-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, R+LF39Fz6R9OfMPyAonRdAERHIUPK1/gKpq5+87iie9XmEzEohpmFrcDvgNQSSYH SR6zjX3b0QRqu47zJuX5PA== 0000950120-07-000392.txt : 20070705 0000950120-07-000392.hdr.sgml : 20070704 20070705114823 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950120-07-000392 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 13 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070629 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070705 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070705 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BALTIMORE GAS & ELECTRIC CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000009466 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931] IRS NUMBER: 520280210 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-01910 FILM NUMBER: 07963685 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 39 WEST LEXINGTON STREET CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21201 BUSINESS PHONE: 4107833624 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 39 WEST LEXINGTON STREET CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21201 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RSB BONDCO LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001398570 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FINANCE SERVICES [6199] IRS NUMBER: 412233956 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-141366-01 FILM NUMBER: 07963686 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC. STREET 2: 750 E. PRATT STREET, 17TH FLOOR CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21202 BUSINESS PHONE: (410) 783-3011 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC. STREET 2: 750 E. PRATT STREET, 17TH FLOOR CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21202 8-K 1 form8-k.htm CURRENT REPORT form8-k.htm
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): June 29, 2007

RSB BONDCO LLC
(Exact name of Co-Registrant and Issuing Entity as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

41-2233956
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Suite 202
103 Foulk Road
Wilmington, Delaware 19803
(302) 691-6409
 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive office)

BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
(Exact name of Co-Registrant, Depositor and Sponsor as specified in its charter)

MARYLAND
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

52-0280210
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

110 W. Fayette Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
(410) 685-0123
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive office)


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

[ ]  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
[ ]  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
[ ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[ ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 

 
ITEM 1.01    ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT

On June 29, 2007 RSB BondCo LLC (the “Issuing Entity”) issued $623,200,000 aggregate principal amount of Rate Stabilization Bonds, Series A (the “Offering”).  In connection with the Offering, the Issuing Entity and, in certain instances, its sole member, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (“BGE”), have entered into the agreements described below and listed in Item 9.01.  The descriptions of these agreements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the agreements themselves, which are annexed hereto as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, 10.1 and 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

Rate Stabilization Property Purchase and Sale Agreement

The Rate Stabilization Property Purchase and Sale Agreement  (the “Sale Agreement”) between the Issuing Entity and BGE, as Seller, governs the sale of all of BGE’s right, title and interest in, to and under certain rate stabilization property (the “Rate Stabilization Property”), which will include the right to impose, collect and receive a qualified rate stabilization charge (the “Qualified Rate Stabilization Charge”) from all of BGE’s existing and future residential customers. BGE, as Seller, has agreed to indemnify the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture described below, on behalf of the holders of the Rate Stabilization Bonds, for certain tax matters, and for breaches of BGE’s representations, warranties and covenants in connection with the Sale Agreement.

Indenture

The Issuing Entity and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Indenture Trustee and Securities Intermediary (the “Indenture Trustee”), have entered into an Indenture, which is supplemented by the Series A Series Supplement thereto, pursuant to which, among other things, the Issuing Entity has granted to the Indenture Trustee a lien on certain collateral, including the Rate Stabilization Property, to secure the payment of the principal of and interest on the Rate Stabilization Bonds, and all other related fees and expenses. The Series A Series Supplement establishes the terms of the Rate Stabilization Bonds, including the applicable interest rate and the expected amortization schedule of the Rate Stabilization Bonds.

Rate Stabilization Property Servicing Agreement

Pursuant to the Rate Stabilization Property Servicing Agreement (the “Servicing Agreement”) between the Issuing Entity and BGE, BGE, as Servicer, will manage, service, administer and make collections in respect of the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charge. BGE’s duties as Servicer include obtaining meter reads, calculating, billing and collecting the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charge, remitting the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charge to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture described above and notifying the Maryland Public Service Commission of adjustments to the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charge. The Issuing Entity will pay BGE a semi-annual servicing fee of $311,600.  BGE, as Servicer, has agreed to indemnify the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture described above, for itself and on behalf of the holders of the Rate Stabilization Bonds, for the Servicer’s willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties or observance of its covenants under the Servicing Agreement or for the Servicer’s reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the Servicing Agreement.

ITEM 8.01    OTHER EVENTS

In connection with the Offering, the Issuing Entity and BGE entered into the agreements listed below in Item 9.01, which are annexed hereto as Exhibits 1.1, 10.3 and 10.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.


 
ITEM 9.01.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
 
(d)           Exhibits
 
 
1.1
Underwriting Agreement dated June 22, 2007, by and among the Issuing Entity, BGE and Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated as underwriters.
 
 
4.1
Indenture dated as of June 29, 2007, by and between the Issuing Entity and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as indenture trustee and securities intermediary.
 
 
4.2
Series Supplement dated as of June 29, 2007, by and between the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee.
 
 
5.1
Opinion of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP with respect to legality of the Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
 
5.2
Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. with respect to due authorization of the Rate Stabilization Bonds by the Issuing Entity.
 
 
8.1
Opinion of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP with respect to federal tax matters (included in Exhibit 5.1).
 
 
8.2
Opinion of Miles and Stockbridge PC with respect to state tax matters.
 
 
10.1
Rate Stabilization Property Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of June 29, 2007, by and between the Issuing Entity and BGE, as seller.
 
 
10.2
Rate Stabilization Property Servicing Agreement dated as of June 29, 2007, by and between the Issuing Entity and BGE, as servicer.
 
 
10.3
Administration Agreement dated as of June 29, 2007, by and between the Issuing Entity and BGE, as administrator.
 
 
10.4
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of RSB BondCo LLC dated as of June 29, 2007.
 
 
23.1
Consent of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP (contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
 
 
23.2
Consent of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP (contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit 8.1).
 
 
24.1
Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. (contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.2).
 
 
24.2
Consent of Miles and Stockbridge PC (contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit 8.2).
 

 
SIGNATURES
 
 
            Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each of the Depositor and the Issuing Entity has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
     
 
   
Date: July 5, 2007
 
 
BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
——————————————————
(Co-Registrant and Depositor)
 
 
/s/ Charles A. Berardesco
 
 
——————————————————
Charles A. Berardesco
Corporate Secretary
 
 
 
   
RSB BONDCO LLC
——————————————————
(Co-Registrant and Issuing Entity)
 
 
/s/ Charles A. Berardesco
   
——————————————————
Charles A. Berardesco
Secretary
 
 
 
 

 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
Description
 
1.1
 
4.1
 
4.2
 
5.1
 
5.2
 
8.1
Opinion of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP with respect to federal tax matters (included in Exhibit 5.1).
 
8.2
 
10.1
 
10.2
 
10.3
 
10.4
 
23.1
Consent of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP (contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
 
23.2
Consent of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP (contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit 8.1).
 
24.1
Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. (contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.2).
 
24.2
Consent of Miles and Stockbridge PC (contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit 8.2).
 
 
EX-1.1 2 exh1_1.htm UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT Unassociated Document
 
Exhibit 1.1
 
EXECUTION COPY

RSB BONDCO LLC
 
BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
$623,200,000 RATE STABILIZATION BONDS
 
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
 
 
                    June 22, 2007
 
 
Barclays Capital Inc.
200 Park Avenue, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10166

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388/390 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013

Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.
600 Steamboat Road
Greenwich, CT 06830

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036

Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
1.           IntroductionRSB BondCo LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Issuer”), proposes to issue and sell $623,200,000 aggregate principal amount of its Rate Stabilization Bonds (the “Bonds”), identified in Schedule I hereto.  The Issuer and Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, a Maryland corporation and the Issuer’s direct parent (“BGE”), hereby confirm their agreement with the several Underwriters (as defined below) as set forth herein.
 
The term “Underwriters” as used herein shall be deemed to mean the entity or several entities named in Schedule II hereto and any underwriter substituted as provided in Section 7 hereof and the term “Underwriter” shall be deemed to mean any one of such Underwriters.  If the entity or entities listed in Schedule I hereto (the “Representatives”) are the same as the entity or entities listed in Schedule II hereto, then the terms “Underwriters” and “Representatives”, as used herein, shall each be deemed to refer to such entity or entities.  All obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are several and not joint.  If more than one entity is named in Schedule I hereto, any action under or in respect of this underwriting agreement (“Underwriting Agreement”) may be taken by such entities jointly as the Representatives or by one of the entities acting on behalf of the Representatives and such action will be binding upon all the Underwriters.
 

 
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Underwriting Agreement shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture (as defined below).
 
2.           Description of the BondsThe Bonds will be issued pursuant to an indenture to be dated as of June 29, 2007, as supplemented by one or more series supplements thereto (as so supplemented, the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”).  The Bonds will be obligations of the Issuer and will be supported by rate stabilization property (as more fully described in the Qualified Rate Order relating to the Bonds, the “Rate Stabilization Property”), to be sold to the Issuer by BGE pursuant to the Rate Stabilization Property Purchase and Sale Agreement, to be dated on or about June 29, 2007, between BGE and the Issuer (the “Sale Agreement”).  The Rate Stabilization Property securing the Bonds will be serviced pursuant to the Rate Stabilization Property Servicing Agreement, to be dated on or about June 29, 2007, between BGE, as servicer, and the Issuer, as owner of the Rate Stabilization Property sold to it pursuant to the Sale Agreement (the “Servicing Agreement”).
 
3.           Representations and Warranties of the Issuer.  The Issuer represents and warrants to each of the Underwriters that:
 
(a)           The Issuer and the Bonds meet the requirements for the use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Issuer, in its capacity as co-registrant and issuing entity with respect to the Bonds, and BGE, in its capacity as co-registrant, depositor and sponsor with respect to the Bonds, have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on such form on March 16, 2007 (Registration Nos. 333-141366 and 333-141366-01), as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed on May 7, 2007 and Amendment No. 2 thereto filed on June 14, 2007, including a prospectus and a form of prospectus supplement, for the registration under the Securities Act of up to $623,200,000 aggregate principal amount of the Bonds.  Such registration statement, as so amended (“Registration Statement Nos. 333-141366 and 333-141366-01”), has been declared effective by the Commission and no stop order suspending such effectiveness has been issued under the Securities Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, threatened by the Commission.  No rate stabilization bonds registered with the Commission under the Securities Act pursuant to Registration Statement Nos. 333-141366 and 333-141366-01 have been previously issued.  References herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to refer to Registration Statement Nos. 333-141366 and 333-141366-01, including any amendment thereto, all documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 (“Incorporated Documents”) and any information in a prospectus or a prospectus supplement deemed or retroactively deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B (“Rule 430B”) or 430C (“Rule 430C”) under the Securities Act that has not been superseded or modified.  References herein to the term “Registration Statement” without reference to a time means the Registration Statement as of the Applicable Time (as defined below), which the parties agree will be the time of the first “contract of sale” (within the meaning of Rule 159 under the Securities Act) for the Bonds and shall be considered the “Effective Date” of the Registration Statement relating to the Bonds.  For purposes of this definition, information contained in a form of prospectus or prospectus
 
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supplement that is deemed retroactively to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B or Rule 430C shall be considered to be included in the Registration Statement as of the time specified in Rule 430B or Rule 430C, as appropriate.  The final prospectus and the final prospectus supplement relating to the Bonds, as filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (“Rule 424(b)”), are referred to herein as the “Final Prospectus”; and the most recent preliminary prospectus and prospectus supplement that omitted information to be included upon pricing in a form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and that was used after the initial effectiveness of the Registration Statement and prior to the Applicable Time  is referred to herein as the “Pricing Prospectus.”
 
(b)           (i)  At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Issuer or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Bonds and (ii) at the date hereof,  the Issuer was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
 
(c)           At the time the Registration Statement initially became effective, at the time of each amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether by the filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or form of prospectus or prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof or any Incorporated Documents) and, at the Effective Date, the Registration Statement and, at the Closing Date (as defined below), the Indenture fully complied and will fully comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), and, in each case, the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; the Registration Statement, at each of the aforementioned dates, did not and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  At the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, (i) the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus fully complied and will fully comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Trust Indenture Act and, in each case, the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (ii) the Registration Statement does not and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading and (iii) the Incorporated Documents, taken together as a whole, fully complied or will fully comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and as of its date, and on the date of its filing and at the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus fully complied and will fully comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Trust Indenture Act and, in each case, the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and does not and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the foregoing representations and warranties in this paragraph (c) shall not apply to any Underwriter Information or to any statements in or omissions from any
 
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Statements of Eligibility on Form T-1 (or amendments thereto) of the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or Incorporated Documents or to any statements or omissions made in or the Final Prospectus relating to The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Book-Entry-Only System that are based solely on information contained in published reports of the DTC.  References herein to the term the “Underwriter Information” with respect to any Underwriter shall mean statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus, the Pricing Term Sheet (as defined in Section 5(b) hereof), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined in Section 3(e) hereof) or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be, as they  may be amended or supplemented, made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Issuer or BGE by, or on behalf of, such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in connection with the preparation thereof, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information set forth in Schedule IV hereto.
 
(d)           As of its date, at the Applicable Time  and on the date of its filing, if applicable, and at the Closing Date, the Pricing Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (other than the Pricing Term Sheet), considered together, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except that (i) the principal amount of the Bonds, the tranches, the initial principal balances, the scheduled final payment dates, the final maturity dates, the expected average lives and the Expected Amortization Schedule described in the Pricing Prospectus supersede any previously issued descriptions of such information and (ii) the interest rate, price to the public and underwriting discounts and commissions for each tranche was not included in the Pricing Prospectus).  The Pricing Term Sheet, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Bonds, considered together with the Pricing Prospectus and each other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  The two preceding sentences do not apply to any Underwriter Information.
 
(e)           References herein to the term “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, relating to the Bonds, in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Issuer’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the Securities Act.  References herein to the term “Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.  References herein to the term “Applicable Time” shall mean 3:47 P.M., eastern time, on the date hereof, except that if, subsequent to such Applicable Time, the Issuer, BGE and the Underwriters have determined that the information contained in the Pricing Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus issued prior to such Applicable Time included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and have terminated their old purchase contracts and entered into new purchase contracts with purchasers of the Bonds, then “Applicable
 
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Time” will refer to the first of such times when such new purchase contracts are entered into.  The Issuer represents, warrants and agrees that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each of the free writing prospectuses listed on Schedule III hereto as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and that each such Free Writing Prospectus has fully complied and will fully comply with the applicable requirements of Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping.
 
(f)           Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the Closing Date or until any earlier date that the Issuer notified or notifies the Representatives as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement.  If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, (i) BGE or the Issuer has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representatives and (ii) BGE or the Issuer has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.  The foregoing two sentences do not apply to any Underwriter Information.
 
(g)           The Issuer has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the Limited Liability Company Act of the State of Delaware, as amended, with full limited liability company power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Underwriting Agreement, the Bonds, the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, the Administration Agreement and the other agreements and instruments contemplated by the Pricing Prospectus or the Final Prospectus (collectively, the “Issuer Documents”) and to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Prospectus or the Final Prospectus; the Issuer has been duly qualified as a foreign limited liability company for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, except where failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the business, properties or financial condition of the Issuer; the Issuer has conducted and will conduct no business in the future that would be inconsistent with the description of the Issuer’s business set forth in the Pricing Prospectus or the Final Prospectus; the Issuer is not a party to or bound by any agreement or instrument other than the Issuer Documents and other agreements or instruments incidental to its formation; the Issuer has no material liabilities or obligations other than those arising out of the transactions contemplated by the Issuer Documents and as described in the Pricing Prospectus or the Final Prospectus; BGE is the beneficial owner of all of the limited liability company interests of the Issuer; and based on current law, the Issuer is not
 
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classified as an association taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes.
 
(h)           The issuance and sale of the Bonds by the Issuer, the purchase of the Rate Stabilization Property by the Issuer from BGE and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated by the Issuer, and the fulfillment of the terms hereof on the part of the Issuer to be fulfilled, will not (i) result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under the Issuer’s Certificate of Formation or the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (collectively, the “Issuer Charter Documents”) or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is a party or (ii) violate any applicable law or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court to which the Issuer or its property may be subject.
 
(i)           This Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuer, which has the necessary limited liability company power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Underwriting Agreement, and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ or secured parties’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (including concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing), regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and limitations on enforceability of rights to indemnification or contribution by federal or state securities laws or regulations or by public policy.
 
(j)           The Issuer (i) is not in violation of the Issuer Charter Documents, (ii) is not in default and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties is subject, except for any such defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on its business, property or financial condition, and (iii) is not in violation of any applicable law or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court to which it or its property may be subject, except for any such violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on its business, property or financial condition.
 
(k)           The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Issuer and, on the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Issuer and will be a valid and binding instrument, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ or secured parties’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (including concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing), regardless of whether  considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and subject to limitations on enforceability of rights to indemnification by federal or state securities laws or regulations or by public
 
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policy.  On the Closing Date, the Indenture will (i) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and (ii) conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus.
 
(l)           The Bonds have been duly authorized by the Issuer for issuance and sale to the Underwriters pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement and, when executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the Indenture and delivered to the Underwriters against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Underwriting Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Issuer entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with their terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ or secured parties’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (including concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing), regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and subject to limitations on enforceability of rights to indemnification by federal or state securities laws or regulations or by public policy, and the Bonds conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus.  The Issuer has all requisite limited liability company power and authority to issue, sell and deliver the Bonds in accordance with and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Underwriting Agreement and in the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus.
 
(m)           Other than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, there is no litigation or governmental proceeding to which the Issuer is a party or to which any property of the Issuer is subject or which is pending or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, threatened against the Issuer that would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a material adverse effect on the Issuer’s business, property or financial condition.
 
(n)           Other than any necessary action of the Public Service Commission of Maryland (the “PSC”), any filings required under the Rate Stabilization Law or the Initial Qualified Rate Order or as otherwise set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, no approval, authorization, consent or order of any public board or body (except such as have been already obtained and other than in connection or in compliance with the provisions of applicable blue-sky laws or securities laws of any state, as to which the Issuer makes no representations or warranties) is legally required for the issuance and sale by the Issuer of the Bonds.
 
(o)           Neither the Issuer nor BGE is, and, after giving effect to the sale and issuance of the Bonds, will not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).
 
(p)           PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”), who have performed certain agreed upon procedures with respect to certain statistical and structural information contained in the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, are independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
 
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(q)           Each of the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement and LLC Agreement has been duly authorized by the Issuer, and when executed and delivered by the Issuer and the other parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ or secured parties’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (including concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing), regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and subject to limitations on enforceability of rights to indemnification by federal or state securities laws or regulations or by public policy.
 
4.           Representations and Warranties of BGE.  BGE represents and warrants to each of the Underwriters that:
 
(a)           BGE and the Bonds meet the requirements for the use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, and the Issuer, in its capacity as co-registrant and issuing entity with respect to the Bonds, and BGE, in its capacity as co-registrant, depositor and sponsor with respect to the Bonds, have filed Registration Statement Nos. 333-141366 and 333-141366-01 with the Commission for the registration under the Securities Act of up to $623,200,000 aggregate principal amount of the Bonds. Registration Statement Nos. 333-141366 and 333-141366-01 has been declared effective by the Commission and no stop order suspending such effectiveness has been issued under the Securities Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of BGE, threatened by the Commission.  No rate stabilization bonds registered with the Commission under the Securities Act pursuant to Registration Statement Nos. 333-141366 and 333-141366-01 have been previously issued.
 
(b)           At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Issuer or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Bonds and (ii) at the date hereof, BGE was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
 
(c)           At the time the Registration Statement initially became effective, at the time of each amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether by the filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or form of prospectus or prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof or any Incorporated Documents) and, at the Effective Date, the Registration Statement and, at the Closing Date, the Indenture fully complied and will fully comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Trust Indenture Act and, in each case, the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; the Registration Statement, at each of the aforementioned dates, did not and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  At the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, (i) the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus fully complied and will fully comply in all material respects to the requirements of the
 
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Securities Act, the Trust Indenture Act and, in each case, the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (ii) the Registration Statement does not and will not  include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading and (iii) the Incorporated Documents, taken together as a whole, fully complied or will fully comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and as of its date, and on the date of its filing, and at the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus fully complied and will fully comply in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Trust Indenture Act and, in each case, the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and does not and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, that the foregoing representations and warranties in this paragraph (c) shall not apply to any Underwriter Information or to any statements in or omissions from any Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1, or amendments thereto, of the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or Incorporated Documents or to any statements or omissions made in the Registration Statement or Final Prospectus relating to the DTC Book-Entry-Only System that are based solely on information contained in published reports of DTC.
 
(d)           As of its date, at the Applicable Time, on the date of its filing, if applicable, and on the Closing Date, the Pricing Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (other than the Pricing Term Sheet), considered together, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except that (i) the principal amount of the Bonds, the tranches, the initial principal balances, the scheduled final payment dates, the final maturity dates, the expected average lives and the Expected Amortization Schedule described in the Pricing Prospectus supersede any previously issued descriptions of such information and (ii) the interest rate, price to the public and underwriting discounts and commissions for each tranche was not included in the Pricing Prospectus).  The Pricing Term Sheet, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Bonds, considered together with the Pricing Prospectus and each other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  The two preceding sentences do not apply to any Underwriter Information.  BGE represents, warrants and agrees that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each of the free writing prospectuses listed on Schedule III hereto as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and that each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has fully complied and will fully comply with the applicable requirements of Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping.
 
(e)           Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Bonds or until
 
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any earlier date that the Issuer or BGE notified or notifies the Representatives as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement.  If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, (i) BGE or the Issuer has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representatives and (ii) BGE or the Issuer has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.  The foregoing two sentences do not apply to any Underwriter Information.
 
(f)           BGE has been duly formed and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, has the corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as presently conducted and as set forth in or contemplated by the Pricing Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, and is qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the business, property or financial condition of BGE and its subsidiaries considered as a whole.  BGE is the beneficial owner of all of the limited liability company interests of the Issuer.
 
(g)           BGE has no significant subsidiaries within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X.
 
(h)           The transfer by BGE of all of its rights and interests under the Qualified Rate Order relating to the Bonds to the Issuer and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated by BGE, and the fulfillment of the terms hereof on the part of BGE to be fulfilled, will not (i) result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, BGE’s articles of incorporation or bylaws (collectively, the “BGE Charter Documents”) or in a material breach of any of the terms of, or constitute a material default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which BGE is a party or (ii) violate any applicable law or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court to which BGE or its property may be subject.
 
(i)           This Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by BGE, which has the necessary corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Underwriting Agreement, and constitutes  a valid and binding obligation of BGE, enforceable against BGE in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting
 
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creditors’ or secured parties’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (including concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing), regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and limitations on enforceability of rights to indemnification or contribution by federal or state securities laws or regulations or by public policy.
 
(j)           BGE (i) is not in violation of the BGE Charter Documents, (ii) is not in default and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties is subject, except for any such defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, property or financial condition of BGE and its subsidiaries considered as a whole, or (iii) is not in violation of any applicable law or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court to which it or its property may be subject, except for any such violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, property or financial condition of BGE and its subsidiaries considered as a whole.
 
(k)           Other than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, there is no litigation or governmental proceeding to which BGE or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any property of BGE or any of its subsidiaries is subject or which is pending or, to the knowledge of BGE, threatened against BGE or any of its subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a material adverse effect on the Issuer’s business, property, or financial condition or on BGE’s ability to perform its obligations under the Sale Agreement and the Servicing Agreement.
 
(l)           Other than any necessary action of the PSC, any filings required under the Rate Stabilization Act (as such term is defined in the Pricing Prospectus) or the Initial Qualified Rate Order or as otherwise set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, no approval, authorization, consent or order of any public board or body (except such as have been already obtained and other than in connection or in compliance with the provisions of applicable blue-sky laws or securities laws of any state, as to which BGE makes no representations or warranties) is legally required for the issuance and sale by the Issuer of the Bonds.
 
(m)           Neither BGE nor the Issuer is, and, after giving effect to the sale and issuance of the Bonds, neither BGE nor the Issuer will be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the 1940 Act.
 
(n)           Each of the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the Administration Agreement has been duly authorized by BGE, and when executed and delivered by BGE and the other parties thereto will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of BGE, enforceable against BGE in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ or
 
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secured parties’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (including concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing), regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and subject to limitations on enforceability of rights to indemnification by federal or state securities laws or regulations or by public policy.
 
(o)           There are no Maryland transfer taxes related to the transfer of the Rate Stabilization Property or the issuance and sale of the Bonds to the Underwriters pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement required to be paid at or prior to the Closing Date by BGE or the Issuer.
 
5.           Investor Communications.
 
(a)           The Issuer and BGE represent and agree that, unless they obtain the prior consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Issuer and BGE and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Bonds that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” required to be filed by the Issuer or BGE, as applicable, with the Commission or retained by the Issuer or BGE, as applicable, under Rule 433 under the Securities Act; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Pricing Term Sheet and each other Free Writing Prospectus identified in Schedule III hereto.
 
(b)           BGE and the Issuer (or the Representatives at the direction of the Issuer) will prepare a final pricing term sheet relating to the Bonds (the “Pricing Term Sheet”), containing only information that describes the final pricing terms of the Bonds and otherwise in a form consented to by the Representatives, and will file the Pricing Term Sheet within the period required by Rule 433(d)(5)(ii) under the Securities Act following the date such final pricing terms have been established for all classes of the offering of the Bonds.  The Pricing Term Sheet is an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus for purposes of this Underwriting Agreement.
 
(c)           Each Underwriter may provide to investors one or more of the Free Writing Prospectuses, including the Pricing Term Sheet, subject to the following conditions:
 
(i)           Unless preceded or accompanied by a prospectus satisfying the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act, an Underwriter shall not convey or deliver any Written Communication (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) to any person in connection with the initial offering of the Bonds, unless such Written Communication (A) is made in reliance on Rule 134 under the Securities Act, (B) constitutes a prospectus satisfying the requirements of Rule 430B, (C) is an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule III hereto or (D) is an Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below).
 
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An “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus” means any free writing prospectus that contains only preliminary or final terms of the Rate Stabilization Bonds and is not required to be filed by BGE or the Issuer pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act and that contains information substantially the same as the information contained in the Pricing Prospectus or the Pricing Term Sheet (including, without limitation, (1) the class or tranche, size, rating, price, CUSIPs, coupon, yield, spread, benchmark, status and/or legal maturity date of the Bonds, the weighted average life, expected first and final payment dates, trade date, settlement date, expected amortization, transaction parties, credit enhancement, roadshow details, ERISA eligibility, legal investment status, payment window of one or more classes or tranches of Bonds and (2) a column or other entry showing the syndicate structure or the status of the subscriptions for the Bonds, both for the Bonds as a whole and for each Underwriter’s retention and/or expected pricing parameters of the Bonds).
 
(ii)           Each Underwriter shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in connection with the use of any Free Writing Prospectus and the Pricing Term Sheet, including but not limited to Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act.
 
(iii)           All Free Writing Prospectuses provided to investors, whether or not filed with the Commission, shall bear a legend that includes substantially the following statement:
 
THE ISSUER AND BGE HAVE FILED A REGISTRATION STATEMENT (INCLUDING A PROSPECTUS AND PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT) WITH THE SEC FOR THE OFFERING TO WHICH THIS COMMUNICATION RELATES.  BEFORE YOU INVEST, YOU SHOULD READ THE PROSPECTUS AND PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IN THAT REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS THE ISSUER AND BGE HAVE FILED WITH THE SEC FOR MORE COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ISSUER AND THE OFFERING.  YOU MAY GET THESE DOCUMENTS FOR FREE BY VISITING EDGAR ON THE SEC WEB SITE AT WWW.SEC.GOV.  YOU CAN ALSO OBTAIN COPIES OF THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FROM THE SEC UPON PAYMENT OF PRESCRIBED CHARGES, OR YOU CAN EXAMINE THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FREE OF CHARGE AT THE SEC’S OFFICES AT 100 F STREET, N.E., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549.  ALTERNATIVELY, YOU MAY REQUEST THE PROSPECTUS AND PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT BY CALLING BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC. TOLL FREE AT 1-888-227-2275, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. TOLL FREE AT 1-800-831-9146, GREENWICH CAPITAL MARKETS, INC. TOLL FREE AT 1-866-884-2071 OR
 
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MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED TOLL FREE AT 1-866-718-1649.
 
The Issuer and the Representatives shall have the right to require additional specific legends or notations to appear on any Free Writing Prospectus, the right to require changes regarding the use of terminology and the right to determine the types of information appearing therein with the approval of, in the case of the Issuer, the Representatives and, in the case of the Representatives, the Issuer (which in either case shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
 
(iv)           Each Underwriter covenants with the Issuer and BGE that after the Final Prospectus is available such Underwriter shall not distribute any written information concerning the Bonds to an investor unless such information is preceded or accompanied by the Final Prospectus or by notice to the investor that the Final Prospectus is available for free by visiting EDGAR on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.  
 
(v)           Each Underwriter agrees and covenants that (A) no information that is conveyed to investors has been or will be inconsistent with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (B) if an Underwriter shall use an Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus, the liability arising from its use, if any, shall be the sole responsibility of such Underwriter using such Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus unless such Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus was consented to in advance by BGE; provided, however, that, for the avoidance of doubt, (1) this clause (v) shall not constitute an obligation of such Underwriter to indemnify the Issuer or BGE, including under or in a manner similar the obligations contained in Section 11(b) hereof and (2) no Underwriter shall be responsible for any “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) giving rise to such liability that was provided by the Issuer or BGE for inclusion in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or was otherwise previously provided by the Issuer or BGE to such Underwriter for use in such Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus.
 
6.           Purchase and Sale.  On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Issuer shall sell to each of the Underwriters, and each Underwriter shall purchase from the Issuer, at the time and place herein specified, severally and not jointly, at the purchase price set forth in Schedule I hereto, the principal amount of the Bonds set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule II hereto.  The Underwriters agree to make a public offering of the Bonds.  The Issuer shall pay (in the form of a discount to the principal amount of the offered Bonds) to the Underwriters a commission equal to $2,492,800.
 
7.           Time and Place of Closing.  Delivery of the Bonds against payment of the aggregate purchase price therefor by wire transfer in federal funds shall be made at the place, on the date and at the time specified in Schedule I hereto, or at such other place, time and date as shall be agreed upon in writing by the Issuer and the Representatives.  The hour and date of such delivery and payment are herein called the “Closing Date.”  The Bonds shall be delivered to
 
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DTC or to the Indenture Trustee, as custodian for DTC, in fully registered global form registered in the name of Cede & Co., for the respective accounts specified by the Representatives not later than the close of business on the business day preceding the Closing Date or such other time as may be agreed upon by the Representatives.  The Issuer agrees to make the Bonds available to the Representatives for checking purposes not later than 1:00 P.M. New York Time on the last business day preceding the Closing Date at the place specified for delivery of the Bonds in Schedule I hereto, or at such other place as the Issuer may specify.
 
If any Underwriter shall fail or refuse to purchase and pay for the aggregate principal amount of Bonds that such Underwriter has agreed to purchase and pay for hereunder, the Issuer shall immediately give notice to the other Underwriters of the default of such Underwriter, and the other Underwriters shall have the right within 24 hours after the receipt of such notice to determine to purchase, or to procure one or more others, who are members of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”) (or, if not members of the NASD, who are not eligible for membership in the NASD and who agree (i) to make no sales within the United States, its territories or its possessions or to persons who are citizens thereof or residents therein and (ii) in making sales to comply with the NASD’s Conduct Rules) and satisfactory to the Issuer, to purchase, upon the terms herein set forth, the aggregate principal amount of Bonds that such defaulting Underwriter had agreed to purchase.  If any non-defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters shall determine to exercise such right, such Underwriter or Underwriters shall give written notice to the Issuer of the determination in that regard within 24 hours after receipt of notice of any such default, and thereupon the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding three business days, as the Issuer shall determine and subsequently provide notice to the Underwriters immediately thereafter.  If in the event of such a default no non-defaulting Underwriter shall give such notice, then this Underwriting Agreement may be terminated by the Issuer, upon like notice given to the non-defaulting Underwriters, within a further period of 24 hours.  If in such case the Issuer shall not elect to terminate this Underwriting Agreement it shall have the right, irrespective of such default:
 
(a)           to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase and pay for the respective aggregate principal amount of Bonds that it had agreed to purchase hereunder as hereinabove provided and, in addition, the aggregate principal amount of Bonds that such defaulting Underwriter shall have so failed to purchase up to an aggregate principal amount of Bonds equal to one-tenth (1/10) of the aggregate principal amount of Bonds that such non-defaulting Underwriter has otherwise agreed to purchase hereunder, and/or
 
(b)           to procure one or more persons, reasonably acceptable to the Representatives, who are members of the NASD (or, if not members of the NASD, who are not eligible for membership in the NASD and who agree (i) to make no sales within the United States, its territories or its possessions or to persons who are citizens thereof or residents therein and (ii) in making sales to comply with the NASD’s Conduct Rules), to purchase, upon the terms herein set forth, either all or a part of the aggregate principal amount of Bonds that such defaulting Underwriter had agreed to purchase or that portion thereof that the remaining Underwriters shall not be obligated to purchase pursuant to the foregoing clause (a).
 
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In the event the Issuer shall exercise its rights under clause (a) and/or (b) above, the Issuer shall give written notice thereof to the non-defaulting Underwriters within such further period of 24 hours, and thereupon the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding three business days, as the Issuer shall determine and subsequently provide notice to the Underwriters immediately thereafter.
 
In the computation of any period of 24 hours referred to in this Section 7, there shall be excluded a period of 24 hours in respect of each Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday that would otherwise be included in such period of time.
 
Any action taken by the Issuer or BGE under this Section 7 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Underwriting Agreement.  Termination by the Issuer under this Section 7 shall be without any liability on the part of the Issuer, BGE or any non-defaulting Underwriter, except as otherwise provided in Sections 8(a)(ii) and 11 hereof.
 
8.           Covenants.
 
(a)           Covenants of the Issuer.  The Issuer covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that:
 
(i)           If, during such period of time (not exceeding nine months) after the Final Prospectus has been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) as in the opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters (as defined in Section 8(a)(vi) hereof) a prospectus covering the Bonds is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act), any event relating to or affecting the Issuer, the Bonds or the Rate Stabilization Property or of which the Issuer shall be advised in writing by the Representatives shall occur that in the Issuer’s reasonable judgment after consultation with Counsel for the Underwriters  should be set forth in a supplement to, or an amendment of, the Final Prospectus in order to make the Final Prospectus not misleading in the light of the circumstances when it is delivered to a purchaser (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act), the Issuer will, at its expense, amend or supplement the Final Prospectus by either (A) preparing and furnishing to the Underwriters at the Issuer’s expense a reasonable number of copies of a supplement or supplements or an amendment or amendments to the Final Prospectus or (B) making an appropriate filing pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 of the Exchange Act, which will supplement or amend the Final Prospectus so that, as supplemented or amended, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Final Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act), not misleading; provided that should such event relate solely to the activities of any of the Underwriters, then such Underwriters shall assume the expense of preparing and furnishing any such amendment or supplement.
 
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(ii)           The Issuer or BGE will, except as herein provided, pay or cause to be paid all expenses and taxes (except transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer and delivery of the Bonds from the Underwriters to the Bond purchasers) in connection with (A) the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, (B) the issuance and delivery of the Bonds as provided in Section 7 hereof (including, without limitation, (1) reasonable fees and disbursements of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, who are acting as counsel for the Underwriters (“Counsel for the Underwriters”), (2) the transfer and other taxes payable on the transfer and delivery of the Bonds to the Underwriters and (3) all trustee, rating agency, accounting and PSC financial advisor fees and expenses), (C) the qualification of the Bonds under blue-sky laws (including counsel fees not to exceed $6,000), (D) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of reasonable quantities of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, (E) any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, Pricing Prospectus, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (except the cost of amending or supplementing the Prospectus after nine months following the Closing Date, which shall be at the expense of the Underwriters requesting same) and (F) all other costs and expenses of third parties (other than the Underwriters) incident to the issuance and delivery of the Bonds to the Underwriters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer shall not, however, be required to pay any amount for any expenses of the Underwriters other than as set forth in clause (B) above or for any fees and expenses of counsel for the PSC’s financial advisor, except that, if the sale of the Bonds provided for herein is not consummated because any condition set forth in Section 9 hereof is not satisfied, because this Underwriting Agreement shall be terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 or 12 hereof, or because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Issuer or BGE to comply with the terms or fulfill any of the conditions of this Underwriting Agreement, other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Issuer or BGE will reimburse the Underwriters for the reasonable fees and disbursements of Counsel for the Underwriters, and will reimburse the Underwriters for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, in an aggregate amount not exceeding $200,000, incurred in contemplation of the performance of this Underwriting Agreement.  The Issuer shall not in any event be liable to any of the several Underwriters for damages on account of loss of anticipated profits.
 
(iii)           During the period from the date of this Underwriting Agreement to the date that is five days after the Closing Date, the Issuer will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell or contract to sell, or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or announce the offering of, any asset-backed securities (other than the Bonds).
 
(iv)           To the extent, if any, that any rating necessary to satisfy the condition set forth in Section 9(z) hereof is conditioned upon the furnishing of documents or the taking of other actions by the Issuer on or after the Closing Date, the Issuer shall furnish such documents and take such other actions.
 
(v)           For a period from the date of this Underwriting Agreement until the retirement of the Bonds or until such time as the Underwriters shall cease to maintain a secondary market in the Bonds, whichever occurs first, the Issuer shall file
 
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with the Commission, and to the extent permitted by and consistent with the Issuer’s obligations under applicable law, make available on the website associated with the Issuer’s parent, such periodic reports, if any, as are required (without regard to the number of holders of Bonds to the extent permitted by and consistent with the Issuer’s obligations under applicable law) from time to time under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and the Issuer shall not voluntarily suspend or terminate its filing obligations with the Commission.  The Issuer shall also, to the extent permitted by and consistent with the Issuer’s obligations under applicable law, include in the periodic and other reports to be filed with the Commission as provided above, such information as required by Section 3.07(g) of the Indenture with respect to the Bonds.  To the extent that the Issuer’s obligations are terminated or limited by an amendment to Section 3.07(g) of the Indenture, or otherwise, such obligations shall be correspondingly terminated or limited hereunder.
 
(vi)           The Issuer will not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to the Final Prospectus during the period when a prospectus relating to the Bonds is required to be delivered under the Securities Act without prior notice to the Underwriters or to which Counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object by written notice to BGE and the Issuer.
 
(b)           Covenants of BGEBGE covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that, to the extent that the Issuer has not already performed such act pursuant to Section 8(a) hereof:
 
(vii)           BGE, in its capacity as sponsor with respect to the Bonds, will upon request promptly deliver to the Representatives and Counsel to the Underwriters a signed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed or, to the extent a signed copy is not available, a conformed copy, certified by an officer of BGE to be in the form as originally filed, including all Incorporated Documents and exhibits and all amendments thereto.
 
(viii)         BGE, in its capacity as sponsor with respect to the Bonds, will deliver to the Underwriters, as soon as practicable after the date hereof, as many copies of the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus as they may reasonably request.
 
