent;

(g) the Notes, or any Tranche thereof, shall be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company as and to the extent so determined at the time of sale of the Notes or any Tranche thereof by the proper officers of the Company and communicated to the Trustee by Company Order, or determined by the proper officers of the Company pursuant to the Administrative Procedures;

(h) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase or repay the Notes or any Tranche thereof pursuant to any sinking fund or other mandatory redemption provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and 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, such Notes or Tranche thereof shall be redeemed or purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligations shall be determined at the time of sale of the Notes or any Tranche thereof, by the proper officers of the Company and communicated to the Trustee by Company Order, or determined by the proper officers of the Company pursuant to the Administrative Procedures; and no notice of redemption as contemplated by Section 404 of the Indenture shall be required in the case of any mandatory redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder; in connection with any repayment at the option of the Holder, the Company will comply with the applicable requirements, if any, of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and the rules of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with any such repayment;

(i) the Notes shall be issued in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof that is an integral multiple of $1,000 or in such other denominations as shall be determined at the time of sale of the Notes or any Tranche thereof by the proper officers of the Company and communicated to the Trustee by Company Order, or determined by the proper officers of the Company pursuant to the Administrative Procedures;

 

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(j) [not applicable];

(k) [not applicable];

(l) [not applicable];

(m) see clause (e) with respect to the interest rate or rates on Floating Rate Notes;

(n) [not applicable]; provided, however, that the Company reserves the right to provide by one or more Officer’s Certificates supplemental to this Officer’s Certificate for the issuance of Discount Securities and the terms thereof as contemplated by Section 301(n) of the Indenture;

(o) [not applicable]; provided, however, that the Company reserves the right to make, by one or more Officer’s Certificates supplemental to this Officer’s Certificate, any additional covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes or any Tranche thereof, or any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of Securities Outstanding;

(p) [not applicable];

(q) the only obligations or instruments which shall be considered Eligible Obligations in respect of the Notes shall be Government Obligations; and the provisions of Section 701 of the Indenture and Section 2 of the Supplemental Indenture shall apply to the Notes;

(r) [the Notes, or any Tranche thereof, may be issued in global form (the “Global Notes”) and the depository for the Global Notes shall initially be The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”); provided, that the Company reserves the right to provide for another depository, registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, to act as depository for the Global Notes (DTC and any such successor depository, the “Depository”); beneficial interests in Notes issued in global form may not be exchanged in whole or in part for individual certificated Notes in definitive form, and no transfer of a Global Note in whole or in part may be registered in the name of any Person other than the Depository or its nominee except that if the Depository (A) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for the Global Notes or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after such notice or cessation, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Notes, will authenticate and deliver Notes in definitive certificated form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note representing such Notes in exchange for such Global Note, such definitive Notes to be registered in the names provided by the Depository; each Global Note (i) shall represent and shall

 

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be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes to be represented by such Global Note, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depository, its nominee, any custodian for the Depository or otherwise pursuant to the Depository’s instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend restricting the transfer of such Global Note to any person other than the Depository or its nominee; none of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or any Authenticating Agent 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 Note or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests];

(s) [not applicable];

(t) reference is made to clause (r) above; no service charge shall be made for the registration of transfer or exchange of Notes; provided, however, that the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with the exchange or transfer;

(u) in lieu of Section 113 of the Indenture, the following provisions shall apply: in the case of any Fixed Rate Note, if any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or the Stated Maturity (as specified in such Fixed Rate Note) shall not be a Business Day (as defined in the form of Fixed Rate Note attached hereto), payment of amounts due thereon on such date may be made on the next succeeding Business Day (as defined in the form of Fixed Rate Note attached hereto), and, if such payment is made or duly provided for on such next succeeding Business Day, no interest shall accrue on such amounts for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to such Business Day; in the case of any Floating Rate Note, (a) if any Interest Payment Date (as specified in such Floating Rate Note), other than the Maturity, would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day (as defined in the Form of Floating Rate Note attached hereto), such Interest Payment Date will be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day, except that if LIBOR is an applicable Interest Rate Basis and such Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Payment Date will be the immediately preceding Business Day, and (b) if the Maturity falls on a day that is not a Business Day, payment of the amounts due thereon on such date may be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date such payment was due and no interest shall accrue on such amount due for the period from and after the Maturity to the date of such payment on the next succeeding Business Day;

(v) the Notes shall be entitled to the benefits of Article Fourteen of the Indenture and the Guarantees to be endorsed on the Notes shall be substantially in the form established in the Supplemental Indenture;

(w) (i) except as otherwise determined by the proper officers of the Company and communicated to the Trustee in a Company Order or as established

 

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in one or more Officers’ Certificates supplemental to this Officers’ Certificate, the Notes shall be substantially in the forms of Fixed Rate Note and Floating Rate Note attached hereto and hereby authorized and approved and shall have such further terms as are set forth in such forms;

 

  (ii) [interest rate reset provisions, if any];

 

  (iii) [remarketing provisions, if any]; and

 

  (iv) [other provisions, if any].

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto signed our names this      day of                     .

 

PPL CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.

 

Name:  
Title:  
PPL CORPORATION

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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EX-4.17 7 dex417.htm PURCHASE CONTRACT AGREEMENT Purchase Contract Agreement

EXHIBIT 4.17

 


PPL CORPORATION

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Purchase Contract Agent and Trustee

 


PURCHASE CONTRACT AGREEMENT

 


Dated as of                         

 



Reconciliation and Tie

between Trust Indenture Act

of 1939 and Purchase Contract

Agreement dated as of                         ,         

 

Section of

Trust Indenture Act

of 1939, as amended

   Section of
Purchase Contract
Agreement

310(a)

   7.8

310(b)

   7.9(g), 11.8

310(c)

   Inapplicable

311(a)

   11.2(b)

311(b)

   11.2(b)

311(c)

   Inapplicable

312(a)

   11.2(a)

312(b)

   11.2(b)

313

   11.3

314(a)

   11.4

314(b)

   Inapplicable

314(c)

   11.5

314(d)

   Inapplicable

314(e)

   1.2, 1.3, 11.5

314(f)

   11.1

315(a)

   7.1(a)

315(b)

   7.2

315(c)

   7.1(e)

315(d)

   7.1(b)

316(a)

   11.6

316(b)

   6.1

316(c)

   11.2

317(a)

   Inapplicable

317(b)

   Inapplicable

318(a)

   11.1(b)

318(b)

   11.1

318(c)

   11.1(a)

Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Purchase Contract Agreement.

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          PAGE

ARTICLE I Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application

   1

SECTION 1.1

 

Definitions.

   1

SECTION 1.2

 

Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

   12

SECTION 1.3

 

Form of Documents Delivered to Purchase Contract Agent.

   12

SECTION 1.4

 

Acts of Holders; Record Dates.

   13

SECTION 1.5

 

Notices to Purchase Contract Agent, Company, Collateral Agent or Guarantor.

   14

SECTION 1.6

 

Notice to Holders; Waiver.

   15

SECTION 1.7

 

Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

   16

SECTION 1.8

 

Successors and Assigns.

   16

SECTION 1.9

 

Separability Clause.

   16

SECTION 1.10

 

Benefits of Agreement.

   16

SECTION 1.11

 

Governing Law.

   16

SECTION 1.12

 

Legal Holidays.

   16

SECTION 1.13

 

Counterparts.

   17

SECTION 1.14

 

Inspection of Agreement.

   17

SECTION 1.15

 

Appointment of Additional Agents.

   17

ARTICLE II Certificate Forms

   17

SECTION 2.1

 

Forms of Certificates Generally.

   17

SECTION 2.2

 

Form of Purchase Contract Agent’s Certificate of Authentication.

   18

ARTICLE III The Securities

   19

SECTION 3.1

 

Amount; Form and Denominations.

   19

SECTION 3.2

 

Rights and Obligations Evidenced by the Certificates.

   19

SECTION 3.3

 

Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

   20

SECTION 3.4

 

Temporary Certificates.

   21

SECTION 3.5

 

Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

   21

SECTION 3.6

 

Book-Entry Interests.

   22

SECTION 3.7

 

Notices to Holders.

   23

SECTION 3.8

 

Appointment of Successor Depositary.

   23

SECTION 3.9

 

Definitive Certificates.

   23

SECTION 3.10

 

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Certificates.

   24

SECTION 3.11

 

Persons Deemed Owners.

   25

SECTION 3.12

 

Cancellation.

   25

SECTION 3.13

 

Creation of Treasury SPC Units by Substitution of Treasury Securities.

   26

SECTION 3.14

 

Reestablishment of SPC Units.

   27

SECTION 3.15

 

Transfer of Collateral upon Occurrence of Termination Event.

   28

SECTION 3.16

 

No Consent to Assumption.

   29

 

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ARTICLE IV The Notes [and Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio]

   29

SECTION 4.1

 

Interest Payments; Rights to Interest Payments Preserved.

   29

SECTION 4.2

 

[Deferral of Interest Payments.

   30

SECTION 4.3

 

[Interest Rate Reset; Notice Relating to Cash Settlement.

   30

SECTION 4.4

 

Notice and Voting.

   31

SECTION 4.5

 

[Tax Event Redemption.

   31

ARTICLE V The Purchase Contracts

   32

SECTION 5.1

 

Purchase of Shares of Common Stock.

   32

SECTION 5.2

 

[Purchase Contract Payments.

   34

SECTION 5.3

 

[Deferral of Purchase Contract Payments.

   35

SECTION 5.4

 

Payment of Purchase Price.

   36

SECTION 5.5

 

Issuance of Shares of Common Stock.

   41

SECTION 5.6

 

Adjustment of Settlement Rate.

   41

SECTION 5.7

 

Notice of Adjustments and Certain Other Events.

   47

SECTION 5.8

 

Termination Event; Notice.

   48

SECTION 5.9

 

Early Settlement.

   49

SECTION 5.10

 

No Fractional Shares.

   51

SECTION 5.11

 

Charges and Taxes.

   52

ARTICLE VI Remedies

   52

SECTION 6.1

 

Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Purchase Contract Payments and to Purchase Shares of Common Stock.

   52

SECTION 6.2

 

Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

   52

SECTION 6.3

 

Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

   53

SECTION 6.4

 

Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

   53

SECTION 6.5

 

Undertaking for Costs.

   53

SECTION 6.6

 

Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.

   53

ARTICLE VII The Purchase Contract Agent

   54

SECTION 7.1

 

Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

   54

SECTION 7.2

 

Notice of Default.

   55

SECTION 7.3

 

Certain Rights of Purchase Contract Agent.

   55

SECTION 7.4

 

Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

   56

SECTION 7.5

 

May Hold Securities.

   56

SECTION 7.6

 

Money Held in Custody.

   56

SECTION 7.7

 

Compensation and Reimbursement.

   57

SECTION 7.8

 

Corporate Purchase Contract Agent Required; Eligibility.

   57

SECTION 7.9

 

Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

   57

SECTION 7.10

 

Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

   59

SECTION 7.11

 

Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

   59

 

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SECTION 7.12

  

Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.

   60

SECTION 7.13

  

No Obligations of Purchase Contract Agent.

   60

SECTION 7.14

  

Tax Compliance.

   60

ARTICLE VIII Supplemental Agreements

   61

SECTION 8.1

  

Supplemental Agreements Without Consent of Holders.

   61

SECTION 8.2

  

Supplemental Agreements With Consent of Holders.

   61

SECTION 8.3

  

Execution of Supplemental Agreements.

   62

SECTION 8.4

  

Effect of Supplemental Agreements.

   63

SECTION 8.5

  

Reference to Supplemental Agreements.

   63

ARTICLE IX Merger, Consolidation, Sale or Conveyance

   63

SECTION 9.1

  

Covenant Not to Merge, Consolidate, Sell or Convey Property Except Under Certain Conditions.

   63

SECTION 9.2

  

Rights and Duties of Successor Corporation.

   64

SECTION 9.3

  

Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel Given to Purchase Contract Agent.

   64

ARTICLE X Covenants

   64

SECTION 10.1

  

Performance Under Purchase Contracts.

   64

SECTION 10.2

  

Maintenance of Office or Agency.

   65

SECTION 10.3

  

Company to Reserve Common Stock.

   65

SECTION 10.4

  

Covenants as to Common Stock.

   65

SECTION 10.5

  

ERISA.

   65

ARTICLE XI Trust Indenture Act

   66

SECTION 11.1

  

Trust Indenture Act; Application.

   66

SECTION 11.2

  

Lists of Holders of Securities.

   66

SECTION 11.3

  

Reports by the Purchase Contract Agent.

   66

SECTION 11.4

  

Periodic Reports to Purchase Contract Agent.

   66

SECTION 11.5

  

Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.

   67

SECTION 11.6

  

Defaults; Waiver.

   67

SECTION 11.7

  

Purchase Contract Agent’s Knowledge of Defaults.

   67

SECTION 11.8

  

Conflicting Interests.

   67

SECTION 11.9

  

Direction of Purchase Contract Agent.

   67

 

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EXHIBITS

         

EXHIBIT A

  

Form of SPC Units Certificate

   A-1

EXHIBIT B

  

Form of Treasury SPC Units Certificate

   B-1

EXHIBIT C

  

Instruction to Purchase Contract Agent

   C-1

EXHIBIT D

  

Notice from Purchase Contract Agent to Holders (Transfer of Collateral upon Occurrence of a Termination Event)

   D-1

EXHIBIT E

  

Notice to Settle by Cash

   E-1

EXHIBIT F

  

Notice from Purchase Contract Agent to Collateral Agent and Indenture Trustee (Settlement of Purchase Contract through Remarketing)

   F-1

 

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PURCHASE CONTRACT AGREEMENT, dated as of                         ,         , between PPL CORPORATION, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking association, acting as purchase contract agent, attorney-in-fact and trustee for the Holders of Securities from time to time (the “Purchase Contract Agent”).

RECITALS

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Certificates evidencing the Securities.

All things necessary to make the Purchase Contracts, when the Certificates are executed by the Company and authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered by the Purchase Contract Agent, as provided in this Agreement, the valid obligations of the Company, and to constitute these presents a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions and Other Provisions

of General Application

SECTION 1.1 Definitions.

For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular, and nouns and pronouns of the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders;

(b) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States;

(c) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section, Exhibit or other subdivision;

(d) the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 1.1(d):

“Act” has the meaning, with respect to any Holder, set forth in Section 1.4.

 

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“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.

“Agreement” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more agreements supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof.

“Applicable Market Value” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

[“Applicable Ownership Interest” means, with respect to each SPC Unit and the U.S. Treasury Securities in the Treasury Portfolio, (A) a [1/40, or 2.5%,] undivided beneficial ownership in a $1,000 principal or interest amount of a principal or interest strip in a U.S. Treasury Security included in such Treasury Portfolio which matures on or prior to                         ,         , and (B) for the scheduled interest payment date on the Notes that occurs on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, in the case of a Remarketing, or for each scheduled interest payment date on the Notes that occurs after the Tax Event Redemption Date and on or before the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, in the case of a Tax Redemption, a     % undivided beneficial interest in a $1,000 principal or interest amount of a principal or interest strip in a U.S. Treasury Security included in the Treasury Portfolio that matures on or prior to that interest payment date.

“Applicable Principal Amount” means either (i) if the Tax Event Redemption Date occurs prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the aggregate principal amount of the Notes which are components of SPC Units on the Tax Event Redemption Date or (ii) if the Tax Event Redemption Date occurs on or after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding on such Tax Event Redemption Date.]

“applicants” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.12(b).

“Authorized Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer or any other officer or agent of the Company duly authorized by the Board of Directors to act in respect of matters relating to this Agreement.

“Bankruptcy Code” means title 11 of the United States Code, or any other law of the United States that from time to time provides a uniform system of bankruptcy laws.

“Beneficial Owner” means, with respect to a Book-Entry Interest, a Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Interest as reflected on the books of the Depositary or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Depositary (directly as a Depositary Participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Depositary).

“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company or a duly authorized committee of that board.

 

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“Board Resolution” means one or more resolutions of the Board of Directors, a copy of which has been 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 Purchase Contract Agent.

“Book-Entry Interest” means a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate, registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee thereof, ownership and transfers of which shall be maintained and made through book entries by such Depositary as described in Section 3.6.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed or a day on which the Indenture Trustee is closed for business; provided that for purposes of the second paragraph of Section 1.12 only, the term “Business Day” shall also be deemed to exclude any day on which trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. is closed or suspended.

“Cash Settlement” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(a)(i).

“Certificate” means a SPC Units Certificate or a Treasury SPC Units Certificate.

“Clearing Agency” means an organization registered as a “Clearing Agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act that is acting as a depositary for the Securities and in whose name, or in the name of a nominee of that organization, shall be registered a Global Certificate and which shall undertake to effect book entry transfers and pledges of the Securities.

“Closing Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Collateral” has the meaning set forth in Section 1 of the Pledge Agreement.

“Collateral Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 1 of the Pledge Agreement.

“Collateral Agent” means                                         , as Collateral Agent under the Pledge Agreement until a successor Collateral Agent shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Pledge Agreement, and thereafter “Collateral Agent” shall mean the Person who is then the Collateral Agent thereunder.

“Collateral Substitution” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.13.

“Common Stock” means the Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company.

“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Agreement, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor.

 

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“Constituent Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(b)(1).

“Corporate Trust Office” means the corporate trust office of the Purchase Contract Agent at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 4 New York Plaza, New York, New York 10004, Attention: Worldwide Securities Services.

“Coupon Rate” means the percentage rate per annum at which each Note will bear interest.

“Current Market Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(a)(8).

“Default” means a default by the Company in any of its obligations under this Agreement and continuance of such default for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Purchase Contract Agent or to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent by the Holders of at least 25% of the Outstanding Purchase Contracts a written notice specifying such default and requiring that it be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder.

“Depositary” means DTC, as depository for the Securities, until another Clearing Agency is designated to act as depositary for the Securities as contemplated by Sections 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 and 3.9.

“Depositary Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time the Depositary effects book entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depositary.

“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, the initial Depositary.

“Early Settlement” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.9(a).

“Early Settlement Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.9(a).

“Early Settlement Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.9(a)(2).

“Early Settlement Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.9(b).

“Early Settlement Week” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(b)(2).

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Expiration Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4(e).

 

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“Expiration Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(a)(6).

“Extension Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.

“Failed Remarketing” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(b).

“Global Certificate” means a Certificate that evidences all or part of the Securities and is registered in the name of a Clearing Agency or a nominee thereof.

“Holder” means, with respect to a Security, the Person in whose name the Security evidenced by a SPC Units Certificate or a Treasury SPC Units Certificate is registered in the related SPC Units Register or the Treasury SPC Units Register, as the case may be.

“Indenture” means the [Subordinated] Indenture, dated as of                         ,         , among PPL Capital Funding, Inc., as Issuer, the Company, as Guarantor, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Trustee, pursuant to which the Notes are to be issued, as originally executed and delivered and as it may from time to time be supplemented and amended by one or more indentures supplemental thereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions thereof and shall include the terms of a particular series established as contemplated by Section 301 thereof.

“Indenture Trustee” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as trustee under the Indenture, or any successor thereto.

“Issuer Order” or “Issuer Request” means a written order or request signed in the name of the Company by an Authorized Officer, and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent.

“non-electing share” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(b).

“Note Issuer” means PPL Capital Funding, Inc, in its capacity as issuer of the Notes.

“Notes” means the PPL Capital Funding, Inc. Notes due                         ,          guaranteed as to payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest by the Company, issued under the Indenture, each bearing interest, payable on the Payment Dates, at the Coupon Rate until the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, and at the Reset Rate thereafter and substantially in the form of Exhibit      hereto.

“NYSE” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel to the Company (and who may be an employee of the Company), and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Purchase Contract Agent.

 

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“Outstanding” means, with respect to any SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units and as of the date of determination, all SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units evidenced by Certificates theretofore authenticated, executed and delivered under this Agreement, except:

(1) If a Termination Event has occurred, (i) Treasury SPC Units and (ii) SPC Units for which the underlying Notes have been theretofore deposited with the Purchase Contract Agent in trust for the Holders of such SPC Units;

(2) SPC Units and Treasury SPC Units evidenced by Certificates theretofore cancelled by the Purchase Contract Agent or delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent for cancellation or deemed cancelled pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement; and

(3) SPC Units and Treasury SPC Units evidenced by Certificates in exchange for or in lieu of which other Certificates have been authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holder and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, other than any such Certificate in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Purchase Contract Agent proof satisfactory to it that such Certificate is held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands the SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units evidenced by such Certificate are valid obligations of the Company;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite number of the SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding Securities, except that, in determining whether the Purchase Contract Agent shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units which a Responsible Officer of the Purchase Contract Agent knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding Securities if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Purchase Contract Agent the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units and that the pledgee is not the Company or any Affiliate of the Company.

“Payment Date” means each     ,     ,     and     , commencing                         ,         .

“Permitted Investments” has the meaning set forth in Section 1 of the Pledge Agreement.

“Person” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity of whatever nature.

[“Plan” means an employee benefit plan that is subject to ERISA, a plan or individual retirement account that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code or any entity whose assets are considered assets of any such plan.]

 

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“Pledge” means the pledge under the Pledge Agreement of the Notes, or the Treasury Securities, [or the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio] in each case constituting a part of the Securities.

“Pledge Agreement” means the Pledge Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Purchase Contract Agent, on its own behalf and as attorney-in-fact for the Holders from time to time of the Securities.

“Pledged Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 1 of the Pledge Agreement.

“Predecessor Certificate” means a Predecessor SPC Units Certificate or a Predecessor Treasury SPC Units Certificate.

“Predecessor SPC Units Certificate” of any particular SPC Units Certificate means every previous SPC Units Certificate evidencing all or a portion of the rights and obligations of the Company and the Holder under the SPC Units evidenced thereby; and, for the purposes of this definition, any SPC Units Certificate authenticated and delivered under Section 3.10 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen SPC Units Certificate shall be deemed to evidence the same rights and obligations of the Company and the Holder as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen SPC Units Certificate.

“Predecessor Treasury SPC Units Certificate” of any particular Treasury SPC Units Certificate means every previous Treasury SPC Units Certificate evidencing all or a portion of the rights and obligations of the Company and the Holder under the Treasury SPC Units evidenced thereby; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Treasury SPC Units Certificate authenticated and delivered under Section 3.10 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Treasury SPC Units Certificate shall be deemed to evidence the same rights and obligations of the Company and the Holder as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Treasury SPC Units Certificate.

[“Primary Treasury Dealer” means a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City.]

“Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in Section 1 of the Pledge Agreement.

“Purchase Contract” means, with respect to any Security, the contract forming a part of such Security and obligating the Company to (i) sell, and the Holder of such Security to purchase, shares of Common Stock and (ii) pay the Holder Purchase Contract Payments on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article Five hereof.

“Purchase Contract Agent” means the Person named as the “Purchase Contract Agent” in the first paragraph of this agreement until a successor Purchase Contract Agent shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement, and thereafter “Purchase Contract Agent” shall mean such Person.

 

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“Purchase Contract Payments” means the payments payable by the Company on the Payment Dates in respect of each Purchase Contract, equal to     % per annum of the Stated Amount.

“Purchase Contract Settlement Date” means                     .

“Purchase Contract Settlement Fund” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.5.

“Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

“Purchased Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(a)(6).

[“Quotation Agent” means (i)              and its respective successors, provided, however, that if the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefore another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.]

“Record Date” for the Purchase Contract Payments payable on any Payment Date means, as to any Global Certificate, the Business Day next preceding such Payment Date, and as to any other Certificate, a day selected by the Company which shall be at least one Business Day but less than thirty (30) Business Days prior to such Payment Date and which shall correspond to the related record date for the Notes.

[“Redemption Amount” means for each Note, the product of (i) the principal amount of such Note and (ii) a fraction whose numerator is the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price and whose denominator is the Applicable Principal Amount.

“Redemption Price” means an amount per Note equal to the Redemption Amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption.]

“Reference Dealer” means a dealer engaged in trading of convertible securities.

“Reference Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

“Register” means the SPC Units Register and the Treasury SPC Units Register.

“Registrar” means the SPC Units Registrar and the Treasury SPC Units Registrar.

“Remarketing” has the meaning set forth in the Notes.

“Remarketing Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(b).

“Remarketing Agreement” means the Remarketing Agreement, dated as of                         ,          between the Company and the Remarketing Agent, including any supplements thereto.

“Remarketing Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(b).

 

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“Reorganization Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(b).

“Reset Rate” means the Coupon Rate to be in effect for the Notes on and after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, as determined in accordance with Section 4.3 and the form of Note included in Exhibit      hereto.

“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to the Purchase Contract Agent, any officer of the Purchase Contract Agent assigned by the Purchase Contract Agent to administer its corporate trust matters.

“Securities Intermediary” means                     , as Securities Intermediary under the Pledge Agreement until a successor Securities Intermediary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Pledge Agreement, and thereafter “Securities Intermediary” shall mean such successor.

“Security” means a SPC Unit or a Treasury SPC Unit, as the case may be.

“Settlement Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

“SPC Unit” means a Security, initially issued in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto in the Stated Amount of [$25], which represents (i) beneficial ownership by the Holder of one Note having a principal amount of [$25,] [or an appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be,] subject [, in each case,] to the Pledge thereof pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, and (ii) the rights and obligations of the Holder thereof and the Company under one Purchase Contract[; provided, that the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio shall not be subject to the Pledge.]

“SPC Units Certificate” means a certificate evidencing the rights and obligations of a Holder in respect of the number of SPC Units specified on such certificate.

“SPC Units Register” and “SPC Units Registrar” have the respective meanings set forth in Section 3.5.

“Stated Amount” means [$25].

“Stated Maturity” means, with respect to the Notes,                     .

[“Tax Event” means the receipt by the Company of an opinion of a nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of (a) any amendment to, change in, or announced proposed change in, the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, (b) any amendment to or change in an interpretation or application of such laws or regulations by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority or (c) any interpretation or pronouncement by any such legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority that provides for a position with respect to such laws or regulations that differs from the generally accepted position on the date the Notes are issued, which amendment, change or proposed change is effective or which interpretation or

 

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pronouncement is announced on or after the date of issuance of the Notes, there is more than an insubstantial risk that interest payable by the Company on the Notes would not be deductible, in whole or in part, by the Company for United States federal income tax purposes.

“Tax Event Redemption” means, if a Tax Event shall occur and be continuing, the redemption of Notes, in whole but not in part, at the option of the Company on not less than 30 days or more than 60 days notice.

“Tax Event Redemption Date” means the date on which a Tax Event Redemption is to occur.]

“Termination Date” means the date, if any, on which a Termination Event occurs.

“Termination Event” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(1) at any time on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, a judgment, decree or court order shall have been entered granting relief under the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar applicable Federal or State law), adjudicating the Company to be insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization or liquidation of the Company, and, unless such judgment, decree or order shall have been entered within 60 days prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, such decree or order shall have continued undischarged and unstayed for a period of 60 days;

(2) at any time on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, a judgment, decree or court order for the appointment of a receiver or liquidator or trustee or assignee in bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company or of its property, or for the termination or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered, and, unless such judgment, decree or order shall have been entered within 60 days prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, such judgment, decree or order shall have continued undischarged and unstayed for a period of 60 days; or

(3) at any time on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Company shall file a petition for relief under the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar applicable Federal or State law), or shall consent to the filing of a bankruptcy proceeding against it, or shall file a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or liquidation under the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar applicable Federal or State law, or shall consent to the filing of any such petition, or shall consent to the appointment of a receiver or liquidator or trustee or assignee in bankruptcy or insolvency of it or of its property, or shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due.

“Threshold Appreciation Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.

 

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“Trading Day” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

[“Treasury Portfolio” means, with respect to the Applicable Principal Amount of Notes (a) if the Tax Event Redemption Date occurs prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, a portfolio of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury Securities consisting of (i) interest or principal strips of U.S. Treasury Securities which mature on or prior to                         ,          in an aggregate amount equal to the Applicable Principal Amount of Notes and (ii) with respect to each scheduled interest payment date on the Notes that occurs after the Tax Event Redemption Date, interest or principal strips of U.S. Treasury Securities which mature on or prior to such dates in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate interest payment that would be due on the Applicable Principal Amount of the Notes on such date, and (b) if the Tax Event Redemption occurs after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, a portfolio of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury Securities consisting of (i) principal or interest strips of U.S. Treasury Securities which mature on or prior to                         ,          in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Applicable Principal Amount of Notes and (ii) with respect to each scheduled interest payment date on the Notes that occurs after the Tax Event Redemption Date, interest or principal strips of U.S. Treasury Securities which mature on or prior to such date in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate interest payment that would be due on the Applicable Principal Amount of the Notes on such date.

“Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price” means the lowest aggregate price quoted by a Primary Treasury Dealer to the Quotation Agent on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Tax Event Redemption Date for the purchase of the Treasury Portfolio for settlement on the Tax Event Redemption Date.]

“Treasury SPC Unit” means a Security, in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit B hereto, which represents (i) a [1/40] undivided beneficial ownership interest in a Treasury Security having a principal amount at maturity equal to $1,000, subject to the Pledge thereof pursuant to the Pledge Agreement and (ii) the rights and obligations of the Holder thereof and the Company under one Purchase Contract.

“Treasury SPC Units Certificate” means a certificate evidencing the rights and obligations of a Holder in respect of the number of Treasury SPC Units specified on such certificate.

“Treasury SPC Units Register” and “Treasury SPC Units Registrar” have the respective meanings set forth in Section 3.5.

“Treasury Securities” means zero-coupon U.S. Treasury Securities (Cusip No.         ) which are the principal strip of the     % U.S. Treasury Securities which mature on                     .

“Underwriting Agreement” means the Underwriting Agreement, dated                         , between the Company and                                         .

 

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SECTION 1.2 Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Agreement, upon any application or request by the Company to the Purchase Contract Agent to take any action under any provision of this Agreement, the Company shall furnish to the Purchase Contract Agent an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to the proposed action have been complied with and, if requested by the Purchase Contract Agent, an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Agreement relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Agreement (other than compliance certificates required by Section 11.4 to the extent permitted by the TIA) 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 or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such individual 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 1.3 Form of Documents Delivered to Purchase Contract Agent.

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

 

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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 Agreement, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

SECTION 1.4 Acts of Holders; Record Dates.

(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Agreement to be given 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 an 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 Purchase Contract Agent 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 Agreement and (subject to Section 7.1) conclusive in favor of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any manner which the Purchase Contract Agent deems sufficient.

(c) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the SPC Units Register or the Treasury SPC Units Register, as the case may be.

(d) 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 Certificate evidencing such 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 Purchase Contract Agent or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Certificate.

(e) The Company may set any date as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Agreement to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of the Outstanding SPC Units and the Outstanding Treasury SPC Units, as the case may be, on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action with respect to the SPC

 

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Units or the Treasury SPC Units, as the case may be, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken prior to or on the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite number of Outstanding Securities on such record date. Nothing contained 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 be of no effect), and nothing contained in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite number of Outstanding Securities 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 Purchase Contract Agent in writing and to each Holder of Securities in the manner set forth in Section 1.6.

With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the Company may designate any date 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 Purchase Contract Agent in writing, and to each Holder of Securities in the manner set forth in Section 1.6, prior to or on the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the Company 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.

SECTION 1.5 Notices to Purchase Contract Agent, Company, Collateral Agent or Guarantor.

Any notice or communication is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or mailed by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telecopier (with receipt confirmed) or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address; provided that notice shall be deemed given to the Purchase Contract Agent only upon receipt thereof:

If to the Purchase Contract Agent:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

4 New York Plaza

New York, New York 10004

Telecopier No.: [(212) 623-6216]

Attention: Worldwide Securities Services

 

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If to the Company:

PPL Corporation

Two North Ninth Street

Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101-1179

Telecopier No.: (610) 774-5106

Attention: Treasurer

If to the Collateral Agent:

Telecopier No.:

Attention:

If to the Indenture Trustee:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

4 New York Plaza

New York, New York 10004

Telecopier No.: [(212) 623-6216]

Attention: Worldwide Securities Services

SECTION 1.6 Notice to Holders; Waiver.

Where this Agreement 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 its address as it appears in the applicable Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, 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 Agreement 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 Purchase Contract Agent, 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 Purchase Contract Agent shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

 

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SECTION 1.7 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 1.8 Successors and Assigns.

All covenants and agreements in this Agreement by the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent shall bind their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

SECTION 1.9 Separability Clause.

In case any provision in this Agreement or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof and thereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

SECTION 1.10 Benefits of Agreement.

Nothing contained in this Agreement or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and, to the extent provided hereby, the Holders, any benefits or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement. The Holders from time to time shall be beneficiaries of this Agreement and shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions hereof and of the Securities evidenced by their Certificates by their acceptance of delivery of such Certificates.

SECTION 1.11 Governing Law.

This Agreement and the Securities shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

SECTION 1.12 Legal Holidays.

In any case where any Payment Date shall not be a Business Day, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the SPC Units Certificates or the Treasury SPC Units Certificates, Purchase Contract Payments shall not be made on such date, but shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Payment Date, provided that no interest shall accrue or be payable by the Company or any Holder for the period from and after any such Payment Date, except that, if such next succeeding Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Payment Date.

In any case where any Purchase Contract Settlement Date shall not be a Business Day, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the SPC Units Certificates or the Treasury SPC Units Certificates, the Purchase Contracts shall not be performed on such date, but the Purchase Contracts shall be performed on the immediately following Business Day with the same force and effect as if performed on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date.

 

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SECTION 1.13 Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts by the parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

SECTION 1.14 Inspection of Agreement.

A copy of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times during normal business hours at the Corporate Trust Office for inspection by any Holder.

SECTION 1.15 Appointment of Additional Agents.

The Company may appoint a financial institution (which may be the Collateral Agent) to act as its agent in performing its obligations and in accepting and enforcing performance of the obligations of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, under this Agreement and the Purchase Contracts. Any such appointment shall not relieve the Company in any way from its obligations hereunder.

ARTICLE II

Certificate Forms

SECTION 2.1 Forms of Certificates Generally.

The SPC Units Certificates (including the form of Purchase Contract forming part of each SPC Unit evidenced thereby) shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, with such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as may be required by the rules of any securities exchange on which the SPC Units are listed or any depositary therefor, or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers of the Company executing such SPC Units Certificates, as evidenced by their execution of the SPC Units Certificates.

The definitive SPC Units Certificates shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers of the Company executing the SPC Units evidenced by such SPC Units Certificates, consistent with the provisions of this Agreement, as evidenced by their execution thereof.

The Treasury SPC Units Certificates (including the form of Purchase Contract forming part of each Treasury SPC Unit evidenced thereby) shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto, with such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as may be required by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Treasury SPC Units may be listed or any depositary therefor, or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers of the Company executing such Treasury SPC Units Certificates, as evidenced by their execution of the Treasury SPC Units Certificates.

 

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The definitive Treasury SPC Units Certificates shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers of the Company executing the Treasury SPC Units evidenced by such Treasury SPC Units Certificates, consistent with the provisions of this Agreement, as evidenced by their execution thereof.

Every Global Certificate authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THIS CERTIFICATE IS A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (THE “DEPOSITARY”), OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY. THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR CERTIFICATES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AGREEMENT AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AGREEMENT.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REQUESTED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REGISTERED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”

SECTION 2.2 Form of Purchase Contract Agent’s Certificate of Authentication.

The form of the Purchase Contract Agent’s certificate of authentication of the SPC Units shall be in substantially the form set forth on the form of SPC Units Certificate set forth as Exhibit A hereto.

The form of the Purchase Contract Agent’s certificate of authentication of the Treasury SPC Units shall be in substantially the form set forth on the form of Treasury SPC Units Certificate set forth as Exhibit B hereto.

 

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ARTICLE III

The Securities

SECTION 3.1 Amount; Form and Denominations.

The aggregate number of Securities evidenced by Certificates authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered hereunder is limited to                      (including                      relating to the Underwriters’ over-allotment option), except for Certificates authenticated, executed and delivered upon registration of transfer of, in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Certificates pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.5, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, 5.9 or 8.5.

The Certificates shall be issuable only in registered form and only in denominations of a single SPC Unit or Treasury SPC Unit and any integral multiple thereof.

SECTION 3.2 Rights and Obligations Evidenced by the Certificates.

Each SPC Units Certificate shall evidence the number of SPC Units specified therein, with each such SPC Unit representing (1) the ownership by the Holder thereof of a beneficial interest in one Note having a principal amount of [$25] [or the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be,] subject to the Pledge of such Note [or Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be] by such Holder pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, and (2) the rights and obligations of the Holder thereof and the Company under one Purchase Contract. The Purchase Contract Agent as attorney-in-fact for, and on behalf of, the Holder of each SPC Unit shall pledge, pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, the Note [or Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be,] forming a part of such SPC Unit, to the Collateral Agent and grant to the Collateral Agent a security interest in the right, title and interest of such Holder in such Note [or Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be] for the benefit of the Company, to secure the obligation of the Holder under each Purchase Contract to purchase shares of Common Stock. Prior to the purchase of shares of Common Stock under each Purchase Contract, such Purchase Contracts shall not entitle the Holder of a SPC Units Certificate to any of the rights of a holder of shares of Common Stock, including, without limitation, the right to vote or receive any dividends or other payments or to consent or to receive notice as a shareholder in respect of the meetings of shareholders or for the election of directors of the Company or for any other matter, or any other rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company.

Upon the formation of a Treasury SPC Unit pursuant to Section 3.13, each Treasury SPC Units Certificate shall evidence the number of Treasury SPC Units specified therein, with each such Treasury SPC Unit representing (1) the ownership by the Holder thereof of a [1/40] undivided beneficial ownership interest in a Treasury Security with a principal amount at maturity equal to $1,000, subject to the Pledge of such Treasury Security by such Holder pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, and (2) the rights and obligations of the Holder thereof and the Company under one Purchase Contract. The Purchase Contract Agent as attorney-in-fact for, and on behalf of, the Holder of each Treasury SPC Unit shall pledge,

 

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pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, each Treasury Security or portion thereof forming a part of such Treasury SPC Unit, to the Collateral Agent and grant to the Collateral Agent a security interest in the right, title and interest of such Holder in such Treasury Security for the benefit of the Company, to secure the obligation of the Holder under each Purchase Contract to purchase shares of Common Stock. Prior to the purchase of shares of Common Stock under each Purchase Contract, such Purchase Contracts shall not entitle the Holder of a Treasury SPC Units Certificate to any of the rights of a holder of shares of Common Stock, including, without limitation, the right to vote or receive any dividends or other payments or to consent or to receive notice as a shareholder in respect of the meetings of shareholders or for the election of directors of the Company or for any other matter, or any other rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company.

SECTION 3.3 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

Subject to the provisions of Sections 3.13 and 3.14 hereof, upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and at any time and from time to time thereafter, the Company may deliver Certificates executed by the Company to the Purchase Contract Agent for authentication, execution on behalf of the Holders and delivery, together with its Issuer Order for authentication of such Certificates, and the Purchase Contract Agent in accordance with such Issuer Order shall authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holders and deliver such Certificates.

The Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by one of its Authorized Officers. The signature of any Authorized Officer on the Certificates may be manual or facsimile.

Certificates 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 Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such Certificates.

No Purchase Contract evidenced by a Certificate shall be valid until such Certificate has been executed on behalf of the Holder by the manual signature of an authorized officer of the Purchase Contract Agent, as such Holder’s attorney-in-fact. Such signature by an authorized officer of the Purchase Contract Agent shall be conclusive evidence that the Holder of such Certificate has entered into the Purchase Contracts evidenced by such Certificate.

Each Certificate shall be dated the date of its authentication.

No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by an authorized officer of the Purchase Contract Agent by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.

 

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SECTION 3.4 Temporary Certificates.

Pending the preparation of definitive Certificates, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holders, and deliver, in lieu of such definitive Certificates, temporary Certificates which are in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A or Exhibit B hereto, as the case may be, with such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as may be required by the rules of any securities exchange on which the SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units, as the case may be, are listed, or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers of the Company executing such Certificates, as evidenced by their execution of the Certificates.

If temporary Certificates are issued, the Company will cause definitive Certificates to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Certificates, the temporary Certificates shall be exchangeable for definitive Certificates upon surrender of the temporary Certificates at the Corporate Trust Office, at the expense of the Company and without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Certificates, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holder, and deliver in exchange therefor, one or more definitive Certificates of like tenor and denominations and evidencing a like number of SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units, as the case may be, as the temporary Certificate or Certificates so surrendered. Until so exchanged, the temporary Certificates shall in all respects evidence the same benefits and the same obligations with respect to the SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units, as the case may be, evidenced thereby as definitive Certificates.

SECTION 3.5 Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

The Purchase Contract Agent shall keep at the Corporate Trust Office a register (the “SPC Units Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Purchase Contract Agent shall provide for the registration of SPC Units Certificates and of transfers of SPC Units Certificates (the Purchase Contract Agent, in such capacity, the “SPC Units Registrar”) and a register (the “Treasury SPC Units Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Purchase Contract Agent shall provide for the registration of the Treasury SPC Units Certificates and of transfers of Treasury SPC Units Certificates (the Purchase Contract Agent, in such capacity, the “Treasury SPC Units Registrar”).

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate, execute on behalf of the designated transferee or transferees, and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of any authorized denominations, like tenor, and evidencing a like number of SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units, as the case may be.

At the option of the Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates, of any authorized denominations and evidencing a like number of SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units, as the case may be, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the Corporate

 

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Trust Office. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holder, and deliver the Certificates which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

All Certificates issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of a Certificate shall evidence the ownership of the same number of SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units, as the case may be, and be entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same obligations, under this Agreement as the SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units, as the case may be, evidenced by the Certificate surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Purchase Contract Agent) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent duly executed, by the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of a Certificate, but the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent may require payment from the Holder 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 Certificates, other than any exchanges pursuant to Sections 3.6 and 8.5 not involving any transfer.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be obligated to authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holder and deliver any Certificate in exchange for any other Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange during the period commencing on the Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date and ending on such Purchase Contract Settlement Date, or on or after the Termination Date. In lieu of delivery of a new Certificate, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions specified above in this Section and receipt of appropriate registration or transfer instructions from such Holder, the Purchase Contract Agent shall:

(1) if the Purchase Contract Settlement Date has occurred, deliver the shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of the Purchase Contracts forming a part of the Securities evidenced by such other Certificate; or

(2) if a Termination Event shall have occurred prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, transfer the Notes, Treasury Securities [or the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio,] as the case may be, evidenced thereby, in each case subject to the applicable conditions and in accordance with the applicable provisions of Article Five hereof.

SECTION 3.6 Book-Entry Interests.

The Certificates, on original issuance, will be issued in the form of one or more fully registered Global Certificates, to be delivered to the Depositary by, or on behalf of, the Company. Such Global Certificate shall initially be registered on the books and records of the

 

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Company in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial Depositary, DTC, and no Beneficial Owner will receive a definitive Certificate representing such Beneficial Owner’s interest in such Global Certificate, except as provided in Section 3.9. The Purchase Contract Agent shall enter into an agreement with the Depositary if so requested by the Company. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Certificates have been issued to Beneficial Owners pursuant to Section 3.9:

(1) the provisions of this Section 3.6 shall be in full force and effect;

(2) the Company shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary for all purposes of this Agreement (including making Purchase Contract Payments and receiving approvals, votes or consents hereunder) as the Holder of the Securities and the sole holder of the Global Certificates and shall have no obligation to the Beneficial Owners;

(3) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 3.6 conflict with any other provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 3.6 shall control; and

(4) the rights of the Beneficial Owners shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Beneficial Owners and the Depositary or the Depositary Participants.

SECTION 3.7 Notices to Holders.

Whenever a notice or other communication to the Holders is required to be given under this Agreement, the Company or the Company’s agent shall give such notices and communications to the Holders and, with respect to any Securities registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary, the Company or the Company’s agent shall, except as set forth herein, have no obligations to the Beneficial Owners.

SECTION 3.8 Appointment of Successor Depositary.

If the Depositary elects to discontinue its services as securities depositary with respect to the Securities, the Company may, in its sole discretion, appoint a successor Clearing Agency to act as Depositary with respect to the Securities.

SECTION 3.9 Definitive Certificates.

If the Depositary elects to discontinue its services as securities depositary with respect to the Securities or ceases to be a Clearing Agency and a successor Depositary is not appointed within 90 days after such discontinuance pursuant to Section 3.8 or such cessation, then upon surrender of the Global Certificates representing the Securities by the Depositary, accompanied by registration instructions, the Company shall cause definitive Certificates to be delivered to Beneficial Owners in accordance with the instructions of the Depositary. The Company and the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.

 

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SECTION 3.10 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Certificates.

If any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holder, and deliver in exchange therefor, a new Certificate, evidencing the same number of SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units, as the case may be, and bearing a Certificate number not contemporaneously outstanding.

If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate, and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to hold each of them and any agent of any of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holder, and deliver to the Holder, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate, evidencing the same number of SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units, as the case may be, and bearing a Certificate number not contemporaneously outstanding.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be obligated to authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holder, and deliver to the Holder, a Certificate during the period commencing on the Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date and ending on such Purchase Contract Settlement Date or on or after the Termination Date. In lieu of delivery of a new Certificate, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions specified above in this Section and receipt of appropriate registration or transfer instructions from such Holder, the Purchase Contract Agent shall:

(1) if the Purchase Contract Settlement Date has occurred, deliver the shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of the Purchase Contracts forming a part of the Securities evidenced by such Certificate; or

(2) if a Termination Event shall have occurred prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, transfer the Notes, the Treasury Securities [or the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio,] as the case may be, evidenced thereby, in each case subject to the applicable conditions and in accordance with the applicable provisions of Article Five hereof.

Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section, the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent may require the payment by the Holder 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 Purchase Contract Agent) connected therewith.

Every new Certificate issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company and of the Holder in respect of the Security evidenced thereby, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate (and the Securities evidenced thereby) shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits and be subject to all the obligations of this Agreement equally and proportionately with any and all other Certificates delivered hereunder.

 

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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 Certificates.

SECTION 3.11 Persons Deemed Owners.

