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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 24, 2004

ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Arizona   1-4473   86-0011170

 
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification Number)
     
400 North Fifth Street, P.O. Box 53999, Phoenix, Arizona   85004

 
 
 
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
     
(602) 250-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
     
NONE

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 


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Item 7. Financial Statement, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits
SIGNATURES
Ex-1.1
EX-4.1
EX-4.2
Ex-5.2
EX-12.2


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Item 7. Financial Statement, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

  (c)   Exhibits.

     The Registrant hereby files the following Exhibits to its Registration Statements on Form S-3 (No. 333-106772), which was declared effective on July 14, 2003.

     
Exhibit    
No.
  Description
1.1
  Underwriting Agreement and related Terms Agreement, each dated June 24, 2004, in connection with the offering of $300,000,000 of 5.80% Notes due 2014.
 
   
4.1
  Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 15, 2004, relating to the issuance of 5.80% Notes due 2014.
 
   
4.2
  Specimen of Note of 5.80% Notes due 2014.
 
   
5.2
  Opinion of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
 
   
12.2
  Computation of Earnings to Fixed Charges.

 


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SIGNATURES

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

         
    ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
(Registrant)
 
       
Dated: June 28, 2004
  By   /s/ Nancy C. Loftin
     
 
      Nancy C. Loftin
Vice President, Secretary and
General Counsel

 

EX-1.1 2 p69319exv1w1.htm EX-1.1 exv1w1
 

Exhibit 1.1

EXECUTION COPY

ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

June 24, 2004

Dear Sir or Madam:

     1.       Introduction. Arizona Public Service Company, an Arizona corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell from time to time up to $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Securities”) registered under the registration statement referred to in Section 2(a). The Securities will be issued under the Indenture, dated as of January 15, 1998 (the “Original Indenture”), between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as trustee (the “Trustee”), as amended and supplemented by one or more Supplemental Indentures between the Company and the Trustee (each, a “Supplemental Indenture”) (the Original Indenture as amended and supplemented by such Supplemental Indentures, including the Eighth Supplemental Indenture (as defined below) being sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “Indenture”). The Securities will be issued in one or more series, which series may vary as to interest rates, maturities, redemption provisions, selling prices, and other terms, with all such terms for any particular issue of the Securities being determined at the time of sale. Particular issues of the Securities may be sold from time to time to one or more of the firms to whom this Agreement is addressed, and to such other purchasers as the Company shall designate and as shall agree in writing to comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, for resale in accordance with the terms of offering determined at the time of sale. The Securities involved in any such offering are hereinafter referred to as the “Purchased Securities,” the party or parties that agree to purchase the same are hereinafter referred to as the “Underwriters” of such Purchased Securities, and the representative or representatives of the underwriters, if any, specified in a Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3 are hereinafter referred to as the “Representative.”

     2.       Representations and Warranties of the Company. In connection with each offering of the Purchased Securities, the Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriters that:

     (a)       A registration statement (No. 333-106772) relating to $500,000,000 of the Securities was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and has become effective. Such registration statement, as amended at the time of the Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3 relating to the Purchased Securities, together with any related 462(b) registration statement or amendment thereto, is hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Registration Statement” and the prospectus included in the Registration Statement when it became effective, as supplemented as contemplated by Section 3, including by a Prospectus Supplement (as defined below), to reflect the terms of the Purchased Securities and terms of

 


 

offering thereof, including all material incorporated by reference therein, is hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus.”

     (b)       Each part of the Registration Statement relating to the Securities, when such part became effective, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Trust Indenture Act”) and the rules and regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Commission and did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. On the date of each Prospectus as supplemented by the related Prospectus Supplement, the Registration Statement and such Prospectus will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act and the Rules and Regulations, and at such date neither the Registration Statement nor the Prospectus will include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; provided, however, that the foregoing does not apply to (i) statements in or omissions from any such documents based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter specifically for use therein or (ii) that part of the Registration Statement that consists of the Statement of Eligibility (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee under the Indenture. The Company hereby consents to the use of the Prospectus in connection with the sale and distribution of the Purchased Securities by the Underwriters.

     (c)       The consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and the fulfillment of the terms hereof will not conflict with, or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any indenture or mortgage or other material agreement, instrument or deed of trust to which the Company is now a party.

     (d)       The Original Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity.

     (e)       The Eighth Supplemental Indenture, to be dated as of June 15, 2004, establishing the terms of the Purchased Securities (the “Eighth Supplemental Indenture”) has been duly authorized by the Company and, when executed and delivered by the Company, will be a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity.

     (f)       The Purchased Securities have been duly authorized and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, in each case enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity and will conform to the description of the Purchased Securities contained in the Prospectus.

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     (g)       An order of the Arizona Corporation Commission has been granted authorizing the issuance and sale of the Purchased Securities on the terms and conditions herein and in the Prospectus and the Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3 relating to the Purchased Securities. No other approval or consent of any public body or governmental authority is necessary for such issuance and sale of the Purchased Securities, except the registration of the Purchased Securities under the Act, the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Purchased Securities by the Underwriters.

     (h)       The Company holds such valid franchises, certificates of convenience and necessity, licenses, and permits as are necessary with respect to the maintenance and operation of its property and business as now conducted, except that (i) the Company from time to time makes minor extensions of its system prior to the time a related franchise, certificate, license, or permit is procured, (ii) from time to time communities already being served by the Company become incorporated and considerable time may elapse before a franchise is procured, (iii) certain franchises may have expired prior to the renegotiation thereof, (iv) the Company may not have obtained certain permits or variances relating to the environmental requirements described in any of its Form 10-K Report, its Form 10-Q Reports, and/or its Form 8-K Reports incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, (v) certain minor defects and exceptions may exist which, individually and in the aggregate, are not deemed material, and (vi) the Company does not make any representation regarding the geographical scope of any franchise, certificate, license, or permit that is not specific as to its geographical scope.

     (i)       This Agreement has been, and the Terms Agreement will be, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

     (j)       The Company is not an “investment company” or entity “controlled” by an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).