(ix)           BGE, in its capacity as sponsor with respect to the Bonds, will cause the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) as soon as practicable and advise the Underwriters of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution of any proceeding therefor of which Issuer shall have received notice.  The Issuer will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof. The Issuer has complied and will comply with Rule 433 under the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Bonds.
 
(x)           As soon as practicable, but not later than 14 months after the date hereof, BGE, in its capacity as sponsor with respect to the Bonds, will make generally
 
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available to its security holders, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act with respect to the Bonds.
 
(xi)           BGE, in its capacity as sponsor with respect to the Bonds, will furnish such proper information as may be lawfully required and otherwise cooperate in qualifying the Bonds for offer and sale under the blue-sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate; provided that neither the Issuer nor BGE shall be required to qualify as a foreign limited liability company or dealer in securities, to file any consents to service of process under the laws of any jurisdiction, or meet any other requirements deemed by the Issuer or BGE, as applicable, to be unduly burdensome.
 
(xii)           BGE will not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to the Final Prospectus during the period when a prospectus relating to the Bonds is required to be delivered under the Securities Act without prior notice to the Underwriters or to which Counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object by written notice to BGE and the Issuer.
 
(xiii)          To the extent permitted by applicable law and the agreements and instruments that bind BGE, BGE will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Issuer to comply with the covenants set forth in Section 8(a) hereof.
 
(xiv)          BGE will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
 
(xv)           If, during such period of time (not exceeding nine months) after the Final Prospectus has been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) as in the opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus covering the Bonds is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act), any event relating to or affecting BGE, the Bonds or the Rate Stabilization Property or of which BGE shall be advised in writing by the Representatives shall occur that in BGE’s reasonable judgment after consultation with Counsel for the Underwriters should be set forth in a supplement to, or an amendment of, the Final Prospectus in order to make the Final Prospectus not misleading in the light of the circumstances when it is delivered to a purchaser (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act), BGE will cause the Issuer, at BGE’s or the Issuer’s expense, to amend or supplement the Final Prospectus by either (A) preparing and furnishing to the Underwriters at BGE’s or the Issuer’s expense a reasonable number of copies of a supplement or supplements or an amendment or amendments to the Final Prospectus or (B) causing the Issuer to make an appropriate filing pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, which will supplement or amend the Final Prospectus so that, as supplemented or amended, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Final Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser
 
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(including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act), not misleading; provided that should such event relate solely to the activities of any of the Underwriters, then such Underwriters shall assume the expense of preparing and furnishing any such amendment or supplement.
 
(xvi)             During the period from the date of this Underwriting Agreement to the date that is five days after the Closing Date, BGE will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell or contract to sell, or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or announce the offering of, any asset-backed securities (other than the Bonds).
 
(xvii)            BGE will cause the proceeds for the issuance and sale of the Bonds to be applied for the purposes described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus.
 
(xviii)           To the extent, if any, that any rating necessary to satisfy the condition set forth in Section 9(z) of this Underwriting Agreement is conditioned upon the furnishing of documents or the taking of other actions by BGE on or after the Closing Date, BGE shall furnish such documents and take such other actions.  
 
9.           Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters.  The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Bonds shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Issuer and BGE contained in this Underwriting Agreement, on the part of BGE contained in Article III of the Sale Agreement, and on the part of BGE contained in Section 6.01 of the Servicing Agreement, in each case as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Issuer and BGE made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Issuer and BGE of their obligations hereunder, and to the following additional conditions:
 
(a)           The Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) prior to 5:30 P.M., New York time, on the second business day after the date of this Underwriting Agreement. In addition, all material required to be filed by the Issuer or BGE pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act that was prepared by either of them or that was prepared by any Underwriter and timely provided to the Issuer or BGE shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by such Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act.
 
(b)           No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceedings for that purpose shall be pending before, or threatened by, the Commission on the Closing Date; and the Underwriters shall have received one or more certificates, dated the Closing Date and signed by an officer of BGE and the Issuer, as appropriate, to the effect that no such stop order is in effect and that no proceedings for such purpose are pending before, or to the knowledge of BGE or the Issuer, as the case may be, threatened by, the Commission.
 
(c)           Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion (substantially in the form
 
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attached as Exhibit A hereto), dated the Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Bonds, the Indenture, the other Issuer Documents, the Registration Statement and other related matters; and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
 
(d)           Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., special Delaware counsel for the Issuer, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion (substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto), dated the Closing Date, regarding the filing of a voluntary bankruptcy petition.
 
(e)           Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., special Delaware counsel for BGE and the Issuer, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion (substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C hereto), dated the Closing Date, regarding certain Delaware Uniform Commercial Code matters.
 
(f)           Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP, counsel for the Issuer and BGE, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion (substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto), dated the Closing Date, regarding certain matters with respect to the Issuer and BGE.
 
(g)           Miles & Stockbridge LLP, special Maryland counsel for the Issuer and BGE, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion (substantially in the form attached as Exhibit E hereto), dated the Closing Date, regarding certain Maryland corporate matters.
 
(h)           Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP, counsel for the Issuer and BGE, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion (substantially in the form attached as Exhibit F hereto), dated the Closing Date, to the effect that a court sitting in bankruptcy would not order the substantive consolidation of the assets and liabilities of the Issuer with those of BGE in connection with a bankruptcy, reorganization or other insolvency proceeding involving BGE.
 
(i)           Miles & Stockbridge LLP, special Maryland counsel for the Issuer and BGE, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion (substantially in the form attached as Exhibit G hereto), dated the Closing Date, regarding certain Maryland constitutional matters relating to the Rate Stabilization Property.
 
(j)           Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP, counsel for the Issuer and BGE, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion (substantially in the form attached as Exhibit H hereto), dated the Closing Date, regarding certain federal tax matters.
 
(k)           Miles & Stockbridge LLP, special Maryland counsel for BGE, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion (substantially in the form attached as Exhibit I hereto), dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the Rate Stabilization Property is not subject to the lien of BGE’s Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of February 1, 1919, as subsequently supplemented, amended and restated as of June 20, 1995 and as further supplemented.
 
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(l)           Miles & Stockbridge LLP, special Maryland counsel for the Issuer and BGE, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion (substantially in the form attached as Exhibit J hereto), dated the Closing Date, with respect to the characterization of the transfer of the Rate Stabilization Property by BGE to the Issuer as a “true sale” for Maryland law purposes.
 
(m)           Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP, counsel for the Issuer and BGE, shall have furnished to the Representatives its written respective opinions (substantially in the form attached as Exhibit K hereto), dated the Closing Date, regarding certain federal constitutional matters relating to the Rate Stabilization Property.
 
(n)           Seward & Kissel LLP, counsel for the Indenture Trustee, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinions (each substantially in the form attached as Exhibit L hereto), dated the Closing Date, regarding certain matters relating to the Indenture Trustee.
 
(o)           Miles & Stockbridge LLP, special Maryland counsel for BGE and the Issuer, shall have furnished to the representatives their opinion (substantially in the form attached as Exhibit M hereto), dated the Closing Date, regarding certain Maryland regulatory issues.
 
(p)           Miles & Stockbridge LLP, special Maryland counsel for the Issuer and BGE, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion (substantially in the form attached as Exhibit N hereto), dated the Closing Date, regarding enforceability and certain Maryland perfection and priority issues.
 
(q)           Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP, counsel for the Issuer and BGE, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion (substantially in the form attached as Exhibit O hereto), dated the Closing Date, regarding certain bankruptcy matters relating to the Issuer.
 
(r)           Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., counsel for the Issuer and BGE, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion (substantially in the form attached as Exhibit P hereto), dated the Closing Date, regarding certain matters of Delaware law.
 
(s)           Miles & Stockbridge LLP, special Maryland counsel for the Issuer and BGE, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion (substantially in the form attached as Exhibit Q hereto), dated the Closing Date, regarding certain Maryland tax matters.
 
(t)           Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP, counsel for the Issuer and BGE, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion (substantially in the form attached as Exhibit R hereto), dated the Closing Date, regarding negative assurances and other matters.
 
(u)           Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP, counsel for the Issuer and BGE, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion (substantially in
 
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the form attached as Exhibit S hereto), dated the Closing Date, with respect to the characterization of the transfer of the Rate Stabilization Property by BGE to the Issuer as a “true sale” under federal bankruptcy law.
 
(v)           Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP, counsel for the Issuer and BGE, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion (substantially in the form attached as Exhibit T hereto), dated the Closing Date, regarding the constitutionality of the Rate Stabilization Act under the United States constitution.
 
(w)           On or before the Closing Date, PwC shall have furnished to the Representatives one or more agreed upon procedure reports regarding certain calculations and computations relating to the Bonds, in form or substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, in each case in respect of which the Representatives shall have made specific requests therefor and shall have provided acknowledgment or similar letters to PwC reasonably necessary in order for PwC to issue such reports.
 
(x)           Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, there shall not have been any change specified in the reports required by  Section 9(v) hereof which is, in the judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Bonds as contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus.
 
(y)           The LLC Agreement, the Administrative Agreement, the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the Indenture and any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall have been executed and delivered.
 
(z)           Since the respective dates as of which information is given in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and as of the Closing Date there shall have been no (i) material adverse change in the business, property or financial condition of BGE and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the Issuer or (ii) adverse development concerning the business or assets of BGE and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the Issuer which would be reasonably likely to result in a material adverse change in the prospective business, property or financial condition of BGE and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, or the Issuer or (iii) development which would be reasonably likely to result in a material adverse change in the Rate Stabilization Property, the Bonds or the Qualified Rate Order.
 
(aa)           At the Closing Date, (i) the Bonds shall be rated at least “Aaa”, “AAA”, and “AAA” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), Standard & Poor’s, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“S&P”), and Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”), respectively, and the Issuer shall have delivered to the Underwriters a letter from each such rating agency, or other evidence satisfactory to the Underwriters, confirming that the Bonds have such ratings, and (ii) none of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch shall have, since the date of this Underwriting Agreement, downgraded or publicly announced that it has
 
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under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its ratings of the Bonds.
 
(bb)           The Issuer and BGE shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Representatives at the Closing Date certificates of officers of BGE and the Issuer, reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Issuer and BGE herein, in the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the Indenture at and as of the Closing Date, as to the performance by the Issuer and BGE of all of their obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Closing Date and as to such other matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, including as to the matters set forth in  Section 9(y) and 9(cc) hereof.
 
(cc)           An issuance advice letter, in a form consistent with the provisions of the Qualified Rate Order, shall have been filed with the PSC and shall have become effective.
 
(dd)           On or prior to the Closing Date, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Representatives evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, that appropriate filings have been or are being made in accordance with the Rate Stabilization Law, the Qualified Rate Order and other applicable law reflecting the grant of a security interest by the Issuer in the collateral relating to the Bonds to the Indenture Trustee, including the filing of the requisite notices in the office of the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation.
 
(ee)           On or prior to the Closing Date, BGE shall have funded the capital subaccount of the Issuer with cash in an amount equal to $3,116,000.
 
(ff)           The Issuer and BGE shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Rating Agencies at the Closing Date such opinions and certificates as the Rating Agencies shall have reasonably requested prior to such Closing Date.
 
10.           Conditions of Issuer’s Obligations.  The obligation of the Issuer to deliver the Bonds shall be subject to the conditions that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect at the Closing Date and no proceeding for that purpose shall be pending before, or threatened by, the Commission at the Closing Date and the issuance advice letter described in Section 9(bb) shall have become effective.  In case these conditions shall not have been fulfilled, this Underwriting Agreement may be terminated by the Issuer upon notice thereof to the Underwriters.  Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as otherwise provided in Sections 8(a)(ii) and 11 hereof.
 
11.           Indemnification and Contribution.
 
(a)           BGE and the Issuer, jointly and severally, shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Underwriter, each Underwriter’s officers and directors, each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act or any other statute or common law and shall reimburse each such
 
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Underwriter, officer and director and controlling person for any reasonable legal or other expenses (including, to the extent hereinafter provided, reasonable counsel fees) as and when incurred by them in connection with investigating any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities or in connection with defending any actions, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or actions arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Pricing Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, and, together with the Pricing Prospectus, the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) any information prepared by or on behalf of BGE or the Issuer and provided to the Underwriters; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 11 shall not apply to any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or actions arising out of, or based upon, any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or any such omission or alleged omission, in each case if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with any Underwriter Information; and provided further, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 11 shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter (or of any officer or director of such Underwriter or of any person controlling such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act) on account of any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or actions, joint or several, arising from the sale of the Bonds to any person if a copy of a supplement or amendment to such Pricing Prospectus, Final Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses (excluding in all cases, however, any document then incorporated by reference therein) (i) is furnished on a timely basis by the Issuer or BGE to the Underwriters, (ii) is required by law or regulation to have been conveyed to such person by or on behalf of such Underwriters, at or prior to the entry into the contract of sale of the Bonds with such person, but was not so conveyed (which conveyance may be oral or written) by or on behalf of such Underwriters and (iii) would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, claim, damage or liability.  The indemnity agreement of BGE and Issuer contained in this Section 11 and the representations and warranties of the Issuer and BGE contained in Sections 3 and 4 hereof shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any termination of this Underwriting Agreement or of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, its officers or its directors or any such controlling person and shall survive the delivery of the Bonds.
 
(b)           Each Underwriter shall severally indemnify, defend and hold harmless BGE and the Issuer, each of BGE’s and Issuer’s officers, directors, and managers, and each person who controls the Issuer or BGE within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act or any other statute or common law and shall reimburse each of them for any reasonable legal or other expenses (including, to the extent hereinafter provided, reasonable counsel fees) as and when incurred by them in connection with investigating any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities or in
 
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connection with defending any actions, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or actions arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Pricing Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and, together with the Pricing Prospectus, the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information with respect to such Underwriter.  The indemnity agreement of the respective Underwriters contained in this Section 11 and the representations and warranties of the Underwriters contained in Section 5 hereof shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any termination of this Underwriting Agreement or of any investigation made by or on behalf of BGE or the Issuer, their directors, managers or officers, any such Underwriter or any such controlling person, and shall survive the delivery of the Bonds.
 
(c)           BGE and the several Underwriters each shall, upon the receipt of notice of the commencement of any action against it or any person controlling it as aforesaid, in respect of which indemnity may be sought on account of any indemnity agreement contained herein, promptly give written notice of the commencement thereof to the party or parties against whom indemnity shall be sought under subparagraph (a) or (b) above, but the failure to notify such indemnifying party or parties of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party or parties from any liability hereunder to the extent such indemnifying party or parties is or are not materially prejudiced as a result of such failure to notify and in any event shall not relieve such indemnifying party or parties from any liability which it or they may have to the indemnified party otherwise than on account of such indemnity agreement.  In case such notice of any such action shall be so given, such indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate at its own expense in the defense, or, if it so elects, to assume (in conjunction with any other indemnifying parties) the defense of such action, in which event such defense shall be conducted by counsel chosen by such indemnifying party or parties and reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party or parties who shall be defendant or defendants in such action, and such defendant or defendants shall bear the fees and expenses of any additional counsel retained by them; but if the indemnifying party shall elect not to assume the defense of such action, such indemnifying party will reimburse such indemnified party or parties for the reasonable fees and expenses of any counsel retained by them; provided, however, if the defendants in any such action (including impleaded parties) include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and counsel for the indemnifying party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest involved in the representation by a single counsel of both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel, satisfactory to the indemnifying party, whose reasonable fees and expenses shall be paid by such indemnifying party, to participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate counsel (in
 
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addition to local counsel) representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such action).  Each of BGE, the Issuer and the several Underwriters agrees that without the other party’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, it will not settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any claim in respect of which indemnification may be sought under the indemnification provisions of this Underwriting Agreement, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of such other party from all liability arising out of such claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of such other party.
 
(d)           If the indemnification provided for in subparagraph (a) or (b) above shall be unenforceable under applicable law by an indemnified party, each indemnifying party agrees to contribute to such indemnified party with respect to any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses for which each such indemnification provided for in subparagraph (a) or (b) above shall be unenforceable, in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by BGE and the Issuer on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Bonds pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement (taking into account the portion of the proceeds of the offering realized by each), (ii) if an allocation solely on the basis provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law or is inequitable or against public policy, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of each indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which have resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses or (iii) any other relevant equitable considerations; provided, however, that no indemnified party guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any indemnifying party not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.  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 such indemnifying party or the indemnified party and each such party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission.  BGE, the Issuer and each of the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subparagraph (d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 11, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute in excess of the amount equal to the excess of (i) the total underwriting fees, discounts and commissions received by it, over (ii) the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.  The obligations of each Underwriter to contribute pursuant to this Section 11 are several and not joint and shall be in the same proportion as such Underwriter’s obligation to underwrite Bonds is to the total number of Bonds set forth in Schedule II hereto.
 
12.           Termination.  This Underwriting Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing Date with respect to the Bonds by the Representatives by written notice
 
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to the Issuer if after the date hereof and at or prior to the Closing Date (a) there shall have occurred any general suspension of trading in securities on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) or there shall have been established by the NYSE, or the over-the-counter market, or by the Commission any general limitation on prices for such trading or any general restrictions on the distribution of securities, or a general banking moratorium declared by New York or federal authorities or (b) there shall have occurred any (i) material outbreak of hostilities (including, without limitation, an act of terrorism) or (ii) declaration by the United States of war or national or international calamity or crisis, including, but not limited to, a material escalation of hostilities that existed prior to the date of this Underwriting Agreement or (iii) material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States, and the effect of any such event specified in clause (a) or (b) above on the financial markets of the United States shall be such as to materially and adversely affect, in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives, their ability to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Bonds on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Final Prospectus.  Any termination hereof pursuant to this Section 12 shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as otherwise provided in Sections 8(a)(ii) and 11 hereof.
 
13.           Absence of Fiduciary Relationship Each of the Issuer and BGE acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Issuer and BGE with respect to the offering of the Bonds contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Issuer or BGE.  Additionally, none of the Underwriters is advising the Issuer or BGE as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction.  The Issuer and BGE shall consult with their own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making their own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Issuer or BGE with respect thereto.  Any review by the Underwriters of the Issuer or BGE, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Issuer or BGE.
 
14.           Notices.  All communications hereunder will be in writing and may be given by United States mail, courier service, telecopy, telefax or facsimile (confirmed by telephone or in writing in the case of notice by telecopy, telefax or facsimile) or any other customary means of communication, and any such communication shall be effective when delivered, or if mailed, three days after deposit in the United States mail with proper postage for ordinary mail prepaid, and if sent to the Representatives, to it at the address specified in Schedule I hereto; and if sent to BGE, to it at c/o Constellation Energy Group, Inc., 750 East Pratt Street, 16th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202, Attention:  Treasurer; and if sent to the Issuer, to it at Suite 202, 103 Foulk Road, Wilmington, DE 19803.  The parties hereto, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent communications.
 
15.           Successors.  This Underwriting Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors, controlling persons and affiliates referred to in Section 11 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
 
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16.           Applicable Law.  This Underwriting Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
 
17.           Counterparts.  This Underwriting Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
 
18.           Integration.  This Underwriting Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) among the Issuer, BGE and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
 
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among BGE, the Issuer and the several Underwriters.
 
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Very truly yours,
 
 
RSB BONDCO LLC
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Charles A. Berardesco 
   
Name:  Charles A. Berardesco
Title:    Secretary
   
 
 
 
BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Charles A. Berardesco
   
Name:  Charles A. Berardesco
Title:    Corporate Secretary
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
  The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date specified in Schedule I hereto.
 
 
Issuer and BGE Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement


 
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Joseph Lau 
   
Name:  Joseph Lau
Title:    Director
   
 
 
 
 
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Mariana Donskaya
   
Name:  Mariana Donskaya
Title:    Vice President
   
 
 
 
 
GREENWICH CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Albert K. Yoshimura 
   
Name:  Albert K. Yoshimura
Title:    Managing Director
   
 
 
 
 
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Sanjeev Khanna 
   
Name:  Sanjeev Khanna
Title:    Managing Director


 
SCHEDULE I


Underwriting Agreement dated June 22, 2007
 
Registration Statement Nos. 333-141366 and 333-141366-01
 
Representatives:

Barclays Capital Inc.
200 Park Avenue, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10166

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388/390 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013

Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.
600 Steamboat Road
Greenwich, CT 06830

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036

Title, Purchase Price and Description of Bonds:
 
    Title:
Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds

 
Total Principal
Amount of
Tranche
Bond
Rate
Price to Public
Underwriting
Discounts and
Commissions
Proceeds to Issuer
Per Tranche A-1 Bond
$284,000,000
5.47%
99.97507%
0.400%
$282,793,199
Per Tranche A-2 Bond
$220,000,000
5.72%
99.95281%
0.400%
$219,016,182
Per Tranche A-3 Bond
$119,200,000
5.82%
99.93340%
0.400%
$118,643,813
           
           
Total
$623,200,000
     
$620,453,194

Original Issue Discount (if any):
$254,006
 
Other provisions:
None.
 
Closing Date, Time and Location:
June 29, 2007, 9:00 A.M.; office of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman and Steiner, 875 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022
 
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SCHEDULE II
 
Principal Amount of Bonds to be Purchased
 
Underwriter
Tranche A-1
Tranche A-2
Tranche A-3
Total
Barclays Capital Inc.
  $71,000,000
  $55,000,000
  $29,800,000
$155,800,000
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
  $71,000,000
  $55,000,000
  $29,800,000
$155,800,000
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.
  $71,000,000
  $55,000,000
  $29,800,000
$155,800,000
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
  $71,000,000
  $55,000,000
  $29,800,000
$155,800,000
         
         
Total
$284,000,000
$220,000,000
$119,200,000
$623,200,000
 
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SCHEDULE III
 
Schedule of Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses
 
A.           Free Writing Prospectuses not required to be filed
 
Electronic Road Show
 
B.           Free Writing Prospectuses Required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433
 
Preliminary Term Sheet
 
Pricing Term Sheet
 
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SCHEDULE IV

DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF UNDERWRITER PROVIDED INFORMATION

A:  Pricing Prospectus

(a) under the heading “UNDERWRITING THE BONDS” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement: (i) the third sentence under the caption “No Assurance as to Resale Price or Resale Liquidity for the Bonds”; (ii) the first full paragraph under the caption “Various Types of Underwriter Transactions Which May Affect the Price of the Bonds” (except the last sentence thereof); and (iii) the last sentence of the second full paragraph and the last sentence of the fifth full paragraph under the caption “Various Types of Underwriter Transactions Which May Affect the Price of the Bonds”; and (b) under the heading “OTHER RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INVESTMENT IN THE RATE STABILIZATION BONDS” in the Preliminary Prospectus, the first sentence under the caption “The Absence of a Secondary Market for a Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds Might Limit Your Ability to Resell Your Rate Stabilization Bonds of Such Series.”

B.  Final Prospectus

(a) the first sentence of the last paragraph on the cover page of the Prospectus Supplement; (b) under the heading “UNDERWRITING THE BONDS” in the Prospectus Supplement: (i) the entire two paragraphs under the caption “The Underwriters’ Sales Price for the Bonds”; (ii) the third sentence under the caption “No Assurance as to Resale Price or Resale Liquidity for the Bonds” (including the table); (iii) the first full paragraph under the caption “Various Types of Underwriter Transactions Which May Affect the Price of the Bonds” (except the last sentence thereof); and (iv) the last sentence of the second full paragraph and the last sentence of the fifth full paragraph under the caption “Various Types of Underwriter Transactions Which May Affect the Price of the Bonds”; and (c) under the heading “OTHER RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INVESTMENT IN THE RATE STABILIZATION BONDS” in the Prospectus, the first sentence under the caption “The Absence of a Secondary Market for a Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds Might Limit Your Ability to Resell Your Rate Stabilization Bonds of Such Series.”
 
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EX-4.1 3 exh4_1.htm INDENTURE Unassociated Document

Exhibit 4.1
 
EXECUTION COPY
 
 

 
RSB BONDCO LLC,
 
Issuer,
 
and
 
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
 
Indenture Trustee and Securities Intermediary
 

 
______________________________
 
INDENTURE
 
Dated as of June 29, 2007
 
______________________________
 
Issuable in Series
 
 
 
 

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Page
 
ARTICLE I
 
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
 
 
 
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.
2
SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
2
SECTION 1.03. Rules of Construction.
2
 
 
ARTICLE II
 
THE RATE STABILIZATION BONDS
 
 
 
SECTION 2.01. Form.
3
SECTION 2.02. Denominations; Rate Stabilization Bonds Issuable in Series.
3
SECTION 2.03. Execution, Authentication and Delivery.
5
SECTION 2.04. Temporary Rate Stabilization Bonds.
5
SECTION 2.05. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Rate Stabilization Bonds.
5
SECTION 2.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Rate Stabilization Bonds.
7
SECTION 2.07. Persons Deemed Owner.
8
SECTION 2.08. Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest; Interest on Overdue Principal; Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest Rights Preserved.
8
SECTION 2.09. Cancellation.
9
SECTION 2.10. Outstanding Amount; Authentication and Delivery of Rate Stabilization Bonds.
10
SECTION 2.11. Book-Entry Rate Stabilization Bonds.
19
SECTION 2.12. Notices to Clearing Agency.
20
SECTION 2.13. Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds.
20
SECTION 2.14. CUSIP Number.
21
SECTION 2.15. Letter of Representations.
21
SECTION 2.16. Special Terms Applicable to Subsequent Transfers of Certain Rate Stabilization Bonds.
21
SECTION 2.17. Tax Treatment.
22
SECTION 2.18. State Pledge.
22
SECTION 2.19. Security Interests.
23
 
 
ARTICLE III
 
COVENANTS
 
 
 
SECTION 3.01. Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest.
24
SECTION 3.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
24
SECTION 3.03. Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust.
25
SECTION 3.04. Existence.
26
 
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SECTION 3.05. Protection of Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral.
26
SECTION 3.06. Opinions as to Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral.
27
SECTION 3.07. Performance of Obligations; Servicing; SEC Filings.
28
SECTION 3.08. Certain Negative Covenants.
29
SECTION 3.09. Annual Statement as to Compliance.
30
SECTION 3.10. Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.
31
SECTION 3.11. Successor or Transferee.
33
SECTION 3.12. No Other Business.
33
SECTION 3.13. No Borrowing.
33
SECTION 3.14. Servicer’s Obligations.
33
SECTION 3.15. Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities.
33
SECTION 3.16. Capital Expenditures.
33
SECTION 3.17. Restricted Payments.
33
SECTION 3.18. Notice of Events of Default.
34
SECTION 3.19. Further Instruments and Acts.
34
SECTION 3.20. Purchase of Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property.
34
SECTION 3.21. Inspection.
35
SECTION 3.22. Sale Agreement, Servicing Agreement and Administration Agreement Covenants.
36
SECTION 3.23. Taxes.
38
 
 
ARTICLE IV
 
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE
 
 
 
SECTION 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance.
38
SECTION 4.02. Conditions to Defeasance.
40
SECTION 4.03. Application of Trust Money.
41
SECTION 4.04. Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent.
42
 
 
ARTICLE V
 
REMEDIES
 
 
 
SECTION 5.01. Events of Default.
42
SECTION 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
43
SECTION 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee.
44
SECTION 5.04. Remedies; Priorities.
46
SECTION 5.05. Optional Preservation of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral.
47
SECTION 5.06. Limitation of Suits.
48
SECTION 5.07. Unconditional Rights of Holders To Receive Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest.
49
SECTION 5.08. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
49
SECTION 5.09. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
49
SECTION 5.10. Delay or Omission Not a Waiver.
49
SECTION 5.11. Control by Holders.
49
SECTION 5.12. Waiver of Past Defaults.
50
 
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SECTION 5.13. Undertaking for Costs.
50
SECTION 5.14. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
51
SECTION 5.15. Action on Rate Stabilization Bonds.
51
 
 
ARTICLE VI
 
THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
 
 
 
SECTION 6.01. Duties of Indenture Trustee.
51
SECTION 6.02. Rights of Indenture Trustee.
53
SECTION 6.03. Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee.
54
SECTION 6.04. Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer.
54
SECTION 6.05. Notice of Defaults.
54
SECTION 6.06. Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders.
55
SECTION 6.07. Compensation and Indemnity.
56
SECTION 6.08. Replacement of Indenture Trustee and Securities Intermediary.
56
SECTION 6.09. Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger.
58
SECTION 6.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
58
SECTION 6.11. Eligibility; Disqualification.
59
SECTION 6.12. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer.
59
SECTION 6.13. Representations and Warranties of Indenture Trustee.
59
SECTION 6.14. Annual Report by Independent Registered Public Accountants.
60
SECTION 6.15. Custody of Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral.
60
 
 
ARTICLE VII
 
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS
 
 
 
SECTION 7.01. Issuer To Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
61
SECTION 7.02. Preservation of Information;  Communications to Holders.
61
SECTION 7.03. Reports by Issuer.
61
SECTION 7.04. Reports by Indenture Trustee.
62
 
 
ARTICLE VIII
 
ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
 
 
 
SECTION 8.01. Collection of Money.
62
SECTION 8.02. Collection Accounts and TPC Deposit Accounts.
62
SECTION 8.03. General Provisions Regarding the Collection Accounts.
67
SECTION 8.04. Release of Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral.
68
SECTION 8.05. Opinion of Counsel.
68
SECTION 8.06. Reports by Independent Registered Public Accountants.
69
 
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ARTICLE IX
 
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
 
 
 
SECTION 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
69
SECTION 9.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
71
SECTION 9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
72
SECTION 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indenture.
72
SECTION 9.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
73
SECTION 9.06. Reference in Rate Stabilization Bonds to Supplemental Indentures.
73
 
 
ARTICLE X
 
MISCELLANEOUS
 
 
 
SECTION 10.01. Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc.
73
SECTION 10.02. Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee.
75
SECTION 10.03. Acts of Holders.
75
SECTION 10.04. Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Rating Agencies.
76
SECTION 10.05. Notices to Holders; Waiver.
77
SECTION 10.06. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
77
SECTION 10.07. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
78
SECTION 10.08. Successors and Assigns.
78
SECTION 10.09. Severability.
78
SECTION 10.10. Benefits of Indenture.
78
SECTION 10.11. Legal Holidays.
78
SECTION 10.12. GOVERNING LAW.
78
SECTION 10.13. Counterparts.
78
SECTION 10.14. Recording of Indenture.
79
SECTION 10.15. Issuer Obligation.
79
SECTION 10.16. No Recourse to Issuer.
79
SECTION 10.17. Basic Documents.
79
SECTION 10.18. No Petition.
79
 
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EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
 
EXHIBIT A
Form of Rate Stabilization Bonds
EXHIBIT B
Form of Series Supplement
EXHIBIT C
Form of Investor Representation Letter
EXHIBIT D
Form of ERISA Representation Letter
EXHIBIT E
Servicing Criteria to be Addressed by Indenture Trustee in Assessment of Compliance


APPENDIX

APPENDIX A
Definitions
 
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TRUST INDENTURE ACT CROSS REFERENCE TABLE

TIA Section
Indenture Section
310
(a)(1)
6.11
 
(a)(2)
6.11
 
(a)(3)
6.10(b)(i)
 
(a)(4)
N.A.
 
(a)(5)
6.11
 
(b)
6.12
 
(c)
N.A.
311
(a)
6.13
 
(b)
6.13
 
(c)
N.A.
312
(a)
7.01 and 7.02
 
(b)
7.02
 
(c)
7.02
313
(a)
7.04
 
(b)(1)
7.04
 
(b)(2)
7.04
 
(c)
7.04
 
(d)
7.04
314
(a)
3.09, 4.01, and 7.03(a)
 
(b)
3.06 and 4.01
 
(c)(1)
2.10, 4.01 and 11.01(a)
 
(c)(2)
2.10, 4.01 and 11.01(a)
 
(c)(3)
2.10 4.01 and 11.01(a)
 
(d)
2.10, 8.04(b) and 10.01(b)
 
(e)
10.01(a)
 
(f)
10.01(a)
 
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TIA Section
Indenture Section
315
(a)
6.01(b)(i)(ii)
 
(b)
6.05
 
(c)
6.01 (a)
 
(d)
6.01(c)(i)-(iii)
 
(e)
5.13
316
(a) (last sentence)
Appendix A – definition of “Outstanding”
 
(a)(1)(A)
5.11
 
(a)(1)(B)
5.12
 
(a)(2)
Omitted
 
(b)
5.07
 
(c)
Appendix A – definition of  “Record Date”
317
(a)(1)
5.03(a)
 
(a)(2)
5.03(c)(iv)
 
(b)
3.03
318
(a)
10.07

**           “N.A.” shall mean “not applicable”.
 
THIS CROSS REFERENCE TABLE SHALL NOT, FOR ANY PURPOSE, BE DEEMED TO BE PART OF THIS INDENTURE.
 
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This INDENTURE dated as of June 29, 2007, by and between RSB BONDCO LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Issuer”), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation, in its capacity as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined herein) and in its separate capacity as a securities intermediary (the “Securities Intermediary”).
 
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other and each of the Holders:
 
RECITALS OF THE ISSUER
 
The Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture and the creation and issuance of Rate Stabilization Bonds issuable in Series hereunder, each Series to be of substantially the tenor set forth herein and in the respective Series Supplement relating to each such Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
The Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be non-recourse obligations and shall be secured by and payable solely out of the proceeds of the Rate Stabilization Property and the other Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral.  If and to the extent that such proceeds of Rate Stabilization Property and the other Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral are insufficient to pay all amounts owing with respect to the Rate Stabilization Bonds, then, except as otherwise expressly provided hereunder, the Holders shall have no Claim in respect of such insufficiency against the Issuer, and the Holders, by their acceptance of the Rate Stabilization Bonds, waive any such Claim.
 
All things necessary to (a) make the Rate Stabilization Bonds, when executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee hereunder and duly issued by the Issuer, valid obligations, and (b) make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuer, in each case, in accordance with their respective terms, have been done.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
 
That the Issuer, in consideration of the premises herein contained and of the purchase of the Rate Stabilization Bonds by the Holders and of other good and lawful consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and to secure, equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction, except as specifically otherwise set forth in this Indenture, the payment of the Rate Stabilization Bonds, the payment of all other amounts due under or in connection with this Indenture (including, without limitation, all fees, expenses, counsel fees and expenses, and other amounts due and owing to the Indenture Trustee) and the performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions contained herein or in such Rate Stabilization Bonds, has hereby executed and delivered this Indenture and by these presents does hereby and under one or more Series Supplements will convey, grant and assign, transfer and pledge, in each case, in and unto the Indenture Trustee, its successors and assigns forever, for the benefit of the Secured Parties of the related Series, all and singular the property described in one or more Series Supplements (such property with respect to a particular Series hereinafter referred to as the “Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral” and all such property, collectively, hereinafter referred to as the “Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral”).  Each Series
 

 
Supplement will more particularly describe the obligations of the Issuer secured by the applicable Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral.
 
AND IT IS HEREBY COVENANTED, DECLARED AND AGREED between the parties hereto that all Rate Stabilization Bonds are to be issued, countersigned and delivered and that all of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral is to be held and applied, subject to the further covenants, conditions, releases, uses and trusts hereinafter set forth, and the Issuer, for itself and any successor, does hereby covenant and agree to and with the Indenture Trustee and its successors in said trust, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:
 
ARTICLE I
 
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
 
SECTION 1.01.  Definitions.  Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may otherwise require, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in Appendix A attached hereto and made a part hereof for all purposes of this Indenture.
 
SECTION 1.02.  Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.  Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, that provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.  The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
 
“indenture securities” means the Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
“indenture security holder” means a Holder.
 
“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.
 
“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Indenture Trustee.
 
“obligor” on the indenture securities means the Issuer and any other obligor on the indenture securities.
 
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.
 
SECTION 1.03.  Rules of Construction.  Unless the context otherwise requires:
 
(i)         a term has the meaning assigned to it;
 
(ii)        an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time;
 
(iii)       “or” is not exclusive;
 
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(iv)       “including” means including without limitation;
 
(v)        words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular; and
 
(vi)       the words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
 
ARTICLE II
 
THE RATE STABILIZATION BONDS
 
SECTION 2.01.  Form.  The Rate Stabilization Bonds and the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the forms set forth in Exhibit A, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture or by the related Series Supplement and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Rate Stabilization Bonds, as evidenced by their execution of such Rate Stabilization Bonds.  Any portion of the text of any Rate Stabilization Bond may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Rate Stabilization Bond.
 
The Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods (with or without steel engraved borders), all as determined by the officers executing such Rate Stabilization Bonds, as evidenced by their execution of such Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
Each Rate Stabilization Bond shall be dated the date of its authentication.  The terms of the Rate Stabilization Bonds set forth in Exhibit A are part of the terms of this Indenture.
 
SECTION 2.02.  Denominations; Rate Stabilization Bonds Issuable in Series.  The Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be issuable in the Minimum Denomination specified in the applicable Series Supplement and, except as otherwise provided in such Series Supplement, in integral multiples thereof.
 
The Rate Stabilization Bonds may, at the election of and as authorized by a Responsible Officer of the Issuer, be issued in one or more Series (each comprised of one or more Tranches), and shall be designated generally as the “Rate Stabilization Bonds” of the Issuer, with such further particular designations added or incorporated in such title for the Rate Stabilization Bonds of any particular Series or Tranche as a Responsible Officer of the Issuer may determine.  Each Rate Stabilization Bond shall bear upon its face the designation so selected for the Series or Tranche to which it belongs.  All Rate Stabilization Bonds of the same Series shall be identical in all respects except for the denominations thereof, unless such Series is comprised of one or more Tranches, in which case all Rate Stabilization Bonds of the same Tranche shall be identical in all respects except for the denominations thereof.  All Rate Stabilization Bonds of a particular Series or, if such Series is comprised of one or more
 
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Tranches, all Rate Stabilization Bonds of a particular Tranche thereof, in each case issued under this Indenture, shall be in all respects equally and ratably entitled to the benefits hereof without preference, priority or distinction on account of the actual time or times of authentication and delivery, all in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Indenture.
 
No Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be subordinated in right of payment to any other Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
Each Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be created by a Series Supplement authorized by a Responsible Officer of the Issuer and establishing the terms and provisions of such Series.  The several Series and Tranches thereof may differ as between Series and Tranches, in respect of any of the following matters:
 
(1)           designation of the Series and, if applicable, the Tranches thereof;
 
(2)           the principal amount;
 
(3)           the Rate Stabilization Bond Interest Rate;
 
(4)           the Payment Dates;
 
(5)           the Scheduled Final Payment Dates;
 
(6)           the Final Maturity Date;
 
(7)           the Series Issuance Date;
 
(8)           the place or places for the payment of interest, principal and premium, if any;
 
(9)           the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral;
 
(10)         the Minimum Denominations;
 
(11)         the Expected Amortization Schedule;
 
(12)         provisions with respect to the definitions set forth in Appendix A hereto;
 
(13)         whether or not the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series are to be Book-Entry Rate Stabilization Bonds and the extent to which Section 2.11 should apply;
 
(14)         to the extent applicable, the extent to which payments on the Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Tranche of the related Series are subordinate to or pari passu in right of payment of principal and interest to other Tranche of such Series; and
 
(15)         any other provisions expressing or referring to the terms and conditions upon which the Rate Stabilization Bonds of the applicable Series or Tranche are to be issued under this Indenture that are not in conflict with the provisions of this Indenture and as to which the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied.
 