Prior to due presentment of a Certificate for registration of transfer, the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent, and any agent of the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent, may treat the Person in whose name such Certificate is registered as the owner of the SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units evidenced thereby, for the purpose of receiving interest payments on the Notes, [Treasury Securities or on the maturing quarterly interest strips of the Treasury Portfolio, as applicable,] receiving Purchase Contract Payments, performance of the Purchase Contracts and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any interest payments on the Notes[, Treasury Securities or on the maturing quarterly interest strips of the Treasury Portfolio, as applicable] or Purchase Contract Payments payable in respect of the Purchase Contracts constituting a part of the SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units evidenced thereby shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, and neither the Company nor the Purchase Contract Agent, nor any agent of the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent, shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Global Certificate, nothing contained herein shall prevent the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent or any agent of the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent, treating the Depositary as the sole Holder of such Global Certificate, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such Global Certificate or impair, as between the Depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such Global Certificate, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of rights of the Depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such Global Certificate.

SECTION 3.12 Cancellation.

All Certificates surrendered for delivery of shares of Common Stock on or after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, upon the transfer of Notes[, the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio] or Treasury Securities, as the case may be, after the occurrence of a Termination Event or pursuant to an Early Settlement, or upon the registration of transfer or exchange of a Security, or a Collateral Substitution or the reestablishment of SPC Units shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Purchase Contract Agent, be delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent and, if not already cancelled, shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent for cancellation any Certificates previously authenticated, executed and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Certificates so delivered shall, upon Issuer Order, be promptly cancelled by the Purchase Contract Agent. No Certificates shall be authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holder and delivered in lieu of or in exchange for any Certificates cancelled as provided in this

 

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Section, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement. All cancelled Certificates held by the Purchase Contract Agent shall be disposed by the Purchase Contract Agent in accordance with its customary procedures unless otherwise directed by Issuer Order.

If the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall acquire any Certificate, such acquisition shall not operate as a cancellation of such Certificate unless and until such Certificate is delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent cancelled or for cancellation.

SECTION 3.13 Creation of Treasury SPC Units by Substitution of Treasury Securities.

A Holder may separate the Notes from the related Purchase Contracts in respect of such Holder’s SPC Units by substituting for such Notes, Treasury Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Notes (a “Collateral Substitution”), at any time from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to or on the seventh Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date by:

(1) depositing with the [Securities Intermediary, Collateral Agent] Treasury Securities having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes comprising part of such SPC Units; and

(2) transferring the related SPC Units to the Purchase Contract Agent accompanied by a notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, (i) stating that the Holder has transferred the relevant amount of Treasury Securities to the Securities Intermediary and (ii) requesting that the Purchase Contract Agent instruct the Collateral Agent to release the Notes underlying such SPC Units, whereupon the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly give such instruction to the Collateral Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Pledge Agreement. [Insert any provisions for adjustment relating to Purchase Contract Payments.]

Upon receipt of the Treasury Securities described in clause (1) above and the instruction described in clause (2) above, in accordance with the terms of the Pledge Agreement, the Collateral Agent will cause the Securities Intermediary to effect the release of such Notes from the Pledge, free and clear of the Company’s security interest therein, and the transfer of such Notes to the Purchase Contract Agent on behalf of the Holder. Upon receipt thereof, the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly:

(i) cancel the related SPC Units transferred and surrendered;

(ii) transfer the Notes that had been components of such SPC Unit to the Holder; and

(iii) authenticate, execute on behalf of such Holder and deliver a Treasury SPC Units Certificate executed by the Company in accordance with Section 3.3 evidencing the same number of Purchase Contracts as were evidenced by the cancelled SPC Units.

 

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Holders who elect to separate the Notes from the related Purchase Contracts and to substitute Treasury Securities for such Notes shall be responsible for any fees or expenses payable to the Collateral Agent for its services as Collateral Agent in respect of the substitution, and the Company shall not be responsible for any such fees or expenses.

Holders may make Collateral Substitutions only in integral multiples of [40] SPC Units. [If a Tax Event Redemption has occurred, Holders may not convert their SPC Units to Treasury SPC Units.]

In the event a Holder making a Collateral Substitution pursuant to this Section 3.13 fails to effect a book-entry transfer of the SPC Units or fails to deliver SPC Units Certificates to the Purchase Contract Agent after depositing Treasury Securities with the Collateral Agent, the Notes constituting a part of such SPC Units, and any interest payments on such Notes, shall be held in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent or its nominee in trust for the benefit of such Holder, until such SPC Units are so transferred or the SPC Units Certificate is so delivered, as the case may be, or, with respect to a SPC Units Certificate, such Holder provides evidence satisfactory to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent that such SPC Units Certificate has been destroyed, lost or stolen, together with any indemnity that may be required by the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company.

Except as described in this Section 3.13, for so long as the Purchase Contract underlying a SPC Unit remains in effect, such SPC Unit shall not be separable into its constituent parts, and the rights and obligations of the Holder in respect of the Note and the Purchase Contract comprising such SPC Unit may be acquired, and may be transferred and exchanged, only as a SPC Unit.

SECTION 3.14 Reestablishment of SPC Units.

Subject to the conditions set forth herein, a Holder of Treasury SPC Units may recreate SPC Units at any time prior to or on the seventh Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date by:

(1) depositing with the [Securities Intermediary, Collateral Agent] Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Treasury Securities comprising part of the Treasury SPC Units; and

(2) transferring the related Treasury SPC Units to the Purchase Contract Agent accompanied by a notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, (i) stating that the Holder has transferred the relevant amount of Notes to the Securities Intermediary and (ii) requesting that the Purchase Contract Agent instruct the Collateral Agent to release the Treasury Securities underlying such Treasury SPC Units, whereupon the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly give such instruction to the Collateral Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the Pledge Agreement.

Upon receipt of the Notes described in clause (1) above and the instruction described in clause (2) above, in accordance with the terms of the Pledge Agreement, the Collateral Agent will cause the Securities Intermediary to effect the release of the Treasury Securities having a

 

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corresponding aggregate principal amount at maturity from the Pledge, free and clear of the Company’s security interest therein, and the transfer to the Purchase Contract Agent on behalf of the Holder. Upon receipt thereof, the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly:

(i) cancel the related Treasury SPC Units transferred and surrendered;

(ii) transfer the Treasury Securities that had been components of such Treasury SPC Units to the Holder; and

(iii) authenticate, execute on behalf of such Holder and deliver a SPC Units Certificate executed by the Company in accordance with Section 3.3 evidencing the same number of Purchase Contracts as were evidenced by the cancelled Treasury SPC Units.

Holders who elect to recreate SPC Units shall be responsible for any fees or expenses payable to the Collateral Agent for its services as Collateral Agent in respect of the substitution, and the Company shall not be responsible for any such fees or expenses.

Holders of Treasury SPC Units may only recreate SPC Units in integral multiples of [40] Treasury SPC Units for [40] SPC Units. [If a Tax Event Redemption has occurred, Holders may no longer convert their Treasury SPC Units into SPC Units.]

Except as provided in this Section 3.14, for so long as the Purchase Contract underlying a Treasury SPC Unit remains in effect, such Treasury SPC Unit shall not be separable into its constituent parts and the rights and obligations of the Holder of such Treasury SPC Unit in respect of the [1/40] of a Treasury Security and the Purchase Contract comprising such Treasury SPC Unit may be acquired, and may be transferred and exchanged, only as a Treasury SPC Unit.

SECTION 3.15 Transfer of Collateral upon Occurrence of Termination Event.

Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event and the transfer to the Purchase Contract Agent of the Notes[, appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio,] or the Treasury Securities, as the case may be, underlying the SPC Units and the Treasury SPC Units, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms of the Pledge Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent shall request transfer instructions with respect to such Notes[, appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio] or Treasury Securities, as the case may be, from each Holder by written request, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, mailed to such Holder at its address as it appears in the SPC Units Register or the Treasury SPC Units Register, as the case may be.

Upon book-entry transfer of the SPC Units or the Treasury SPC Units or delivery of a SPC Units Certificate or Treasury SPC Units Certificate to the Purchase Contract Agent with such transfer instructions, the Purchase Contract Agent shall transfer the Notes[, appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio] or Treasury Securities, as the case may be, underlying such SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units, as the case may be, to such Holder by book-entry transfer, or other appropriate procedures, in accordance with such instructions. In the event a Holder of SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units fails to effect such transfer or delivery, the

 

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Notes[, appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio] or Treasury Securities, as the case may be, underlying such SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units, as the case may be, and any distributions thereon, shall be held in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent or its nominee in trust for the benefit of such Holder, until the earlier to occur of:

(1) the transfer of such SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units or the surrender of the SPC Units Certificate or Treasury SPC Units Certificate or receipt by the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent of satisfactory evidence that such SPC Units Certificate or Treasury SPC Units Certificate has been destroyed, lost or stolen, together with any indemnity that may be required by the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company; and

(2) the expiration of the time period specified in the abandoned property laws of the [relevant State].

SECTION 3.16 No Consent to Assumption.

Each Holder of a Security, by acceptance thereof, shall be deemed expressly to have withheld any consent to the assumption under Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, of the Purchase Contract by the Company or its trustee, receiver, liquidator or a person or entity performing similar functions in the event that the Company becomes the debtor under the Bankruptcy Code or subject to other similar state or Federal law providing for reorganization or liquidation.

ARTICLE IV

The Notes [and Applicable

Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio]

SECTION 4.1 Interest Payments; Rights to Interest Payments Preserved.

Any interest payment on any Note [or on the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be,] which is paid on any Payment Date shall, subject to receipt thereof by the Purchase Contract Agent from the Collateral Agent as provided by the terms of the Pledge Agreement, be paid to the Person in whose name the SPC Units Certificate (or one or more Predecessor SPC Units Certificates) of which such Note [or Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be,] is a part is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date.

Each SPC Units Certificate evidencing the Notes [or the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio] delivered under this Agreement upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other SPC Units Certificate shall carry the right to accrued and unpaid and deferred interest and the right to accrue interest, which rights were carried by the Notes [or the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio] underlying such other SPC Units Certificate.

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to which Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract is properly effected on an Early Settlement Date pursuant to Section 5.9 hereof, or with respect to which a Collateral Substitution is properly effected, in each case on a date that is after any Record Date and prior to or on the next succeeding Payment Date, the interest payment on the Notes [or the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio] underlying such SPC Units otherwise payable on such Payment Date shall be payable on such Payment Date notwithstanding such Cash Settlement or Early Settlement or Collateral Substitution, and such interest payment shall, subject to receipt thereof by the Purchase Contract Agent, be payable to the Person in whose name the SPC Units Certificate (or one or more Predecessor SPC Units Certificates) was registered at the close of business on the Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in the case of any SPC Unit with respect to which Cash Settlement or Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract is properly effected, or with respect to which a Collateral Substitution has been properly effected, interest payments on the related Notes [or the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio], as the case may be, that would otherwise be payable after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or Early Settlement Date or date of Collateral Substitution, as the case may be, shall not be payable hereunder to the Holder of such SPC Units; provided, however, that to the extent that such Holder continues to hold the separated Notes [or the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio] that formerly comprised a part of such Holder’s SPC Units, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the interest payments on such separated Notes, as provided therein.

SECTION 4.2 [Deferral of Interest Payments.

So long as no event of default has occurred and is occurring under the Indenture, the Note Issuer and the Company shall have the right at any time until the Stated Maturity of the Notes to defer the payment of interest on the Notes as provided therein for a period of time not extending beyond the Stated Maturity (each such period of deferral, an “Extension Period”). If the Note Issuer and the Company so elect to defer interest payments on the Notes, the Note Issuer or the Company shall be required to pay at the end of the Extension Period all interest then accrued and unpaid, together with accrued interest at the Coupon Rate or the Reset Rate, as applicable, compounded on each succeeding Payment Date.]

SECTION 4.3 [Interest Rate Reset; Notice Relating to Cash Settlement.

The Coupon Rate on the Notes to be in effect on and after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date shall be reset on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date to the Reset Rate (such Reset Rate to be in effect on and after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date). [The Reset Rate shall be equal to or greater than the Coupon Rate.]

Not later than 15 calendar days nor more than 30 calendar days prior to the third Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date [Remarketing Date], the Company shall request (or shall cause the Note Issuer to request) that the Depositary notify the Beneficial Owners or Depositary Participants holding SPC Units of [the interest rate reset and] any procedures to be followed by Holders of SPC Units who intend to effect a Cash Settlement [prior to or on the fifth Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date].

 

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SECTION 4.4 Notice and Voting.

Under and subject to the terms of the Pledge Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent will be entitled to exercise the voting and any other consensual rights pertaining to the Pledged Notes, but only to the extent instructed by the Holders as described below. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which holders of Notes are entitled to vote or upon any solicitation of consents, waivers or proxies of holders of Notes, the Purchase Contract Agent shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail to the Holders of SPC Units a notice:

(1) containing such information as is contained in the notice or solicitation;

(2) stating that each Holder on the record date set by the Purchase Contract Agent therefor (which, to the extent possible, shall be the same date as the record date for determining the holders of Notes entitled to vote or consent) shall be entitled to instruct the Purchase Contract Agent as to the exercise of the voting or consensual rights pertaining to such Notes underlying their SPC Units; and

(3) stating the manner in which such instructions may be given.

Upon the written request of the Holders of SPC Units on such record date, the Purchase Contract Agent shall endeavor insofar as practicable to vote or consent or cause to be voted or consented, in accordance with the instructions set forth in such requests, the maximum number of Notes as to which any particular voting or consent instructions are received. In the absence of specific instructions from the Holder of a SPC Unit, the Purchase Contract Agent shall abstain from voting or consenting the Notes underlying such SPC Unit. The Company hereby agrees, if applicable, to solicit Holders of SPC Units to timely instruct the Purchase Contract Agent in order to enable the Purchase Contract Agent to vote or consent such Notes.

SECTION 4.5 [Tax Event Redemption.

Upon the occurrence of a Tax Event Redemption prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Redemption Price payable on the Tax Event Redemption Date with respect to the Applicable Principal Amount shall be deposited in the Collateral Account in exchange for the Pledged Notes. Thereafter, pursuant to the terms of the Pledge Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall cause the Securities Intermediary to apply an amount equal to the Redemption Amount of such Redemption Price to purchase on behalf of the Holders of SPC Units the Treasury Portfolio and promptly remit the remaining portion of such Redemption Price to the Purchase Contract Agent for payment to the Holders of such SPC Units. The Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio will be substituted as Collateral for the Pledged Notes, and will be held by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Pledge Agreement to secure the obligation of each Holder of a SPC Unit to purchase the Common Stock of the Company under the Purchase Contract constituting a part of such SPC Unit. Following the occurrence of a Tax Event Redemption prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Holders of SPC Units and

 

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the Collateral Agent shall have such security interest rights and obligations with respect to the Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio as the Holders of SPC Units and the Collateral Agent had in respect of the Notes subject to the Pledge thereof as provided in the Pledge Agreement, and any reference herein to the Notes shall be deemed to be reference to such Treasury Portfolio. The Company may cause to be made in any SPC Unit Certificates thereafter to be issued such change in phraseology and form (but not in substance) as may be appropriate to reflect the liquidation of the Trust and the substitution of the Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio for as Collateral.]

ARTICLE V

The Purchase Contracts

SECTION 5.1 Purchase of Shares of Common Stock.

Each Purchase Contract shall, unless a Termination Event or an Early Settlement in accordance with Section 5.9 hereof has occurred with respect to the Security of which such Purchase Contract is a part, obligate the Holder of the related Security to purchase, and the Company to sell, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date at a price equal to the Stated Amount (the “Purchase Price”), a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Settlement Rate. The “Settlement Rate” is equal to:

(1) if the Applicable Market Value (as defined below) equals or exceeds $             (the “Threshold Appreciation Price”),                      shares of Common Stock per Purchase Contract;

(2) if the Applicable Market Value is less than the Threshold Appreciation Price but greater than $             (the “Reference Price”), the number of shares of Common Stock having a value, based on the Applicable Market Value, equal to the Stated Amount; and

(3) if the Applicable Market Value is less than or equal to the Reference Price,                      shares of Common Stock per Purchase Contract,

in each case subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.6 (and in each case rounded upward or downward to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share).

As provided in Section 5.10, no fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued upon settlement of Purchase Contracts.

The “Applicable Market Value” means the average of the Closing Price per share of Common Stock on each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days ending on the third Trading Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or Early Settlement Date, as the case may be.

 

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The “Closing Price” per share of Common Stock on any date of determination means:

(1) the closing sale price as of the 4:15 p.m. close of trading (or, if no closing price is reported, the last reported sale price) per share on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the “NYSE”) on such date;

(2) if Common Stock is not listed for trading on the NYSE on any such date, the closing sale price per share as reported in the composite transactions for the principal United States securities exchange on which Common Stock is so listed;

(3) if Common Stock is not so listed on a United States national or regional securities exchange, the closing sale price per share as reported by The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.;

(4) if Common Stock is not so reported, the last quoted bid price for Common Stock in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau or similar organization; or

(5) if such bid price is not available, the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices of Common Stock on such date from at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms retained for this purpose by the Company.

A “Trading Day” means a day on which Common Stock (1) is not suspended from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market at the close of business and (2) has traded at least once on the national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the trading of Common Stock.

Each Holder of a SPC Unit or a Treasury SPC Unit, by its acceptance thereof:

(1) irrevocably authorizes the Purchase Contract Agent to enter into and perform the related Purchase Contract on its behalf as its attorney-in- fact (including the execution of Certificates on behalf of such Holder);

(2) agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions thereof;

(3) covenants and agrees to perform its obligations under such Purchase Contracts;

(4) consents to the provisions hereof;

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(6) consents to, and agrees to be bound by, the Pledge of the Notes, [Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio] or the Treasury Securities pursuant to the Pledge Agreement.

Each Holder of a SPC Unit or a Treasury SPC Unit, by its acceptance thereof, further covenants and agrees, that to the extent and in the manner provided in Section 5.4 and the Pledge Agreement, but subject to the terms thereof, payments in respect of the Notes or the proceeds from the Treasury Securities [or the Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio] at maturity on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, as the case may be, shall be paid by the Collateral Agent to the Company in satisfaction of such Holder’s obligations under such Purchase Contract and such Holder shall acquire no right, title or interest in such payments.

Upon registration of transfer of a Certificate, the transferee shall be bound (without the necessity of any other action on the part of such transferee) by the terms of this Agreement, the Purchase Contracts underlying such Certificate and the Pledge Agreement and the transferor shall be released from the obligations under this Agreement, the Purchase Contracts underlying the Certificate so transferred and the Pledge Agreement. The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Certificate, by its acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, to be bound by the provisions of this paragraph.

SECTION 5.2 [Purchase Contract Payments.

Subject to Section 5.3, the Company shall pay, on each Payment Date, the Purchase Contract Payments payable in respect of each Purchase Contract to the Person in whose name a Certificate (or one or more Predecessor Certificates) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date next preceding such Payment Date. The Purchase Contract Payments will be payable at the office of the Purchase Contract Agent in The City of New York maintained for that purpose or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such Person’s address as it appears on the SPC Units Register or Treasury SPC Units Register. If any date on which Purchase Contract Payments are to be made is not a Business Day, then payment of the Purchase Contract Payments payable on such date will be made on the next day that is a Business Day (and without any interest in respect of any such delay), [except that, if such Business Day is in the next calendar year, such payment will be made on the preceding Business Day].

Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Company’s obligation to pay Purchase Contract Payments (including any accrued or deferred Purchase Contract Payments) shall cease.

Each Certificate delivered under this Agreement upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of (including as a result of a Collateral Substitution or the reestablishment of SPC Units) any other Certificate shall carry the right to accrued and unpaid or deferred Purchase Contract Payments and the right to accrue Purchase Contract Payments, which rights were carried by the Purchase Contracts underlying such other Certificates.

 

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Subject to Section 5.9, in the case of any Security with respect to which Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract is effected on an Early Settlement Date that is after any Record Date and prior to or on the next succeeding Payment Date, Purchase Contract Payments otherwise payable on such Payment Date shall be payable on such Payment Date notwithstanding such Early Settlement, and such Purchase Contract Payments shall be paid to the Person in whose name the Certificate evidencing such Security (or one or more Predecessor Certificates) is registered at the close of business on such Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in the case of any Security with respect to which Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract is effected on an Early Settlement Date, Purchase Contract Payments that would otherwise be payable after the Early Settlement Date with respect to such Purchase Contract shall not be payable.]

[Insert, if applicable: Provisions relating to ranking of Purchase Contract Payments.]

SECTION 5.3 [Deferral of Purchase Contract Payments.

The Company has the right to defer payment of all or part of the Purchase Contract Payments in respect of each Purchase Contract until no later than the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, but only if the Company shall give the Holders and the Purchase Contract Agent written notice of its election to defer such payment (specifying the amount to be deferred) at least ten Business Days prior to the earlier of (i) the next succeeding Payment Date or (ii) the date the Company is required to give notice of the Record Date or Payment Date with respect to payment of such Purchase Contract Payments to the NYSE or other applicable self-regulatory organization or to Holders of the Securities, but in any event not less than one Business Day prior to such Record Date. If the Company so elects to defer Purchase Contract Payments, the Company shall pay additional Purchase Contract Payments on such deferred installments of Purchase Contract Payments at a rate equal to     % per annum, compounding quarterly, until such deferred installments are paid in full (such deferred installments of Purchase Contract Payments together with the accrued additional Purchase Contract Payments thereon, being referred to herein as the “Deferred Purchase Contract Payments”). Deferred Purchase Contract Payments shall be due on the Payment Date except to the extent that payment is deferred pursuant to this Section. No Purchase Contract Payments may be deferred to a date that is after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. If the Purchase Contracts are terminated upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Holder’s right to receive Purchase Contract Payments and Deferred Purchase Contract Payments will terminate.

In the event that the Company elects to defer the payment of Purchase Contract Payments on the Purchase Contracts until the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, each Holder will receive on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, in lieu of a cash payment, a number of shares of Common Stock (in addition to a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the applicable Settlement Rate) equal to (x) the aggregate amount of Deferred Purchase Contract Payments payable to such Holder divided by (y) the Applicable Market Value.

No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued by the Company with respect to the payment of Deferred Purchase Contract Payments on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. In lieu of fractional shares otherwise issuable with respect to such payment of Deferred Purchase Contract Payments, the Holder will be entitled to receive an amount in cash as provided in Section 5.10.

 

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In the event the Company exercises its option to defer the payment of Purchase Contract Payments, then, until the Deferred Purchase Contract Payments have been paid, the Company shall not declare or pay dividends on, make distributions with respect to, or redeem, purchase or acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital stock or make guarantee payments with respect to the foregoing (other than (i) purchases or acquisitions of capital stock of the Company in connection with the satisfaction by the Company of its obligations under any employee or agent benefit plans or the satisfaction by the Company of its obligations pursuant to any contract or security outstanding on the date of such event requiring the Company to purchase its capital stock, (ii) as a result of a reclassification of the Company’s capital stock or the exchange or conversion of one class or series of the Company’s capital stock for another class or series of the Company’s capital stock, (iii) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Company’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of the Company’s capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged, (iv) dividends or distributions in capital stock of the Company (or rights to acquire capital stock) or repurchases or redemptions of capital stock solely from the issuance or exchange of capital stock or (v) redemptions or repurchases of any rights outstanding under a shareholder rights plan).

If a Holder effects an Early Settlement or if a Termination Event shall occur, such Holder will have no right to receive any accrued deferred Purchase Contract Payments.]

SECTION 5.4 Payment of Purchase Price.

(a) (i) Unless [a Tax Event Redemption has occurred or] a Holder of a SPC Unit effects an Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract in the manner described in Section 5.9, each Holder who intends to pay in cash to satisfy such Holder’s obligations under the Purchase Contract shall notify the Purchase Contract Agent by use of a notice in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto of his intention to pay in cash (“Cash Settlement”) the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to the related Purchase Contract. Such notice shall be given prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the seventh Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. Prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the next succeeding Business Day, the Purchase Contract Agent shall notify the Collateral Agent and the Indenture Trustee of the receipt of such notices from Holders intending to make a Cash Settlement.

(ii) A Holder of a SPC Unit who has so notified the Purchase Contract Agent of his intention to effect a Cash Settlement in accordance with paragraph (a)(i) above shall pay the Purchase Price to the Securities Intermediary for deposit in the Collateral Account prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the [fifth] Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date in lawful money of the United States by certified or cashiers’ check or wire transfer, in each case in immediately available funds payable to or upon the order of the [Securities Intermediary]. Any cash received by the Collateral Agent shall be invested promptly by the Securities Intermediary in Permitted Investments and paid to the Company on the Purchase Contract

 

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Settlement Date in settlement of the Purchase Contract in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Pledge Agreement. Any funds received by the Securities Intermediary in respect of the investment earnings from such Permitted Investments in excess of the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock to be purchased by such Holder, shall be distributed to the Purchase Contract Agent when received for payment to the Holder of the related SPC Unit.

(iii) If a Holder of a SPC Unit fails to notify the Purchase Contract Agent of his intention to make a Cash Settlement in accordance with paragraph (a)(i) above, or does notify the Purchase Contract Agent as provided in paragraph (a)(i) above of his intention to pay the Purchase Price in cash, but fails to make such payment as required by paragraph (a)(ii) above, such failure shall constitute a default under the related Purchase Contract, and the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, will exercise its rights as a secured party with respect to the Notes, including those rights to dispose of Notes, as described in paragraph (b) below and such defaulting Holder shall be deemed to have consented to any such disposition.

(iv) Promptly after 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the [fifth] Business Day preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Purchase Contract Agent, based on notices received by the Purchase Contract Agent pursuant to Section 5.4(a) hereof and notice from the Securities Intermediary regarding cash received by it prior to such time, shall notify the Collateral Agent and the Indenture Trustee of the aggregate number of Notes to be tendered for purchase in the Remarketing in a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto.

(b) In order to dispose of the Notes relating to, SPC Units the Holders of which have not notified the Purchase Contract Agent of their intention to effect a Cash Settlement as provided in paragraph (a)(i) above, or who have so notified the Purchase Contract Agent but failed to make such payment as required by paragraph (a)(ii) above, the Company shall engage                      (the “Remarketing Agent”) pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement to sell such Notes. In order to facilitate the Remarketing, the Purchase Contract Agent, based on the notices specified in Section 5.4(a)(iv), shall notify the Remarketing Agent, promptly after 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the [fifth] Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, of the aggregate number of Notes that are part of SPC Units to be remarketed. Concurrently, the Collateral Agent, pursuant to the terms of the Pledge Agreement, shall cause such Notes to be presented to the Remarketing Agent for Remarketing.

Upon receipt of such notice from the Purchase Contract Agent and such Notes, the Remarketing Agent shall, on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, use reasonable efforts to remarket such Notes on such date at a price equal to at least [100.25%] of the Stated Amount [($25.0625)] per Note, as provided in the Remarketing Agreement. The proceeds from the Remarketing shall be invested by the Collateral Agent in Permitted Investments, in accordance with the Pledge Agreement, and then applied by the Collateral Agent, in accordance with the Pledge Agreement, to satisfy in full such SPC Units Holders’ obligations to pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock under the related Purchase Contracts on

 

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the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. In addition, $[.0625] per Note of the proceeds shall be automatically remitted to the Remarketing Agent for services rendered in connection with the Remarketing (the “Remarketing Fee”). Any proceeds remaining after satisfaction of the Purchase Contract and payment of the Remarketing Fee shall be payable to the Holder of such SPC Unit.

If, in spite of using its reasonable efforts, the Remarketing Agent cannot remarket the related Notes of such Holders of SPC Units at a price equal to 100.25% of the Stated Amount ($25.0625), then the Remarketing Agent shall increase the interest rate on the Notes, so that the market value of such Notes will equal $25.0625. If the Remarketing Agent determines that it will be able to remarket the related Notes of such Holders of SPC Units at a price in excess of 100.25% of the Stated Amount ($25.0625), then the Remarketing Agent shall decrease the interest rate on the Notes, so that the market value of such Notes will be equal to $25.0625. If in spite of using reasonable efforts, the Remarketing Agent cannot Remarket the Notes after such increase or decrease, the Remarketing shall be deemed to have failed (a “Failed Remarketing”), [an event of default shall be deemed to have occurred under this Agreement and the Pledge Agreement] and in accordance with the terms of the Pledge Agreement, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, shall exercise its rights as a secured party with respect to such Notes, including those actions specified in paragraph (c) below; provided, that if upon a Failed Remarketing the Collateral Agent exercises such rights for the benefit of the Company with respect to such Notes, any accrued and unpaid distributions or interest on such Notes shall become payable by the Company to the Purchase Contract Agent for payment to the Beneficial Owner of the SPC Units to which such Notes relate. The Company shall cause a notice of such Failed Remarketing to be published on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date in a daily newspaper in the English language of general circulation in the City of New York, which is expected to be The Wall Street Journal, and on Bloomberg News.

(c) With respect to any Notes which are subject to a Failed Remarketing, the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Company reserves all of its rights as a secured party with respect thereto and, subject to applicable law and paragraph (g) below, may, among other things, (i) retain the Notes in full satisfaction of the Holders’ obligations under the Purchase Contracts or (ii) sell the Notes in one or more public or private sales.

(d) (i) Unless a Holder of a Treasury SPC Units, [or, if a Tax Event Redemption has occurred, SPC Units,] effects an Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract through the early delivery of cash to the Purchase Contract Agent in the manner described in Section 5.9, each such Holder who intends to pay in cash shall notify the Purchase Contract Agent by use of a notice in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto of his intention to pay in cash the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to the related Purchase Contract. Such notice shall be given prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the [seventh] Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. Prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the next succeeding Business Day, the Purchase Contract Agent shall notify the Collateral Agent of the receipt of such notices from such Holders intending to make a Cash Settlement. Treasury SPC Unit Holders may make Cash Settlements only in integral multiples of [40] Treasury SPC Units.

 

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(ii) A Holder of a Treasury SPC Unit, [or, if a Tax Event Redemption has occurred, SPC Units,] who has so notified the Purchase Contract Agent of his intention to make a Cash Settlement in accordance with paragraph (d)(i) above shall pay the Purchase Price to the Securities Intermediary for deposit in the Collateral Account prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the [fifth] Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date in lawful money of the United States by certified or cashiers’ check or wire transfer, in each case in immediately available funds payable to or upon the order of the [Securities Intermediary]. Any cash received by the Collateral Agent shall be invested promptly by the Securities Intermediary in Permitted Investments and paid to the Company on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date in settlement of the Purchase Contract in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Pledge Agreement. Any funds received by the Securities Intermediary in respect of the investment earnings from the investment in such Permitted Investments [in excess of the Purchase Price for shares of common stock to be purchased by such Holder] shall be distributed to the Purchase Contract Agent when received for payment to the Holder of the related Treasury SPC Unit.

(iii) If a Holder of a Treasury SPC Unit, [or, if a Tax Event Redemption has occurred, SPC Units,] fails to notify the Purchase Contract Agent of his intention to make a Cash Settlement in accordance with paragraph (d)(i) above, or does notify the Purchase Contract Agent as provided in paragraph (d)(i) above of his intention to pay the Purchase Price in cash, but fails to make such payment as required by paragraph (d)(ii) above, then such failure shall constitute a default under the related Purchase Contract, and upon the maturity of the Pledged Treasury Securities, or the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio, held by the Securities Intermediary on the Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the principal amount of the Treasury Securities, or the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio, received by the Collateral Agent shall be invested promptly in Permitted Investments.

On the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, an amount equal to the Purchase Price shall be remitted to the Company as payment thereof without receiving any instructions from the Holder of the related Treasury SPC Unit or SPC Unit. In the event the sum of the proceeds from the related Pledged Treasury Securities, [or the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio,] and the investment earnings earned from such investments is in excess of the aggregate Purchase Price of the Purchase Contracts being settled thereby, the Collateral Agent shall cause the Securities Intermediary to distribute such excess to the Purchase Contract Agent for the benefit of the Holder of the related Treasury SPC Unit or SPC Units when received.

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Trustee prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the fifth Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, of the aggregate number of Notes that are not part of SPC Units to be remarketed. Any such notice will be irrevocable and may not be conditioned upon the level at which the Reset Rate is established in the Remarketing. Concurrently, the Indenture Trustee shall cause such Notes to be presented to the Remarketing Agent for Remarketing.

(e) Any distribution to Holders of excess funds described above shall be payable at the office of the Purchase Contract Agent in New York City maintained for that purpose or, at the option of the Holder, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such address as it appears on the Register.

(f) Upon Cash Settlement of any Purchase Contract:

(1) the Collateral Agent will in accordance with the terms of the Pledge Agreement cause the Pledged Note[, appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio,] or Pledged Treasury Securities, as the case may be, underlying the relevant Security to be released from the Pledge, free and clear of any security interest of the Company, and transferred to the Purchase Contract Agent for delivery to the Holder thereof or its designee as soon as practicable; and

(2) subject to the receipt thereof, the Purchase Contract Agent shall, by book-entry transfer or other appropriate procedures, in accordance with written instructions provided by the Holder thereof, transfer such Note[, appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio,] or Treasury Securities, as the case may be (or, if no such instructions are given to the Purchase Contract Agent by the Holder, the Purchase Contract Agent shall hold such Note[, appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio,] or Treasury Securities, as the case may be, and any interest payment thereon, in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent or its nominee in trust for the benefit of such Holder until the expiration of the time period specified in the abandoned property laws of the relevant State).

(g) The obligations of the Holders to pay the Purchase Price are non- recourse obligations and, except to the extent satisfied by Early Settlement or Cash Settlement, are payable solely out of the proceeds of any Collateral pledged to secure the obligations of the Holders and in no event will Holders be liable for any deficiency between the proceeds of the disposition of Collateral and the Purchase Price.

(h) The Company shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock in respect of a Purchase Contract or deliver any certificates thereof to the Holder of the related SPC Unit or Treasury SPC Unit unless the Company shall have received payment in full for the aggregate purchase price for the Common Stock to be purchased thereunder in the manner herein set forth.

 

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SECTION 5.5 Issuance of Shares of Common Stock.

Unless a Termination Event or an Early Settlement shall have occurred, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, upon its receipt of payment in full of the applicable Purchase Price for shares of Common Stock purchased by Holders pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Article and subject to Section 5.6(b), the Company shall issue and deposit with the Purchase Contract Agent, for the benefit of the Holders of the Outstanding Securities, one or more certificates representing the shares of Common Stock registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent (or its nominee) as custodian for the Holders (such certificates for shares of Common Stock, together with any dividends or distributions for which both a record date and payment date for such dividend or distribution has occurred after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, being hereinafter referred to as the “Purchase Contract Settlement Fund”) to which the Holders are entitled hereunder.

Subject to the foregoing, upon surrender of a Certificate to the Purchase Contract Agent on or after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, together with settlement instructions thereon duly completed and executed, the Holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor a certificate representing that number of whole shares of Common Stock which such Holder is entitled to receive pursuant to the provisions of this Article Five (after taking into account all Securities then held by such Holder), together with cash in lieu of fractional shares as provided in Section 5.10 and any dividends or distributions with respect to such shares constituting part of the Purchase Contract Settlement Fund, but without any interest thereon, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. Such shares shall be registered in the name of the Holder or the Holder’s designee as specified in the settlement instructions provided by the Holder to the Purchase Contract Agent. If any shares of Common Stock issued in respect of a Purchase Contract are to be registered to a Person other than the Person in whose name the Certificate evidencing such Purchase Contract is registered, no such registration shall be made unless the Person requesting such registration has paid any transfer and other taxes required by reason of such registration in a name other than that of the registered Holder of the Certificate evidencing such Purchase Contract or has established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax either has been paid or is not payable.

SECTION 5.6 Adjustment of Settlement Rate.

(a) Adjustments for Dividends, Distributions, Stock Splits, Etc.

(1) In case the Company shall pay or make a dividend or other distribution on Common Stock in Common Stock, the Settlement Rate, as in effect at the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution shall be increased by dividing such Settlement Rate by a fraction of which:

(i) the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination; and

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such increase to become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such determination. For the purposes of this paragraph (1), the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company but shall include any shares issuable in respect of any scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock. The Company shall not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company.

(2) In case the Company shall issue rights, warrants or options to all holders of its Common Stock that are not available on an equivalent basis to Holders of the Securities upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts underlying such Securities entitling such holders of the Common Stock, for a period expiring within 45 days after the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such rights, warrants or options, to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on the date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such rights, warrants or options (other than pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan), the Settlement Rate in effect at the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such determination shall be increased by dividing such Settlement Rate by a fraction of which:

(i) the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination plus the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate of the offering price of the total number of shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase would purchase at such Current Market Price; and

(ii) the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination plus the number of shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase,

such increase to become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such determination. For the purposes of this paragraph (2), the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company but shall include any shares issuable in respect of any scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock. The Company shall not issue any such rights, warrants or options in respect of shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company.

(3) In case outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be subdivided or split into a greater number of shares of Common Stock, the Settlement Rate in effect at the opening of business on the day following the day upon which such subdivision or split becomes effective shall be proportionately increased, and, conversely, in case outstanding shares of Common Stock shall each be combined into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, the Settlement Rate in effect at the opening of business on the day following the day upon which such combination becomes effective shall be proportionately reduced, such increase or reduction, as the case may be, to become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following the day upon which such subdivision, split or combination becomes effective.

 

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(4) In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of its Common Stock evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including securities, but excluding any rights, warrants or options referred to in paragraph (2) of this Section 5.6(a), any dividend or distribution paid exclusively in cash and any dividend or distribution referred to in paragraph (1) of this Section 5.6(a)), the Settlement Rate shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the rate determined by dividing the Settlement Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction of which:

(i) the numerator shall be the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on the date fixed for such determination less the then fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) of the portion of the assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock; and

(ii) the denominator shall be such Current Market Price per share of Common Stock,

such adjustment to become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such distribution. In any case in which this paragraph (4) is applicable, paragraph (2) of this Section 5.6(a) shall not be applicable. In the event that such dividend or distribution is not so paid or made, the Settlement Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Settlement Rate which would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

(5) In case the Company shall, (I) by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of its Common Stock cash (excluding any cash that is distributed in a Reorganization Event to which Section 5.6(b) applies or as part of a distribution referred to in paragraph (4) of this Section 5.6(a)) in an aggregate amount that, combined together with (II) the aggregate amount of any other distributions to all holders of its Common Stock made exclusively in cash within the 12 months preceding the date of payment of such distribution and in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to this paragraph (5) or paragraph (6) of this Section 5.6(a) has been made and (III) the aggregate of any cash plus the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) of consideration payable in respect of any tender or exchange offer by the Company or any of its subsidiaries for all or any portion of the Common Stock concluded within the 12 months preceding the date of payment of the distribution described in clause (I) above and in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to this paragraph (5) or paragraph (6) of this Section 5.6(a) has been made, exceeds 15% of the product of the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the date for the determination of holders of shares of Common Stock entitled to receive such distribution times the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such date, then, and in each such case, immediately after the close of business on such date for determination, the Settlement Rate, shall be increased so that the same shall

 

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equal the rate determined by dividing the Settlement Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the date fixed for determination of the stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction (i) the numerator of which shall be equal to the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the date fixed for such determination less an amount equal to the quotient of (x) the combined amount distributed or payable in the transactions described in clauses (I), (II) and (III) above and (y) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such date for determination and (ii) the denominator of which shall be equal to the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date for determination.

(6) In case a tender or exchange offer made by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company for all or any portion of Common Stock shall expire and such tender or exchange offer (as amended upon the expiration thereof) shall require the payment to shareholders (based on the acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender or exchange offer) of Purchased Shares) of (I) an aggregate consideration having a fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) that combined together with the aggregate of the cash plus the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution), as of the expiration of such tender or exchange offer, of consideration payable in respect of any other tender or exchange offer, by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company for all or any portion of Common Stock expiring within the 12 months preceding the expiration of such tender or exchange offer and in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to paragraph (5) of this Section 5.6(a) or this paragraph (6) has been made, and (II) the aggregate amount of any distributions to all holders of the Company’s Common Stock made exclusively in cash within the 12 months preceding the expiration of such tender or exchange offer and in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to paragraph (5) of this Section 5.6(a) or this paragraph (6) has been made, exceeds 15% of the product of the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock as of the last time (the “Expiration Time”) tenders could have been made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as it may be amended) times the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered shares) on the Expiration Time, then, and in each such case, immediately prior to the opening of business on the day after the date of the Expiration Time, the Settlement Rate shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the rate determined by dividing the Settlement Rate immediately prior to the close of business on the date of the Expiration Time by a fraction:

(i) the numerator of which shall be equal to (A) the product of (I) the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on the date of the Expiration Time and (II) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered shares) on the Expiration Time less (B) the amount of cash plus the fair market value (determined as aforesaid) of the aggregate consideration payable to shareholders based on the transactions described in clauses (I) and (II) above (assuming in the case of clause (I) the acceptance, up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender or exchange offer, of Purchased Shares); and

 

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(ii) the denominator of which shall be equal to the product of (A) the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock as of the Expiration Time and (B) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered shares) as of the Expiration Time less the number of all shares validly tendered and not withdrawn as of the Expiration Time (the shares deemed so accepted, up to any such maximum, being referred to as the “Purchased Shares”).

(7) The reclassification of Common Stock into securities including securities other than Common Stock (other than any reclassification upon a Reorganization Event to which Section 5.6(b) applies) shall be deemed to involve:

(i) a distribution of such securities other than Common Stock to all holders of Common Stock (and the effective date of such reclassification shall be deemed to be “the date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such distribution” and the “date fixed for such determination” within the meaning of paragraph (4) of this Section); and

(ii) a subdivision, split or combination, as the case may be, of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such reclassification into the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately thereafter (and the effective date of such reclassification shall be deemed to be “the day upon which such subdivision or split becomes effective” or “the day upon which such combination becomes effective”, as the case may be, and “the day upon which such subdivision, split or combination becomes effective” within the meaning of paragraph (3) of this Section).

(8) The “Current Market Price” per share of Common Stock on any day means the average of the daily Closing Prices for the five consecutive Trading Days selected by the Company commencing not more than 30 Trading Days before, and ending not later than, the earlier of the day in question and the day before the “ex date” with respect to the issuance or distribution requiring such computation. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “ex date”, when used with respect to any issuance or distribution, shall mean the first date on which Common Stock trades regular way on such exchange or in such market without the right to receive such issuance or distribution.

(9) All adjustments to the Settlement Rate shall be calculated to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share of Common Stock (or if there is not a nearest 1/10,000th of a share, to the next lower 1/10,000th of a share). No adjustment in the Settlement Rate shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent thereof; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this subparagraph are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. If an adjustment is made to the Settlement Rate pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) or (10) of this Section 5.6(a), an adjustment shall also be made to the Applicable Market Value solely to determine which of clauses (1), (2) or (3) of the definition of Settlement Rate in Section 5.1 will apply on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. Such adjustment shall be made by multiplying the Applicable Market Value by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the Settlement

 

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Rate immediately after such adjustment pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) or (10) of this Section 5.6(a) and the denominator shall be the Settlement Rate immediately prior to such adjustment; provided, however, that if such adjustment to the Settlement Rate is required to be made pursuant to the occurrence of any of the events contemplated by paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) or (10) of this Section 5.6(a) during the period taken into consideration for determining the Applicable Market Value, appropriate and customary adjustments shall be made to the Settlement Rate.

(10) The Company may, but shall not be required to, make such increases in the Settlement Rate, in addition to those required by this Section, as it considers to be advisable in order to avoid or diminish any income tax to any holders of shares of Common Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of stock or issuance of rights or warrants to purchase or subscribe for stock or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes or for any other reason.

(b) Adjustment for Consolidation, Merger or Other Reorganization Event.

(1) In the event of:

(i) any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another Person (other than a merger or consolidation in which the Company is the continuing corporation and in which the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger or consolidation are not exchanged for cash, securities or other property of the Company or another corporation);

(ii) any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance to another Person of the property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety;

(iii) any statutory share exchange of the Company with another Person (other than in connection with a merger or acquisition);

(iv) any liquidation, dissolution or termination of the Company other than as a result of or after the occurrence of a Termination Event (any such event, a “Reorganization Event”),

the Settlement Rate will be adjusted to provide that each Holder of Securities will receive on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date with respect to each Purchase Contract forming a part thereof, the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such Reorganization Event (without any interest thereon, and without any right to dividends or distribution thereon which have a record date that is prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date) by a Holder of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on account of each Purchase Contract if the Purchase Contract Settlement Date had occurred immediately prior to such Reorganization Event, assuming such Holder of Common Stock is not a Person with which the Company consolidated or into which the Company merged or which merged into the Company or to which such sale or transfer was made, as the case may be (any such Person, a “Constituent Person”), or an Affiliate of a Constituent Person to the extent such Reorganization Event provides for different

 

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treatment of Common Stock held by Affiliates of the Company and non-affiliates and such Holder failed to exercise his rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such Reorganization Event (provided that if the kind or amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such Reorganization Event is not the same for each share of Common Stock held immediately prior to such Reorganization Event by other than a Constituent Person or an Affiliate thereof and in respect of which such rights of election shall not have been exercised (“non-electing share”), then for the purpose of this Section the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such Reorganization Event by each non- electing share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the non-electing shares).

In the event of such a Reorganization Event, the Person formed by such consolidation, merger or exchange or the Person which acquires the assets of the Company or, in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or termination of the Company, the Company or a liquidating trust created in connection therewith, shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent an agreement supplemental hereto providing that each Holder of an Outstanding Security shall have the rights provided by this Section 5.6(b). Such supplemental agreement shall provide for adjustments which, for events subsequent to the effective date of such supplemental agreement, shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Section. The above provisions of this Section shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events.