     (k)       The Company is a corporation duly formed under the laws of the State of Arizona, is in good standing in the State of Arizona, and has the power to enter into and has duly authorized, by proper corporate action, the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Terms Agreement and all other documents contemplated hereby to be executed by the Company.

     (l)       The financial statements of the Company referred to, incorporated by reference or contained in the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates indicated and the results of its operations for the periods specified, and the financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied in all material respects with respect to the periods involved except as stated therein.

     3.       Purchase and Offering. The obligation of the Underwriters to purchase, and the obligation of the Company to sell, the Purchased Securities will be evidenced by the execution and delivery of a Terms Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the “Terms Agreement”) at the time the Company determines to sell the Purchased Securities. The Terms

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Agreement shall specify (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) the party or parties that will be Underwriters, the principal amount to be purchased by each, the purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters, any compensation or commissions to be paid to Underwriters, the offering price, and the terms of the Purchased Securities not already specified in the Indenture, including, but not limited to, interest rates, maturity, redemption provisions, and sinking fund requirements, if any. The Terms Agreement shall also specify (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) the time and date of delivery and payment (the “Closing Date”), the place of delivery and payment, and any details of the terms of offering that should be reflected in the prospectus supplement relating to the offering of the Purchased Securities and filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) (the “Prospectus Supplement”). It is understood that the Underwriters will offer the Purchased Securities for sale as set forth in the Prospectus. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Purchased Securities shall be several and not joint. Except as may otherwise be set forth in the Terms Agreement, the Purchased Securities will be in definitive form and in such denominations and registered in such names as the Underwriters may request.

     4.       Covenants of the Company. In connection with each offering of Purchased Securities, the Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that:

     (a)       The Company will file the Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b) not later than the second business day following the Closing Date.

     (b)       The Company will advise the Representative promptly of any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus which it proposes to make in the period between the date of the Terms Agreement and the Closing Date (other than any periodic report to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1934 during such period). The Company will provide the Underwriters and their counsel with a draft of such amendment or supplement prior to filing and will reasonably consider any changes proposed in writing by counsel to the Underwriters based on legal grounds. The Company will also advise the Representative, or if there is no Representative, the Underwriters of the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement, or of any part thereof, and will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting, if issued.

     (c)       If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Purchased Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus to comply with the applicable law, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters of such event and will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, an amendment or supplement that will correct such statement or omission or an amendment that will effect such compliance.

     (d)       The Company, at its expense, will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Underwriters, copies of the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements thereto, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as the Representative or Underwriters may reasonably request.

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     (e)       As soon as practicable, but not later than 18 months, after the date of the Terms Agreement relating to the Purchased Securities, the Company will make generally available to its security holders an earning statement or statements (which need not be audited) covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), which will satisfy the provisions of section 11(a) of the Act and the Rules and Regulations.

     (f)       The Company will furnish to the Representative such copies of the Registration Statement (including one copy of the Registration Statement for the counsel for the Underwriters, which is signed and includes all exhibits), including all amendments or supplements thereto, as may be reasonably requested.

     (g)       The Company will arrange or cooperate in arrangements for the qualification of the Purchased Securities for sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative or, if there is no Representative, the Underwriters, designates and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Purchased Securities, 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 Purchased Securities, or to meet other requirements deemed by it to be unduly burdensome.

     (h)       During the period of two years after the date of the Terms Agreement relating to the Purchased Securities, the Company will furnish to the Representative thereunder, and, upon request, each of the other Underwriters, (i) as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a balance sheet and statements of income and retained earnings of the Company as at the end of and for such year, all in reasonable detail and certified by independent public accountants, and (ii) (A) as soon as practicable after the end of each quarterly fiscal period (except for the last quarterly fiscal period of each fiscal year), a balance sheet and statement of income of the Company as at the end of and for such period, all in reasonable detail and certified by a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, (B) as soon as available, a copy of each report of the Company filed with the Commission, and (C) from time to time, such other information concerning the Company as may reasonably be requested. So long as the Company has active subsidiaries, such financial statements will be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated. Information required to be delivered pursuant to this provision will be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which the Company provides notice to the Representative or, if there is no Representative, to the Underwriters, that such information has been posted on the Company’s parent’s website at www.pinnaclewest.com, on the Internet at sec.gov/edaux/searches.htm, or at another website identified in such notice and accessible by the Representative or the Underwriters without charge.

     (i)       The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, and will reimburse the Underwriters for any reasonable expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by them in connection with the qualification of the Purchased Securities with respect to which the Terms Agreement relating to the Purchased Securities has been entered for sale, and the determination of their eligibility for investment, under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative or, if there is no

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Representative, the Underwriters designate, and the printing of memoranda relating thereto, and for any fees charged by investment rating agencies for the rating of the Purchased Securities.

     (j)       The Company will not, for a period beginning at the time of execution of the Terms Agreement relating to the Purchased Securities and ending on the Closing Date, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Act relating to any additional debt securities of the Company (or warrants to purchase debt securities of the Company) substantially similar to the Purchased Securities, without the prior written consent of the Representative or, if there is no Representative, the Underwriters.