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SECTION 2.03.  Execution, Authentication and Delivery.  The Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by any of its Responsible Officers.  The signature of any such Responsible Officer on the Rate Stabilization Bonds may be manual or facsimile.
 
Rate Stabilization Bonds bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were at any time Responsible Officers of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Rate Stabilization Bonds or did not hold such offices at the date of such Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Issuer may deliver Rate Stabilization Bonds executed by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to an Issuer Order for authentication; and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Rate Stabilization Bonds as in this Indenture provided and not otherwise.
 
No Rate Stabilization Bond shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Rate Stabilization Bond a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for therein executed by the Indenture Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Rate Stabilization Bond shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Rate Stabilization Bond has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
 
SECTION 2.04.  Temporary Rate Stabilization Bonds.  Pending the preparation of Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds pursuant to Section 2.13, the Issuer may execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, Temporary Rate Stabilization Bonds which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, of the tenor of the Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds in lieu of which they are issued and with such variations not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture as the officers executing such Rate Stabilization Bonds may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
If Temporary Rate Stabilization Bonds are issued, the Issuer will cause Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds to be prepared without unreasonable delay.  After the preparation of Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Temporary Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be exchangeable for Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds upon surrender of the Temporary Rate Stabilization Bonds at the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02, without charge to the Holder.  Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more Temporary Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds in any Minimum Denominations.  Until so delivered in exchange, the Temporary Rate Stabilization Bonds shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
SECTION 2.05.  Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Rate Stabilization Bonds.  The Issuer shall cause to be kept a register (the “Rate Stabilization Bond Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer shall
 
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provide for the registration of Rate Stabilization Bonds and the registration of transfers of Rate Stabilization Bonds.  The Indenture Trustee shall be “Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar” for the purpose of registering Rate Stabilization Bonds and transfers of Rate Stabilization Bonds as herein provided.  Upon any resignation of any Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor or, if it elects not to make such an appointment, assume the duties of Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar.
 
If a Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Issuer as Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar, the Issuer will give the Indenture Trustee prompt written notice of the appointment of such Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar and of the location, and any change in the location, of the Rate Stabilization Bond Register, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to inspect the Rate Stabilization Bond Register at all reasonable times and to obtain copies thereof, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to rely conclusively upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar by a Responsible Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the Holders and the principal amounts and number of such Rate Stabilization Bonds (separately stated by Series and Tranche).
 
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Rate Stabilization Bond at the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02, provided that the requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Holder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Rate Stabilization Bonds in any Minimum Denominations, of the same Series (and, if applicable, Tranche) and aggregate principal amount.
 
At the option of the Holder, Rate Stabilization Bonds may be exchanged for other Rate Stabilization Bonds in any Minimum Denominations, of the same Series (and, if applicable, Tranche) and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Rate Stabilization Bonds to be exchanged at such office or agency as provided in Section 3.02.  Whenever any Rate Stabilization Bonds are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall, provided that the requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met, execute and, upon any such execution, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Holder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, the Rate Stabilization Bonds which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
 
All Rate Stabilization Bonds issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of other Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Rate Stabilization Bonds surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
 
Every Rate Stabilization Bond presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by (a) a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an institution which is a member of one of the following recognized Signature Guaranty Programs: (i) The Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) The New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MSP); (iii) The Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) such
 
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other guarantee program acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, and (b) such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require.
 
No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of Rate Stabilization Bonds, but the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge or any fees or expenses of the Indenture Trustee that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Rate Stabilization Bonds, other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.04 or 2.06 not involving any transfer.
 
The preceding provisions of this Section 2.05 notwithstanding, the Issuer shall not be required to make, and the Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar need not register, transfers or exchanges (i) of any Rate Stabilization Bond that has been submitted within fifteen (15) days preceding the due date for any payment with respect to such Rate Stabilization Bond until after such due date has occurred or (ii) of Unregistered Rate Stabilization Bonds unless Section 2.16 has been complied with in connection with such transfer or exchange.
 
SECTION 2.06.  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Rate Stabilization Bonds.  If (i) any mutilated Rate Stabilization Bond is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Rate Stabilization Bond and (ii) there is delivered to the Indenture Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by it to hold the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar or the Indenture Trustee that such Rate Stabilization Bond has been acquired by a Protected Purchaser, the Issuer shall, provided that the requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met, execute and, upon the Issuer’s written request, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Rate Stabilization Bond, a replacement Rate Stabilization Bond of like Series (and, if applicable, Tranche), tenor and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding; provided, however, that if any such destroyed, lost or stolen Rate Stabilization Bond, but not a mutilated Rate Stabilization Bond, shall have become or within seven (7) days shall be due and payable, instead of issuing a replacement Rate Stabilization Bond, the Issuer may pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Rate Stabilization Bond when so due or payable without surrender thereof.  If, after the delivery of such replacement Rate Stabilization Bond or payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen Rate Stabilization Bond pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, a Protected Purchaser of the original Rate Stabilization Bond in lieu of which such replacement Rate Stabilization Bond was issued presents for payment such original Rate Stabilization Bond, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to recover such replacement Rate Stabilization Bond (or such payment) from the Person to whom it was delivered or any Person taking such replacement Rate Stabilization Bond from such Person to whom such replacement Rate Stabilization Bond was delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a Protected Purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection therewith.
 
Upon the issuance of any replacement Rate Stabilization Bond under this Section 2.06, the Issuer and/or the Indenture Trustee may require the payment by the Holder of such Rate Stabilization Bond of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
 
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imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee and the Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar) connected therewith.
 
Every replacement Rate Stabilization Bond issued pursuant to this Section 2.06 in replacement of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Rate Stabilization Bond shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Rate Stabilization Bond shall be found at any time or enforced by any Person, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Rate Stabilization Bonds duly issued hereunder.
 
The provisions of this Section 2.06 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
SECTION 2.07.  Persons Deemed Owner.  Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Rate Stabilization Bond, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar and any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Rate Stabilization Bond is registered (as of the day of determination) as the owner of such Rate Stabilization Bond for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Rate Stabilization Bond and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Rate Stabilization Bond be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
 
SECTION 2.08.  Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest; Interest on Overdue Principal; Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest Rights Preserved.
 
(a)           The Rate Stabilization Bonds shall accrue interest as provided in the related Series Supplement at the applicable Rate Stabilization Bond Interest Rate, and such interest shall be payable on each applicable Payment Date.  Any installment of interest, principal or premium, if any, payable on any Rate Stabilization Bond which is punctually paid or duly provided for on the applicable Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Rate Stabilization Bond (or one or more Predecessor Rate Stabilization Bonds) is registered on the Record Date for such Payment Date, by check mailed first-class, postage prepaid to such Person’s address as it appears on the Rate Stabilization Bond Register on such Record Date or in such other manner as may be provided in the related Series Supplement except that (i) upon application to the Indenture Trustee by any Holder owning Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Tranche in the principal amount of $10,000,000 or more not later than the applicable Record Date payment will be made by wire transfer to an account maintained by such Holder and (ii) with respect to Book-Entry Rate Stabilization Bonds, payments will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by the Holder of the applicable Global Rate Stabilization Bond unless and until such Global Rate Stabilization Bond is exchanged for Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds (in which event payments shall be made as provided above) and except for the final installment of principal and premium, if any, payable with respect to such Rate Stabilization Bond on a Payment Date which shall be payable as provided below.  The funds represented by any such checks returned undelivered shall be held in accordance with Section 3.03.
 
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(b)           The principal of each Rate Stabilization Bond of each Series (and, if applicable, Tranche) shall be paid, to the extent funds are available therefor in the applicable Collection Account, in installments on each Payment Date specified in the related Series Supplement; provided that installments of principal not paid when scheduled to be paid in accordance with the Expected Amortization Schedule shall be paid upon receipt of money available for such purpose, in the order set forth in the Expected Amortization Schedule.  Failure to pay principal in accordance with such Expected Amortization Schedule because moneys are not available pursuant to Section 8.02 to make such payments shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture; provided, however that failure to pay the entire unpaid principal amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of a Tranche or Series upon the Final Maturity Date for the related Series shall constitute a Default or Event of Default with respect to such Series under this Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of a Series shall be due and payable, if not previously paid, on the date on which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to such Series, if the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of the Rate Stabilization Bonds representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series have declared the Rate Stabilization Bonds to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section 5.02.  All payments of principal and premium, if any, on the Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series shall be made pro rata to the Holders entitled thereto unless otherwise provided in the related Series Supplement with respect to any Tranche of Rate Stabilization Bonds included in such Series.  The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Person in whose name a Rate Stabilization Bond is registered at the close of business on the Record Date preceding the Payment Date on which the Issuer expects that the final installment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Rate Stabilization Bond will be paid.  Such notice shall be mailed no later than five (5) days prior to such final Payment Date and shall specify that such final installment will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of such Rate Stabilization Bond and shall specify the place where such Rate Stabilization Bond may be presented and surrendered for payment of such installment.
 
(c)           If interest on the Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series is not paid when due, such defaulted interest shall be paid (plus interest on such defaulted interest at the applicable Rate Stabilization Bond Interest Rate to the extent lawful)  to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent Special Record Date.  The Issuer shall fix or cause to be fixed any such Special Record Date and Special Payment Date, and, at least ten (10) days before any such Special Record Date, the Issuer shall mail to each affected Holder a notice that states the Special Record Date, the Special Payment Date and the amount of defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest) to be paid.
 
SECTION 2.09.  Cancellation.  All Rate Stabilization Bonds surrendered for payment, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee, be delivered to the Indenture Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by the Indenture Trustee.  The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Rate Stabilization Bonds previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Rate Stabilization Bonds so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Indenture Trustee.  No Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Rate Stabilization Bonds canceled as provided in this Section 2.09, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture.  All canceled Rate
 
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Stabilization Bonds may be held or disposed of by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with its standard retention or disposal policy as in effect at the time.
 
SECTION 2.10.  Outstanding Amount; Authentication and Delivery of Rate Stabilization Bonds.  The aggregate Outstanding Amount of Rate Stabilization Bonds that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture shall not exceed the aggregate of the amounts of Rate Stabilization Bonds that are authorized in each Applicable Qualified Rate Order but otherwise shall be unlimited.
 
Rate Stabilization Bonds of each Series created and established by a Series Supplement may from time to time be executed by the Issuer and delivered to the Indenture Trustee for authentication and thereupon the same shall be authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee upon Issuer Request and upon delivery by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee, and receipt by the Indenture Trustee, or the causing to occur by the Issuer, of the following; provided, however, that compliance with such conditions and delivery of such documents shall only be required in connection with the original issuance of a Rate Stabilization Bond or Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series:
 
(1)           Issuer Action.  An Issuer Order authorizing and directing the authentication and delivery of the Rate Stabilization Bonds by the Indenture Trustee and specifying the principal amount of Rate Stabilization Bonds to be authenticated.
 
(2)           Authorizations.  Copies of (x) a Qualified Rate Order related to such Series which shall be in full force and effect and be Final, (y) certified resolutions of the Managers or Member of the Issuer authorizing the execution and delivery of each Series Supplement and the execution, authentication and delivery of such Rate Stabilization Bonds and (z) a duly executed Series Supplement for the applicable Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds to be issued.
 
(3)           Opinions.
 
(a)           An Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer that the Applicable Qualified Rate Order is in full force and effect, that the Applicable Qualified Rate Order is Final and that no other authorization, approval or consent of any governmental body or bodies at the time having jurisdiction in the premises is required for the valid issuance, authentication and delivery of such Rate Stabilization Bonds, except for such registrations as are required under the “Blue Sky” and securities laws of any State or such authorizations, approvals or consents of governmental bodies that have been obtained and copies of which have been delivered with such Opinion of Counsel.
 
(b)           An Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer that no authorization, approval or consent of any governmental body or bodies at the time having jurisdiction in the premises is required for the valid execution and delivery by the Issuer of each of the Basic Documents to which the Issuer is a party and that is executed and delivered in connection with such Rate Stabilization Bond issuance, except for such authorizations, approvals or consents of governmental bodies that have been obtained and copies of which have been delivered with such Opinion of Counsel.
 
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(4)           Authorizing Certificate.  An Officer’s Certificate, dated the Series Issuance Date, certifying that (a) the Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture and the related Series Supplement and the execution and delivery of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series and (b) that the Series Supplement for such Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds is in the form attached thereto, which Series Supplement shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.02.
 
(5)           The Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral.  The Issuer shall have made or caused to be made all filings with the PSC, the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation, and the Delaware Secretary of State pursuant to the Qualified Rate Order, the Rate Stabilization Law and the UCC and all other filings necessary to perfect the Grant of the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral to the Indenture Trustee and the Lien of this Indenture.
 
(6)           Certificates of the Issuer and the Seller.
 
(a)           An Officer’s Certificate, dated as of the Series Issuance Date:
 
(i)           to the effect that (A) the Issuer is not in Default under this Indenture and that the issuance of the Rate Stabilization Bonds will not result in any Default or in any breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of or constitute a default under the Qualified Rate Order relating to the Rate Stabilization Bonds or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by which it or its property is bound or any order of any court or administrative agency entered in any Proceeding to which the Issuer is a party or by which it or its property may be bound or to which it or its property may be subject and (B) that all conditions precedent provided in this Indenture relating to the execution, authentication and delivery of the Rate Stabilization Bonds have been complied with;
 
(ii)           to the effect that the Issuer has not assigned any interest or participation in the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral except for the Grant contained in the Series Supplement for such Series; the Issuer has the power and right to Grant the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral to the Indenture Trustee as security hereunder and thereunder; and the Issuer, subject to the terms of this Indenture, has Granted to the Indenture Trustee a first priority perfected security interest in all of its right, title and interest in and to such Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral free and clear of any Lien, mortgage, pledge, charge, security interest, adverse claim or other encumbrance arising as a result of actions of the Issuer or through the Issuer, except Permitted Liens;
 
(iii)           to the effect that the Issuer has appointed the firm of Independent registered public accountants as contemplated in Section 8.06;
 
(iv)           to the effect that attached thereto are duly executed, true and complete copies of the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, and the Administration Agreement which are, to the knowledge of the Issuer, in full force
 
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and effect and, to the knowledge of the Issuer, that no party is in default of its obligations under such agreements; and
 
(v)           stating that all filings with the PSC, the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation and the Delaware Secretary of State pursuant to the Rate Stabilization Law, the Qualified Rate Order and the UCC and relating to the Rate Stabilization Bonds and all UCC financing statements with respect to the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral which are required to be filed by the terms of the Qualified Rate Order, the Rate Stabilization Law, the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and this Indenture, or as otherwise necessary to perfect the Grant of the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral to the Indenture Trustee and the Lien of this Indenture, have been filed as required.
 
(b)           An officer’s certificate from the Seller, dated as of the Series Issuance Date, to the effect that, in the case of the Rate Stabilization Property identified in the related Bill of Sale, immediately prior to the conveyance thereof to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale Agreement:
 
(i)           the Seller was the original and the sole owner of such Rate Stabilization Property, free and clear of any Lien; the Seller had not assigned any interest or participation in such Rate Stabilization Property and the proceeds thereof; the Seller has the power, authority and right to own, sell and assign such Rate Stabilization Property and the proceeds thereof to the Issuer; and the Seller, subject to the terms of the Sale Agreement, will have validly sold and assigned to the Issuer all of its right, title and interest in and to such Rate Stabilization Property and the proceeds thereof, free and clear of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) and such sale and assignment will be absolute and irrevocable and will be perfected; and
 
(ii)           the attached copy of the Qualified Rate Order creating such Rate Stabilization Property is true and complete, is in full force and effect and is Final.
 
(7)           Opinion of Tax Counsel.  The Seller shall have received and delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee an opinion of outside tax counsel (as selected by the Seller, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that (a) the Issuer will not be subject to United States federal income tax as an entity separate from its sole owner and that the Rate Stabilization Bonds will be treated as debt of the Issuer's sole owner for United States federal income tax purposes; (b) for United States federal income tax purposes, the issuance of the Rate Stabilization Bonds will not result in gross income to the Seller; and (c) in the case of a subsequent issuance of Rate Stabilization Bonds only, such issuance will not adversely affect the characterization of any then outstanding Rate Stabilization Bonds as obligations of the Issuer's sole owner.  The opinion of outside tax counsel described above may, if the Seller so chooses, be conditioned on the receipt by the Seller of one or more letter rulings from the Internal Revenue Service (unless the Internal Revenue Service has announced that it will not rule on the issues described in this paragraph) and in rendering such opinion outside tax counsel shall be entitled to rely on the rulings
 
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contained in such letter rulings and to rely on the representations made, and information supplied, to the Internal Revenue Service in connection with such letter rulings.
 
(8)           Opinion of Counsel.  Unless otherwise specified in a Series Supplement, an Opinion or Opinions of Counsel, dated the Series Issuance Date, in each case subject to the customary exceptions, qualifications and assumptions contained therein, substantively to the collective effect that:
 
(a)           The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, and the related Series Supplement either is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act or no such qualification is necessary under the Trust Indenture Act.
 
(b)           All instruments furnished to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture conform to the requirements set forth in the Indenture and constitute all of the documents required to be delivered under the Indenture for the Indenture Trustee to authenticate and deliver the Rate Stabilization Bonds.  All conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of the Rate Stabilization Bonds have been complied with.
 
(c)           The Rate Stabilization Bonds have been duly authorized by the Issuer and, when executed and delivered on behalf of the Issuer by the Member, any Manager or any officer of the Issuer, acting singly or collectively, and when duly authenticated by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor, as provided in the Underwriting Agreement, the Rate Stabilization Bonds will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuer and will be enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with their terms, except to the extent enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and by the effect of general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
 
(d)           Each of the Indenture, each Series Supplement, the Administration Agreement, the Sale Agreement and the Servicing Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuer and is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with its terms, except to the extent enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and by the effect of general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).  Each of the Administration Agreement, the Sale Agreement and the Servicing Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by BGE and constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of BGE, enforceable against BGE in accordance with its terms, except to the extent enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and by the effect of general
 
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principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
 
(e)         1.With respect to the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral, upon the giving of value by the Holders to the Issuer with respect to such Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral, the Indenture, together with the related Series Supplement, creates in favor of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a valid security interest under Section 7-542 of the Rate Stabilization Law in such Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral (to the extent such Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral is Rate Stabilization Property) and Article 9 of the NY UCC in such Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral (to the extent such Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral is other than Rate Stabilization Property and is of a type in which a security interest can be created under Article 9 of the NY UCC) to secure the payment of the Secured Obligations with respect to the related Series Supplement.  Assuming that the collateral described in the Delaware Financing Statements is Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral pursuant to the Indenture, then insofar as Section 9-509 of the NY UCC is applicable, the Indenture Trustee is authorized to file the Delaware Financing Statements.
 
(ii)           Under Section 9-305(a)(3) of the NY UCC, the local law of the Securities Intermediary’s jurisdiction as specified in Section 8-110(e) of the NY UCC governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection and priority in the Securities Account and Security Entitlements.  Under the Indenture, for purposes of Section 8-110(e) of the NY UCC, the jurisdiction of the Securities Intermediary is the State of New York.
 
(iii)           To the extent that any Collection Account is a Securities Account, the provisions of the Indenture are effective to perfect by control the security interest of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in each such Collection Account and the Issuer’s Security Entitlements with respect to the Financial Assets credited to each such Collection Account and, subject to and to the extent provided in Section 9-315 of the NY UCC and the Federal Book-Entry Regulations, identifiable cash proceeds thereof.  Such security interest will have priority over any security interest held by a secured party perfected by a means other than control.
 
(iv)           Insofar as Article 9 of the NY UCC is applicable, and except as provided in (ii) and (iii) above, (A) pursuant to Section 9-301 of the NY UCC, the law of the location of the debtor governs the perfection of a nonpossessory security interest in the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral (other than Rate Stabilization Property); (B) pursuant to 9-307 of the NY UCC, a registered organization that is organized under the law of a State is deemed to be located in that State for purposes of Section 9-301; (C) the Issuer is a “registered organization” as defined in Section 9-102(a)(70) of the NY UCC organized in the State of Delaware; and (D) therefore, the law of the State of Delaware governs the perfection of a nonpossessory security interest in the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral other than Rate Stabilization Property.
 
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(f)           The Registration Statement covering the Rate Stabilization Bonds has become effective under the Securities Act; and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the Securities Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been initiated or are pending or threatened by the SEC.
 
(g)           Neither the Issuer nor BGE is now and, assuming that the Issuer uses the net proceeds of the sale of the Rate Stabilization Bonds for the purpose of acquiring Rate Stabilization Property in accordance with the terms of the Sale Agreement following the sale of the Rate Stabilization Bonds to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, neither the Issuer nor BGE will be required to be registered under the Investment Company Act.
 
(h)           In accordance with the Rate Stabilization Law, (i) the rights and interests of BGE under the Qualified Rate Order are assignable and become Rate Stabilization Property when they are first transferred to the Issuer in connection with the issuance of Rate Stabilization Bonds; (ii) upon the transfer by BGE of the Rate Stabilization Property to the Issuer, the Issuer shall have all of the rights of BGE with respect to such Rate Stabilization Property; (iii) the Qualified Rate Order authorizes issuance of the Rate Stabilization Bonds, the sale or other absolute transfer of the Rate Stabilization Property to the Issuer, the Issuer’s pledge of the Rate Stabilization Property to the Indenture Trustee hereunder and the imposition of the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charge and periodic adjustment of the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charge; (iv) the transaction, as contemplated by the Basic Documents, conforms to the terms of the Qualified Rate Order; and (v) the Rate Stabilization Bonds are “Rate Stabilization Bonds” within the meaning of Section 7-520(f) of the Rate Stabilization Law.
 
(i)            No governmental approvals are required for the valid issuance, authentication and delivery of the Rate Stabilization Bonds or the performance by either BGE or the Issuer of its respective obligations under the Basic Documents, and the proviso (relating to the creation, attachment and perfection of any Liens created hereunder in Rate Stabilization Property governed by Maryland law) to Section 10.12, and the portions of this Indenture referred to by such proviso, to which either BGE or the Issuer is a party, except for (i) the Qualified Rate Order related to the Rate Stabilization Bonds and the governmental approvals expressly contemplated therein and (ii) the filings contemplated by paragraphs (l) and (n) below.
 
(j)            The choice of New York law to govern the Indenture, each Series Supplement and the Underwriting Agreement, to the extent the law of that state is chosen, is a valid and effective choice of law under the laws of the State of Maryland and, in a properly presented case, a Maryland court and a federal court sitting in the State of Maryland and applying Maryland choice-of-law principles would (a) recognize and enforce the choice of New York law, to the extent the law of that state is chosen, to govern the Indenture, each Series Supplement and the Underwriting Agreement, and (b) give effect to the choice of Maryland law as and to the extent provided in Section 10.12 of the Indenture.
 
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(k)           Under the terms of Section 7-542 of the Rate Stabilization Law, the transfer of the Rate Stabilization Property by BGE to the Issuer is perfected under Section 7-542 of the Rate Stabilization Law against all third parties, including subsequent judicial or other lien creditors.
 
(l)           The provisions of the Indenture, as amended and supplemented by the Series Supplement, are effective to create on the Closing Date, in favor of the Indenture Trustee (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) to secure the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture, a valid security interest in all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Rate Stabilization Property under the Rate Stabilization Law.  The security interest in favor of the Indenture Trustee (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in the Issuer’s right, title, and interest in, to and under the Rate Stabilization Property has been perfected under Maryland law against all third parties, including subsequent judicial or other lien creditors.
 
(m)           Lien searches identify no secured party, other than the Indenture Trustee, who has filed with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation or the Maryland Secretary of State, naming BGE or the Issuer as debtor and describing any of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral.
 
(n)           The Rate Stabilization Property Notices related to the Rate Stabilization Bonds are in appropriate form for filing pursuant to Section 7-542 of the Rate Stabilization Law.
 
(o)           The Issuer has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware.
 
(p)           The Certificate of Formation has been duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
 
(q)           The LLC Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of BGE and is enforceable against BGE, in its capacity as member of the Issuer, in accordance with its terms.
 
(r)           Under the LLC Act and the LLC Agreement, the Issuer has the limited liability company power and authority to execute and deliver each of the Basic Documents to which the Issuer is a party and the Rate Stabilization Bonds and to perform its obligations thereunder.  Under the LLC Act and the LLC Agreement, the execution and delivery by the Issuer of each of the Basic Documents to which the Issuer is a party and the Rate Stabilization Bonds, and the performance by the Issuer of its obligations hereunder or thereunder, have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of the Issuer.  Under the LLC Act and the LLC Agreement, upon execution and delivery on behalf of the Issuer by the Member, any Manager or any officer of the Issuer, acting singly or collectively, of the Basic Documents to which the Issuer is a party and the Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Basic Documents to which the Issuer is a party and the Rate Stabilization Bonds will be duly executed and delivered by the Issuer.
 
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(s)           Under the LLC Act and the LLC Agreement, the issuance of the Rate Stabilization Bonds has been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of the Issuer.
 
(t)            Neither the execution or delivery by the Issuer or BGE of each of the Basic Documents to which it is a party or the Rate Stabilization Bonds nor the compliance by the Issuer or BGE, as the case may be, with the terms hereof or thereof, nor the consummation by the Issuer or BGE, as the case may be, of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby requires the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action with respect to any Delaware court, or Delaware governmental or Delaware regulatory authority or Delaware agency under the laws of the State of Delaware, except for the filing of the Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State, which Certificate of Formation has been duly filed.
 
(u)           Neither the execution and delivery by the Issuer or BGE of the Basic Documents to which it is a party or the Rate Stabilization Bonds nor the compliance by the Issuer or BGE, as the case may be, with the terms hereof or thereof, nor the consummation by the Issuer or BGE, as the case may be, of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby conflicts with or constitutes a breach of or default under the Certificate of Formation or the LLC Agreement, or violates any law, governmental rule or regulation of the State of Delaware.
 
(v)           After due inquiry, limited to, and solely to the extent reflected on the results of computer searches of court dockets for active cases of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in and for New Castle County, Delaware, of the Superior Court of the State of Delaware in and for New Castle County, Delaware, and of the United States District Court sitting in the State of Delaware, such counsel is not aware of any legal or governmental proceeding pending against the Issuer.
 
(w)           If properly presented to a Delaware court, a Delaware court applying Delaware law would conclude that (i) in order for any Person to file a voluntary bankruptcy petition on behalf of the Issuer, the affirmative vote of its Member and the affirmative vote of all of the Managers, including all of the Independent Managers, as provided in Section 1.08(b) of the LLC Agreement, is required and (ii) such provision, contained in Section 1.08(b) of the LLC Agreement that requires the affirmative vote of its Member and the affirmative vote of all of the Managers, including all of the Independent Managers, in order for a Person to file a voluntary bankruptcy petition on behalf of the Issuer, constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Member, and is enforceable against the Member, in accordance with its terms.
 
(x)           Under the LLC Act and the LLC Agreement, the bankruptcy (as defined in the LLC Act) or dissolution of BGE will not, by itself, cause the Issuer to be dissolved or its affairs to be wound up.
 
(y)           While under the LLC Act, on application to a court of competent jurisdiction, a judgment creditor of the Member may be able to charge the Member’s
 
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share of any profits and losses of the Issuer and the Member’s right to receive distributions of the Issuer’s assets (“Member’s Interest”), to the extent so charged, the judgment creditor has only the right to receive any distribution or distributions to which the Member would otherwise have been entitled in respect of such Member’s Interest.  Under the LLC Act, no creditor of the Member shall have any right to obtain possession of, or otherwise exercise legal or equitable remedies with respect to, the property of the Issuer.  Thus, under the LLC Act, a judgment creditor of the Member may not satisfy its claims against the Member by asserting a claim against the assets of the Issuer.
 
(z)           Under the LLC Act (i) the Issuer is a separate legal entity, and (ii) the existence of the Issuer as a separate legal entity shall continue until the cancellation of its Certificate of Formation.
 
(aa)         The Delaware Financing Statement is in an appropriate form for filing in the State of Delaware under Section 9-502(a) and 9-516 of the Delaware UCC.
 
(bb)         Insofar as Article 9 of the Delaware UCC is applicable (without regard to conflict of laws principles), upon the filing of the Delaware Financing Statement with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (Uniform Commercial Code Section) (the “Division”), the Indenture Trustee will have a perfected security interest in the Issuer’s rights in that portion of the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral (other than Rate Stabilization Property) that may be perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement with the Division (the “Filing Collateral”) and the proceeds (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the Delaware UCC) thereof, and such security interest will be prior to any other security interest in the Filing Collateral granted by the Issuer that is perfected solely by the filing of financing statements with the Division under the Delaware UCC.  Insofar as Article 9 of the Delaware UCC is applicable (without regard to conflict of laws principles), the Division is the appropriate place to file a financing statement to perfect a security interest except for as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut (as described in Section 9-501(a)(1)(A) of the Delaware UCC) or fixture filings where the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures (as described in Section 9-501(a)(1)(B) of the Delaware UCC).
 
(cc)         The UCC lien search sets forth the proper filing office and the proper debtor necessary to identify those Persons who under the Delaware UCC have on file financing statements against the Issuer covering the Filing Collateral as of the effective time.  The UCC lien search identifies no secured party who has on file with the Division a currently effective financing statement naming the Issuer as debtor and describing the Filing Collateral prior to the effective time.
 
(dd)        Insofar as Article 9 of the Delaware UCC is applicable (without regard to conflict of laws principles), the provisions of the Indenture are sufficient to constitute authorization by the Issuer of the filing of the Delaware Financing Statement for purposes of Section 9-509 of the Delaware UCC.
 
(ee)         Insofar as Article 9 of the Delaware UCC is applicable (without regard to conflict of laws principles), for purposes of the Delaware UCC, the Issuer is a “registered
 
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organization” (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(70) of the Delaware UCC).  The Issuer is “located” (within the meaning of Section 9-307 of the Delaware UCC) in the State of Delaware.  Under the Delaware UCC (including the choice of laws provisions thereof), while a debtor is “located” in a jurisdiction, the local law of that jurisdiction governs perfection of a nonpossessory security interest in collateral if the collateral constitutes “accounts,” “general intangibles,” “negotiable documents,” goods” (other than as-extracted collateral, timber to be cut, goods covered by a certificate of title, and goods as to which a security interest therein is perfected by filing a fixture filing), “instruments” or “chattel paper.”
 
(9)           Accountant’s Certificate or Letter.  One or more certificates or letters, addressed to the Issuer complying with the requirements of Section 10.01(a), of a firm of Independent registered public accountants of recognized national reputation to the effect that (a) such accountants are Independent with respect to the Issuer within the meaning of this Indenture, and are independent public accountants within the meaning of the standards of The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and (b) with respect to the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral, they have applied such procedures as instructed by the addressee’s of such certificate or letter.
 
(10)         Rating Agency Condition.  The Indenture Trustee shall receive evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that the Rating Agency Condition will be satisfied with respect to the issuance of such new Series.
 
(11)         Requirements of Series Supplement.  Such other funds, accounts, documents, certificates, agreements, instruments or opinions as may be required by the terms of the Series Supplement creating such Series.
 
(12)         Required Capital Level.  Evidence satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee that the Required Capital Level for such Series has been credited to the related Capital Subaccount for such Series.
 
(13)         Other Requirements.  Such other documents, certificates, agreements, instruments or opinions as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require.
 
SECTION 2.11.  Book-Entry Rate Stabilization Bonds.  Unless the applicable Series Supplement provides otherwise, all of the related Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be issued in Book-Entry Form, and the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.11 and the Issuer Order with respect to such Series, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Rate Stabilization Bonds, evidencing the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series which (i) shall be an aggregate original principal amount equal to the aggregate original principal amount of such Rate Stabilization Bonds to be issued pursuant to the applicable Issuer Order, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Clearing Agency therefor or its nominee, which shall initially be Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency, (iii) shall be delivered by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to such Clearing Agency’s or such nominee’s instructions, and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit A.
 
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Each Clearing Agency designated pursuant to this Section 2.11 must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it serves as Clearing Agency hereunder, be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act and any other applicable statute or regulation.
 
No Holder of any Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds issued in Book-Entry Form shall receive a Definitive Rate Stabilization Bond representing such Holder’s interest in any such Rate Stabilization Bonds, except as provided in Section 2.13.  Unless (and until) certificated, fully registered Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series (the “Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds”) have been issued to the Holders of such Series pursuant to Section 2.13 or pursuant to any applicable Series Supplement relating thereto:
 
(a)           the provisions of this Section 2.11 shall be in full force and effect;
 
(b)           the Issuer, the Servicer, the Paying Agent, the Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar and the Indenture Trustee may deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes (including the making of distributions or other payments on the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the authorized representatives of the Holders of such Series;
 
(c)           to the extent that the provisions of this Section 2.11 conflict with any other provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Section 2.11 shall control;
 
(d)           the rights of Holders of such Series shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and the Clearing Agency Participants and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Holders and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants.  Pursuant to the Letter of Representations, unless and until Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds are issued pursuant to Section 2.13, the initial Clearing Agency will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit distributions of principal and interest on the Book-Entry Rate Stabilization Bonds to such Clearing Agency Participants; and
 
(e)           whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon instruction or directions of the Holders evidencing a specified percentage of the Outstanding Amount of any Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Clearing Agency shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent that it has received instructions to such effect from the Holders and/or the Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing, respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial interest in such Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds and has delivered such instructions to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee.
 
SECTION 2.12.  Notices to Clearing Agency.  Unless and until Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds shall have been issued to Holders of such Series pursuant to Section 2.13, whenever notice, payment, or other communications to the holders of Book-Entry Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series is required under this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer and the Paying Agent, as applicable, shall give all such notices and communications specified herein to be given to Holders of such Series to the Clearing Agency.
 
SECTION 2.13.  Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds.  If (a) (i) the Issuer advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly
 
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discharge its responsibilities under any Letter of Representations and (ii) the Issuer is unable to locate a qualified successor Clearing Agency, (b) the Issuer, at its option, advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that, with respect to any Series, it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or (c) after the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder, Holders holding Rate Stabilization Bonds aggregating not less than a majority of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of any Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds maintained as Book-Entry Rate Stabilization Bonds advise the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Clearing Agency (through the Clearing Agency Participants) in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Clearing Agency is no longer in the best interests of the Holders of such Series, the Issuer shall notify the Clearing Agency, the Indenture Trustee and all such Holders of such Series in writing of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series to the Holders of such Series requesting the same.  Upon surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the Global Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series by the Clearing Agency accompanied by registration instructions from such Clearing Agency for registration, the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency.  None of the Issuer, the Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar, the Paying Agent or the Indenture Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be fully protected in relying on, such instructions.  Upon the issuance of Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series, the Indenture Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds as Holders hereunder.
 
Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds will be transferable and exchangeable at the offices of the Rate Stabilization Bonds Registrar.
 
SECTION 2.14.  CUSIP Number.  The Issuer in issuing any Rate Stabilization Bond or Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds may use a “CUSIP” number and, if so used, the Indenture Trustee shall use the CUSIP number provided to it by the Issuer in any notices to the Holders thereof as a convenience to such Holders; provided, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number printed in the notice or on the Rate Stabilization Bonds and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Rate Stabilization Bonds.  The Issuer shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP number with respect to any Rate Stabilization Bond.
 
SECTION 2.15.  Letter of Representations.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or any Series Supplement, the parties hereto shall comply with the terms of each Letter of Representations applicable to such party.
 
SECTION 2.16.  Special Terms Applicable to Subsequent Transfers of Certain Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
(a)           Certain Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds may not be registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction.  Consequently, such Unregistered Rate Stabilization Bonds shall not be transferable other than pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and satisfaction of certain other provisions specified herein or in the related Series Supplement.  Unless otherwise provided in the related
 
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Series Supplement, no sale, pledge or other transfer of any Unregistered Rate Stabilization Bond (or interest therein) may be made by any Person unless either (i) such sale, pledge or other transfer is made (A) to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined under Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or (B) to an “institutional accredited investor” (as described in Rule 501(a)(l), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act) which executes and delivers a certificate to such effect in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C or (ii) such sale, pledge or other transfer is otherwise made in a transaction exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act, in which case the Indenture Trustee shall require a written Opinion of Counsel (which shall not be at the expense of the Issuer, the Servicer or the Indenture Trustee) satisfactory to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such transfer will not violate the Securities Act.  None of the Seller, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer shall be obligated to register any Unregistered Rate Stabilization Bonds under the Securities Act, qualify any Unregistered Rate Stabilization Bonds under the securities laws of any State or provide registration rights to any purchaser or holder thereof.
 
(b)           Unless otherwise provided in the related Series Supplement, the Unregistered Rate Stabilization Bonds may not be acquired by or for the account of a Restricted Plan and, by accepting and holding an Unregistered Rate Stabilization Bond, the Holder of an Unregistered Rate Stabilization Bond in global form shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Restricted Plan and, the Holder of an Unregistered Rate Stabilization Bond in definitive form shall execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee a certificate to such effect in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.
 
(c)           Unless otherwise provided in the related Series Supplement, Unregistered Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be issued in the form of Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds, shall be in fully registered form and Sections 2.11 and 2.12 shall not apply thereto.
 
(d)           Each Unregistered Rate Stabilization Bond shall bear legends to the effect set forth in subsections (a) and (b) (if subsection (b) is applicable) above.
 
SECTION 2.17.  Tax Treatment.  The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, by entering into this Indenture, and the Holders and any Persons holding a beneficial interest in any Rate Stabilization Bond, by acquiring any Rate Stabilization Bond or interest therein, (a) express their intention that, solely for the purposes of federal taxes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state, local and other tax law, solely for the purposes of state, local and other taxes, the Rate Stabilization Bonds qualify under applicable tax law as indebtedness of the Member secured by the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral and (b) solely for the purposes of federal taxes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state, local and other tax law, solely for purposes of state, local and other taxes, so long as any of the Rate Stabilization Bonds are outstanding, agree to treat the Rate Stabilization Bonds as indebtedness of the Member secured by the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral unless otherwise required by appropriate taxing authorities.
 
SECTION 2.18.  State Pledge.  Under the laws of the State of Maryland in effect on the Closing Date, the State of Maryland has agreed for the benefit of the Holders, pursuant to Section 7-535 of the Rate Stabilization Law, as follows:
 
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“The state pledges, for the benefit and protection of financing parties and the electric company, that it will not take or allow any action that would impair the value of rate stabilization property, or, except as allowed in accordance with Sections 7-531, 7-533, and 7-534 of [the Rate Stabilization Law], reduce, alter, or impair the qualified rate stabilization charges to be imposed, collected, and remitted to financing parties, until the principal, interest and premium, and any other charges incurred and contracts to be performed in connection with the related rate stabilization bonds have been paid and performed in full.  Any party issuing rate stabilization bonds is authorized to include this pledge in any documentation relating to those bonds.”
 