[(2) In the event of a consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another Person, any merger of another Person into the Company (other than a merger that does not result in any reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of outstanding shares of Common Stock) in which 30% or more of the total consideration paid to the Company’s shareholders consists of cash or cash equivalents, then a Holder of a Security may settle his Purchase Contract for cash as described in Section 5.4(a)(i) or 5.4(d)(i) hereof, as applicable, during the one week period beginning on the twenty-third Trading Day following the closing date of such merger (the “Early Settlement Week”), at the applicable Settlement Rate. For the purposes of this Section, the twenty-third Trading Day after the closing of the merger or consolidation shall be deemed to be the Purchase Contract Settlement Date for the purpose of determining the Applicable Market Value and the deadline for submitting the notice to settle early and the related cash payment shall be 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) of the last Business Day of the Early Settlement Week.]

All calculations and determinations pursuant to this Section 5.6 shall be made by the Company or its agent and the Purchase Contract Agent shall have no responsibility with respect thereto.

 

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SECTION 5.7 Notice of Adjustments and Certain Other Events.

(a) Whenever the Settlement Rate is calculated or adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall:

(1) forthwith compute the Settlement Rate adjusted as necessary in accordance with Section 5.6 in accordance with Section 5.6 and prepare and transmit to the Purchase Contract Agent an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the Settlement Rate, the method of calculation thereof in reasonable detail, and the facts requiring such adjustment and upon which such adjustment is based; and

(2) within 10 Business Days following the occurrence of an event that requires an adjustment to the Settlement Rate pursuant to Section 5.6 (or if the Company is not aware of such occurrence, as soon as practicable after becoming so aware), provide a written notice to the Holders of the Securities of the occurrence of such event and a statement in reasonable detail setting forth the method by which the adjustment to the Settlement Rate was determined and setting forth the adjusted Settlement Rate.

(b) The Purchase Contract Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of Securities to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Settlement Rate or the Applicable Market Value, or with respect to the nature or extent or calculation of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed in making the same or with respect to any matters, adjustments or calculations contained in any supplemental agreement entered into in accordance with Section 5.6(b). The Purchase Contract Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock, or of any securities or property, which may at the time be issued or delivered with respect to any Purchase Contract; and the Purchase Contract Agent makes no representation with respect thereto. The Purchase Contract Agent shall not be responsible for any failure of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock pursuant to a Purchase Contract or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained in this Article.

SECTION 5.8 Termination Event; Notice.

The Purchase Contracts and all obligations and rights of the Company and the Holders thereunder, including, without limitation, the rights of the Holders to receive and the obligation of the Company to pay any Purchase Contract Payments (including any deferred or accrued and unpaid Purchase Contract Payments), if the Company shall have such obligation, and the rights and obligations of Holders to purchase Common Stock, shall immediately and automatically terminate, without the necessity of any notice or action by any Holder, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Company, if, prior to or on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, a Termination Event shall have occurred.

Upon and after the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Securities shall thereafter represent the right to receive the Notes [or appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be,] forming part of such Securities in the case of SPC Units, or Treasury Securities in the case of Treasury SPC Units, in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.4 of the Pledge Agreement. Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Company shall promptly but in no event later than two Business Days thereafter give written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Holders, at their addresses as they appear in the Register.

 

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SECTION 5.9 Early Settlement.

(a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Section 5.9, at the option of the Holder thereof, Purchase Contracts underlying Securities may be settled early (“Early Settlement”) on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the seventh Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, as provided herein. Holders of Treasury SPC Units may only settle the related Purchase Contracts in integral multiples of [40] Purchase Contracts. In order to exercise the right to effect Early Settlement with respect to any Purchase Contracts, the Holder of the Certificate evidencing Securities shall deliver such Certificates to the Purchase Contract Agent at the Corporate Trust Office duly endorsed for transfer to the Company or in blank with the form of Election to Settle Early on the reverse thereof duly completed and accompanied by payment (payable to the Company in immediately available funds) in an amount (the “Early Settlement Amount”) equal to:

(1) the product of (A) the Stated Amount times (B) the number of Purchase Contracts with respect to which the Holder has elected to effect Early Settlement, plus

[(2) if such delivery is made with respect to any Purchase Contracts during the period from the close of business on any Record Date next preceding any Payment Date to the opening of business on such Payment Date, an amount equal to the sum of (x) the Purchase Contract Payments payable on such Payment Date with respect to such Purchase Contracts plus (y) in the case of a SPC Units Certificate, the interest on the related Notes payable on such Payment Date.]

Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence and subject to the second to last paragraph of Section 5.2, no payment shall be made upon Early Settlement of any Purchase Contract on account of any Purchase Contract Payments accrued on such Purchase Contract or on account of any dividends on the Common Stock issued upon such Early Settlement. If the foregoing requirements are first satisfied with respect to Purchase Contracts underlying any Securities prior to or at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day, such day shall be the “Early Settlement Date” with respect to such Securities and if such requirements are first satisfied after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day or on a day that is not a Business Day, the “Early Settlement Date” with respect to such Securities shall be the next succeeding Business Day.

(b) Upon Early Settlement of Purchase Contracts by a Holder of the related Securities, the Company shall issue, and the Holder shall be entitled to receive, [                    ] shares of Common Stock on account of each Purchase Contract as to which Early Settlement is effected (the “Early Settlement Rate”). The Early Settlement Rate shall be adjusted in the same manner and at the same time as the Settlement Rate is adjusted.

(c) No later than the third Business Day after the applicable Early Settlement Date, the Company shall cause:

 

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(1) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon Early Settlement of Purchase Contracts to be issued and delivered, together with payment in lieu of any fraction of a share, as provided in Section 5.10; and

(2) the related Notes [or the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio], in the case of SPC Units, or the related Treasury Securities, in the case of Treasury SPC Units, to be released from the Pledge by the Collateral Agent and transferred, in each case, to the Purchase Contract Agent for delivery to the Holder thereof or its designee.

(d) Upon Early Settlement of any Purchase Contracts, and subject to receipt of shares of Common Stock from the Company and the Notes [or the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio] or Treasury Securities, as the case may be, from the Securities Intermediary, as applicable, the Purchase Contract Agent shall, in accordance with the instructions provided by the Holder thereof on the applicable form of Election to Settle Early on the reverse of the Certificate evidencing the related Securities:

(1) transfer to the Holder the Notes [or the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio] or Treasury Securities, as the case may be, forming a part of such Securities; and

(2) deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates for the full number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such Early Settlement, together with payment in lieu of any fraction of a share, as provided in Section 5.10.

(e) In the event that Early Settlement is effected with respect to Purchase Contracts underlying less than all the Securities evidenced by a Certificate, upon such Early Settlement the Company shall execute and the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate, countersign and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a Certificate evidencing the Securities as to which Early Settlement was not effected.

(f) A Holder of a Security who effects Early Settlement may elect to have the Note no longer a part of a SPC Unit or Treasury SPC Unit. as the case my be, remarketed. A Holder making such an election must notify the Indenture Trustee prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the fifth Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, of the aggregate number of Notes that are not part of SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units, as the case may be, to be remarketed. Any such notice will be irrevocable and may not be conditioned upon the level at which the Reset Rate is established in the Remarketing. Concurrently, the Indenture Trustee shall cause such Notes to be presented to the Remarketing Agent for Remarketing.

 

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SECTION 5.10 No Fractional Shares.

No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued or delivered upon settlement on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or upon Early Settlement of any Purchase Contracts. If Certificates evidencing more than one Purchase Contract shall be surrendered for settlement at one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock which shall be delivered upon settlement shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Purchase Contracts evidenced by the Certificates so surrendered. Instead of any fractional share of Common Stock which would otherwise be deliverable upon settlement of any Purchase Contracts on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or upon Early Settlement, the Company, through the Purchase Contract Agent, shall make a cash payment in respect of such fractional interest in an amount equal to the product of the total fractional share interest times the Applicable Market Value per share, determined as provided in Section 5.1. The Company shall provide the Purchase Contract Agent from time to time with sufficient funds to permit the Purchase Contract Agent to make all cash payments required by this Section 5.10 in a timely manner.

 

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SECTION 5.11 Charges and Taxes.

The Company will pay all stock transfer and similar taxes attributable to the initial issuance and delivery of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Purchase Contracts; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any such tax or taxes which may be payable in respect of any exchange of or substitution for a Certificate evidencing a Security or any issuance of a share of Common Stock in a name other than that of the registered Holder of a Certificate surrendered in respect of the Securities evidenced thereby, other than in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, as custodian for such Holder, and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such share certificates or Certificates unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the transfer or issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.

ARTICLE VI

Remedies

SECTION 6.1 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Purchase Contract Payments and to Purchase Shares of Common Stock.

Each Holder of a SPC Unit or Treasury SPC Unit shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, [(1) subject to the right of the Company to defer Purchase Contract Payments in accordance with Section 5.3 and to the obligation of a Holder to make certain Purchase Contract Payments pursuant to Section 5.9(a), to receive each Purchase Contract Payment with respect to the Purchase Contract constituting a part of such Security on the respective Payment Date for such Security (provided, however, that a Holder will have no right to receive any accrued deferred Purchase Contract Payments if such Holder effects an Early Settlement or if a Termination Event shall occur), and (2)] to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Purchase Contract and, in each such case, to institute suit for the enforcement of [any such Purchase Contract Payment and] right to purchase shares of Common Stock, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

SECTION 6.2 Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

If any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Agreement and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company and such Holder shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of such Holder shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

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SECTION 6.3 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificates in the last paragraph of Section 3.10, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved 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 6.4 Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

No delay or omission of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy upon a default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such right. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by such Holders.

SECTION 6.5 Undertaking for Costs.

All parties to this Agreement agree, and each Holder of a SPC Unit or a Treasury SPC Unit, by its acceptance of such SPC Unit or Treasury SPC Unit shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Agreement, or in any suit against the Purchase Contract Agent for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Purchase Contract Agent, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided that the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Purchase Contract Agent, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the Outstanding Securities, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of payments on any Notes or Purchase Contract Payments on any Purchase Contract on or after the respective Payment Date therefor in respect of any Security held by such Holder, or for enforcement of the right to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Purchase Contracts constituting part of any Security held by such Holder.

SECTION 6.6 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 Agreement; 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 Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

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ARTICLE VII

The Purchase Contract Agent

SECTION 7.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

(a) Prior to a Default and after the curing or waiving of all such Defaults that may have occurred, the Purchase Contract Agent:

(1) undertakes to perform, with respect to the Securities, such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement and the Pledge Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or the Pledge Agreement against the Purchase Contract Agent; and

(2) in the absence of bad faith or negligence on its part, may, with respect to the Securities, conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Purchase Contract Agent and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement or the Pledge Agreement, as applicable, but in the case of any certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Purchase Contract Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Agreement or the Pledge Agreement, as applicable.

(b) No provision of this Agreement or the Pledge Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Purchase Contract Agent from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(1) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this Section;

(2) the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Purchase Contract Agent was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

(3) no provision of this Agreement or the Pledge Agreement shall require the Purchase Contract Agent 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 adequate indemnity is not provided to it.

(c) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Agreement and the Pledge Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Purchase Contract Agent shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

 

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(d) The Purchase Contract Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Pledge Agreement in its capacity as Purchase Contract Agent.

(e) In case a Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived), and is actually known by a Responsible Officer of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

(f) At the request of the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent is authorized to execute and deliver one or more Remarketing Agreements to, among other things, effectuate Section 5.4

SECTION 7.2 Notice of Default.

Within 90 days after the occurrence of any Default by the Company hereunder of which a Responsible Officer of the Purchase Contract Agent has actual knowledge, the Purchase Contract Agent shall transmit by mail to the Company and the Holders of Securities, as their names and addresses appear in the Register, notice of such Default hereunder, unless such Default shall have been cured or waived; provided that, except for a default in any payment obligation hereunder, the Purchase Contract Agent shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the Responsible Officer of the Purchase Contract Agent in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Securities.

SECTION 7.3 Certain Rights of Purchase Contract Agent.

Subject to the provisions of Section 7.1:

(1) the Purchase Contract Agent 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 an Officer’s Certificate, Issuer Order or Issuer Request, and any resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

(3) whenever in the administration of this Agreement or the Pledge Agreement the Purchase Contract Agent shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Purchase Contract Agent (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer’s Certificate of the Company;

 

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(4) the Purchase Contract Agent may consult with counsel and the written 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 Purchase Contract Agent 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 Purchase Contract Agent, in its discretion, may make reasonable further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters related to the execution, delivery and performance of the Purchase Contracts as it may see fit, and, if the Purchase Contract Agent shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be given a reasonable opportunity to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney; and

(6) the Purchase Contract Agent may execute any of the powers hereunder or under the Pledge Agreement or perform any duties hereunder or under the Pledge Agreement either directly or by or through agents or attorneys or an Affiliate and the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney or an Affiliate appointed with due care by it hereunder.

SECTION 7.4 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Purchase Contract Agent assumes no responsibility for their accuracy. The Purchase Contract Agent makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of either this Agreement or of the Securities, or of the Pledge Agreement or the Pledge. The Purchase Contract Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the proceeds in respect of the Purchase Contracts.

SECTION 7.5 May Hold Securities.

Any Registrar or any other agent of the Company, or the Purchase Contract Agent and its Affiliates, in their individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company, the Collateral Agent or any other Person with the same rights it would have if it were not Registrar or such other agent, or the Purchase Contract Agent. The Company may also become the owner or pledgee of Securities.

SECTION 7.6 Money Held in Custody.

Money held by the Purchase Contract Agent in custody hereunder need not be segregated from the other funds except to the extent required by law or provided herein. The Purchase Contract Agent shall be under no obligation to invest or pay interest on any money received by it hereunder except as provided herein or otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.

 

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SECTION 7.7 Compensation and Reimbursement.

The Company agrees:

(1) to pay to the Purchase Contract Agent compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder and under the Pledge Agreement as the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent shall from time to time agree in writing;

(2) except as otherwise expressly provided for herein, to reimburse the Purchase Contract Agent upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Purchase Contract Agent in accordance with any provision of this Agreement and the Pledge Agreement (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 Purchase Contract Agent and any predecessor Purchase Contract Agent 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 its duties hereunder or under the Pledge Agreement, 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 or under the Pledge Agreement.

SECTION 7.8 Corporate Purchase Contract Agent Required; Eligibility.

There shall at all times be a Purchase Contract Agent hereunder which shall 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 exercise corporate trust powers, having (or being a member of a bank holding company having) a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority and having a corporate trust office, in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York, if there be such a corporation in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York, qualified and eligible under this Article and willing to act on reasonable terms. If such corporation 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 corporation 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 Purchase Contract Agent 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 7.9 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

(a) No resignation or removal of the Purchase Contract Agent and no appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Purchase Contract Agent in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 7.10.

 

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(b) The Purchase Contract Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Company 60 days prior to the effective date of such resignation. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Purchase Contract Agent required by Section 7.10 shall not have been delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Purchase Contract Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent.

(c) The Purchase Contract Agent may be removed at any time by Act of the Holders of a majority in number of the Outstanding Securities delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company.

(d) If at any time:

(1) the Purchase Contract Agent fails to comply with Section 310(b) of the TIA, as if the Purchase Contract Agent were an indenture trustee under an indenture qualified under the TIA, 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;

(2) the Purchase Contract Agent shall cease to be eligible under Section 7.8 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder; or

(3) the Purchase Contract Agent shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Purchase Contract Agent or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Purchase Contract Agent or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Purchase Contract Agent, or (ii) 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 Purchase Contract Agent and the appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent.

(e) If the Purchase Contract Agent shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Purchase Contract Agent for any cause, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Purchase Contract Agent and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 7.10. If no successor Purchase Contract Agent shall have been so appointed by the Company and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 7.10, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent.

 

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(f) The Company shall give, or shall cause such successor Purchase Contract Agent to give, notice of each resignation and each removal of the Purchase Contract Agent and each appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders as their names and addresses appear in the applicable Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Purchase Contract Agent and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

(g) If the Purchase Contract Agent has or shall acquire any “conflicting interest” within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 7.10 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Purchase Contract Agent, every such successor Purchase Contract Agent so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Purchase Contract Agent an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Purchase Contract Agent shall become effective and such successor Purchase Contract Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, agencies and duties of the retiring Purchase Contract Agent; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Purchase Contract Agent, such retiring Purchase Contract Agent shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Purchase Contract Agent all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Purchase Contract Agent and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Purchase Contract Agent all property and money held by such retiring Purchase Contract Agent hereunder.

(b) Upon request of any such successor Purchase Contract Agent, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Purchase Contract Agent all such rights, powers and agencies referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section.

(c) No successor Purchase Contract Agent shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Purchase Contract Agent shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.

SECTION 7.11 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

Any Person into which the Purchase Contract Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Purchase Contract Agent shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Purchase Contract Agent, shall be the successor of the Purchase Contract Agent hereunder, provided such Person 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 Certificates shall have been authenticated and executed on behalf of the Holders, but not delivered, by the Purchase Contract

 

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Agent then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such Purchase Contract Agent may adopt such authentication and execution and deliver the Certificates so authenticated and executed with the same effect as if such successor Purchase Contract Agent had itself authenticated and executed such Securities.

SECTION 7.12 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.

The Purchase Contract Agent shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders received by the Purchase Contract Agent in its capacity as Registrar and comply with Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 7.13 No Obligations of Purchase Contract Agent.

Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent assumes no obligations and shall not be subject to any liability under this Agreement, the Pledge Agreement or any Purchase Contract in respect of the obligations of the Holder of any Security thereunder. The Company agrees, and each Holder of a Certificate, by his acceptance thereof, shall be deemed to have agreed, that the Purchase Contract Agent’s execution of the Certificates on behalf of the Holders shall be solely as agent and attorney-in-fact for the Holders, and that the Purchase Contract Agent shall have no obligation to perform such Purchase Contracts on behalf of the Holders, except to the extent expressly provided in Article Five hereof. Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Purchase Contract Agent or its officers, employees or agents be liable under this Agreement to any third party for indirect, special, punitive, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, including lost profits, whether or not the likelihood of such loss or damage was known to the Purchase Contract Agent.

SECTION 7.14 Tax Compliance.

(a) The Company and the Purchase Contract Agent will comply with all applicable certification, information reporting and withholding (including “backup” withholding) requirements imposed by applicable tax laws, regulations or administrative practice with respect to (i) any payments made with respect to the Securities or (ii) the issuance, delivery, holding, transfer, redemption or exercise of rights under the Securities. Such compliance shall include, without limitation, the preparation and timely filing of required returns and the timely payment of all amounts required to be withheld to the appropriate taxing authority or its designated agent.

(b) The Purchase Contract Agent shall comply in accordance with the terms hereof with any reasonable written direction received from the Company with respect to the execution or certification of any required documentation and the application of such requirements to particular payments or Holders or in other particular circumstances, and may for purposes of this Agreement rely on any such direction in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.1(a)(2) hereof.

(c) The Purchase Contract Agent shall maintain all appropriate records documenting compliance with such requirements, and shall make such records available, on written request, to the Company or its authorized representative within a reasonable period of time after receipt of such request.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

Supplemental Agreements

SECTION 8.1 Supplemental Agreements Without Consent of Holders.

Without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more agreements supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent, to:

(1) 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 Certificates;

(2) evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Purchase Contract Agent;

(3) add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders, or surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;

(4) make provision with respect to the rights of Holders pursuant to the requirements of Section 5.6(b); or

(5) except as provided for in Section 5.6, cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provisions herein which may be inconsistent with any other provisions herein, or make any other provisions with respect to such matters or questions arising under this Agreement, provided such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders.

SECTION 8.2 Supplemental Agreements With Consent of Holders.

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the outstanding Purchase Contracts voting together as one class, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Purchase Contract Agent may enter into an agreement or agreements supplemental hereto for the purpose of modifying in any manner the terms of the Purchase Contracts, or the provisions of this Agreement or the rights of the Holders in respect of the Securities; provided, however, that, except as contemplated herein, no such supplemental agreement shall, without the unanimous consent of the Holders of each Outstanding Purchase Contract affected thereby,

(1) change any Payment Date;

(2) change the amount or the type of Collateral required to be Pledged to secure a Holder’s obligations under the Purchase Contract, impair the right of the Holder

 

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of any Purchase Contract to receive distributions on the related Collateral (except for the rights of Holders of SPC Units to substitute Treasury Securities for the Pledged Notes or the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio or the rights of Holders or Treasury SPC Units to substitute Notes or the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio for the Pledged Treasury Securities) or otherwise adversely affect the Holder’s rights in or to such Collateral or adversely alter the rights in or to such Collateral;

(3) reduce any Purchase Contract Payments or change the coin or currency in which any Purchase Contract Payment is payable;

(4) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any Purchase Contract;

(5) reduce the number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to any Purchase Contract, increase the price to purchase shares of Common Stock upon settlement of any Purchase Contract, change the Purchase Contract Settlement Date; or

(6) reduce the percentage of the outstanding Purchase Contracts the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental agreement;

provided that if any amendment or proposal referred to above would adversely affect only the SPC Units or the Treasury SPC Units, then only the affected class of Holders as of the record date (if any) for the Holders entitled to vote thereon will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal, and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the consent of Holders of not less than a majority of such class; and provided, further, that the unanimous consent of the Holders of each outstanding Purchase Contract of such class affected thereby shall be required to approve any amendment or proposal specified in clauses (1) through (6) above.

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental agreement, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

SECTION 8.3 Execution of Supplemental Agreements.

In executing, or accepting the additional agencies created by, any supplemental agreement permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the agencies created by this Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental agreement is authorized or permitted by this Agreement. The Purchase Contract Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental agreement which affects the Purchase Contract Agent’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.

 

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SECTION 8.4 Effect of Supplemental Agreements.

Upon the execution of any supplemental agreement under this Article, this Agreement shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental agreement shall form a part of this Agreement for all purposes; and every Holder of Certificates theretofore or thereafter authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered hereunder, shall be bound thereby.

SECTION 8.5 Reference to Supplemental Agreements.

Certificates authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered after the execution of any supplemental agreement pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Purchase Contract Agent, bear a notation in form approved by the Purchase Contract Agent as to any matter provided for in such supplemental agreement. If the Company shall so determine, new Certificates so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company, to any such supplemental agreement may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered by the Purchase Contract Agent in exchange for Outstanding Certificates.

ARTICLE IX

Merger, Consolidation, Sale or Conveyance

SECTION 9.1 Covenant Not to Merge, Consolidate, Sell or Convey Property Except Under Certain Conditions.

The Company covenants that it will not merge, consolidate or sell, assign, transfer, lease or convey its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person or group of affiliated Persons in one transaction or a series of related transactions, unless:

(1) either the Company shall be the continuing corporation, or the successor (if other than the Company) shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or a State thereof or the District of Columbia and such corporation shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Company under the Purchase Contracts, the Notes, this Agreement, the Indenture and the Pledge Agreement by one or more supplemental agreements in form reasonably satisfactory to the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Indenture Trustee and executed and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent and the Collateral Agent by such corporation; and

(2) the Company or such successor corporation, as the case may be, shall not, immediately after such merger, consolidation, or sale, assignment, transfer, lease or conveyance, be in default in the performance of any covenant or condition hereunder, under any of the Securities or under the Pledge Agreement.

 

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SECTION 9.2 Rights and Duties of Successor Corporation.

In case of any such merger, consolidation, sale, assignment, transfer, lease or conveyance and upon any such assumption by a successor corporation in accordance with Section 9.1, such successor corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the Company and, except in the case of a lease, the Company shall be relieved of all of its covenants and obligations under this Agreement and the Securities. Such successor corporation thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of PPL Corporation, any or all of the Certificates evidencing Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent; and, upon the order of such successor corporation, instead of the Company, and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Agreement prescribed, the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate and execute on behalf of the Holders and deliver any Certificates which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Purchase Contract Agent for authentication and execution, and any Certificate evidencing Securities which such successor corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent for that purpose. All the Certificates issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Agreement as the Certificates theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as though all of such Certificates had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

In case of any such merger, consolidation, sale, assignment, transfer, lease or conveyance such change in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Certificates evidencing Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

SECTION 9.3 Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel Given to Purchase Contract Agent.

The Purchase Contract Agent, subject to Sections 7.1 and 7.3, shall receive an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such merger, consolidation, sale, assignment, transfer, lease or conveyance, and any such assumption, complies with the provisions of this Article and that all conditions precedent to the consummation of any such merger, consolidation, sale, assignment, transfer, lease or conveyance have been met.

ARTICLE X

Covenants

SECTION 10.1 Performance Under Purchase Contracts.

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Securities that it will duly and punctually perform its obligations under the Purchase Contracts in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contracts and this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 10.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York, an office or agency where payments made on Securities may be made, where Certificates may be presented or surrendered for acquisition of shares of Common Stock upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or Early Settlement and for transfer of Collateral upon occurrence of a Termination Event, where Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, for a Collateral Substitution or reestablishment of SPC Units and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Agreement may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent 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 Purchase Contract Agent with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Company hereby appoints the Purchase Contract Agent 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 Certificates 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 the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. The Company hereby designates as the place of payment for the Securities the Corporate Trust Office and appoints the Purchase Contract Agent at its Corporate Trust Office as paying agent in such city.

SECTION 10.3 Company to Reserve Common Stock.

The Company shall at all times prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock the full number of shares of Common Stock issuable against tender of payment in respect of all Purchase Contracts constituting a part of the Securities evidenced by Outstanding Certificates.

SECTION 10.4 Covenants as to Common Stock.

The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock which may be issued against tender of payment in respect of any Purchase Contract constituting a part of the Outstanding Securities will, upon issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

SECTION 10.5 ERISA.

Each Holder from time to time of the SPC Units which is a Plan hereby represents that its acquisition of the SPC Units and the holding of the same satisfies the applicable fiduciary requirements of ERISA and that it is entitled to exemption relief from the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the Code in accordance with one or more prohibited transaction exemptions or otherwise will not result in a nonexempt prohibited transaction.

 

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ARTICLE XI

Trust Indenture Act

SECTION 11.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application.

(a) This Agreement is subject to the provisions of the TIA that are required or deemed to be part of this Agreement and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions; and

(b) If and to the extent that any provision of this Agreement limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Section 310 to 317, inclusive, of the TIA, such imposed duties shall control.

SECTION 11.2 Lists of Holders of Securities.

(a) The Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Purchase Contract Agent (a) semiannually, not later than June 1 and December 1 in each year, commencing December 1, [200_], a list, in such form as the Purchase Contract Agent may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders (“List of Holders”) as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the delivery thereof, and (b) at such other times as the Purchase Contract Agent may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a List of Holders as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided that, the Company shall not be obligated to provide such List of Holders at any time the List of Holders does not differ from the most recent List of Holders given to the Purchase Contract Agent by the Company. The Purchase Contract Agent may destroy any List of Holders previously given to it on receipt of a new List of Holders

(b) The Purchase Contract Agent shall comply with its obligations under Section 311(a) of the TIA, subject to the provisions of Section 311(b) and Section 312(b) of the TIA.

SECTION 11.3 Reports by the Purchase Contract Agent.

Not later than November 15 of each year, commencing November 15, [200_], the Purchase Contract Agent shall provide to the Holders such reports, if any, as are required by Section 313(a) of the TIA in the form and in the manner provided by Section 313(a) of the TIA. Such reports shall be as of the preceding September 15. The Purchase Contract Agent shall also comply with the requirements of Sections 313(b), (c) and (d) of the TIA.

SECTION 11.4 Periodic Reports to Purchase Contract Agent.

The Company shall provide to the Purchase Contract Agent such documents, reports and information as required by Section 314 (if any) and the compliance certificate

 

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required by Section 314(a)(4) of the TIA in the form, in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the TIA, provided, that such compliance certificate shall be delivered annually on or before          in each year, commencing                         .

SECTION 11.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.

The Company shall provide to the Purchase Contract Agent such evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent provided for in this Agreement as and to the extent required by Section 314(c) of the TIA. Any certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) of the TIA may be given in the form of an Officer’s Certificate. Any opinion required to be given pursuant to Section 314(c)(2) of the TIA may be given in the form of an Opinion of Counsel.

SECTION 11.6 Defaults; Waiver.

The Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Purchase Contracts voting together as one class may, by vote, on behalf of all of the Holders, waive any past Default and its consequences, except a default

(a) in the payment on any Security, or

(b) in respect of a provision hereof which under Section 8.2 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected.

Upon such waiver, any such Default shall cease to exist, and any Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Agreement, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

SECTION 11.7 Purchase Contract Agent’s Knowledge of Defaults

The Purchase Contract Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless a Responsible Officer charged with the administration of this Agreement shall have obtained written notice of such Default from the Company or any Holder.

SECTION 11.8 Conflicting Interests.

The Indenture, the Indenture dated as of November 1, 1997 among PPL Capital Funding, Inc. as issuer, the Company as guarantor and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as trustee, as supplemented and amended, [others] shall be deemed to be specifically described in this Agreement for the purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the TIA.

SECTION 11.9 Direction of Purchase Contract Agent.

Section 316(a)(1)(A) of the TIA is hereby expressly excluded from this Agreement, as permitted by the TIA.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

PPL CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Purchase Contract Agent and Trustee

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF SPC UNITS CERTIFICATE

THIS CERTIFICATE IS A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (THE “DEPOSITARY”), OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY. THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR CERTIFICATES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AGREEMENT AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

No.            Cusip No.             
Number of SPC Units               

PPL CORPORATION

SPC UNITS

This SPC Units Certificate certifies that                      is the registered Holder of the number of SPC Units set forth above. Each SPC Unit consists of (i) either (a) the beneficial ownership by the Holder of one Note (the “Note”) of PPL Capital Funding, Inc., a Delaware corporation guaranteed by PPL Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), having a principal amount of [$25], subject to the Pledge of such Note by such Holder pursuant to the Pledge Agreement or (b) upon the occurrence of a Tax Event Redemption prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio by such Holder pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, and (ii) the rights and obligations of

 

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the Holder and the Company under one Purchase Contract with the Company. All capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement (as defined below) have the meaning set forth therein.

Pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, the Note or [the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be,] constituting part of each SPC Unit evidenced hereby has been pledged to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, to secure the obligations of the Holder under the Purchase Contract comprising part of such SPC Unit.

Payments of interest on any Note forming part of a SPC Unit evidenced hereby, shall, subject to receipt thereof by the Purchase Contract Agent from the Securities Intermediary, be paid to the Person in whose name this SPC Units Certificate (or a Predecessor SPC Units Certificate) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date. Interest is payable quarterly in arrears on         ,         ,          and          of each year, commencing                          (each, a “Payment Date”). Payments of interest on the Note forming a part of the SPC Unit evidenced hereby may be deferred at the option of the Company and the Note Issuer, under the circumstances described in such Note.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder of this SPC Units Certificate to purchase, and the Company to sell, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, at a price equal to [$25] (the “Stated Amount”), a number of shares of PPL Corporation Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (“Common Stock”), equal to the Settlement Rate, unless on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date there shall have occurred a Termination Event or an Early Settlement with respect to the SPC Unit of which such Purchase Contract is a part, all as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement and more fully described on the reverse hereof. The purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) for the shares of Common Stock purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby, if not paid earlier, shall be paid on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date by cash or by application of payment received in respect of the principal amount with respect to each Pledged Note pursuant to the Remarketing [or the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be,] pledged to secure the obligations under such Purchase Contract of the Holder of the SPC Unit of which such Purchase Contract is a part.

The Company shall pay, on each Payment Date, in respect of each Purchase Contract forming part of a SPC Unit evidenced hereby, an amount (the “Purchase Contract Payments”) equal to     % per annum of the Stated Amount. Such Purchase Contract Payments shall be payable to the Person in whose name this SPC Units Certificate (or a Predecessor SPC Units Certificate) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date. The Company may, at its option, defer Purchase Contract Payments.

Distributions on the Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (B) of the definition of such term), and] Interest payments on the Notes and [Purchase Contract Payments] will be payable at the office of the Purchase Contract Agent in New York City or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address appears on the SPC Units Register.

 

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Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby is governed by a Purchase Contract Agreement, dated as of                          (as may be supplemented from time to time, the “Purchase Contract Agreement”), between the Company and                     , as Purchase Contract Agent (including its successors hereunder, the “Purchase Contract Agent”), to which Purchase Contract Agreement and supplemental agreements thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company, and the Holders and of the terms upon which the SPC Units Certificates are, and are to be, executed and delivered.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder of this SPC Units Certificate to purchase, and the Company to sell, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date at a price equal to the Stated Amount (the “Purchase Price”), a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Settlement Rate, unless, prior to or on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, there shall have occurred a Termination Event with respect to the Security of which such Purchase Contract is a part or an Early Settlement shall have occurred. The “Settlement Rate” is equal to:

(1) if the Applicable Market Value (as defined below) equals or exceeds $            . (the “Threshold Appreciation Price”),                      shares of Common Stock per Purchase Contract;

(2) if the Applicable Market Value is less than the Threshold Appreciation Price but greater than $             (the “Reference Price”), the number of shares of Common Stock per Purchase Contract having a value, based on the Applicable Market Value, equal to the Stated Amount; and

(3) if the Applicable Market Amount is less than or equal to the Reference Price,                      shares of Common Stock per Purchase Contract,

in each case subject to adjustment as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement (and in each case rounded upward or downward to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share).

No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued upon settlement of Purchase Contracts, as provided in Section 5.10 of the Purchase Contract Agreement.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby, which is settled either through Early Settlement or on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, shall obligate the Holder of the related SPC Unit to purchase at the Purchase Price in cash, and the Company to sell, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Early Settlement Rate or the Settlement Rate, as applicable.

The “Applicable Market Value” means the average of the Closing Price per share of Common Stock on each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days ending on the third Trading Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or Early Settlement Date, as the case may be.

 

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The “Closing Price” per share of Common Stock on any date of determination means:

(1) the closing sale price at the 4:15 p.m. close of trading (or, if no closing price is reported, the last reported sale price) per share on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the “NYSE”) on such date;

(2) if Common Stock is not listed for trading on the NYSE on any such date, the closing sale price per share as reported in the composite transactions for the principal United States securities exchange on which Common Stock is so listed;

(3) if Common Stock is not so listed on a United States national or regional securities exchange, the closing sale price per share as reported by The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.;

(4) if Common Stock is not so reported, the last quoted bid price for Common Stock in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau or similar organization; or

(5) if such bid price is not available, the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices of Common Stock on such date from at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms retained for this purpose by the Company.

A “Trading Day” means a day on which Common Stock (1) is not suspended from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market at the close of business and (2) has traded at least once on the national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the trading of Common Stock.

In accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement, the Holder of this SPC Units Certificate may pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby by effecting a Cash Settlement or an Early Settlement [or from the proceeds of the Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio] or a Remarketing of the related Pledged Notes. A Holder of SPC Units who does not effect, on or prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the fifth Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date [(or in the event a Tax Event Redemption has occurred, the Business Day prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date)], an effective Cash Settlement or, who does not effect on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the seventh Business Day prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, an effective Early Settlement, shall pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock to be delivered under the related Purchase Contract from the proceeds of the sale of the related Pledged Notes held by the Collateral Agent. Such sale will be made by the Remarketing Agent pursuant to the terms of the Remarketing Agreement on the third Business Day prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. If, as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement, upon the occurrence of a Failed Remarketing, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, exercises its rights as a secured creditor with respect to the Pledged

 

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Notes related to this SPC Units certificate, any accrued and unpaid or deferred interest payments on such Pledged Notes will become payable by the Company to the holder of this SPC Units Certificate in the manner provided for in the Purchase Contract Agreement.

The Company shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock in respect of a Purchase Contract or deliver any certificates therefor to the Holder unless it shall have received payment of the aggregate purchase price for the shares of Common Stock to be purchased thereunder in the manner herein set forth.

Under the terms of the Pledge Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent will be entitled to exercise the voting and any other consensual rights pertaining to the Pledged Notes. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which holders of Notes are entitled to vote or upon the solicitation of consents, waivers or proxies of holders of Notes, the Purchase Contract Agent shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail to the SPC Units Holders a notice:

(1) containing such information as is contained in the notice or solicitation;

(2) stating that each SPC Unit Holder on the record date set by the Purchase Contract Agent therefor (which, to the extent possible, shall be the same date as the record date for determining the holders of Notes entitled to vote or consent) shall be entitled to instruct the Purchase Contract Agent as to the exercise of the voting or consensual rights pertaining to the Notes constituting a part of such Holder’s SPC Unit; and

(3) stating the manner in which such instructions may be given.

Upon the written request of the SPC Unit Holders on such record date, the Purchase Contract Agent shall endeavor insofar as practicable to vote or consent or cause to be voted or consented, in accordance with the instructions set forth in such requests, the maximum number of Notes as to which any particular voting or consent instructions are received. In the absence of specific instructions from the Holder of a SPC Unit, the Purchase Contract Agent shall abstain from voting or consenting the Notes evidenced by such SPC Unit.

[Upon the occurrence of a Tax Event Redemption prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Redemption Price payable on the Tax Event Redemption Date with respect to the Applicable Principal Amount of Notes shall be delivered to the Securities Intermediary in exchange for the Pledged Notes. Thereafter, pursuant to the terms of the Pledge Agreement, the Securities Intermediary will apply an amount equal to the Redemption Amount of such Redemption Price to purchase on behalf of the Holders of SPC Units, the Treasury Portfolio and promptly (a) transfer the Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio to the Collateral Account to secure the obligations of each Holder of SPC Units to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Purchase Contracts constituting a part of such SPC Units, (b) transfer the Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (B) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio to the Purchase Contract Agent for the benefit of the Holders of such SPC Units and (C) remit the remaining portion of such Redemption Price to the Purchase Contract Agent for payment to the Holders of such SPC Units.]

 

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[Following the occurrence of a Tax Event Redemption prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Holders of SPC Units and the Collateral Agent shall have such security interest rights and obligations with respect to the Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio as the Holder of SPC Units and the Collateral Agent had in respect of the Notes, subject to the Pledge thereof as provided in the Pledge Agreement and any reference herein to the Notes shall be deemed to be a reference to such Treasury Portfolio.]

The SPC Certificates are issuable only in registered form and only in denominations of a single SPC Unit and any integral multiple thereof. The transfer of any SPC Units Certificate will be registered and SPC Units Certificates may be exchanged as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement. The SPC Units Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents permitted by the Purchase Contract Agreement. No service charge shall be required for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. A holder who elects to substitute a Treasury Security for Notes, thereby creating Treasury SPC Units, shall be responsible for any fees or expenses payable in connection therewith. Except as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement, for so long as the Purchase Contract underlying a SPC Unit remains in effect, such SPC Unit shall not be separable into its constituent parts, and the rights and obligations of the Holder of such SPC Unit in respect of the Note and Purchase Contract constituting such SPC Unit may be transferred and exchanged only as a SPC Unit.

The Holder of SPC Units may substitute for the Pledged Notes securing such Holder’s obligations under the related Purchase Contracts Treasury Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Pledged Notes in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Pledge Agreement. From and after such Collateral Substitution, each Security for which such Pledged Treasury Securities secures the Holder’s obligation under the Purchase Contract shall be referred to as a “Treasury SPC Unit”. A Holder may make such Collateral Substitution only in integral multiples of [40] SPC Units for [40] Treasury SPC Units. [Such Collateral Substitution may cause the equivalent aggregate principal amount of this Certificate to be increased or decreased; provided, however, this SPC Units Certificate shall not represent more than [x,000,000] SPC Units. All such adjustments to the equivalent aggregate principal amount of this SPC Units Certificate shall be duly recorded by placing an appropriate notation on the Schedule attached hereto.]

A Holder of Treasury SPC Units may recreate SPC Units by delivering to the Securities Intermediary Notes with an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Pledged Treasury Securities in exchange for the release of such Pledged Treasury Securities in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Pledge Agreement. A Holder may recreate SPC Units in integral multiples of [40] Treasury SPC Units for [40] SPC Units.

[If a Tax Event Redemption has occurred, a SPC Unit Holder may not create Treasury SPC Units, and a Treasury SPC Unit Holder may not recreate a SPC Unit.]

 

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[The Company shall pay, on each Payment Date, the Purchase Contract Payments payable in respect of each Purchase Contract to the Person in whose name the SPC Units Certificate evidencing such Purchase Contract is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date. Purchase Contract Payments will be payable at the office of the Purchase Contract Agent in New York City or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such address as it appears on the SPC Units Register.

The Company has the right to defer payment of all or part of the Purchase Contract Payments in respect of each Purchase Contract until no later than the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. If the Company so elects to defer Purchase Contract Payments, the Company shall pay additional Purchase Contract Payments on such deferred installments of Purchase Contract Payments at a rate equal to     % per annum, compounding quarterly, until such deferred installments are paid. If a Holder effects an Early Settlement or if a Termination Event shall occur, such Holder will have no right to receive any accrued and unpaid or deferred Purchase Contract Payments.]

The Purchase Contracts and all obligations and rights of the Company and the Holders thereunder, including, without limitation, the rights of the Holders to receive and the obligation of the Company to pay any Purchase Contract Payments, shall immediately and automatically terminate, without the necessity of any notice or action by any Holder, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Company, if, on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, a Termination Event shall have occurred. Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Company shall promptly but in no event later than two Business Days thereafter give written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Holders, at their addresses as they appear in the SPC Units Register. Upon and after the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Collateral Agent shall release the [appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio or] Notes forming a part of each SPC Unit from the Pledge in accordance with the provisions of the Pledge Agreement. A SPC Unit shall thereafter represent the right to receive the [appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio] or Note forming a part of such SPC Unit in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Pledge Agreement.

Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of the Purchase Contract Agreement, at the option of the Holder thereof, Purchase Contracts underlying Securities may be settled early (“Early Settlement”) as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement. In order to exercise the right to effect Early Settlement with respect to any Purchase Contracts evidenced by this SPC Units Certificate, the Holder of this SPC Units Certificate shall deliver this SPC Units Certificate to the Purchase Contract Agent at the Corporate Trust Office duly endorsed for transfer to the Company or in blank with the form of Election to Settle Early set forth below duly completed and accompanied by payment in the form of immediately available funds payable to the order of the Company in an amount (the “Early Settlement Amount”) equal to:

(1) the product of (A) the Stated Amount times (B) the number of Purchase Contracts with respect to which the Holder has elected to effect Early Settlement, plus

 

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(2) if such delivery is made with respect to any Purchase Contracts during the period from the close of business on any Record Date for any Payment Date to the opening of business on such Payment Date, an amount equal to the sum of (x) the Purchase Contract Payments payable on such Payment Date with respect to such Purchase Contracts plus (y) in the case of a SPC Units Certificate, the interest on the related Notes payable on such Payment Date.

Upon Early Settlement of Purchase Contracts by a Holder of the related Securities, the [appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio] or Pledged Notes underlying such Securities shall be released from the Pledge as provided in the Pledge Agreement and the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of shares of Common Stock on account of each Purchase Contract forming part of a SPC Unit as to which Early Settlement is effected equal to the Early Settlement Rate. The Early Settlement Rate shall initially be equal to                      shares of Common Stock and shall be adjusted in the same manner and at the same time as the Settlement Rate is adjusted as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement.

Upon registration of transfer of this SPC Units Certificate, the transferee shall be bound (without the necessity of any other action on the part of such transferee, except as may be required by the Purchase Contract Agent pursuant to the Purchase Contract Agreement), under the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Purchase Contracts evidenced hereby and the transferor shall be released from the obligations under the Purchase Contracts evidenced by this SPC Units Certificate. The Company covenants and agrees, and the Holder, by its acceptance hereof, likewise covenants and agrees, to be bound by the provisions of this paragraph.

The Holder of this SPC Units Certificate, by its acceptance hereof, authorizes the Purchase Contract Agent to enter into and perform the related Purchase Contracts forming part of the SPC Units evidenced hereby on its behalf as its attorney-in-fact, expressly withholds any consent to the assumption (i.e., affirmance) of the Purchase Contracts by the Company or its trustee in the event that the Company becomes the subject of a case under the Bankruptcy Code, agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions thereof, covenants and agrees to perform his obligations under such Purchase Contracts, consents to the provisions of the Purchase Contract Agreement, authorizes the Purchase Contract Agent to enter into and perform the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Pledge Agreement on its behalf as its attorney-in-fact, and consents to the Pledge of the [appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio] or Notes underlying this SPC Units Certificate pursuant to the Pledge Agreement. The Holder further covenants and agrees that, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Pledge Agreement, but subject to the terms thereof, payments in respect to the aggregate principal amount of the [appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio] or Pledged Notes, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date shall be paid by the Collateral Agent to the Company in satisfaction of such Holder’s obligations under such Purchase Contract and such Holder shall acquire no right, title or interest in such payments.

 

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Subject to certain exceptions, the provisions of the Purchase Contract Agreement may be amended with the consent of the Holders of a majority of the Purchase Contracts.

The Purchase Contracts shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

The Company, the Purchase Contract Agent and their Affiliates and any agent of the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent or their Affiliates may treat the Person in whose name this SPC Units Certificate is registered as the owner of the SPC Units evidenced hereby for the purpose of receiving payments of interest payable quarterly on the Notes, receiving payments of Purchase Contract Payments, performance of the Purchase Contracts and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payments in respect thereof be overdue and notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, and neither the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent nor any such Affiliates or agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

The Purchase Contracts shall not, prior to the settlement thereof, entitle the Holder to any of the rights of a holder of shares of Common Stock.

A copy of the Purchase Contract Agreement is available for inspection at the offices of the Purchase Contract Agent.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Purchase Contract Agent by manual signature, this SPC Units Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pledge Agreement or the Purchase Contract Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

PPL CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
HOLDER SPECIFIED ABOVE (as to obligations of such Holder under the Purchase Contracts evidenced hereby)
By:  

                                                                                    , not

individually but solely as Attorney-in-Fact of such Holder

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Dated:

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION OF

PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

This is one of the SPC Units Certificates referred to in the within mentioned Purchase Contract Agreement.