     5.       Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Purchased Securities will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, and to the following additional conditions precedent:

     (a)       On the date of the Terms Agreement, the Underwriters shall have received a letter from Deloitte & Touche LLP, dated the date of the Terms Agreement, confirming that they are independent certified public accountants within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published Rules and Regulations thereunder, and stating in effect that (i) in their opinion the financial statements and schedules of the Company audited by them and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1934 Act and the Rules and Regulations thereunder, (ii) they have performed the procedures specified by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for a review of interim financial information as described in Statement of Auditing Standards No. 100, Interim Financial Information, on any unaudited financial statements included in the Registration Statement, (iii) on the basis of the review referred to in clause (ii) above, a reading of the latest available interim financial statements of the Company, inquiries of officials of the Company responsible for financial and accounting matters, and other specified procedures, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that (A) the unaudited financial statements, if any, incorporated by reference in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1934 Act and the Rules and Regulations thereunder or any material modifications should be made to such unaudited financial statements and summary of earnings for them to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles; (B) if any unaudited “capsule” information is contained in the Prospectus, the unaudited consolidated operating revenues, gross income, net income and net income per share amounts or other amounts constituting such “capsule” information and described in such letter do not agree with the corresponding amounts set forth in the unaudited consolidated financial statements or were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with that of the corresponding amounts in the audited statements of income; (C) at the date of the most recent available unaudited financial statements and at a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of the Terms Agreement, except in all cases for increases or decreases which result from the declaration or payment of dividends, there was any increase in the amounts of common stock, redeemable preferred stock, or non-redeemable preferred stock of the Company or any increase, exceeding $10,000,000, in long-term debt of the Company or, at the date of the most recent available unaudited financial statements there was any decrease in net

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assets as compared with amounts shown in the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus; or (D) for the period from the date of the most recent balance sheet included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus to the end of the most recently completed month for which financial information is available to the Company, as compared to the corresponding period in the preceding year, there were any decreases, exceeding 3%, in the amounts of total revenues or net income, except in all cases for increases or decreases which the Prospectus (including any material incorporated by reference therein) discloses have occurred or may occur, or which are described in such letter, (iv) they have compared specified dollar amounts (or percentages derived from such dollar amounts) and other financial information contained in the Prospectus (in each case to the extent that such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial information are derived from the general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries subject to the internal controls of the Company’s accounting system or are derived directly from such records by analysis or computation) with the results obtained from inquiries, a reading of such general accounting records and other procedures specified in such letter and have found such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial information to be in agreement with such results, except as otherwise specified in such letter.

     (b)       No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Underwriters, shall be contemplated by the Commission.

     (c)       Subsequent to the execution of the Terms Agreement relating to the Purchased Securities and prior to the Closing Date, (i) there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Company or its subsidiaries which, in the judgment of the Representative, materially impairs the investment quality of the Purchased Securities, (ii) there shall not have occurred a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, (iii) there shall not have occurred a general moratorium on or a material disruption in commercial banking activities in New York declared by either Federal or New York State authorities, (iv) no rating of any of the Company’s debt securities shall have been reduced, suspended or withdrawn and there shall have been no public announcement that any such debt securities have been placed on CreditWatch, Watchlist, or under any similar surveillance or review, in each case with negative implications, by Moody’s Investor Service’s, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor agencies thereto, (v) there shall not have occurred any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration of war by Congress or any other substantial national or international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of the Representative, the effect of any such outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity or emergency (including, without limitation, an act of terrorism that results in any such substantial national or international calamity or emergency) makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the sale of and payment for the Purchased Securities, and (vi) there shall not have occurred any material disruption of securities settlement or clearance services.

     (d)       The Underwriters shall have received an opinion of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., counsel for the Company, dated the relevant Closing Date, to the effect that:

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     (i)       The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Arizona with corporate power and authority to carry on its business as described in the Prospectus; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business in the States of New Mexico, California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, and Texas;

     (ii)       The Purchased Securities have been duly authorized, executed, authenticated, issued, and delivered, constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture (except as the same may be limited by (A) general principles of equity or by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium, or other laws or equitable principles relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (B) the qualification that certain waivers, procedures, remedies, and other provisions of the Purchased Securities and the Indenture may be unenforceable under or limited by the law of the State of Arizona; however, such law does not in such counsel’s opinion substantially prevent the practical realization of the benefits intended by such documents) and conform to the description thereof in the Prospectus;

     (iii)       The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed, and delivered, has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, and constitutes a valid and binding instrument enforceable in accordance with its terms except as the same may be limited by (A) general principles of equity or by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium, or other laws or equitable principles relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (B) the qualification that certain waivers, procedures, remedies, and other provisions of the Purchased Securities and the Indenture may be unenforceable under or limited by the law of the State of Arizona; however, such law does not in such counsel’s opinion substantially prevent the practical realization of the benefits intended by such documents;

     (iv)       With certain exceptions, a public service corporation is required to obtain certificates of convenience and necessity from the Arizona Corporation Commission under A.R.S. Section 40-281.A for construction of its lines, plant, services, or systems, or any extensions thereof, within the State of Arizona, and to obtain franchises or similar consents or permits from counties and incorporated municipalities under A.R.S. Section 40-283.A for the construction, operation, and maintenance of transmission lines within the State of Arizona; to such counsel’s knowledge after due inquiry, the Company holds such valid franchises, certificates of convenience and necessity, consents, and permits pursuant to such statutory provisions as are necessary with respect to the maintenance and operation of its property and business as now conducted, except that (A) the Company from time to time makes minor extensions of its system prior to the time a related franchise, certificate, license, or permit is procured, (B) from time to time communities already being served by the Company become incorporated and considerable time may elapse before a franchise is procured, (C) certain franchises may have expired prior to the renegotiation thereof, (D) certain minor defects and exceptions may exist which, individually and in the aggregate, are not deemed material, and (E) such counsel need not be required to express any opinion regarding the

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geographical scope of any franchise, certificate, license, or permit that is not specific as to its geographical scope;

     (v)       The Company is organized and operating in the State of Arizona, and its securities issues, including the issuance and sale of the Purchased Securities, are regulated by the ACC under the laws of the State of Arizona. The issuance and sale of the Purchased Securities on the terms and conditions set forth or contemplated herein and in the Prospectus and the Terms Agreement relating to the Purchased Securities and the execution and delivery of the Supplemental Indenture relating to the Purchased Securities have been duly authorized by the Arizona Corporation Commission, said Commission had jurisdiction in the premises, and no further approval, authorization, or consent of any other public board or body is necessary to the validity of such issuance and sale of such Purchased Securities or the execution and delivery of such Supplemental Indenture, except as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws, as to which laws such counsel shall not be required to express an opinion;