The Issuer hereby acknowledges that the purchase of any Rate Stabilization Bond by a Holder or the purchase of any beneficial interest in a Rate Stabilization Bond by any Person and the Indenture Trustee’s obligations to perform hereunder are made in reliance on such agreement and pledge by the State of Maryland.
 
SECTION 2.19.  Security Interests.  The Issuer hereby makes the following representations and warranties.  Other than the security interests granted to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture, the Issuer has not pledged, granted, sold, conveyed or otherwise assigned any interests or security interests in the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral and no security agreement, financing statement or equivalent security or Lien instrument listing the Issuer as debtor covering all or any part of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral is on file or of record in any jurisdiction, except such as may have been filed, recorded or made by the Issuer in favor of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Secured Parties in connection with this Indenture.  This Indenture constitutes a valid and continuing lien on, and first priority perfected security interest in, the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral in favor of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Secured Parties, which lien and security interest is prior to all other Liens and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the Issuer in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity and by an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.  With respect to all Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral, this Indenture, together with the related Series Supplement, creates a valid and continuing first priority perfected security interest (as defined in the UCC and pursuant to the  provisions of the Rate Stabilization Law governing the creation, priority and perfection of security interests) in such Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral, which security interest is prior to all other Liens and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the Issuer in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity and by an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.  The Issuer has good and marketable title to the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral free and clear of any Lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person other than Permitted Liens.  All of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral constitutes either Rate Stabilization Property or accounts, deposit accounts, investment property or general intangibles (as each such term is defined in the UCC) except that proceeds of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral may also take the form of instruments.  The Issuer has taken, or caused the Servicer to take, all action necessary to perfect the security interest in the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral granted to the Indenture Trustee, for the
 
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benefit of the Secured Parties of each related Series.  The Issuer has filed (or has caused the Servicer to file) all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing offices in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral granted to the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer has not authorized the filing of and is not aware, after due inquiry, of any financing statements against the Issuer that include a description of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral other than those filed in favor of the Indenture Trustee.  The Issuer is not aware of any judgment or tax Lien filings against the Issuer.  Each Collection Account (including all subaccounts thereof) constitutes a “securities account” within the meaning of the UCC.  The Issuer has taken all steps necessary to cause the Securities Intermediary of each such securities account to identify in its records the Indenture Trustee as the person having a security entitlement against the Securities Intermediary in such securities account, no Collection Account is in the name of any person other than the Indenture Trustee, and the Issuer has not consented to the Securities Intermediary of any Collection Account to comply with entitlement orders of any person other than the Indenture Trustee.  All of the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral constituting investment property has been and will have been credited to the applicable Collection Account or a subaccount thereof, and the Securities Intermediary for each Collection Account has agreed to treat all assets credited to each Collection Account as "financial assets" within the meaning of the UCC.    Accordingly, the Indenture Trustee has a first priority perfected security interest in each Collection Account, all funds and financial assets on deposit therein, and all securities entitlements relating thereto.  The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.19 shall survive the execution and delivery of this Indenture and the issuance of any Rate Stabilization Bonds, shall be deemed re-made on each date on which any funds in each Collection Account are distributed to the Issuer or otherwise released from the Lien of the Indenture and may not be waived by any party hereto except pursuant to a supplemental indenture executed in accordance with Article IX and as to which the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied.
 
ARTICLE III
 
COVENANTS
 
SECTION 3.01.  Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest.  The principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be duly and punctually paid by the Issuer, or the Servicer on behalf of the Issuer, in accordance with the terms of the Rate Stabilization Bonds and this Indenture; provided that except on the Final Maturity Date or upon the acceleration of the Rate Stabilization Bonds following the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Issuer shall only be obligated to pay the principal of such Rate Stabilization Bonds on each Payment Date therefor to the extent moneys are available for such payment pursuant to Section 8.02.  Amounts properly withheld under the Code or other tax laws by any Person from a payment to any Holder of interest or principal or premium, if any, shall be considered as having been paid by the Issuer to such Holder for all purposes of this Indenture.
 
SECTION 3.02.  Maintenance of Office or Agency.  The Issuer shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an office or agency at the Corporate Trust Office where Rate Stabilization Bonds may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange.  The Issuer hereby initially appoints the Indenture Trustee to serve as its agent for the foregoing purposes.  The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Indenture Trustee of the
 
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location, and of any change in the location, of any such office or agency.  If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Indenture Trustee with the address thereof, such surrenders may be made at the office of the Indenture Trustee located at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders.
 
SECTION 3.03.  Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust.  As provided in Section 8.02(a), all payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Rate Stabilization Bonds that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the applicable Collection Account pursuant to Section 8.02(d) shall be made on behalf of the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by another Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from such applicable Collection Account for payments with respect to any Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be paid over to the Issuer except as provided in this Section 3.03 and Section 8.02.
 
The Issuer will cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture Trustee acts as Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees), subject to the provisions of this Section 3.03, that such Paying Agent will:
 
(i)            hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the Rate Stabilization Bonds in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and pay such sums to such Persons as herein provided;
 
(ii)           give the Indenture Trustee written notice of any Default by the Issuer of which it has actual knowledge in the making of any payment required to be made with respect to the Rate Stabilization Bonds;
 
(iii)          at any time during the continuance of any such Default, upon the written request of the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent;
 
(iv)          immediately resign as a Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment of Rate Stabilization Bonds if at any time the Paying Agent determines that it has ceased to meet the standards required to be met by a Paying Agent at the time of such determination; and
 
(v)           comply with all requirements of the Code and other tax laws with respect to the withholding from any payments made by it on any Rate Stabilization Bonds of any applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in connection therewith.
 
The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer Order direct any Paying Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Indenture Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which the sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
 
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Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds, any money held by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment of any amount due with respect to any Rate Stabilization Bond and remaining unclaimed for two (2) years after such amount has become due and payable shall be discharged from such trust and be paid to the Issuer on an Issuer Request; and, subject to Section 10.11, the Holder of such Rate Stabilization Bond shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof (but only to the extent of the amounts so paid to the Issuer), and all liability of the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuer, cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than thirty (30) days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer.  The Indenture Trustee may also adopt and employ, at the expense of the Issuer, any other reasonable means of notification of such repayment (including mailing notice of such repayment to Holders whose right to or interest in moneys due and payable but not claimed is determinable from the records of the Indenture Trustee or of any Paying Agent, at the last address of record for each such Holder).
 
SECTION 3.04.  Existence.  The Issuer shall keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuer hereunder is or becomes, organized under the laws of any other State or of the United States of America, in which case the Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises under the laws of such other jurisdiction) and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the other Basic Documents, the Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral and each other instrument or agreement referenced herein or therein.
 
SECTION 3.05.  Protection of Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral.  The Issuer shall from time to time execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto and all filings with the PSC or the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation pursuant to the Qualified Rate Order or to the Rate Stabilization Law and all financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other instruments (including under the Delaware UCC), and shall take such other action necessary or advisable to:
 
(i)            maintain or preserve the Lien and security interest (and the priority thereof) of this Indenture and the related Series Supplement or carry out more effectively the purposes hereof;
 
(ii)           perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant made or to be made by this Indenture;
 
(iii)          enforce any of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral;
 
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(iv)          preserve and defend title to the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral and the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders in such Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral against the Claims of all Persons and parties, including, without limitation, the challenge by any party to the validity or enforceability of any Qualified Rate Order, any Tariff, the Rate Stabilization Property, the Rate Stabilization Law or any proceeding relating thereto and institute any action or proceeding necessary to compel performance by the PSC or the State of Maryland of any of its obligations or duties under the Rate Stabilization Law, the State Pledge, or any Qualified Rate Order or Tariff; or
 
(v)           pay any and all taxes levied or assessed upon all or any part of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral.
 
The Issuer hereby designates the Indenture Trustee its agent and attorney-in-fact to execute or authorize, as the case may be, any filings with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation, financing statements, continuation statements or other instruments (including with the Delaware Secretary of State) required pursuant to this Section 3.05, it being understood that the Indenture Trustee shall have no such obligation or any duty to prepare such documents.
 
SECTION 3.06.  Opinions as to Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral.
 
(a)           On the Series Issuance Date for each Series (including the Closing Date), the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the recording and filing of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto, and any other requisite documents, and with respect to the execution and filing of any filings with the PSC or the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation pursuant to the Rate Stabilization Law and the Applicable Qualified Rate Order and any financing statements and continuation statements, as are necessary to perfect and make effective the Lien, and the first priority perfected security interest created by this Indenture and the related Series Supplement, and no other Lien or security interest is equal or prior to the Lien and security interest of the Indenture Trustee in the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral, and reciting the details of such action, or stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to make effective such Lien and security interest.
 
(b)           Within ninety (90) days after the beginning of each calendar year beginning with the calendar year beginning January 1, 2008, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and with respect to the execution and filing of any filings with the PSC or the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation pursuant to the Rate Stabilization Law and the Applicable Qualified Rate Order and any financing statements and continuation statements as are necessary to maintain the Lien created by this Indenture and reciting the details of such action or stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to maintain such Lien.  Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and the execution and filing of any filings with the PSC or the Maryland
 
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State Department of Assessments and Taxation, financing statements and continuation statements that will, in the opinion of such counsel, be required within the twelve-month period following the date of such opinion to maintain the Lien created by this Indenture.
 
(c)           Prior to the effectiveness of any amendment to the Sale Agreement or the Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer either (i) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all filings, including UCC financing statements and other filings with the PSC and the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation pursuant to the Rate Stabilization Law or the Applicable Qualified Rate Order, have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the Lien and security interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in the Rate Stabilization Property and the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral, respectively, and the proceeds thereof, and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (ii) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such Lien and security interest.
 
SECTION 3.07.  Performance of Obligations; Servicing.
 
(a)           The Issuer (i) shall diligently pursue any and all actions to enforce its rights under each instrument or agreement included in the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral and (ii) shall not take any action and shall use its best efforts not to permit any action to be taken by others that would release any Person from any of such Person’s covenants or obligations under any such instrument or agreement or that would result in the amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except, in each case, as expressly provided in the Basic Documents to which the Issuer is a party or such other instrument or agreement.
 
(b)           The Issuer may contract with other Persons to assist it in performing its duties under this Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person identified to the Indenture Trustee herein or in an Officer’s Certificate shall be deemed to be action taken by the Issuer.  Initially, the Issuer has contracted with the Servicer to assist the Issuer in performing its duties under this Indenture.
 
(c)           The Issuer shall punctually perform and observe all of its obligations and agreements contained in this Indenture, the related Series Supplement, the other Basic Documents to which the Issuer is a party and in the instruments and agreements included in the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral, including filing or causing to be filed all filings with the PSC or the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation pursuant to the Rate Stabilization Law or the Qualified Rate Order, all UCC financing statements and continuation statements required to be filed by it by the terms of this Indenture, the related Series Supplement, the Sale Agreement and the Servicing Agreement in accordance with and within the time periods provided for herein and therein.
 
(d)           If the Issuer shall have knowledge of the occurrence of a Servicer Default under the Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall promptly give written notice thereof to the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies, and shall specify in such notice the response or action, if any, the Issuer has taken or is taking with respect to such default.  If a Servicer Default
 
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shall arise from the failure of the Servicer to perform any of its duties or obligations under the Servicing Agreement with respect to the Rate Stabilization Property, the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral or the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges, the Issuer shall take all reasonable steps available to it to remedy such failure.
 
(e)           As promptly as possible after the giving of notice of termination to the Servicer and the Rating Agencies of the Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee may and shall, at the written direction of the Holders evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of all Series, appoint a successor Servicer (the “Successor Servicer”), and such Successor Servicer shall accept its appointment by a written assumption in a form acceptable to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.  A Person shall qualify as a Successor Servicer only if such Person satisfies the requirements of the Servicing Agreement.  If within thirty (30) days after the delivery of the notice referred to above, a new Servicer shall not have been appointed, the Indenture Trustee may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a Successor Servicer.  In connection with any such appointment, BGE may make such arrangements for the compensation of such Successor Servicer as it and such successor shall agree, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8.02 and in the Servicing Agreement.
 
(f)           Upon any termination of the Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer, the Holders and the Rating Agencies.  As soon as a Successor Servicer is appointed, the Indenture Trustee shall notify the Issuer, the Holders and the Rating Agencies of such appointment, specifying in such notice the name and address of such Successor Servicer.
 
(g)           The Issuer shall (or shall cause the Sponsor to) file with or furnish to the SEC periodic reports and other reports as are required from time to time under Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
 
(h)           The Issuer shall make all filings required under the Rate Stabilization Law relating to the transfer of the ownership or security interest in the Rate Stabilization Property other than those required to be made by the Seller or the Servicer pursuant to the Basic Documents.
 
SECTION 3.08.  Certain Negative Covenants.  So long as any Rate Stabilization Bonds are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not:
 
(i)           except as expressly permitted by this Indenture and the other Basic Documents, sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the properties or assets of the Issuer, including those included in the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral, unless directed to do so by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Article V;
 
(ii)           claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or premium, if any, or interest payable in respect of, the Rate Stabilization Bonds (other than amounts properly withheld from such payments under the Code or other tax laws) or assert any claim against any present or former Holder by reason of the payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral;
 
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(iii)           to the fullest extent permitted by law, terminate its existence or dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part, except in a transaction permitted by Section 3.10;
 
(iv)          (A) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture or the other Basic Documents to be impaired, or permit the Lien of this Indenture and the related Series Supplement to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be released from any covenants or obligations with respect to the Rate Stabilization Bonds under this Indenture except as may be expressly permitted hereby, (B) permit any Lien (other than the Lien of this Indenture or the related Series Supplement) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof (other than tax liens arising by operation of law with respect to amounts not yet due) or (C) permit the Lien of any Series Supplement not to constitute a valid first priority perfected security interest in the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral;
 
(v)           enter into any swap, hedge or similar financial instrument;
 
(vi)          elect to be classified as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes or otherwise take any action, file any tax return, or make any election inconsistent with the treatment of the Issuer, for purposes of federal taxes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state tax law, state income and franchise tax purposes, as a disregarded entity that is not separate from the sole owner of the Issuer;
 
(vii)         change its name, identity or structure or the location of its chief executive office, unless at least ten (10) days’ prior to the effective date of any such change the Issuer delivers to the Indenture Trustee such documents, instruments or agreements, executed by the Issuer, as are necessary to reflect such change and to continue the perfection of the security interest of this Indenture and the related Series Supplement; or
 
(viii)        take any action which is subject to the Rating Agency Condition without satisfying the Rating Agency Condition.
 
SECTION 3.09.  Annual Statement as to Compliance.  The Issuer will deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies not later than March 30 of each year (commencing with March 30, 2008), an Officer’s Certificate stating, as to the Responsible Officer signing such Officer’s Certificate, that:
 
(i)            a review of the activities of the Issuer during the preceding twelve (12) months ended December 31 (or, in the case of the first such Officer’s Certificate, since the Series Issuance Date) and of performance under this Indenture has been made; and
 
(ii)           to the best of such Responsible Officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Issuer has in all material respects complied with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture throughout such twelve-month period (or such shorter period in the case of the first such Officer’s Certificate), or, if there has been a default in the compliance of any such condition or covenant, specifying each such default known to such Responsible Officer and the nature and status thereof.
 
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SECTION 3.10.  Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.
 
(a)           The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, unless:
 
(i)            the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger shall (A) be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State, (B) expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture and the related Series Supplement on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein and in the applicable Series Supplement, and (C) assume all obligations and succeed to all rights of the Issuer under the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and each other Basic Document to which the Issuer is a party;
 
(ii)           immediately after giving effect to such merger or consolidation, no Default, Event of Default or Servicer Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
 
(iii)          the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such merger or consolidation;
 
(iv)          the Issuer shall have delivered to BGE, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies an opinion or opinions of outside tax counsel (as selected by the Issuer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to BGE and the Indenture Trustee, and which may be based on a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (unless the Internal Revenue Service has announced that it will not rule on the issues described in this paragraph)) to the effect that the consolidation or merger will not result in a material adverse federal or state income tax consequence to the Issuer, BGE, the Indenture Trustee or the then existing Bondholders;
 
(v)           any action as is necessary to maintain the Lien and the first priority perfected security interest in the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral created by this Indenture and the related Series Supplement shall have been taken as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer delivered to the Indenture Trustee; and
 
(vi)          the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer each stating that such consolidation or merger and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture, the related Series Supplement and that all conditions precedent herein provided for in this Section 3.10(a) with respect to such transaction have been complied with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act).
 
(b)           Except as specifically provided herein, the Issuer shall not sell, convey, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets included in the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral, to any Person, unless:
 
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(i)            the Person that acquires the properties and assets of the Issuer, the conveyance, exchange, transfer or other disposal of which is hereby restricted, shall (A) be a United States citizen or a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State, (B) expressly assumes, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein and in the applicable Series Supplements, (C) expressly agrees by means of such supplemental indenture that all right, title and interest so sold, conveyed, exchanged, transferred or otherwise disposed of shall be subject and subordinate to the rights of Holders, (D) unless otherwise provided in the supplemental indenture referred to in clause (B) above, expressly agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee against and from any loss, liability or expense arising under or related to this Indenture, the related Series Supplements and the Rate Stabilization Bonds, (E) expressly agrees by means of such supplemental indenture that such Person (or if a group of Persons, then one specified Person) shall make all filings with the SEC (and any other appropriate Person) required by the Exchange Act in connection with the Rate Stabilization Bonds and (F) if such sale, conveyance, exchange, transfer or other disposal relates to the Issuer’s rights and obligations under the Sale Agreement or the Servicing Agreement, assume all obligations and succeed to all rights of the Issuer under the Sale Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, as applicable;
 
(ii)           immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default, Event of Default or Servicer Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
 
(iii)          the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such transaction;
 
(iv)          the Issuer shall have delivered to BGE, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies an opinion or opinions of outside tax counsel (as selected by the Issuer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to BGE and the Indenture Trustee, and which may be based on a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service) to the effect that the disposition will not result in a material adverse federal or state income tax consequence to the Issuer, BGE, the Indenture Trustee or the then existing Bondholders;
 
(v)           any action as is necessary to maintain the Lien and the first priority perfected security interest in the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral created by this Indenture and the related Series Supplement shall have been taken as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer delivered to the Indenture Trustee; and
 
(vi)          the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer each stating that such sale, conveyance, exchange,  transfer or other disposition and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture and the related Series Supplement and that all conditions precedent herein provided for in this Section 3.10(b) with respect to such transaction have been complied with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act).
 
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SECTION 3.11.  Successor or Transferee.
 
(a)           Upon any consolidation or merger of the Issuer in accordance with Section 3.10(a), the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Person had been named as the Issuer herein.
 
(b)           Except as set forth in Section 6.07, upon a sale, conveyance, exchange, transfer or other disposition of all the assets and properties of the Issuer in accordance with Section 3.10(b), the Issuer will be released from every covenant and agreement of this Indenture and the other Basic Documents to be observed or performed on the part of the Issuer with respect to the Rate Stabilization Bonds and the Rate Stabilization Property immediately following the consummation of such acquisition upon the delivery of written notice to the Indenture Trustee from the Person acquiring such assets and properties stating that the Issuer is to be so released.
 
SECTION 3.12.  No Other Business.  The Issuer shall not engage in any business other than financing, purchasing, owning and managing the Rate Stabilization Property and the other Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral and the issuance of the Rate Stabilization Bonds in the manner contemplated by the Qualified Rate Order and this Indenture and the Basic Documents and related activities incidental thereto.
 
SECTION 3.13.  No Borrowing.  The Issuer shall not issue, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any indebtedness except for the Rate Stabilization Bonds and any other indebtedness expressly permitted by or arising under the Basic Documents.
 
SECTION 3.14.  Servicer’s Obligations.  The Issuer shall enforce the Servicer’s compliance with and performance of all of the Servicer’s material obligations under the Servicing Agreement.
 
SECTION 3.15.  Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities.  Except as otherwise contemplated by the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement or this Indenture, the Issuer shall not make any loan or advance or credit to, or guarantee (directly or indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of assuring another’s payment or performance on any obligation or capability of so doing or otherwise), endorse or otherwise become contingently liable, directly or indirectly, in connection with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, or own, purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree contingently to do so) any stock, obligations, assets or securities of, or any other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other Person.
 
SECTION 3.16.  Capital Expenditures.  Other than the purchase of Rate Stabilization Property from the Seller on each Series Issuance Date and other than expenditures made out of available funds in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25,000 in any calendar year, the Issuer shall not make any expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets (either realty or personalty).
 
SECTION 3.17.  Restricted Payments.   Except as provided in Section 8.04(c), the Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly, (a) pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof,
 
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to any owner of an interest in the Issuer or otherwise with respect to any ownership or equity interest or similar security in or of the Issuer, (b) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value any such ownership or equity interest or similar security or (c) set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose.  The Issuer will not, directly or indirectly, make payments to or distributions from any Collection Account except in accordance with this Indenture and the other Basic Documents.
 
SECTION 3.18.  Notice of Events of Default.  The Issuer agrees to give the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies prompt written notice of each Default or Event of Default hereunder as provided in Section 5.01, and each default on the part of the Seller or the Servicer of its obligations under the Sale Agreement or the Servicing Agreement, respectively.
 
SECTION 3.19.  Further Instruments and Acts.  Upon request of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture and to maintain the first priority perfected security interest of the Indenture Trustee in the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral.
 
SECTION 3.20.  Purchase of Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property.
 
(a)           The Issuer may from time to time purchase Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property from the Seller pursuant to the Sale Agreement, subject to the conditions specified in paragraph (b) below.
 
(b)           The Issuer shall be permitted to purchase from the Seller Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property and the proceeds thereof only upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions on or prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date:
 
(i)            the Seller shall have provided the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies with an Addition Notice, which shall be given not later than ten (10) days prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date, specifying the Subsequent Transfer Date for such Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property and the aggregate amount of the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges related to such Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property, and shall have provided any information reasonably requested by any of the foregoing Persons with respect to the Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property then being conveyed to the Issuer;
 
(ii)           the Rate Stabilization Law, the Sale Agreement and the related Qualified Rate Order shall be in full force and effect and a filing shall have been made pursuant to Section 7-542 of the Rate Stabilization Law;
 
(iii)          as of such Subsequent Transfer Date, the Seller shall not be insolvent and will not have been made insolvent by such sale and transfer and the Seller is not aware of any pending insolvency with respect to itself;
 
(iv)          the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such sale and transfer;
 
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(v)           the Seller shall have received and delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee an opinion of outside tax counsel (as selected by the Seller, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that (A) the Issuer will not be subject to United States federal income tax as an entity separate from its sole owner and that the Rate Stabilization Bonds will be treated as debt of the Issuer's sole owner for United States federal income tax purposes, (B) for United States federal income tax purposes, the issuance of the Rate Stabilization Bonds will not result in gross income to the Seller, and (C)  such issuance will not adversely affect the characterization of any then outstanding Rate Stabilization Bonds as obligations of the Issuer's sole owner; the opinion of outside tax counsel described above may, if the Seller so chooses, be conditioned on the receipt by the Seller of one or more letter rulings from the Internal Revenue Service (unless the Internal Revenue Service has announced that it will not rule on the issues described in this paragraph) and in rendering such opinion outside tax counsel shall be entitled to rely on the rulings contained in such letter rulings and to rely on the representations made, and information supplied, to the Internal Revenue Service in connection with such letter rulings;
 
(vi)          as of such Subsequent Transfer Date, no breach by the Seller of its representations, warranties or covenants in the Sale Agreement and no Servicer Default shall exist;
 
(vii)         as of such Subsequent Transfer Date, the Issuer shall have sufficient funds available to pay the purchase price for the Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property to be conveyed on such date and all conditions to the issuance of one or more Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds intended to provide such funds set forth in Section 2.10 of this Indenture shall have been satisfied;
 
(viii)        the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate confirming the satisfaction of each condition precedent specified in this Section 3.20(b);
 
(ix)           (A) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Rating Agencies any Opinions of Counsel requested by the Rating Agencies and (B) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 3.06(c); and
 
(x)           The Seller and the Issuer shall have taken any action required to maintain the Lien and the first priority perfected ownership interest of the Issuer in the Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property and the proceeds thereof, and the Issuer shall have taken any action required to maintain the Lien and the first priority perfected security interest of the Indenture Trustee in the Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property and the proceeds thereof.
 
SECTION 3.21.  Inspection.  The Issuer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it will permit any representative of the Indenture Trustee, during the Issuer’s normal business hours, to examine all the books of account, records, reports and other papers of the Issuer, to make copies and extracts therefrom, to cause such books to be audited annually by Independent registered public accountants, and to discuss the Issuer’s affairs, finances and accounts with the Issuer’s officers, employees and Independent registered public accountants, all at such
 
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reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested.  The Indenture Trustee shall and shall cause its representatives to hold in confidence all such information except to the extent disclosure may be required by law (and all reasonable applications for confidential treatment are unavailing) and except to the extent that the Indenture Trustee may reasonably determine that such disclosure is consistent with its obligations hereunder.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the preceding sentence shall not be construed to prohibit (a) disclosure of any and all information that is or becomes publicly known, or information obtained by the Indenture Trustee from sources other than the Issuer, provided such parties are rightfully in possession of such information, (b) disclosure of any and all information (i) if required to do so by any applicable statute, law, rule or regulation, (ii) pursuant to any subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar demand or request of any court or regulatory authority exercising its proper jurisdiction, (iii) in any preliminary or final offering circular, registration statement or other document a copy of which has been filed with the SEC or (iv) to any affiliate, independent or internal auditor, agent, employee or attorney of the Indenture Trustee having a need to know the same, provided that such parties agree to be bound by the confidentiality provisions contained in this Section 3.21, or (c) any other disclosure authorized by the Issuer.
 
SECTION 3.22.  Sale Agreement, Servicing Agreement and Administration Agreement Covenants.
 
(a)           The Issuer agrees to take all such lawful actions to enforce its rights under the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the Administration Agreement and to compel or secure the performance and observance by the Seller, the Servicer, the Administrator and BGE of each of their respective obligations to the Issuer under or in connection with the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the Administration Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof.  So long as no Event of Default occurs and is continuing, but subject to Section 3.22(f), the Issuer may exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to the Issuer under or in connection with the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the Administration Agreement; provided that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders in any material respect.
 
(b)           If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, and at the direction (which direction shall be in writing) of Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of all Series or Tranches affected thereby shall, exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer against the Seller, BGE, the Administrator and the Servicer, as the case may be, under or in connection with the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the Administration Agreement, including the right or power to take any action to compel or secure performance or observance by the Seller, BGE, the Administrator or the Servicer of each of their obligations to the Issuer thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension or waiver under the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the Administration Agreement, and any right of the Issuer to take such action shall be suspended.
 
(c)           Except as set forth in Section 3.22(e), with the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee, the Administration Agreement, the Sale Agreement and the Servicing Agreement may be amended in accordance with the provisions thereof, so long as the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied in connection therewith, at any time and from time to time,
 
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without the consent of the Holders of Rate Stabilization Bonds of the related Series; provided that such amendment, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer, shall not adversely affect the interest of any Holder of Rate Stabilization Bonds of that Series in any material respect.
 
(d)           Except as set forth in Section 3.22(e), if the Issuer, the Seller, BGE, the Administrator, the Servicer or any other party to the respective agreement proposes to amend, modify, waive, supplement, terminate or surrender, or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination or surrender of, the terms of the Sale Agreement, the Administration Agreement, or the Servicing Agreement, or waive timely performance or observance by the Seller, BGE, the Administrator or the Servicer under the Sale Agreement,  the Administration Agreement or the Servicing Agreement, in each case in such a way as would materially and adversely affect the interests of any Holder of Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series, the Issuer shall first notify the Rating Agencies of the proposed amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination or surrender and shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee in writing and the Indenture Trustee shall notify the Holders of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series of the proposed amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination or surrender and whether the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied with respect thereto.  The Indenture Trustee shall consent to such proposed amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination or surrender only with the prior written consent of the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of Rate Stabilization Bonds of the Series or Tranches materially and adversely affected thereby.  If any such amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination or surrender shall be so consented to by the Indenture Trustee or such Holders, the Issuer agrees to execute and deliver, in its own name and at its own expense, such agreements, instruments, consents and other documents as shall be necessary or appropriate in the circumstances.
 
(e)           If the Issuer or the Servicer proposes to amend, modify, waive, supplement, terminate or surrender, or to agree to any amendment, modification, supplement, termination, waiver or surrender of, the process for True-Up Adjustments, the Issuer shall notify the Indenture Trustee in writing and the Indenture Trustee shall notify the Holders of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such proposal and the Indenture Trustee shall consent thereto only with the prior written consent of the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of Rate Stabilization Bonds of the Series or Tranches affected thereby and only if the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied with respect thereto.
 
(f)            Promptly following a default by the Seller under the Sale Agreement, by the Administrator under the Administration Agreement, by BGE or the occurrence of a Servicer Default under the Servicing Agreement, and at the Issuer’s expense, the Issuer agrees to take all such lawful actions as the Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and observance by each of the Seller, BGE, the Administrator or the Servicer of their obligations under and in accordance with the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the Administration Agreement, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms thereof, and to exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to the Issuer under or in connection with such agreements to the extent and in the manner directed by the Indenture Trustee, including the transmission of notices of any default by the Seller, BGE, the Administrator or the Servicer, respectively, thereunder and the institution of legal or
 
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administrative actions or Proceedings to compel or secure performance of their obligations under the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement or the Administration Agreement, as applicable.
 
Before consenting to any amendment, modification, supplement, termination, waiver or surrender under Sections 3.22(d) or (e), the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and subject to Sections 6.01 and 6.02, shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that such action is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
 
SECTION 3.23.  Taxes.  So long as any of the Rate Stabilization Bonds are Outstanding, the Issuer shall pay all taxes, assessments and governmental charges imposed upon it or any of its properties or assets or with respect to any of its franchises, business, income or property before any penalty accrues thereon if the failure to pay any such taxes, assessments and governmental charges would, after any applicable grace periods, notices or other similar requirements, result in a Lien on the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral; provided that no such tax need be paid if the Issuer is contesting the same in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and if the Issuer has established appropriate reserves as shall be required in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
 
ARTICLE IV
 
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE
 
SECTION 4.01.  Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance.
 
(a)           This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series and the Indenture Trustee, on reasonable written demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series, when:
 
(i)            either
 
(A)           all Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (1) Rate Stabilization Bonds that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.06 and (2) Rate Stabilization Bonds for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in the last paragraph of Section 3.03) have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation; or
 
(B)           either (1) the Final Maturity Date has occurred with respect to all Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation or (2) such Rate Stabilization Bonds will be due and payable on their respective Final Maturity Dates within the same calendar year, and in either case, the Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited in trust with the Indenture Trustee (i) cash and/or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payments of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms are in an amount sufficient to pay
 
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principal, interest and premium, if any, on such Rate Stabilization Bonds not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation and all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer with respect to such Rate Stabilization Bonds when scheduled to be paid and to discharge the entire indebtedness on such Rate Stabilization Bonds when due;
 
(ii)           the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer with respect to such Series; and
 
(iii)          the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer and (if required by the TIA or the Indenture Trustee) an Independent Certificate from a firm of registered public accountants, each meeting the applicable requirements of Section 10.01(a) and each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series have been complied with.
 
(b)           Subject to Sections 4.01(c) and 4.02, the Issuer at any time may terminate (i) all its obligations under this Indenture with respect to the Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series (“Legal Defeasance Option”) or (ii) its obligations under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 3.08, 3.09, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, 3.15, 3.16, 3.17, 3.18 and 3.19 and the operation of Section 5.01(iii) (“Covenant Defeasance Option”) with respect to any Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds.  The Issuer may exercise the Legal Defeasance Option with respect to any Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds notwithstanding its prior exercise of the Covenant Defeasance Option with respect to such Series.
 
If the Issuer exercises the Legal Defeasance Option with respect to any Series, the maturity of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default.  If the Issuer exercises the Covenant Defeasance Option with respect to any Series, the maturity of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(iii).
 
Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein to the exercise of the Legal Defeasance Option or the Covenant Defeasance Option with respect to any Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Indenture Trustee, on reasonable written demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of the obligations that are terminated pursuant to such exercise.
 
(c)           Notwithstanding Sections 4.01(a) and 4.01(b) above, (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange, (ii) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Rate Stabilization Bonds, (iii) rights of Holders to receive payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest, (iv) Sections 4.03 and 4.04, (v) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Indenture Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the Indenture Trustee under Section 6.07 and the obligations of the Indenture Trustee under Section 4.03) and (vi) the rights of Holders as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property deposited with the Indenture Trustee payable to all or any of them, shall survive until the Rate Stabilization Bonds of the Series as to which this Indenture or certain obligations hereunder have been satisfied and discharged pursuant to Section
 
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4.01(a) or 4.01(b) have been paid in full.  Thereafter the obligations in Sections 6.07 and 4.04 with respect to such Series shall survive.
 
SECTION 4.02.  Conditions to Defeasance.  The Issuer may exercise the Legal Defeasance Option or the Covenant Defeasance Option with respect to any Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds only if:
 
(a)           the Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited in trust with the Indenture Trustee (i) cash and/or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payments of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms are in an amount sufficient to pay principal, interest and premium, if any, on such Rate Stabilization Bonds not therefore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation and all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer with respect to such Rate Stabilization Bonds when scheduled to be paid and to discharge the entire indebtedness on such Rate Stabilization Bonds when due;
 
(b)           the Issuer delivers to the Indenture Trustee a certificate from a nationally recognized firm of Independent registered public accountants expressing its opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and without reinvestment of the deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus any deposited cash without investment will provide cash at such times and in such amounts (but, in the case of the Legal Defeasance Option only, not more than such amounts) as will be sufficient to pay in respect of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series (i) principal in accordance with the Expected Amortization Schedule therefor, (ii) interest when due and (iii) all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer with respect to such Rate Stabilization Bonds;
 
(c)           in the case of the Legal Defeasance Option, ninety-five (95) days pass after the deposit is made and during the ninety-five (95)-day period no Default specified in Section 5.01(v) or (vi) occurs which is continuing at the end of the period;
 
(d)           no Default has occurred and is continuing on the day of such deposit and after giving effect thereto;
 
(e)           in the case of an exercise of the Legal Defeasance Option, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer stating that (i) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such legal defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such legal defeasance had not occurred;
 
(f)           in the case of an exercise of the Covenant Defeasance Option, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer to the effect that the Holders of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant
 
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defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred;
 
(g)           the Issuer delivers to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the satisfaction and discharge of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series to the extent contemplated by this Article IV have been complied with;
 
(h)           the Issuer delivers to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer to the effect that (i) in a case under the Bankruptcy Code in which BGE (or any of its Affiliates, other than the Issuer) is the debtor, the court would hold that the deposited moneys or U.S. Government Obligations would not be in the bankruptcy estate of BGE (or any of its Affiliates, other than the Issuer, that deposited the moneys or U.S. Government Obligations); and (ii) in the event BGE (or any of its Affiliates, other than the Issuer, that deposited the moneys or U.S. Government Obligations) were to be a debtor in a case under the Bankruptcy Code, the court would not disregard the separate legal existence of BGE (or any of its Affiliates, other than the Issuer, that deposited the moneys or U.S. Government Obligations) and the Issuer so as to order substantive consolidation under the Bankruptcy Code of the Issuer’s assets and liabilities with the assets and liabilities of BGE or such other Affiliate; and
 
(i)            the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to the exercise of any Legal Defeasance Option or Covenant Defeasance Option.
 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.02, no delivery of moneys or U.S. Government Obligations to the Indenture Trustee shall terminate any obligation of the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture or the related Series Supplement or any obligation of the Issuer to apply such moneys or U.S. Government Obligations under Section 4.03 until such Rate Stabilization Bonds shall have been redeemed in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the related Series Supplement.
 
SECTION 4.03.  Application of Trust Money.  All moneys or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 or 4.02 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Rate Stabilization Bonds and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent, as the Indenture Trustee is directed by the Issuer in writing, to the Holders of the particular Rate Stabilization Bonds for the payment of which such moneys have been deposited with the Indenture Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal, premium, if any, and interest; but such moneys need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required herein or in the Servicing Agreement or required by law.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article IV, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time upon Issuer Request any moneys or U.S. Government Obligations held by it pursuant to Section 4.02 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of Independent registered public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Indenture Trustee (and not at the cost or expense of the Indenture Trustee), are in excess of the amount thereof which would be required to be deposited for the purpose for which such moneys or U.S. Government Obligations were
 
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deposited, provided that any such payment shall be subject to the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition.
 
SECTION 4.04.  Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent.  In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the Covenant Defeasance Option or Legal Defeasance Option with respect to the Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series, all moneys then held by any Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such Rate Stabilization Bonds shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be paid to the Indenture Trustee to be held and applied according to Section 3.03 and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys.
 
ARTICLE V
 
REMEDIES
 
SECTION 5.01.  Events of Default.  “Event of Default” with respect to any Series, wherever used herein, means any one or more of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
 
(i)            default in the payment of any interest on any Rate Stabilization Bond when the same becomes due and payable (whether such failure to pay interest is caused by a shortfall in Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges received or otherwise), and such default shall continue for a period of five (5) Business Days; or
 
(ii)           default in the payment of the then unpaid principal of any Rate Stabilization Bond of any Tranche or Series on the Final Maturity Date for such Tranche or Series; or
 
(iii)          default in the observance or performance of any covenant or agreement of the Issuer made in this Indenture (other than defaults specified in clauses (i) or (ii) above), and such default shall continue or not be cured, for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of (A) the date that there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of at least 25 percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series, a written notice specifying such default and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder or (B) the date that the Issuer has actual knowledge of the default; or
 
(iv)          any representation or warranty of the Issuer made in this Indenture or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith proving to have been incorrect in any material respect as of the time when the same shall have been made, and the circumstance or condition in respect of which such misrepresentation or warranty was incorrect shall not have been eliminated or otherwise cured, within thirty (30) days after the earlier of (A) the date that there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or to the
 
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Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of at least 25 percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series, a written notice specifying such incorrect representation or warranty and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder or (B) the date the Issuer has actual knowledge of the default, or
 
(v)           the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the Issuer or any substantial part of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or for any substantial part of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer’s affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days; or
 
(vi)          the commencement by the Issuer of a voluntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by the Issuer to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case or proceeding under any such law, or the consent by the Issuer to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or for any substantial part of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral, or the making by the Issuer of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by the Issuer generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by the Issuer in furtherance of any of the foregoing; or
 
(vii)         any act or failure to act by the State of Maryland or any of its agencies (including the PSC), officers or employees which violates or is not in accordance with the State Pledge; or
 
(viii)        any other event designated as such in a Series Supplement.
 