 

By:  

                                                                                        , as

Purchase Contract Agent

By:  

 

  Authorized Officer

Dated:

 

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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 common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT:   Custodian
  (cust)                    (minor)
 

Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of                                                   

 

                                                                                                                               

(State)

TEN ENT:   as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN:   as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

 

 


(Please insert Social Security or Taxpayer I.D. or other Identifying Number of Assignee)

 


 


 


(Please Print or Type Name and Address Including Postal Zip Code of Assignee) the within SPC Units Certificates and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing

 

 


attorney to transfer said SPC Units Certificates on the books of PPL Corporation and PPL Capital Funding, Inc. with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:  

 

     

 

            Signature
            NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within SPC Units Certificates in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
Signature Guarantee:  

 

     

 

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SETTLEMENT INSTRUCTIONS

The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for shares of Common Stock deliverable upon settlement on or after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date of the Purchase Contracts underlying the number of SPC Units evidenced by this SPC Units Certificate be registered in the name of, and delivered, together with a check in payment for any fractional share, to the undersigned at the address indicated below unless a different name and address have been indicated below. If shares are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay any transfer tax payable incident thereto.

 

Dated:  

 

   

 

Signature

Signature Guarantee:                                                                           

(if assigned to another person)

[STAMP LEGEND]

 

If shares are to be registered in the name of and delivered to a Person other than the Holder, please

(i) print such Person’s name and address and

(ii) provide a guarantee of your signature:

 

REGISTERED HOLDER

 

Please print name and address of Registered Holder:

 

 

 

Name   Name

 

 

 

Address   Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social Security or other

Taxpayer Identification Number, if any

 

 

 

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ELECTION TO SETTLE EARLY

The undersigned Holder of this SPC Units Certificate hereby irrevocably exercises the option to effect Early Settlement in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement with respect to the Purchase Contracts underlying the number of SPC Units evidenced by this SPC Units Certificate specified below. The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for shares of Common Stock deliverable upon such Early Settlement be registered in the name of, and delivered, together with a check in payment for any fractional share and any SPC Units Certificate representing any SPC Units evidenced hereby as to which Early Settlement of the related Purchase Contracts is not effected, to the undersigned at the address indicated below unless a different name and address have been indicated below. Pledged Notes [or the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be,] deliverable upon such Early Settlement will be transferred in accordance with the transfer instructions set forth below. If shares are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay any transfer tax payable incident thereto.

 

Dated:  

 

     

 

            Signature
           
Signature Guarantee:  

 

     

[Stamp Legend]

 

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Number of Securities evidenced hereby as to which Early Settlement of the related Purchase Contracts is being elected:

 

If shares of Common Stock or SPC Units Certificates are to be registered in the name of and delivered to and Pledged Notes [or the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be,] are to be transferred to a Person other than the Holder, please print such Person’s name and address:  

REGISTERED HOLDER

 

 

Please print name and address of Registered Holder:

 

 

 

Name   Name

 

 

 

 

Address   Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social Security or other

Taxpayer Identification Number, if any

 

 

 

Transfer Instructions for Pledged Notes Transferable Upon Early Settlement or a Termination Event:

 


 

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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL CERTIFICATES]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL CERTIFICATE

The following increases or decreases in this Global Certificate have been made:

 

Date

  

Amount of increase

in Number of SPC

Units evidenced by

the Global Certificate

  

Amount of decrease

in Number of SPC

Units evidenced by

the Global Certificate

  

Number of SPC

Units evidenced by

this Global

Certificate following

such decrease or

increase

  

Signature of

authorized officer of

Trustee or Securities

Custodian

           
           
           

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF TREASURY SPC CERTIFICATE

THIS CERTIFICATE IS A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (THE “DEPOSITARY”), OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY. THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR CERTIFICATES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AGREEMENT AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

No.        Cusip No.             
Number of Treasury SPC Units               

PPL CORPORATION

TREASURY SPC UNITS

This Treasury SPC Units Certificate certifies that                      is the registered Holder of the number of Treasury SPC Units set forth above. Each Treasury SPC Unit consists of (i) a [1/40] undivided beneficial ownership interest of a Treasury Security having a principal amount at maturity equal to $1,000, subject to the Pledge of such Treasury Security by such Holder pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, and (ii) the rights and obligations of the Holder under one Purchase Contract with PPL Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”). All capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement (as defined below) have the meaning set forth therein.

 

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Pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, the Treasury Securities constituting part of each Treasury SPC Unit evidenced hereby have been pledged to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, to secure the obligations of the Holder under the Purchase Contract comprising part of such Treasury SPC Unit.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder of this Treasury SPC Units Certificate to purchase, and the Company, to sell, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, at a price equal to [$25] (the “Stated Amount”), a number of shares of PPL Corporation Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (“Common Stock”), equal to the Settlement Rate, unless prior to or on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date there shall have occurred a Termination Event or an Early Settlement with respect to the Treasury SPC Unit of which such Purchase Contract is a part, all as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement and more fully described on the reverse hereof. The purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) for the shares of Common Stock purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby, if not paid earlier, shall be paid on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date by application of the proceeds from the Treasury Securities at maturity pledged to secure the obligations of the Holder under such Purchase Contract of the Treasury SPC Unit of which such Purchase Contract is a part.

[The Company shall pay, quarterly in arrears on         ,         ,          and         , commencing                          (each, a “Payment Date”), in respect of each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby an amount (the “Purchase Contract Payments”) equal to     % per annum of the Stated Amount. Such Purchase Contract Payments shall be payable to the Person in whose name this Treasury SPC Units Certificate (or a Predecessor Treasury SPC Units Certificate) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date. The Company may, at its option, defer Purchase Contract Payments.]

[Purchase Contract Payments will be payable at the office of the Purchase Contract Agent in New York City or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address appears on the Treasury SPC Units Register.]

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby is governed by a Purchase Contract Agreement, dated as of                          (as may be supplemented from time to time, the “Purchase Contract Agreement”) between the Company and                                         , as Purchase Contract Agent (including its successors thereunder, herein called the “Purchase Contract Agent”), to which the Purchase Contract Agreement and supplemental agreements thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company and the Holders and of the terms upon which the Treasury SPC Units Certificates are, and are to be, executed and delivered.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder of this Treasury SPC Units Certificate to purchase, and the Company to sell, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date at a price equal to the Stated Amount (the “Purchase Price”) a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Settlement Rate, unless prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, there shall have occurred a Termination Event with respect to the Security of which such

 

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Purchase Contract is a part or an Early Settlement shall have occurred. The “Settlement Rate” is equal to:

(1) if the Applicable Market Value (as defined below) is equals or exceeds $. (the “Threshold Appreciation Price”),                      shares of Common Stock per Purchase Contract;

(2) if the Applicable Market Value is less than the Threshold Appreciation Price but greater than $            . (the “Reference Price”), the number of shares of Common Stock per Purchase Contract having a value, based on the Applicable Market Value, equal to the Stated Amount; and

(3) if the Applicable Market Value is less than or equal to the Reference Price,                      shares of Common Stock per Purchase Contract, in each case subject to adjustment as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement,

in each case subject to adjustment as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement (and in each case rounded upward or downward to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share).

No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued upon settlement of Purchase Contracts, as provided in Section 5.10 of the Purchase Contract Agreement.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby, which is settled either through Early Settlement or on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, shall obligate the Holder of the related Treasury SPC Unit to purchase at the Purchase Price in cash, and the Company to sell, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Early Settlement Rate or the Settlement Rate, as applicable.

The “Applicable Market Value” means the average of the Closing Prices per share of Common Stock on each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days ending on the third Trading Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or Early Settlement Date, as the case may be.

The “Closing Price” per share of Common Stock on any date of determination means the:

(1) closing sale price at the 4:15 p.m. close of trading (or, if no closing price is reported, the last reported sale price) per share on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the “NYSE”) on such date;

(2) if Common Stock is not listed for trading on the NYSE on any such date, the closing sale price per share as reported in the composite transactions for the principal United States securities exchange on which Common Stock is so listed;

(3) if Common Stock is not so listed on a United States national or regional securities exchange, the closing sale price per share as reported by The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.;

 

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(4) if Common Stock is not so reported, the last quoted bid price for Common Stock in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau or similar organization; or

(5) if such bid price is not available, the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices of Common Stock on such date from at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms retained for this purpose by the Company.

A “Trading Day” means a day on which Common Stock (1) is not suspended from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market at the close of business and (2) has traded at least once on the national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the trading of Common Stock.

In accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement, the Holder of this Treasury SPC Unit shall pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby either by effecting a Cash Settlement or an Early Settlement of each such Purchase Contract or by applying a principal amount of the Pledged Treasury Securities underlying such Holder’s Treasury SPC Unit equal to the Stated Amount of such Purchase Contract to the purchase of the Common Stock. A Holder of Treasury SPC Unit who does not effect, prior to or on 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the [fifth] Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, an effective Cash Settlement or who does not effect on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the seventh Business Day prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date an effective Early Settlement, shall pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock to be issued under the related Purchase Contract from the proceeds of the Pledged Treasury Securities.

The Company shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock in respect of a Purchase Contract or deliver any certificates therefor to the Holder unless it shall have received payment of the aggregate purchase price for the shares of Common Stock to be purchased thereunder in the manner herein set forth.

The Treasury SPC Units Certificates are issuable only in registered form and only in denominations of a single Treasury SPC and any integral multiple thereof. The transfer of any Treasury SPC Certificate will be registered and Treasury SPC Certificates may be exchanged as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement. The Treasury SPC Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents permitted by the Purchase Contract Agreement. No service charge shall be required for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. A Holder who elects to substitute Notes for Treasury Securities, thereby recreating SPC Units, shall be responsible for any fees or expenses associated therewith. Except as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement, for so long as the Purchase Contract underlying a Treasury SPC Unit remains in effect, such Treasury SPC Unit shall not be separable into its constituent parts, and the rights and obligations of the Holder of such Treasury SPC Unit in respect of the Treasury Security and the Purchase Contract constituting such Treasury SPC Unit may be transferred and exchanged only as a Treasury SPC Unit.

 

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A Holder of Treasury SPC Units may recreate SPC Units by delivering to the Collateral Agent Notes with a principal amount, in the case of Notes, equal to the aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Pledged Treasury Securities, in exchange for the release of such Pledged Treasury Securities in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Pledge Agreement. From and after such substitution, the Holder’s Security shall be referred to as a “SPC Unit”. [Such substitution may cause the equivalent aggregate principal amount of this Certificate to be increased or decreased; provided, however, this Treasury SPC Units Certificate shall not represent more than [x,000,000] Treasury SPC Units. All such adjustments to the equivalent aggregate principal amount of this Treasury SPC Units Certificate shall be duly recorded by placing an appropriate notation on the Schedule attached hereto.] Any such creation of SPC Units may be effected only in multiples of [40] Treasury SPC Units for [40] SPC Units.

A Holder of SPC Units may recreate Treasury SPC Units by delivering to the Collateral Agent Treasury Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Pledged Notes in exchange for the release of such Pledged Notes in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Pledge Agreement. Any such recreation of Treasury SPC Units may be effected only in multiples of [40] SPC Units for [40] Treasury SPC Units.

[If a Tax Event Redemption has occurred, a Treasury SPC Unit Holder may not recreate an SPC Unit and a SPC Unit Holder may not create a Treasury SPC Unit.]

[The Company shall pay, on each Payment Date, the Purchase Contract Payments payable in respect of each Purchase Contract to the Person in whose name the Treasury SPC Units Certificate evidencing such Purchase Contract is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date. Purchase Contract Payments will be payable at the office of the Purchase Contract Agent in New York City or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such address as it appears on the Treasury SPC Units Register.

The Company has the right to defer payment of all or part of the Purchase Contract Payments in respect of each Purchase Contract until no later than the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. If the Company so elects to defer Purchase Contract Payments, the Company shall pay additional Purchase Contract Payments on such deferred installments of Purchase Contract Payments at a rate equal to     % per annum, compounding quarterly, until such deferred installments are paid. If a Holder effects an Early Settlement or if a Termination Event shall occur, such Holder will have no right to receive any accrued and unpaid or deferred Purchase Contract Payments.]

The Purchase Contracts and all obligations and rights of the Company and the Holders thereunder, including, without limitation, the rights of the Holders to receive and the obligation of the Company to pay Purchase Contract Payments, shall immediately and automatically terminate, without the necessity of any notice or action by any Holder, the

 

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Purchase Contract Agent or the Company, if, on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, a Termination Event shall have occurred. Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Company shall promptly but in no event later than two Business Days thereafter give written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Holders, at their addresses as they appear in the Treasury SPC Units Register. Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Collateral Agent shall release the Treasury Securities from the Pledge in accordance with the provisions of the Pledge Agreement. A Treasury SPC Unit shall thereafter represent the right to receive the interest in the Treasury Security forming a part of such Treasury SPC Unit, in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Pledge Agreement.

Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of the Purchase Contract Agreement, at the option of the Holder thereof, Purchase Contracts underlying Securities may be settled early (“Early Settlement”) as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement. In order to exercise the right to effect Early Settlement with respect to any Purchase Contracts evidenced by this Treasury SPC Unit, the Holder of this Treasury SPC Units Certificate shall deliver this Treasury SPC Units Certificate to the Purchase Contract Agent at the Corporate Trust Office duly endorsed for transfer to the Company or in blank with the form of Election to Settle Early set forth below duly completed and accompanied by payment in the form of immediately available funds payable to the order of the Company in an amount (the “Early Settlement Amount”) equal to:

(1) the product of (A) $25 times (B) the number of Purchase Contracts with respect to which the Holder has elected to effect Early Settlement, plus

(2) [ if such delivery is made with respect to any Purchase Contracts during the period from the close of business on any Record Date for any Payment Date to the opening of business on such Payment Date, an amount equal to the Purchase Contract Payments payable, if any, on such Payment Date with respect to such Purchase Contracts.]

Upon Early Settlement of Purchase Contracts by a Holder of the related Securities, the Pledged Treasury Securities underlying such Securities shall be released from the Pledge as provided in the Pledge Agreement and the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of shares of Common Stock on account of each Purchase Contract forming part of a Treasury SPC Unit as to which Early Settlement is effected equal to                      shares of Common Stock per Purchase Contract (the “Early Settlement Rate”). The Early Settlement Rate shall be adjusted in the same manner and at the same time as the Settlement Rate is adjusted as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement.

Upon registration of transfer of this Treasury SPC Certificate, the transferee shall be bound (without the necessity of any other action on the part of such transferee, except as may be required by the Purchase Contract Agent pursuant to the Purchase Contract Agreement), under the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Purchase Contracts evidenced hereby and the transferor shall be released from the obligations under the Purchase Contracts evidenced by this Treasury SPC Units Certificate. The Company covenants and agrees, and the Holder, by its acceptance hereof, likewise covenants and agrees, to be bound by the provisions of this paragraph.

 

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The Holder of this Treasury SPC Units Certificate, by its acceptance hereof, authorizes the Purchase Contract Agent to enter into and perform the related Purchase Contracts forming part of the Treasury SPC Units evidenced hereby on its behalf as its attorney-in-fact, expressly withholds any consent to the assumption (i.e., affirmance) of the Purchase Contracts by the Company or its trustee in the event that the Company becomes the subject of a case under the Bankruptcy Code, agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions thereof, covenants and agrees to perform its obligations under such Purchase Contracts, consents to the provisions of the Purchase Contract Agreement, authorizes the Purchase Contract Agent to enter into and perform the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Pledge Agreement on its behalf as its attorney-in-fact, and consents to the Pledge of the Treasury Securities underlying this Treasury SPC Units Certificate pursuant to the Pledge Agreement. The Holder further covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Pledge Agreement, but subject to the terms thereof, payments in respect to the aggregate principal amount of the Pledged Treasury Securities on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date shall be paid by the Collateral Agent to the Company in satisfaction of such Holder’s obligations under such Purchase Contract and such Holder shall acquire no right, title or interest in such payments.

Subject to certain exceptions, the provisions of the Purchase Contract Agreement may be amended with the consent of the Holders of a majority of the Purchase Contracts.

The Purchase Contracts shall for all purposes be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

The Company, the Purchase Contract Agent and their Affiliates and any agent of the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent or their Affiliates may treat the Person in whose name this Treasury SPC Units Certificate is registered as the owner of the Treasury SPC Units evidenced hereby for the purpose of receiving payments of interest on the Treasury Securities, receiving payments of Purchase Contract Payments, performance of the Purchase Contracts and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payments in respect thereof be overdue and notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, and neither the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent nor any such Affiliate or agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

The Purchase Contracts shall not, prior to the settlement thereof, entitle the Holder to any of the rights of a holder of shares of Common Stock.

A copy of the Purchase Contract Agreement is available for inspection at the offices of the Purchase Contract Agent.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Purchase Contract Agent by manual signature, this Treasury SPC Units Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pledge Agreement or the Purchase Contract Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

PPL CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
HOLDER SPECIFIED ABOVE (as to obligations of such Holder under the Purchase Contracts)
By:  

                                                                                    , not

individually but solely as Attorney-in-Fact of such Holder

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Dated:

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION OF

PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

This is one of the Treasury SPC Units referred to in the within-mentioned Purchase Contract Agreement.

 

By:                                            , as Purchase Contract Agent
By:  

 

  Authorized Officer

Dated:

 

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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 common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT:   Custodian
  (cust)                    (minor)
 

 

Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of                                                   

 

                                                                                                                               

(State)

TEN ENT:   as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN:   as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

 


(Please insert Social Security or Taxpayer I.D. or other Identifying Number of Assignee)

 

 


(Please Print or Type Name and Address Including Postal Zip Code of Assignee)

the within Treasury SPC Units Certificates and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing attorney to transfer said Treasury SPC Units Certificates on the books of PPL Corporation and PPL Capital Funding, Inc. with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:  

 

     

 

            Signature
            NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Treasury SPC Units Certificates in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
Signature Guarantee:  

 

     

 

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SETTLEMENT INSTRUCTIONS

The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for shares of Common Stock deliverable upon settlement on or after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date of the Purchase Contracts underlying the number of Treasury SPC Units evidenced by this Treasury SPC Units Certificate be registered in the name of, and delivered, together with a check in payment for any fractional share, to the undersigned at the address indicated below unless a different name and address have been indicated below. If shares are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay any transfer tax payable incident thereto.

 

Dated:  

 

   

 

Signature

 

Signature Guarantee:                                                                           

 

(if assigned to another person)

 

If shares of Common Stock or Treasury SPC Units Certificates are to be registered in the name of and delivered to a Person other than the Holder, please print such Person’s name and address:  

REGISTERED HOLDER

 

Please print name and address of Registered Holder:

 

 

 

Name   Name

 

 

 

Address   Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social Security or other

Taxpayer Identification Number, if any

 

 

 

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ELECTION TO SETTLE EARLY

The undersigned Holder of this Treasury SPC Units Certificate irrevocably exercises the option to effect Early Settlement in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement with respect to the Purchase Contracts underlying the number of Treasury SPC Units evidenced by this Treasury SPC Units Certificate specified below. The option to effect Early Settlement may be exercised only with respect to Purchase Contracts underlying Treasury SPC with an aggregate Stated Amount equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof. The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for shares of Common Stock deliverable upon such Early Settlement be registered in the name of, and delivered, together with a check in payment for any fractional share and any Treasury SPC Units Certificate representing any Treasury SPC Units evidenced hereby as to which Early Settlement of the related Purchase Contracts is not effected, to the undersigned at the address indicated below unless a different name and address have been indicated below. Pledged Treasury Securities deliverable upon such Early Settlement will be transferred in accordance with the transfer instructions set forth below. If shares are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay any transfer tax payable incident thereto.

 

Dated:  

 

     

 

            Signature
           
Signature Guarantee:  

 

     

[Stamp Legend]

 

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Number of Securities evidenced hereby as to which Early Settlement of the related Purchase Contracts is being elected:

 

If shares of Common Stock or Treasury SPC Units Certificates are to be registered in the name of and delivered to and Pledged Treasury Securities are to be transferred to a Person other than the Holder, please print such Person’s name and address:  

REGISTERED HOLDER

 

Please print name and address of Registered Holder:

 

 

 

Name   Name

 

 

 

Address   Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social Security or other

Taxpayer Identification Number, if any

 

 

Transfer Instructions for Pledged Treasury Securities Transferable Upon Early Settlement or a Termination Event:

 

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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL CERTIFICATES]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL CERTIFICATE

The following increases or decreases in this Global Certificate have been made:

 

Date

  

Amount of increase

in Number of Treasury SPC

Units evidenced by

the Global Certificate

  

Amount of decrease

in Number of Treasury SPC

Units evidenced by

the Global Certificate

  

Number of SPC

Units evidenced by

this Global

Certificate following

such decrease or

increase

  

Signature of

authorized officer of

Trustee or Securities

Custodian

           
           
           

 

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EXHIBIT C

INSTRUCTION TO PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Attention:  

 

 

 

  Re: [             SPC Units] [             Treasury SPC Units] of PPL Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”)

The undersigned Holder hereby notifies you that it has delivered to                                         , as Securities Intermediary, for credit to the Collateral Account, $             aggregate principal amount of [Notes] [Treasury Securities] in exchange for the [Pledged Notes] [Pledged Treasury Securities] held in the Collateral Account, in accordance with the Pledge Agreement, dated as of                          (the “Pledge Agreement”; unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Pledge Agreement are used herein as defined therein), between you, the Company, the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary. The undersigned Holder has paid all applicable fees relating to such exchange. The undersigned Holder hereby instructs you to instruct the Collateral Agent to release to you on behalf of the undersigned Holder the [Pledged Notes] [Pledged Treasury Securities] related to such [SPC Units] [Treasury SPC Units].

 

Date:  

 

   

 

      Signature
     

 

Signature Guarantee:                                                                             

     

 

(if assigned to another person)

Please print name and address of Registered Holder:

 

 

 

Name  

Social Security or other

Taxpayer Identification Number, if any

 

 
Address  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT D

NOTICE FROM PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT TO HOLDERS

(Transfer of Collateral upon Occurrence of a Termination Event)

 

[HOLDER]  

 

 

 

 
Attention:    
Telecopy:  

 

 

 

  Re: [             SPC Units] [             Treasury SPC Units] of PPL Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”)

Please refer to the Purchase Contract Agreement, dated as of                          (the “Purchase Contract Agreement”; unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement are used herein as defined therein), between the Company and the undersigned, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of SPC Units and Treasury SPC Units from time to time.

We hereby notify you that a Termination Event has occurred and that [the Notes] [the Treasury Securities] underlying your ownership interest in              [SPC Units] [Treasury SPC Units] have been released and are being held by us for your account pending receipt of transfer instructions with respect to such [Notes] [Treasury Securities] (the “Released Securities”).

Pursuant to Section 3.15 of the Purchase Contract Agreement, we hereby request written transfer instructions with respect to the Released Securities. Upon receipt of your instructions and upon transfer to us of your [SPC Units][Treasury SPC Units] effected through book-entry or by delivery to us of your [SPC Units Certificate][Treasury SPC Units Certificate], we shall transfer the Released Securities by book-entry transfer or other appropriate procedures, in accordance with your instructions. In the event you fail to effect such transfer or delivery, the Released Securities and any distributions thereon, shall be held in our name, or a nominee in trust for your benefit, until such time as such [SPC Units][Treasury SPC Units] are transferred or your [SPC Units Certificate] [Treasury SPC Units Certificate] is surrendered or satisfactory evidence is provided that such your [SPC Units Certificate][Treasury SPC Units Certificate] has been destroyed, lost or stolen, together with any indemnification that we or the Company may require.

 

Date:  

 

    By:  

 

 

      Name:  

 

 

      Title:   Authorized Officer

 

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EXHIBIT E

NOTICE TO SETTLE BY CASH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Attention:  

 

 

 

  Re: [             SPC Units] [Treasury SPC Units] of PPL Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”)

The undersigned Holder hereby irrevocably notifies you in accordance with Section 5.4 of the Purchase Contract Agreement, dated as of                          (the “Purchase Contract Agreement”; unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement are used herein as defined therein), between the Company and you, as Purchase Contract Agent and as Attorney-in-Fact for the Holders of the Purchase Contracts, that such Holder has elected to pay to the Securities Intermediary for deposit in the Collateral Account, prior to or on 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the fifth Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (in lawful money of the United States by certified or cashiers’ check or wire transfer, in immediately available funds), $             as the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock issuable to such Holder by the Company under the related Purchase Contracts on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. The undersigned Holder hereby instructs you to notify promptly the Collateral Agent of the undersigned Holders’ election to make such cash settlement with respect to the Purchase Contracts related to such Holder’s [SPC Units] [Treasury SPC Units].

 

Date:  

 

   

 

      Signature
      Signature Guarantee:                                                                             

Please print name and address of Registered Holder:

 

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EXHIBIT F

NOTICE FROM PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

TO COLLATERAL AGENT AND INDENTURE TRUSTEE

(Settlement of Purchase Contract through Remarketing)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Attention:  

 

 

Telecopy:

 

 

 

 

 

  , as Indenture Trustee

 

 

 

 
Attention:    

Telecopy:

   

 

  Re:              SPC Units of PPL Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”)

Please refer to the Purchase Contract Agreement, dated as of                          (the “Purchase Contract Agreement”; unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement are used herein as defined therein), between the Company and the undersigned, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the Holders of SPC Units from time to time.

In accordance with Section 5.4 of the Purchase Contract Agreement and, based on instructions and Cash Settlements received from Holders of SPC Units as of 11:00 a.m. (New York City time), the fifth Business Day preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, we hereby notify you that              Notes are to be tendered for purchase in the Remarketing.

 

Date:  

 

    By:  

 

 

      Name:  

 

 

      Title:   Authorized Officer

 

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EX-4.18 8 dex418.htm PLEDGE AGREEMENT Pledge Agreement

EXHIBIT 4.18

 


PPL CORPORATION

                                                                                  ,

as Collateral Agent and Securities Intermediary

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Purchase Contract Agent

 


PLEDGE AGREEMENT

 


Dated as of                         

 



TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

SECTION 1.

 

Definitions.

   2

SECTION 2.

 

Pledge; Control.

   5

SECTION 2.1

 

The Pledge.

   5

SECTION 2.2

 

Control; Financing Statement.

   5

SECTION 2.3

 

Termination.

   6

SECTION 3.

 

Distributions on Pledged Collateral.

   6

SECTION 3.1

 

Income Distributions.

   6

SECTION 3.2

 

Principal Payments Following Termination Event.

   6

SECTION 3.3

 

Principal Payments Prior To or On Purchase Contract Settlement Date.

   6

SECTION 3.4

 

Payments to Purchase Contract Agent.

   7

SECTION 3.5

 

Assets Not Properly Released.

   7

SECTION 4.

 

Control.

   7

SECTION 4.1

 

Establishment of Collateral Account.

   7

SECTION 4.2

 

Treatment as Financial Assets.

   8

SECTION 4.3

 

Sole Control by Collateral Agent.

   8

SECTION 4.4

 

Securities Intermediary’s Location.

   8

SECTION 4.5

 

No Other Claims.

   8

SECTION 4.6

 

Investment and Release.

   8

SECTION 4.7

 

Statements and Confirmations.

   9

SECTION 4.8

 

Tax Allocations.

   9

SECTION 4.9

 

No Other Agreements.

   9

SECTION 4.10

 

Powers Coupled With An Interest.

   9

SECTION 5.

 

Initial Deposit; Establishment of Treasury SPC Units and Reestablishment of SPC Units.

   9

SECTION 5.1

 

Initial Deposit of Notes.

   9

SECTION 5.2

 

Establishment of Treasury SPC Units.

   9

SECTION 5.3

 

Reestablishment of SPC Units.

   10

SECTION 5.4

 

Termination Event.

   11

SECTION 5.5

 

Cash Settlement.

   12

SECTION 5.6

 

Early Settlement.

   13

SECTION 5.7

 

Application of Proceeds Settlement.

   14

SECTION 5.8

 

[Tax Event Redemption.

   15

SECTION 6.

 

Voting Rights.

   16

SECTION 7.

 

Rights and Remedies.

   16

SECTION 7.1

 

Rights and Remedies of the Collateral Agent.

   16

SECTION 7.2

 

[Tax Event Redemption.

   17

SECTION 7.3

 

Substitutions.

   18

 

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SECTION 8.

  

Representations and Warranties; Covenants.

   18

SECTION 8.1

  

Representations and Warranties.

   18

SECTION 8.2

  

Covenants.

   18

SECTION 9.

  

The Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary.

   19

SECTION 9.1

  

Appointment, Powers and Immunities.

   19

SECTION 9.2

  

Instructions of the Company.

   20

SECTION 9.3

  

Reliance by Collateral Agent and Securities Intermediary.

   20

SECTION 9.4

  

Rights in Other Capacities.

   20

SECTION 9.5

  

Non-Reliance on Collateral Agent and Securities Intermediary.

   21

SECTION 9.6

  

Compensation and Indemnity.

   21

SECTION 9.7

  

Failure to Act.

   22

SECTION 9.8

  

Resignation of Collateral Agent and Securities Intermediary.

   22

SECTION 9.9

  

Right to Appoint Agent or Advisor.

   24

SECTION 9.10

  

Survival.

   24

SECTION 9.11

  

Exculpation.

   24

SECTION 10.

  

Amendment.

   24

SECTION 10.1

  

Amendment Without Consent of Holders.

   24

SECTION 10.2

  

Amendment With Consent of Holders.

   25

SECTION 10.3

  

Execution of Amendments.

   25

SECTION 10.4

  

Effect of Amendments.

   26

SECTION 10.5

  

Reference to Amendments.

   26

SECTION 11.

  

Miscellaneous.

   26

SECTION 11.1

  

No Waiver.

   26

SECTION 11.2

  

Governing Law.

   26

SECTION 11.3

  

Notices.

   27

SECTION 11.4

  

Successors and Assigns.

   27

SECTION 11.5

  

Counterparts.

   27

SECTION 11.6

  

Severability.

   27

SECTION 11.7

  

Expenses, etc.

   27

SECTION 11.8

  

Security Interest Absolute.

   28

SECTION 11.9

  

Notice of a Tax Event, Tax Event Redemption and Termination Event

   28

 

EXHIBIT A

  

Instruction from Purchase Contract Agent to Collateral Agent (Establishment of Treasury SPC Units)

  

EXHIBIT B

  

Instruction from Collateral Agent to Securities Intermediary (Establishment of Treasury SPC Units)

  

EXHIBIT C

  

Instruction from Purchase Contract Agent to Collateral Agent (Reestablishment of SPC Units)

  

EXHIBIT D

  

Instruction from Collateral Agent to Securities Intermediary (Reestablishment of SPC Units)

  

EXHIBIT E

  

Notice of Cash Settlement from the Securities Intermediary to the Purchase Contract Agent

  

 

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PLEDGE AGREEMENT

PLEDGE AGREEMENT, dated as of                     ,              among              PPL CORPORATION, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”),                     , as collateral agent (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), and as a “securities intermediary” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC (as defined herein) with respect to the Collateral Account (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Securities Intermediary”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking association, as purchase contract agent and as attorney-in-fact of the Holders from time to time of the Securities (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Purchase Contract Agent”) under the Purchase Contract Agreement.

RECITALS

The Company and the Purchase Contract Agent are parties to the Purchase Contract Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, the “Purchase Contract Agreement”), pursuant to which there may be issued up to                      SPC Units (the “Securities”).

Each SPC Unit, at issuance, consists of a unit comprised of (a) a stock purchase contract (as modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, a “Purchase Contract”) under which [(i)] the Holder will purchase from the Company not later than the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, for an amount in cash equal to $[25] (the “Stated Amount”), a number of shares of PPL Corporation Common Stock $.01 per share par value (“Common Stock”) equal to the Settlement Rate (as defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement), [and (ii) the Company will pay the Holder Purchase Contract Payments] and (b) a note of PPL Capital Funding, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, which note shall be guaranteed as to payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest by the Company (a “Note”), having a principal amount equal to the Stated Amount and maturing on                     .

[address overallotment option, if applicable]

Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Purchase Contracts, the Holders of the Securities have irrevocably authorized the Purchase Contract Agent, as attorney-in-fact of such Holders, among other things, to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of such Holders and to grant the pledge provided herein of the Collateral Account to secure the Obligations.

Accordingly, the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Purchase Contract Agent, on its own behalf and as attorney-in-fact of the Holders from time to time of the Securities, agree as follows:


SECTION 1. Definitions.

For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

(b) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section, Exhibit or other subdivision;

(c) the following terms which are defined in the UCC shall have the meanings set forth therein: “certificated security”, “control”, “financial asset”, “entitlement order”, “securities account” and “securities entitlement”;

(d) the following terms have the meanings assigned to them in the Purchase Contract Agreement: “Act,” “Applicable Ownership Interest,” “Applicable Principal Amount,” “Bankruptcy Code,” “Board Resolution,” “Business Day,” “Cash Settlement,” “Certificate,” “Early Settlement,” “Early Settlement Amount,” “Early Settlement Date,” “Failed Remarketing,” “Holders,” “Indenture,” “Indenture Trustee,” “Opinion of Counsel,” “Outstanding Securities,” “SPC Units,” “Person,” “Primary Treasury Dealer,” “Purchase Contract,” “Purchase Contract Payments,” “Purchase Contract Settlement Date,” “Purchase Price,” “Quotation Agent,” “Redemption Amount,” “Redemption Price,” “Remarketing Agent,” “Remarketing Agreement,” “Settlement Rate,” “Tax Event,” “Tax Event Redemption,” “Tax Event Redemption Date,” “Termination Event,” “Treasury Portfolio,” “Treasury SPC Units,” and “Underwriting Agreement”; and

(e) the following terms have the meanings given to them in this section 1(e)

Agreement” means this Pledge Agreement, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

Cash” means any coin or currency of the United States as at the time shall be legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

Collateral” has the meaning specified in the definition of Collateral Account.

Collateral Account” means the collective reference to:

(1) Securities Account No.      entitled “                    , maintained at [Collateral Agent] in the name of “JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Purchase Contract Agent on behalf of the holders of securities subject to the Security Interest of                      as Collateral Agent under the Pledge Agreement, for the benefit of PPL Corporation, as pledgee” maintained by the Securities Intermediary for the Purchase Contract Agent on behalf of and as attorney-in-fact for the Holders;

 

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(2) all investment property and other financial assets from time to time credited to the Collateral Account, including, without limitation, (A) the Notes and securities entitlements relating thereto which are a component of the SPC Units from time to time, (B) the Applicable Ownership Interests (as specified in Clause (A) of the definition of such term) of the Holders with respect to the Treasury Portfolio which are a component of the SPC Units from time to time, (C) any Treasury Securities and securities entitlements relating thereto delivered from time to time upon establishment of Treasury SPC Units in accordance with Section 5.2 hereof and (D) payments made by Holders pursuant to Section 5.5 hereof;

(3) all Proceeds of any of the foregoing (whether such Proceeds arise before or after the commencement of any proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, by or against the pledgor or with respect to the pledgor); and

(4) all powers and rights now owned or hereafter acquired under or with respect to the Collateral Account;

((2), (3) and (4) being collectively referred to herein as the “Collateral”).

Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Purchase Contract Agreement, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor.

Obligations” means, with respect to each Holder, the collective reference to all obligations and liabilities of such Holder under such Holder’s Purchase Contract (including, but not limited to, such Holder’s obligation to pay the aggregate Purchase Price for Common Stock on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date) and this Agreement or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, in each case whether on account of principal, interest (including, without limitation, interest accruing before and after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to such Holder, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), purchase price, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Company or the Collateral Agent or the Securities Intermediary that are required to be paid by the Holder pursuant to the terms of any of the foregoing agreements).

Permitted Investments” means any one of the following which shall mature not later than the next succeeding Business Day:

(1) any evidence of indebtedness with an original maturity of 365 days or less issued, or directly and fully guaranteed or insured, by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged in support of the timely payment thereof or such indebtedness constitutes a general obligation of it);

(2) deposits, certificates of deposit or acceptances with an original maturity of 365 days or less of any institution which is a member of the Federal Reserve System having combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $200.0 million at the time of deposit;

 

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(3) investments with an original maturity of 365 days or less of any Person that is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by a bank referred to in clause (2);

(4) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating to marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed as to timely payment by the full faith and credit of the United States Government;

(5) investments in commercial paper, other than commercial paper issued by the Company or its affiliates, of any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or any State thereof, which commercial paper has a rating at the time of purchase at least equal to “A-1” by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or at least equal to “P-1” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”); and

(6) investments in money market funds registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, rated in the highest applicable rating category by S&P or Moody’s.

“Person” means any legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Pledge” means the pledge, lien and security interest created by this Agreement.

Pledged Notes” means the Notes and securities entitlements with respect thereto from time to time credited to the Collateral Account and not then released from the Pledge.

Pledged Treasury Securities” means Treasury Securities and securities entitlements with respect thereto from time to time credited to the Collateral Account and not then released from the Pledge.

Proceeds” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the UCC and includes, without limitation, all interest, dividends, cash, instruments, securities, financial assets (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC) and other property received, receivable or otherwise distributed upon the sale, exchange, collection or disposition of any financial assets from time to time held in the Collateral Account.

Purchase Contract Agent” has the meaning specified in the paragraph preceding the recitals of this Agreement.

TRADES” means the Treasury Reserve Automated Debt Entry System maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York pursuant to the TRADES Regulations.

TRADES Regulations” means the regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury, published at 31 C.F.R. Part 357, as amended from time to time. Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms defined in the TRADES Regulations are used herein as therein defined.

 

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Transfer” means:

(1) in the case of certificated securities in registered form, delivery as provided in Section 8-301(a) of the UCC, indorsed to the transferee or in blank by an effective indorsement;

(2) in the case of Treasury Securities, registration of the transferee as the owner of such Treasury Securities on TRADES; and

(3) in the case of securities entitlements, including, without limitation, securities entitlements with respect to Treasury Securities, a securities intermediary indicating by book entry that such security entitlement has been credited to the transferee’s securities account.

Treasury Securities” means zero-coupon U.S. Treasury Securities (Cusip No.             ) which are the principal strips of the     % U.S. Treasury Securities which mature on                     .

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York from time to time.

Value” means, with respect to any item of Collateral on any date, as to (1) Cash, the face amount thereof and (2) Notes or Treasury Securities, the aggregate principal amount thereof at maturity.

SECTION 2. Pledge; Control.

SECTION 2.1 The Pledge.

Each Holder, from time to time acting through the Purchase Contract Agent as such Holder’s attorney-in-fact, hereby pledges and grants to the Collateral Agent, as agent of and for the benefit of the Company, as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations, a continuing first priority security interest in and to, and a lien upon and right of set off against, all of the right, title and interest of such Holder and the Purchase Contract Agent in and to the Collateral and the Collateral Account. The Collateral Agent shall have all of the rights, remedies and recourses with respect to the Collateral afforded a secured party by the UCC, in addition to, and not in limitation of, the other rights, remedies and recourses afforded to the Collateral Agent by this Agreement.

SECTION 2.2 Control; Financing Statement.

(a) The Collateral Agent shall have control of the Collateral Account pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 of this Agreement.

 

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(b) On the date of initial issuance of the Securities, the Purchase Contract Agent shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a financing statement prepared by the Company for filing in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York, signed by the Purchase Contract Agent, as attorney-in- fact for the Holders, as Debtors, and describing the Collateral.

SECTION 2.3 Termination.

As to each Holder, this Agreement and the Pledge created hereby shall terminate upon the satisfaction of such Holder’s Obligations. Upon such termination, the Securities Intermediary shall Transfer such Holder’s portion of the Collateral to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder in accordance with his interest, free and clear of any lien, pledge or security interest created hereby.

SECTION 3. Distributions on Pledged Collateral.

SECTION 3.1 Income Distributions.

All income distributions received by the Securities Intermediary on account of the [Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio,] the Notes or Permitted Investments from time to time held in the Collateral Account shall be distributed to the Purchase Contract Agent for the benefit of the applicable Holders as provided in the Purchase Contracts or the Purchase Contract Agreement.

SECTION 3.2 Principal Payments Following Termination Event.

All payments received by the Securities Intermediary following a Termination Event of (1) the principal amount of Pledged Notes or securities entitlements with respect thereto or (2) the Applicable Ownership Interests (as specified in Clause (A) of the definition thereof) in the Treasury Portfolio or (3) the principal amount of the Pledged Treasury Securities or securities entitlements with respect thereto, shall be distributed to the Purchase Contract Agent for the benefit of the applicable Holders for distribution to such Holders in accordance with their respective interests.

SECTION 3.3 Principal Payments Prior To or On Purchase Contract Settlement Date.

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.2, and except as provided in clause 3.3(b) below, if no Termination Event shall have occurred, all payments received by the Securities Intermediary of (1) the principal amount with respect to the Pledged Notes or securities entitlements with respect thereto, (2) the Applicable Ownership Interests (as specified in Clause (A) of the definition thereof) in the Treasury Portfolio, or (3) the principal amount of Pledged Treasury Securities or securities entitlements with respect thereto, shall be held and invested in Permitted Investments until the Purchase Contract Settlement Date and on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date distributed to the Company as provided in Section 5.7 hereof. Any balance remaining in the Collateral Account shall be distributed to the Purchase Contract Agent for the benefit of the applicable Holders for distribution to such Holders in accordance with their respective interests.

 

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(b) All payments received by the Securities Intermediary of (1) the principal amount of Notes or securities entitlements with respect thereto, (2) the Applicable Ownership Interests (as specified in Clause (A) of the definition thereof) in the Treasury Portfolio, or (3) the principal amount of Treasury Securities or securities entitlements with respect thereto, that, in each case, have been released from the Pledge shall be distributed to the Purchase Contract Agent for the benefit of the applicable Holders for distribution to such Holders in accordance with their respective interests.

SECTION 3.4 Payments to Purchase Contract Agent.

Payments to the Purchase Contract Agent hereunder shall be made to the account designated by the Purchase Contract Agent for such purpose not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day such payment is received by the Securities Intermediary; provided, however, that if such payment is received on a day that is not a Business Day or after 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day, then such payment shall be made no later than 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the next succeeding Business Day.

SECTION 3.5 Assets Not Properly Released.

If the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder shall receive any principal payments on account of financial assets credited to the Collateral Account and not released therefrom in accordance with this Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent or such Holder shall hold the same as trustee of an express trust for the benefit of the Company and, upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate (as defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement) of the Company so directing, promptly deliver the same to the Securities Intermediary for credit to the Collateral Account or to the Company for application to the obligations of the Holders under the related Purchase Contracts, and the Purchase Contract Agent and Holders shall acquire no right, title or interest in any such payments of principal amounts so received.

SECTION 4. Control.

SECTION 4.1 Establishment of Collateral Account.

The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms that:

(1) the Securities Intermediary has established the Collateral Account;

(2) the Collateral Account is a securities account;

(3) subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Securities Intermediary shall treat the Purchase Contract Agent as entitled to exercise the rights that comprise any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account;

(4) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement or the Purchase Contract Agreement will be credited promptly to the Collateral Account;

 

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(5) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary, or in blank or credited to another securities account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary, and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder, payable to the order of the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder or specially indorsed to the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder.

SECTION 4.2 Treatment as Financial Assets.

Each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a financial asset.

SECTION 4.3 Sole Control by Collateral Agent.

Except as provided in Section 6, at all times prior to the termination of the Pledge, the Collateral Agent shall have sole control of the Collateral Account, and the Securities Intermediary shall take instructions and directions with respect to the Collateral Account solely from the Collateral Agent. If at any time the Securities Intermediary shall receive an entitlement order issued by the Collateral Agent and relating to the Collateral Account, the Securities Intermediary shall comply with such entitlement order without further consent by the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder or any other Person. Until termination of the Pledge, the Securities Intermediary will not comply with any entitlement orders issued by the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder.

SECTION 4.4 Securities Intermediary’s Location.

The Collateral Account, and the rights and obligations of the Securities Intermediary, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders with respect thereto, shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York. Regardless of any provision in any other agreement, for purposes of the UCC, New York shall be deemed to be the Securities Intermediary’s location.

SECTION 4.5 No Other Claims.

Except for the claims and interest of the Collateral Agent and of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders in the Collateral Account, the Securities Intermediary does not know of any claim to, or interest in, the Collateral Account or in any financial asset credited thereto. If any person asserts any lien, encumbrance or adverse claim (including any writ, garnishment, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process) against the Collateral Account or in any financial asset carried therein, the Securities Intermediary will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and the Purchase Contract Agent.

SECTION 4.6 Investment and Release.

All proceeds of financial assets from time to time deposited in the Collateral Account shall be invested and reinvested as provided in this Agreement. At all times prior to termination of the Pledge, no property shall be released from the Collateral Account except in accordance with this Agreement or upon written instructions of the Collateral Agent.

 

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SECTION 4.7 Statements and Confirmations.

The Securities Intermediary will promptly send copies of all statements, confirmations and other correspondence concerning the Collateral Account and any financial assets credited thereto simultaneously to each of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Collateral Agent at their addresses for notices under this Agreement.

SECTION 4.8 Tax Allocations.

The Purchase Contract Agent shall report all items of income, gain, expense and loss recognized in the Collateral Account to the Internal Revenue Service and all state and local taxing authorities under the names and taxpayer identification numbers of the holders which are the beneficial owners thereof.

SECTION 4.9 No Other Agreements.

The Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and prior to the termination of the Pledge will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account or any financial assets credited thereto, including, without limitation, any agreement to comply with entitlement orders of any Person other than the Collateral Agent.

SECTION 4.10 Powers Coupled With An Interest.

The rights and powers granted in this Section 4 to the Collateral Agent have been granted in order to perfect its security interests in the Collateral Account, are powers coupled with an interest and will be affected neither by the bankruptcy of the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder nor by the lapse of time. The obligations of the Securities Intermediary under this Section 4 shall continue in effect until the termination of the Pledge.

SECTION 5. Initial Deposit; Establishment of Treasury SPC Units and Reestablishment of SPC Units.

SECTION 5.1 Initial Deposit of Notes.

Prior to or concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent, on behalf of the initial Holders of the SPC Units, shall Transfer to the Securities Intermediary, for credit to the Collateral Account, the Notes or securities entitlements relating thereto, and the Securities Intermediary shall indicate by book-entry that a securities entitlement to such Notes has been credited to the Collateral Account.

SECTION 5.2 Establishment of Treasury SPC Units.