     (vi)       The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the Act, and each part of the Registration Statement relating to the Securities, when such part became effective, and the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement, and each amendment or supplement thereto, as of their respective effective or issue dates, other than financial statements and schedules and other financial, statistical or accounting data included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need express no opinion, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act, and the published Rules and Regulations. Although such counsel does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, or completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and has not independently verified any of such statements except as stated in such opinion, such counsel have no reason to believe that (1) any part of the Registration Statement, when such part became effective other than financial statements and schedules, and other financial, statistical or accounting data included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need express no opinion, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact, required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, not misleading, or (2) the Prospectus, as of the date of the related Prospectus Supplement and at the Closing Date, other than financial statements and schedules, and other financial, statistical or accounting data included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need express no opinion, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; and to the knowledge of such counsel there are no legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Prospectus that are not described as required, nor any contracts or documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described and filed as required (it being understood

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that such counsel need express no opinion as to the statements of eligibility and qualification of the trustee under the Indenture);

     (vii)       This Agreement and the Terms Agreement have been duly authorized, executed, and delivered by the Company;

     (viii)       The Company is not an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the 1940 Act; and

     (ix)       Neither the execution nor delivery by the Company of this Agreement or the Terms Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions therein contemplated, nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms, conditions or provisions thereof (1) conflicts with, violates or results in a breach of any law, administrative regulation or, to the knowledge of such counsel, court decree applicable to the Company, (2) conflicts with, violates or results in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or by-laws of the Company or of any material agreement or instrument listed in a certificate provided by the Company, to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, or constitutes a default thereunder, or (3) will result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance of any nature whatsoever upon any of the properties or assets of the Company, except as contemplated therein; and

     Whenever the opinions required by this Agreement are stated to be “to the knowledge of such counsel” or “to such counsel’s knowledge”, such statements are intended to signify that those attorneys in the firm responsible for preparing the opinion or who have given substantive attention to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, after consultation with such other attorneys in such firm who have worked on legal matters related to the Company and its subsidiaries as they considered appropriate, do not have current actual knowledge of the inaccuracy of such statement. However, except where expressly stated otherwise, such counsel need not undertake any special or independent investigation to determine the existence or absence of such facts, and no inference as to such counsel’s knowledge of the existence or absence of such facts should be drawn from its representation of the Company in connection with this transaction or otherwise.

     In giving such opinion, Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. may rely solely upon certificates of the Company as to any factual matters upon which any such opinions are based and may rely upon the opinion of Keleher & McLeod, P.A., referred to below, as to all matters governed by the laws of the State of New Mexico, and may rely on the opinion of Underwriters’ counsel as to all matters governed by the law of the State of New York, and further may relay upon the opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, delivered to you at closing, as to all matters under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended, and the Federal Power Act, as amended.

     (e)       The Underwriters shall have received evidence that the Purchased Securities have been rated Baa1 or higher by Moody’s Investors Service and BBB or higher by Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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     (f)       The Underwriters shall have received an opinion of Keleher & McLeod, P.A., New Mexico counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:

     (i)       The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in the State of New Mexico and has full corporate power and authority to engage in the State of New Mexico in the business now conducted by it therein; and

     (ii)       The activities of the Company in the State of New Mexico to date do not constitute it a “public utility” as that term is defined in the relevant laws of the State of New Mexico, and accordingly, no public utility franchises or certificates of convenience and necessity are necessary under New Mexico law with respect to the maintenance and operation of the Company’s property and business as now conducted in the State of New Mexico and no approval, authorization, or consent of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission or any other public board or body of the State of New Mexico is required for the issuance and sale of the Purchased Securities on the terms and conditions herein and in the Prospectus set forth or contemplated or for the execution of the Supplemental Indenture relating to the Purchased Securities, except as may be required under New Mexico state securities or blue sky laws, as to which laws such counsel shall not be required to express an opinion.

     In giving such opinion, Keleher & McLeod, P.A. may rely solely upon certificates of the Company as to any factual matters upon which any such opinions are based.

     (g)       The Underwriters shall have received from counsel for the Underwriters such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Underwriters may reasonably require and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon any such matters In rendering such opinion, such counsel may and rely as to all matters governed by the laws of the States of Arizona and New Mexico upon the opinions of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. and Keleher & McLeod, P.A., referred to above.

     (h)       The Underwriters shall have received a certificate of the President or any Vice President and a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, in which such officers, to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date, that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are contemplated by the Commission, and that, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change in the financial position or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries except as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus or as described in such certificate.

     (i)       The Underwriters and the Representative shall have received a letter of Deloitte & Touche LLP, dated the Closing Date, which meets the requirements of subsection (a) of this

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Section, except that the specified date referred to in such subsection will be a date not more than five days prior to the Closing Date for the purposes of this subsection.

     The Company will furnish the Underwriters with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters, and documents as may be reasonably requested.

     6.       Indemnification.

     (a)       The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter or such controlling person may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of the Registration Statement relating to the Securities, when such part became effective, any preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, not misleading; and will reimburse each Underwriter and each such controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter specifically for use therein and provided, further, that with respect to any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement, the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased the Securities concerned, to the extent that a prospectus relating to such Securities was required to be delivered by such Underwriter under the Act in connection with such purchase and any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Underwriter results from the fact that there was not sent or given to such person, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such Securities to such person, a copy of the Prospectus (exclusive of material incorporated by reference), if the Company had previously furnished sufficient copies thereof to such Underwriter as required hereunder. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.

     (b)       Each Underwriter will severally indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who have signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities to which the Company or any such director, officer, or controlling person may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of the Registration Statement relating to the Securities, when such part became effective, any preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or

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arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter specifically for use therein; and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Underwriter may otherwise have.

     (c)       Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, without the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its assumption of the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties. Such firm shall be designated in writing by the Representative, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) above, and by the Company, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b) above. An indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of a claim or action effected without its written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.