The Issuer shall deliver to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee and to the Rating Agencies, within five (5) days after a Responsible Officer of the Issuer has knowledge of the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of any event (I) which is an Event of Default under clauses (i), (ii), (v), (vi), (vii), or (viii) or (II) which with the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default under clause (iii) or (iv), including, in each case, the status of such Event of Default and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.  An Event of Default with respect to one Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds will not automatically trigger an Event of Default with respect to any other Outstanding Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
SECTION 5.02.  Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.  If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default under clause (vii) of Section 5.01) should occur and be continuing with respect to any Series, then and in every such case the Indenture Trustee or the Holders representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series may declare the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series to be immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Indenture Trustee if
 
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given by Holders), and upon any such declaration the unpaid principal amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the date of acceleration, shall become immediately due and payable.
 
At any time after such declaration of acceleration of maturity has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Indenture Trustee as hereinafter in this Article V provided, the Holders representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series, by written notice to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
 
(i)           the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Indenture Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:
 
(A)           all payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series due and owing at such time as if such Event of Default had not occurred and was not continuing and all other amounts that would then be due hereunder or upon such Rate Stabilization Bonds if the Event of Default giving rise to such acceleration had not occurred; and
 
(B)           all sums paid or advanced by the Indenture Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel; and
 
(ii)           all Events of Default with respect to such Series, other than the nonpayment of the principal of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series that has become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.12.
 
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereto.
 
SECTION 5.03.  Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee.
 
(a)           If an Event of Default under Section 5.01(i) or (ii) has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Series, subject to Section 10.15, the Indenture Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such Proceeding to judgment or final decree, and, subject to the limitations on recourse set forth herein, may enforce the same against the Issuer or other obligor upon such Rate Stabilization Bonds and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or other obligor upon such Rate Stabilization Bonds, wherever situated the moneys payable, or the related Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral and the proceeds thereof, the whole amount then due and payable on the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series for principal, premium, if any, and interest, with interest upon the overdue principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent payment at such rate of interest shall be legally enforceable, upon overdue installments of interest, at the respective rate borne by the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series or the applicable Tranche of such Series and in addition thereto such
 
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further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel.
 
(b)           If an Event of Default (other than Event of Default under clause (vii) of Section 5.01) occurs and is continuing with respect to any Series, the Indenture Trustee shall, as more particularly provided in Section 5.04, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of such Series, by such appropriate Proceedings as the Indenture Trustee shall deem most effective to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal or equitable right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture and the related Series Supplement or by law, including foreclosing or otherwise enforcing the Lien of the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral securing such Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds or applying to a court of competent jurisdiction for sequestration of revenues arising with respect to such Rate Stabilization Property.
 
(c)           If an Event of Default under Section 5.01(v) or (vi) has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of any Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.04, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in any Proceedings related to such Event of Default or otherwise:
 
(i)            to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal, premium, if any, and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Rate Stabilization Bonds and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, except as a result of negligence or bad faith) and of the Holders allowed in such Proceedings;
 
(ii)           unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy, a standby trustee or Person performing similar functions in any such Proceedings;
 
(iii)          to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims of the Holders and of the Indenture Trustee on their behalf; and
 
(iv)          to file such proofs of claim and other papers and documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee or the Holders allowed in any judicial proceeding relative to the Issuer, its creditors and its property;
 
and any trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in any such Proceeding is hereby authorized by each of such Holders to make payments to the Indenture Trustee, and, in
 
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the event that the Indenture Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to such Holders, to pay to the Indenture Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith.
 
(d)           Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Rate Stabilization Bonds or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar Person.
 
(e)           All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series, may be enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the possession of any of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series or the production thereof in any trial or other Proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or proceedings instituted by the Indenture Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements and compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series.
 
(f)            In any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (and also any Proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Indenture Trustee shall be a party), the Indenture Trustee shall be held to represent all the Holders of the Rate Stabilization Bonds, and it shall not be necessary to make any Holder a party to any such Proceedings.
 
SECTION 5.04.  Remedies; Priorities.
 
(a)           If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default under clause (vii) of Section 5.01) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to a Series, the Indenture Trustee may do one or more of the following (subject to Section 5.05):
 
(i)            institute Proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an express trust for the collection of all amounts then payable on the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series or under this Indenture with respect thereto, whether by declaration of acceleration or otherwise, and, subject to the limitations on recovery set forth herein, enforce any judgment obtained, and collect from the Issuer or any other obligor moneys adjudged due upon such Rate Stabilization Bonds;
 
(ii)           institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete or partial foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral;
 
(iii)          exercise any remedies of a secured party under the UCC, the Rate Stabilization Law or any other applicable law and take any other appropriate action to
 
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protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series;
 
(iv)          at the written direction of the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series, sell the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral or any portion thereof or rights or interest therein, at one or more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by law; and
 
(v)           exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer against the Seller, the Administrator, BGE or the Servicer under or in connection with, and pursuant to the terms of, the Sale Agreement, the Administration Agreement or the Servicing Agreement;
 
provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise liquidate any portion of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral following such an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default described in Section 5.01(i), or (ii), with respect to any Series unless (A) the Holders of 100 percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of all Series consent thereto, (B) the proceeds of such sale or liquidation distributable to the Holders of all Series are sufficient to discharge in full all amounts then due and unpaid upon such Rate Stabilization Bonds for principal, premium, if any, and interest after taking into account payment of all amounts due prior thereto pursuant to the priorities set forth in Section 8.02(e) or (C) the Indenture Trustee determines that the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral will not continue to provide sufficient funds for all payments on the Rate Stabilization Bonds of all Series as they would have become due if the Rate Stabilization Bonds had not been declared due and payable, and the Indenture Trustee obtains the written consent of Holders of 66-2/3 percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of all Series.  In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency with respect to clause (B) and (C), the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain (at the Issuer’s expense) and conclusively rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral for such purpose.
 
(b)           If an Event of Default under clause (vii) of Section 5.01 shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties of the related Series, shall be entitled and empowered to the extent permitted by applicable law, to institute or participate in Proceedings necessary to compel performance of or to enforce the State Pledge and to collect any monetary damages incurred by the Holders or the Indenture Trustee as a result of any such Event of Default, and may prosecute any such Proceeding to final judgment or decree.  Such remedy shall be the only remedy that the Indenture Trustee may exercise if the only Event of Default that has occurred and is continuing is an Event of Default under Section 5.01(vii).
 
(c)           If the Indenture Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article V, it shall pay out such money in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 8.02(e).
 
SECTION 5.05.  Optional Preservation of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral.  If the Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series have been declared to be due and payable under
 
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Section 5.02 following an Event of Default and such declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, elect to maintain possession of the related Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral.  It is the desire of the parties hereto and the Holders that there be at all times sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Rate Stabilization Bonds, and the Indenture Trustee shall take such desire into account when determining whether or not to maintain possession of the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral.  In determining whether to maintain possession of the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral or sell or liquidate the same, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain (at the Issuer’s expense) and conclusively rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral for such purpose.
 
SECTION 5.06.  Limitation of Suits.  No Holder of any Rate Stabilization Bond of any Series shall have any right to institute any Proceeding, judicial or otherwise, to avail itself of any remedies provided in the Rate Stabilization Law or to avail itself of the right to foreclose on the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral or otherwise enforce the Lien and the security interest on the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral with respect to this Indenture and the related Series Supplement, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
 
(i)            such Holder previously has given written notice to the Indenture Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to such Series;
 
(ii)           the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of all Series have made written request to the Indenture Trustee to institute such Proceeding in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Indenture Trustee hereunder;
 
(iii)          such Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in complying with such request;
 
(iv)          the Indenture Trustee for sixty (60) days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute such Proceedings; and
 
(v)           no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Indenture Trustee during such sixty-day period by the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of all Series;
 
it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided.
 
In the event the Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders, each representing less than a
 
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majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of all Series, the Indenture Trustee in its sole discretion may determine what action, if any, shall be taken, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture.
 
SECTION 5.07.  Unconditional Rights of Holders To Receive Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest.  Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, the Holder of any Rate Stabilization Bond shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, (a) to receive payment of (i) the interest, if any, on such Rate Stabilization Bond on the due dates thereof expressed in such Rate Stabilization Bond or in this Indenture or (ii) the unpaid principal, if any, of such Rate Stabilization Bonds on the Final Maturity Date therefor and (b) to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
 
SECTION 5.08.  Restoration of Rights and Remedies.  If the Indenture Trustee or any Holder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such Proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason or has been determined adversely to the Indenture Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders shall, subject to any determination in such Proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such Proceeding had been instituted.
 
SECTION 5.09.  Rights and Remedies Cumulative.  No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.  The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
 
SECTION 5.10.  Delay or Omission Not a Waiver.  No delay or omission of the Indenture Trustee or any Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.  Every right and remedy given by this Article Vor by law to the Indenture Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
 
SECTION 5.11.  Control by Holders.  The Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of an affected Series or Tranche shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series or Tranche or Tranches or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Indenture Trustee with respect to such Series or Tranche or Tranches; provided that:
 
(i)            such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture and shall not involve the Indenture Trustee in any personal liability or expense;
 
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(ii)           subject to other conditions specified in Section 5.04, any direction to the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate any Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral shall be by the Holders representing not less than 100 percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of the affected Series;
 
(iii)          if the conditions set forth in Section 5.05 have been satisfied and the Indenture Trustee elects to retain the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral pursuant to Section 5.05, then any direction to the Indenture Trustee by Holders representing less than 100 percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of all Series to sell or liquidate the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral shall be of no force and effect; and
 
(iv)          the Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Indenture Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction;
 
provided, however, that, the Indenture Trustee’s duties shall be subject to Section 6.01, and the Indenture Trustee need not take any action that it determines might involve it in liability or might materially adversely affect the rights of any Holders not consenting to such action.  Furthermore and without limiting  the foregoing, the Indenture Trustee shall not be required to take any action for which it reasonably believes that it will not be indemnified to its satisfaction against any cost, expense or liabilities.
 
SECTION 5.12.  Waiver of Past Defaults.  Prior to the declaration of the acceleration of the maturity of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of all Series as provided in Section 5.02, the Holders representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of an affected Series or Tranche may waive any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences except a Default (a) in payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Rate Stabilization Bonds or (b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Rate Stabilization Bond of all Series or Tranches affected.  In the case of any such waiver, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
 
Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
 
SECTION 5.13.  Undertaking for Costs.  All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Rate Stabilization Bond by such Holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Indenture Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit,
 
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having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 5.13 shall not apply to (a) any suit instituted by the Indenture Trustee, (b) any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, in each case holding in the aggregate more than ten (10) percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of a Series or (c) any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of (i) interest on any Rate Stabilization Bond on or after the due dates expressed in such Rate Stabilization Bond and in this Indenture or (ii) the unpaid principal, if any, of any Rate Stabilization Bond on or after the Final Maturity Date therefor.
 
SECTION 5.14.  Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.  The Issuer covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead or in any manner whatsoever, claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Indenture Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
 
SECTION 5.15.  Action on Rate Stabilization Bonds.  The Indenture Trustee’s right to seek and recover judgment on the Rate Stabilization Bonds or under this Indenture shall not be affected by the seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief under or with respect to this Indenture.  Neither the Lien of this Indenture nor any rights or remedies of the Indenture Trustee or the Holders shall be impaired by the recovery of any judgment by the Indenture Trustee against the Issuer or by the levy of any execution under such judgment upon any portion of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral or any other assets of the Issuer.
 
ARTICLE VI
 
THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
 
SECTION 6.01.  Duties of Indenture Trustee.
 
(a)           If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.
 
(b)           Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
 
(i)            the Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Indenture Trustee; and
 
(ii)           in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Indenture Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture.
 
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(c)           The Indenture Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own bad faith, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
 
(i)            this paragraph (c) does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 6.01;
 
(ii)           the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it is proved that the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
 
(iii)          the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it hereunder.
 
(d)           Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Indenture Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 6.01.
 
(e)           The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Indenture Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer.
 
(f)           Money held in trust by the Indenture Trustee need not be segregated from other funds held by the Indenture Trustee except to the extent required by law or the terms of this Indenture, the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement or the Administration Agreement
 
(g)           No provision of this Indenture shall require the Indenture Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayments of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
 
(h)           Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Indenture Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 6.01 and to the provisions of the TIA.
 
(i)            In the event that the Indenture Trustee is also acting as Paying Agent, Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar or Securities Intermediary hereunder, the protections of this Article VI shall also be afforded to the Indenture Trustee in its capacity as Paying Agent, Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar or Securities Intermediary.
 
(j)            Except for the express duties of the Indenture Trustee with respect to the administrative functions set forth in the Basic Documents, the Indenture Trustee shall have no obligation to administer, service or collect Rate Stabilization Property or to maintain, monitor or otherwise supervise the administration, servicing or collection of the Rate Stabilization Property.
 
(k)           Under no circumstance shall the Indenture Trustee be liable for any indebtedness of the Issuer, the Servicer or the Seller evidenced by or arising under the Rate Stabilization Bonds or the Basic Documents.
 
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(l)            On or before March 15th of each fiscal year ending December 31, the Indenture Trustee shall (i) deliver to the Issuer a report (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and addressed to the Issuer and signed by an authorized officer of the Indenture Trustee) regarding the Indenture Trustee’s assessment of compliance, during the immediately preceding fiscal year ending December 31, with each of the applicable servicing criteria specified on Exhibit E hereto as required under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB and (ii) deliver to the Issuer a report of an Independent registered public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Issuer that attests to and reports on, in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, the assessment of compliance made by the Indenture Trustee and delivered pursuant to clause (i).
 
SECTION 6.02.  Rights of Indenture Trustee.  b)  The Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in relying on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person.  The Indenture Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in such document.
 
(b)           Before the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require and shall be entitled to receive an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer (at no cost or expense to the Indenture Trustee) that such action is required or permitted hereunder.  The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
 
(c)           The Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys or a custodian or nominee, and the Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for the supervision of, any such agent, attorney, custodian or nominee appointed with due care by it hereunder.
 
(d)           The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
 
(e)           The Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
 
(f)            The Indenture Trustee shall be under no obligation to take any action or exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture or any other Basic Document, or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or thereunder or in relation hereto or thereto, at the request, order or direction of any of the Bondholders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture and the related Series Supplement or otherwise, unless it shall have grounds to believe in its discretion that security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby is to its satisfaction assured to it.
 
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(g)           In order to comply with laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions, including those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering (“Applicable Law”), the Indenture Trustee is required to obtain, verify and record certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship with the Indenture Trustee.  Accordingly, each of the parties agrees to provide to the Indenture Trustee upon its request from time to time such identifying information as may be available for such party in order to enable the Indenture Trustee to comply with Applicable Law.
 
SECTION 6.03.  Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee.  The Indenture Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Rate Stabilization Bonds and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Indenture Trustee.  Any Paying Agent, Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent or agent appointed under Section 3.02 may do the same with like rights.  However, the Indenture Trustee must comply with Sections 6.11 and 6.12.
 
SECTION 6.04.  Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer.  The Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation (other than as set forth in Section 6.13) as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Rate Stabilization Bonds, it shall not be accountable for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Rate Stabilization Bonds, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Issuer in the Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Rate Stabilization Bonds or in the Rate Stabilization Bonds other than the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication.  The Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or validity of any of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral, or for or in respect of the Rate Stabilization Bonds (other than the certificate of authentication for the Rate Stabilization Bonds) or the Basic Documents and the Indenture Trustee shall in no event assume or incur any liability, duty or obligation to any Holder, other than as expressly provided in this Indenture.  The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for the default or misconduct of the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer or any other Person under the Basic Documents or otherwise, and the Indenture Trustee shall have no obligation or liability to perform the obligations of such Persons.
 
SECTION 6.05.  Notice of Defaults.
 
(a)           If a Default occurs and is continuing with respect to any Series and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Rating Agency and each Bondholder of all Series notice of the Default within ninety (90) days after actual notice of such Default was received by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee.  Except in the case of a Default in payment of principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any Rate Stabilization Bond, the Indenture Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders.  Except for an Event of Default under Sections 5.01(i) or (ii) that occur at a time when the Indenture Trustee is acting as the Paying Agent, and except as provided in the first sentence of this Section 6.05, in no event shall the Indenture Trustee be deemed to have knowledge of a Default.
 
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(b)           If a Default occurs and is continuing with respect to any Series and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall promptly, but no more frequently than monthly, mail to the Issuer notice of any legal fees or other expenses incurred by the Indenture Trustee in defending or prosecuting any actual or threatened litigation, including any administrative proceeding, in respect of the Rate Stabilization Bonds or the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral relating to such Series.
 
SECTION 6.06.  Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders.
 
(a)           So long as Rate Stabilization Bonds are Outstanding and the Indenture Trustee is the Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar and Paying Agent, it shall deliver to each relevant current or former Holder such information in its possession as required by applicable Requirements of Law in connection with such Holder’s preparation of its federal income and any applicable local or state tax returns.  If the Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar and Paying Agent is other than the Indenture Trustee, such Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar and Paying Agent, within the prescribed period of time for tax reporting purposes after the end of each calendar year, shall deliver to each relevant current or former Holder such information in its possession as may be required to enable such Holder to prepare its federal income and any applicable local or state tax returns.
 
(b)           With respect to each Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds, on or prior to each Payment Date or Special Payment Date therefor, the Indenture Trustee will deliver to each Holder of such Rate Stabilization Bonds on such Payment Date or Special Payment Date a statement as provided and prepared by the Servicer which will include (to the extent applicable) the following information (and any other information so specified in the applicable Series Supplement) as to the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series with respect to such Payment Date or Special Payment Date or the period since the previous Payment Date, as applicable:
 
(i)            the amount of the payment to Holders allocable to principal, if any;
 
(ii)           the amount of the payment to Holders allocable to interest;
 
(iii)          the aggregate Outstanding Amount of such Rate Stabilization Bonds, before and after giving effect to any payments allocated to principal reported under clause (i) above;
 
(iv)          the difference, if any, between the amount specified in clause (iii) above and the Outstanding Amount specified in the related Expected Amortization Schedule;
 
(v)           any other transfers and payments to be made on such Payment Date or Special Payment Date, including amounts paid to the Indenture Trustee and to the Servicer; and
 
(vi)          the amounts on deposit in the applicable Capital Subaccount and the applicable Excess Funds Subaccount, after giving effect to the foregoing payments.
 
(c)           The Issuer shall send a copy of each of the Certificate of Compliance delivered to it pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Servicing Agreement and the Annual Accountant’s
 
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Report delivered to it pursuant to Section 3.04 of the Servicing Agreement to the Rating Agencies.  A copy of such certificate and report may be obtained by any Holder by a request in writing to the Indenture Trustee.
 
(d)           The Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or opinion of such counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability with respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
 
SECTION 6.07.  Compensation and Indemnity.  The Issuer shall pay to the Indenture Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services.  The Indenture Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust.  The Issuer shall reimburse the Indenture Trustee for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services.  Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts.  The Issuer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Indenture Trustee and its officers, directors, employees and agents against any and all cost, damage, loss, liability, tax or expense (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) incurred by it in connection with the administration and the enforcement of this Indenture and the Indenture Trustee’s rights, powers and obligations under this Indenture and the related Series Supplement and the performance of its duties hereunder and obligations under or pursuant to this Indenture and the related Series Supplement.  The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Issuer as soon as is reasonably practicable of any claim for which it may seek indemnity.  The Issuer shall defend the claim and the Indenture Trustee may have separate counsel and the Issuer shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel.  The Issuer need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Indenture Trustee through the Indenture Trustee’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.  The rights of the Indenture Trustee set forth in this Section 6.07 are subject to and limited by the priority of payments set forth in Section 8.02(e).
 
The payment obligations to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.07 shall survive the discharge of this Indenture and any Series Supplement or the earlier resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee.  When the Indenture Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 5.01(v) or (vi) with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
 
SECTION 6.08.  Replacement of Indenture Trustee and Securities Intermediary.
 
(a)           The Indenture Trustee may resign at any time upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Issuer subject to clause (c) below.  The Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of all Series may remove the Indenture Trustee by so notifying the Indenture Trustee and may appoint a successor Indenture Trustee.  The Issuer shall remove the Indenture Trustee if:
 
(i)            the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11;
 
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(ii)           the Indenture Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent;
 
(iii)          a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Indenture Trustee or its property;
 
(iv)          the Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting; or
 
(v)           the Indenture Trustee fails to provide to the Issuer any information reasonably requested by the Issuer pertaining to the Indenture Trustee and necessary for the Issuer or the Sponsor to comply with its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act and Regulation AB and such failure is not resolved to the Issuer’s and the Indenture Trustee’s mutual satisfaction within a reasonable period of time.
 
Any removal or resignation of the Indenture Trustee shall also constitute a removal or resignation of the Securities Intermediary.
 
(b)           If the Indenture Trustee gives notice of resignation or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Indenture Trustee for any reason (the Indenture Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Indenture Trustee), the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Indenture Trustee and Securities Intermediary.
 
(c)           A successor Indenture Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment as the Indenture Trustee and as the Securities Intermediary to the retiring Indenture Trustee and to the Issuer.  Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Indenture Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Indenture Trustee and Securities Intermediary, as applicable, under this Indenture.  No resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.08 shall become effective until acceptance of the appointment by a successor Indenture Trustee having the qualifications set forth in Section 6.11.  The successor Indenture Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders.  The retiring Indenture Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Indenture Trustee (including unless otherwise agreed by the successor Indenture Trustee, all TPC Deposit Accounts held by the Indenture Trustee) to the successor Indenture Trustee.
 
(d)           If a successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within sixty (60) days after the retiring Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Indenture Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of a majority in Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of all Series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.
 
(e)           If the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11, any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.
 
(f)            Notwithstanding the replacement of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.08, the Issuer’s obligations under Section 6.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Indenture Trustee.
 
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SECTION 6.09.  Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger.  If the Indenture Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or banking association without any further act shall be the successor Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that if such successor Indenture Trustee is not eligible under Section 6.11, then the successor Indenture Trustee shall be replaced in accordance with Section 6.08.  Notice of any such event shall be promptly given to each Rating Agency by the successor Indenture Trustee and any agent in Ireland appointed pursuant to Section 3.02.
 
In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion, consolidation or transfer shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Rate Stabilization Bonds shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Indenture Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Rate Stabilization Bonds so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Rate Stabilization Bonds shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Indenture Trustee may authenticate such Rate Stabilization Bonds either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Indenture Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Rate Stabilization Bonds or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Indenture Trustee shall have.
 
SECTION 6.10.  Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
 
(a)           Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which any part of the trust created by this Indenture or the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral may at the time be located, the Indenture Trustee shall have the power and may execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the trust created by this Indenture or the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Secured Parties, such title to the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral, or any part hereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 6.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Indenture Trustee may consider necessary or desirable.  No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 6.11 and no notice to Holders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under Section 6.08.
 
(b)           Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
 
(i)            all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Indenture Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Indenture Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Indenture Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed the Indenture Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Rate
 
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Stabilization Bond Collateral or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Indenture Trustee;
 
(ii)           no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and
 
(iii)          the Indenture Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
 
(c)           Any notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them.  Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Indenture and the conditions of this Article VI.  Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Indenture Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Indenture, specifically including every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Indenture Trustee.  Every such instrument shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee.
 
(d)           Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the Indenture Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Indenture on its behalf and in its name.  If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Indenture Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.
 
SECTION 6.11.  Eligibility; Disqualification.  The Indenture Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1) and § 310(a)(5) and Section 26(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act.  The Indenture Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition and it shall have a long term debt rating of “Baa3” or better by Moody’s “BBB-” or better by Standard & Poor’s and, if Fitch provides a rating thereon, “BBB-” or better by Fitch.  The Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(b), including the optional provision permitted by the second sentence of TIA § 310(b)(9); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA § 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities of the Issuer are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA § 310(b)(1) are met.
 
SECTION 6.12.  Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer.  The Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b).  An Indenture Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
 
SECTION 6.13.  Representations and Warranties of Indenture Trustee.  The Indenture Trustee hereby represents and warrants that:
 
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(a)           the Indenture Trustee is a banking corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York; and
 
(b)           the Indenture Trustee has full power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform this Indenture and the Basic Documents to which the Indenture Trustee is a party and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery, and performance by it of this Indenture and such Basic Documents.
 
SECTION 6.14.  Annual Report by Independent Registered Public Accountants.  In the event the firm of Independent registered public accountants requires the Indenture Trustee to agree or consent to the procedures performed by such firm pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver such letter of agreement or consent in conclusive reliance upon the direction of the Issuer in accordance with Section 3.05 of the Servicing Agreement.  In the event such firm requires the Indenture Trustee to agree to the procedures performed by such firm, the Issuer shall direct the Indenture Trustee in writing to so agree; it being understood and agreed that the Indenture Trustee will deliver such letter of agreement in conclusive reliance upon the direction of the Issuer, and the Indenture Trustee makes no independent inquiry or investigation to, and shall have no obligation or liability in respect of, the sufficiency, validity or correctness of such procedures.
 
SECTION 6.15.  Custody of Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral.  The Indenture Trustee shall hold such of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral (and any other collateral that may be granted to the Indenture Trustee) as consists of instruments, deposit accounts, negotiable documents, money, goods, letters of credit, and advices of credit in the State of New York.  The Indenture Trustee shall hold such of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral as constitute investment property through the Securities Intermediary (which, as of the date hereof, is Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas).  The initial Securities Intermediary, hereby agrees (and each future Securities Intermediary shall agree) with the Indenture Trustee that (a) such investment property shall at all times be credited to a securities account of the Indenture Trustee, (b) the Securities Intermediary shall treat the Indenture Trustee as entitled to exercise the rights that comprise each financial asset credited to such securities account, (c) all property credited to such securities account shall be treated as a financial asset, (d) the Securities Intermediary shall comply with entitlement orders originated by the Indenture Trustee without the further consent of any other person or entity, (e) the Securities Intermediary will not agree with any person other than the Indenture Trustee to comply with entitlement orders originated by such other person, (f) such securities accounts and the property credited thereto shall not be subject to any Lien, right of set-off in favor of the Securities Intermediary or anyone claiming through it (other than the Indenture Trustee), and (g) such agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York.  Terms used in the preceding sentence that are defined in the UCC and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the UCC.  Except as permitted by this Section 6.15, or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall not hold Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral through an agent or a nominee.
 
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ARTICLE VII
 
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS
 
SECTION 7.01.  Issuer To Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.  The Issuer will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee (a) not more than five (5) days after the earlier of (i) each Record Date with respect to each Series and (ii) six (6) months after the last Record Date with respect to each Series, a list, in such form as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Bondholders of such Series as of such Record Date, (b) at such other times as the Indenture Trustee may request in writing, within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than ten (10) days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that so long as the Indenture Trustee is the Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished.  
 
SECTION 7.02.  Preservation of Information;  Communications to Holders.
 
(a)           The Indenture Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of the Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Indenture Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Indenture Trustee in its capacity as Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar.  The Indenture Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in such Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
 
(b)           Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Rate Stabilization Bonds.  In addition, upon the written request of any Holder or group of Holders of any Series or of all Outstanding Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds evidencing not less than 10 percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of that Series or all Series, as applicable, the Indenture Trustee shall afford the Holder or Holders making such request a copy of a current list of Holders of that Series or all Outstanding Series, as applicable, for purposes of communicating with other Holders with respect to their rights hereunder.
 
(c)           The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).
 
SECTION 7.03.  Reports by Issuer.
 
(a)           The Issuer shall:
 
(i)            so long as the Issuer or the Sponsor is required to file such documents with the SEC, provide to the Indenture Trustee, within fifteen (15) days after the Issuer is required to file the same with the SEC, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Issuer or the Sponsor may be required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
 
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(ii)           provide to the Indenture Trustee, and file with the SEC, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the SEC, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Issuer with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
 
(iii)          supply to the Indenture Trustee (and the Indenture Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders described in TIA § 313(c)) such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 7.03(a) as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the SEC.
 
(b)           Unless the Issuer otherwise determines, the fiscal year of the Issuer shall end on December 31 of each year.
 
SECTION 7.04.  Reports by Indenture Trustee.  If required by TIA § 313(a), within sixty (60) days after March 30 of each year, commencing with the year after the issuance of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Bondholder of such Series as required by TIA § 313(c) a brief report dated as of such date that complies with TIA § 313(a). The Indenture Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b); provided, however, that the initial report so issued shall be delivered not more than twelve (12) months after the initial issuance of each Series.
 
ARTICLE VIII
 
ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
 
SECTION 8.01.  Collection of Money.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee may demand payment or delivery of, and shall receive and collect, directly and without intervention or assistance of any fiscal agent or other intermediary, all money and other property payable to or receivable by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture and the other Basic Documents.  The Indenture Trustee shall apply all such money received by it as provided in this Indenture.  Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, if any default occurs in the making of any payment or performance under any agreement or instrument that is part of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral, the Indenture Trustee may take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, subject to Article VI, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate Proceedings.  Any such action shall be without prejudice to any right to claim a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture and any right to proceed thereafter as provided in Article V.
 
SECTION 8.02.  Collection Accounts and TPC Deposit Accounts.
 
(a)           Prior to the Series Issuance Date for each Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds issued hereunder, the Issuer shall open or cause to be opened, at the Indenture Trustee’s office located at the Corporate Trust Office, or at another Eligible Institution, one or more segregated trust accounts in the Indenture Trustee’s name for the deposit of Estimated QRSC Collections, QRSC
 
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Collections and all other amounts received with respect to the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral related to such Series (each, a “Collection Account”).  Each Collection Account will consist of three subaccounts: a general subaccount (the “General Subaccount”), an excess funds subaccount (the “Excess Funds Subaccount”) and a capital subaccount (the “Capital Subaccount” and, together with the General Subaccount and the Excess Funds Subaccount, the “Subaccounts”).  For administrative purposes, the Subaccounts for any Series may be established by the Indenture Trustee as separate accounts.  Such separate accounts will be recognized individually as a Subaccount and collectively as the “Collection Account” for such Series.   Prior to or concurrently with the issuance of any Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Member shall deposit into the applicable Capital Subaccount an amount equal to the Required Capital Level for such Series.  All amounts in the applicable Collection Account not allocated to any other subaccount shall be allocated to the applicable General Subaccount.  Prior to the Initial Payment Date for any Series, all amounts in the applicable Collection Account (other than funds deposited into the applicable Capital Subaccount, up to the Required Capital Level for any Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds) shall be allocated to the applicable General Subaccount.  All references to the Collection Account shall mean and be references to the applicable Collection Account for any Series and shall be deemed to include reference to all subaccounts contained therein.  Withdrawals from and deposits to each of the foregoing subaccounts of the applicable Collection Account shall be made as set forth in Section 8.02(d) and (e).  Each Collection Account shall at all times be maintained in an Eligible Account, will be under the sole dominion and exclusive control of the Indenture Trustee, and only the Indenture Trustee shall have access to each such Collection Account for the purpose of making deposits in and withdrawals from each such Collection Account in accordance with this Indenture.  Funds in the Collection Account shall not be commingled with any other moneys. All moneys deposited from time to time in each Collection Account, all deposits therein pursuant to this Indenture, and all investments made in Eligible Investments as directed in writing by the Issuer with such moneys, including all income or other gain from such investments, shall be held by the Indenture Trustee in the applicable Collection Account as part of the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral as herein provided.  The Indenture Trustee shall have no liability in respect of losses incurred as a result of the liquidation of any Eligible Investment prior to its stated maturity or its date of redemption or the failure of the Issuer or the Servicer to provide timely written investment direction.
 
(b)           The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms that (i) each Collection Account is, or at inception will be established as, a “securities account” as such term is defined in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC, (ii) it is a “securities intermediary” (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a) (14) of the UCC) and is acting in such capacity with respect to such accounts, and (iii) the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties is the sole “entitlement holder” (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the UCC) with respect to such accounts and no other Person shall have the right to give “entitlement orders” (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(8)) with respect to such accounts.  The Securities Intermediary hereby further agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) received by it will be credited to the applicable Collection Account and shall be treated by it as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the State of New York shall be deemed to be the location and jurisdiction of the Securities Intermediary for purposes of Section 8-110 of the
 
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UCC, and each Collection Account (as well as the securities entitlements related thereto) shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
 
(c)           The Indenture Trustee shall have sole dominion and exclusive control over all moneys in each Collection Account and shall apply such amounts therein as provided in this Section 8.02.  The Indenture Trustee shall also pay from each applicable Collection Account any amounts requested to be paid by or to the Servicer pursuant to Section 6.10(d) of the Servicing Agreement.
 
(d)           Estimated QRSC Collections shall be deposited in the applicable General Subaccount as provided in Section 6.10 of the Servicing Agreement.  All deposits to and withdrawals from each applicable Collection Account, all allocations to the subaccounts of each such Collection Account and any amounts to be paid to the Servicer under Section 8.02(c) shall be made by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the written instructions provided by the Servicer in the Monthly Servicer’s Certificate, the Servicer’s Certificate or upon other written notice provided by the Servicer pursuant to Section 6.10(a) of the Servicing Agreement, as applicable.
 
(e)           On each Payment Date for any Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Indenture Trustee shall apply all amounts on deposit in each applicable Collection Account, including all net earnings thereon, to pay the following amounts, in accordance with the Servicer’s Certificate, in the following priority:
 
(i)            all amounts owed by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee (including legal fees and expenses) shall be paid to the Indenture Trustee (subject to Section 6.07) in an amount not to exceed annually the amount set forth in the related Series Supplement, such amounts to be withdrawn from each Collection Account pro rata based on the respective Outstanding Amounts of such Series;
 
(ii)           the Servicing Fee with respect to the related Series for such Payment Date and all unpaid Servicing Fees with respect to such Series for prior Payment Dates shall be paid to the Servicer;
 
(iii)           the Administration Fee with respect to the related Series for such Payment Date and all unpaid Administration Fees with respect to such Series for prior Payment Dates shall be paid to the Administrator;
 
(iv)          all other Operating Expenses for such Payment Date not described above shall be paid to the parties to which such Operating Expenses are owed, pro rata, in an amount not to exceed annually the amount set forth in the related Series Supplement, such amounts to be withdrawn from each Collection Account pro rata based on the respective Outstanding Amounts of such Series;
 
(v)           Periodic Interest for such Payment Date, including any overdue Periodic Interest (together with, to the extent lawful, interest on such overdue Periodic Interest at the applicable Rate Stabilization Bond Interest Rate), with respect to the related Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be paid to the Holders of such Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds;
 
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(vi)          principal due and payable on the Rate Stabilization Bonds of the related Series as a result of an Event of Default or on the Final Maturity Date of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series shall be paid to the Holders of such Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds;
 
(vii)         Periodic Principal for such Payment Date, including any overdue Periodic Principal, with respect to the related Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be paid to the Holders of such Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds;
 
(viii)        any other unpaid Operating Expenses and any remaining amounts owed pursuant to the Basic Documents, including indemnity amounts owed to the Indenture Trustee, but excluding the Servicing Fee and the Administration Fee to the extent they exceed the amounts approved in the Series Supplement with respect to such Series, such amounts to be withdrawn from each Collection Account pro rata based on the respective Outstanding Amounts of such Series;
 
(ix)           the amount, if any, by which the Required Capital Level with respect to the applicable Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds exceeds the amount in the applicable Capital Subaccount as of such Payment Date shall be allocated to the applicable Capital Subaccount;
 
(x)           the balance, if any, shall be allocated to the applicable Excess Funds Subaccount for distribution on subsequent Payment Dates; and
 
(xi)           following repayment in full of all amounts payable hereunder of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all Outstanding Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds, and all of the other foregoing amounts, including, without limitation, amounts due and payable to the Indenture Trustee under Section 6.07 or otherwise, subclause (e)(x) shall cease to apply, and the balance (including all amounts then held in the applicable Subaccounts), if any, shall be paid to the Issuer, free from the Lien of this Indenture and the related Series Supplement.
 
All payments to the Holders of a Series pursuant to clauses(v), (vi) and (vii) above shall be made to such Holders pro rata based on the respective amounts of interest and/or principal owed, unless, in the case of a Series comprised of two or more Tranches, the Series Supplement for such Series provides otherwise.  Payments in respect of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on any Tranche of Rate Stabilization Bonds will be made on a pro rata basis among all the Holders of such Tranche.
 
The amounts paid during any calendar year pursuant to clauses (i) and (iv) may not exceed the amounts approved in the Series Supplement with respect to any Series.    The amounts paid during any calendar year pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii) may not exceed the amounts approved in the Series Supplement with respect to any Series, provided that BGE may seek approval from the PSC to recover from Customers, in accordance with the Financing Credit Order, incremental costs in excess of the amounts approved in the Series Supplement with respect to any Series, and furtherprovided that such incremental costs shall neither be considered an Operating Expense nor be paid out of the Collection Account or included in the calculation of True-Up Adjustments.
 
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(f)           If on any Payment Date of any Series funds on deposit in the applicable General Subaccount are insufficient to make the payments contemplated by clauses (i) through (viii) of Section 8.02(e) above, the Indenture Trustee shall (i) first, draw from amounts on deposit in the applicable Excess Funds Subaccount and (ii) second, draw from amounts on deposit in the applicable Capital Subaccount, in each case, up to the amount of such shortfall in order to make the payments contemplated by clauses (i) through (viii) of Section 8.02(e).  In addition, if on any Payment Date of any Series funds on deposit in the applicable General Subaccount are insufficient to make the allocations contemplated by clause (ix) above, the Indenture Trustee shall draw from amounts on deposit in the applicable Excess Funds Subaccount to make such allocations.
 
(g)           The Indenture Trustee, shall, as directed by the Servicer under Section 3.05(e) of the Servicing Agreement, maintain one or more segregated accounts in the Indenture Trustee’s name (the “TPC Deposit Accounts”) at its office located at the Corporate Trust Office, or at another Eligible Institution, for Third-Party Collector deposits provided pursuant to any Qualified Rate Order or Tariff, each such account for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee.  Pursuant to and in accordance with the Applicable Qualified Rate Order, amounts received from any Third-Party Collector as a security deposit shall be deposited into the applicable TPC Deposit Account.  To the extent permitted by each Applicable Qualified Rate Order, Tariff and PSC Regulations, the TPC Deposit Accounts shall at all times be maintained in Eligible Accounts, shall be subject to a perfected first priority security interest in favor of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and shall be under the sole dominion and exclusive control of the Indenture Trustee.  Funds in the TPC Deposit Accounts shall not be commingled with any other moneys.  All or a portion of the funds in the TPC Deposit Accounts shall be invested in Eligible Investments and reinvested by the Indenture Trustee in Eligible Investments pursuant to the written direction of the Servicer (or, absent such direction, in accordance with Section 8.03(c)); provided, however, that (i) such Eligible Investments shall not mature or be redeemed later than the Business Day prior to the next Payment Date or Special Payment Date, if applicable, for the related Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds and (ii) such Eligible Investments shall not be sold, liquidated or otherwise disposed of at a loss prior to the maturity or the date of redemption thereof.  All moneys deposited from time to time in the TPC Deposit Accounts and all investments made in Eligible Investments with such moneys, including all income or other gain from such investments, shall be held by the Indenture Trustee in a TPC Deposit Account as part of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral as herein provided and shall only be allocated and released upon the direction of the Servicer in accordance with Section 3.05(d) of the Servicing Agreement as required or permitted by this Indenture, each Applicable Qualified Rate Order, each applicable Tariff, or other applicable PSC Regulations.  Any loss resulting from investment made in Eligible Investments with moneys in a TPC Deposit Account shall be charged to such TPC Deposit Account.  The Indenture Trustee shall release property from a TPC Deposit Account only as and to the extent directed by the Servicer pursuant to the Applicable Qualified Rate Order and the Servicing Agreement and as required or permitted by this Indenture.   The Indenture Trustee shall have no liability in respect of losses incurred as a result of the liquidation of any Eligible Investment prior to its stated maturity or its date of redemption or the failure of the Issuer or the Servicer to provide timely written investment direction.
 