(a) [So long as no Tax Event Redemption shall have occurred,] at any time prior to or on the seventh Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, a Holder of SPC Units shall have the right to establish or reestablish Treasury SPC Units

 

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by substitution of Treasury Securities or securities entitlements thereto for the Pledged Notes comprising a part of such Holder’s SPC Units in integral multiples of [40] SPC Units by:

(1) transferring to the Securities Intermediary for credit to the Collateral Account Treasury Securities or securities entitlements thereto having a Value equal to the principal amount of the Pledged Notes to be released, accompanied by a notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the Purchase Contract Agreement, whereupon the Purchase Contract Agent shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, (A) stating that such Holder has Transferred Treasury Securities or securities entitlements thereto to the Securities Intermediary for credit to the Collateral Account, (B) stating the Value of the Treasury Securities or securities entitlements thereto Transferred by such Holder and (C) requesting that the Collateral Agent release from the Pledge the Pledged Notes that are a component of such SPC Units; and

(2) delivering the related SPC Units to the Purchase Contract Agent.

Upon receipt of such notice and confirmation that Treasury Securities or securities entitlements thereto have been credited to the Collateral Account as described in such notice, the Collateral Agent shall instruct the Securities Intermediary by a notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, to release such Pledged Notes from the Pledge by Transfer to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder, free and clear of any lien, pledge or security interest created hereby.

(b) [If a Tax Event Redemption has occurred and the Treasury Portfolio has become a component of the SPC Units, a Holder of SPC Units shall not have the right to establish or reestablish Treasury SPC Units.]

(c) Upon credit to the Collateral Account of Treasury Securities or securities entitlements thereto delivered by a Holder of SPC Units and receipt of the related instruction from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall release the Pledged Notes and shall promptly transfer the same to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder, free and clear of any lien, pledge or security interest created hereby.

SECTION 5.3 Reestablishment of SPC Units.

(a) [So long as no Tax Event Redemption shall have occurred,] at any time prior to or on the seventh Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, a Holder of Treasury SPC Units shall have the right to reestablish SPC Units by substitution of Notes or securities entitlements thereto for Pledged Treasury Securities in integral multiples of [40] Treasury SPC Units by:

(1) Transferring to the Securities Intermediary for credit to the Collateral Account [Notes or securities entitlements thereto having a principal amount equal to the Value of the Pledged Treasury Securities to be released, accompanied by a notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the Purchase Contract Agreement, whereupon the Purchase Contract Agent shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, (A) stating that such Holder has Transferred Notes or

 

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securities entitlements thereto to the Securities Intermediary for credit to the Collateral Account and (B) requesting that the Collateral Agent release from the Pledge the Pledged Treasury Securities related to such Treasury SPC Units; and

(2) delivering the related Treasury SPC Units to the Purchase Contract Agent.

Upon receipt of such notice and confirmation that Notes or securities entitlements thereto have been credited to the Collateral Account as described in such notice, the Collateral Agent shall instruct the Securities Intermediary by a notice in the form provided in Exhibit D hereto to release such Pledged Treasury Securities from the Pledge by Transfer to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder.

[(b) If a Tax Event Redemption has occurred and the Treasury Portfolio has become a component of the SPC Units, a holder of a Treasury SPC Unit shall not have the right to reestablish a SPC Unit.]

(c) Upon credit to the Collateral Account of Notes or securities entitlements thereto, and receipt of the related instruction from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall release the applicable Pledged Treasury Securities and shall promptly Transfer the same to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder, free and clear of any lien, pledge or security interest created hereby.

SECTION 5.4 Termination Event.

(a) Upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of written notice from the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent that a Termination Event has occurred, the Collateral Agent shall release all Collateral from the Pledge and shall promptly Transfer:

(1) any Pledged Notes or securities entitlements with respect thereto [or the Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio (if a Tax Event Redemption has occurred and the Treasury Portfolio has become a component of the SPC Units)]; and

(2) any Pledged Treasury Securities, to the Purchase Contract Agent for the benefit of the Holders for distribution to such Holders in accordance with their respective interests, free and clear of any lien, pledge or security interest or other interest created hereby; provided, however, if any Holder shall be entitled to receive less than $1,000 with respect to his interest in the Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio, the Purchase Contract Agent shall have the right to dispose of such interest for cash and deliver to such Holder cash in lieu of delivering the Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio.

(b) If such Termination Event shall result from the Company’s becoming a debtor under the Bankruptcy Code, and if the Collateral Agent shall for any reason fail promptly to effectuate the release and Transfer of all Pledged Notes [or the Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio,] or the

 

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Pledged Treasury Securities, as the case may be, as provided by this Section 5.4, the Purchase Contract Agent shall:

(1) use its best efforts to (i) obtain, at the expense of the Company, an opinion of a nationally recognized law firm reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent to the effect that, as a result of the Company’s being the debtor in such a bankruptcy case, the Collateral Agent will not be prohibited from releasing or Transferring the Collateral as provided in this Section 5.4, and (ii) deliver such opinion to the Collateral Agent within ten days after the occurrence of such Termination Event, and if (A) the Purchase Contract Agent shall be unable to obtain such opinion within ten days after the occurrence of such Termination Event or (B) the Collateral Agent shall continue, after delivery of such opinion, to refuse to effectuate the release and Transfer of all Pledged Notes [or the Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio,] all the Pledged Treasury Securities or the Proceeds of any of the foregoing, as the case may be, as provided in this Section 5.4, then the Purchase Contract Agent shall within fifteen days after the occurrence of such Termination Event commence (subject to Section 7.1(b)(3) of the Purchase Contract Agreement) an action or proceeding in the court having jurisdiction of the Company’s case under the Bankruptcy Code seeking an order requiring the Collateral Agent to effectuate the release and transfer of all Pledged [Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio, the Pledged] Notes or all the Pledged Treasury Securities, as the case may be, as provided by this Section 5.4; or

(2) commence (subject to Section 7.1(b)(3) of the Purchase Contract Agreement) an action or proceeding like that described in clause 5.4(b)(1)(B) hereof within ten days after the occurrence of such Termination Event.

SECTION 5.5 Cash Settlement.

(a) Upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of (1) a notice from the Purchase Contract Agent promptly after the receipt by the Purchase Contract Agent of a notice from a Holder of SPC Units or Treasury SPC Units that such Holder has elected, in accordance with the procedures specified in Section 5.4(a)(i) or (d)(i) of the Purchase Contract Agreement, respectively, to effect a Cash Settlement and (2) payment by such Holder by deposit in the Collateral Account prior to or on 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the fifth Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date [in the case of a SPC Unit, unless a Tax Event Redemption has occurred, or on the Business Day prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date in the case of Treasury SPC Units or a SPC Unit, if a Tax Event Redemption has occurred,] of the Purchase Price in lawful money of the United States by certified or cashier’s check or wire transfer of immediately available funds payable to or upon the order of the Securities Intermediary, then the Collateral Agent shall:

(1) instruct the Securities Intermediary promptly to invest any such Cash in Permitted Investments [maturing on or prior to the Contract Settlement Date];

(2) release from the Pledge (i) in the case of a Holder of SPC Units, the related Pledged Notes [or Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the

 

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definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio, as applicable] or (ii) in the case of a Holder of Treasury SPC Units, the related Pledged Treasury Securities with a principal amount equal to the product of (x) the Stated Amount times (y) the number of Purchase Contracts as to which such Holder has elected to effect a Cash Settlement pursuant to this Section 5.5(a); and

(3) instruct the Securities Intermediary to Transfer all such Pledged Notes [or Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio,] or Pledged Treasury Securities, as the case may be, to the Purchase Contract Agent for the benefit of such Holder, in each case free and clear of the Pledge created hereby, for distribution to such Holder.

Upon receipt of the proceeds upon the maturity of the Permitted Investments on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Collateral Agent shall (A) instruct the Securities Intermediary to pay the portion of such proceeds and deliver any certified or cashier’s checks received, in an aggregate amount equal to the Purchase Price, to the Company on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, and (B) instruct the Securities Intermediary to release any amounts in excess of the Purchase Price of the interest earned from such Permitted Investments to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to the such Holder.

(b) [So long as a Tax Event Redemption shall not have occurred,] if a Holder of SPC Units notifies the Purchase Contract Agent as provided in paragraph 5.4(a)(i) of the Purchase Contract Agreement of its intention to pay the Purchase Price in cash, but fails to make such payment as required by paragraph 5.4(a)(ii) of the Purchase Contract Agreement, such Holder shall be deemed to have consented to the disposition of such Holder’s Pledged Notes in accordance with paragraph 5.4(a)(iii) of the Purchase Contract Agreement.

(c) If a Holder of Treasury SPC Units [or, if a Tax Event Redemption shall have occurred, a Holder of SPC Units,] notifies the Purchase Contract Agent as provided in paragraph 5.4(d)(i) of the Purchase Contract Agreement of its intention to pay the Purchase Price in cash, but fails to make such payment as required by paragraph 5.4(d)(ii) of the Purchase Contract Agreement, such Holder shall be deemed to have elected to pay the Purchase Price in accordance with paragraph 5.4(d)(iii) of the Purchase Contract Agreement.

(d) Prior to 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fourth Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Securities Intermediary shall deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent a notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, stating (i) the amount of cash that it has received with respect to the Cash Settlement of SPC Units and (ii) the amount of cash that it has received with respect to the Cash Settlement of Treasury SPC Units.

SECTION 5.6 Early Settlement.

Upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of a notice from the Purchase Contract Agent that a Holder of Securities has elected to effect Early Settlement of its obligations under the Purchase Contracts forming a part of such Securities in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contracts and Section 5.9 of the Purchase Contract Agreement (which notice shall set

 

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forth the number of such Purchase Contracts as to which such Holder has elected to effect Early Settlement), and that the Purchase Contract Agent has received from such Holder, and paid to the Company as confirmed in writing by the Company, the related Early Settlement Amounts pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contracts and the Purchase Contract Agreement and that all conditions to such Early Settlement have been satisfied, then the Collateral Agent shall release from the Pledge, (1) Pledged Notes or [the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio ] in the case of a Holder of SPC Units or (2) Pledged Treasury Securities, in the case of a Holder of Treasury SPC Units, with a Value equal to the product of (x) the Stated Amount times (y) the number of Purchase Contracts as to which such Holder has elected to effect Early Settlement, and shall instruct the Securities Intermediary to Transfer all such Pledged Notes or [the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio ] or Pledged Treasury Securities, as the case may be, to the Purchase Contract Agent for the benefit of such Holder, in each case free and clear of the Pledge created hereby, for distribution to such Holder. A Treasury SPC Unit holder may settle early only in integral multiples of [40] Purchase Contracts.

SECTION 5.7 Application of Proceeds Settlement.

(a) So long as a Tax Event Redemption has not occurred, if a Holder of SPC Units has not elected to make an effective Cash Settlement by notifying the Purchase Contract Agent in the manner provided for in Section 5.4(a)(i) in the Purchase Contract Agreement, or has given such notice but failed to deliver the required cash prior to 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the fifth Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, such Holder shall be deemed to have elected to pay for the shares of Common Stock to be issued under such Purchase Contracts from the Proceeds of the remarketing of the related Pledged Notes. In such event, the Collateral Agent shall instruct the Securities Intermediary to Transfer the related Pledged Notes to the Remarketing Agent for remarketing. Upon receiving such Pledged Notes, the Remarketing Agent, pursuant to the terms of the Remarketing Agreement, will use reasonable efforts to remarket such Pledged Notes on such date. The Remarketing Agent will deposit the entire amount of the Proceeds of such remarketing in the Collateral Account. On the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Collateral Agent shall instruct the Securities Intermediary to apply a portion of the Proceeds from such remarketing equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Pledged Notes to satisfy in full such Holder’s obligations to pay the Purchase Price to purchase the shares of Common Stock under the related Purchase Contracts. The Collateral Agent shall also instruct the Securities Intermediary to apply a portion of the Proceeds of such remarketing equal to $[.0625] per Pledged Note to pay the Remarketing Agent for its services rendered in connection with the remarketing. The balance of the Proceeds from such remarketing, if any, shall be transferred to the Purchase Contract Agent for the benefit of such Holder for distribution to such Holder.

If the Remarketing Agent advises the Collateral Agent in writing that there has been a Failed Remarketing, thus resulting in an event of default under the Purchase Contract Agreement and hereunder, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company shall, at the written direction of the Company, dispose of the Pledged Notes in accordance with applicable law and satisfy in full, from such disposition, such Holder’s obligations to pay the Purchase Price for the shares of PPL Corporation Common Stock.

 

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(b) If a Holder of Treasury SPC Units [or, if a Tax Event Redemption has occurred, a SPC Unit,] has not elected to make an effective Cash Settlement by notifying the Purchase Contract Agent in the manner provided for in Section 5.4(d)(i) of the Purchase Contract Agreement, or has given such notice but failed to make such payment in the manner required by Section 5.4(d)(ii) of the Purchase Contract Agreement, such Holder shall be deemed to have elected to pay for the shares of Common Stock to be issued under such Purchase Contracts from the Proceeds of the related Pledged Treasury Securities [(or such Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be]. Upon maturity of the Pledged Treasury Securities [ or Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be], the Securities Intermediary, at the written direction of the Collateral Agent, shall invest the Cash Proceeds of the maturing Pledged Treasury Securities [ or Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be,] in Permitted Investments [maturing on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date]. Without receiving any instruction from any such Holder, the Collateral Agent shall apply the Proceeds of the related Pledged Treasury Securities [or Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be], to the settlement of such Purchase Contracts on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. In the event the sum of the Proceeds from the related Pledged Treasury Securities [or Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be], and the investment earnings from the investment in Permitted Investments exceeds the aggregate Purchase Price of the Purchase Contracts being settled thereby, the Collateral Agent shall instruct the Securities Intermediary to distribute such excess, when received, to the Purchase Contract Agent for the benefit of such Holder for distribution to such Holder.

SECTION 5.8 [Tax Event Redemption.

If the Securities Intermediary receives notice from the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent that a Tax Event Redemption has occurred prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Securities Intermediary, promptly after receipt of such notice, shall apply the Redemption Amount to purchase the Treasury Portfolio and the Securities Intermediary shall credit the Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio to the Collateral Account and shall transfer the Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (B) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to the Holders of the SPC Units. Upon credit to the Collateral Account of the Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio having a Value equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Pledged Notes, the Securities Intermediary shall release the Pledged Notes from the Collateral Account and shall promptly transfer the Pledged Notes to the Company.]

 

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SECTION 6. Voting Rights.

The Purchase Contract Agent may exercise, or refrain from exercising, any and all voting and other consensual rights pertaining to the Pledged Notes or any part thereof for any purpose not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement and in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement; provided, that the Purchase Contract Agent shall not exercise or shall not refrain from exercising such right, as the case may be, if, in the judgment of the Purchase Contract Agent, such action would impair or otherwise have a material adverse effect on the value of all or any of the Pledged Notes; and provided, further, that the Purchase Contract Agent shall give the Company and the Collateral Agent at least five Business Days’ prior written notice of the manner in which it intends to exercise, or its reasons for refraining from exercising, any such right. Upon receipt of any notices and other communications in respect of any Pledged Notes, including notice of any meeting at which holders of the Notes are entitled to vote or solicitation of consents, waivers or proxies of holders of the Notes, the Collateral Agent shall use reasonable efforts to send promptly to the Purchase Contract Agent such notice or communication, and as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt of a written request therefor from the Purchase Contract Agent, execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent such proxies and other instruments in respect of such Pledged Notes (in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent) as are prepared by the Purchase Contract Agent with respect to the Pledged Notes.

SECTION 7. Rights and Remedies.

SECTION 7.1 Rights and Remedies of the Collateral Agent.

(a) In addition to the rights and remedies specified in Sections 5.5 and 5.7 hereof or otherwise available at law or in equity, after an event of default (as specified in Section 7.1(b) below) hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have all of the rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral of a secured party under the UCC (whether or not the UCC is in effect in the jurisdiction where the rights and remedies are asserted) and the TRADES Regulations and such additional rights and remedies to which a secured party is entitled under the laws in effect in any jurisdiction where any rights and remedies hereunder may be asserted. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such remedies may include, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (1) retention of the Pledged Notes, Pledged Treasury Securities [or the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term), as the case may be,] in full satisfaction of the Holders’ obligations under the Purchase Contracts or (2) sale of the Pledged Notes, Pledged Treasury Securities [or the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term), as the case may be] in one or more public or private sales and application of the proceeds in full satisfaction of the Holders’ obligations under the Purchase Contracts.

(b) Without limiting any rights or powers otherwise granted by this Agreement to the Collateral Agent, in the event the Collateral Agent is unable to make payments to the Company on account of [the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio, or on account of ] principal payments of any Pledged Treasury Securities as provided in Section 3 hereof, in satisfaction of the Obligations of the Holder of [the SPC Units (if a Tax Event Redemption has occurred) of

 

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which such appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio or] the Holder of the Treasury SPC Units of which such Pledged Treasury Securities are a part under the related Purchase Contracts, the inability to make such payments shall constitute an event of default hereunder and the Collateral Agent shall have and may exercise, with reference to such Pledged Treasury Securities or the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio, as applicable, and such Obligations of such Holder, any and all of the rights and remedies available to a secured party under the UCC and the TRADES Regulations after default by a debtor, and as otherwise granted herein or under any other law.

(c) Without limiting any rights or powers otherwise granted by this Agreement to the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized to receive and collect all payments of (i) the principal amount of the Applicable Ownership Interest (as specified in clause (A) of the definition of such term) in the Treasury Portfolio, (ii) the principal amount of the Pledged Notes and (iii) the principal amount of the Pledged Treasury Securities subject, in each case, to the provisions of Section 3 hereof, and as otherwise granted herein.

(d) The Purchase Contract Agent individually and as attorney-in-fact for each Holder of Securities, and each Holder of Securities agrees that, from time to time, upon the written request of the Collateral Agent, or the Purchase Contract Agent, such Holder shall execute and deliver such further documents and do such other acts and things as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to maintain the Pledge, and the perfection and priority thereof, and to confirm the rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder. The Purchase Contract Agent shall have no liability to any Holder for executing any documents or taking any such acts requested by the Collateral Agent hereunder, except for liability for its own negligent acts, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct.

SECTION 7.2 [Tax Event Redemption.

Upon the occurrence of a Tax Event Redemption prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Redemption Price payable on the Tax Event Redemption Date with respect to the Applicable Principal Amount shall be credited to the Collateral Account by the Indenture Trustee, on or prior to 12:30 p.m., New York City time on such Tax Event Redemption Date, by federal funds check or wire transfer of immediately available funds. The Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to present the Pledged Notes for payment as may be required by their respective terms. Upon receipt of such funds, the Pledged Notes shall be released from the Collateral Account. In the event such funds are credited to the Collateral Account, the Collateral Agent, at the written direction of the Company, shall instruct the Securities Intermediary to (a) apply an amount equal to the Redemption Amount of such Redemption Price to purchase the Treasury Portfolio from the Quotation Agent for credit to the Collateral Account and (b) promptly remit the remaining portion of such Redemption Price, if any, to the Purchase Contract Agent for payment to the Holders of SPC Units.]

 

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SECTION 7.3 Substitutions.

Whenever a Holder has the right to substitute Treasury Securities, Notes [or the appropriate Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be,] or securities entitlements to any of them, for financial assets held in the Collateral Account, such substitution shall not constitute a novation of the security interest created hereby.

SECTION 8. Representations and Warranties; Covenants.

SECTION 8.1 Representations and Warranties.

Each Holder from time to time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent as attorney-in-fact (it being understood that the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be liable for any representation or warranty made by or on behalf of a Holder), hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent (with respect to such Holder’s interest in the Collateral), which representations and warranties shall be deemed repeated on each day a Holder Transfers Collateral that:

(1) such Holder has the power to grant a security interest in and lien on the Collateral;

(2) such Holder is the sole beneficial owner of the Collateral and, in the case of Collateral delivered in physical form, is the sole holder of such Collateral and is the sole beneficial owner of, or has the right to Transfer, the Collateral it Transfers to the Securities Intermediary for credit to the Collateral Account, free and clear of any security interest, lien, encumbrance, call, liability to pay money or other restriction other than the security interest and lien granted under Section 2 hereof;

(3) upon the Transfer of the Collateral to the Securities Intermediary for credit to the Collateral Account, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, will have a valid and perfected first priority security interest therein (assuming that any central clearing operation or any securities intermediary or other entity not within the control of the Holder involved in the Transfer of the Collateral, including the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary, gives the notices and takes the action required of it hereunder and under applicable law for perfection of that interest and assuming the establishment and exercise of control pursuant to Section 4 hereof); and

(4) the execution and performance by the Holder of its obligations under this Agreement will not result in the creation of any security interest, lien or other encumbrance on the Collateral other than the security interest and lien granted under Section 2 hereof or violate any provision of any existing law or regulation applicable to it or of any mortgage, charge, pledge, indenture, contract or undertaking to which it is a party or which is binding on it or any of its assets.

SECTION 8.2 Covenants.

The Holders from time to time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent as their attorney-in-fact (it being understood that the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be liable for any covenant made by or on behalf of a Holder), hereby covenant to the Collateral Agent that for so long as the Collateral remains subject to the Pledge:

 

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(1) neither the Purchase Contract Agent nor such Holders will create or purport to create or allow to subsist any mortgage, charge, lien, pledge or any other security interest whatsoever over the Collateral or any part of it other than pursuant to this Agreement; and

(2) neither the Purchase Contract Agent nor such Holders will sell or otherwise dispose (or attempt to dispose) of the Collateral or any part of it except for the beneficial interest therein, subject to the Pledge hereunder, transferred in connection with the Transfer of the Securities.

SECTION 9. The Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary.

It is hereby agreed as follows:

SECTION 9.1 Appointment, Powers and Immunities.

The Collateral Agent shall act as agent for the Company hereunder with such powers as are specifically vested in the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreement, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Collateral Agent shall:

(1) have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement and no implied covenants or obligations shall be inferred from this Agreement against the Collateral Agent, nor shall the Collateral Agent be bound by the provisions of any agreement by any party hereto beyond the specific terms hereof;

(2) not be responsible for any recitals contained in this Agreement, or in any certificate or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by it under, this Agreement, the Securities or the Purchase Contract Agreement, or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement (other than as against the Collateral Agent), the Securities or the Purchase Contract Agreement or any other document referred to or provided for herein or therein or for any failure by the Company or any other Person (except the Collateral Agent) to perform any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder or for the perfection, priority or, except as expressly required hereby, maintenance of any security interest created hereunder;

(3) not be required to initiate or conduct any litigation or collection proceedings hereunder (except pursuant to directions furnished under Section 9.2 hereof, subject to Section 9.6 hereof);

(4) not be responsible for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it hereunder or under any other document or instrument referred to or provided for herein or in connection herewith or therewith, except for its own negligence or willful misconduct; and

 

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(5) not be required to advise any party as to selling or retaining, or taking or refraining from taking any action with respect to, any securities or other property deposited hereunder.

Subject to the foregoing, during the term of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall take all reasonable action in connection with the safekeeping and preservation of the Collateral hereunder.

No provision of this Agreement shall require the Collateral Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder. In no event shall the Collateral Agent be liable for any amount in excess of the Value of the Collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary in its individual capacity hereby waives any right of setoff, bankers’ lien, liens or perfection rights as securities intermediary or any counterclaim with respect to any of the Collateral.

SECTION 9.2 Instructions of the Company.

The Company shall have the right, by one or more instruments in writing executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent, to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for the realization of any right or remedy available to the Collateral Agent, or of exercising any power conferred on the Collateral Agent, or to direct the taking or refraining from taking of any action authorized by this Agreement; provided, however, that (i) such direction shall not conflict with the provisions of any law or of this Agreement and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall be adequately indemnified as provided herein. Nothing contained in this Section 9.2 shall impair the right of the Collateral Agent in its discretion to take any action or omit to take any action which it deems proper and which is not inconsistent with such direction.

SECTION 9.3 Reliance by Collateral Agent and Securities Intermediary.

Each of the Securities Intermediary and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any certification, order, judgment, opinion, notice or other written communication (including, without limitation, any thereof by telephone, telecopy, e-mail or similar electronic media, telex or facsimile) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by or on behalf of the proper Person or Persons (without being required to determine the correctness of any fact stated therein) and upon advice and statements of legal counsel and other experts selected by the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary. As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement, the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, hereunder in accordance with instructions given by the Company in accordance with this Agreement.

SECTION 9.4 Rights in Other Capacities.

The Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary and their affiliates may (without having to account therefor to the Company) accept deposits from, lend money to, make their investments in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with the

 

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Purchase Contract Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, any other Person interested herein and any Holder of Securities (and any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates) as if it were not acting as the Collateral Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, and the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and their affiliates may accept fees and other consideration from the Purchase Contract Agent and any Holder of Securities without having to account for the same to the Company; provided that each of the Securities Intermediary and the Collateral Agent covenants and agrees with the Company that it shall not accept, receive or permit there to be created in favor of itself and shall take no affirmative action to permit there to be created in favor of any other Person, any security interest, lien or other encumbrance of any kind in or upon the Collateral other than the lien created by the Pledge.

SECTION 9.5 Non-Reliance on Collateral Agent and Securities Intermediary.

Neither the Securities Intermediary nor the Collateral Agent shall be required to keep itself informed as to the performance or observance by the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder of Securities of this Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agreement, the Securities or any other document referred to or provided for herein or therein or to inspect the properties or books of the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder of Securities. Neither the Collateral Agent nor the Securities Intermediary shall have any duty or responsibility to provide the Company with any credit or other information concerning the affairs, financial condition or business of the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder of Securities (or any of their respective affiliates) that may come into the possession of the Collateral Agent or the Securities Intermediary or any of their respective affiliates.

SECTION 9.6 Compensation and Indemnity.

The Company agrees to:

(1) pay the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed in writing between the Company and the Collateral Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, for all services rendered by them hereunder; and

(2) indemnify the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary for, and hold each of them harmless from and against, any loss, liability or reasonable out-of-pocket expense incurred without negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its powers and duties under this Agreement, including the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of such powers and duties.

The Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall each promptly notify the Company of any third party claim which may give rise to indemnity hereunder and give the Company the opportunity to participate in the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, and no such claim shall be settled without the written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

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SECTION 9.7 Failure to Act.

In the event of any ambiguity in the provisions of this Agreement or any dispute between or conflicting claims by or among the parties hereto or any other Person with respect to any funds or property deposited hereunder, the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall be entitled, after prompt notice to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent, at its sole option, to refuse to comply with any and all claims, demands or instructions with respect to such property or funds so long as such dispute or conflict shall continue, and the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall not be or become liable in any way to any of the parties hereto for its failure or refusal to comply with such conflicting claims, demands or instructions. The Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall be entitled to refuse to act until either:

(1) such conflicting or adverse claims or demands shall have been finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or settled by agreement between the conflicting parties as evidenced in a writing satisfactory to the Collateral Agent or the Securities Intermediary; or

(2) the Collateral Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall have received security or an indemnity satisfactory to it sufficient to save it harmless from and against any and all loss, liability or reasonable out-of- pocket expense which it may incur by reason of its acting.

The Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary may in addition elect to commence an interpleader action or seek other judicial relief or orders as the Collateral Agent or the Securities Intermediary may deem necessary. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Collateral Agent nor the Securities Intermediary shall be required to take any action that is in its opinion contrary to law or to the terms of this Agreement, or which would in its opinion subject it or any of its officers, employees or directors to liability.

SECTION 9.8 Resignation of Collateral Agent and Securities Intermediary.

(a) Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Collateral Agent as provided below:

(1) the Collateral Agent may resign at any time by giving notice thereof to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent as attorney-in-fact for the Holders of Securities;

(2) the Collateral Agent may be removed at any time by the Company; and

(3) if the Collateral Agent fails to perform any of its material obligations hereunder in any material respect for a period of not less than 20 days after receiving written notice of such failure by the Purchase Contract Agent and such failure shall be continuing, the Collateral Agent may be removed by the Purchase Contract Agent.

The Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly notify the Company of any removal of the Collateral Agent pursuant to clause (3) of the immediately preceding sentence. Upon any

 

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such resignation or removal, the Company shall have the right to appoint a successor Collateral Agent. If no successor Collateral Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Collateral Agent’s giving of notice of resignation or such removal, then the retiring Collateral Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent shall be a bank which has an office in New York City with a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and shall not be the Purchase Contract Agent or any of its affiliates. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent, such successor Collateral Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall take all appropriate action to transfer any money and property held by it hereunder (including the Collateral) to such successor Collateral Agent. The retiring Collateral Agent shall, upon such succession, be discharged from its duties and obligations as Collateral Agent hereunder. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder as Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 9 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Collateral Agent.

(b) Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Securities Intermediary as provided below:

(1) the Securities Intermediary may resign at any time by giving notice thereof to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent as attorney- in-fact for the Holders of Securities;

(2) the Securities Intermediary may be removed at any time by the Company; and

(3) if the Securities Intermediary fails to perform any of its material obligations hereunder in any material respect for a period of not less than 20 days after receiving written notice of such failure by the Purchase Contract Agent and such failure shall be continuing, the Securities Intermediary may be removed by the Purchase Contract Agent.

The Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly notify the Company of any removal of the Securities Intermediary pursuant to clause (3) of the immediately preceding sentence. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Company shall have the right to appoint a successor Securities Intermediary. If no successor Securities Intermediary shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Securities Intermediary’s giving of notice of resignation or such removal, then the retiring Securities Intermediary may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Securities Intermediary. The Securities Intermediary shall be a bank which has an office in New York City with a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and shall not be the Purchase Contract Agent or any of its affiliates. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Securities Intermediary hereunder by a successor Securities Intermediary, such successor Securities Intermediary shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Securities Intermediary, and the retiring Securities Intermediary shall take all appropriate action to transfer any money and property held by it

 

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hereunder (including the Collateral) to such successor Securities Intermediary. The retiring Securities Intermediary shall, upon such succession, be discharged from its duties and obligations as Securities Intermediary hereunder. After any retiring Securities Intermediary’s resignation hereunder as Securities Intermediary, the provisions of this Section 9 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Securities Intermediary.

SECTION 9.9 Right to Appoint Agent or Advisor.

The Collateral Agent shall have the right to appoint agents or advisors in connection with any of its duties hereunder, and the Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by, or in reliance upon the advice of, such agents or advisors selected in good faith. The appointment of agents pursuant to this Section 9.9 shall be subject to prior consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

SECTION 9.10 Survival.

The provisions of this Section 9 shall survive termination of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent or the Securities Intermediary.

SECTION 9.11 Exculpation.

Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or the Securities Intermediary or their officers, directors, employees or agents be liable under this Agreement to any third party for indirect, special, punitive, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, including lost profits, whether or not the likelihood of such loss or damage was known to the Collateral Agent or the Securities Intermediary, or any of them, incurred without any act or deed that is found to be attributable to gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Collateral Agent or the Securities Intermediary.

SECTION 10. Amendment.

SECTION 10.1 Amendment Without Consent of Holders.

Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Purchase Contract Agent, at any time and from time to time, may amend this Agreement, in form satisfactory to the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Purchase Contract Agent, to:

(1) evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company;

(2) evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent, Securities Intermediary or Purchase Contract Agent;

(3) add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders, or surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company, provided such covenants or such surrender do not adversely affect the validity, perfection or priority of the Pledge created hereunder; or

 

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(4) cure any ambiguity (or formal defect), correct or supplement any provisions herein which may be inconsistent with any other such provisions herein, or make any other provisions with respect to such matters or questions arising under this Agreement, provided such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders.

SECTION 10.2 Amendment With Consent of Holders.

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the Purchase Contracts at the time outstanding, by Act of such Holders delivered to the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Collateral Agent, the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Collateral Agent may amend this Agreement for the purpose of modifying in any manner the provisions of this Agreement or the rights of the Holders in respect of the Securities; provided, however, that no such supplemental agreement shall, without the unanimous consent of the Holders of each Outstanding Security adversely affected thereby:

(1) change the amount or type of Collateral underlying a Security, impair the right of the Holder of any Security to receive distributions on the underlying Collateral or otherwise adversely affect the Holder’s rights in or to such Collateral;

(2) otherwise effect any action that would require the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby pursuant to the Purchase Contract Agreement if such action were effected by an agreement supplemental thereto; or

(3) reduce the percentage of Purchase Contracts the consent of whose Holders is required for any such amendment;

provided that if any amendment or proposal referred to above would adversely affect only the SPC Units or only the Treasury SPC Units, then only the affected class of Holders( as of the record date, if any) for the Holders entitled to vote thereon will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal, and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the consent of Holders of not less than a majority of such class; provided, further, that the unanimous consent of the Holders of each outstanding Purchase Contract of such class affected thereby shall be required to approve any amendment or proposal specified in clauses (1) through (3) above.

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

SECTION 10.3 Execution of Amendments.

In executing any amendment permitted by this Section, the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Purchase Contract Agent shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.1 of the Purchase Contract Agreement with respect to the Purchase Contract Agent)

 

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shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent, if any, to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied.

SECTION 10.4 Effect of Amendments.

Upon the execution of any amendment under this Section, this Agreement shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such amendment shall form a part of this Agreement for all purposes; and every Holder of Certificates theretofore or thereafter authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered under the Purchase Contract Agreement shall be bound thereby.

SECTION 10.5 Reference to Amendments.

Certificates authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered after the execution of any amendment pursuant to this Section may, and shall if required by the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent, bear a notation in form approved by the Purchase Contract Agent and the Collateral Agent as to any matter provided for in such amendment. If the Company shall so determine, new Security Certificates so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company, to any such amendment may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered by the Purchase Contract Agent in accordance with the Purchase Contract Agreement in exchange for Outstanding Security Certificates.

SECTION 11. Miscellaneous.

SECTION 11.1 No Waiver.

No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent or any of its agents to exercise, and no course of dealing with respect to, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Collateral Agent or any of its agents of any right, power or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The remedies herein are cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

SECTION 11.2 Governing Law.

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

The Company, the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Holders from time to time of the Securities, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent as their attorney-in-fact, hereby submit to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and of any New York state court sitting in New York City for the purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company, the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Holders from time to time of the Securities, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent as their attorney-in-fact, irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any

 

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objection which they may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

SECTION 11.3 Notices.

All notices, requests, consents and other communications provided for herein (including, without limitation, any modifications of, or waivers or consents under, this Agreement) shall be given or made in writing (including, without limitation, by telecopy) delivered to the intended recipient at the “Address for Notices” specified below its name on the signature pages hereof or, as to any party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties (or in the case of Holders, as may be made and deemed given as provided in Section 1.6 of the Purchase Contract Agreement). Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all such communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when transmitted by telecopier or personally delivered or, in the case of a mailed notice, upon receipt, in each case given or addressed as aforesaid.

SECTION 11.4 Successors and Assigns.

This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Holders from time to time of the Securities, by their acceptance of the same, shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the provisions hereof and to have ratified the agreements of, and the grant of the Pledge hereunder by, the Purchase Contract Agent.

SECTION 11.5 Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart.

SECTION 11.6 Severability.

If any provision hereof is invalid and unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, (i) the other provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect in such jurisdiction and shall be liberally construed in order to carry out the intentions of the parties hereto as nearly as may be possible and (ii) the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 11.7 Expenses, etc.

The Company agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary for:

(1) all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and

 

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expenses of counsel to the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary), in connection with (i) the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery or performance of this Agreement and (ii) any modification, supplement or waiver of any of the terms of this Agreement;

(2) all reasonable costs and expenses of the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) in connection with (i) any enforcement or proceedings resulting or incurred in connection with causing any Holder of Securities to satisfy its obligations under the Purchase Contracts forming a part of the Securities and (ii) the enforcement of this Section 11.7; and

(3) all transfer, stamp, documentary or other similar taxes, assessments or charges levied by any governmental or revenue authority in respect of this Agreement or any other document referred to herein and all costs, expenses, taxes, assessments and other charges incurred in connection with any filing, registration, recording or perfection of any security interest contemplated hereby.

SECTION 11.8 Security Interest Absolute.

All rights of the Collateral Agent and security interests hereunder, and all obligations of the Holders from time to time hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of:

(1) any lack of validity or enforceability of any provision of the Purchase Contracts or the Securities or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;

(2) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or any other term of, or any increase in the amount of, all or any of the obligations of Holders of the Securities under the related Purchase Contracts, or any other amendment or waiver of any term of, or any consent to any departure from any requirement of, the Purchase Contract Agreement or any Purchase Contract or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto; or

(3) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or discharge of, a borrower, a guarantor or a pledgor.

SECTION 11.9 Notice of a Tax Event, Tax Event Redemption and Termination Event

Upon the occurrence of a Tax Event, a Tax Event Redemption or a Termination Event, the Company shall deliver written notice to the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary. Upon the written request of the Collateral Agent or the Securities Intermediary, the Company shall inform such party whether or not a Tax Event, a Tax Event Redemption or a Termination Event has occurred.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

PPL CORPORATION     JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact of the Holders from time to time of the Securities
By:  

 

    By:  

 

Name:       Name:  
Title:       Title:  
Address for Notices:     Address for Notices:
Attention:     Attention:
Telecopy:     Telecopy:
                                                 , as Collateral Agent                                                      , as Securities Intermediary
By:  

 

    By:  

 

Name:       Name:  
Title:       Title:  

 

Address for Notices:

 

Attention:

Telecopy:

   

 

Address for Notices:

 

Attention:

Telecopy:

 

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EXHIBIT A

INSTRUCTION FROM

PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

TO COLLATERAL AGENT

(Establishment of Treasury SPC Units)

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:  

 

Telecopy:  

 

 

  Re: SPC Units of PPL Corporation (the “Company”) and PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

Please refer to the Pledge Agreement, dated as of                          (the “Pledge Agreement”), among the Company, you, as Collateral Agent,                             , as Securities Intermediary, and the undersigned, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of SPC Units from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Pledge Agreement.

We hereby notify you in accordance with Section 5.2 of the Pledge Agreement that the holder of securities named below (the “Holder”) has elected to substitute $             Value of Treasury Securities or securities entitlements thereto in exchange for an equal Value of Pledged Notes and has delivered to the undersigned a notice stating that the Holder has Transferred such Treasury Securities or securities entitlements thereto to the Securities Intermediary, for credit to the Collateral Account.

We hereby request that you instruct the Securities Intermediary, upon confirmation that such Treasury Securities or securities entitlements thereto have been credited to the Collateral Account, to release to the undersigned an equal Value of Pledged Notes in accordance with Section 5.2 of the Pledge Agreement. [We also hereby confirm that no Tax Event Redemption has occurred.]

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Date:

Please print name and address of Holder electing to substitute Treasury Securities or securities entitlements thereto for the Pledged Notes:

 

 

   

 

Name     Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any

 

   
Address    

 

   

 

 

   


EXHIBIT B

INSTRUCTION

FROM COLLATERAL AGENT

TO SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY

(Establishment of Treasury SPC Units)

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Telecopy:

 

 

 

  Re: SPC Units of PPL Corporation (the “Company”) Securities Account No.     . entitled “                                , as Collateral Agent, Securities Account (PPL Corporation)” (the “Collateral Account”)

Please refer to the Pledge Agreement, dated as of                          (the “Pledge Agreement”), among the Company, you, as Securities Intermediary,                     , as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of SPC Units from time to time, and the undersigned, as Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Pledge Agreement.

When you have confirmed that $             Value of Treasury Securities or securities entitlements thereto has been credited to the Collateral Account by or for the benefit of                         , as Holder of SPC Units (the “Holder”), you are hereby instructed to release from the Collateral Account an equal Value of Notes or securities entitlements thereto by Transfer to the Purchase Contract Agent.

 

   

 

   

By:

 

 

   

Name:

 
   

Title:

 

Dated:

 

 

   

Please print name and address of Holder:

 

 

   

 

Name     Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any

 

   
Address    

 

   

 

   


EXHIBIT C

INSTRUCTION

FROM PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

TO COLLATERAL AGENT

(Reestablishment of SPC Units )

 

Attention:  

 

Telecopy:  

 

 

  Re: SPC Units of PPL Corporation (the “Company”) and PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

Please refer to the Pledge Agreement, dated as of                          (the “Pledge Agreement”), among the Company, you, as Collateral Agent,                                 , as Securities Intermediary, and the undersigned, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of SPC Units from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Pledge Agreement.

We hereby notify you in accordance with Section 5.3(a) of the Pledge Agreement that the holder of securities listed below (the “Holder”) has elected to substitute $             Value of Notes or securities entitlements thereto in exchange for $             Value of Pledged Treasury Securities and has delivered to the undersigned a notice stating that the Holder has Transferred such Notes or securities entitlements thereto to the Securities Intermediary, for credit to the Collateral Account.

We hereby request that you instruct the Securities Intermediary, upon confirmation that such Notes or securities entitlements thereto have been credited to the Collateral Account, to release to the undersigned $             Value of Treasury Securities or securities entitlements thereto related to              Treasury SPC Units of such Holder in accordance with Section 5.3(a) of the Pledge Agreement. [We also hereby confirm that no Tax Event Redemption has occurred.]

 

   

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

   

By:

 

 

   

Name:

 
   

Title:

 

Dated:

 

 

   

Please print name and address of Holder electing to substitute Pledged Notes or securities entitlements thereto for Pledged Treasury Securities:

 

 

   

 

Name     Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any

 

   
Address    

 

   

 

   


EXHIBIT D

INSTRUCTION

FROM COLLATERAL AGENT

TO SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY

(Reestablishment of SPC Units)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Attention:  

 

 

Telecopy:

 

 

 

 

  Re: SPC Units of PPL Corporation (the “Company”) Securities Account No.     . entitled “                    , as Collateral Agent, Securities Account (PPL Corporation)” (the “Collateral Account”)

Please refer to the Pledge Agreement, dated as of                          (the “Pledge Agreement”), among the Company, you, as Securities Intermediary,                      , as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of SPC Units from time to time, and the undersigned, as Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Pledge Agreement.

When you have confirmed that $             Value of Notes or securities entitlements thereto has been credited to the Collateral Account by or for the benefit of                     , as Holder of SPC Units (the “Holder”), you are hereby instructed to release from the Collateral Account $             Value of Treasury Securities or securities entitlements thereto by Transfer to the Purchase Contract Agent.

 

   

 

 

   

By:

 

 

   

Name:

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

Please print name and address of Holder:

 

 

   

 

Name     Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any

 

   
Address    

 

 

   

 

 

   


EXHIBIT E

NOTICE OF CASH SETTLEMENT FROM SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY

TO PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

(Cash Settlement Amounts)

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

4 New York Plaza

New York, New York 10004

Attention:                         

Telecopy:                         

 

  Re: SPC Units of PPL Corporation (the “Company”) and PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

Please refer to the Pledge Agreement, dated as of                          (the “Pledge Agreement”), among you, the Company,                     , as Collateral Agent and the undersigned, as Securities Intermediary. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Pledge Agreement are used herein as defined therein

In accordance with Section 5.5(d) of the Pledge Agreement, we hereby notify you that as of 11:00 a.m., [on the fifth Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date], we have received (i) $             in immediately available funds paid in an aggregate amount equal to the Purchase Price owing to the Company on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date with respect to                          SPC Units and (ii) $             in immediately available funds paid in an aggregate amount equal to the Purchase Price owing to the Company on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date with respect to                          Treasury SPC Units.

 

   

 

   

By:

 

 

   

Name:

 
   

Title:

 

Dated:

 

 

   
EX-4.19 9 dex419.htm REMARKETING AGREEMENT Remarketing Agreement

EXHIBIT 4.19

PPL CORPORATION

PPL CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.     % [Deferrable] Notes Due                         

Guaranteed as to payment of principal,

premium, if any, and interest by

PPL Corporation

REMARKETING AGREEMENT

[Date]

 

[Remarketing Agent]  

 

 

 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

                                 (the “Remarketing Agent”) is undertaking to remarket the                     % [Deferrable] Notes due                          (the “Securities”), issued by PPL Capital Funding, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Capital Funding”), and unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest by PPL Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of                         , among Capital Funding, the Company and             , as trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture, dated                         , relating to the Notes (as amended or supplemented, the “Indenture”).

The Remarketing (as defined below) of the Securities is provided for in an Officer’s Certificate relating to and establishing certain terms of the Notes (the “Officer’s Certificate”), the Pledge Agreement and the Purchase Contract Agreement (as defined below).]

Section 1. Definitions.

(a) Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Contract Agreement, dated as of                          (the “Purchase Contract Agreement”), between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., a national banking association, as Purchase Contract Agent and Trustee (the “Purchase Contract Agent”), or in the Officer’s Certificate, as the case may be.

(b) As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

“Remarketed Securities” means the Securities subject to the Remarketing, as identified to the Remarketing Agent by the Purchase Contract Agent after 11:00 a.m. on the fifth Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date;


“Remarketing” means the remarketing of the Remarketed Securities pursuant to the Remarketing Procedures; and

“Remarketing Procedures” means the procedures in connection with the Remarketing of the Securities described in the Officer’s Certificate;

“Subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

Section 2. Appointment and Obligations of the Remarketing Agent.

(a) The Company and Capital Funding hereby appoint                      as exclusive remarketing agent (the “Remarketing Agent”), and                      hereby (1) accepts appointment as Remarketing Agent, for the purpose of (A) Remarketing Remarketed Securities on behalf of the holders thereof and (B) performing such other duties as are assigned to the Remarketing Agent in the Remarketing Procedures, all in accordance with and pursuant to the Remarketing Procedures, and (2) accepts and will perform all obligations of the Remarketing Agreement set forth in the Officers’ Certificate, the Pledge Agreement and the Purchase Contract Agreement.

(b) The Remarketing Agent agrees to (1) use reasonable efforts to remarket the Remarketed Securities tendered or deemed tendered to the Remarketing Agent in the Remarketing, (2) notify the Company promptly of the Reset Rate and (3) carry out such other duties as are assigned to the Remarketing Agent in the Remarketing Procedures, all in accordance with the provisions of the Remarketing Procedures.

(c) On the third Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (the “Remarketing Date”), the Remarketing Agent shall use reasonable efforts to remarket, at a price at least equal to [100.25%] of the Stated Amount, the Remarketed Securities tendered or deemed tendered for purchase.