     (d)       If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any loss, claim, damage, liability, or action described in

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subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above on the following basis: (i) if such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action arises under subsection (a) above, then (A) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities or (B) if the allocation provided by clause (A) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (A) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; and (ii) if such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action arises under subsection (b) above, then in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. For the purposes of clause (i) above, the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters. For the purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) above, the relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company and each of the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Purchased Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

     7.       Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their obligations to purchase Purchased Securities pursuant to this Agreement and the Terms Agreement and the principal amount of Purchased Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase is ten percent (10%) or less of the principal amount of Purchased Securities to which such Terms Agreement relates, the Representative or, if there is no Representative, the Underwriters, may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Purchased Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if

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no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date the nondefaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder and under such Terms Agreement, to purchase the Purchased Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate principal amount of Purchased Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur is more than the above-described amount and arrangements satisfactory to the remaining Underwriters and the Company for the purchase of such Purchased Securities by other persons are not made within thirty-six hours after such default, the Terms Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except as provided in Section 8. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

     8.       Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties, and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of the Underwriters or the Company or any of its officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Purchased Securities. If any Terms Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7, or if for any reason a purchase pursuant to any Terms Agreement is not consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 4 and the respective obligations of the Company and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 6 shall remain in effect.

     9.       Notices. All communications hereunder relating to any offering of Purchased Securities will be in writing, and, if sent to the Underwriters, may be mailed, delivered, or telecopied and confirmed to the Representative first named in the Terms Agreement relating to such Purchased Securities at the address furnished to the Company in writing for the purpose of communications, or, if there is no Representative, to the Underwriters at their addresses furnished to the Company in writing for the purpose of communications; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 6 will be mailed, delivered, or telecopied and confirmed to each such Underwriter at its own address. All communications hereunder to the Company shall be mailed to the Company, Attention: Treasurer, at P.O. Box 53999, Phoenix, Arizona 85072-3999, or delivered, or telecopied and confirmed to the Company at 400 North Fifth Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85004.

     10.       Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and the Underwriter or Underwriters as are named in any Terms Agreement and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 6, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

     11.       Representation of Underwriters. The Representatives, if any, may act for the Underwriters in connection with any offering to which a Terms Agreement may relate, and any action under this Agreement or such Terms Agreement taken by the Representatives jointly or the Representative first named in such Terms Agreement in such capacity will be binding upon the Underwriters of Purchased Securities to which such Terms Agreement relates.

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     12.       Execution in Counterpart. This Agreement and any Terms Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute a single instrument.

     13.       Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.

     14.       Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.

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     If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Company and the Underwriters in accordance with its terms.

             
    Very truly yours,
 
           
    ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
 
           
  By:       Barbara M. Gomez
       
 
      Name:   Barbara M. Gomez
      Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.

         
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC    
 
       
By:
  Jonathan Baliff  
 
 
   
  Name:  Jonathan Baliff
  Title:  Director
 
       
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.    
 
       
By:
  Maria Sramek    
 
 
   
  Name:  Maria Sramek  
  Title:  Vice President    

On their own behalf and, if applicable, as Representatives of the Underwriters named in a Terms Agreement.

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EXHIBIT A

TERMS AGREEMENT

June 24, 2004

Arizona Public Service Company
400 North Fifth Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85004

Attention: Treasurer

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Arizona Public Service Company (the “Company”) hereby agrees to sell to the several Underwriters (the “Underwriters”) named on Schedule I hereto and listed in the Company’s Prospectus Supplement (the “Prospectus Supplement”) of even date herewith relating to $300,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 5.80% Notes due 2014 (the “Purchased Securities”), and the Underwriters hereby agree to purchase, severally and not jointly, the principal amount of the Purchased Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule I hereto in the principal amount and at the prices set forth therein. The sale of the Purchased Securities by the Company and the purchase thereof by the Underwriters shall be made on the basis of the representations, warranties, and agreements contained in the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), dated June 24, 2004, relating to the issuance and sale of up to $500,000,000 of the Company’s Securities under the Company’s Indenture, and shall be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in such Underwriting Agreement. The provisions of the Underwriting Agreement are incorporated herein by reference. As contemplated by Section 3 of the Underwriting Agreement, certain terms of the Purchased Securities are described in the Prospectus Supplement.

     The Underwriters propose to offer the Purchased Securities to the public in the manner and upon the terms set out in the Prospectus Supplement.

     On June 29, 2004 the Company will deliver the Purchased Securities to the Underwriters in book-entry form through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company at the office of the Company, 400 North Fifth Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85004, against payment of the purchase price by transfer of funds by Fed Wire from the Underwriters to the Company’s account at a bank in Phoenix, Arizona designated by the Company. Such purchase price will be deemed to have been received by the Company upon the Company’s receipt of the Fed Wire reference number relating to such transfer of funds. Closing shall occur at the office of the Company, 400 North Fifth Street, Phoenix, Arizona, at 7:00 a.m. Phoenix time, on June 29, 2004, or at such other time and date as the Underwriters and the Company may agree upon in writing, such time and date being referred to as the “Closing Date.” All of the Purchased Securities referred to in this paragraph shall be in global form and registered in the name of Cede & Co. and deposited with The Depository Trust Company, as depositary.

 


 

     If the foregoing is acceptable to you, please sign below and transmit evidence of such signing to Credit Suisse First Boston LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., the Representatives, at your earliest convenience. At that point, the agreement signified hereby will constitute the Terms Agreement, as described in the Underwriting Agreement.

     All capitalized terms herein, not otherwise defined herein, are used as defined in the Underwriting Agreement. This agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of such respective counterparts shall together constitute a single instrument.

             
    Very truly yours,
 
           
    CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC
 
           
  By:   /s/ Jonathan Baliff    
     
 
   
      Name:  Jonathan Baliff    
      Title:    Director    
 
           
    J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
 
           
  By:   /s/ Maria Sramek    
     
 
   
      Name:  Maria Sramek    
      Title:    Vice President    
 
           
    As Representatives of the Several Underwriters.
             
Confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.    
 