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SECTION 8.03.  General Provisions Regarding the Collection Accounts.
 
(a)           So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all or a portion of the funds in each Collection Account shall be invested in Eligible Investments and reinvested by the Indenture Trustee upon Issuer Order; provided, however, that (i) such Eligible Investments shall not mature or be redeemed later than the Business Day prior to the next Payment Date or Special Payment Date, if applicable, for the related Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds and (ii) such Eligible Investments shall not be sold, liquidated or otherwise disposed of at a loss prior to the maturity or the date of redemption thereof.  All income or other gain from investments of moneys deposited in any Collection Account shall be deposited by the Indenture Trustee in such Collection Account, and any loss resulting from such investments shall be charged to such Collection Account.  The Issuer will not direct the Indenture Trustee to make any investment of any funds or to sell any investment held in any Collection Account unless the security interest Granted and perfected in such account will continue to be perfected in such investment or the proceeds of such sale, in either case without any further action by any Person, and, in connection with any direction to the Indenture Trustee to make any such investment or sale, if requested by the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer (at the Issuer’s cost and expense) to such effect.  In no event shall the Indenture Trustee be liable for the selection of Eligible Investments or for investment losses incurred thereon.  The Indenture Trustee shall have no liability in respect of losses incurred as a result of the liquidation of any Eligible Investment prior to its stated maturity or its date of redemption or the failure of the Issuer or the Servicer to provide timely written investment direction.  The Indenture Trustee shall have no obligation to invest or reinvest any amounts held hereunder in the absence of written investment direction pursuant to an Issuer Order.
 
(b)           Subject to Section 6.01(c), the Indenture Trustee shall not in any way be held liable by reason of any insufficiency in any Collection Account resulting from any loss on any Eligible Investment included therein except for losses attributable to the Indenture Trustee’s failure to make payments on such Eligible Investments issued by the Indenture Trustee, in its commercial capacity as principal obligor and not as trustee, in accordance with their terms.
 
(c)           If (i) the Issuer shall have failed to give written investment directions for any funds on deposit in any Collection Account to the Indenture Trustee by 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (or such other time as may be agreed by the Issuer and Indenture Trustee) on any Business Day; or (ii) a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series but the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series shall not have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 5.02, then the Indenture Trustee shall, to the fullest extent practicable, invest and reinvest funds in such Collection Account in one or more money market funds described under clause (d) of the definition of “Eligible Investments” pursuant to the most recent written investment directions delivered by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee with respect to such type of Eligible Investments; provided that if the Issuer has never delivered written investment directions to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall not invest or reinvest such funds in any investments.
 
(d)           The parties hereto acknowledge that the Servicer may, pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, select Eligible Investments on behalf of the Issuer.
 
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(e)           The Indenture Trustee and its Affiliates are permitted to receive additional compensation from third parties, that could be deemed to be in the Indenture Trustee’s or its Affiliates’ respective economic self-interest, for (i) serving as an investment advisor, administrator, shareholder servicing agent, custodian or sub-custodian with respect to certain Eligible Investments, (ii) using Affiliates to effect transactions in certain Eligible Investments or (iii) effecting transactions in certain Eligible Investments.
 
SECTION 8.04.  Release of Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral.
 
(a)           So long as the Issuer is not in default hereunder and no Default hereunder would occur as a result of such action, the Issuer, through the Servicer, may collect, sell or otherwise dispose of written-off receivables, at any time and from time to time in the ordinary course of business, without any notice to, or release or consent by, the Indenture Trustee, but only as and to the extent permitted by the Basic Documents; provided, however, that any and all proceeds of such dispositions shall become Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral and be deposited to the applicable General Subaccount immediately upon receipt thereof by the Issuer or any other Person, including the Servicer.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Servicer, may, at any time and from time to time without any notice to, or release or consent by, the Indenture Trustee, sell or otherwise dispose of any Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral which is part of a Bill previously written-off as a defaulted or uncollectible account in accordance with the terms of the Servicing Agreement and the requirements of the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence.
 
(b)           The Indenture Trustee may, and when required by the provisions of this Indenture shall, execute instruments to release property from the Lien of this Indenture, or convey the Indenture Trustee’s interest in the same, in a manner and under circumstances that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture.  No party relying upon an instrument executed by the Indenture Trustee as provided in this Article VIII shall be bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustee’s authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any moneys.  The Indenture Trustee shall release property from the Lien of this Indenture pursuant to this Section 8.04(b) only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer (at the Issuer’s cost and expense) and (if required by the TIA) Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA §§ 314(c) and 314(d)(1) meeting the applicable requirements of Section 10.01.
 
(c)           The Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Rate Stabilization Bonds of a Series Outstanding and all sums payable to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07 or otherwise have been paid, release any remaining portion of the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral that secured such Rate Stabilization Bonds from the Lien of this Indenture, release to the Issuer or any other Person entitled thereto any funds or investments then on deposit in or credit to the applicable Collection Account and, subject to the instructions of the Servicer, shall release the TPC Deposit Accounts in accordance with Section 8.02.
 
SECTION 8.05.  Opinion of Counsel.  The Indenture Trustee shall receive at least seven (7) days’ notice when requested by the Issuer to take any action pursuant to Section 8.04, accompanied by copies of any instruments involved, and the Indenture Trustee shall also require, as a condition to such action, an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer, in form
 
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and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, stating the legal effect of any such action, outlining the steps required to complete the same, and concluding that all conditions precedent to the taking of such action have been complied with and such action will not materially and adversely impair the security for the Rate Stabilization Bonds or the rights of the Holders in contravention of the provisions of this Indenture and the related Series Supplement; provided, however, that such Opinion of Counsel shall not be required to express an opinion as to the fair value of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral.  Counsel rendering any such opinion may rely, without independent investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any certificate or other instrument delivered to the Indenture Trustee in connection with any such action.
 
SECTION 8.06.  Reports by Independent Registered Public Accountants.  As of the Closing Date, the Issuer shall appoint a firm of Independent registered public accountants of recognized national reputation for purposes of preparing and delivering the reports or certificates of such accountants required by this Indenture and the related Series Supplements.  In the event such firm requires the Indenture Trustee to agree to the procedures performed by such firm, the Issuer shall direct the Indenture Trustee in writing to so agree; it being understood and agreed that the Indenture Trustee will deliver such letter of agreement in conclusive reliance upon the direction of the Issuer, and the Indenture Trustee makes no independent inquiry or investigation to, and shall have no obligation or liability in respect of, the sufficiency, validity or correctness of such procedures.  Upon any resignation by, or termination by the Issuer of, such firm the Issuer shall provide written notice thereof to the Indenture Trustee and shall promptly appoint a successor thereto that shall also be a firm of Independent registered public accountants of recognized national reputation.  If the Issuer shall fail to appoint a successor to a firm of Independent registered public accountants that has resigned or been terminated within fifteen (15) days after such resignation or termination, the Indenture Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer of such failure in writing.  If the Issuer shall not have appointed a successor within ten (10) days thereafter the Indenture Trustee shall promptly appoint a successor firm of Independent registered public accountants of recognized national reputation; provided that the Indenture Trustee shall have no liability with respect to such appointment.  The fees of such Independent registered public accountants and its successor shall be payable by the Issuer.
 
ARTICLE IX
 
Supplemental Indentures
 
SECTION 9.01.  Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
 
(a)           Without the consent of the Holders of any Rate Stabilization Bonds but with prior notice to the Rating Agencies, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the TIA as in force at the date of the execution thereof), in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
 
(i)            to correct or amplify the description of any property, including, without limitation, the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral, at any time subject to the Lien of this Indenture, or better to assure, convey and confirm unto the Indenture Trustee any
 
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property subject or required to be subjected to the Lien of this Indenture and the related Series Supplement, or to subject to the Lien of this Indenture and the related Series Supplement additional property;
 
(ii)           to evidence the succession, in compliance with the applicable provisions hereof, of another person to the Issuer, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer herein and in the Rate Stabilization Bonds;
 
(iii)          to add to the covenants of the Issuer, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer;
 
(iv)          to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Indenture Trustee;
 
(v)           to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein or in any supplemental indenture, including any Series Supplement, which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or in any supplemental indenture, including any Series Supplement, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture; provided that (i) such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders of the Rate Stabilization Bonds and (ii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect thereto;
 
(vi)          to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the Rate Stabilization Bonds and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Article VI;
 
(vii)         to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to effect the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA or under any similar or successor federal statute hereafter enacted and to add to this Indenture such other provisions as may be expressly required by the TIA;
 
(viii)        to set forth the terms of any Tranche or any Series that has not theretofore been authorized by a Series Supplement;
 
(ix)           to qualify the Rate Stabilization Bonds for registration with a Clearing Agency; or
 
(x)           to satisfy any Rating Agency requirements.
 
The Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of any such supplemental indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained.
 
(b)           The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, may, also without the consent of any of the Holders of the Rate Stabilization Bonds,  enter into
 
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an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Rate Stabilization Bonds under this Indenture; provided, however, that (i) such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel of nationally recognized counsel of the Issuer experienced in structured finance transactions, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders and (ii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect thereto.
 
SECTION 9.02.  Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.  The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, also may, with prior notice to the Rating Agencies and with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of each Series or Tranche to be affected, by Act of such Holders delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Rate Stabilization Bonds under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Rate Stabilization Bond of each Series or Tranche affected thereby:
 
(i)            change the date of payment of any installment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Rate Stabilization Bond of such Series or Tranche, or reduce the principal amount thereof, the interest rate thereon or premium, if any, with respect thereto, change the provisions of this Indenture and the related applicable Series Supplement relating to the application of collections on, or the proceeds of the sale of, the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral to payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Rate Stabilization Bonds, or change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Rate Stabilization Bond or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of the provisions of this Indenture requiring the application of funds available therefor, as provided in Article V, to the payment of any such amount due on the Rate Stabilization Bonds on or after the respective due dates thereof;
 
(ii)           reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds or of a Series or Tranche thereof, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of the Holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture;
 
(iii)          reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds required to direct the Indenture Trustee to direct the Issuer to sell or liquidate the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral pursuant to Section 5.04;
 
(iv)          modify any provision of this Section 9.02 except to increase any percentage specified herein or to provide that those provisions of this Indenture or the other Basic Documents referenced in this Section 9.02 cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Rate Stabilization Bond affected thereby;
 
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(v)           modify any of the provisions of this Indenture in such manner as to affect the calculation of the amount of any payment of interest, principal or premium, if any, due on any Rate Stabilization Bond on any Payment Date (including the calculation of any of the individual components of such calculation) or change the Expected Amortization Schedules or Final Maturity Dates of any Tranche or Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds;
 
(vi)          decrease the Required Capital Level with respect to any Series;
 
(vii)         permit the creation of any Lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the Lien of this Indenture with respect to any part of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral or, except as otherwise permitted or contemplated herein, terminate the Lien of this Indenture on any property at any time subject hereto or deprive the Holder of any Rate Stabilization Bond of the security provided by the Lien of this Indenture; or
 
(viii)        cause any material adverse federal income tax consequence to the Seller, the Issuer, the Managers, the Indenture Trustee or the then existing Holders.
 
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
 
Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section 9.02, the Issuer shall mail to the Rating Agencies and the Holders of the Rate Stabilization Bonds to which such supplemental indenture relates a notice setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture.  Any failure of the Issuer to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
 
SECTION 9.03.  Execution of Supplemental Indentures.  In executing, or permitting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article IX or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and subject to Sections 6.01 and 6.02, shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.  The Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Indenture Trustee’s own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
 
SECTION 9.04.  Effect of Supplemental Indenture.  Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith with respect to each Series or Tranche of Rate Stabilization Bonds affected thereby, and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties, liabilities and immunities under this Indenture of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
 
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SECTION 9.05.  Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.  Every amendment of this Indenture and every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article IX shall conform to the requirements of the TIA as then in effect so long as this Indenture shall then be qualified under the TIA.
 
SECTION 9.06.  Reference in Rate Stabilization Bonds to Supplemental Indentures.  Rate Stabilization Bonds authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article IX may, and if required by the Indenture Trustee shall, bear a notation in form approved by the Indenture Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture.  If the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall so determine, new Rate Stabilization Bonds so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
ARTICLE X
 
MISCELLANEOUS
 
SECTION 10.01.  Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc.
 
(a)           Upon any application or request by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee (i) an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with, (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with and (iii) (if required by the TIA) an Independent Certificate from a firm of registered public accountants meeting the applicable requirements of this Section 10.01, except that, in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
 
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
 
(i)            a statement that each signatory of such certificate or opinion has read or has caused to be read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
 
(ii)           a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
 
(iii)          a statement that, in the opinion of each such signatory, such signatory has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such signatory to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
 
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(iv)          a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such signatory, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
 
(b)           (i) Prior to the deposit of any Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral or other property or securities with the Indenture Trustee that is to be made the basis for the release of any property or securities subject to the Lien of this Indenture, the Issuer shall, in addition to any obligation imposed in Section 10.01(a) or elsewhere in this Indenture, furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each person signing such certificate as to the fair value (within ninety (90) days of such deposit) to the Issuer of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral or other property or securities to be so deposited.
 
(ii)           Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as to the matters described in clause (i) above, the Issuer shall also deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate as to the same matters, if the fair value to the Issuer of the securities to be so deposited and of all other such securities made the basis of any such withdrawal or release since the commencement of the then-current fiscal year of the Issuer, as set forth in the certificates delivered pursuant to clause (i) above and this clause (ii), is ten percent or more of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of all Series, but such a certificate need not be furnished with respect to any securities so deposited, if the fair value thereof to the Issuer as set forth in the related Officer’s Certificate is less than the lesser of (A) $25,000 or (B) one percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of all Series.
 
(iii)          Whenever any property or securities are to be released from the Lien of this Indenture other than pursuant to Section 8.02(e), the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each person signing such certificate as to the fair value (within ninety (90) days of such release) of the property or securities proposed to be released and stating that in the opinion of such person the proposed release will not impair the security under this Indenture in contravention of the provisions hereof.
 
(iv)          Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signatory thereof as to the matters described in clause (iii) above, the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate as to the same matters if the fair value of the property or securities and of all other property with respect to such Series, or securities released from the Lien of this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 8.02(e)) since the commencement of the then-current calendar year, as set forth in the certificates required by clause (iii) above and this clause (iv), equals 10 percent or more of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of all Series, but such certificate need not be furnished in the case of any release of property or securities if the fair value thereof as set forth in the related Officer’s Certificate is less than the lesser of (A) $25,000 or (B) one percent of the then Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of all Series.
 
(v)           Notwithstanding Section 2.16 or any other provision of this Section 10.01, the Indenture Trustee may (A) collect, liquidate, sell or otherwise dispose of the Rate
 
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Stabilization Property and the other Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral as and to the extent permitted or required by the Basic Documents and (B) make cash payments out of each Collection Account as and to the extent permitted or required by the Basic Documents.
 
SECTION 10.02.  Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee.  In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
 
Any certificate or opinion of a Responsible Officer of the Issuer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his or her certificate or opinion is based are erroneous.  Any such certificate of a Responsible Officer or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Servicer or the Issuer stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Servicer or the Issuer, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
 
Whenever in this Indenture, in connection with any application or certificate or report to the Indenture Trustee, it is provided that the Issuer shall deliver any document as a condition of the granting of such application, or as evidence of the Issuer’s compliance with any term hereof, it is intended that the truth and accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or at the effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the facts and opinions stated in such document shall in such case be conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer to have such application granted or to the sufficiency of such certificate or report.  The foregoing shall not, however, be construed to affect the Indenture Trustee’s right to rely conclusively upon the truth and accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided in Article VI.
 
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
 
SECTION 10.03.  Acts of Holders.
 
(a)           Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing; and except as herein otherwise expressly provided such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Indenture Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer.  Such instrument or
 
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instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments.  Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section 10.03.
 
(b)           The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any manner that the Indenture Trustee deems sufficient.
 
(c)           The ownership of Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be proved by the Rate Stabilization Bond Register.
 
(d)           Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Rate Stabilization Bonds shall bind the Holder of every Rate Stabilization Bond issued upon the registration thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Rate Stabilization Bond.
 
SECTION 10.04.  Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Rating Agencies.
 
(a)           Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other documents provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to or filed with:
 
(i)            the Indenture Trustee by any Holder or by the Issuer shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing by facsimile transmission, first-class mail or overnight delivery service to or with the Indenture Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office,
 
(ii)           the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid, to the Issuer addressed to:  RSB BONDCO LLC, Suite 202, 103 Foulk Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19803, Attention: Manager, Telephone: (302) 691-6409, Facsimile: (302) 652-8667, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee by the Issuer.  The Issuer shall promptly transmit any notice received by it from the Holders to the Indenture Trustee, or
 
(iii)          the PSC by the Seller, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid, to the PSC addressed to: PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND, William D. Schaefer Tower, 6 St. Paul Street, 12th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202,  Attention: Executive Secretary, Telephone: (410) 767-8000, Facsimile: (410) 333-6495.
 
(b)           Notices required to be given to the Rating Agencies by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall be in writing, facsimile, personally delivered or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested to:
 
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(i)            in the case of Moody’s, to: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., ABS Monitoring Department, 99 Church Street, New York, New York 10007, Telephone: (212) 553-3686, Facsimile (212) 553-0573,
 
(ii)           in the case of Standard & Poor’s, to: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 55 Water Street, 41st Floor, New York, New York 10041, Attention: Asset Backed Surveillance Department, Telephone: (212) 438-2000, Facsimile: (212) 438-2665,
 
(iii)          in the case of Fitch, to Fitch Ratings, One State Street Plaza, New York, New York 10004, Attention: ABS Surveillance, Telephone: (212) 908-0500, Facsimile: (212) 908-0355, and
 
(iv)          as to each of the foregoing, at such other address as shall be designated by written notice to the other parties.
 
SECTION 10.05.  Notices to Holders; Waiver.  Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid to each Holder affected by such event, at such Holder’s address as it appears on the Rate Stabilization Bond Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice.  In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders, and any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall conclusively be presumed to have been duly given.
 
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.  Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such a waiver.
 
In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a result of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event of Holders when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.
 
Where this Indenture provides for notice to the Rating Agencies, failure to give such notice shall not affect any other rights or obligations created hereunder, and shall not under any circumstance constitute a Default or Event of Default.
 
SECTION 10.06.  Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.  If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof that is required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the TIA, such required provision shall control.
 
The provisions of TIA §§ 310 through 317 that impose duties on any person (including the provisions automatically deemed included herein unless expressly excluded by
 
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this Indenture) are a part of and govern this Indenture, whether or not physically contained herein.
 
SECTION 10.07.  Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.  The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
 
SECTION 10.08.  Successors and Assigns.  All covenants and agreements in this Indenture and the Rate Stabilization Bonds by the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.  All agreements of the Indenture Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.
 
SECTION 10.09.  Severability.  Any provision in this Indenture or in the Rate Stabilization Bonds that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remainder of such provision (if any) or the remaining provisions hereof (unless such construction shall be unreasonable), and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
 
SECTION 10.10.  Benefits of Indenture.  Nothing in this Indenture or in the Rate Stabilization Bonds, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, and the Holders, and any other party secured hereunder, and any other Person with an ownership interest in any part of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
 
SECTION 10.11.  Legal Holidays.  In any case where the date on which any payment is due shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of the Rate Stabilization Bonds or this Indenture) payment need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date on which nominally due, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after any such nominal date.
 
SECTION 10.12.  GOVERNING LAW.  THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,  WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS; PROVIDED THAT THE CREATION, ATTACHMENT AND PERFECTION OF ANY LIENS CREATED HEREUNDER IN RATE STABILIZATION PROPERTY, AND ALL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE AND THE HOLDERS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH RATE STABILIZATION PROPERTY, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND.
 
SECTION 10.13.  Counterparts.  This Indenture 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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SECTION 10.14.  Recording of Indenture.  If this Indenture is subject to recording in any appropriate public recording offices, such recording is to be effected by the Issuer and at its expense accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel at the Issuer’s cost and expense (which may be counsel to the Indenture Trustee or any other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee or, if requested by the Indenture Trustee, external counsel of the Issuer) to the effect that such recording is necessary either for the protection of the Holders or any other Person secured hereunder or for the enforcement of any right or remedy granted to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.
 
SECTION 10.15.  Issuer Obligation.  No recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee on the Rate Stabilization Bonds or under this Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Managers  in their respective individual capacities, (ii) any owner of a limited liability company interest in the Issuer (including BGE) or (iii) any shareholder, partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, or employee of the Indenture Trustee, the Managers or any owner of a limited liability company interest in the Issuer (including BGE) in its respective individual capacity, or of any successor or assign of any of them in their respective individual or corporate capacities, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed in writing (it being understood that none of the Indenture Trustee, the Managers or BGE has any such obligations in their respective individual or corporate capacities).
 
SECTION 10.16.  No Recourse to Issuer.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Indenture or any Series Supplement to the contrary, Holders shall have no recourse against the Issuer, but shall look only to the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral with respect to any amounts due to the Holders hereunder and under the Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
SECTION 10.17.  Basic Documents.  The Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to execute and deliver the Servicing Agreement and to execute and deliver any other Basic Document which it is requested to acknowledge.  
 
SECTION 10.18.  No Petition.  The Indenture Trustee, solely in its capacity as a creditor of the Issuer, by entering into this Indenture, each Holder, by accepting a Rate Stabilization Bond (or interest therein) issued hereunder, hereby covenant and agree that they shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of this Indenture, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuer or any Manager to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining an involuntary case against the Issuer under any insolvency law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or any substantial part of its respective property, or ordering the dissolution, winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer.  Nothing in this paragraph shall preclude, or be deemed to estop, such Holder or the Indenture Trustee (A) from taking or omitting to take any action prior to such date in (i) any case or proceeding voluntarily filed or commenced by or on behalf of the Issuer under or pursuant to any such law or the LLC Agreement or (ii) any involuntary case or proceeding pertaining to the Issuer which is filed or commenced by or on behalf of a Person other than such Holder and is not joined in by such Holder (or any person to which such Holder shall have assigned, transferred or otherwise conveyed any part of the obligations of the Issuer hereunder) under or pursuant to any
 
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such law, or (B) from commencing or prosecuting any legal action which is not an involuntary case or proceeding under or pursuant to any such law against the Issuer or any of its properties.
 
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee have caused this Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized and duly attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
 
 
RSB BONDCO LLC, as Issuer
 
 
  By: /s/ Charles A. Berardesco 
   
Name:  Charles A. Berardesco
Title:    Secretary
 
Issuer Signature Page to Indenture

 
 
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture
Trustee and as Securities Intermediary
 
 
  By:  /s/ Eileen Hughes 
   
Name:  Eileen Hughes
Title:    Vice President
 
  By: /s/ Louis Bodi 
   
Name:  Louis Bodi
Title:    Vice President
     
 
Trustee Signature Page to Indenture

 
STATE OF NEW YORK                     )
                                                               ) ss:
CITY OF BALTIMORE                       )
 

On the 29th day of June, 2007, before me, Holly Anne Hertsgaard, a Notary Public in and for said county and state, personally appeared Charles A. Berardesco, personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person and officer whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that such person executed the same in such person’s authorized capacity, and that by the signature on the instrument Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a national banking association, and the entity upon whose behalf the person acted, executed this instrument.
 
WITNESS my hand and official seal.
 

  /s/ Holly Anne Hertsgaard   
  Notary Public  
  My commission expires:  2/1/08  
 

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


On the 27th day of June, 2007, before me, Winsome Ferguson, a Notary Public in and for said county and state, personally appeared Eileen Hughes, personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person and officer whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that such person executed the same in such person’s authorized capacity, and that by the signature on the instrument Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a national banking association, and the entity upon whose behalf the person acted, executed this instrument.
 
WITNESS my hand and official seal.
 

/s/ Winsome Ferguson  
  Notary Public  
  My commission expires:  March 3, 2011  
 

 
STATE OF MARYLAND                   )
                                                               ) ss:
COUNTY OF MANHATTAN   )

On the 27th day of June, 2007, before me, Winsome Ferguson, a Notary Public in and for said county and state, personally appeared Louis Bodi, personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity as a manager of RSB BONDCO LLC, and that by his signature on the instrument RSB BONDCO LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the entity upon whose behalf such person acted, executed this instrument.
 
WITNESS my hand and official seal.
 
 
/s/ Winsome Ferguson  
  Notary Public  
  My commission expires:  March 3, 2011  
 

 
 
EXHIBIT A
 
FORM OF RATE STABILIZATION BOND
 
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO THE NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.  UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY 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.
 
REGISTERED No. _____                                                                    $________

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
 
CUSIP NO.
 
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS SERIES [    ], TRANCHE [  -  ] RATE STABILIZATION BOND (“THIS TRANCHE [  - ] RATE STABILIZATION BOND”) WILL BE PAID IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN.  ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS TRANCHE [  -  ] RATE STABILIZATION BOND AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.  THE HOLDER OF THIS TRANCHE [  -  ] RATE STABILIZATION BOND HAS NO RECOURSE TO THE ISSUER HEREOF AND AGREES TO LOOK ONLY TO THE RATE STABILIZATION BOND COLLATERAL, AS DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND THE SERIES SUPPLEMENT REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF, FOR PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNTS DUE HEREUNDER.  ALL OBLIGATIONS OF THE ISSUER OF THIS TRANCHE [  -  ] RATE STABILIZATION BOND UNDER THE TERMS OF THE INDENTURE WILL BE RELEASED AND DISCHARGED UPON PAYMENT IN FULL HEREOF OR AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION 3.10(b) OR ARTICLE IV OF THE INDENTURE.  THE HOLDER OF THIS TRANCHE [  -  ] RATE STABILIZATION BOND HEREBY COVENANTS AND AGREES THAT PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS ONE (1) YEAR AND ONE (1) DAY AFTER THE PAYMENT IN FULL OF THE SERIES
 
EXHIBIT A
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[     ] RATE STABILIZATION BONDS, IT WILL NOT ACQUIESCE, PETITION OR OTHERWISE INVOKE OR CAUSE THE ISSUER OR ANY MANAGER TO INVOKE THE PROCESS OF ANY COURT OR GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMMENCING OR SUSTAINING AN INVOLUNTARY CASE AGAINST THE ISSUER UNDER ANY INSOLVENCY LAW OR APPOINTING A RECEIVER, LIQUIDATOR, ASSIGNEE, TRUSTEE, CUSTODIAN, SEQUESTRATOR OR OTHER SIMILAR OFFICIAL OF THE ISSUER OR ANY SUBSTANTIAL PART OF ITS RESPECTIVE PROPERTY, OR ORDERING THE DISSOLUTION, WINDING UP OR LIQUIDATION OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE ISSUER.  NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL PRECLUDE, OR BE DEEMED TO ESTOP, SUCH HOLDER (A) FROM TAKING OR OMITTING TO TAKE ANY ACTION PRIOR TO SUCH DATE IN (I) ANY CASE OR PROCEEDING VOLUNTARILY FILED OR COMMENCED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE ISSUER UNDER OR PURSUANT TO ANY SUCH LAW OR THE LLC AGREEMENT OR (II) ANY INVOLUNTARY CASE OR PROCEEDING PERTAINING TO THE ISSUER WHICH IS FILED OR COMMENCED BY OR ON BEHALF OF A PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH HOLDER AND IS NOT JOINED IN BY SUCH HOLDER (OR ANY PERSON TO WHICH SUCH HOLDER SHALL HAVE ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE CONVEYED ANY PART OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE ISSUER HEREUNDER) UNDER OR PURSUANT TO ANY SUCH LAW, OR (B) FROM COMMENCING OR PROSECUTING ANY LEGAL ACTION WHICH IS NOT AN INVOLUNTARY CASE OR PROCEEDING UNDER OR PURSUANT TO ANY SUCH LAW AGAINST THE ISSUER OR ANY OF ITS PROPERTIES.

THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL UNIT ARE NOT OBLIGED TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF OR INTEREST ON RSB BONDCO LLC RATE STABILIZATION BONDS, INCLUDING THIS TRANCHE [   ] RATE STABILIZATION BOND.  NEITHER THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT NOR THE TAXING POWER OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL UNIT IS PLEDGED TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF OR INTEREST ON RSB BONDCO LLC RATE STABILIZATION BONDS, INCLUDING THIS TRANCHE [   ] RATE STABILIZATION BOND.  THE STATE OF MARYLAND HAS PLEDGED, FOR THE BENEFIT AND PROTECTION OF THE HOLDERS OF RSB BONDCO LLC RATE STABILIZATION BONDS, INCLUDING THIS TRANCHE [   ] RATE STABILIZATION BOND, THAT IT WILL NOT TAKE OR ALLOW ANY ACTION THAT WOULD IMPAIR THE VALUE OF THE RATE STABILIZATION PROPERTY, OR, EXCEPT AS ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE SECTIONS OF THE RATE STABILIZATION ACT, REDUCE, ALTER OR IMPAIR THE QUALIFIED RATE STABILIZATION CHARGES TO BE IMPOSED, COLLECTED AND REMITTED TO THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HOLDERS OF RATE STABILIZATION BONDS, INCLUDING THIS TRANCHE [   ] RATE STABILIZATION BOND, UNTIL THE PRINCIPAL, INTEREST AND PREMIUM, AND ANY OTHER CHARGES INCURRED AND CONTRACTS TO BE PERFORMED IN CONNECTION WITH THE RSB BONDCO LLC RATE STABILIZATION BONDS, INCLUDING THIS TRANCHE [   ] RATE STABILIZATION BOND, HAVE BEEN PAID AND PERFORMED IN FULL.
 
EXHIBIT A
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RSB BONDCO LLC RATE STABILIZATION BONDS,
 
SERIES [   ], Tranche [  -  ].
 
INTEREST
RATE
ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
FINAL MATURITY
DATE
     
     
     
     

 
RSB BONDCO LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the “Issuer”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [            ], or registered assigns, the Original Principal Amount shown above [in semi-annual installments] on the Payment Dates and in the amounts specified on the reverse hereof or, if less, the amounts determined pursuant to Section 8.02 of the Indenture, in each year, commencing on the date determined as provided on the reverse hereof and ending on or before the Final Maturity Date shown above and to pay interest, at the Interest Rate shown above, on each April 1st and October 1st or if any such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing on [            ] and continuing until the earlier of the payment in full of the principal hereof and the Final Maturity Date (each a “Payment Date”), on the principal amount of this Series [   ], Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond (hereinafter referred to as this “Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond”).  Interest on this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond will accrue for each Payment Date from the most recent Payment Date on which interest has been paid to but excluding such Payment Date or, if no interest has yet been paid, from the date of issuance. Interest will be computed on the basis of [specify method of computation].  Such principal of and interest on this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond shall be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.
 
The principal of and interest on this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond are payable 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.  All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond shall be applied first to interest due and payable on this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of and premium, if any, on this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond, all in the manner set forth in the Indenture.
 
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond set forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond.
 
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Indenture Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization
 
EXHIBIT A
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Bond shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed, manually or in facsimile, by its Responsible Officer.
 

Date:
RSB BONDCO LLC
 
 
 
By:
 
   
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT A
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INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
 
Dated:  __________ ___, ____
 
This is one of the Series [    ], Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bonds, designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
 
 
 
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee and as Securities Intermediary
 
 
 
By:
 
   
Name:
Title:
 
 
By:
 
   
Name:
Title:
 
EXHIBIT A
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REVERSE OF RATE STABILIZATION BOND* 1
 
This Series [   ], Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond is one of a duly authorized issue of Rate Stabilization Bonds of the Issuer (herein called the “Rate Stabilization Bonds”), issued and to be issued in one or more Series, which Series are issuable in one or more Tranches, and the Series [   ] Rate Stabilization Bonds consists of [   ] Tranches, including this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond (herein called the “Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bonds”), all issued and to be issued under that certain Indenture dated as of June 29, 2007 (as supplemented by the Series Supplement (as defined below), the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacity as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”, which term includes any successor indenture trustee under the Indenture) and in its separate capacity as a securities intermediary (the “Securities Intermediary”, which term includes any successor securities intermediary under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Rate Stabilization Bonds.  For purposes herein, “Series Supplement” means that certain Series Supplement dated as of June 29, 2007, between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.  All terms used in this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond that are defined in the Indenture, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture.
 
The Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bonds, the other Tranches of Series [   ] Rate Stabilization Bonds (all of such Tranches being referred to herein as “Series [     ] Rate Stabilization Bonds”) and any other Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds issued by the Issuer are and will be equally and ratably secured by the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in the Indenture.
 
The principal of this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond shall be payable on each Payment Date only to the extent that amounts in the applicable Collection Account are available therefor, and only until the outstanding principal balance thereof on such Payment Date (after giving effect to all payments of principal, if any, made on such Payment Date) has been reduced to the principal balance specified in the Expected Amortization Schedule which is attached to the related Series Supplement as Schedule A, unless payable earlier because an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Indenture Trustee or the Bondholders representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of this Series have declared such Rate Stabilization Bonds to be immediately due and payable in accordance with Section 5.02 of the Indenture (unless such declaration shall have been rescinded and annulled in accordance with Section 5.02 of the Indenture).  However, actual principal payments may be made in lesser than expected amounts and at later than expected times as determined pursuant to Section 8.02 of the Indenture.  The entire unpaid principal amount of this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond shall be due and payable on the Final Maturity Date
 

*The form of the reverse of a Rate Stabilization Bond is substantially as follows, unless otherwise specified in the related Series Supplement.
 
EXHIBIT A
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hereof.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be due and payable, if not then previously paid, on the date on which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of the Rate Stabilization Bonds representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of this Series have declared the Rate Stabilization Bonds of this Series to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section 5.02 of the Indenture (unless such declaration shall have been rescinded and annulled in accordance with Section 5.02 of the Indenture).  All principal payments on the Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be made pro rata to the Tranche [  -  ] Holders entitled thereto based on the respective principal amounts of the Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bonds held by them.
 
Payments of interest on this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond due and payable on each Payment Date, together with the installment of principal or premium, if any, shall be made by check mailed first-class, postage prepaid, to the Person whose name appears as the Registered Holder of this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond (or one or more Predecessor Rate Stabilization Bonds) on the Rate Stabilization Bond Register on the Record Date or in such other manner as may be provided in the Indenture or the related Series Supplement, except that (i) upon application to the Indenture Trustee by any Holder owning a Global Rate Stabilization Bond evidencing this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond in the principal amount of $10,000,000 or more not later than the applicable Record Date payment will be made by wire transfer to an account maintained by such Holder and (ii) if this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond is held in Book-Entry Form, payments will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by the Holder of the applicable Global Rate Stabilization Bond evidencing this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond unless and until such Global Rate Stabilization Bond is exchanged for Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds (in which event payments shall be made as provided above) and except for the final installment of principal and premium, if any, payable with respect to this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond on a Payment Date which shall be payable as provided below.  Such checks shall be mailed to the Person entitled thereto at the address of such Person as it appears on the Rate Stabilization Bond Register as of the applicable Record Date without requiring that this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond be submitted for notation of payment.  Any reduction in the principal amount of this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond (or any one or more Predecessor Rate Stabilization Bonds) effected by any payments made on any Payment Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond and of any Rate Stabilization Bond issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted hereon.  If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond on a Payment Date, then the Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Person who was the Registered Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Payment Date by notice mailed no later than five (5) days prior to such final Payment Date and shall specify that such final installment will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond and shall specify the place where this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond may be presented and surrendered for payment of such installment.
 
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The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Rate Stabilization Bond Interest Rate to the extent lawful.
 
This Rate Stabilization Bond is a “Rate Stabilization Bond” as such term is defined in the Rate Stabilization Law.  Principal and interest due and payable on this Rate Stabilization Bond are payable from and secured primarily by Rate Stabilization Property created and established by a Qualified Rate Order obtained from the Public Service Commission of Maryland pursuant to the Rate Stabilization Law.  Rate Stabilization Property consists of the rights and interests of the Seller in the relevant Qualified Rate Order, including the right to impose, collect and recover certain charges (defined in the Rate Stabilization Law as “Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges”) to be included in regular electric utility bills of existing and future residential electric delivery service customers within the service territory of BGE, a Maryland electric utility, or its successors or assigns, as more fully described in the Qualified Rate Order.
 
The Rate Stabilization Law provides that:  “The state pledges for the benefit and protection of financing parties and the electric company, that it will not take or allow any action that would impair the value of rate stabilization property, or, except as allowed in accordance with Sections 7-531, 7-533, and 7-534 [of the Rate Stabilization Law], reduce, alter, or impair the qualified rate stabilization charges to be imposed, collected, and remitted to financing parties, until the principal, interest and premium, and any other charges incurred and contracts to be performed in connection with the related rate stabilization bonds have been paid and performed in full.  Any party issuing rate stabilization bonds is authorized to include this pledge in any documentation relating to those bonds.”
 
As a result of the foregoing pledge, the State of Maryland may not, except as provided in the succeeding sentence, in any way reduce, alter or impair the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges until the Rate Stabilization Bonds, together with interest thereon, are fully paid and discharged.  Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, the State of Maryland would be allowed to effect a temporary impairment of the Holders’ rights if it could be shown that such impairment was necessary to advance a significant and legitimate public purpose.
 
The Issuer and BGE hereby acknowledge that the purchase of this Rate Stabilization Bond by the Holder hereof or the purchase of any beneficial interest herein by any Person are made in reliance on the foregoing pledge.
 
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the transfer of this Tranche [    -    ] Rate Stabilization Bond may be registered on the Rate Stabilization Bond Register upon surrender of this Tranche [    -    ] Rate Stabilization Bond for registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by (a) a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an institution which is a member of one of the following recognized Signature Guaranty Programs:  (i) The Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii)The New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MSP); (iii) The Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) in such other guarantee program acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, and (b) such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may
 
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require, and thereupon one or more new Tranche [    -    ] Rate Stabilization Bonds of Minimum Denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.  No service charge will be charged for any registration of transfer or exchange of this Tranche [    -    ] Rate Stabilization Bond, but the transferor may be required to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such registration of transfer or exchange, other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.04 or 2.06 of the Indenture not involving any transfer.
 