(d) If, as a result of the efforts described in Section 2(b), the Remarketing Agent determines that it will be able to remarket all Remarketed Securities tendered or deemed tendered for purchase at a price at least equal to [100.25%] of the Stated Amount prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Agent shall set the Reset Rate at a rate per annum (rounded to the nearest one-thousandth of one percent per annum) that the Remarketing Agent determines to be the lowest rate per annum that will enable it to remarket all of the Remarketed Securities tendered or deemed tendered for purchase at a price equal to [100.25%] of the Stated Amount.

 

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(e) upon receipt of the proceeds from the Remarketing, the Remarketing Agent shall:

(1) retain [25 basis points (.25%)] of the Stated Amount for the performance of its services as Remarketing Agent hereunder; and

(2) remit to the Collateral Agent all excess proceeds of the Remarketed Securities subject to the Pledge Agreement.

(f) If none of the holders of Remarketed Notes elects to have Remarketed Securities remarketed in the Remarketing, the Remarketing Agent shall determine the rate that would have been established had a Remarketing been held on the Remarketing Date, and such rate shall be the Reset Rate.

(g) If, by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Agent is unable to remarket all Remarketed Securities tendered or deemed tendered for purchase, a failed Remarketing (“Failed Remarketing”) shall be deemed to have occurred, and the Remarketing Agent shall so advise by telephone DTC, the Indenture Trustee and the Company. In the event of a Failed Remarketing, the Reset Rate shall equal the Two-Year Benchmark Treasury rate plus the Applicable Margin.

(h) Provided that there has not been a Failed Remarketing, by approximately 4:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Agent shall advise, by telephone:

(1) DTC, the Indenture Trustee and the Company of the Reset Rate determined in the Remarketing and the number of Remarketed Securities sold in the Remarketing;

(2) each purchaser (or the Depositary Participant thereof) of Remarketed Securities of the Reset Rate and the number of Remarketed Securities such purchaser is to purchase; and

(3) each purchaser to give instructions to the Depositary Participant to pay the purchase price on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date in same day funds against delivery of the Remarketed Securities purchased through the facilities of DTC.

Section 3. Representations and Warranties of the Company and Capital Funding.

The Company represents and warrants (i) on and as of the date hereof, (ii) on and as of the date the Prospectus Supplement or other Remarketing Materials (each as defined in Section 3(a) below) are first distributed in connection with the Remarketing (the “Commencement Date”), (iii) on and as of the Remarketing Date, and (iv) on and as of the Purchase Contract Settlement Date that:

(a) The conditions for use of Form S-3, as set forth in the General Instructions thereto, have been satisfied.

 

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(b) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No.             ) and an amendment or amendments thereto with respect to the initial offering of the Notes has (i) been prepared by the Company in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the rules and regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) thereunder; (ii) been filed with the Commission under the Securities Act, and (iii) become effective under the Securities Act; a registration statement on Form S-3, if required to be filed in connection with the Remarketing also may be prepared by the Company in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and filed with the Commission under the Securities Act; and the Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”). Copies of such registration statement or registration statements that have become effective and the amendment or amendments to such registration statements have been delivered by the Company to you.

As used in this Agreement, “Effective Time” means the date and time as of which the last of such registration statements that have become effective or may be filed, or the most recent post-effective amendment thereto, if any, was declared effective by the Commission;

“Effective Date” means the date of the Effective Time of such last registration statement;

“Preliminary Prospectus” means each prospectus included in such last registration statement, or amendment thereto, before it became effective under the Securities Act and any prospectus filed by the Company with your consent pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the Rules and Regulations;

“Registration Statement” means such last registration statement, as amended at its Effective Time, including documents incorporated by reference therein at such time and, if applicable, all information contained in the final prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations, including any information deemed to be part of such Registration Statement as of the Effective Time pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations; and

“Prospectus” means such final prospectus, as first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations.

Reference made herein to any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any other information furnished by the Company to the Remarketing Agent for distribution to investors in connection with the Remarketing (the “Remarketing Materials”) shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act as of the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, or, in the case of Remarketing Materials, referred to as incorporated by reference therein, and any reference to any amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Remarketing Materials shall be deemed to refer to and include any document filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), after the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 or, if so incorporated, the Remarketing Materials, as the case may be; and any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to include any

 

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annual report of the Company filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the Effective Time that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

(c) The Commission has not issued an order preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Remarketing Materials.

(d) The Registration Statement, as of the Effective Date, conformed (and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, when they become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform) in all respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations, and the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Remarketing Materials do not and will not, as of the Effective Date (as to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto), as of the applicable filing date (as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto) and as of the Commencement Date, Remarketing Date and Purchase Contract Settlement Date (as to any Remarketing Materials) contain any 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; provided that no representation and warranty is made as to the statement of eligibility and qualification on Form T-1 of the Indenture Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act, or as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Remarketing Materials in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Remarketing Agent specifically for inclusion therein. The Indenture conforms in all material respects to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder.

(e) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained any 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; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when such documents become effective or are filed with Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain any 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.

(f) Subsequent to the date of the latest consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or in any Remarketing Materials, there has not been any material adverse change in the financial position or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, except in each case as set forth in or contemplated by the Prospectus or any Remarketing Materials.

 

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(g) The certificate delivered pursuant to paragraph (e) of Section 6 hereof in connection with the issuance and sale of the Remarketed Notes was on the dates on which it was delivered, or will be on the dates on which it is to be delivered, in all material respects true and complete.

[Capital Funding Representations, as Applicable]

Section 4. Fees.

For the performance of its services as Remarketing Agent hereunder, the Remarketing Agent shall retain from the proceeds of the Remarketing an amount equal to [25 basis points (.25%)] of the [$25] Stated Amount of the Remarketed Securities.

Section 5. Covenants of the Company and Capital Funding.

Each of the Company and Capital Funding covenant and agree as follows:

(a) (1) To prepare any registration statement or prospectus, if required, in connection with the Remarketing, in a form approved by the Remarketing Agent and to file any such prospectus pursuant to the Securities Act within the period required by the Rules and Regulations;

(2) to advise the Remarketing Agent, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the Remarketing Agent with copies thereof;

(3) to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by it with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Remarketed Securities;

(4) to advise the Remarketing Agent, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of any of the Remarketed Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to use promptly its best efforts to obtain its withdrawal.

(b) To furnish promptly to the Remarketing Agent and to counsel to the Remarketing Agent a signed copy (or true conformed copy) of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission, and each amendment thereto filed with the Commission, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith.

 

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(c) To furnish the Remarketing Agent in New York City such number of the following documents as the Remarketing Agent shall request (i) conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission and each amendment thereto (in each case excluding exhibits other than this Agreement and the Indenture); (ii) the Prospectus and any amended or supplemented Prospectus; (ii) any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (excluding exhibits thereto); and (iv) any Remarketing Materials; and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required at any time in connection with the Remarketing and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, to notify the Remarketing Agent and, upon its request, to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to the Remarketing Agent and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the Remarketing Agent may from time to time reasonably request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; provided that the expense of preparing and filing any such amendment or supplement (i) which is necessary in connection with such a delivery of a prospectus more than nine months after the Remarketing Date or (ii) which relates solely to the activities of the Remarketing Agent shall be borne by the Remarketing Agent.

(d) To file promptly with the Commission any amendment to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any supplement to the Prospectus that is required by the Securities Act or requested by the Commission.

(e) Prior to filing with the Commission (i) any amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or (ii) any Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424 of the Rules and Regulations, to furnish a copy thereof to the Remarketing Agent and counsel to the Remarketing Agent; and not to file any such amendment or supplement which shall be reasonably objected to in writing by the Remarketing Agent promptly after reasonable notice.

(f) As soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months, after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement, to make “generally available to its security holders” an “earnings statement” (which need not be audited) covering a period of at least twelve months beginning after the Effective Date which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158). The terms “generally available to its security holders” and “earnings statement” shall have the meanings set forth in Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations.

(g) To take such action as the Remarketing Agent may reasonably request in order to qualify the Remarketed Securities for offer and sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions as the Remarketing Agent may reasonably request; provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation in any State, to consent to service of process in any State other than with respect to claims arising out of the offering or sale of the Remarketed Securities, or to meet any other requirement in connection with this paragraph (g) deemed by the Company to be unduly burdensome.

 

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(h) To pay (1) the costs incident to the preparation and printing of the Registration Statement, Prospectus and any Remarketing Materials and any amendments or supplements thereto; (2) the costs of distributing the Registration Statement, Prospectus and any Remarketing Materials and any amendments or supplements thereto; (3) the fees and expenses of qualifying the Remarketed Securities under the securities laws of the several jurisdictions as provided in Section 5(g) and of preparing, printing and distributing a Blue Sky Memorandum (including related fees and expenses of counsel to the Remarketing Agent); (4) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company, hereunder; and (5) the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Remarketing Agent in connection with their duties hereunder.

Section 6. Conditions to the Remarketing Agent’s Obligations.

The obligations of the Remarketing Agent hereunder are subject to the following conditions:

(a) The Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof or suspending the qualification of the Indenture shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and any request of the Commission for inclusion of additional information in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise shall have been complied with.

(b) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (i) there shall not have been any material adverse change in the financial position or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, that, in the judgment of the Remarketing Agent, materially impairs the investment quality of the Notes, in each case other than as set forth in or contemplated by the Registration Statement or Prospectus.

(c) The representations and warranties of the Company and Capital Funding contained herein shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Remarketing Date, and the Company shall have performed in all material respects all covenants and agreements herein contained to be performed on its part at or prior to the Remarketing Date.

(d) The Company shall have furnished to the Remarketing Agent a certificate, dated the Remarketing Date, of [the President or a Vice President and a financial or accounting officer of the Company] stating that to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation:

(i) no order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or prohibiting the sale of the Remarketed Notes is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or, to the knowledge of such officers, threatened by the Commission;

(ii) the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3 are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Remarketing Date and the Company has performed in all material respects all covenants and agreements contained herein to be performed on its part at or prior to the Remarketing Date;

 

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(iii) the Registration Statement, as of its Effective Date, and the Prospectus and the Remarketing Materials, as of their respective dates, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

(e) On the Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Agent shall have received a letter addressed to the Remarketing Agent and dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Remarketing Agent, of Ernst & Young LLP, or such other firm of nationally recognized independent public accountants satisfactory to the Remarketing Agent, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” with respect to certain financial information contained in the Prospectus and in the Remarketing Materials.

(f) Counsel to the Company shall have furnished to the Remarketing Agent its opinion letter or opinion letters, as the case may be, addressed to the Remarketing Agent and dated the Remarketing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Remarketing Agent as set forth as Exhibit A hereto.

[(g) On or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement, no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act.]

Section 7. Indemnification and Contribution.

(a) The Company and Capital Funding agree that they will jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless the Remarketing Agent and each person, if any, who controls the Remarketing Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against any and all loss, expense, claim, damage or liability to which, jointly or severally, the Remarketing Agent or such controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, expense, claim, damage or liability (or actions in respect thereof) arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Remarketing Materials or any amendment or supplement to any thereof, or arises out of or is based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and, except as hereinafter in this Section provided, the Company and Capital Funding agree to reimburse the Remarketing Agent and each person who controls the Remarketing Agent as aforesaid for any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by the Remarketing Agent or such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, expense, claim, damage or liability; provided, however, that neither the Company nor Capital Funding shall be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, expense, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based on an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any such document in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to Capital Funding or the Company by or through the Remarketing Agent expressly for use in any such document or arises out of, or is based on,

 

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statements in or omissions from that part of the Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of any trustee; and provided further, that with respect to any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any prospectus or supplement, the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to the benefit of the Remarketing Agent (or to the benefit of any person controlling the Remarketing Agent), if a copy of the Prospectus (not including documents incorporated by reference therein) was not sent or given to such person at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of the Remarketed Securities to such person.

(b) The Remarketing Agent agrees that it will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and Capital Funding, their officers and directors, and each of them, and each person, if any, who controls the Company and Capital Funding within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against any loss, expense, claim, damage or liability to which it or they may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, expense, claim, damage or liability (or actions in respect thereof) arises out of or is based on any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Remarketing Materials or any amendment or supplement to any thereof, or arises out of or is based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, and only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any such document in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to Capital Funding or the Company by or through the Remarketing Agent expressly for use in any such document; and, except as hereinafter in this Section provided, the Remarketing Agent agrees to reimburse the Company and Capital Funding, their officers and directors, and each of them, and each person, if any, who controls the Company and Capital Funding within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, for any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by it or them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, expense, claim, damage or liability.

(c) Upon receipt of notice of the commencement of any action against an indemnified party, the indemnified party shall, with reasonable promptness, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under its agreement contained in this Section 7, notify such indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to the indemnified party otherwise than under its agreement contained in this Section 7. In the case of any such notice to an indemnifying party, it shall be entitled to participate at its own expense in the defense, or if it so elects, to assume the defense, of any such action, but, if it elects to assume the defense, such defense shall be conducted by counsel chosen by it and satisfactory to the indemnified party and to any other indemnifying party, defendant in the suit. In the event that any indemnifying party elects to assume the defense of any such action and retain such counsel, the indemnified party shall bear the fees and expenses of any additional counsel retained by it. No indemnifying party shall be liable in the event of any settlement of any such action effected without its consent except as provided in Section 7(e) hereof. Each indemnified party agrees promptly to notify each indemnifying party of the commencement of any litigation or proceedings against it in connection with the issue and sale of the Remarketed Securities.

 

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(d) If the Remarketing Agent or any person entitled to indemnification by the terms of subsection (a) of this Section 7 shall have given notice to the Company and Capital Funding of a claim in respect thereof pursuant to Section 7(c) hereunder, and if such claim for indemnification is thereafter held by a court to be unavailable for any reason other than by reason of the terms of this Section 7 or if such claim is unavailable under controlling precedent, the Remarketing Agent or such person shall be entitled to contribution from the Company and Capital Funding for liabilities and expenses, except to the extent that contribution is not permitted under Section 11(f) of the Securities Act. In determining the amount of contribution to which the Remarketing Agent or such person is entitled, there shall be considered the relative benefits received by the Remarketing Agent or such person and the Company and Capital Funding from the offering of the Remarketed Securities that were the subject of the claim for indemnification (taking into account the portion of the proceeds realized by each), the Remarketing Agent or person’s relative knowledge and access to information concerning the matter with respect to which the claim was asserted, the opportunity to correct and prevent any statement or omission, and any other equitable considerations appropriate under the circumstances. The Company and Capital Funding and the Remarketing Agent agree that it would not be equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation.

(e) No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 7 (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party and all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim, and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or the failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(f) The indemnity and contribution provided for in this Section 7 and the representations and warranties of the Company, Capital Funding and the Remarketing Agent shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Remarketing Agent or any person controlling the Remarketing Agent, the Company, its directors or officers, Capital Funding or any person controlling Capital Funding, (ii) acceptance of any Remarketed Securities and payment therefor under this Agreement, and (iii) any termination of this Agreement.

 

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Section 8. Resignation and Removal of the Remarketing Agent.

The Remarketing Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder, and the Company may remove the Remarketing Agent, by giving 15 days’ prior written notice, in the case of a resignation, to the Company, DTC and the Indenture Trustee and, in the case of a removal, the removed Remarketing Agent, DTC and the Indenture Trustee; provided however, that no such resignation nor any such removal shall become effective until the Company shall have appointed at least one nationally recognized broker-dealer as successor Remarketing Agent and such successor Remarketing Agent shall have entered into a remarketing agreement with the Company, in which it shall have agreed to conduct the Remarketing in accordance with the Remarketing Procedures.

In any such case, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to appoint a successor Remarketing Agent and enter into such a remarketing agreement with such person as soon as reasonably practicable. The provisions of Sections 4, 5(h) and 7 shall survive the resignation or removal of any Remarketing Agent pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 9. Dealing in the Remarketed Securities.

The Remarketing Agent, when acting as a Remarketing Agent or in its individual or any other capacity, may, to the extent permitted by law, buy, sell, hold and deal in any of the Remarketed Securities. The Remarketing Agent may exercise any vote or join in any action which any beneficial owner of Remarketed Securities may be entitled to exercise or take pursuant to the Indenture with like effect as if it did not act in any capacity hereunder. The Remarketing Agent, in its individual capacity, either as principal or agent, may also engage in or have an interest in any financial or other transaction with the Company as freely as if it did not act in any capacity hereunder.

Section 10. Remarketing Agent’s Performance; Duty of Care.

The duties and obligations of the Remarketing Agent shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement and the Indenture. No implied covenants or obligations of or against the Remarketing Agent shall be read into this Agreement or the Indenture. In the absence of bad faith on the part of the Remarketing Agent, the Remarketing Agent may conclusively rely upon any document furnished to it, which purports to conform to the requirements of this Agreement or the Indenture as to the truth of the statements expressed in any of such documents. The Remarketing Agent shall be protected in acting upon any document or communication reasonably believed by it to have been signed, presented or made by the proper party or parties. The Remarketing Agent, acting under this Agreement, shall incur no liability to the Company or to any holder of Remarketed Securities in its individual capacity or as Remarketing Agent for any action or failure to act, on its part in connection with a Remarketing or otherwise, except if such liability is judicially determined to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct on its part.

 

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Section 11. Termination.

This Agreement shall terminate as to the Remarketing Agent on the effective date of the resignation or removal of the Remarketing Agent pursuant to Section 8. In addition, this Agreement may be terminated (A) by the Company by notifying the Remarketing Agent at any time before the time when the Remarketed Securities are first generally offered by the Remarketing Agent to dealers by letter or telegram, or (B) by the Remarketing Agent by notifying the Company at or prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Remarketing Date by letter or telegram if,

(a) in the judgement of the Remarketing Agent the sale and delivery of the Remarketed Securities is rendered impracticable or inadvisable because:

(1) there has been any suspension or limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum or maximum prices for trading on such exchange, or any suspension or limitation of trading of any securities of the Company or Capital Funding on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market; or a general banking moratorium has been declared by Federal or New York authorities;

(2) any event shall have occurred or shall exist which makes untrue or incorrect in any material respect any statement or information contained in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or which is not reflected in the Registration Statement or Prospectus but should be reflected therein in order to make the statements or information contained therein not misleading in any material respect, and such untrue or incorrect statement or information is not corrected in an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or

(b) prior to that time, any of the events described in Sections 6(b) [or (g)] shall have occurred.

If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to any of the provisions hereof, except as otherwise provided herein, the Company shall not be under any liability to the Remarketing Agent and the Remarketing Agent shall not be under any liability to the Company, except that (a) if this Agreement is terminated by the Remarketing Agent because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Remarketing Agent for all of its out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of its counsel) reasonably incurred by it, and (b) if the Remarketing Agent failed or refused to purchase the Remarketed Securities hereunder, without some reason sufficient hereunder to justify the cancellation or termination of its obligations hereunder, the Remarketing Agent shall not be relieved of liability to the Company for damages occasioned by its default.

Section 12. Notices.

All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and:

(a) if to the Remarketing Agent, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to                                  Attention:                                  ;

 

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(b) if to the Company or Capital Funding, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101-1179, Attention: Treasurer. (Fax: (610) 774-            ).

Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof.

Section 13. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement.

This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Remarketing Agent, the Company, Capital Funding and their respective successors. This Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons, except that (x) the representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the benefit of the Remarketing Agent and the person or persons, if any, who control the Remarketing Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and (y) the indemnity agreement of the Remarketing Agent contained in Section 7(b) of this Agreement shall be deemed to be for the benefit of the Company’s directors and officers who sign the Registration Statement and any person controlling the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act. Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons referred to herein, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein.

Section 14. Survival.

The respective indemnities, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company Capital Funding and the Remarketing Agent contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive the Remarketing and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any of them or any person controlling any of them.

Section 15. Governing Law.

This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of New York.

Section 16. Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 17. Headings.

The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement. If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between the Company and the Remarketing Agent, please indicate your acceptance in the space provided for that purpose below.

 

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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between the Company and the Remarketing Agent, please indicate your acceptance in the space provided for that purpose below.

 

Very truly yours,
PPL CORPORATION
By:  

 

Title:  
PPL CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.
By:  

 

 

Accepted:

 

By:  

 

  Authorized Representative

 

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EX-4.21 10 dex421.htm SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Supplemental Indenture

EXHIBIT 4.21

 


PPL ENERGY SUPPLY, LLC,

Issuer

TO

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

(formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank),

Trustee

 


Supplemental Indenture No.     

Dated as of                         

Supplemental to the Indenture

dated as of October 1, 2001

Establishing a series of Securities designated

Senior Notes     % Series             , due     

limited in aggregate principal amount to $             

 



SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No.     , dated as of                                  between PPL ENERGY SUPPLY, LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking association (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), under the Indenture dated as of October 1, 2001 (hereinafter called the “Original Indenture”), this Supplemental Indenture No.      being supplemental thereto. The Original Indenture and any and all indentures and instruments supplemental thereto are hereinafter sometimes collectively called the “Indenture.”

Recitals of the Company

The Original Indenture was authorized, executed and delivered by the Company to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its Securities (such term and all other capitalized terms used herein without definition having the meanings assigned to them in the Original Indenture), to be issued in one or more series as contemplated therein.

As contemplated by Sections 301 and 1201(f) of the Original Indenture, the Company wishes to establish a series of Securities to be designated “Senior Notes,     % Series             , due                         ” to be limited in aggregate principal amount (except as contemplated in Section 301(b) and the last paragraph of Section 301 of the Original Indenture) to $            , such series of Securities to be hereinafter sometimes called “Series No.     .”

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture No.      to establish the Securities of Series No.      and has duly authorized the issuance of such Securities; and all acts necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture No.      a valid agreement of the Company and to make the Securities of Series No.      valid obligations of the Company have been performed.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No.      WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and of the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities of Series No. __, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

         Series of Securities

Section 1. There is hereby created a series of Securities designated “Senior Notes,     % Series         ” and limited in aggregate principal amount (except as contemplated in Section 301(b) and the last paragraph of Section 301 of the Original Indenture) to $            . The form and terms of the Securities of Series No.      shall be established in an Officer’s Certificate of the Company, as contemplated by Section 301 of the Original Indenture.

 

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Section 2. The Company hereby agrees that, if the Company shall make any deposit of money and/or Eligible Obligations with respect to any Securities of Series No. __, or any portion of the principal amount thereof, as contemplated by Section 701 of the Indenture, the Company shall not deliver an Officer’s Certificate described in clause (z) in the first paragraph of said Section 701 unless the Company shall also deliver to the Trustee, together with such Officer’s Certificate, either:

(A) an instrument wherein the Company, notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of its indebtedness in respect of such Securities, shall assume the obligation (which shall be absolute and unconditional) to irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent such additional sums of money, if any, or additional Eligible Obligations (meeting the requirements of Section 701), if any, or any combination thereof, at such time or times, as shall be necessary, together with the money and/or Eligible Obligations theretofore so deposited, to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest due and to become due on such Securities or portions thereof, all in accordance with and subject to the provisions of said Section 701; provided, however, that such instrument may state that the obligation of the Company to make additional deposits as aforesaid shall arise only upon the delivery to the Company by the Trustee of a notice asserting the deficiency and showing the calculation thereof and shall continue only until the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of an independent public accountant of nationally recognized standing to the effect that no such deficiency exists and showing the calculation of the sufficiency of the deposits then held by the Trustee; or

(B) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities, or portions of the principal amount thereof, will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the satisfaction and discharge of the Company’s indebtedness in respect thereof and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amounts, at the same times and in the same manner as if such satisfaction and discharge had not been effected.

Section 3. The Company agrees that for so long as any Securities of Series No.      shall remain Outstanding, without consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, the Company shall not create, incur or assume any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon any property of the Company, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in order to secure any Debt of the Company. The foregoing agreement shall not restrict the ability of Subsidiaries or Affiliates of the Company to create, incur or assume any Lien upon their properties or assets.

Section 4. The provisions of Section 3 above shall not prohibit the creation, issuance, incurrence or assumption of any Lien if either

(A) the Company shall make effective provision whereby all Securities of Series No.      then Outstanding shall be secured equally and ratably with all other Debt then outstanding under such Lien; or

 

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(B) the Company shall deliver to the Trustee bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness secured by the Lien which secures such Debt (hereinafter called “Secured Obligations”) (I) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of Series No.      then Outstanding, (II) maturing (or being subject to mandatory redemption) on such dates and in such principal amounts that, at each Stated Maturity of the Outstanding Securities of Series No. __, there shall mature (or be redeemed) Secured Obligations equal in principal amount to such Securities then to mature and (III) containing, in addition to any mandatory redemption provisions applicable to all Secured Obligations outstanding under such Lien and any mandatory redemption provisions contained therein pursuant to clause (II) above, mandatory redemption provisions correlative to the provisions, if any, for the mandatory redemption (pursuant to a sinking fund or otherwise) of the Securities of Series No.      or for the redemption thereof at the option of the Holder, as well as a provision for mandatory redemption upon an acceleration of the maturity of all Outstanding Securities of Series No.      following an Event of Default (such mandatory redemption to be rescinded upon the rescission of such acceleration); it being expressly understood that such Secured Obligations (X) may, but need not, bear interest, (Y) may, but need not, contain provisions for the redemption thereof at the option of the issuer, any such redemption to be made at a redemption price or prices not less than the principal amount thereof and (Z) shall be held by the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of all Securities of Series No.      from time to time Outstanding subject to such terms and conditions relating to surrender to the Company, transfer restrictions, voting, application of payments of principal and interest and other matters as shall be set forth in an indenture supplemental hereto specifically providing for the delivery to the Trustee of such Secured Obligations.

Section 5. If the Company shall elect either of the alternatives described in Section 4 above, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee:

(A) an indenture supplemental to the Original Indenture (I) together with any appropriate inter-creditor arrangements, whereby such Securities of Series No.      then Outstanding shall be secured by the Lien referred to in Section 4 above equally and ratably with all other indebtedness secured by such Lien or (II) providing for the delivery to the Trustee of Secured Obligations; and

(B) an Officer’s Certificate (I) stating that, to the knowledge of the signer, (1) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (2) no event has occurred and is continuing which entitles the secured party under such Lien to accelerate the maturity of the indebtedness outstanding thereunder and (II) stating the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness issuable, and then proposed to be issued, under and secured by such Lien; and

(C) an Opinion of Counsel (I) if the Securities of Series No.      then Outstanding are to be secured by such Lien, to the effect that all such Securities then Outstanding are entitled to the benefit of such Lien equally and ratably with all other indebtedness outstanding under such Lien or (II) if Secured Obligations are to be

 

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delivered to the Trustee, to the effect that such Secured Obligations have been duly issued under such Lien and constitute valid obligations, entitled to the benefit of such Lien equally and ratably with all other indebtedness then outstanding under such Lien.

Section 6. [The Company agrees that for so long as any Securities of Series No.      shall remain Outstanding, and except for the sale of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety pursuant to Article Eleven of the Original Indenture, and other than assets required to be sold to conform with governmental requirements, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, consummate any Asset Sale, if the aggregate net book value of all such Asset Sales consummated during the four calendar quarters immediately preceding any date of determination would exceed 15% of the consolidated assets of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the beginning of the Company’s most recently ended full fiscal quarter; provided, however, that any such Asset Sale will be disregarded for purposes of the 15% limitation specified above (i) if any such Asset Sale is in the ordinary course of business, (ii) to the extent that such assets are worn out or are no longer useful or necessary in connection with the operation of the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (iii) to the extent such assets are being transferred to a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, (iv) to the extent any such assets subject to any such Asset Sale involve transfers of assets of or equity interests in connection with (a) the formation of any joint venture between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any other entity, or (b) any project development and acquisition activities, and (v) if the proceeds thereof (a) are, within 12 months of such Asset Sale, invested or reinvested by the Company or any Subsidiary in a Permitted Business, (b) are used by the Company or a Subsidiary to repay Debt of the Company or such Subsidiary, or (c) are retained by the Company or its Subsidiaries. Additionally, if prior to any Asset Sale that otherwise would cause the 15% limitation to be exceeded, Moody’s and S&P confirm the then current long term debt rating of such Securities of Series No.      after giving effect to such Asset Sale, such Asset Sale shall also be disregarded for purposes of the foregoing limitations.]

Section 7. [So long as any Securities of Series No.      shall remain Outstanding, the following event shall be an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of Series No. __: the occurrence of a matured event of default, as defined in any instrument of the Company under which there may be issued or evidenced any Debt of the Company, that has resulted in the acceleration of such Debt in excess of $25,000,000, or any default in payment of Debt in excess of $25,000,000 at final maturity, after the expiration of any applicable grace or cure periods; provided, however, that the waiver or cure of any such default under any such instrument or Debt shall constitute a waiver and cure of the corresponding Event of Default under the Indenture and the rescission and annulment of the consequences thereof shall constitute a rescission and annulment of the corresponding consequences under the Indenture.]

Section 8. So long as any Securities of Series No.      shall remain Outstanding, for purposes of Section 1101(a) of the Indenture, “corporation” shall be deemed to refer to a corporation or limited liability company. For all other purposes, the definition of “corporation” in Section 101 of the Original Indenture shall govern.

 

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Section 9. For the purposes of this Article One, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(A) “Asset Sale” shall mean any sale of any assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries including by way of the sale by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of equity interests in such Subsidiaries.

(B) “Debt”, with respect to any Person, means (A) indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money evidenced by a bond, debenture, note or other similar written instrument or agreement by which such Person is obligated to repay such borrowed money and (B) any guaranty by such Person of any such indebtedness of another Person. “Debt” does not include, among other things, (W) indebtedness of such Person under any installment sale or conditional sale agreement or any other agreement relating to indebtedness for the deferred purchase price of property or services, (X) any trade obligations (including obligations under agreements relating to the purchase and sale of any commodity, including power purchase or sale agreements, and any commodity hedges or derivatives regardless or whether such transaction is a “financial” or physical transaction) or other obligations of such Person in the ordinary course of business, (Y) obligations of such Person under any lease agreement (including any lease intended as security), whether or not such obligations are required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person under generally accepted accounting principles, or (Z) liabilities secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person if and to the extent that such Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof.

(C) “Lien” means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge or security interest, in each case, intended to secure the repayment of Debt, except for any Permitted Lien.

(D) “Material Subsidiary” means PPL Global, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, PPL EnergyPlus, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or PPL Generation, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

(E) “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors and assigns, or absent a successor, or if such entity ceases to rate the Securities of Series No.     , such other nationally recognized statistical rating organization as the Company may designate by notice to the Trustee.

(F) “Permitted Business” means a business that is the same or similar to the business of the Company or any Subsidiary as of the date that Securities of Series No.      are first authenticated hereunder, or any business reasonably related thereto.

(G) “Permitted Liens” means

(i) any Liens existing at [date of execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture];

 

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(ii) any vendors’ Liens, purchase money Liens and other Liens on property at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company and Liens to secure or provide for the construction or improvement of property provided that no such Lien shall extend to or cover any other property of the Company;

(iii) any Liens on cash or securities (other than limited liability company interests issued by any Material Subsidiary) on hand or in banks or other financial institutions, deposit accounts and interests in general or limited partnerships;

(iv) any Liens on the equity interest of any Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary;

(v) any Liens on property or shares of capital stock, or arising out of any Debt of any corporation existing at the time the corporation becomes or is merged or consolidated into the Company;

(vi) any Liens in connection with the issuance of tax-exempt industrial development or pollution control bonds or other similar bonds issued pursuant to Section 103(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or any successor provision), to finance all or any part of the purchase price of or the cost of constructing, equipping or improving property, provided that such Liens are limited to the property acquired or constructed or improved and to substantially unimproved real property on which such construction or improvement is located; provided, further, that the Company may further secure all or any part of such purchase price or the cost of construction or improvement by an interest on additional property of the Company only to the extent necessary for the construction, maintenance and operation of, and access to, such property so acquired or constructed or such improvement;

(vii) any Liens on contracts, leases and other agreements of whatsoever kind and nature; any Liens on contract rights, bills, notes and other instruments; any Liens on revenues, income and earnings, accounts, accounts receivable and unbilled revenues, claims, credits, demands and judgments; any Liens on governmental and other licenses, permits, franchises, consents and allowances; and any Liens on patents, patent licenses and other patent rights, patent applications, trade names, trademarks, copyrights, claims, credits, choses in action and other intangible property and general intangibles including, but not limited to, computer software;

(viii) any Liens securing Debt which matures less than one year from the date of issuance or incurrence thereof and is not extendible at the option of the issuer, and any refundings, refinancings and/or replacements of any such Debt by or with similar secured Debt;

 

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(ix) any Liens on automobiles, buses, trucks and other similar vehicles and movable equipment; vessels, boats, barges and other marine equipment; airplanes, helicopters, aircraft engines and other flight equipment; parts, accessories and supplies used in connection with any of the foregoing;

(x) any Liens on furniture and furnishings, and computers, data processing, data storage, data transmission, telecommunications and other equipment and facilities, equipment and apparatus, which, in any case, are used primarily for administrative or clerical purposes;

(xi) any Liens on property which is the subject of a lease agreement designating the Company as lessee and all right, title and interest of the Company in and to such property and in, to and under such lease agreement, whether or not such lease agreement is intended as security;

(xii) other Liens securing Debt the principal amount of which does not exceed 10% of the total assets of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as shown on the Company’s most recent audited consolidated balance sheet; and

(xiii) any Liens granted in connection with extending, renewing, replacing or refinancing, in whole or in part, the Debt secured by liens described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (xii), to the extent of such Debt so extended, renewed, replaced or refinanced.

(H) “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc. and its successors and assigns, or absent a successor, or if such entity ceases to rate the Securities of Series No. __, such other nationally recognized statistical rating organization as the Company may designate by notice to the Trustee.

(I) “Subsidiary” means any corporation a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company.

(J) “Voting Stock” means stock (or other interests) of a corporation having voting power for the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

ARTICLE TWO

Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 1. This Supplemental Indenture No.      is a supplement to the Original Indenture. As supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture No.     , the Indenture is in all respects ratified, approved and confirmed, and the Original Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture No.      shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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Section 2. The recitals contained in this Supplemental Indenture No.      shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness and makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture No.     .

Section 3. 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.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture No.      to be duly executed, and their respective seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first written above.

 

  PPL ENERGY SUPPLY, LLC
  By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

[SEAL]

   

ATTEST:

   

 

   
 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Trustee

  By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

[SEAL]

   

ATTEST:

   

 

   

 

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EX-4.22 11 dex422.htm OFFICERS CERTIFICATE Officers Certificate

EXHIBIT 4.22

OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

(Under Section 301 of the Indenture of

PPL Energy Supply, LLC

The undersigned                     ,                      of PPL ENERGY SUPPLY, LLC (the “Company”), in accordance with Section 301 of the Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2001, as heretofore supplemented (the “Indenture”, capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein having the meanings specified in the Indenture), of the Company to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee (the “Trustee”), does hereby establish for the series of Securities established in Supplemental Indenture No.     , dated as of                          (the “Supplemental Indenture”), the following terms and characteristics (the lettered clauses set forth below corresponding to the lettered clauses of Section 301 of the Indenture):

(a) the title of the Securities of such series shall be “Senior Notes,     % Series due                         ” (the “Notes”);

(b) the aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be limited to $            , except as contemplated in Section 301(b) and the last paragraph of Section 301 of the Indenture;

(c) interest on the Notes shall be payable as provided in the form of Note attached hereto and hereby authorized and approved;

(d) the date or dates on which the principal of the Notes shall be payable shall be as provided in the form of Note attached hereto and hereby authorized and approved; [the Company shall not have the right to extend the Maturity of the Notes, as contemplated by Section 301(d) of the Indenture;]

(e) the Notes shall bear interest as provided in the form of Note attached hereto and hereby authorized and approved, and the Interest Payment Dates and Regular Record Dates shall be such dates as are specified in such form; [the Company shall not have the right to extend any interest payment periods for the Notes, as contemplated by Sections 301(e) and 312 of the Indenture];


(f) the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in New York, New York shall be the office or agency of the Company at which the principal of and any premium and interest, on the Notes shall be payable, at which registration of transfer and exchange of Notes may be effected and at which notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served; provided, however, that the Company reserves the right to change, by one or more Officer’s Certificates supplemental to this Officer’s Certificate, any such office or agency; and provided, further, that the Company reserves the right to designate, by one or more Officer’s Certificates supplemental to this Officer’s Certificate, its principal office in Allentown, Pennsylvania, as any such office or agency; the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes; provided, that the Company reserves the right, by one or more Officer’s Certificates supplemental to this Officer’s Certificate, to designate a different Security Registrar or a different or an additional Paying Agent (which in each case, may be the Company or any Affiliate of the Company) and to remove any Security Registrar or Paying Agent;

(g) the Notes shall be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company as and to the extent provided in the form of Note attached hereto and hereby authorized and approved;

(h) [not applicable];

(i) the Notes shall be issued in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof that is an integral multiple of $1,000, unless otherwise authorized by the Company;

(j) [not applicable];

(k) [not applicable];

(l) [not applicable];

(m) [not applicable]; [see clause (e) with respect to the interest rate or rates on the Notes;]

(n) [not applicable];

(o) reference is hereby made to the provisions of Supplemental Indenture No.      for an Event of Default in addition to those specified in Section 801 of the Indenture, and for certain covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes;

(p) [not applicable];

(q) the only obligations or instruments which shall be considered Eligible Obligations in respect of the Notes shall be Government Obligations; and the provisions of Section 701 of the Indenture and Section 2 of Article One of the Supplemental Indenture shall apply to the Notes;

 

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(r) [the Notes may be issued in global form (the “Global Notes”) and the depository for the Global Notes shall initially be The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”); provided, that the Company reserves the right to provide for another depository, registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, to act as depository for the Global Notes (DTC and any such successor depository, the “Depositary”); beneficial interests in Notes issued in global form may not be exchanged in whole or in part for individual certificated Notes in definitive form, and no transfer of a Global Note in whole or in part may be registered in the name of any Person other than the Depositary or its nominee except that if the Depositary (A) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for the Global Notes or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after such notice or cessation, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Notes, will authenticate and deliver Notes in definitive certificated form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note representing such Notes in exchange for such Global Note, such definitive Notes to be registered in the names provided by the Depositary; each Global Note (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes to be represented by such Global Note, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary, its nominee, any custodian for the Depositary or otherwise pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend restricting the transfer of such Global Note to any person other than the Depositary or its nominee; none of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or any Authenticating Agent 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 Note or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests];

(s) [not applicable];

(t) reference is made to clause (r) above; no service charge shall be made for the registration of transfer or exchange of Notes; provided, however, that the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with the exchange or transfer;

(u) [not applicable];

(v) except as otherwise determined by the proper officers of the Company and communicated to the Trustee in a Company Order or as established in one or more Officers’ Certificates supplemental to this Officers’ Certificate, the Notes shall be substantially in the form of Note attached hereto and hereby authorized and approved and shall have such further terms as are set forth in such form; and

(w) [other provisions, if any].

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name this      day of                         .

 

PPL ENERGY SUPPLY, LLC

 

Name:

Title:

 

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[FORM OF NOTE]

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE TO BE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

PPL ENERGY SUPPLY, LLC

Senior Note,     % Series             

 

Original Issue Date:    [Redeemable:    Yes  ¨    No  ¨]
Stated Maturity:    [Initial Redemption Date:]
Interest Rate:    [ Initial Redemption Price:]
Interest Payment Dates:    [Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction:     %]
First Interest Payment Date:    [Repayable at Option of the Holder:    Yes  ¨    No  ¨  ]
Regular Record Dates:    [Optional Repayment Date(s):]
Issue Price (    %):    [Repayment Price:     %]
   Other/Additional Provisions:

This Security is not a Discount Security within

the meaning of the within-mentioned Indenture

 

Principal Amount    No. [    ]  
$[            ]    CUSIP [    ]  

PPL ENERGY SUPPLY, LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture referred to below), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [            ], or registered assigns, the principal sum of [                    ] ($[            ]) on the Stated Maturity specified above, and to pay interest thereon from the Original Issue Date specified above or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, [semi-annually] in arrears on the Interest Payment Dates specified above in each year, commencing [                         ], and at Maturity, at the Interest Rate per annum specified above, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for. The interest so payable, and paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, 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 specified above (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, interest payable at Maturity shall be paid to the Person to whom principal shall be paid. Except as otherwise provided in said Indenture, any such interest not so paid or duly provided for shall 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 of which 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. Interest on this Security shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, and with respect to any period less than a full calendar month, on the basis of actual days elapsed during such period.

[Insert provisions, if any, relating to alternative interest rate formula.]

Payment of the principal of and premium, if any, on this Security and interest hereon at Maturity shall be made upon presentation of this Security at the corporate trust office of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in New York, New York or at such other office or agency as may be designated for such purpose by the Company from time to time. Payment of interest, if any, on this Security (other than interest at Maturity) shall be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register, except that (a) if such Person shall be a securities depositary, such payment may be made by such other means in lieu of check as shall be agreed upon by the Company, the Trustee or other Paying Agent and such Person and (b) if such Person is a Holder of $10,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series such payment may be in immediately available funds by wire transfer to such account as may have been designated in writing by the Person entitled thereto as set forth herein in time for the Paying Agent to make such payments in accordance with its normal procedures. Any such designation for wire transfer purposes shall be made by filing the appropriate information with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office in The City of New York not less than fifteen calendar days prior to the applicable payment date and, unless revoked by written notice to the Trustee received on or prior to the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date, shall remain in effect with respect to any further interest payments (other than interest payments at Maturity) with respect to this Security payable to such Holder. Payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on this Security, as aforesaid, shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and issuable in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2001 (such Indenture as originally executed and delivered and as supplemented or amended from time to time thereafter, together with any constituent instruments establishing the terms of particular Securities, being herein called the “Indenture”), between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities thereunder and of the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The acceptance of this Security shall be deemed to constitute the consent and agreement by the Holder hereof to all of the terms and provisions of the Indenture. This Security is one of the series designated above.

If any Interest Payment Date, any Redemption Date, any Optional Repayment Date or the Stated Maturity shall not be a Business Day (as hereinafter defined), payment of the amounts due on this Security on such date may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and, if such payment is made or duly provided for on such next succeeding Business Day, no interest shall accrue on such amounts for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Optional Repayment Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to such Business Day.

 

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[If, as specified above, this Security is redeemable, this Security is subject to redemption at any time on or after the Initial Redemption Date specified above, in whole or in part in increments of $1,000, at the election of the Company, at the applicable redemption price (as described below) plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. Such redemption price shall be the Initial Redemption Price specified above for the twelve-month period commencing on the Initial Redemption Date and shall decline for the twelve-month period commencing on each anniversary of the Initial Redemption Date by a percentage of principal amount equal to the Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction specified above until such redemption price is 100% of the principal amount of this Security to be redeemed.]

[Insert provisions, if any, for redemption pursuant to a sinking fund or other mandatory redemption or purchase provisions or other put or call provisions.]

Notice of redemption (other than at the option of the Holder) shall be given by mail to Holders of Securities, not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, all as provided in the Indenture. As provided in the Indenture, notice of redemption at the election of the Company as aforesaid may state that such redemption shall be conditional upon the receipt by the applicable Paying Agent or Agents of money sufficient to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on this Security on or prior to the date fixed for such redemption; a notice of redemption so conditioned shall be of no force or effect if such money is not so received and, in such event, the Company shall not be required to redeem this Security.

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series, of like tenor, representing the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

[If this Security is specified on the face hereof to be repayable at the option of the Holder, this Security will be so repaid in whole or in part in increments of $1,000, provided that the remaining principal amount of any Security surrendered for partial repayment shall be at least $1,000, on any Optional Repayment Date (as stated on the face hereof), at the option of the Holder, at 100% of the principal amount to be repaid, plus accrued interest, if any, to the repayment date. In order for the exercise of the option to be effective and the Security to be repaid, the Company must receive at the applicable address of the Trustee set forth below, or at such other place or places of which the Company shall from time to time notify the Holder of this Security, on or before the thirtieth, but not earlier than the sixtieth calendar day, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, prior to the repayment date, either (i) this Security, with the form below entitled “Option to Elect Repayment” duly completed, or (ii) a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission, or letter from a member of a national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or a trust company in the United States of America setting forth (a) the name, address, and telephone number of the Holder of this Security, (b) the principal amount of this Security and the amount of this Security to be repaid, (c) a statement that the option to elect repayment is being exercised thereby, and (d) a guarantee stating that the Trustee on behalf of the Company will receive this Security, with the form below entitled “Option to Elect Repayment” duly completed, not later than five Business Days after the date of such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission, or letter (and this Security and form duly completed are received by the Trustee on behalf of the Company by such fifth Business Day). Any such election shall be irrevocable. The address to which such deliveries are to be made is JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Attention: Worldwide Securities Services, 4 New York Plaza, New York, New York 10004 (or, at such other places as the Company shall notify the Holders of the Securities). All questions as to the validity, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance of any Security for repayment will be determined by the Company, whose determination will be final and binding.]

 

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If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of this Security may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the Trustee to enter into one or more supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, the Indenture with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all series then Outstanding under the Indenture, considered as one class; provided, however, that if there shall be Securities of more than one series Outstanding under the Indenture and if a proposed supplemental indenture shall directly affect the rights of the Holders of Securities of one or more, but less than all, of such series, then the consent only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series so directly affected, considered as one class, shall be required; and provided, further, that if the Securities of any series shall have been issued in more than one Tranche and if the proposed supplemental indenture shall directly affect the rights of the Holders of Securities of one or more, but less than all, of such Tranches, then the consent only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all Tranches so directly affected, considered as one class, shall be required; and provided, further, that the Indenture permits the Trustee to enter into one or more supplemental indentures for limited purposes without the consent of any Holders of Securities. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities, 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.

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 premium, if any, and interest, if any, on this Security at the times, place and rate, in the coin or currency, and in the manner, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein and herein set forth, this Security or any portion of the principal amount hereof will be deemed to have been paid for all purposes of the Indenture and to be no longer Outstanding thereunder, and, at the election of the Company, the Company’s entire indebtedness in respect thereof will be satisfied and discharged, if there has been irrevocably deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company), in trust, money in an amount which will be sufficient and/or Eligible Obligations, the principal of and interest on which when due, without any regard to reinvestment thereof, will provide moneys which, together with moneys so deposited, will be sufficient to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on this Security when due.