           
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY    
 
           
By:
  /s/ Barbara M. Gomez
   
 
   
  Name:   Barbara M. Gomez    
  Title:   Vice President and Treasurer    

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SCHEDULE I

                 
    Principal Amount of    
Underwriter
  Purchased Securities
  Purchase Price*
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
  $ 105,000,000     $ 104,034,000  
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
    105,000,000       104,034,000  
Banc of America Securities LLC
    30,000,000       29,724,000  
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
    15,000,000       14,862,000  
Goldman, Sachs & Co
    15,000,000       14,862,000  
Lehman Brothers Inc.
    15,000,000       14,862,000  
UBS Securities LLC
    15,000,000       14,862,000  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total
  $ 300,000,000     $ 297,240,000  
 
   
 
     
 
 

     * Reflecting a purchase price of 99.080% of the principal amount of the Purchased Securities.

 

EX-4.1 3 p69319exv4w1.htm EX-4.1 exv4w1
 

Exhibit 4.1


ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY

TO

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK

Trustee

Eighth Supplemental Indenture

Dated as of June 15, 2004

To

Indenture

Dated as of January 15, 1998


5.80% Notes due June 30, 2014


 


 

     EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of June 15, 2004, between Arizona Public Service Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Arizona (herein called the “Company”), having its principal office at 400 North Fifth Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85004, and JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”) under the Indenture dated as of January 15, 1998 between the Company and the Trustee (the “Indenture”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

     The Company has executed and delivered the Indenture to the Trustee to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Securities”), said Securities to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Indenture.

     Pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the establishment of a new series of its Securities to be known as its 5.80% Notes due June 30, 2014 (herein called the “Notes Due 2014”), the form and substance of the Notes Due 2014 and the terms, provisions, and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Indenture and this Eighth Supplemental Indenture.

     All things necessary to make this Eighth Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, and to make the Notes Due 2014, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company, have been done.

     NOW, THEREFORE, THIS EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

     For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes Due 2014 by the Holders thereof, and for the purpose of setting forth, as provided in the Indenture, the form and substance of the Notes Due 2014 and the terms, provisions, and conditions thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes Due 2014, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
THE NOTES DUE 2014

     SECTION 101. There shall be and is hereby authorized a series of Securities designated the “5.80% Notes due June 30, 2014” initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $300,000,000, which amount shall be as set forth in any Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Notes Due 2014. The Notes Due 2014 shall mature and the principal shall be due and payable together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon on June 30, 2014, and shall be issued in the form of registered Notes without coupons.

     The foregoing principal amount of the Notes Due 2014 may be increased from time to time as permitted by Section 301 of the Indenture. All Notes Due 2014 need not be issued at the same time and such series may be reopened at any time, without notice to, or the consent of, the

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then existing Holders, for issuances of additional Notes Due 2014. Any such additional Notes Due 2014 will be equal in rank and have the same respective maturity, payment terms, redemption features, and other terms, except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of the further Notes Due 2014 and for the first payment of interest following the issue date of the further Notes Due 2014, as those initially issued.

     SECTION 102. The Notes Due 2014 shall be issued in certificated form, except that the Notes Due 2014 shall be issued initially as a Global Security to and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company, as Depositary therefor. Any Notes Due 2014 to be issued or transferred to, or to be held by, Cede & Co. (or any successor thereof) for such purpose shall bear the depositary legend in substantially the form set forth at the top of the form of Note Due 2014 in Article Two hereof (in lieu of that set forth in Section 204 of the Indenture), unless otherwise agreed by the Company, such agreement to be confirmed in writing to the Trustee. Such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Notes Due 2014, registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name(s) of Persons other than such Depositary or a nominee thereof only under the circumstances set forth in Clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 of the Indenture, or such other circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 of the Indenture as to which the Company shall agree, such agreement to be confirmed in writing to the Trustee. Principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes Due 2014 will be payable, the transfer of Notes Due 2014 will be registrable and Notes Due 2014 will be exchangeable for Notes Due 2014, bearing identical terms and provisions, at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of New York; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the Holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register.

     SECTION 103. Each Note Due 2014 will bear interest at the rate of 5.80%, from June 29, 2004 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as hereinafter defined) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment, payable on June 30 and December 30 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on December 30, 2004, to the person in whose name such Note Due 2014 or any Predecessor Security is registered, at the close of business on June 15 and December 15, as the case may be, whether or not a Business Day, immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date. Any such interest installment not punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holders on such regular record date, and may be paid to the Person in whose name the Note Due 2014 (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a special record date to be fixed by the Trustee for the payment of such defaulted interest, notice whereof shall be given to the Holders of the Notes Due 2014, not less than 10 days prior to such special record date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes Due 2014 may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully described in the Indenture.

     The amount of interest payable for any period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Interest will accrue from June 29, 2004 to, but not including, the relevant payment date. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on the Notes Due

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2014 is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), in each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date. A “Business Day” shall mean any day, except a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday in the City of New York on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

     SECTION 104. The Company may redeem all or any portion of the Notes Due 2014, at its option, at any time or from time to time, upon notice as provided in the Indenture. The Redemption Price for any Notes Due 2014 to be redeemed on any Redemption Date will be equal to the greater of the following amounts:

          (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes Due 2014 being redeemed on the Redemption Date; or

          (b) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes Due 2014 being redeemed on that Redemption Date (not including any portion of any payments of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points, as determined by a Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company for such purpose;

plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date. The Redemption Price will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

     For purposes of this Section 104, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

     “Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

     “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the U.S. Treasury security selected by a Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company for such purpose as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes Due 2014 to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes Due 2014.

     “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (A) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Trustee obtains fewer than three such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, or (C) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such quotation.

     “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (A) Credit Suisse First Boston LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (or their respective affiliates which are Primary Treasury Dealers), and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”),

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the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (B) any other Primary Treasury Dealer(s) selected by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.

     “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

     The Company shall give the Trustee written notice of the Redemption Price, promptly after the calculation thereof.

     The Trustee shall be under no duty to inquire into, may conclusively presume the correctness of, and shall be fully protected in acting upon the Company’s calculation of any Redemption Price.