Each Rate Stabilization Bond holder, by acceptance of a Rate Stabilization Bond, covenants and agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee on the Rate Stabilization Bonds or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Managers in their respective individual capacities, (ii) any owner of a limited liability company interest in the Issuer (including BGE) or (iii) any shareholder, partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer or employee of the Indenture Trustee, the Managers or any owner of a limited liability company interest in the Issuer (including BGE) in its respective individual or corporate capacities, or of any successor or assign of any of them in their individual or corporate capacities, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed in writing (it being understood that none of the Indenture Trustee, the Managers or BGE has any such obligations in their respective individual or corporate capacities).
 
Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Tranche [    -    ] Rate Stabilization Bond, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Tranche [    -    ] Rate Stabilization Bond is registered (as of the day of determination) as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Tranche [    -    ] Rate Stabilization Bond and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not this Tranche [    -    ] Rate Stabilization Bond be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
 
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Rate Stabilization Bonds under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer with the consent of the Bondholders representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of all Rate Stabilization Bonds at the time outstanding of each Series or Tranche to be affected.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Bondholders representing specified percentages of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of all Series, on behalf of the Holders of all the Rate Stabilization Bonds, to waive compliance by the Issuer 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 Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond (or any one of more Predecessor Rate Stabilization Bonds) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond and of any Rate Stabilization Bond issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond.  The Indenture also permits the Indenture Trustee to amend or waive
 
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certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of Holders of the Rate Stabilization Bonds issued thereunder.
 
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness of the Issuer on this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond and (b) certain restrictive covenants and the related Events of Default, upon compliance by the Issuer with certain conditions set forth therein, which provisions apply to this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond.
 
The term “Issuer” as used in this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond includes any successor to the Issuer under the Indenture.
 
The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances, to merge or consolidate, subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Bondholders under the Indenture.
 
The Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bonds are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture and the related Series Supplement subject to certain limitations therein set forth.
 
THIS TRANCHE [  -  ] RATE STABILIZATION BOND, THE INDENTURE AND THE RELATED SERIES SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS; PROVIDED THAT THE CREATION, ATTACHMENT AND PERFECTION OF ANY LIENS CREATED UNDER THE INDENTURE IN RATE STABILIZATION PROPERTY, AND ALL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE AND THE HOLDERS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH RATE STABILIZATION PROPERTY, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND.
 
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond at the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
 
The Holder of this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond by the acceptance hereof agrees that, notwithstanding any provision of the Indenture or the related Series Supplement to the contrary, the Holder shall have no recourse against the Issuer, but shall look only to the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral, with respect to any amounts due to the Holder under this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond.
 
The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, by entering into the Indenture, and the Holders and any Persons holding a beneficial interest in any Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond, by acquiring any Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization
 
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Bond or interest therein, (i) express their intention that, solely for the purpose of federal taxes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state, local and other tax law, solely for the purpose of state, local and other taxes, the Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bonds qualify under applicable tax law as indebtedness of the sole owner of the Issuer secured by the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral and (ii) solely for purposes of federal taxes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state, local and other tax law, solely for purposes of state, local and other taxes, so long as any of the Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bonds are outstanding, agree to treat the Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bonds as indebtedness of the sole owner of the Issuer secured by the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral unless otherwise required by appropriate taxing authorities.
 
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ABBREVIATIONS
 
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations.
 
TEN COM
as tenants in common
 
TEN ENT
as tenants by the entireties
 
JT TEN
as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants
in common
 
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT
___________________ Custodian ______________________
(Custodian)                                               (minor)
 
Under Uniform Gifts to Minor Act (____________________)
                            (State)
 
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
 
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ASSIGNMENT
 
Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee _______________________
 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned2 hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
 
(name and address of assignee)
 
the within Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints ______              , attorney, to transfer said Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.
 
Dated: ________________
 
 
Signature Guaranteed:
 
 
 
 

2    RATE STABILIZATION BOND:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Tranche [  -  ] Rate Stabilization Bond in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.
 
NOTE:  Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an institution which is a member of one of the following recognized Signature Guaranty Programs:  (i) The Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP), (ii) The New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MSP), (iii) the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP) or (iv) such other guarantee program acceptable to the Indenture Trustee.
 
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EXHIBIT B
 
FORM OF SERIES SUPPLEMENT
 
This SERIES SUPPLEMENT dated as of June 29, 2007 (this “Series Supplement”), by and between RSB BONDCO LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Issuer”), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation (“Deutsche Bank”), in its capacity as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) for the benefit of the Secured Parties under the Indenture dated as of June 29, 2007, by and between the Issuer and Deutsche Bank, in its capacity as Indenture Trustee and in its separate capacity as a securities intermediary (the “Indenture”).
 
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
 
Section 2.02 of the Indenture provides, among other things, that the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee may at any time and from time to time enter into one or more Series Supplements for the purposes of authorizing the issuance by the Issuer of a Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds and establishing the terms thereof.  The Issuer has duly authorized the creation of a Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds with an initial aggregate principal amount of $623,200,000 to be known as RSB BondCo LLC Rate Stabilization Bonds, Series A (the “Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds”), and the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee are executing and delivering this Series Supplement in order to provide for the creation of the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
All terms used in this Series Supplement that are defined in the Indenture, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein, except to the extent such terms are defined or modified in this Series Supplement or the context clearly requires otherwise.  In the event that any term or provision contained herein shall conflict with or be inconsistent with any term or provision contained in the Indenture, the terms and provisions of this Series Supplement shall govern.
 
GRANTING CLAUSE
 
With respect to the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Issuer hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee, as Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties of the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds, all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest (whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising) in and to the following (collectively, the “Series A Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral”): (a) the Rate Stabilization Property created under and pursuant to the Applicable Qualified Rate Order, and transferred by the Seller to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale Agreement (including, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the right to impose, collect and receive Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges, all revenues, collections, claims, rights, payments, money or proceeds of or arising from the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges authorized in the Applicable Qualified Rate Order and any Tariffs filed pursuant thereto and any contractual rights to collect such Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges from Customers and Third-Party Collectors), (b) all Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges related to such Rate Stabilization Property, (c) the Sale Agreement and each Bill of Sale executed in connection therewith and all property and interests in property transferred under the Sale Agreement and such Bills of Sale with respect to
 
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such Rate Stabilization Property and the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds, (d) the Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement and any subservicing, agency, administration, collection or other agreements executed in connection therewith, to the extent related to the foregoing Rate Stabilization Property and the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds, (e) the Collection Account for such Series, all subaccounts thereof and all amounts of cash, instruments, investment property or other assets on deposit therein or credited thereto from time to time and all financial assets and securities entitlements carried therein or credited thereto, (f) all rights to compel the Servicer to file for and obtain adjustments to the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges in accordance with Section 7-531 of the Rate Stabilization Law, the Applicable Qualified Rate Order or any Tariff filed in connection therewith, (g) all deposits, guarantees, surety bonds, letters of credit and other forms of credit support provided by or on behalf of Third-Party Collectors pursuant to such Applicable Qualified Rate Order or Tariff, including investment earnings thereon and all amounts on deposit in the TPC Deposit Accounts, (h) all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of any or all of the foregoing, whether such claims, demands, causes and choses in action constitute Rate Stabilization Property, accounts, general intangibles, instruments, contract rights, chattel paper or proceeds of such items or any other form of property, (i) all accounts, chattel paper, deposit accounts, documents, general intangibles, goods, instruments, investment property, letters of credit, letters-of-credit rights, money, commercial tort claims and supporting obligations related to the foregoing, and (j) all payments on or under, and all proceeds in respect of, any or all of the foregoing; it being understood that the following do not constitute Series A Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral: (i) following retirement of all Outstanding Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds, cash that has been released pursuant to Section 8.04(c) of the Indenture, (ii) amounts deposited with the Issuer on any Series Issuance Date, including the Closing Date, for payment of costs of issuance with respect to the related Series (together with any interest earnings thereon) and (iii) the Initial Capital Contribution by the Member to the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.01 of the LLC Agreement, it being understood that such amounts described in clauses (i),(ii) and (iii) above shall not be subject to Section 3.17 of the Indenture.
 
The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure the payment of principal of and premium, if any, interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds and all fees, expenses, counsel fees and expenses and other amounts due and payable to the Indenture Trustee (collectively, the “Secured Obligations”) equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction, except as expressly provided in the Indenture, to secure compliance with the provisions of the Indenture with respect to the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds, all as provided in the Indenture and to secure the performance by the Issuer of all of its obligations under the Indenture.  The Indenture and this Series Supplement constitutes a security agreement within the meaning of the Rate Stabilization Law and under the UCC to the extent that the provisions of the UCC are applicable hereto.  In addition, the Issuer shall cause the filing of one or more financing statements to evidence the security interest of the Indenture Trustee in the Series A Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral.
 
The Indenture Trustee, as indenture trustee on behalf of the Secured Parties of the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds, acknowledges such Grant and accepts the trusts under this Series Supplement and the Indenture in accordance with the provisions of this Series Supplement and the Indenture.
 
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SECTION 1. Designation.  The Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be designated generally as the Rate Stabilization Bonds, Series A and further denominated as Tranches A-1 through A-3.
 
SECTION 2. Initial Principal Amount; Rate Stabilization Bond Interest Rate; Scheduled Final Payment Date; Final Maturity Date.  The Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds of each Tranche shall have the initial principal amount, bear interest at the rates per annum (as to each Tranche, the “Rate Stabilization Bond Interest Rate”) and shall have the Scheduled Final Payment Dates and the Final Maturity Dates set forth below:
 
Tranche
Initial Principal
Amount
Rate Stabilization
Bond
Interest Rate
Scheduled Final
Payment Date
Final
Maturity Date
Tranche A-1
$284,000,000
5.47%
10/1/2012
10/1/2014
Tranche A-2
$220,000,000
5.72%
4/1/2016
4/1/2018
Tranche A-3
$119,200,000
5.82%
4/1/2017
6/28/2019

 
The Rate Stabilization Bond Interest Rate shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve (12) 30-day months.
 
SECTION 3.  Authentication Date; Payment Dates; Expected Amortization Schedule for Principal; Periodic Interest; No Premium; Other Terms.
 
(a)           Authentication Date.  The Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds that are authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee to or upon the order of the Issuer on June 29, 2007 (the “Series Issuance Date”) shall have as their date of authentication June 29, 2007.
 
(b)           Payment Dates.  The Payment Dates for the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds are April 1 and October 1 of each year or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the following Business Day, commencing on April 1, 2008 and continuing until the earlier of repayment of the Series A, Tranche A-3 Rate Stabilization Bonds in full and the Final Maturity Date for the Series A, Tranche A-3 Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
(c)           Expected Amortization Schedule for Principal.  Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall distribute to the Holders of record as of the related Record Date amounts payable pursuant to Section 8.02(e) of the Indenture as principal, in the following order and priority: (1) to the holders of the Tranche A-1 Rate Stabilization Bonds, until the Outstanding Amount of such Tranche of Rate Stabilization Bonds thereof has been reduced to zero; (2) to the holders of the Tranche A-2 Rate Stabilization Bonds, until the Outstanding Amount of such Tranche of Rate Stabilization Bonds thereof has been reduced to zero; and (3) to the holders of the Tranche A-3 Rate Stabilization Bonds, until the Outstanding Amount of such Tranche of Rate Stabilization Bonds thereof has been reduced to zero; provided, however, that in no event shall a principal payment pursuant to this Section 3(c) on any Tranche on a Payment Date be greater than the
 
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amount necessary to reduce the Outstanding Amount of such Tranche of Rate Stabilization Bonds to the amount specified in the Expected Amortization Schedule which is attached as Schedule A hereto for such Tranche and Payment Date.
 
(d)           Periodic Interest.  Periodic Interest will be payable on each Tranche of the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds on each Payment Date in an amount equal to one-half of the product of (i) the applicable Rate Stabilization Bond Interest Rate and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of the related Tranche of Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds as of the close of business on the preceding Payment Date (or, with respect to the Initial Payment Date, the Outstanding Amount of the related Tranche of Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds on the Series Issuance Date) after giving effect to all payments of principal made to the Holders of the related Tranche of Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds on such preceding Payment Date.
 
(e)           Book-Entry Rate Stabilization Bonds.  The Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be Book-Entry Rate Stabilization Bonds and the applicable provisions of Section 2.11 of the Indenture shall apply to such Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
(f)           Waterfall Caps.
 
(i)           The amount payable with respect to the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds pursuant to Section 8.02(e)(i) of the Indenture shall not exceed $850,000 annually.
 
(ii)           The amount payable with respect to the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds pursuant to Section 8.02(e)(ii) of the Indenture shall not exceed on an annual basis (A) for so long as BGE is the Servicer, 0.05% of the aggregate initial principal amount of Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds, provided that BGE may seek approval from the PSC to recover from Customers, in accordance with the Financing Credit Order, any incremental costs it incurs to service the Rate Stabilization Property to the extent such incremental costs exceed 0.05% of the aggregate initial principal amount of Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds, and furtherprovided that such excess amount shall neither be considered an Operating Expense nor be paid out of the Collection Account or included in the calculation of True-Up Adjustments, or (B) if BGE is not the Servicer, 1.25% of the aggregate initial principal amount of Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds, provided, however, that BGE may seek approval from the PSC for a higher fee to be payable under Section 8.02(e)(ii) of the Indenture if it can reasonably demonstrate to the PSC that the services cannot be obtained under then-current market conditions for a fee of 1.25% of the aggregate initial principal amount of Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
(iii)           The amount payable for the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds pursuant to Section 8.02(e)(iii) of the Indenture, shall not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate annually, provided that BGE may seek approval from the PSC to recover from Customers, in accordance with the Financing Credit Order, any incremental costs it incurs to provide administrative support services to the Issuer to the extent such incremental costs exceed $100,000, and furtherprovided that such excess amount shall neither be considered an Operating Expense nor be paid out of the Collection Account or included in the calculation of True-Up Adjustments.
 
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(iv)           The amount payable with respect to the ordinary periodic Operating Expenses not described above pursuant to Section 8.02(e)(iv) shall not exceed $250,000 in the aggregate annually.
 
SECTION 4.  Minimum Denominations.  The Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be issuable in the Minimum Denomination and in integral multiples  of $1,000 thereof.
 
SECTION 5.  Certain Defined Terms.  Article I of the Indenture provides that the meanings of certain defined terms used in the Indenture shall, when applied to the Rate Stabilization Bonds of a particular Series, be as defined in Appendix A to the Indenture.  Additionally, Article II of the Indenture provides that with respect to a particular Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds, certain terms will have the meanings specified in the related Series Supplement.  With respect to the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds, the following definitions shall apply:
 
Initial Payment Date” shall mean the first Payment Date for a Tranche of  Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds specified in the Expected Amortization Schedule which is attached as Schedule A hereto.
 
Minimum Denomination” shall mean $100,000, or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, except for one Rate Stabilization Bond of each Tranche which may be of a smaller denomination.
 
 “Rate Stabilization Bond Interest Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2 of this Series Supplement.
 
Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) of this Series Supplement.
 
Periodic Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(d) of this Series Supplement.
 
Series Issuance Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) of this Series Supplement.
 
SECTION 6.  Delivery and Payment for the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds; Form of the Series  A Rate Stabilization Bonds.  The Indenture Trustee shall deliver the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds to the Issuer when authenticated in accordance with Section 2.03 of the Indenture.  The Series  A Rate Stabilization Bonds of each Tranche shall be in the form of Exhibits A-1 through A-3 hereto.
 
SECTION 7.  Ratification of Agreement.  As supplemented by this Series Supplement, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and the Indenture, as so supplemented by this Series Supplement, shall be read, taken, and construed as one and the same instrument.  This Series Supplement amends, modifies and supplements the Indenture only in so far as it relates to the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
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SECTION 8.  Counterparts.  This Series Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
 
SECTION 9. GOVERNING LAW.  THIS SERIES SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS; PROVIDED THAT THE CREATION, ATTACHMENT AND PERFECTION OF ANY LIENS CREATED UNDER THE INDENTURE IN RATE STABILIZATION PROPERTY, AND ALL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE AND THE HOLDERS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH RATE STABILIZATION PROPERTY, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND.
 
SECTION 10.  Issuer Obligation.  No recourse may be taken directly or indirectly, by the Holders with respect to the obligations of the Issuer on the Rate Stabilization Bonds, under the Indenture or under this Series Supplement or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Managers in their respective individual capacities, (ii) any owner of a limited liability company interest in the Issuer (including BGE) or (iii) any shareholder, partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee or agent of the Indenture Trustee, the Managers or any owner of a limited liability company interest in the Issuer (including BGE) in its individual capacity, or of any successor or assign of any of them in their respective individual or corporate capacities, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being understood that none of the Indenture Trustee, the Managers and BGE have any such obligations in their respective individual or corporate capacities).
 
EXHIBIT B
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee have caused this Series Supplement to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the first day of the month and year first above written.
 
 
 
RSB BONDCO LLC, as Issuer
 
 
 
By:
 
   
Name:
Title: 
   
 
 
 
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Indenture Trustee
 
 
 
By:
 
   
Name:
Title:
 
 
By:
 
 
 
Name:
Title:
 
 
Signature Page to Series Supplement

 
SCHEDULE A
 
EXPECTED AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE
 
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE PER TRANCHE
 
 
Payment Date
Tranche A-1
Tranche A-2
Tranche A-3
Series Issuance Date
$284,000,000    
$220,000,000    
$119,200,000    
4/1/2008
$251,147,488    
$220,000,000    
$119,200,000    
10/1/2008
$225,773,339    
$220,000,000    
$119,200,000    
4/1/2009
$199,185,443    
$220,000,000    
$119,200,000    
10/1/2009
$172,316,247    
$220,000,000    
$119,200,000    
4/1/2010
$144,282,204    
$220,000,000    
$119,200,000    
10/1/2010
$115,926,471    
$220,000,000    
$119,200,000    
4/1/2011
$86,273,891    
$220,000,000    
$119,200,000    
10/1/2011
$56,255,454    
$220,000,000    
$119,200,000    
4/1/2012
$24,982,323    
$220,000,000    
$119,200,000    
10/1/2012
$0    
$213,247,968    
$119,200,000    
4/1/2013
$0    
$180,215,385    
$119,200,000    
10/1/2013
$0    
$146,608,497    
$119,200,000    
4/1/2014
$0    
$111,665,142    
$119,200,000    
10/1/2014
$0    
$76,055,636    
$119,200,000    
4/1/2015
$0    
$39,080,909    
$119,200,000    
10/1/2015
$0    
$1,349,098    
$119,200,000    
1/15/2016
$0    
$0    
$81,425,243    
10/1/2016
$0    
$0    
$41,426,899    
4/1/2017
$0    
$0    
$0    
 

 
EXHIBIT C
 
FORM OF INVESTOR LETTER OF REPRESENTATION
 
[Date]
 
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Indenture Trustee
60 Wall Street
MS-NY C60-2606
26th Floor
New York, New York  10015
Attention:  Asset Backed Securities Unit – Mark DiGiacomo

RSB BONDCO LLC,
as Issuer
Suite 202
103 Foulk Road
Wilmington, Delaware  19803
Attention:  Manager

 
Re:
RSB BONDCO LLC Rate Stabilization Bonds - Series [     ], Tranche [_-_]
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
[___________________] (the “Purchaser”) intends to purchase from [___________________] the [designate Rate Stabilization Bond] (the “Rate Stabilization Bond”), issued pursuant to that certain Indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of June 29, 2007, among RSB BONDCO LLC, as Issuer (the “Issuer”), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) and that certain Series Supplement, dated as of [__________], 2007 (the “Series Supplement”) among the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture and, if not defined therein, as defined in the Series Supplement.
 
In connection with the proposed transfer, the Purchaser represents and warrants to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee that on [insert date of transfer], the Purchaser is either:
 
(a)           a “qualified institutional buyer” as such term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or
 
(b)            an “institutional accredited investor” as described in Rule 501(a)(l), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.
 
EXHIBIT C
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                                                          Very truly yours,
 
                                                    [PURCHASER]
 
                    By:  __________________________
                            Name:
                            Title:
 
EXHIBIT C
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EXHIBIT D
 
FORM OF ERISA REPRESENTATION LETTER
 
[Date]
 
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Indenture Trustee
60 Wall Street
MS-NY C60-2606
26th Floor
New York, New York  10015
Attention:  Asset Backed Securities Unit – Mark DiGiacomo

RSB BONDCO LLC,
as Issuer
Suite 202
103 Foulk Road
Wilmington, Delaware  19803
Attention:  Manager

 
Re:
RSB BONDCO LLC Rate Stabilization Bonds - Series [     ], Tranche [_-_]
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
[___________________] (the “Purchaser”) intends to purchase from [___________________] the [designate Rate Stabilization Bond] (the “Rate Stabilization Bond”), issued pursuant to that certain Indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of June 29, 2007 among RSB BONDCO LLC, as Issuer (the “Issuer”), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) and that certain Series Supplement, dated as of [__________], 2007 (the “Series Supplement”) among the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture and, if not defined therein, as defined in the Series Supplement.
 
In connection with the proposed transfer, the Purchaser represents and warrants to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee that the Purchaser is not, and on [insert date of transfer] will not be, and on such date will not be investing the funds of, (a) an “employee benefit plan” as defined in and subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), (c) an entity whose underlying assets include the assets of such employee benefit plan or plan or (d) a governmental or church plan which is subject to any federal, state or local law that is substantially similar to the provisions of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
 
EXHIBIT D
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                    Very truly yours,
 
                  [PURCHASER]
 
                    By:  ____________________
                            Name:
                            Title:

EXHIBIT D
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EXHIBIT E
 
SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED
BY INDENTURE TRUSTEE IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE


Reg AB
Reference
Servicing Criteria
Applicable Indenture
Trustee
Responsibility
 
General Servicing Considerations
 
1122(d)(1)(i)
Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the transaction agreements.
 
1122(d)(1)(ii)
If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s performance and compliance with such servicing activities.
 
1122(d)(1)(iii)
Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer for the pool assets are maintained.
 
1122(d)(1)(iv)
A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements.
 
 
Cash Collection and Administration
 
1122(d)(2)(i)
Payments on pool assets are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two (2) business days following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
X
1122(d)(2)(ii)
Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel.
X
1122(d)(2)(iii)
Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements.
 
1122(d)(2)(iv)
The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction agreements.
X
1122(d)(2)(v)
Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes of this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act.
 
1122(d)(2)(vi)
Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access.
 
1122(d)(2)(vii)
Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within thirty (30) calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements; (C) reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items. These reconciling items are resolved within ninety (90) calendar days of their original identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
 
 
Investor Remittances and Reporting
 
1122(d)(3)(i)
Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the SEC, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable SEC requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the SEC as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of pool assets serviced by the servicer.
 
1122(d)(3)(ii)
Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements.
X
1122(d)(3)(iii)
Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two (2) business days to the servicer’s investor records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
X
 
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Reg AB
Reference
Servicing Criteria
Applicable Indenture
Trustee
Responsibility
1122(d)(3)(iv)
Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements.
X
 
Pool Asset Administration
 
1122(d)(4)(i)
Collateral or security on pool assets is maintained as required by the transaction agreements or related pool asset documents.
 
1122(d)(4)(ii)
Pool assets and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction agreements.
 
1122(d)(4)(iii)
Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the transaction agreements.
 
1122(d)(4)(iv)
Payments on pool assets, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related pool asset documents are posted to the servicer’s obligor records maintained no more than two (2) business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related pool asset documents.
 
1122(d)(4)(v)
The servicer’s records regarding the pool assets agree with the servicer’s records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal balance.
 
1122(d)(4)(vi)
Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor's pool assets (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and related pool asset documents.
 
1122(d)(4)(vii)
Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction agreements.
 
1122(d)(4)(viii)
Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a pool asset is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s activities in monitoring delinquent pool assets including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).
 
1122(d)(4)(ix)
Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for pool assets with variable rates are computed based on the related pool asset documents.
 
1122(d)(4)(x)
Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts): (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s pool asset documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable pool asset documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within thirty (30) calendar days of full repayment of the related pool assets, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
 
1122(d)(4)(xi)
Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support has been received by the servicer at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
 
1122(d)(4)(xii)
Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the servicer’s funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or omission.
 
1122(d)(4)(xiii)
Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two (2) business days to the obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
 
1122(d)(4)(xiv)
Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in accordance with the transaction agreements.
 
1122(d)(4)(xv)
Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the transaction agreements.
 

EXHIBIT E
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APPENDIX A
 
DEFINITIONS
 
This is Appendix A to the Indenture.
 
A.           Defined Terms.  As used in the Indenture, the Sale Agreement, the LLC Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement, any Series Supplement or any other Basic Document as hereinafter defined, as the case may be (unless the context requires a different meaning), the following terms have the following meanings:
 
Act” is defined in Section 10.03(a) of the Indenture.
 
Actual QRSC Collections” means the sum of the QRSC Payments which are actually received by the Servicer, directly or indirectly (including through a Third-Party Collector), from or on behalf of Customers less an allowance for Charge-Offs.
 
Addition Notice” means, with respect to the transfer of Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property to the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Sale Agreement, notice, which shall be given by the Seller to the Issuer and the Rating Agencies not later than ten (10) days prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date, specifying the Subsequent Transfer Date for such Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property.
 
Administration Agreement” means the Administration Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2007, by and between BGE and the Issuer, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
 
Administration Fee” is defined in Section 2 of the Administration Agreement.
 
Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person.  For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
 
Agency Office” means the office of the Issuer maintained pursuant to Section 3.02 of the Indenture.
 
Amendatory Tariff” means an amendment or revision to a Tariff regarding the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charge filed with the PSC.
 
Annual Accountant’s Report” is defined in Section 3.04 of the Servicing Agreement.
 
 “Applicable Qualified Rate Order” means, with respect to any Series, the Qualified Rate Order authorizing the creation of the Rate Stabilization Property pledged as collateral for such Series.
 

 
Applicable Third-Party Collector” means, with respect to each Customer, the Third-Party Collector, if any, responsible for billing and collecting all charges to such Customer, including the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges.
 
Application” means the Application of BGE for a Qualified Rate Order to securitize rate stabilization and other qualified costs filed by BGE with the PSC dated November 3, 2007 pursuant to the Rate Stabilization Law, or any subsequent similar Application of BGE.
 
Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.), as amended from time to time.
 
Basic Documents” means the Indenture, the Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Administration Agreement, the Sale Agreement, the Certificate of Formation, the LLC Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, each Series Supplement, each Letter of Representations, each Underwriting Agreement and all other documents and certificates delivered in connection therewith.
 
Benefit Plan” means, with respect to any Person, any defined benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA) that (a) is or was at any time during the past six years maintained by such Person or any ERISA Affiliate of such person, or to which contributions by any such Person are or were at any time during the past six (6) years required to be made or under which such Person has or could have any liability or (b) is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA.
 
BGE” means Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, a Maryland corporation and any of its successors or permitted assigns.
 
Bill” or “Bills” means each of the regular monthly bills, summary bills, Opening Bills and Closing Bills issued to Customers by BGE or Third-Party Collectors or to Third-Party Collectors by BGE on its own behalf and in its capacity as Servicer.
 
Bill of Sale” means a bill of sale substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Sale Agreement and delivered pursuant to Section 2.03(i) of the Sale Agreement.
 
Billed QRSCs” is defined in Annex I to the Servicing Agreement.
 
Billing Period” means the period created by dividing the calendar year into twelve (12) consecutive periods of approximately twenty-one (21) Servicer Business Days.
 
Book-Entry Form” means, with respect to any Rate Stabilization Bond or Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds, that such Rate Stabilization Bond or Series is not certificated and the ownership and transfers thereof shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 2.11 of the Indenture and the applicable Series Supplement pursuant to which such Rate Stabilization Bond or Series was issued.
 
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Book-Entry Rate Stabilization Bonds” means any Rate Stabilization Bonds issued in Book-Entry Form; provided, however, that after the occurrence of a condition whereupon book-entry registration and transfer are no longer permitted and Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds are to be issued to the Holder of such Rate Stabilization Bonds, such Rate Stabilization Bonds shall no longer be “Book-Entry Rate Stabilization Bonds”.
 
Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in Baltimore, Maryland or New York, New York are, or DTC is, authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.
 
Calculation Period” for any Series means initially, the period commencing on its Series Issuance Date and ending on the six month anniversary date of the Series Issuance Date and, thereafter, each period of six Collection Periods ending immediately preceding the next Semi-Annual True-Up Adjustment Date; provided, that, with respect to a Quarterly True-Up Adjustment, the Calculation Period for such Quarterly True-Up Adjustment shall mean each period of three Collection Periods ending immediately preceding the next Quarterly True-Up Adjustment Date; and, provided, that, if an Interim True-Up Adjustment is required, then the Calculation Period for such Interim True-Up Adjustment shall mean the Collection Periods commencing with the date on which such Interim True-Up Adjustment is implemented and ending on the date immediately preceding the next Semi-Annual True-Up Adjustment Date, or Quarterly  True-Up Adjustment Date, as applicable.
 
Capital Contribution” means the amount of cash contributed to the Issuer by the Member as specified in the LLC Agreement.
 
Capital Subaccount” is defined in Section 8.02(a) of the Indenture.
 
Certificate of Compliance” means the certificate referred to in Section 3.03 of the Servicing Agreement and substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached to the Servicing Agreement.
 
Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 8, 2007 pursuant to which the Issuer was formed, as amended or amended and restated from time to time.
 
Charge-Offs” means arrears that that have been written off to bad debt expense in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
 
Claim” means a “claim” as defined in Section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code.
 
Clearing Agency” means an organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
 
Clearing Agency Participant” means a securities broker, dealer, bank, trust company, clearing corporation or other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency effects book entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing Agency.
 
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Closing Bill” means the final Bill issued to a Customer at the time electric service is terminated.
 
Closing Date” means June 29, 2007.
 
Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
 
Collection Account” means, with respect to any Series, the account established and maintained by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Section 8.02(a) of the Indenture and any subaccounts contained therein.
 
Collection Period” means any period commencing on the first Servicer Business Day of any Billing Period and ending on the last Servicer Business Day of such Billing Period.
 
Collections Curve” means a forecast, prepared on an annual basis for twelve-month periods, of the percentages of amounts billed in each Billing Period that are expected to be received, without regard to Charge-Offs, on each Business Day during that Billing Period and during each of the following six months.
 
Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Indenture Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office as of the Closing Date is located at 60 Wall Street, MS-NYC60-2606, 26th Floor, New York, New York  10005 Attention: Asset Backed Securities Unit-Mark DiGiacomo, Telephone: (908) 608-4091, Facsimile: (212) 553-2459 or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders of Rate Stabilization Bonds and the Issuer, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor trustee by like notice.
 
Covenant Defeasance Option” is defined in Section 4.01(b) of the Indenture.
 
Customers” means all existing and future residential electric customers of BGE and all other existing and future residential electric customers who are obligated to pay Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges pursuant to any Qualified Rate Order or any Tariff.
 
Daily Remittance” is defined in Section 6.10(a) of the Servicing Agreement.
 
Default” means any occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default as defined in Section 5.01 of the Indenture.
 
Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds” means Rate Stabilization Bonds issued in definitive form in accordance with  Section 2.13 of the Indenture.
 
Delaware Financing Statements” means one or more Uniform Commercial Code financing statements to be filed in the appropriate filing office in the State of Delaware.
 
Delaware UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in the State of Delaware.
 
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Depositing TPC” means a Third-Party Collector who provides a cash deposit pursuant to Section 3.05(e) of the Servicing Agreement.
 
DTC” means The Depository Trust Company or any successor thereto.
 
Electric Bill” or “Electric Bills” means the portion of each of the regular monthly bills, summary bills, Opening Bills and Closing Bills issued to Customers by BGE or Third-Party Collectors or to Third-Party Collectors by BGE on its own behalf and in its capacity as Servicer reflecting the amount owed by the Customer for electric service, including, but not limited to Billed QRSCs.
 
Eligible Account” means either a segregated non-interest-bearing trust account (a) with an Eligible Institution or (b) with the corporate trust department of a depository institution organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), having corporate trust powers and acting as trustee for funds deposited in such account, so long as any of the securities of such depository institution shall have a credit rating from each Rating Agency in one of its generic rating categories which signifies investment grade.
 
Eligible Institution” means:
 
(a)           the corporate trust department of the Indenture Trustee or a subsidiary thereof, so long as any of the securities of the Indenture Trustee or a subsidiary thereof have a credit rating from each Rating Agency in one of its generic rating categories which signifies investment grade; or
 
(b)           a depository institution organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), which (i) has either (A) a long-term unsecured debt rating of AAA by Standard & Poor’s, A2 by Moody’s, and AAA by Fitch or (B) a certificate of deposit rating of A-1+ by Standard & Poor’s and P-1 by Moody’s or any other long-term, short-term or certificate of deposit rating acceptable to the Rating Agencies and (ii) whose deposits are insured by the FDIC.
 
If so qualified under clause (b) above, the Indenture Trustee may be considered an Eligible Institution for the purposes of clause (a) of this definition.
 
Eligible Investments” mean instruments or investment property which evidence:
 
(a)           direct obligations of, and obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to timely payment by, the United States of America;
 
(b)           demand deposits, time deposits, certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of depository institutions meeting the requirements of clause (b) of the definition of Eligible Institution;
 
(c)           commercial paper (other than commercial paper of BGE or any of its Affiliates) having, at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest
 
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    therein, a rating from each of the Rating Agencies from which a rating is available in the highest investment category granted thereby;
 
(d)           investments in money market funds having a rating in the highest investment category granted thereby (including funds for which the Indenture Trustee or any of its Affiliates is investment manager or advisor) from Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch, if rated by Fitch;
 
(e)           repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is a direct obligation of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, in either case entered into with depository institutions or trust companies meeting the requirements of clause (b) of the definition of Eligible Institutions;
 
(f)           repurchase obligations with respect to any security or whole loan entered into with:
 
(g)                        (i)           a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) meeting the requirements of clause (b) of the definition of Eligible Institutions,
 
(ii)           a broker/dealer (acting as principal) registered as a broker or dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act (any broker/dealer being referred to in this definition as a “broker/dealer”), the unsecured short-term debt obligations of which are rated at least “P-1” by Moody’s, “A-1+” by Standard & Poor’s and, if Fitch provides a rating thereon, “F-1+” by Fitch at the time of entering into this repurchase obligation, or
 
(iii)           an unrated broker/dealer, acting as principal, that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a non-bank or bank holding company the unsecured short-term debt obligations of which are rated at least “P-1” by Moody’s, “A-1+” by Standard & Poor’s and, if Fitch provides a rating thereon, “F-1+” by Fitch at the time of purchase so long as the obligations of such unrated broker/dealer are unconditionally guaranteed by such non-bank or bank holding company; and
 
(h)           any other investment permitted by each of the Rating Agencies;
 
in each case maturing not later than the Business Day immediately preceding the next Payment Date or Special Payment Date, if applicable (for the avoidance of doubt, investments in money market funds or similar instruments which are redeemable on demand shall be deemed to satisfy the foregoing requirement).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any securities or investments which mature in thirty-two (32) days or more shall not be “Eligible Investments” unless the issuer thereof has a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least A1 from Moody’s and A+ from Standard & Poor’s, any securities or investments described in clauses (b) through (f) above which have  maturities of less than or equal to three (3) months shall not be “Eligible Investments” unless the issuer thereof has a long-term and short-term unsecured debt rating of at least A1/P-1 from Moody’s and any securities or investments described in clauses (b) through (f) above which  have maturities of more than three (3) months shall not be an “Eligible Investment”
 
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unless the issuer thereof has a long-term and short-term unsecured debt rating of at least Aa3/P-1 from Moody’s.
 
ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
 
ERISA Affiliate” means with respect to any Person at any time, each trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that would, at that time, be treated together with such Person as a single employer under Section 401 of ERISA or Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.
 
Estimated QRSC Collections” means the sum of the QRSC Payments which are deemed to have been received by the Servicer, directly or indirectly (including through a Third-Party Collector), from or on behalf of Customers, based on the Collections Curve less an allowance for Charge-Offs, to be remitted to the Collection Account.
 
Event of Default” is defined in Section 5.01 of the Indenture.
 
Excess Funds Subaccount” is defined in Section 8.02(a) of the Indenture.
 
Excess Remittance” means the amount, if any, calculated for a particular Reconciliation Period, by which all Estimated QRSC Collections remitted to the Collection Account during such Reconciliation Period exceed Actual QRSC Collections during such Reconciliation Period.
 
Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
Expected Amortization Schedule” means, with respect to any Series or Tranche, the expected amortization schedule for such Series or Tranche set forth in the related Series Supplement.
 
FDIC” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any Governmental Authority succeeding to the duties of such agency.
 
Federal Book-Entry Regulations” means 31 C.F.R. Part 357 et seq. (Department of Treasury).
 
Federal Book-Entry Securities” means securities issued in book-entry form by the United States Treasury.
 
FERC” means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or any Governmental Authority succeeding to the duties of such commission.
 
Final” means, with respect to any Qualified Rate Order, that such Qualified Rate Order has become final, is not being appealed and that the time for filing an appeal therefrom has expired.
 
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Final Maturity Date” means, with respect to any Series or Tranche of Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Final Maturity Date therefor, as specified in the related Series Supplement.
 
Financial Asset” means “financial asset” as set forth in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the NY UCC.
 
Financing Credit Order” means the Financing Credit Order dated December 28, 2006, as corrected on January 2, 2007, issued by the PSC (Order No. 81182).
 
 “Fitch” means Fitch, Inc. or any successor thereto.
 
General Subaccount” is defined in Section 8.02(a) of the Indenture.
 
Global Rate Stabilization Bond” means a Rate Stabilization Bond evidencing all or any part of a Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds to be issued to the Holders thereof in Book-Entry Form, which Global Rate Stabilization Bond shall be issued to the Clearing Agency, or its nominee, for such Series, in accordance with Section 2.11 of the Indenture and the applicable Series Supplement pursuant to which the Rate Stabilization Bond is issued.
 
Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any federal, state, local or other political subdivision thereof and any court, administrative agency or other instrumentality or entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative function of government.
 
Grant” means mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, release, convey, grant, transfer, create, and grant a lien upon and a security interest in and right of set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm pursuant to the Indenture and the related Series Supplement.  A Grant of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral or of any other agreement or instrument included therein shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the obligations) of the Granting party thereunder, including the immediate and continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for payments in respect of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral and all other moneys payable thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring Proceedings in the name of the Granting party or otherwise and generally to do and receive anything that the Granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder or with respect thereto.
 
Holder”, “Registered Holder” or “Bondholder” means the Person in whose name a Rate Stabilization Bond is registered on the Rate Stabilization Bond Register.
 
Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of June 29, 2007, by and between the Issuer and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as Indenture Trustee and as Securities Intermediary, as originally executed and, as from time to time supplemented or amended by one or more Series Supplements or indentures supplemental thereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture,
 
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as so supplemented or amended, or both, and shall include the forms and terms of the Rate Stabilization Bonds established thereunder.
 
Indenture Trustee” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as indenture trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, or any successor indenture trustee under the Indenture.
 