The Indenture contains terms, provisions and conditions relating to the consolidation or merger of the Company with or into, and the conveyance or other transfer, or lease, of assets to, another Person, to the assumption by such other Person, in certain circumstances, of all of the obligations of the Company under the Indenture and on the Securities and to the release and discharge of the Company in certain circumstances, from such obligations.

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 of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in New York, New York or such other office or agency as

 

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may be designated by the Company from time to time, 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 of authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Securities of this series are issuable only as registered Securities, without coupons, and in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples 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 the same series and Tranche, of any authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same, and of like tenor upon surrender of the Security or Securities to be exchanged at the office of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in New York, New York or such other office or agency as may be designated by the Company from time to time.

The Company shall not be required to execute and the Security Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of (a) Securities of this series during a period of 15 days immediately preceding the date notice is given identifying the serial numbers of the Securities of this series called for redemption or (b) any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

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 absolute owner hereof for all purposes (subject to Sections 305 and 307 of the Indenture), 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.

The Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York (including, without limitation, Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law or any successor to such statute), except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable.

As used herein, “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is not a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are generally authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close in The City of New York or other city in which is located any Paying Agent for the Securities of this series. All other terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

As provided in the Indenture, no recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Securities or any part thereof, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, or of the indebtedness represented thereby, or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement under the Indenture, against, and no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, or be incurred by, any member, officer, director or manager, as such, past, present or future of the Company or of any predecessor or successor of the Company (either directly or through the Company or a predecessor or successor of the Company), whether by virtue of any constitutional provision, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that the Indenture and this Security are solely obligations of the Company and that any such personal liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the execution of the Indenture and the issuance of this Security.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

 

            PPL ENERGY SUPPLY, LLC
[SEAL]     By:  

 

        Treasurer
Attested:      
By:  

 

     
  Secretary      

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

Dated:

 

 

   

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Trustee

    By:  

 

          Authorized Officer

 

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OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT

[TO BE COMPLETED ONLY IF THIS NOTE IS REPAYABLE

AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER AND THE HOLDER

ELECTS TO EXERCISE SUCH RIGHTS]

The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests and instructs the Company to repay the within Security (or portion thereof specified below) pursuant to its terms at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with interest to the repayment date, to the undersigned, at

(Please print or type name and address of the undersigned)

For this Security to be repaid the Company must receive at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in The City of New York or at such other place or places of which the Company shall from time to time notify the Holder of the within Security, on or before the thirtieth, but not earlier than the sixtieth, calendar day, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, prior to the repayment date, (i) this Security, with this “Option to Elect Repayment” form duly completed, or (ii) a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission, or letter from a member of a national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or a trust company in the United States of America setting forth (a) the name, address, and telephone number of the Holder of the Security, (b) the principal amount of the Security and the amount of the Security to be repaid, (c) a statement that the option to elect repayment is being exercised thereby, and (d) a guarantee stating that the Security to be repaid with this form duly completed will be received by the Trustee on behalf of the Company not later than five Business Days after the date of such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission, or letter (and such Security and form duly completed are received by the Trustee on behalf of the Company by such fifth Business Day). Exercise of the repayment option by the Holder shall be irrevocable.

If less than the entire principal amount of the within Security is to be repaid, specify the portion thereof (which shall be an integral multiple of $1,000) which the Holder elects to have repaid: ;                                  and specify the denomination or denominations (which shall be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of the Security or Securities to be issued to the Holder for the portion of the within Security or Securities not being repaid (in the absence of any specification, one such Security will be issued for the portion not being repaid):

 

    Date:  

 

 

     
Notice: The signature to this Option to Elect Repayment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Security in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any other change whatsoever       .

 

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

 

 


[please insert social security or other identifying number of assignee]

 

 


[please print or typewrite name and address of assignee]

 

 


the within Security of PPL ENERGY SUPPLY, LLC and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint                                 , Attorney, to transfer said Security on the books of the within-mentioned 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 Security in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

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EX-4.24 12 dex424.htm SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Supplemental Indenture

Exhibit 4.24


PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

(formerly PP&L, Inc. and Pennsylvania Power & Light Company)

TO

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

(formerly Bankers Trust Company,

successor to Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York,

formerly Guaranty Trust Company of New York)

As Trustee under PPL Electric Utilities Corporation’s

Mortgage and Deed of Trust,

Dated as of October 1, 1945

 


             Supplemental Indenture

Providing among other things for

First Mortgage Bonds,      % Collateral Series due                         

 


Dated as of              1,             

 



                     SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

             SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of                      1,          made and entered into by and between PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION (formerly PP&L, Inc. and Pennsylvania Power & Light Company), a corporation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, whose address is Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101 (hereinafter sometimes called the Company), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS (formerly Bankers Trust Company), a corporation of the State of New York, whose address is 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005 (hereinafter sometimes called the Trustee), as Trustee under the Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of October 1, 1945 (hereinafter called the Mortgage and, together with any indentures supplemental thereto, hereinafter called the Indenture), which Mortgage was executed and delivered by Pennsylvania Power & Light Company to secure the payment of bonds issued or to be issued under and in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage, reference to which said Mortgage is hereby made, this instrument (hereinafter called the              Supplemental Indenture) being supplemental thereto.

WHEREAS, said Mortgage was or is to be recorded in various Counties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which Counties include or will include all Counties in which this              Supplemental Indenture is to be recorded; and

WHEREAS, by amendment to its Articles of Incorporation filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of Pennsylvania on September 12, 1997, the Company changed its name to PP&L, Inc.; and

WHEREAS, by an amendment to its Articles of Incorporation filed with the Office of the Secretary of State of Pennsylvania on February 14, 2001, the Company changed its name to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation; and

WHEREAS, an instrument, dated August 5, 1994, was executed by the Company appointing Bankers Trust Company as Trustee in succession to said Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York (resigned) under the Indenture, and by Bankers Trust Company accepting said appointment, which instrument was or is to be recorded in various Counties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and

WHEREAS, by an amendment to its Articles of Incorporation filed in the office of the Secretary of State of New York, effective April 15, 2002, the Trustee changed its name to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas; and

WHEREAS, by the Mortgage the Company covenanted that it would execute and deliver such supplemental indenture or indentures and such further instruments and do such further acts as might be necessary or proper to carry out more effectually the purposes of the Indenture and to make subject to the lien of the Indenture any property thereafter acquired and intended to be subject to the lien thereof; and

WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered as supplements to the Mortgage, the following supplemental indentures:

 

Designation

   Dated as of

First Supplemental Indenture

   July 1, 1947

Second Supplemental Indenture

   December 1, 1948

Third Supplemental Indenture

   February 1, 1950

Fourth Supplemental Indenture

   March 1, 1953

Fifth Supplemental Indenture

   August 1, 1955

Sixth Supplemental Indenture

   December 1, 1961

Seventh Supplemental Indenture

   March 1, 1964

Eighth Supplemental Indenture

   June 1, 1966

Ninth Supplemental Indenture

   November 1, 1967

Tenth Supplemental Indenture

   December 1, 1967

Eleventh Supplemental Indenture

   January 1, 1969

Twelfth Supplemental Indenture

   June 1, 1969

 

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Designation

   Dated as of
Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture    March 1, 1970
Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture    February 1, 1971
Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture    February 1, 1972
Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture    January 1, 1973
Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture    May 1, 1973
Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture    April 1, 1974
Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture    October 1, 1974
Twentieth Supplemental Indenture    May 1, 1975
Twenty-first Supplemental Indenture    November 1, 1975
Twenty-second Supplemental Indenture    December 1, 1976
Twenty-third Supplemental Indenture    December 1, 1977
Twenty-fourth Supplemental Indenture    April 1, 1979
Twenty-fifth Supplemental Indenture    April 1, 1980
Twenty-sixth Supplemental Indenture    June 1, 1980
Twenty-seventh Supplemental Indenture    June 1, 1980
Twenty-eighth Supplemental Indenture    December 1, 1980
Twenty-ninth Supplemental Indenture    February 1, 1981
Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture    February 1, 1981
Thirty-first Supplemental Indenture    September 1, 1981
Thirty-second Supplemental Indenture    April 1, 1982
Thirty-third Supplemental Indenture    August 1, 1982
Thirty-fourth Supplemental Indenture    October 1, 1982
Thirty-fifth Supplemental Indenture    November 1, 1982
Thirty-sixth Supplemental Indenture    February 1, 1983
Thirty-seventh Supplemental Indenture    November 1, 1983
Thirty-eighth Supplemental Indenture    March 1, 1984
Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture    April 1, 1984
Fortieth Supplemental Indenture    August 15, 1984
Forty-first Supplemental Indenture    December 1, 1984
Forty-second Supplemental Indenture    June 15, 1985
Forty-third Supplemental Indenture    October 1, 1985
Forty-fourth Supplemental Indenture    January 1, 1986
Forty-fifth Supplemental Indenture    February 1, 1986
Forty-sixth Supplemental Indenture    April 1, 1986
Forty-seventh Supplemental Indenture    October 1, 1986
Forty-eighth Supplemental Indenture    March 1, 1988
Forty-ninth Supplemental Indenture    June 1, 1988
Fiftieth Supplemental Indenture    January 1, 1989
Fifty-first Supplemental Indenture    October 1, 1989
Fifty-second Supplemental Indenture    July 1, 1991
Fifty-third Supplemental Indenture    May 1, 1992
Fifty-fourth Supplemental Indenture    November 1, 1992
Fifty-fifth Supplemental Indenture    February 1, 1993
Fifty-sixth Supplemental Indenture    April 1, 1993
Fifty-seventh Supplemental Indenture    June 1, 1993
Fifty-eighth Supplemental Indenture    October 1, 1993
Fifty-ninth Supplemental Indenture    February 15, 1994
Sixtieth Supplemental Indenture    March 1, 1994
Sixty-first Supplemental Indenture    March 15, 1994
Sixty-second Supplemental Indenture    September 1, 1994
Sixty-third Supplemental Indenture    October 1, 1994
Sixty-fourth Supplemental Indenture    August 1, 1995
Sixty-fifth Supplemental Indenture    April 1, 1997
Sixty-sixth Supplemental Indenture    May 1, 1998

 

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Designation

   Dated as of
Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture    June 1, 1999
Sixty-eighth Supplemental Indenture    August 1, 2001
Sixty-ninth Supplemental Indenture    January 1, 2002
Seventieth Supplemental Indenture    February 1, 2003
Seventy-first Supplemental Indenture    May 1, 2003
Seventy-second Supplemental Indenture    February 1, 2005
Seventy-third Supplemental Indenture    May 1, 2005
Seventy-fourth Supplemental Indenture    June 1, 2005
Seventy-fifth Supplemental Indenture    December 1, 2005
[Others]   

which supplemental indentures were or are to be recorded in various Counties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and

WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered its Supplemental Indenture, dated July 1, 1954, creating a security interest in certain personal property of the Company, pursuant to the provisions of the Pennsylvania Uniform Commercial Code, as a supplement to the Mortgage, which Supplemental Indenture was filed in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on July 1, 1954, and all subsequent supplemental indentures were so filed; and

WHEREAS, in addition to the property described in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, the Company has acquired certain other property, rights and interests in property; and

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore issued, in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage, as supplemented, the following series of First Mortgage Bonds:

 

Series

  

Principal
Amount

Issued

   Principal
Amount
Outstanding

3% Series due 1975

   $ 93,000,000    None

2-3/4% Series due 1977

     20,000,000    None

3-1/4% Series due 1978

     10,000,000    None

2-3/4% Series due 1980

     37,000,000    None

3-1/2% Series due 1983

     25,000,000    None

3-3/8% Series due 1985

     25,000,000    None

4-5/8% Series due 1991

     30,000,000    None

4-5/8% Series due 1994

     30,000,000    None

5-5/8% Series due 1996

     30,000,000    None

6-3/4% Series due 1997

     30,000,000    None

6-1/2% Series due 1972

     15,000,000    None

7% Series due 1999

     40,000,000    None

8-1/8% Series due June 1, 1999

     40,000,000    None

9% Series due 2000

     50,000,000    None

7-1/4% Series due 2001

     60,000,000    None

7-5/8% Series due 2002

     75,000,000    None

7-1/2% Series due 2003

     80,000,000    None

Pollution Control Series A

     28,000,000    None

9-1/4% Series due 2004

     80,000,000    None

10-1/8% Series due 1982

     100,000,000    None

9-3/4% Series due 2005

     125,000,000    None

 

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Series

  

Principal
Amount

Issued

   Principal
Amount
Outstanding

9-3/4% Series due November 1, 2005

   $ 100,000,000    None

8-1/4% Series due 2006

     150,000,000    None

8-1/2% Series due 2007

     100,000,000    None

9-7/8% Series due 1983-1985

     100,000,000    None

15-5/8% Series due 2010

     100,000,000    None

11-3/4% Series due 1984

     30,000,000    None

Pollution Control Series B

     70,000,000    None

Pollution Control Series C

     20,000,000    None

14% Series due December 1, 1990

     125,000,000    None

15% Series due 1984-1986

     50,000,000    None

14-3/4% Series A due 1986

     30,000,000    None

14-3/4% Series B due 1986

     20,000,000    None

16-1/2% Series due 1987-1991

   $ 52,000,000    None

16-1/8% Series due 1992

     100,000,000    None

16-1/2% Series due 1986-1990

     92,500,000    None

13-1/4% Series due 2012

     100,000,000    None

Pollution Control Series D

     70,000,000    None

12-1/8% Series due 1989-1993

     50,000,000    None

13-1/8% Series due 2013

     125,000,000    None

Pollution Control Series E

     37,750,000    None

13-1/2% Series due 1994

     125,000,000    None

Pollution Control Series F

     115,500,000    None

12-3/4% Series due 2014

     125,000,000    None

Pollution Control Series G

     55,000,000    None

12% Series due 2015

     125,000,000    None

10-7/8% Series due 2016

     125,000,000    None

9-5/8% Series due 1996

     125,000,000    None

9% Series due 2016

     125,000,000    None

9-1/2% Series due 2016

     125,000,000    None

9-1/4% Series due 1998

     125,000,000    None

9-5/8% Series due 1998

     125,000,000    None

10% Series due 2019

     125,000,000    None

9-1/4% Series due 2019

     250,000,000    None

9-3/8% Series due 2021

     150,000,000    None

7-3/4% Series due 2002

     150,000,000    None

8-1/2% Series due 2022

     150,000,000    None

Pollution Control Series H

     90,000,000    None

6-7/8% Series due 2003

     100,000,000    None

7-7/8% Series due 2023

     200,000,000    None

5-1/2% Series due 1998

     150,000,000    None

6-1/2% Series due 2005

     125,000,000    None

6% Series due 2000

     125,000,000    None

6-3/4% Series due 2023

     150,000,000    None

Pollution Control Series I

     53,250,000    None

6.55% Series due 2006

     150,000,000    [            ]

7.30% Series due 2024

     150,000,000    None

6-7/8% Series due 2004

     150,000,000    None

7-3/8% Series due 2014

     100,000,000    [            ]

Pollution Control Series J

     115,500,000    None

7.70% Series due 2009

     200,000,000    [            ]

Pollution Control Series K

     55,000,000    None

Short-Term Series A

     800,000,000    None

 

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Series

  

Principal
Amount

Issued

   Principal
Amount
Outstanding

6 1/8% REset Put Securities Series due 2006

   200,000,000    None

Short-Term Series B

   600,000,000    None

5-7/8% Series due August 15, 2007

   300,000,000    [            ]

6-1/4% Series due August 15, 2009

   500,000,000    [            ]

3.125% Pollution Control Series due 2008

   90,000,000    [            ]

4.30% Collateral Series due 2013

   100,000,000    [            ]

4.70% Pollution Control Series due 2029

   115,500,000    [            ]

4.75% Pollution Control Series due 2027

   108,250,000    [            ]

4.95% Collateral Series due December 15, 2015

   100,000,000    [            ]

5.15% Collateral Series due December 15, 2020

   100,000,000    [            ]

which bonds are also sometimes called bonds of the First through              Series, respectively; and

WHEREAS, Section 8 of the Mortgage provides that the form of each series of bonds (other than the First Series) issued thereunder shall be established by Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company and that the form of such series, as established by said Board of Directors, shall specify the descriptive title of the bonds and various other terms thereof, and may also contain such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture as the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, cause to be inserted therein expressing or referring to the terms and conditions upon which such bonds are to be issued and/or secured under the Indenture; and

WHEREAS, Section 120 of the Mortgage provides, among other things, that any power, privilege or right expressly or impliedly reserved to or in any way conferred upon the Company by any provision of the Indenture, whether such power, privilege or right is in any way restricted or is unrestricted, may be in whole or in part waived or surrendered or subjected to any restriction if at the time unrestricted or to additional restriction if already restricted, and the Company may enter into any future covenants, limitations or restrictions for the benefit of any one or more series of bonds issued thereunder, or the Company may cure any ambiguity contained therein or in any supplemental indenture or may establish the terms and provisions of any series of bonds other than said First Series, by an instrument in writing executed and acknowledged by the Company in such manner as would be necessary to entitle a conveyance of real estate to record in all of the States in which any property at the time subject to the lien of the Indenture shall be situated; and

WHEREAS, the Company now desires to create two new series of bonds and to add to its covenants and agreements contained in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, certain other covenants and agreements to be observed by it and to alter and amend in certain respects the covenants and provisions contained in the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, the execution and delivery by the Company of this              Supplemental Indenture, and the terms of the bonds of the              Series, hereinafter referred to, have been duly authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company by appropriate Resolutions of said Board of Directors;

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: That PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, in consideration of the premises and of One Dollar to it duly paid by the Trustee at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and in further evidence of assurance of the estate, title and rights of the Trustee and in order further to secure the payment both of the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the bonds from time to time issued under the Indenture, according to their tenor and effect and the performance of all the provisions of the Indenture (including any modification made as in the Mortgage provided) and of said bonds, hereby grants, bargains, sells, releases, conveys, assigns, transfers, mortgages, pledges, sets over and confirms (subject, however, to Excepted Encumbrances as defined in Section 6 of the Mortgage) unto Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee under the Indenture, and to its successor or successors in said trust, and to said Trustee and its successors and assigns forever, all property, real, personal and mixed, of the kind or nature specifically mentioned in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, or of any other kind or nature, acquired

 

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by the Company after the date of the execution and delivery of the              Supplemental Indenture (except any herein or in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, expressly excepted and except any which may not lawfully be mortgaged or pledged under the Indenture), now owned or, subject to the provisions of Section 87 of the Mortgage, hereafter acquired by the Company (by purchase, consolidation, merger, donation, construction, erection or in any other way) and wheresoever situated, including (without in anywise limiting or impairing by the enumeration of the same the scope and intent of the foregoing) all lands, power sites, flowage rights, water rights, water locations, water appropriations, ditches, flumes, reservoirs, reservoir sites, canals, raceways, dams, dam sites, aqueducts, and all other rights or means for appropriating, conveying, storing and supplying water; all rights of way and roads; all plants for the generation of electricity by steam, water and/or other power; all power houses, gas plants, street lighting systems, standards and other equipment incidental thereto, telephone, radio and television systems, air-conditioning systems and equipment incidental thereto, water works, water systems, steam heat and hot water plants, substations, lines, service and supply systems, bridges, culverts, tracks, ice or refrigeration plants and equipment, offices, buildings and other structures and the equipment thereof; all machinery, engines, boilers, dynamos, electric, gas and other machines, regulators, meters, transformers, generators, motors, electrical, gas and mechanical appliances, conduits, cables, water, steam heat, gas or other pipes, gas mains and pipes, service pipes, fittings, valves and connections, pole and transmission lines, wires, cables, tools, implements, apparatus, furniture and chattels; all municipal and other franchises, consents or permits; all lines for the transmission and distribution of electric current, gas, steam heat or water for any purpose including towers, poles, wires, cables, pipes, conduits, ducts and all apparatus for use in connection therewith; all real estate, lands, easements, servitudes, licenses, permits, franchises, privileges, rights of way and other rights in or relating to real estate or the occupancy of the same and (except as herein or in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, expressly excepted) all the right, title and interest of the Company in and to all other property of any kind or nature appertaining to and/or used and/or occupied and/or enjoyed in connection with any property hereinbefore or in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, described;

TOGETHER with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments, prescriptions, servitudes, and appurtenances belonging or in anywise appertaining to the aforesaid property or any part thereof, with the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders and (subject to the provisions of Section 57 of the Mortgage) the tolls, rents, revenues, issues, earnings, income, product and profits thereof, and all the estate, right, title and interest and claim whatsoever, at law as well as in equity, which the Company now has or may hereafter acquire in and to the aforesaid property and franchises and every part and parcel thereof;

IT IS HEREBY AGREED by the Company that, subject to the provisions of Section 87 of the Mortgage and to the extent permitted by law, all the property, rights, and franchises acquired by the Company (by purchase, consolidation, merger, donation, construction, erection or in any other way) after the date hereof, except any herein or in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, expressly excepted, shall be and are as fully granted and conveyed hereby and as fully embraced within the lien hereof and the lien of the Indenture, as if such property, rights and franchises were now owned by the Company and were specifically described herein and conveyed hereby; and

IT IS HEREBY DECLARED by the Company that all the property, rights and franchises now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company have been, or are, or will be owned or acquired with the intention to use the same in carrying on the business or branches of business of the Company, and it is hereby declared that it is the intention of the Company that all thereof, except any herein or in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, expressly excepted, shall (subject to the provisions of Section 87 of the Mortgage and to the extent permitted by law) be embraced within the lien of this              Supplemental Indenture and the lien of the Indenture;

PROVIDED that the following are not and are not intended to be now or hereafter granted, bargained, sold, released, conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged, pledged, set over or confirmed hereunder and are hereby expressly excepted from the lien and operation of this              Supplemental Indenture and from the lien and operation of the Indenture, viz: (1) cash, shares of stock, bonds, notes and other obligations and other securities not hereafter specifically pledged, paid, deposited, delivered or held under the Indenture or covenanted so to be; (2) goods, wares, merchandise, equipment, apparatus, materials, or supplies held for the purpose of sale or other disposition in the usual course of business; fuel, oil and similar materials and supplies consumable in the operation of any of the properties of the Company; construction equipment acquired for temporary use; all aircraft, rolling stock, trolley coaches, buses, motor coaches, automobiles and other vehicles and materials and supplies held for the purposes of repairing or replacing (in whole or part) any of the same; all timber, minerals, mineral rights and

 

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royalties; (3) bills, notes and accounts receivable, judgments, demands and choses in action, and all contracts, leases and operating agreements not specifically pledged under the Indenture or covenanted so to be; the Company’s contractual rights or other interest in or with respect to tires not owned by the Company; (4) the last day of the term of any lease or leasehold which may be or become subject to the lien of the Indenture; (5) electric energy, gas, steam, ice, and other materials or products generated, manufactured, produced or purchased by the Company for sale, distribution or use in the ordinary course of its business and (6) any property released from the lien of the Mortgage pursuant to Sections 58, 59, 60, 62 or 63 of the Mortgage; provided, however, that the property and rights expressly excepted from the lien and operation of the Indenture in the above subdivisions (2) and (3) shall (to the extent permitted by law) cease to be so excepted in the event and as of the date that the Trustee or a receiver or trustee shall enter upon and take possession of the Mortgaged and Pledged Property in the manner provided in Article XIII of the Mortgage by reason of the occurrence of a Default as defined in Section 65 thereof, as supplemented by the provisions of this              Supplemental Indenture;

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all such properties, real, personal and mixed, granted, bargained, sold, released, conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged, pledged, set over or confirmed by the Company as aforesaid, or intended so to be, unto Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, and its successors and assigns forever;

IN TRUST NEVERTHELESS for the same purposes and upon the same terms, trusts and conditions and subject to and with the same provisos and covenants as are set forth in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, this              Supplemental Indenture being supplemental to the Mortgage;

AND IT IS HEREBY COVENANTED by the Company that all the terms, conditions, provisos, covenants and provisions contained in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, shall affect and apply to the property hereinbefore described and conveyed and to the estate, rights, obligations and duties of the Company and the Trustee and the beneficiaries of the trust with respect to said property, and to the Trustee and its successors as Trustee of said property in the same manner and with the same effect as if the said property had been owned by the Company at the time of the execution of the Mortgage, and had been specifically and at length described in and conveyed to the Trustee by the Mortgage as a part of the property therein stated to be conveyed.

The Company further covenants and agrees to and with the Trustee and its successors in said trust under the Indenture, as follows:

ARTICLE I.

             Series of Bonds

SECTION 1. There shall be a series of bonds designated “First Mortgage Bonds,              % Collateral Series due                         ” (herein sometimes referred to as the “             Series”), each of which shall also bear the descriptive title First Mortgage Bonds, and the form thereof, which shall be established by Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, shall contain suitable provisions with respect to the matters hereinafter in this Section specified. Bonds of the              Series shall be limited to $             in aggregate principal amount, except as provided in Section 16 of the Mortgage, and shall be issued as fully registered bonds in denominations of One Thousand Dollars and in any multiple or multiples of One Thousand Dollars; each bond of the              Series shall mature on             , shall bear interest at the rate of      % per annum, payable semi-annually on                          and                          of each year; the principal of and interest on each said bond to be payable at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and interest on each said bond to be also payable at the office of the Company in the City of Allentown, Pennsylvania, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts. Bonds of the Eighty-second Series shall be dated as in Section 10 of the Mortgage provided.

The bonds of the              Series shall be issued by the Company, registered in the name of and delivered to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “2001 Trustee”) under an Indenture dated as of August 1, 2001 (the “2001 Indenture”), to provide for the payment when due (whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the principal and interest of the Securities (as defined in the 2001 Indenture) to be issued from time to time under the 2001 Indenture.

 

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The bonds of the              Series shall not be transferable by the 2001 Trustee, except to a successor trustee under the 2001 Indenture. Bonds of the              Series so transferable to a successor trustee under the 2001 Indenture may be transferred at the principal office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.

Any payment by the Company under the 2001 Indenture of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any on the securities (the “     % Securities”) which shall been authenticated and delivered under the 2001 Indenture on the basis of the issuance and delivery to the 2001 Trustee of bonds of the              Series (other than by the application of the proceeds of a payment in respect of such bonds) shall, to the extent hereof, be deemed to satisfy and discharge the obligation of the Company, if any, to make a payment of principal of, or premium, or interest on such bonds, as the case may be, which is then due.

The Trustee may conclusively presume that the obligation of the Company to pay the principal of or interest on the bonds of the              Series as the same shall become due and payable shall have been fully satisfied and discharged unless and until it shall have received a written notice from the 2001 Trustee, signed by an authorized officer thereof, stating that the principal of or interest on specified bonds of the Eighty-second Series has become due and payable and has not been fully paid, and specifying the amount of funds required to make such payment.

(I) Each holder of a bond of the              Series consents that the bonds of the              Series may be redeemable at the option of the Company or pursuant to the requirements of the Mortgage in whole at any time, or in part from time to time, prior to maturity, without notice provided in Section 52 of the Mortgage, at the principal amount of the bonds to be redeemed, in each case, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption by the Company in a notice delivered on or before the date fixed for redemption by the Company to the Trustee and to the holders of the bonds to be redeemed.

(II) The bonds of the              Series shall also be redeemable, in whole at any time, or in part from time to time, prior to maturity, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date of payment of such principal amount, upon receipt by the Trustee of a written notice from the 2001 Trustee (i) delivered to the Trustee and the Company, (ii) signed by its President or any Vice President, (iii) stating that an Event of Default has occurred under the 2001 Indenture and is continuing and that, as a result, there then is due and payable a specified amount with respect to the Securities Outstanding under the 2001 Indenture, for the payment of which the 2001 Trustee has not received funds, and (iv) specifying the principal amount of the bonds of the              Series to be redeemed. Delivery of such notice shall constitute a waiver by the 2001 Trustee of notice of redemption under the Indenture.

(III) At the option of the registered owner, any bonds of the              Series, upon surrender thereof, for cancellation, at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, shall be exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of bonds of the same series, interest rate, maturity and other terms of other authorized denominations.

Subject to the provisions of the third paragraph of this Section 1, Bonds of the              Series shall be transferable, upon the surrender thereof for cancellation, together with a written instrument of transfer in form approved by the registrar duly executed by the registered owner or by his duly authorized attorney, at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York; provided that such transfer shall not result in any security being required to be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company to such effect shall have been provided to the Company.

The bonds of the              Series shall not be redeemable by the application of cash deposited with the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Section 64.

 

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Upon any transfer or exchange of bonds of the              Series, the Company may make a charge therefor sufficient to reimburse it for any tax or taxes or other governmental charge, as provided in Section 12 of the Mortgage, but the Company hereby waives any right to make a charge in addition thereto for any exchange or transfer of bonds of the              Series.

ARTICLE II.

Miscellaneous Provisions

SECTION 2. The Company reserves the right to make such amendments to the Mortgage, as supplemented, as shall be necessary in order to delete subsection (I) of Section 39 of the Mortgage, and each holder of bonds of the              Series hereby consents to such deletion without any other or further action by any holder of bonds of the              Series.

SECTION 3. The terms defined in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, shall, for all purposes of this              Supplemental Indenture, have the meanings specified in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented.

SECTION 4. Whenever in this              Supplemental Indenture either of the parties hereto is named or referred to, this shall, subject to the provisions of Articles XVI and XVII of the Mortgage, be deemed to include the successors and assigns of such party, and all the covenants and agreements in this              Supplemental Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Company, or by or on behalf of the Trustee shall, subject as aforesaid, bind and inure to the respective benefits of the respective successors and assigns of such parties, whether so expressed or not.

SECTION 5. So long as any bonds of the              Series remain Outstanding, unless this provision shall have been waived in writing by the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of bonds of the              Series Outstanding at the time of such consent, subdivision (c) of Section 65 of the Mortgage shall read as follows:

“(c) Failure to pay interest or premium, if any, upon or principal (whether at maturity as therein expressed or by declaration, or otherwise) of any Outstanding Qualified Lien Bonds or of any outstanding indebtedness secured by any mortgage or other lien (not included in the term Excepted Encumbrances) prior to the lien of this Indenture, existing upon any property of the Company which is subject to the lien and operation of this Indenture continued beyond the period of grace, if any, specified in such mortgage or Qualified Lien or other lien securing the same;”

SECTION 6. A breach of a specified covenant or agreement of the Company contained in this              Supplemental Indenture shall become a Default under the Indenture upon the happening of the events provided in Section 65(g) of the Mortgage with respect to such a covenant or agreement.

SECTION 7. The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts herein declared, provided, created or supplemented and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions herein and in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, set forth and upon the following terms and conditions:

The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this              Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made by the Company solely. Each and every term and condition contained in Article XVII of the Mortgage, as heretofore amended by said First through              Supplemental Indentures, shall apply to and form part of this              Supplemental Indenture with the same force and effect as if the same were herein set forth in full with such omissions, variations and insertions, if any, as may be appropriate to make the same conform to the provisions of this              Supplemental Indenture.

SECTION 8. Nothing in this              Supplemental Indenture, expressed or implied, is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon, or to give to, any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and the

 

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holders of the bonds and coupons Outstanding under the Indenture, any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this              Supplemental Indenture or by any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise or agreement hereof, and all the covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements in this              Supplemental Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Company shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto, and of the holders of the bonds and coupons Outstanding under the Indenture.

SECTION 9. This              Supplemental Indenture shall be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION does hereby constitute and appoint             , [Treasurer] of PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION, to be its attorney for it, and in its name and as and for its corporate act and deed to acknowledge this              Supplemental Indenture before any person having authority by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to take such acknowledgment, to the intent that the same may be duly recorded, and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS does hereby constitute and appoint             , a [Vice President] of DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, to be its attorney for it, and in its name and as and for its corporate act and deed to acknowledge this              Supplemental Indenture before any person having authority by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to take such acknowledgment, to the intent that the same may be duly recorded.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION has caused its corporate name to be hereunto affixed, and this instrument to be signed and sealed by its President, one of its Vice Presidents or its Treasurer, and its corporate seal to be attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries for and in its behalf, in the City of Allentown, Pennsylvania, and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS has caused its corporate name to be hereunto affixed, and this instrument to be signed and sealed by one of its Principals, Vice Presidents, Trust Officers or Associates, and its corporate seal to be attested by one of its Vice Presidents, Assistant Vice Presidents, Trust Officers or Associates, in The City of New York, as of the day and year first above written.

 

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

By:

 

 

 

Name:  
Title:  
Attest:    

 

   
Assistant Secretary    

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

By:

 

 

 

Name:  
Title:  
Attest:    

 

   
Vice President    

 

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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA   )  
  )   ss.:
COUNTY OF LEHIGH   )  

On this      day of                         , before me, a notary public, the undersigned, personally appeared             , who acknowledged himself to be [Treasurer] of PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION, a corporation and that [he/she], as such [Treasurer], being authorized to do so, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained, by signing the name of the corporation by [himself/herself] as [Treasurer].

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

 

Notary Public

 

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STATE OF NEW YORK   )  
  )   ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK   )  

On this      day of                         , before me, a notary public, the undersigned, personally appeared             , who acknowledged [himself/herself] to be a [Vice President] of DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a corporation and that [he/she], as such [Vice President], being authorized to do so, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained, by signing the name of the corporation by [himself/herself] as [Vice President].

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

 

Notary Public

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas hereby certifies that its precise name and address as Trustee hereunder are:

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

Trust & Securities Services

60 Wall Street, MS NYC60-2710

New York, New York 10005

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

By:

 

 

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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EX-4.26 13 dex426.htm SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Supplemental Indenture

Exhibit 4.26


PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

TO

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

(formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank)

Trustee

 


Supplemental Indenture No.    

Dated as of                      1,         

 


Supplemental to the Indenture

dated as of August 1, 2001

 


Establishing Terms of

Senior Secured Bonds,     % Series due                                 

 



SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO.     

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No.     , dated as of the first day of                     ,          made and entered into by and between PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION, a corporation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, whose address is Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101 (hereinafter sometimes called the “Company”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), a national banking association, whose address is 4 New York Plaza, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10004 (hereinafter sometimes called the “Trustee”), as Trustee under the Indenture, dated as of August 1, 2001 (hereinafter called the “Original Indenture”), this Supplemental Indenture No.      being supplemental thereto. The Original Indenture and any and all indentures and instruments supplemental thereto are hereafter sometimes collectively called the “Indenture.”

Recitals of the Company

The Original Indenture was authorized, executed and delivered by the Company to provide for the issuance from time to time of its Securities (such term and all other capitalized terms used herein without definition having the meanings assigned to them in the Original Indenture), to be issued in one or more series as contemplated therein, and to provide security for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities.

The Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee Supplemental Indentures for the purposes recited therein and for the purpose of creating series of securities as set forth in Schedule A hereto.

Pursuant to Article Three of the Original Indenture, the Company wishes to establish a              series of Securities, such series of Securities to be hereinafter sometimes called “Securities of the              Series.”

As contemplated in Section 301 of the Original Indenture, the Company wishes further to establish the designation and certain terms of the Securities of the              Series. The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture No.      to establish the Securities of the              Series and the designation and certain terms thereof, and has duly authorized the issuance of such Securities; and all acts necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture No.              a valid agreement of the Company, and to make the Securities of the              Series valid obligations of the Company, have been performed.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO.      WITNESSETH, that, for and in consideration of the premises and of the purchase of the Securities of the              Series by the Holders thereof and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of the Holders of the Securities of the              Series, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

             Series of Securities

SECTION 101. Securities of the              Series. There is hereby created and established a series of Securities designated “Senior Secured Bonds,      % Series due                         ,” which series shall constitute the              series of Securities issued under the Indenture. The Securities of the              Series shall have the terms provided therefor in this Article One of this Supplemental Indenture No. __, shall be limited in aggregate principal amount (except as contemplated in Section 301(b) of the Original Indenture) to $            , and shall have such terms as are hereby established for such Securities of the              Series as contemplated in Section 301 of the Original Indenture. The form or forms and additional terms of the Securities of the              Series shall be established in an Officer’s Certificate of the Company, as contemplated by Section 301 of the Original Indenture.


SECTION 102. Covenants.

[So long as any Securities of the              Series shall remain Outstanding, each of the following shall be an additional covenant of the Company under the Indenture:

(a) After the date of the first authentication of Securities of the              Series, the Company shall not issue additional Class A Bonds under the PPL 1945 Mortgage except for Class A Bonds (i) to replace mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Class A Bonds of the same series or to effect transfers, exchanges, or partial redemptions, payments or retirements of Class A Bonds; (ii) to be delivered to the Trustee under the Indenture; or (iii) to refund or refinance outstanding Class A Bonds.

(b) The Securities of the              Series shall have the benefit of the covenant of the Company contained in Section 707 of the Indenture.

(c) The Company shall notify the Holders of the Securities of the              Series of the discharge of the Lien of the Indenture pursuant to Section 1811 of the Original Indenture promptly after the recording of the instruments of discharge executed by the Trustee.]

SECTION 103. [Release of Mortgaged Property.

So long as any Securities of the              Series shall remain Outstanding, any Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 1803(b) of the Original Indenture shall also state that (except in any case where a Governmental Authority has lawfully ordered the Company to divest itself of such property) such release is, in the judgment of the signers, desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company.]

SECTION 104. Satisfaction and Discharge. With respect to each of the Securities of the              Series, the Company hereby agrees that, if the Company shall make any deposit of money and/or Eligible Obligations with respect to any Securities of such series, or any portion of the principal amount thereof, as contemplated by Section 801 of the Indenture, the Company shall not deliver an Officer’s Certificate described in clause (z) in the first paragraph of said Section 801 unless the Company shall also deliver to the Trustee, together with such Officer’s Certificate, either:

(a) an instrument wherein the Company, notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of its indebtedness in respect of such Securities, shall retain the obligation (which shall be absolute and unconditional) to irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent such additional sums of money, if any, or additional Eligible Obligations (meeting the requirements of Section 801), if any, or any combination thereof, at such time or times, as shall be necessary, together with the money and/or Eligible Obligations theretofore so deposited, to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest due and to become due on such Securities or portions thereof, all in accordance with and subject to the provisions of said Section 801; provided, however, that such instrument may state that the obligation of the Company to make additional deposits as aforesaid shall be subject to the delivery to the Company by the Trustee of a notice asserting the deficiency accompanied by an opinion of an independent public accountant of nationally recognized standing, selected by the Trustee, showing the calculation thereof (which opinion shall be obtained at the expense of the Company); or

(b) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities, or portions of the principal and amount thereof, will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the satisfaction and discharge of the Company’s indebtedness in respect thereof and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amounts, at the same times and in the same manner as if such satisfaction and discharge had not been effected.

SECTION 105. Trustee to Hold Class A Bonds In New York. So long as any Securities of the              Series remain Outstanding, the Trustee shall hold in the State of New York all Class A Bonds delivered to and to be held by it pursuant to Sections 1602 and 1701 of the Indenture; provided that the Trustee may hold such Class A Bonds in another jurisdiction if it receives an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the perfection and priority of the security interest, if any, created by the last sentence of such Section 1701 will continue in such other jurisdiction and notifies the Company of such change in jurisdiction.

 

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ARTICLE TWO

Miscellaneous Provisions

SECTION 201. This Supplemental Indenture No.      is a supplement to the Original Indenture. As supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture No.     , the Indenture is in all respects ratified, approved and confirmed, and the Original Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture No.             shall together constitute the Indenture.

SECTION 202. The recitals contained in this Supplemental Indenture No.      shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness and makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture No.    .

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.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture No.      to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first written above.

 

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

By

 

 

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

Attest:    

 

   
Assistant Secretary    

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

By

 

 

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

Attest:    

 

   
Assistant Vice President    

 

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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA    )   
   )    ss.:
COUNTY OF LEHIGH    )   

On this      day of                     ,         , before me, a notary public, the undersigned, personally appeared             , who acknowledged himself to be the [Treasurer] of PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION, a corporation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and that [he/she], as such [Treasurer], being authorized to do so, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained, by signing the name of the corporation by [himself/herself] as [Treasurer].

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

 

Notary Public

 

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STATE OF NEW YORK    )   
   )    ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK    )   

On this      day of                     ,         , before me, a notary public, the undersigned, personally appeared              who acknowledged herself to be a [Vice President] of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a corporation and that [he/she], as such [Vice President], being authorized to do so, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained, by signing the name of the corporation by [himself/herself] as [Vice President].

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

By:  

 

  Notary Public

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. hereby certifies that its precise name and address as Trustee hereunder are:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Worldwide Securities Services

4 New York Plaza, 15th Floor

New York, New York 10004

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

By:

 

 

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

Supplemental
Indenture No.
   Dated as of    Series   

Series

Designation

   Principal
Amount
Authorized
  

Principal
Amount

Issued

   Principal
Amount
Outstanding1
1    August 1,
2001
   First   

Senior Secured

Bonds, 5 7/8%

Series due 2007

   $ 300,000,000    $ 300,000,000    $ 254,866,000
1    August 1,
2001
   Second   

Senior Secured

Bonds, 6 1/4%

Series due 2009

   $ 500,000,000    $ 500,000,000    $ 485,785,000
2    February
1, 2003
   Third   

Senior Secured

Bonds, 3.125%

Pollution Control

Series due 2008

   $ 90,000,000    $ 90,000,000    $ 90,000,000
3    May 1,
2003
   Fourth    Senior Secured Bonds, 4.30% Series due 2013    $ 100,000,000    $ 100,000,000    $ 100,000,000
4    February
1, 2005
   Fifth    Senior Secured Bonds, 4.70% Pollution Control Series due 2029    $ 115,500,000    $ 115,500,000    $ 115,500,000
5    May 1,
2005
   Sixth    Senior Secured Bonds, 4.75% Pollution Control Series due 2027    $ 108,250,000    $ 108,250,000    $ 108,250,000
6    December
1, 2005
   Seventh    Senior Secured Bonds, 4.95% Series due 2015    $ 100,000,000    $ 100,000,000    $ 100,000,000
6    December
1, 2005
   Eighth    Senior Secured Bonds, 5.15% Series due 2020    $ 100,000,000    $ 100,000,000    $ 100,000,000

 


1 As of December 20, 2005
EX-4.27 14 dex427.htm OFFICERS CERTIFCATE Officers Certifcate

Exhibit 4.27

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

(Under Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture,

dated as of August 1, 2001)

Establishing the Form and Certain Terms of the Series of Securities Designated

Senior Secured Bonds,     % Series due                                 

                    ,             

The undersigned,             , [Treasurer] of PPL Electric Utilities Corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to Supplemental Indenture No.          dated as of                     ,              (“Supplemental Indenture No.    ”) (all capitalized terms used herein which are not defined herein but are defined in the Indenture referred to below, shall have the meanings specified in the Indenture, as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No.     ), and Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture of the Company dated as of August 1, 2001 (as heretofore supplemented, the “Indenture”), to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), does hereby establish for the series of Securities established in Supplemental Indenture No.      the following terms and characteristics (the lettered clauses set forth herein corresponding to such clauses in said Section 301):

(a) the Securities of the              Series to be issued under the Indenture (the “Bonds”) shall be initially issued in a series designated “Senior Secured Bonds,     % Series due         ,”; the Bonds shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto;

(b) the aggregate principal amount of Bonds which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be limited to $            , except as contemplated in Section 301(b);

(c) interest on the Bonds shall be payable to the Person or Persons in whose names the Bonds are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, except as otherwise expressly provided in the form of Bond attached hereto and hereby authorized and approved;

(d) the principal of the Bonds shall be due and payable on                     ,             ; [and the Company shall not have the right to extend the Maturity of the Bonds as contemplated in Section 301(d) of the Indenture];

(e) each installment of interest on a Bond shall be payable as provided in the form of Bond attached as Exhibit A hereto; the Bonds shall bear interest at a fixed rate of     % per annum; the Interest Payment Dates for the Bonds shall be              and              of each year, commencing                     ,             ; the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date with respect to the Bonds shall be the close of business on the calendar day (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date; [and the Company shall not have any right to extend any interest payment periods for the Bonds as contemplated in Section 301(e) and 312 of the Indenture];

(f) the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in New York, New York shall be the office or agency of the Company at which the principal of and any premium and interest on the Bonds at Maturity shall be payable, at which registration of transfers and exchanges of the Bonds may be effected and at which notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Bonds and the Indenture may be served; and the Trustee will initially be the Security Registrar and the Paying Agent for the Bonds; provided, however, that the Company reserves the right to change, by one or more Officer’s Certificates, any such office or agency and such agent;


(g) the Bonds are subject to redemption as provided in Exhibit A hereto;

(h) inapplicable;

(i) the Bonds shall be issued in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof;

(j) inapplicable;

(k) inapplicable;

(l) inapplicable;

(m) inapplicable;

(n) inapplicable;

(o) [reference is hereby made to the provisions of Supplemental Indenture No.      for certain covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of the Bonds, in addition to those set forth in Article Seven of the Indenture;]

(p) inapplicable;

(q) the only obligations or instruments which shall be considered Eligible Obligations in respect of the Bonds shall be Government Obligations; and the provisions of Section 801 of the Indenture as supplemented by Section 104 of the Supplemental Indenture No.      shall apply to the Bonds;

(r) The Bonds shall be initially issued in global form and the depository for the global Bonds shall initially be The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”); provided, that the Company reserves the right to provide for another depository, registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, to act as depository for the global Bonds (DTC and any such successor depository, the “Depository”); beneficial interest in Bonds issued in global form may not be exchanged in whole or in part for individual certificated Bonds in definitive form, and no transfer of a global Bond in whole or in part may be registered in the name of any Person other than the Depository or its nominee except that (i) if the Depository (A) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for the global Bonds or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor depository for such global bonds has not been appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice or cessation, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Bonds, will authenticate and deliver Bonds in definitive certificated form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the global Bonds representing such Bonds in exchange for such global Bond, such definitive Bonds to be registered in the names provided by the Depository; each global Bond (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Bonds to be represented by such global Bond (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depository, its nominee, any custodian for the Depository or otherwise pursuant to the Depository’s instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend restricting the transfer of such global Bond to any person other than the Depository or its nominee; none of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or any Authenticating Agent 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 Bond or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests; the Bonds in global form will contain restrictions on transfer, substantially as described in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto;

 

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(s) inapplicable;

(t) reference is made to clause (r) above; no service charge shall be made for the registration of transfer or exchange of the Bonds; provided, however, that the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with the exchange or transfer;

(u) inapplicable;

(v) [the Bonds are Benefitted Securities under Section 707 of the Indenture;]

(w) the Bonds shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto; and the Bonds shall have such further terms as are set forth in such form;

(x) [other provisions, if any.]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Officer’s Certificate this      day of                     ,          in New York, New York.