     Notwithstanding Section 1104 of the Indenture, any notice of redemption given pursuant to said Section with respect to the foregoing redemption need not set forth the Redemption Price but only the manner of calculation thereof.

     SECTION 105. The Notes Due 2014 shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303 of the Indenture.

ARTICLE TWO

FORM OF NOTES DUE 2014

     SECTION 201. The Notes Due 2014 and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the following forms:

Form of Face of Security

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY 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.

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ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY

5.80% Note due June 30, 2014

     
No. 1
  $300,000,000 
  CUSIP No. 040555 CG 7

     Arizona Public Service Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Arizona (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000) on June 30, 2014, and to pay interest thereon from June 29, 2004 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on June 30 and December 30 in each year, commencing December 30, 2004, at the rate of 5.80%, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

     The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be June 15 or December 15, as the case may be, immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day). Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

     Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City 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; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

         
 
 
       
    ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
 
 
       
  By    
     
 
 
 
       
Attest:
       
 
 
       

 
       

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Form of Reverse of Security

     This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of January 15, 1998 (herein called the “Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank (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 for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, which is unlimited in aggregate principal amount.

     The Company may redeem all or any portion of the Securities of this series, at its option, at any time or from time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series being redeemed on the Redemption Date or (b) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities of this series being redeemed on that Redemption Date (not including any portion of any payments of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points, as determined by a Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company for such purpose; plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities of this series that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the Holders as of the close of business on the relevant Record Date according to the Securities of this series and the Indenture. The Redemption Price will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

     If notice has been given as provided in the Indenture and funds for the redemption of any Securities of this series (or any portion thereof) called for redemption shall have been made available on the Redemption Date referred to in such notice, such Securities (or any portion thereof) will cease to bear interest on the date fixed for such redemption specified in such notice and the only right of the Holders of such Securities will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price.

     Notice of any optional redemption of Securities of this series (or any portion thereof) will be given to Holders at their addresses, as shown in the Security Register for such Securities, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. The notice of redemption will specify, among other items, the manner of calculation of the Redemption Price and the principal amount of the Securities of this series held by such Holder to be redeemed. If less than all of the Securities of this series are to be redeemed at the option of the Company, the Trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall deem fair and appropriate, the portion of such Securities to be redeemed in whole or in part.

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     As used herein:

     “Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

     “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the U.S. Treasury security selected by a Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company for such purpose as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities of this series to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities.

     “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (A) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Trustee obtains fewer than three such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, or (C) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such quotation.

     “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (A) Credit Suisse First Boston LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (or their respective affiliates which are Primary Treasury Dealers), and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (B) any other Primary Treasury Dealer(s) selected by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.

     “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

     The Securities of this series will not be subject to any sinking fund.

     In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

     The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security and certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

     If 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.

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     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 without the consent of such Holders in certain limited circumstances or with the consent of the Holders of 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange 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 with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

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

     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

     The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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

     Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

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

     Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.

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    
      As Trustee    
 
 
           
  By        
     
 
   
      Authorized Officer    

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ARTICLE THREE

ORIGINAL ISSUE OF NOTES DUE 2014

     SECTION 301. Subject to Section 101, the Notes Due 2014 in the aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000 may, upon execution of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture, or from time to time thereafter, be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said Notes Due 2014 in accordance with a Company Order delivered to the Trustee by the Company, without any further action by the Company.

ARTICLE FOUR

PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR

     SECTION 401. JPMorgan Chase Bank will be the Paying Agent and Security Registrar for the Notes Due 2014.

ARTICLE FIVE

SUNDRY PROVISIONS

     SECTION 501. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Eighth Supplemental Indenture or in the form of Notes Due 2014 or otherwise clearly required by the context hereof or thereof, all terms used herein or in said form of Notes Due 2014 that are defined in the Indenture shall have the several meanings respectively assigned to them thereby.

     SECTION 502. The Indenture, as heretofore supplemented and amended, and as supplemented by this Eighth Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Eighth Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

     SECTION 503. The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts herein declared, provided, created, supplemented, or amended and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions herein and in the Indenture, as heretofore supplemented and amended, 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 Eighth Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made by the Company solely. In general, each and every term and condition contained in Article Six of the Indenture shall apply to and form a part of this Eighth 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 Eighth Supplemental Indenture.

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     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 Eighth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.

         
    ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
 
 
       
  By:   /s/ Chris N. Froggatt
     
 
      Chris N. Froggatt
Attest:
      Vice President and Controller

/s/ Betsy A. Pregulman
       

 
       
Betsy A. Pregulman
       
Associate Secretary
       
 
 
       
    JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Trustee
 
 
       
  By:   /s/ Rosa Ciaccia
     
 
      Name: Rosa Ciaccia
      Title: Trust Officer
 
 
       
Attest:
       
 
/s/ Nicholas Sberlati
       

       
Name: Nicholas Sberlati
       
Title: Trust Officer
       

[Signature Page to Eighth Supplemental Indenture)

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STATE OF ARIZONA
     
  ) ss.:    
COUNTY OF MARICOPA
     

     On the 25th day of June, 2004, before me personally came Chris N. Froggatt, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is the Vice President and Controller of Arizona Public Service Company, one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.

         
 
 
  /s/ Joy L. Heinrich    
 
 
   
My Commission Expires
  Notary Public    
 
October 1, 2005
       

 
       
         
STATE OF NEW YORK
   )    
   ) ss.:    
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
   )    

     On the 29th day of June, 2004, before me personally came Rosa Ciaccia, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she is a Trust Officer of JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he/she knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he/she signed his/her name thereto by like authority.

         
 
 
  /s/ Emily Fayan    
 
 
   
My Commission Expires
  Notary Public    
 
December 31, 2005
       

 
       

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EX-4.2 4 p69319exv4w2.htm EX-4.2 exv4w2
 

Exhibit 4.2

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY 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.

ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY

5.80% Note due June 30, 2014

     
No. 1
  $300,000,000 
  CUSIP No. 040555 CG 7

     Arizona Public Service Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Arizona (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000) on June 30, 2014, and to pay interest thereon from June 29, 2004 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on June 30 and December 30 in each year, commencing December 30, 2004, at the rate of 5.80%, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

     The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be June 15 or December 15, as the case may be, immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day). Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

     Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal

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tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

         
 
 
       
    ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
 
 
       
  By   /s/ Donald E. Brandt
     
 
      Donald E. Brandt
      Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
       
Attest:
       
 
 
       
/s/ Nancy C. Loftin
       

 
       
Nancy C. Loftin
       
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
       

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     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 January 15, 1998 (herein called the “Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank (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 for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, which is unlimited in aggregate principal amount.

     The Company may redeem all or any portion of the Securities of this series, at its option, at any time or from time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series being redeemed on the Redemption Date or (b) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities of this series being redeemed on that Redemption Date (not including any portion of any payments of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points, as determined by a Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company for such purpose; plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities of this series that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the Holders as of the close of business on the relevant Record Date according to the Securities of this series and the Indenture. The Redemption Price will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

     If notice has been given as provided in the Indenture and funds for the redemption of any Securities of this series (or any portion thereof) called for redemption shall have been made available on the Redemption Date referred to in such notice, such Securities (or any portion thereof) will cease to bear interest on the date fixed for such redemption specified in such notice and the only right of the Holders of such Securities will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price.

     Notice of any optional redemption of Securities of this series (or any portion thereof) will be given to Holders at their addresses, as shown in the Security Register for such Securities, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. The notice of redemption will specify, among other items, the manner of calculation of the Redemption Price and the principal amount of the Securities of this series held by such Holder to be redeemed. If less than all of the Securities of this series are to be redeemed at the option of the Company, the Trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall deem fair and appropriate, the portion of such Securities to be redeemed in whole or in part.

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     As used herein:

     “Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

     “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the U.S. Treasury security selected by a Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company for such purpose as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities of this series to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities.

     “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (A) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Trustee obtains fewer than three such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, or (C) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such quotation.

     “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (A) Credit Suisse First Boston LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (or their respective affiliates which are Primary Treasury Dealers), and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (B) any other Primary Treasury Dealer(s) selected by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.

     “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

     The Securities of this series will not be subject to any sinking fund.

     In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

     The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security and certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

     If 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.

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     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 without the consent of such Holders in certain limited circumstances or with the consent of the Holders of 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange 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 with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

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

     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

     The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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

     Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

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

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

     This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

             
Dated: June 29, 2004
      JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
As Trustee
   
 
 
           
  By   Rosa Ciaccia    
     
 
   
      Authorized Officer    

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Exhibit 5.2

June 24, 2004

Arizona Public Service Company
400 North 5th Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85004

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Reference is made to (a) your proposed offering of up to $500,000,000 of your debt securities, as contemplated by the registration statement on Form S-3 No. 106772 filed by you with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), on July 2, 2003, as amended (the “Registration Statement”), and declared effective by the Commission on July 14, 2003; and (b) your issuance and sale of up to $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.80% Notes due June 30, 2014 (the “Notes”), pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement dated June 24, 2004 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) among you and the underwriters named therein and the Indenture dated as of January 15, 1998, as amended and supplemented to the date hereof and as further amended and supplemented by the Eighth Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of June 15, 2004, in substantially the form filed by you as Exhibit 5.2 to your Form 8-K Report dated June 24, 2004 (the “Indenture”).

     We have examined the definitive prospectus, dated July 14, 2003, and the prospectus supplement, dated June 24, 2004 (the prospectus and prospectus supplement, and all material incorporated therein by reference being hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus”), relating to the Notes. We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such corporate records, agreements, and other instruments, certificates, orders, opinions, correspondence with public officials, certificates provided by your officers and representatives, and other documents as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purposes of rendering the opinions set forth herein.

     Based on the foregoing, it is our opinion that upon the issuance and delivery of the Notes in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture, and receipt by you of the consideration set forth in the Prospectus, the Notes will be validly issued and will constitute your legal, valid, and binding obligations except as the same may be limited by (a) general principles of equity or by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium, or

 


 

Arizona Public Service Company
June 24, 2004
Page 2

other laws or equitable principles relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, or by equitable principles that limit the right to specific performance or otherwise limit remedial action or the enforcement of any security provided for the Notes, and (b) the qualification that certain waivers, procedures, remedies, and other provisions of the Notes may be unenforceable under or limited by the law of the State of Arizona; however, such law does not in our opinion substantially prevent the practical realization of the benefits thereof.

     Consent is hereby given to the use of this opinion as part of the Registration Statement, and to the use of our name wherever it appears in said Registration Statement and the related Prospectus.

     
  Very truly yours,
 
   
  /s/ Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.

 

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Exhibit 12.2

ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
($000’s)

                                                 
    Three Months    
    Ended   Twelve Months
    June 30,
  Ended December 31,
    2004
  2003
  2002
  2001
  2000
  1999
Earnings:
                                               
Income from continuing operations
  $ 33,353     $ 180,937     $ 199,343     $ 280,688     $ 306,594     $ 268,322  
Income taxes
    19,831       86,854       126,805       183,136       195,665       133,015  
Fixed charges
    47,149       181,793       168,985       166,939       179,381       179,088  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total earnings
  $ 100,333     $ 449,584     $ 495,133     $ 630,763     $ 681,640     $ 580,425  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Fixed Charges:
                                               
Interest charges
  $ 38,147     $ 147,610     $ 133,878     $ 130,525     $ 141,886     $ 140,948  
Amortization of debt discount
    1,195       3,337       2,888       2,650       2,105       2,084  
Estimated interest portion of annual rents
    7,807       30,846       32,219       33,764       35,390       36,056  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total fixed charges.
  $ 47,149     $ 181,793     $ 168,985     $ 166,939     $ 179,381     $ 179,088  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges (rounded down)
    2.12       2.47       2.93       3.77       3.79       3.24  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

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