 

 

Name:

Title:

 

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EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF BOND]

[Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.]

This bond is a global bond within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a depository or a nominee thereof. This bond may not be exchanged in whole or in part for a bond registered, and no transfer of this bond in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any person other than such depository or a nominee thereof, except in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture.

 

$               CUSIP No.                         
No. R-      

Stated Maturity Date:                                 

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

SENIOR SECURED BOND,     % SERIES DUE                                 

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (herein referred to as the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture referred to below), for value received, hereby promises to pay to             , or to its registered assigns, the principal sum of              Dollars ($            ) on                     ,              (the “Stated Maturity Date”), and to pay interest on said principal sum semi-annually in arrears on              and              of each year commencing                     ,              at the rate of     % per annum until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment (each such              and             , an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Securities of this series will accrue from and including             , to and excluding the first Interest Payment Date, and thereafter will accrue from and including the last Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for. No interest will accrue on the Securities of this Series with respect to the day on which such Securities mature.

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              or             , whether or not a Business Day, (each such date a “Regular Record Date”) immediately preceding such Interest Payment

 

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Date, except that interest payable at Maturity will be payable to the Person to whom principal shall be paid. 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 the Indenture referred to herein.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest at Maturity on this Security shall be made upon presentation of this Security at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, in the State of New York, 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, and payment of interest, if any, on this Security (other than interest payable at Maturity) shall be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register, provided that such payment may be made by such other means in lieu of check as shall be agreed upon by the Company, the Trustee and such Person.

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

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 August 1, 2001 (herein, together with any amendments or supplements thereto, called the “Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as 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, including Supplemental Indenture No.      thereto, for a statement of the property mortgaged, pledged and held in trust, the nature and extent of the security, the conditions upon which the Lien of the Indenture may be released and 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. The acceptance of this Security shall be deemed to constitute the consent and agreement by the Holder thereof to all of the terms and provisions of the Indenture. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof.

[Insert provisions, if any, for redemption or purchase or other put or call provisions.]

Any notice of redemption at the election of the Company as aforesaid shall be conditional upon the receipt by the applicable Paying Agent or Agents of money sufficient to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on this Security on or prior to the date fixed for such redemption; a notice of redemption shall be of no force or effect if such money is not so received and, in such event, the Company shall not be required to redeem this Security.

If notice of redemption as aforesaid has been provided in accordance with the Indenture and funds for the redemption of this Security or the portion thereof called for redemption have been made available on the Redemption Date, this Security will cease to bear interest on the date fixed for redemption. Thereafter, the only right of the Holder hereof will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price, plus accrued and unpaid interest on this Security or the portion thereof called for redemption to the Redemption Date.

 

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In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series of like tenor representing the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

If any Interest Payment Date, [Redemption Date] or the Stated Maturity shall not be a Business Day (as hereinafter defined), payments of the amounts due on this Security on such date may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and, if such payment is made or duly provided for on such next succeeding Business Day, no interest shall accrue on such amounts for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, [Redemption Date] or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to such Business Day.

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.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

The Indenture contains provisions for release of the Lien thereof upon compliance with certain conditions set forth therein.

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 all series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of all series affected 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 herefor 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, the Holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities 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 aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities 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.

 

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The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein and herein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor and of authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

[In addition, subject to certain limitations set forth herein and in the Indenture, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in New York, New York, or such other office or agency as may be designated by the Company from time to time, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee, duly executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series of authorized denominations and of like tenor and 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.

The Company shall not be required to execute and the Security Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of (a) Securities of this series during a period of 15 days immediately preceding the date notice is given identifying the serial numbers of the Securities of this series called for redemption or (b) any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

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 absolute 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 (subject to Sections 305 and 307 of the Indenture).

This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York (including without limitation Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law or any successor to such statute), except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable and except to the extent that the law of the any other jurisdiction shall mandatorily govern.

As used herein, “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is not a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are generally authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed in The City of New York or other city in which is located any Paying Agent for the Securities of this series.

As provided in the Indenture, no recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Securities, or any part thereof, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, or of the indebtedness represented thereby, or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement under the Indenture, against, and no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, or be incurred by, any incorporator, stockholder, member, officer or director, as such, past, present or future of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation (either directly or through the Company or a predecessor or successor corporation), whether by virtue of any constitutional provision, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that the Indenture and all the Securities are solely corporate obligations and that any such personal liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the execution of the Indenture and the issuance of the Securities.

 

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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to herein 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 in New York, New York.

 

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

By:

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated:

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Trustee

By:

 

 

  Authorized Officer

 

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EX-5.1 15 dex51.htm OPINION OF THOMAS D. SALUS Opinion of Thomas D. Salus

EXHIBIT 5.1

Thomas D. Salus

Senior Counsel

PPL

Two North Ninth Street

Allentown, PA 18101-1179

Tel. 610.774.7445 Fax 610.774.6726

tdsalus@pplweb.com

March 20, 2006

PPL Corporation

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

PPL Energy Supply, LLC

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

Two North Ninth Street

Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am Senior Counsel of PPL Services Corporation, an affiliate of PPL Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, PPL Capital Funding, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“PPL Capital”), PPL Energy Supply, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“PPL Energy”) and PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (“PPL Electric” and together with PPL, PPL Capital and PPL Energy, the “Registrants”). I have acted as counsel to the Registrants in connection with the proposed issuance and sale from time to time of a presently indeterminate aggregate amount of securities (“Securities”), including

 

  (i) shares of PPL’s Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (“PPL Common Stock”);

 

  (ii) contracts to purchase shares of PPL Common Stock (“Stock Purchase Contracts”), and/or stock purchase units, each representing either (A) a Stock Purchase Contract, or (B) a Stock Purchase Contract and debt securities or preferred trust securities of third parties that are pledged to secure the stock purchase unit holders’ obligations to purchase Common Stock under the Stock Purchase Contracts (“Stock Purchase Units”);

 

  (iii) shares of the PPL’s Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (“PPL Preferred Stock”), and/or PPL’s depositary shares (“PPL Depositary Shares”), to be issued under a deposit agreement (“PPL Deposit Agreement”) and representing a fractional interest in PPL Preferred Stock;

 

  (iv)

unsecured and unsubordinated debt securities of PPL Capital (“PPL Capital Debt Securities”), together with guarantees (the “Guarantees”) of PPL as to payment of


PPL Corporation

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

PPL Energy Supply, LLC

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

March 20, 2006

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principal, interest and premium, if any, thereon, such PPL Capital Debt Securities and the Guarantees to be issued under an Indenture dated as of November 1, 1997, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as may be further amended or supplemented by one or more supplements relating to the PPL Capital Debt Securities (the “PPL Capital Indenture”), of PPL Capital and PPL to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as trustee;

 

  (v) preferred limited liability company membership interests in PPL Energy (“PPL Energy Preferred Securities”);

 

  (vi) unsecured and unsubordinated debt securities of PPL Energy (“PPL Energy Debt Securities”) to be issued under an Indenture dated October 1, 2001, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as may further amended or supplemented by one or more supplements relating to the PPL Energy Debt Securities (the “PPL Energy Indenture”), of PPL Energy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as trustee;

 

  (vii) shares of PPL Electric’s series preferred stock (“PPL Electric Preferred Stock”) or preference stock of PPL Electric (“PPL Electric Preference Stock”), and/or PPL Electric’s depositary shares (“PPL Electric Depositary Shares”), to be issued under a deposit agreement (“PPL Electric Deposit Agreement”) and representing a fractional interest in PPL Electric Preferred Stock or PPL Electric Preference Stock; and

 

  (viii) PPL Electric’s senior secured debt securities (“PPL Electric Debt Securities”), to be issued under the PPL Energy’s Indenture dated as of August 1, 2001 to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as to be further amended and supplemented by one or more supplemental indentures relating to the PPL Electric Debt Securities (the “PPL Electric Indenture”), which may be initially secured by PPL Electric’s First Mortgage Bonds (the “First Mortgage Bonds”), which are to be issued under PPL Energy’s Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of October 1, 1945, to Bankers Trust Company, as trustee, as to be amended and supplemented by one or more supplemental indentures relating to the First Mortgage Bonds (the “1945 Mortgage”);

all as contemplated by the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) proposed to be filed by the Registrants with the Securities and Exchange Commission


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(“Commission”) on or about the date hereof for the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and for the qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”) of the PPL Capital Indenture, the PPL Energy Indenture and the PPL Electric Indenture and, to the extent necessary, the purchase contract agreement to be entered into in connection with the issuance of Stock Purchase Contracts or Stock Purchase Units (the “Purchase Contract Agreement”).

For purposes of this opinion letter, I have assumed that, at the time of offer, issuance and sale of any Securities (i) the Registration Statement, as it may be amended, shall have become effective under the Act and such effectiveness shall not have been terminated or rescinded; (ii) one or more supplements to the prospectus which describe the terms of such Securities and specify certain pricing and issuance terms have been filed with the Commission; (iii) the indenture pursuant to which such Securities have been issued and, if applicable, the Purchase Contract Agreement, shall have become qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; (iv) the Board of Directors or managers of the Registrant or Registrants issuing such Securities, or a duly authorized committee thereof, shall have taken such action as may be necessary to authorize the issuance and sale of such Securities, and if applicable, establish the relative rights and preferences of such Securities, or other terms of such Securities, in each case as set forth in or contemplated by the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplements relating to such Securities; (v) in the case of Securities issued by PPL Electric, one or more appropriate Securities Certificates with respect to such Securities shall have been duly registered by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission pursuant to Section 1903 of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Code, as amended, or in the case of PPL Electric Debt Securities or First Mortgage Bonds having a maturity of less than one year from the date of execution, PPL Electric shall have received an appropriate order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant to Section 204 of the Federal Power Act authorizing such issuance; and (vi) there shall not have occurred any change in law affecting the legality or enforceability of such Security. I have also assumed that none of the terms of any Security to be established subsequent to the date hereof, nor the issuance and delivery of such Security, nor the compliance by the Registrant issuing such Security with the terms thereof will violate any applicable law or will result in a violation of any provision of any instrument or agreement then binding upon such Registrant, or any restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over such Registrant.

I have examined such corporate records, certificates and other documents and have reviewed such questions of law as I have considered necessary or appropriate for purposes of the opinions expressed below. Based on such examination and review, I advise you that I am of the opinion that:


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A. PPL and PPL Capital Securities

1. The PPL Common Stock and the PPL Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable when:

 

  (a) in the case of the PPL Preferred Stock, a statement with respect to the shares establishing the Preferred Stock shall have been filed with the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the form and manner required by law; and

 

  (b) in the case of the PPL Common Stock and the PPL Preferred Stock, such Securities shall have been issued, sold and delivered for the consideration contemplated by, and otherwise in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

2. The Stock Purchase Contracts and Stock Purchase Units will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL when:

 

  (a) the Purchase Contract Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by PPL and the purchase contract agent in accordance with the necessary corporate authorizations;

 

  (b) PPL shall have duly established the terms of such Stock Purchase Contracts or Stock Purchase Units, as the case may be, and the terms of their issuance and sale in conformity with the applicable governing documents and applicable law and such Stock Purchase Contracts or Stock Purchase Units have been duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the applicable governing documents; and

 

  (c) such Stock Purchase Contracts or Stock Purchase Units, as the case may be, shall have been issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof and for the consideration contemplated by, and otherwise in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.


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3. The PPL Depositary Shares will be legally issued and will entitle holders to the rights specified therein and in the PPL Deposit Agreement when:

 

  (a) the PPL Deposit Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by PPL and the applicable depositary in accordance with the necessary corporate authorizations;

 

  (b) PPL shall have duly established the terms of the PPL Depositary Shares and their issuance and sale in conformity with the PPL Deposit Agreement and applicable law, and the PPL Preferred Stock represented by the PPL Depositary Shares has been duly delivered to the applicable depositaries; and

 

  (c) the depositary receipts evidencing the PPL Depositary Shares shall have been duly issued against deposit of the PPL Preferred Stock in accordance with the applicable PPL Deposit Agreement and issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof and for the consideration contemplated by, and otherwise in conformity with the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

4. The PPL Capital Debt Securities will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL Capital and that the Guarantees will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL when:

 

  (a) PPL Capital shall have duly established the terms of the PPL Capital Securities and executed the PPL Capital Securities, PPL shall have duly executed and delivered the Guarantees and the PPL Capital Indenture trustee shall have duly authenticated the PPL Capital Debt Securities and the Guarantees endorsed thereon, in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of the PPL Capital Indenture and all necessary corporate authorizations; and

 

  (b) PPL Capital shall have issued, sold and delivered the PPL Capital Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

 

B. PPL Energy Securities

1. The PPL Energy Preferred Securities will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL Energy when:

 

  (a) PPL Energy shall have duly executed and delivered an appropriate amendment to its limited liability agreement by authorizing the establishment of such Securities;


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  (b) PPL Energy shall have duly established the terms of the PPL Energy Preferred Securities and executed the PPL Energy Preferred Securities, in each case in accordance with the provisions of such agreement, applicable law and all necessary limited liability company authorizations; and

 

  (c) PPL Energy shall have issued, sold and delivered the PPL Energy Preferred Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

2. The PPL Energy Debt Securities will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL Energy when:

 

  (a) PPL Energy shall have duly established the terms of the PPL Energy Debt Securities and executed the PPL Energy Debt Securities, and the PPL Energy Indenture trustee shall have duly authenticated such securities, in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of the PPL Energy Indenture and all necessary limited liability company authorizations; and

 

  (b) PPL Energy shall have issued, sold and delivered the PPL Energy Debt Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

 

C. PPL Electric Securities

1. The PPL Electric Preferred Stock and the PPL Electric Preference Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable when:

 

  (a) a statement with respect to the shares establishing such Securities shall have been filed with the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the form and manner required by law; and

 

  (b) such Securities shall have been issued and delivered for the consideration contemplated by, and otherwise in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.


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2. The PPL Electric Depositary Shares will be legally issued and will entitle holders to the rights specified therein and in the PPL Electric Deposit Agreement when:

 

  (a) the PPL Electric Deposit Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by PPL Electric and the applicable depositary in accordance with the necessary corporate and regulatory authorizations;

 

  (b) PPL Electric shall have duly established the terms of the PPL Electric Depositary Shares and their issuance and sale in conformity with the PPL Electric Deposit Agreement and applicable law, and the PPL Electric Preferred Stock represented by the PPL Electric Depositary Shares has been duly delivered to the applicable depositaries; and

 

  (c) the depositary receipts evidencing the PPL Electric Depositary Shares shall have been duly issued against deposit of the PPL Electric Preferred Stock in accordance with the applicable PPL Electric Deposit Agreement and issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof and for the consideration contemplated by, and otherwise in conformity with the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

3. The PPL Electric Debt Securities and any First Mortgage Bonds to be issued in connection with therewith will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL Electric when:

 

  (a) PPL Electric shall have duly established the terms of the PPL Electric Securities and any such First Mortgage Bonds and executed such Securities and First Mortgage Bonds, and the PPL Electric Indenture trustee and the 1945 mortgage trustee shall have duly authenticated the PPL Electric Debt Securities and First Mortgage Bonds, respectively, and, if applicable, PPL Electric shall have delivered such First Mortgage Bonds to the PPL Electric Indenture Trustee, in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of the PPL Electric Indenture and the 1945 Mortgage and all necessary corporate and regulatory authorizations; and

 

  (b) PPL Electric shall have issued, sold and delivered the PPL Electric Debt Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

The foregoing opinions as to the legal and binding nature of the Registrants’ obligations are subject to laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditor’s and


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mortgagees’ rights, including without limitation, bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization laws and generally principles of equity.

The foregoing opinions do not pass upon the validity of the Securities or the matter of compliance with “blue sky” laws or similar laws relating to the sale or distribution of the Securities by any underwriters or agents.

I hereby authorize and consent to the use of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement, and authorize and consent to the references to me under the caption “Validity of the Securities and the PPL Guarantees” in the Registration Statement and in the prospectus constituting a part thereof. In giving the foregoing consent, I do not hereby admit that I come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

I am a member of the Pennsylvania Bar and do not hold myself out as an expert on the laws of any other state. The opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Delaware General Corporation Law, and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, the applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and the reported judicial decisions interpreting the Delaware laws, and the federal laws of the United States of America. As to all matters governed by the laws of the State of New York, I have relied upon the opinions of even date herewith of Dewey Ballantine LLP and Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP which are being filed as Exhibits 5.2 and 5.3 to the Registration Statement.

In rendering their opinions, Dewey Ballantine LLP and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP may rely upon this opinion as to matters of Pennsylvania law addressed herein as if this opinion were addressed directly to them. Except as aforesaid, without my prior written consent, this opinion may not be furnished or quoted to, or relied upon by, any other person or entity for any purpose.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ Thomas D. Salus

Thomas D. Salus

EX-5.2 16 dex52.htm OPINION OF DEWEY BALLANTINE LLP Opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP

Exhibit 5.2

DEWEY BALLANTINE LLP

1301 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS

NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019-6092

TEL 212 259-8000 FAX 212 259-6333

March 20, 2006

PPL Corporation

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

PPL Energy Supply, LLC

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

Two North Ninth Street

Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are acting as special counsel for each of PPL Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (“PPL”), PPL Capital Funding, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“PPL Capital”), PPL Energy Supply, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“PPL Energy”) and PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (“PPL Electric” and together with PPL, PPL Capital and PPL Energy, the “Registrants”), in connection with the proposed issuance and sale from time to time of a presently indeterminate principal amount of debt securities (“Securities”), including

(i) unsecured and unsubordinated debt securities of PPL Capital (“PPL Capital Securities”), together with guarantees (the “Guarantees”) of PPL as to payment of principal, interest and premium, if any, thereon, such PPL Capital Securities and the Guarantees to be issued under an Indenture dated as of November 1, 1997, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as may be further amended or supplemented by one or more supplements relating to the PPL Capital Securities (the “PPL Capital Indenture”), of PPL Capital and PPL Corporation to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as trustee;

(ii) unsecured and unsubordinated debt securities of PPL Energy (“PPL Energy Securities”) to be issued under an Indenture dated October 1, 2001, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as may further amended or supplemented by one or more supplements relating to the PPL Energy Securities (the “PPL Energy Indenture”), of PPL Energy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as trustee;

(iii) PPL Electric’s senior secured debt securities (“PPL Electric Securities”), to be issued under PPL Electric’s Indenture dated as of August 1,

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2001 to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as to be further amended and supplemented by one or more supplemental indentures relating to the PPL Electric Securities (the “PPL Electric Indenture”), which Securities may be initially secured by PPL Electric’s First Mortgage Bonds (the “First Mortgage Bonds”), which are to be issued under PPL Electric’s Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of October 1, 1945, to Bankers Trust Company, as trustee, as to be amended and supplemented by one or more supplemental indentures relating to the First Mortgage Bonds (the “1945 Mortgage”); and

(iv) certain other securities of the Registrants;

all as contemplated by the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) proposed to be filed by the Registrants with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) on or about the date hereof for the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and for the qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”) of the PPL Capital Indenture, the PPL Energy Indenture and the PPL Electric Indenture.

For purposes of this opinion letter, we have assumed that, at the time of offer, issuance and sale of any Securities (i) the Registration Statement, as it may be amended, shall have become effective under the Act and such effectiveness shall not have been terminated or rescinded; (ii) one or more supplements to the prospectus which describe such Securities and specify certain pricing and issuance terms of such Securities have been filed with the Commission; (iii) the indenture pursuant to which such Securities have been issued shall have become qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; and (iv) there shall not have occurred any change in law affecting the legality or enforceability of such Security. We have also assumed that none of the terms of any Security to be established subsequent to the date hereof, nor the issuance and delivery of such Security, nor the compliance by the Registrant issuing such Security with the terms thereof will violate any applicable law or will result in a violation of any provision of any instrument or agreement then binding upon such Registrant, or any restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over such Registrant.

In addition, we have examined such corporate records, certificates and other documents and have reviewed such questions of law as we have considered necessary or appropriate for purposes of the opinions expressed below. Based on such examination and review, we advise you as follows:


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A. PPL Capital Securities

We are of the opinion that the PPL Capital Securities will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL Capital and that the Guarantees will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL when:

(a) PPL Capital’s Board of Directors, or a duly authorized committee thereof, shall have taken such action as may be necessary to authorize PPL Capital’s issuance and sale of the PPL Capital Securities and the Finance Committee of PPL’s Board of Directors shall have taken such action as may be necessary to authorize the Guarantees, in each case on the terms set forth in or contemplated by the Registration Statement, as it may be amended, and any prospectus supplements relating to the PPL Capital Securities;

(b) PPL Capital shall have duly established the terms of the PPL Capital Securities and executed the PPL Capital Securities, PPL shall have duly executed and delivered the Guarantees and the PPL Capital Indenture trustee shall have duly authenticated the PPL Capital Debt Securities and the Guarantees endorsed thereon, in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of the PPL Capital Indenture and all necessary corporate authorizations; and

(c) PPL Capital shall have issued, sold and delivered the PPL Capital Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

 

B. PPL Energy Securities

We are of the opinion that the PPL Energy Securities will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL Energy when:

(a) PPL Energy’s Board of Managers, or a duly authorized committee thereof, shall have taken such action as may be necessary to authorize PPL Energy’s issuance and sale of the PPL Energy Securities on the terms set forth in or contemplated by the Registration Statement, as it may be amended, and any prospectus supplements relating to the PPL Energy Securities;

(b) PPL Energy shall have duly established the terms of the PPL Energy Securities and executed the PPL Energy Securities, and the PPL Energy Indenture Trustee shall have duly authenticated such securities, in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of the PPL Energy Indenture and all necessary limited liability company authorizations; and


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(c) PPL Energy shall have issued, sold and delivered the PPL Energy Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

 

C. PPL Electric Securities

We are of the opinion that the PPL Electric Securities and any First Mortgage Bonds to be issued in connection with therewith will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL Electric when:

(a) PPL Electric’s Board of Directors shall have taken such action as may be necessary to authorize the issuance and sale of such PPL Electric Securities and issuance and delivery of such First Mortgage Bonds on the terms set forth in or contemplated by the Registration Statement, as it may be amended, and any prospectus supplements relating to such PPL Electric Securities;

(b) the PPL Electric Securities Certificate with respect to such PPL Electric Securities and First Mortgage Bonds shall have been duly registered by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission pursuant to Section 1903 of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Code, as amended, or if such PPL Electric Securities and First Mortgage Bonds have a maturity of less than one year from the date of execution, PPL Electric shall have received an appropriate order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant to Section 204 of the Federal Power Act authorizing the issuance of such PPL Electric Securities and First Mortgage Bonds;

(c) PPL Electric shall have duly established the terms of the PPL Electric Securities and, if applicable, any such First Mortgage Bonds, and executed such Securities and First Mortgage Bonds, and the PPL Electric Indenture trustee and the 1945 Mortgage trustee shall have duly authenticated the PPL Electric Securities and First Mortgage Bonds, respectively, and, if applicable, PPL Electric shall have delivered such First Mortgage Bonds to the PPL Electric Indenture trustee, in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of the PPL Electric Indenture and the 1945 Mortgage and all necessary corporate and regulatory authorizations; and

(d) PPL Electric shall have issued, sold and delivered the PPL Electric Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.


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Our opinions as to the legal and binding nature of the Registrants’ obligations are subject to laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditor’s and mortgagees’ rights, including without limitation, bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization laws and generally principles of equity. Further, we express no opinion of the liens of the PPL Electric Indenture or the 1945 Mortgage.

In addition, we express no opinion herein as to any matters of compliance with “blue sky” laws or similar laws relating to the sale or distribution of the Securities by any underwriters or agents.

This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York, the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, the applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and the reported judicial decisions interpreting such Delaware laws, and the federal laws of the United States of America. As to all matters governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, we have relied upon the opinion of even date herewith of Thomas D. Salus, Senior Counsel of PPL Services Corporation, Inc., a subsidiary of PPL Corporation, which is being filed as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In rendering his opinion, Mr. Salus may rely upon this opinion as to all matters of New York law addressed herein as if this opinion were addressed directly to him. Except as aforesaid, without our prior written consent, this opinion may not be furnished or quoted to, or relied upon by, any other person or entity for any purpose.

We hereby authorize and consent to the use of this opinion as Exhibit 5.2 to the Registration Statement, and authorize and consent to the reference to our firm in the Registration Statement and in the prospectus constituting a part thereof. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ Dewey Ballantine LLP

Dewey Ballantine LLP

EX-5.3 17 dex53.htm OPINION OF SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Exhibit 5.3

[Letter of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP]

March 20, 2006

PPL Corporation

PPL Energy Supply, LLC

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

Two North Ninth Street

Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101-1179

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to PPL Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (“PPL” or the “Company”), and the following subsidiaries of the Company: PPL Energy Supply, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“PPL Energy”) and PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (“PPL Electric,” and together with the Company and PPL Energy, the “Issuers”) in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to (i) shares of common stock of the Company par value $0.01 per share (the “PPL Common Stock”); (ii) shares of preferred stock of the Company par value $0.01 per share (the “PPL Preferred Stock”); (iii) contracts for the purchase and sale of PPL Common Stock and PPL Preferred Stock (the “PPL Purchase Contracts”); (iv) depositary shares of the Company evidenced by depositary receipts representing a fraction or a multiple of a share of PPL Preferred Stock (the “PPL Depositary Shares”); (v) units of the Company, consisting of two or more of the securities described under clauses (i) through (iv) in any combination (the “PPL Units”); (vi)


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shares of preferred securities of PPL Energy without par value (the “PPL Energy Preferred Securities”); (vii) shares of preferred stock of PPL Electric without par value (the “PPL Electric Preferred Stock”); (viii) shares of preference stock of PPL Electric without par value (the “PPL Electric Preference Stock”); (ix) and the depositary shares of PPL Electric evidenced by depositary receipts representing a fraction or a multiple of a share of either the PPL Electric Preferred Stock or PPL Electric Preference Stock (the “PPL Electric Depositary Shares”). The PPL Common Stock, the PPL Preferred Stock, the PPL Depositary Shares, the PPL Purchase Contracts, the PPL Units, the PPL Energy Preferred Securities, the PPL Electric Preferred Stock, the PPL Electric Preference Stock and the PPL Electric Depositary Shares are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Shares.” The Shares may be issued and sold or delivered from time to time as set forth in the Registration Statement, any amendment thereto, the prospectus contained therein (the “Prospectus”) and supplements to the Prospectus (the “Prospectus Supplements”) and pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act in an indeterminate amount.

The PPL Purchase Contracts will be issued pursuant to a purchase contract agreement (the “PPL Purchase Contract Agreement”), between the Company and a purchase contract agent as shall be named therein (the “PPL Purchase Contract Agent”).

The PPL Depositary Shares will be issued pursuant to a deposit agreement (the “PPL Deposit Agreement”), between the Company and a depositary as shall be named therein. The PPL Electric Depositary Shares will be issued pursuant to a deposit agreement (the “PPL Electric Deposit Agreement”), between PPL Electric and a depositary as shall be named therein.

The PPL Units will be issued pursuant to a unit agreement (the “PPL Unit Agreement”), between the Company and a unit agent as shall be named therein (the “PPL Unit Agent”).

 

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PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

     

 

We have examined the Registration Statement, a form of the share certificate for the PPL Common Stock, a form of the PPL Deposit Agreement, and a form of the PPL Electric Deposit Agreement which have been filed with the Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement. We also have examined the originals, or duplicates or certified or conformed copies, of such corporate records, agreements, documents and other instruments and have made such other investigations as we have deemed relevant and necessary in connection with the opinions hereinafter set forth. As to questions of fact material to this opinion, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company, PPL Energy and PPL Electric.

In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as duplicates or certified or conformed copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.

We also have assumed that: (1) at the time of execution, issuance and delivery of the PPL Depositary Shares, the PPL Deposit Agreement will be the valid and legally binding obligation of the depositary named therein; (2) at the time of execution, issuance and delivery of the PPL Purchase Contracts, the PPL Purchase Contract Agreement will be the valid and legally binding obligation of the PPL Purchase Contract Agent; (3) at the time of execution, issuance and delivery of the PPL Units, the PPL Unit Agreement will be the valid and legally binding obligation of the PPL Unit Agent; and (4) at the time of execution, issuance and delivery of the PPL Electric Depositary Shares, the PPL Electric Deposit Agreement will be the valid and legally binding obligation of the depositary named therein.

 

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PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

     

 

We have assumed further that (1) at the time of execution, issuance and delivery of the PPL Depositary Shares, the PPL Deposit Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, at such time, the Company will be validly existing and in good standing under the law of the State of Pennsylvania, and (2) the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the PPL Deposit Agreement and the PPL Depositary Shares will not violate the law of the State of Pennsylvania or any other applicable laws (excepting the law of the State of New York and the federal laws of the Unite States) and will not constitute a breach or violation of any agreement or instrument which is binding upon the Company.

We have assumed further that (1) at the time of execution, issuance and delivery of the PPL Purchase Contracts, the PPL Purchase Contract Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, at such time, the Company will be validly existing and in good standing under the law of the State of Pennsylvania and (2) the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the PPL Purchase Contract Agreement and the PPL Purchase Contracts will not violate the law of the State of Pennsylvania or any other applicable laws (excepting the law of the State of New York and the federal laws of the United States) and will not constitute a breach or violation of any agreement or instrument which is binding upon the Company.

We have assumed further that (1) at the time of execution, issuance and delivery of the PPL Units, the related PPL Unit Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, at such time, the Company will be validly existing and in good standing under the law of the State of Pennsylvania and (2) the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the PPL Unit Agreement and the PPL Units will not violate the law of the State of Pennsylvania or any other applicable laws (excepting the law of the State of

 

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PPL CORPORATION

      March 20, 2006

PPL ENERGY SUPPLY, LLC

     

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

     

 

New York and the federal laws of the United States) and will not constitute a breach or violation of any agreement or instrument which is binding upon the Company.

We have assumed further that (1) at the time of execution, issuance and delivery of the PPL Electric Depositary Shares, the PPL Electric Deposit Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by PPL Electric and, at such time, PPL Electric will be the validly existing and in good standing under the law of the State of Pennsylvania and (2) the execution, delivery and performance by PPL Electric of the PPL Electric Deposit Agreement and the PPL Electric Depositary Shares will not violate the law of the State of Pennsylvania or any other applicable laws (excepting the law of the State of New York and the federal laws of the United States) and will not constitute a breach or violation of any agreement or instrument which is binding upon PPL Electric.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that:

1. With respect to the PPL Common Stock, assuming (a) the taking by the Board of Directors of the Company of all necessary corporate action to authorize and approve the issuance of the PPL Common Stock and (b) due issuance and delivery of the PPL Common Stock, upon payment therefor in accordance with the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and upon compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, the PPL Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

2. With respect to the PPL Preferred Stock, assuming (a) the taking by the Board of Directors of the Company of all necessary corporate action to authorize and approve the issuance of the PPL Preferred Stock, (b) due filing of the Articles of Amendment of the Company containing the designation relating to any PPL Preferred Stock and (c) due issuance and delivery of the PPL Preferred Stock, upon payment therefor in accordance with the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and upon compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, the PPL Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

3. With respect to the PPL Depositary Shares, assuming (a) the taking by the Board of Directors of the Company of all necessary corporate action to authorize and approve the

 

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PPL CORPORATION

      March 20, 2006

PPL ENERGY SUPPLY, LLC

     

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

     

 

issuance and terms of the PPL Depositary Shares, (b) due issuance and delivery of the PPL Preferred Stock to the depositary under the PPL Deposit Agreement and such PPL Preferred Stock is validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and (c) the due execution, issuance and delivery of the depositary receipts evidencing the PPL Depositary Shares against deposit of the Preferred Stock in accordance with the Deposit Agreement, upon payment of the consideration therefor provided for in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of the applicable PPL Deposit Agreement and such agreement, the depositary receipts evidencing the PPL Depositary Shares will be validly issued and will entitle the holders thereof to the rights specified in the PPL Depositary Shares and the PPL Deposit Agreement.

4. With respect to the PPL Purchase Contracts, assuming (a) the taking of all necessary corporate action by the Board of Directors of the Company to authorize and approve the execution and delivery of the PPL Purchase Contract Agreement and (b) the due execution, issuance and delivery of the PPL Purchase Contracts, upon payment of the consideration for such PPL Purchase Contracts provided for in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of the applicable PPL Purchase Contract Agreement and such agreement, the PPL Purchase Contracts will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

5. With respect to the PPL Units, assuming (a) the taking of all necessary corporate action to authorize and approve the issuance and terms of any PPL Units, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters by the Board of Directors of the Company, (b) the PPL Common Stock and PPL Preferred Stock that are components of any PPL Units are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, (c) the PPL Purchase Contracts that are components of any PPL Units constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and (d) the depositary receipts evidencing the PPL Depositary Shares are validly issued and will entitle the holders thereof to the rights specified in the PPL Depositary Shares and the PPL Deposit Agreement, such PPL Units will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

6. With respect to the PPL Energy Preferred Securities, (a) the taking by the Board of Directors of PPL Energy of all necessary corporate action to authorize and approve the issuance of the PPL Energy Preferred Securities, (b) due filing of the Certificate of Designation of PPL Energy containing the designation relating to any PPL Energy Preferred Securities and (c) due issuance and delivery of the PPL Energy Preferred Securities, upon payment therefor in accordance with the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board of Directors of the PPL Energy and upon compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, the PPL Energy Preferred Securities will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

7. With respect to the PPL Electric Preferred Stock, assuming (a) the taking by the

 

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PPL CORPORATION

      March 20, 2006

PPL ENERGY SUPPLY, LLC

     

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

     

 

Board of Directors of PPL Electric of all necessary corporate action to authorize and approve the issuance of the PPL Electric Preferred Stock, (b) due filing of the Articles of Amendment of PPL Electric containing the designation relating to any Preferred Stock and (c) due issuance and delivery of the PPL Electric Preferred Stock, upon payment therefor in accordance with the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board of Directors of the PPL Electric and upon compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, the PPL Electric Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

8. With respect to the PPL Electric Preference Stock, assuming (a) the taking by the Board of Directors of PPL Electric of all necessary corporate action to authorize and approve the issuance of the PPL Electric Preference Stock, (b) due filing of the Articles of Amendment of PPL Electric containing the designation relating to any PPL Electric Preference Stock and (c) due issuance and delivery of the PPL Electric Preference Stock, upon payment therefor in accordance with the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board of Directors of PPL Electric and upon compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, the PPL Electric Preference Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

9. With respect to the PPL Electric Depositary Shares, assuming (a) the taking by the Board of Directors of PPL Electric of all necessary corporate action to authorize and approve the issuance and terms of the PPL Electric Depositary Shares, (b) due issuance and delivery of the PPL Electric Preferred Stock or PPL Electric Preference Stock to the Depositary under the PPL Electric Deposit Agreement and such PPL Electric Preferred Stock or PPL Electric Preference Stock is validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and (c) the due execution, issuance and delivery of the depositary receipts evidencing the PPL Electric Depositary Shares against deposit of the PPL Electric Preferred Stock or PPL Electric Preference Stock in accordance with the Deposit Agreement, upon payment of the consideration therefor provided for in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board of Directors of PPL Electric and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Deposit Agreement and such agreement, the depositary receipts evidencing the PPL Electric Depositary Shares will be validly issued and will entitle the holders thereof to the rights specified in the PPL Electric Depositary Shares and the Deposit Agreement.

Our opinions set forth in paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 9 above are subject to the effects of (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and (iii) an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

 

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PPL CORPORATION

      March 20, 2006

PPL ENERGY SUPPLY, LLC

     

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

     

 

Insofar as the opinions expressed herein relate to or are dependent upon matters governed by the law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, we have relied upon the opinion of Thomas D. Salus, Esq., Senior Counsel of PPL Services Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, dated the date hereof.

We do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the law of the State of New York and the federal law of the United States and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and, to the extent set forth herein, the law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.3 to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption “Validity of the Securities and the PPL Guarantees” in the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP

 

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EX-23.4 18 dex234.htm CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Exhibit 23.4

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated February 24, 2006 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in PPL Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

March 20, 2006

EX-23.5 19 dex235.htm CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Exhibit 23.5

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated February 24, 2006 relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedule, which appears in PPL Energy Supply, LLC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

March 20, 2006

EX-23.6 20 dex236.htm CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Exhibit 23.6

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated February 24, 2006 relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedule, which appears in PPL Electric Utilities Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

March 20, 2006

EX-24.1 21 dex241.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Power of Attorney

Exhibit 24.1

PPL CORPORATION

OMNIBUS SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned directors of PPL Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, hereby appoint William F. Hecht, John R. Biggar, Paul A. Farr and Robert J. Grey their true and lawful attorney, and each of them their true and lawful attorney, with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute for the undersigned directors and in their names to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a registration statement or registration statements for the registration under provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any other rules, regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, of various securities of PPL Corporation or its subsidiaries (without designation as to the amount of such securities), which securities may include guarantees by PPL Corporation of the securities of such subsidiaries, and any and all amendments thereto, whether said amendments add to, delete from or otherwise alter any such registration statement or registration statements, or add or withdraw any exhibits or schedules to be filed therewith and any and all instruments in connection therewith. The undersigned hereby grant to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform in the name of and on behalf of the undersigned, and in any and all capabilities, any act and thing whatsoever required or necessary to be done

 

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in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might do, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and each of them.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands as of the 16th day of December, 2005.

 

/s/ Frederick M. Bernthal     /s/ Craig A. Rogerson
Frederick M. Bernthal     Craig A. Rogerson
/s/ John W. Conway     /s/ W. Keith Smith
John W. Conway     W. Keith Smith
/s/ E. Allen Deaver     /s/ Susan M. Stalnecker
E. Allen Deaver     Susan M. Stalnecker
/s/ Louise K. Goeser     /s/ Keith H. Williamson
Louise K. Goeser     Keith H. Williamson
/s/ Stuart Heydt      
Stuart Heydt    

 

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EX-25.1 22 dex251.htm FORM T-1 Form T-1

Exhibit 25.1


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)             

 


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

  13-4994650
(State of incorporation   (I.R.S. employer
if not a national bank)   identification No.)
1111 Polaris Parkway  
Columbus, Ohio   43271
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Pauline E. Higgins

Vice President and Assistant General Counsel

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

707 Travis Street, 4th Floor North

Houston, Texas 77002

Tel: (713) 216-1436

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 


PPL Corporation

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Pennsylvania   23-2758192
Delaware   23-2926644
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)   identification No.)
Two North Ninth Street  
Allentown, Pennsylvania   18101-1179
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Guarantees of PPL Capital Funding, Inc. Debt Securities

Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 



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.

Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, D.C.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C., 20551

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 and Guarantors.

If the obligor or any guarantor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

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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 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (see Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-106575 which is incorporated by reference).

2. A copy of the Certificate of Authority of the Comptroller of the Currency for the trustee to commence business. (see Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-106575 which is incorporated by reference).

3. None, the authority of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers being contained in the documents described in 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. 333-106575 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. 333-106575 which is incorporated by reference).

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.

8. Not applicable.

9. Not applicable.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 the Trustee, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 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 14th day of March, 2006.

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
By  

/s/ Alfia Monastra

  Vice President

 

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Exhibit 7

J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association

Statement of Condition

31-Dec-05

 

     ($000)

Assets

  

Cash and Due From Banks

   25,733

Securities

   215,596

Loans and Leases

   135,923

Premises and Fixed Assets

   6,802

Intangible Assets

   349,515

Goodwill

   202,094

Other Assets

   47,157
    

Total Assets

   982,820
    

Liabilities

  

Deposits

   96,108

Other Liabilities

   54,523
    

Total Liabilities

   150,631

Equity Capital

  

Common Stock

   600

Surplus

   701,587

Retained Earnings

   130,002
    

Total Equity Capital

   832,189
    

Total Liabilities and Equity Capital

   982,820
    
EX-25.2 23 dex252.htm FORM T-1 Form T-1

Exhibit 25.2


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)

 


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

  13-4994650
(State of incorporation   (I.R.S. employer
if not a national bank)   identification No.)
1111 Polaris Parkway  
Columbus, Ohio   43271
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Pauline E. Higgins

Vice President and Assistant General Counsel

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

707 Travis Street, 4th Floor North

Houston, Texas 77002

Tel: (713) 216-1436

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 


PPL Corporation

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Pennsylvania   23-2758192
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)   identification No.)
Two North Ninth Street  
Allentown, Pennsylvania   18101-1179
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Contract Adjustment Payments relating to Stock Purchase Contracts And Stock Purchase Units

(Title of the indenture securities)

 



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.

Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, D.C.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C., 20551

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 and Guarantors.

If the obligor or any guarantor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

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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 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (see Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-106575 which is incorporated by reference).

2. A copy of the Certificate of Authority of the Comptroller of the Currency for the trustee to commence business. (see Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-106575 which is incorporated by reference).

3. None, the authority of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers being contained in the documents described in 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. 333-106575 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. 333-106575 which is incorporated by reference).

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.

8. Not applicable.

9. Not applicable.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 the Trustee, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 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 14th day of March, 2006.

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
By  

/s/ Alfia Monastra

  Vice President

 

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Exhibit 7

J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association

Statement of Condition

31-Dec-05

 

     ($000)

Assets

  

Cash and Due From Banks

   25,733

Securities

   215,596

Loans and Leases

   135,923

Premises and Fixed Assets

   6,802

Intangible Assets

   349,515

Goodwill

   202,094

Other Assets

   47,157
    

Total Assets

   982,820
    

Liabilities

  

Deposits

   96,108

Other Liabilities

   54,523
    

Total Liabilities

   150,631

Equity Capital

  

Common Stock

   600

Surplus

   701,587

Retained Earnings

   130,002
    

Total Equity Capital

   832,189
    

Total Liabilities and Equity Capital

   982,820
    
EX-25.3 24 dex253.htm FORM T-1 Form T-1

Exhibit 25.3


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)

 


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

  13-4994650

(State of incorporation

if not a national bank)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification No.)

1111 Polaris Parkway

Columbus, Ohio

  43271
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Pauline E. Higgins

Vice President and Assistant General Counsel

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

707 Travis Street, 4th Floor North

Houston, Texas 77002

Tel: (713) 216-1436

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 


PPL Energy Supply, LLC

 

Delaware   23-3074920

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification No.)

Two North Ninth Street

Allentown, Pennsylvania

  18101-1179
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 



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.

Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, D.C.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C., 20551

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 and Guarantors.

If the obligor or any guarantor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

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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 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (see Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-106575 which is incorporated by reference).

2. A copy of the Certificate of Authority of the Comptroller of the Currency for the trustee to commence business. (see Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-106575 which is incorporated by reference).

3. None, the authority of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers being contained in the documents described in 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. 333-106575 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. 333-106575 which is incorporated by reference).

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.

8. Not applicable.

9. Not applicable.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 the Trustee, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 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 14th day of March, 2006.

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

By

 

/s/ Alfia Monastra

  Vice President

 

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Exhibit 7

J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association

Statement of Condition

31-Dec-05

 

     ($000)
Assets   

Cash and Due From Banks

   25,733

Securities

   215,596

Loans and Leases

   135,923

Premises and Fixed Assets

   6,802

Intangible Assets

   349,515

Goodwill

   202,094

Other Assets

   47,157
    

Total Assets

   982,820
    

Liabilities

  

Deposits

   96,108

Other Liabilities

   54,523
    

Total Liabilities

   150,631

Equity Capital

  

Common Stock

   600

Surplus

   701,587

Retained Earnings

   130,002
    

Total Equity Capital

   832,189
    

Total Liabilities and Equity Capital

   982,820
    
EX-25.4 25 dex254.htm FORM T-1 Form T-1

Exhibit 25.4


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)

 


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

  13-4994650

(State of incorporation

if not a national bank)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification No.)

1111 Polaris Parkway

Columbus, Ohio

  43271
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Pauline E. Higgins

Vice President and Assistant General Counsel

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

707 Travis Street, 4th Floor North

Houston, Texas 77002

Tel: (713) 216-1436

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 


PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

 

Pennsylvania   23-0959590

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification No.)

Two North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania   18101-1179
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 



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.

Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, D.C.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C., 20551

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 and Guarantors.

If the obligor or any guarantor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

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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 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (see Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-106575 which is incorporated by reference).

2. A copy of the Certificate of Authority of the Comptroller of the Currency for the trustee to commence business. (see Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-106575 which is incorporated by reference).

3. None, the authority of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers being contained in the documents described in 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. 333-106575 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. 333-106575 which is incorporated by reference).

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.

8. Not applicable.

9. Not applicable.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 the Trustee, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 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 14th day of March, 2006.

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

By

 

/s/ Alfia Monastra

  Vice President

 

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Exhibit 7

J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association

Statement of Condition

31-Dec-05

 

     ($000)
Assets   

Cash and Due From Banks

   25,733

Securities

   215,596

Loans and Leases

   135,923

Premises and Fixed Assets

   6,802

Intangible Assets

   349,515

Goodwill

   202,094

Other Assets

   47,157
    

Total Assets

   982,820
    

Liabilities

  

Deposits

   96,108

Other Liabilities

   54,523
    

Total Liabilities

   150,631

Equity Capital

  

Common Stock

   600

Surplus

   701,587

Retained Earnings

   130,002
    

Total Equity Capital

   832,189
    

Total Liabilities and Equity Capital

   982,820
    
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