Independent” means, when used with respect to any specified Person, that the Person (a) is in fact independent of the Issuer, any other obligor on the Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Seller, the Servicer and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons, (b) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Issuer, any such other obligor, the Seller, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons and (c) is not connected with the Issuer, any such other obligor, the Seller, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director (other than as an independent director or manager) or person performing similar functions.
 
Independent Certificate” means a certificate or opinion to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 10.01 of the Indenture, made by an Independent appraiser or other expert appointed by an Issuer Order and consented to by the Indenture Trustee, and such opinion or certificate shall state that the signer has read the definition of “Independent” in the Indenture and that the signer is Independent within the meaning thereof.
 
Independent Manager” is defined in Section 4.01 of the LLC Agreement.
 
Independent Manager Fee” is defined in Section 4.01(a) of the LLC Agreement.
 
Indirect Participant” means a securities broker, dealer, bank, trust company or other Person that clears through or maintains a custodial relationship with a Clearing Agency Participant, either directly or indirectly.
 
Initial Payment Date” means the first Payment Date set forth in the Expected Amortization Schedule relating to any Series or Tranche.
 
Initial Qualified Rate Order ” means the final Qualified Rate Order dated December 28, 2006 issued by the PSC pursuant to the Rate Stabilization Law, Case No. 9089 (Order No. 81181).
 
Initial Rate Stabilization Bonds” means the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds issued pursuant to the Initial Qualified Rate Order.
 
Initial Rate Stabilization Property” means all Rate Stabilization Property created in favor of the Issuer pursuant to the Initial Qualified Rate Order, including the right to impose, collect and receive the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges authorized in the Initial Qualified Rate Order, and sold, transferred, assigned, set over and conveyed by the Seller to the Issuer as of the Closing Date pursuant to the Sale Agreement.
 
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Initial Tariff” means the initial Tariff filed with the PSC to evidence the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges pursuant to the Initial Qualified Rate Order.
 
Insolvency Event” means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of such Person or any substantial part of its property in an involuntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of such Person’s affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days; or (b) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by such Person to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or the making by such Person of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by such Person generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by such Person in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
 
Insolvency Law” means any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect.
 
Interim True-Up Adjustment” means each adjustment to the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges made pursuant to the terms of the related Qualified Rate Order and in accordance with Section 4.01(b)(ii) of the Servicing Agreement.
 
Interim True-Up Adjustment Date” means the effective date of any Interim True-Up Adjustment.
 
Internal Revenue Service” means the Internal Revenue Service of the United States of America.
 
Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
 
Investment Earnings” means investment earnings on funds deposited in the Collection Account net of losses and investment expenses.
 
Issuance Advice Letter” means the final Issuance Advice Letter filed with the PSC pursuant to the Qualified Rate Order with respect to any Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges.
 
Issuer” means RSB BondCo LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, named as such in the Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of any provision contained herein and required by the TIA, each other obligor on the Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
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Issuer Order” and “Issuer Request” mean a written order or request signed in the name of the Issuer by any one of its Responsible Officers and delivered to the Indenture Trustee or Paying Agent, as applicable.
 
Legal Defeasance Option” is defined in Section 4.01(b) of the Indenture.
 
Letter of Representations” means any applicable agreement between the Issuer and the applicable Clearing Agency, with respect to such Clearing Agency’s rights and obligations (in its capacity as a Clearing Agency) with respect to any Book-Entry Rate Stabilization Bonds, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
 
Lien” means a security interest, lien, mortgage, charge, pledge, claim, equity or encumbrance of any kind.
 
LLC Act” means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, as amended.
 
LLC Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of RSB BondCo LLC, dated as of June 29, 2007, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
 
Losses” means (i) any and all amounts of principal and interest on the Rate Stabilization Bonds not paid when due or when scheduled to be paid in accordance with their terms and the amounts of any deposits by or to the Issuer required to have been made in accordance with the terms of the Basic Documents or any Qualified Rate Order which are not made when so required and (ii) any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, claims, damages, payments, costs or expenses of any kind whatsoever.
 
Manager” means each manager of the Issuer under the LLC Agreement.
 
Maryland UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in the State of Maryland.
 
Member” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of the LLC Agreement.
 
Minimum Denomination” shall mean $100,000, or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, except for one Rate Stabilization Bond of each Tranche which may be of a smaller denomination.
 
Monthly Servicer’s Certificate” means a certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Servicing Agreement, completed and executed by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.01(b)(i) of the Servicing Agreement.
 
Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor thereto.
 
Notice of Default” is defined in Section 5.01 of the Indenture.
 
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NY UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in the State of New York.
 
Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Issuer under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 10.01 of the Indenture, and delivered to the Indenture Trustee.
 
Opening Bill” means the first Bill issued to a Customer at the time electric service is initiated.
 
Operating Expenses” means all fees, costs, expenses and indemnity payments of the Issuer, including all amounts owed by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee, any Manager, including any Independent Manager, legal and accounting fees of the Issuer, Rating Agency fees, costs and expenses of the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement, including legal costs of the Servicer under Section 5.02(d) of the Servicing Agreement, costs and expenses of the Seller under the Sale Agreement, including legal costs of the Seller under Section 4.07 of the Sale Agreement, and any taxes owed on investment income in the Collection Account, but excluding the Servicing Fee and the Administration Fee.
 
Opinion of Counsel” means one or more written opinions of counsel who may, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Basic Documents, be employees of or counsel to the party providing such opinion of counsel, which counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the party receiving such opinion of counsel, and shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to such party.
 
Outstanding” means, as of the date of determination, all Rate Stabilization Bonds theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture except:
 
(a)           Rate Stabilization Bonds theretofore canceled by the Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar or delivered to the Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar for cancellation;
 
(b)           Rate Stabilization Bonds or portions thereof the payment for which money in the necessary amount has been theretofore irrevocably deposited with the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Rate Stabilization Bonds; and
 
(c)           Rate Stabilization Bonds in exchange for or in lieu of other Rate Stabilization Bonds which have been issued pursuant to this Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Rate Stabilization Bonds are held by a Protected Purchaser;
 
provided that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds or any Series or Tranche thereof have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or under any Basic Document, Rate Stabilization Bonds owned by the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Member, the Seller, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons shall be
 
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disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Rate Stabilization Bonds that the Indenture Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.  Rate Stabilization Bonds so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Rate Stabilization Bonds and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Member, the Seller, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons.
 
Outstanding Amount” means the aggregate principal amount of all Rate Stabilization Bonds or, if the context requires, all Rate Stabilization Bonds of a Series or Tranche, Outstanding at the date of determination.
 
Paying Agent” means with respect to the Indenture, the Indenture Trustee and any other Person appointed as a paying agent for the Rate Stabilization Bonds pursuant to the Indenture.
 
Payment Date” means, with respect to any Series or Tranche of Rate Stabilization Bonds, the dates specified in the related Series Supplement; provided that if any such date is not a Business Day, the Payment Date shall be the Business Day immediately succeeding such date.
 
Periodic Billing Requirement” means, for any Calculation Period, the aggregate amount of Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges calculated by the Servicer as necessary to be billed during such period in order to collect the Periodic Payment Requirements on or before the end of the Collection Period immediately preceding the next Semi-Annual True-Up Adjustment Date, or Quarterly True-Up Adjustment Date, as applicable.
 
Periodic Interest” means, with respect to any Payment Date and any Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds, the periodic interest for such Payment Date and Series as specified in the related Series Supplement.
 
Periodic Payment Requirement” for any Calculation Period means the total dollar amount of QRSC Collections reasonably calculated by the Servicer in accordance with Section 4.01 of the Servicing Agreement as necessary to be received during such period (after giving effect to the allocation and distribution of amounts on deposit in the Excess Funds Subaccount at the time of calculation and which will be available for payments on the Rate Stabilization Bonds at the end of such Calculation Period and including any shortfalls in Periodic Payment Requirements for any prior Calculation Period) in order to ensure that, as of the last Payment Date occurring in such Calculation Period, (1) all accrued and unpaid interest on the Rate Stabilization Bonds then due shall have been paid in full, (2) the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds is equal to the Projected Unrecovered Balance, (3) the balance on deposit in the Capital Subaccount equals the aggregate Required Capital Level and (4) all other fees and expenses due and owing and required or allowed to be paid under Section 8.02 of the Indenture as of such date shall have been paid in full; provided that, with respect to any
 
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Quarterly True-Up Adjustment or Interim True-Up Adjustment occurring after the last Scheduled Final Payment Date for any Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Periodic Payment Requirements shall be calculated to ensure that sufficient Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges will be collected to retire such Rate Stabilization Bonds in full as of the earlier of (x) the Payment Date preceding the next Quarterly True-Up Adjustment Date and (y) the Final Maturity Date for such Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
Periodic Principal” means, with respect to any Payment Date and any Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds, the excess, if any, of the Outstanding Amount of such Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds over the outstanding Unrecovered Balance specified for such Payment Date on the Expected Amortization Schedule.
 
Permitted Lien” means the Lien created by the Indenture.
 
Permitted Successor” is defined in Section 5.02 of the Sale Agreement.
 
Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof), unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
 
PJM” means PJM Interconnection, LLC, a limited liability company.
 
Predecessor Rate Stabilization Bond” means, with respect to any particular Rate Stabilization Bond, every previous Rate Stabilization Bond evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Rate Stabilization Bond, and, for the purpose of this definition, any Rate Stabilization Bond authenticated and delivered under Section 2.06 of the Indenture in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Rate Stabilization Bond shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Rate Stabilization Bond.
 
Proceedings” means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding.
 
Projected Unrecovered Balance” means, as of any Payment Date, the sum of the projected outstanding principal amount of each Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds for such Payment Date set forth in the Expected Amortization Schedule.
 
Protected Purchaser” has the meaning specified in Section 8-303 of the UCC.
 
PSC” means the Public Service Commission of Maryland, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to the duties of such commission.
 
PSC Regulations” means the regulations, including proposed or temporary regulations, promulgated under the Utilities Code.
 
QRSC Collections” means Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges remitted to the Collection Account.
 
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QRSC Payments” means the payments, including any partial payments allocated in accordance with Section 6(b) of Annex 1 of the Servicing Agreement, made by or on behalf of Customers (including through a Third-Party Collector) based on the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges.
 
Qualified Costs” means all rate stabilization costs as defined in Section 7-520(g)(1) and (2) of the Rate Stabilization Law.
 
Qualified Rate Order” means, as the context may require, (i) the Initial Qualified Rate Order and/or (ii) any Subsequent Qualified Rate Order.
 
Qualified Rate Stabilization Charge” means any qualified rate stabilization charge as defined in Section 7-520(e) of the Rate Stabilization Law which is authorized by a Qualified Rate Order.
 
Quarterly True-Up Adjustment” means each adjustment to the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges made pursuant to the terms of the related Qualified Rate Order in accordance with Section 4.01(b)(iv) of the Servicing Agreement.
 
Quarterly True-Up Adjustment Date” means the rolling three month anniversary date of the Series Issuance Date of the Initial Rate Stabilization Bonds, commencing on June 29, 2017 (or, in the case of any subsequent Series, the rolling three month anniversary date of such Series, based on its Series Issuance Date, beginning with the first such date after the Scheduled Final Payment Date of the last Tranche of such Series).
 
Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral” has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
 
Rate Stabilization Bond Interest Rate” means, with respect to any Series or Tranche of Rate Stabilization Bonds, the rate at which interest accrues on the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series or Tranche, as specified in the related Series Supplement.
 
Rate Stabilization Bond Register” means the register maintained pursuant to Section 2.05 of the Indenture, providing for the registration of the Rate Stabilization Bonds and transfers and exchanges thereof.
 
Rate Stabilization Bond Registrar” means the registrar at any time of the Rate Stabilization Bond Register, appointed pursuant to Section 2.05 of the Indenture.
 
Rate Stabilization Bonds” means one or more Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds authorized by the Initial Qualified Rate Order and any Subsequent Qualified Rate Order and issued under the Indenture.
 
Rate Stabilization Law” means §§7-520 – 7-549 of the Maryland Public Utility Companies Article, as amended from time to time.
 
Rate Stabilization Property” means all rate stabilization property as defined in Section 7-520(i)(1) and (2) of the Rate Stabilization Law created pursuant to a Qualified
 
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Rate Order and sold or otherwise conveyed to the Issuer under the Sale Agreement, including the Initial Rate Stabilization Property and any Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property.  As used in the Basic Documents, unless the context requires otherwise, the term “Rate Stabilization Property” when used with respect to BGE includes the contract rights of BGE that exist prior to the time that such rights are first transferred in connection with the issuance of the Rate Stabilization Bonds, at which time they become rate stabilization property in accordance with Section 7-537 of the Rate Stabilization Law.
 
Rate Stabilization Property Notices” means rate stabilization property notices filed with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation pursuant to Section 7-542 of the Rate Stabilization Law.
 
Rate Stabilization Property Records” is defined in Section 5.01 of the Servicing Agreement.
 
Rating Agency” , with respect to any Series or Tranche of Rate Stabilization Bonds, means any of Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s or Fitch which provides a rating with respect to such Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds.  If no such organization or successor is any longer in existence, “Rating Agency” shall be a nationally recognized statistical rating organization or other comparable Person designated by the Issuer, notice of which designation shall be given to the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer.
 
Rating Agency Condition” means, with respect to any action, the notification in writing by the Issuer of such action to each Rating Agency , and written confirmation from Standard & Poor’s to the Seller, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer that such action will not result in a suspension, reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating by such Rating Agency of any Outstanding Series or Tranche of Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
Reconciliation Date” means the last Business Day of September of each year, commencing with September 30, 2008 and continuing through September 30, 2019  (or such earlier month as the Servicer shall have specified to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by not less than thirty days prior written notice).
 
Reconciliation Period” means, with respect to the twelve-month period ending the last day of June of each year; provided, that the initial Reconciliation Period shall commence on the Closing Date and that a shorter Reconciliation Period may be established pursuant to Section 6.10(d) of the Servicing Agreement.
 
Record Date” means, with respect to a Payment Date, in the case of Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds, the close of business on the last day of the calendar month preceding the calendar month in which such Payment Date occurs, and, in the case of Book-Entry Rate Stabilization Bonds, the close of business one Business Day prior to such Payment Date.
 
Registration Statement” means the registration statement of the Sponsor and the Issuer on Form S-3 (File No. 333-141366), filed with the SEC under the Securities Act
 
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relating to the offering and sale of the Rate Stabilization Bonds and including all amendments thereto, and any subsequent registration statement relating to Rate Stabilization Bonds and including all amendments thereto.
 
Regulation AB” means the rules of the SEC promulgated under Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time.
 
Remittance Requirement” means, with respect to any Third-Party Collector, the requirement that such Third-Party Collector remit Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges to the Servicer within a prescribed number of days of billing by the Servicer in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law or any agreement with BGE.
 
Remittance Shortfall” means the amount, if any, calculated for a particular Reconciliation Period, by which Actual QRSC Collections during such Reconciliation Period exceed all Estimated QRSC Collections remitted to the Collection Account during such Reconciliation Period.
 
REP” means a retail electric provider as defined in the Qualified Rate Order.
 
 “Required Capital Level” means, with respect to each Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds, an amount equal to 0.50% of the initial principal amount of such Series, or such other amount as may be permitted or required under the Applicable Qualified Rate Order and applicable Internal Revenue Service rulings, deposited into the Capital Subaccount by the Member prior to or upon the issuance of such Series.
 
Requirements of Law” means any foreign, federal, state or local laws, statutes, regulations, rules, codes or ordinances enacted, adopted, issued or promulgated by any Governmental Authority or common law, including the Utilities Code (including the Rate Stabilization Law), PSC Regulations, any applicable Qualified Rate Order, any Tariff and Regulation AB.
 
Responsible Officer” means with respect to (a) the Issuer, any Manager or any duly authorized officer; (b) the Indenture Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of such trustee (including the President, any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Secretary or Assistant Treasurer, Trust Officer or any other officer of the Indenture Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, and that has direct responsibility for the administration of the Indenture and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred to because of such officer’s knowledge and familiarity with the particular subject); (c) any corporation (other than the Indenture Trustee), the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer or any other duly authorized officer of such Person who has been authorized to act in the circumstances; (d) any partnership, any general partner thereof; and (e) any other Person (other than an individual or the Indenture Trustee), any duly authorized officer or member of such
 
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Person, as the context may require, who is authorized to act in matters relating to such Person.
 
Restricted Plan” means (a) an “employee benefit plan” as defined in and subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to section 4975 of the Code, (c) an entity whose underlying assets include the assets of such employee benefit plan or (d) a governmental or church plan which is subject to any federal, state or local law that is substantially similar to the provisions of section 406 of ERISA or section 4975 of the Code.
 
Retirement of the Rate Stabilization Bonds” means any day on which the final distribution is made to the Indenture Trustee in respect of the last Outstanding Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
Sale Agreement” means the Rate Stabilization Property Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2007, by and between BGE and the Issuer, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
 
Scheduled Final Payment Date” means, with respect to each Series or, if applicable, each Tranche of Rate Stabilization Bonds, the date when all interest and principal is scheduled to be paid with respect to that Series or Tranche in accordance with the Expected Amortization Schedule, as specified in the related Series Supplement.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Scheduled Final Payment Date with respect to any Series or Tranche shall be the last Payment Date set forth in the Expected Amortization Schedule relating to such Series or Tranche.
 
SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to the duties of such commission.
 
Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or the Secretary of State of the State of Maryland, as the case may be, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to the duties of such offices.
 
Secured Obligations” is defined in the applicable Series Supplement with respect to each Series or Tranche of Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
Secured Parties” means, with respect to each Series, the Indenture Trustee, the relevant Bondholders and any credit enhancer described in the applicable Series Supplement.
 
Securities Account” means the Collection Account (to the extent it constitutes a securities account as defined in the NY UCC and Federal Book-Entry Regulations).
 
Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
Securities Intermediary” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, solely in the capacity of a “securities intermediary” as
 
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defined in the NY UCC and Federal Book-Entry Regulations or any successor securities intermediary under the Indenture.
 
 “Security Entitlement” means “security entitlement” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(17) of the NY UCC) with respect to Financial Assets now or hereafter credited to the Securities Account and, with respect to Federal Book-Entry Regulations, with respect to Federal Book-Entry Securities now or hereafter credited to the Securities Account, as applicable.
 
Seller” is defined in the preamble of the Sale Agreement.
 
Semi-Annual True-Up Adjustment” means each adjustment to the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges made pursuant to the terms of the related Qualified Rate Order in accordance with Section 4.01(b)(i) of the Servicing Agreement.
 
Semi-Annual True-Up Adjustment Date” means the rolling six month anniversary date of the Series Issuance Date of the Initial Rate Stabilization Bonds, commencing on December 29, 2007 (or, in the case of any subsequent Series, the corresponding rolling six month anniversary date of such Series based on its Series Issuance Date).
 
Series” means each series of Rate Stabilization Bonds issued and authenticated pursuant to the Indenture and a related Series Supplement.
 
Series Issuance Date” means, with respect to any Series, the date on which the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series are to be originally issued in accordance with Section 2.10 of the Indenture and the related Series Supplement.
 
Series Supplement” means an indenture supplemental to the Indenture that authorizes the issuance of a particular Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds, a form of which is attached as Exhibit B to the Indenture.
 
Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral” has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
 
Servicer” means BGE, as Servicer under the Servicing Agreement, or any successor Servicer to the extent permitted under the Servicing Agreement.
 
Servicer Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or holiday on which the Servicer maintains normal office hours and conducts business.
 
Servicer Default” is defined in Section 7.01 of the Servicing Agreement.
 
Servicer’s Certificate” means a certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the Servicing Agreement, completed and executed by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.01(c)(ii) of the Servicing Agreement.
 
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Servicing Agreement” means the Rate Stabilization Property Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2007, by and between the Issuer and BGE, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
 
Servicing Fee” means the fee payable to the Servicer on each Payment Date for services rendered during the period from, but not including, the preceding Payment Date (or from the Closing Date in the case of the first Payment Date) to and including the current Payment Date, determined pursuant to Section 6.05 of the Servicing Agreement.
 
Servicing Standard” means the obligation of the Servicer to calculate, apply, remit and reconcile proceeds of the Rate Stabilization Property, including QRSC Payments, and all other Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral for the benefit of the Issuer and the Holders (i) with the same degree of care and diligence as the Servicer applies with respect to payments owed to it for its own account, (ii) in accordance with all applicable procedures and requirements established by the PSC for collection of electric utility tariffs and (iii) in accordance with the other terms of the Servicing Agreement.
 
Special Member” is defined in Section 1.02 of the LLC Agreement.
 
Special Payment” means with respect to any Series or Tranche of Rate Stabilization Bonds, any payment of principal of or interest on (including any interest accruing upon default), or any other amount in respect of, the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series or Tranche that is not actually paid within five (5) days of the Payment Date applicable thereto.
 
Special Payment Date” means the date on which a Special Payment is to be made by the Indenture Trustee to the Holders.
 
Special Record Date” means with respect to any Special Payment Date, the close of business on the fifteenth (15th) day (whether or not a Business Day) preceding such Special Payment Date.
 
Sponsor” means BGE, in its capacity as “sponsor” of the Rate Stabilization Bonds within the meaning of Regulation AB.
 
Standard & Poor’s” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor thereto.
 
State” means any one of the fifty states of the United States of America or the District of Columbia.
 
State Pledge” means the pledge of the State of Maryland as set forth in Section 7-535(d) of the Rate Stabilization Law.
 
Subaccounts” is defined in Section 8.02(a) of the Indenture.
 
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Subsequent Closing Date” means any date (other than the Closing Date) specified in a Series Supplement under which Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series or Tranche are issued.
 
Subsequent Creation Date” means any date on which Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property is created in favor of BGE pursuant to a Subsequent Qualified Rate Order.
 
Subsequent Qualified Rate Order” means a qualified rate order (other than the Initial Qualified Rate Order ) issued hereafter by the PSC in favor of BGE.
 
Subsequent Sale” means the sale of Initial Rate Stabilization Property or Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property after the Closing Date, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in the Sale Agreement and the Indenture.
 
Subsequent Tariff” means a Tariff filed with the PSC in connection with a Subsequent Qualified Rate Order.
 
Subsequent Transfer Date” means any date on which a Subsequent Sale will be effective, as specified in an Addition Notice.
 
Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property” means Rate Stabilization Property (identified in the related Bill of Sale) sold by the Seller to the Issuer as of a Subsequent Transfer Date pursuant to the Sale Agreement.
 
Successor Servicer” is defined in Section 3.07(e) of the Indenture.
 
Tariff” means any tariff filed by BGE  with the PSC pursuant to the Rate Stabilization Law to evidence any Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges, or any other applicable tariff filed by BGE with the PSC.
 
Temporary Rate Stabilization Bonds” means Rate Stabilization Bonds executed, and upon the receipt of an Issuer Order, authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture, pending the preparation of Definitive Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
Termination Notice” is defined in Section 7.01 of the Servicing Agreement.
 
Third-Party Collector” means each third party, including each REP, electric utility, municipally owned utility and/or cooperative, which, pursuant to applicable Requirements of Law or any agreement with BGE, is obligated to bill, pay or collect Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges.
 
TPC Credit Requirements” means the credit and collection policies applicable to Third-Party Collectors pursuant to applicable Requirements of Law or contractual obligations.
 
TPC Deposit Accounts” is defined in Section 8.02(g) of the Indenture.
 
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TPC Deposit Requirements” means the deposit, credit rating and alternative credit support requirements applicable to Third-Party Collectors pursuant to applicable Requirements of Law or contractual obligations.
 
Tranche” means, with respect to any Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds, any one of the tranches of Rate Stabilization Bonds of that Series.
 
Transfer Date” means, with respect to the Initial Rate Stabilization Property, the Closing Date and, with respect to any Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property, the Subsequent Transfer Date related thereto.
 
Transferred Rate Stabilization Property” means, collectively, the Initial Rate Stabilization Property and any Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property.
 
Treasury Regulations” means the regulations, including proposed or temporary regulations, promulgated under the Code.  References herein to specific provisions of proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury Regulations.
 
True-Up Adjustment” means any Semi-Annual True-Up Adjustment or Interim True-Up Adjustment, as the case may be.
 
True-Up Adjustment Mechanism” means the mechanism by which the Servicer adjusts the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charge through a True-Up Adjustment pursuant to Section 4.01(b) of the Servicing Agreement.
 
Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the Trust  Indenture Act of 1939, as amended by the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990, as in force on the Closing Date, unless otherwise specifically provided.
 
UCC” means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction, as amended from time to time.
 
Underwriters” means the underwriters who purchase Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series or Tranche from the Issuer and resell such Rate Stabilization Bonds in a public offering pursuant to the Registration Statement.
 
Underwriting Agreement” means (i) with respect to the initial Series, the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2007, by and among BGE, the Underwriters and the Issuer, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and (ii) with respect to any subsequent Series, an underwriting agreement by and among BGE, the Underwriters and the Issuer, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
 
Unrecovered Balance” means, as of any Payment Date, the sum of the Outstanding Amount of each Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds less the amount in the Excess Funds Subaccount available to make principal payments on such Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
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Unregistered Rate Stabilization Bonds” means any Rate Stabilization Bonds not registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction.
 
Utilities Code” means the Maryland Public Utility Companies Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended from time to time.
 
U.S. Government Obligations” means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which are not callable at the option of the issuer thereof.
 
B.           Other Terms.  All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles.  To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms in any Basic Document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under generally accepted accounting principles or regulatory accounting principles, the definitions contained in such Basic Document shall control.  As used in the Basic  Documents, the term “including” means “including without limitation,” and other forms of the verb “to include” have correlative meanings.  All references to any Person shall include such Person’s permitted successors.
 
C.           Computation of Time Periods.  Unless otherwise stated in any of the Basic Documents, as the case may be, in the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each means “to but excluding”.
 
D.           Reference; Captions.  The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Basic Document shall refer to such Basic Document as a whole and not to any particular provision of such Basic Document; and references to “Section”, “subsection”, “Schedule” and “Exhibit” in any Basic Document are references to Sections, subsections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to such Basic Document unless otherwise specified in such Basic Document.  The various captions (including the tables of contents) in each Basic  Document are provided solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any Basic Document.
 
E.           The definitions contained in this Appendix A are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter forms of such terms.
 
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EX-4.2 4 exh4_2.htm SERIES SUPPLEMENT Unassociated Document
 
Exhibit 4.2
 
EXECUTION COPY
 
SERIES SUPPLEMENT
 
This SERIES SUPPLEMENT dated as of June 29, 2007 (this “Series Supplement”), by and between RSB BONDCO LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Issuer”), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation (“Deutsche Bank”), in its capacity as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) for the benefit of the Secured Parties under the Indenture dated as of June 29, 2007, by and between the Issuer and Deutsche Bank, in its capacity as Indenture Trustee and in its separate capacity as a securities intermediary (the “Indenture”).
 
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
 
Section 2.02 of the Indenture provides, among other things, that the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee may at any time and from time to time enter into one or more Series Supplements for the purposes of authorizing the issuance by the Issuer of a Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds and establishing the terms thereof.  The Issuer has duly authorized the creation of a Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds with an initial aggregate principal amount of $623,200,000 to be known as RSB BondCo LLC Rate Stabilization Bonds, Series A (the “Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds”), and the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee are executing and delivering this Series Supplement in order to provide for the creation of the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
All terms used in this Series Supplement that are defined in the Indenture, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein, except to the extent such terms are defined or modified in this Series Supplement or the context clearly requires otherwise.  In the event that any term or provision contained herein shall conflict with or be inconsistent with any term or provision contained in the Indenture, the terms and provisions of this Series Supplement shall govern.
 
GRANTING CLAUSE
 
With respect to the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Issuer hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee, as Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties of the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds, all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest (whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising) in and to the following (collectively, the “Series A Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral”): (a) the Rate Stabilization Property created under and pursuant to the Applicable Qualified Rate Order, and transferred by the Seller to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale Agreement (including, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the right to impose, collect and receive Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges, all revenues, collections, claims, rights, payments, money or proceeds of or arising from the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges authorized in the Applicable Qualified Rate Order and any Tariffs filed pursuant thereto and any contractual rights to collect such Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges from Customers and Third-Party Collectors), (b) all Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges related to such Rate Stabilization Property, (c) the Sale Agreement and each Bill of Sale executed in connection therewith and all property and interests in property transferred under the Sale Agreement and such Bills of Sale with respect to
 

 
such Rate Stabilization Property and the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds, (d) the Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement and any subservicing, agency, administration, collection or other agreements executed in connection therewith, to the extent related to the foregoing Rate Stabilization Property and the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds, (e) the Collection Account for such Series, all subaccounts thereof and all amounts of cash, instruments, investment property or other assets on deposit therein or credited thereto from time to time and all financial assets and securities entitlements carried therein or credited thereto, (f) all rights to compel the Servicer to file for and obtain adjustments to the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges in accordance with Section 7-531 of the Rate Stabilization Law, the Applicable Qualified Rate Order or any Tariff filed in connection therewith, (g) all deposits, guarantees, surety bonds, letters of credit and other forms of credit support provided by or on behalf of Third-Party Collectors pursuant to such Applicable Qualified Rate Order or Tariff, including investment earnings thereon and all amounts on deposit in the TPC Deposit Accounts, (h) all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of any or all of the foregoing, whether such claims, demands, causes and choses in action constitute Rate Stabilization Property, accounts, general intangibles, instruments, contract rights, chattel paper or proceeds of such items or any other form of property, (i) all accounts, chattel paper, deposit accounts, documents, general intangibles, goods, instruments, investment property, letters of credit, letters-of-credit rights, money, commercial tort claims and supporting obligations related to the foregoing, and (j) all payments on or under, and all proceeds in respect of, any or all of the foregoing; it being understood that the following do not constitute Series A Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral: (i) following retirement of all Outstanding Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds, cash that has been released pursuant to Section 8.04(c) of the Indenture, (ii) amounts deposited with the Issuer on any Series Issuance Date, including the Closing Date, for payment of costs of issuance with respect to the related Series (together with any interest earnings thereon) and (iii) the Initial Capital Contribution by the Member to the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.01 of the LLC Agreement, it being understood that such amounts described in clauses (i),(ii) and (iii) above shall not be subject to Section 3.17 of the Indenture.
 
The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure the payment of principal of and premium, if any, interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds and all fees, expenses, counsel fees and expenses and other amounts due and payable to the Indenture Trustee (collectively, the “Secured Obligations”) equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction, except as expressly provided in the Indenture, to secure compliance with the provisions of the Indenture with respect to the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds, all as provided in the Indenture and to secure the performance by the Issuer of all of its obligations under the Indenture.  The Indenture and this Series Supplement constitutes a security agreement within the meaning of the Rate Stabilization Law and under the UCC to the extent that the provisions of the UCC are applicable hereto.  In addition, the Issuer shall cause the filing of one or more financing statements to evidence the security interest of the Indenture Trustee in the Series A Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral.
 
The Indenture Trustee, as indenture trustee on behalf of the Secured Parties of the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds, acknowledges such Grant and accepts the trusts under this Series Supplement and the Indenture in accordance with the provisions of this Series Supplement and the Indenture.
 
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SECTION 1.  Designation.  The Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be designated generally as the Rate Stabilization Bonds, Series A and further denominated as Tranches A-1 through A-3.
 
SECTION 2.  Initial Principal Amount; Rate Stabilization Bond Interest Rate; Scheduled Final Payment Date; Final Maturity Date.  The Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds of each Tranche shall have the initial principal amount, bear interest at the rates per annum (as to each Tranche, the “Rate Stabilization Bond Interest Rate”) and shall have the Scheduled Final Payment Dates and the Final Maturity Dates set forth below:
 
Tranche
Initial Principal
Amount
Rate Stabilization
Bond
Interest Rate
Scheduled Final
Payment Date
Final
Maturity Date
Tranche A-1
$284,000,000
5.47%
10/1/2012
10/1/2014
Tranche A-2
$220,000,000
5.72%
4/1/2016
4/1/2018
Tranche A-3
$119,200,000
5.82%
4/1/2017
6/28/2019

The Rate Stabilization Bond Interest Rate shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve (12) 30-day months.
 
SECTION 3.  Authentication Date; Payment Dates; Expected Amortization Schedule for Principal; Periodic Interest; No Premium; Other Terms.
 
(a)           Authentication Date.  The Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds that are authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee to or upon the order of the Issuer on June 29, 2007 (the “Series Issuance Date”) shall have as their date of authentication June 29, 2007.
 
(b)           Payment Dates.  The Payment Dates for the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds are April 1 and October 1 of each year or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the following Business Day, commencing on April 1, 2008 and continuing until the earlier of repayment of the Series A, Tranche A-3 Rate Stabilization Bonds in full and the Final Maturity Date for the Series A, Tranche A-3 Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
(c)           Expected Amortization Schedule for Principal.  Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall distribute to the Holders of record as of the related Record Date amounts payable pursuant to Section 8.02(e) of the Indenture as principal, in the following order and priority: (1) to the holders of the Tranche A-1 Rate Stabilization Bonds, until the Outstanding Amount of such Tranche of Rate Stabilization Bonds thereof has been reduced to zero; (2) to the holders of the Tranche A-2 Rate Stabilization Bonds, until the Outstanding Amount of such Tranche of Rate Stabilization Bonds thereof has been reduced to zero; and (3) to the holders of the Tranche A-3 Rate Stabilization Bonds, until the Outstanding Amount of such Tranche of Rate Stabilization Bonds thereof has been reduced to zero; provided, however, that in no event shall a principal payment pursuant to this Section 3(c) on any Tranche on a Payment Date be greater than the amount necessary to reduce the Outstanding Amount of such Tranche of Rate Stabilization
 
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Bonds to the amount specified in the Expected Amortization Schedule which is attached as Schedule A hereto for such Tranche and Payment Date.
 
(d)           Periodic Interest.  Periodic Interest will be payable on each Tranche of the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds on each Payment Date in an amount equal to one-half of the product of (i) the applicable Rate Stabilization Bond Interest Rate and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of the related Tranche of Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds as of the close of business on the preceding Payment Date (or, with respect to the Initial Payment Date, the Outstanding Amount of the related Tranche of Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds on the Series Issuance Date) after giving effect to all payments of principal made to the Holders of the related Tranche of Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds on such preceding Payment Date.
 
(e)           Book-Entry Rate Stabilization Bonds.  The Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be Book-Entry Rate Stabilization Bonds and the applicable provisions of Section 2.11 of the Indenture shall apply to such Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
(f)           Waterfall Caps.
 
(i)           The amount payable with respect to the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds pursuant to Section 8.02(e)(i) of the Indenture shall not exceed $850,000 annually.
 
(ii)           The amount payable with respect to the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds pursuant to Section 8.02(e)(ii) of the Indenture shall not exceed on an annual basis (A) for so long as BGE is the Servicer, 0.05% of the aggregate initial principal amount of Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds, provided that BGE may seek approval from the PSC to recover from Customers, in accordance with the Financing Credit Order, any incremental costs it incurs to service the Rate Stabilization Property to the extent such incremental costs exceed 0.05% of the aggregate initial principal amount of Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds, and furtherprovided that such excess amount shall neither be considered an Operating Expense nor be paid out of the Collection Account or included in the calculation of True-Up Adjustments, or (B) if BGE is not the Servicer, 1.25% of the aggregate initial principal amount of Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds, provided, however, that BGE may seek approval from the PSC for a higher fee to be payable under Section 8.02(e)(ii) of the Indenture if it can reasonably demonstrate to the PSC that the services cannot be obtained under then-current market conditions for a fee of 1.25% of the aggregate initial principal amount of Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
(iii)           The amount payable for the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds pursuant to Section 8.02(e)(iii) of the Indenture, shall not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate annually, provided that BGE may seek approval from the PSC to recover from Customers, in accordance with the Financing Credit Order, any incremental costs it incurs to provide administrative support services to the Issuer to the extent such incremental costs exceed $100,000, and furtherprovided that such excess amount shall neither be considered an Operating Expense nor be paid out of the Collection Account or included in the calculation of True-Up Adjustments.
 
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(iv)           The amount payable with respect to the ordinary periodic Operating Expenses not described above pursuant to Section 8.02(e)(iv) shall not exceed $250,000 in the aggregate annually.
 
SECTION 4.  Minimum Denominations.  The Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds shall be issuable in the Minimum Denomination and in integral multiples  of $1,000 thereof.
 
SECTION 5.  Certain Defined Terms.  Article I of the Indenture provides that the meanings of certain defined terms used in the Indenture shall, when applied to the Rate Stabilization Bonds of a particular Series, be as defined in Appendix A to the Indenture.  Additionally, Article II of the Indenture provides that with respect to a particular Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds, certain terms will have the meanings specified in the related Series Supplement.  With respect to the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds, the following definitions shall apply:
 
Initial Payment Date” shall mean the first Payment Date for a Tranche of  Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds specified in the Expected Amortization Schedule which is attached as Schedule A hereto.
 
Minimum Denomination” shall mean $100,000, or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, except for one Rate Stabilization Bond of each Tranche which may be of a smaller denomination.
 
 “Rate Stabilization Bond Interest Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2 of this Series Supplement.
 
Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) of this Series Supplement.
 
Periodic Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(d) of this Series Supplement.
 
Series Issuance Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) of this Series Supplement.
 
SECTION 6.  Delivery and Payment for the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds; Form of the Series  A Rate Stabilization Bonds.  The Indenture Trustee shall deliver the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds to the Issuer when authenticated in accordance with Section 2.03 of the Indenture.  The Series  A Rate Stabilization Bonds of each Tranche shall be in the form of Exhibits A-1 through A-3 hereto.
 
SECTION 7.  Ratification of Agreement.  As supplemented by this Series Supplement, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and the Indenture, as so supplemented by this Series Supplement, shall be read, taken, and construed as one and the same instrument.  This Series Supplement amends, modifies and supplements the Indenture only in so far as it relates to the Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
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SECTION 8.  Counterparts.  This Series Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
 
SECTION 9. GOVERNING LAW.  THIS SERIES SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS; PROVIDED THAT THE CREATION, ATTACHMENT AND PERFECTION OF ANY LIENS CREATED UNDER THE INDENTURE IN RATE STABILIZATION PROPERTY, AND ALL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE AND THE HOLDERS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH RATE STABILIZATION PROPERTY, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND.
 
SECTION 10.  Issuer Obligation.  No recourse may be taken directly or indirectly, by the Holders with respect to the obligations of the Issuer on the Rate Stabilization Bonds, under the Indenture or under this Series Supplement or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Managers in their respective individual capacities, (ii) any owner of a limited liability company interest in the Issuer (including BGE) or (iii) any shareholder, partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee or agent of the Indenture Trustee, the Managers or any owner of a limited liability company interest in the Issuer (including BGE) in its individual capacity, or of any successor or assign of any of them in their respective individual or corporate capacities, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being understood that none of the Indenture Trustee, the Managers and BGE have any such obligations in their respective individual or corporate capacities).
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee have caused this Series Supplement to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the first day of the month and year first above written.
 
 
RSB BONDCO LLC, as Issuer
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Charles A. Berardesco 
   
Name:  Charles A. Berardesco
Title:    Secretary
 
 
Issuer Signature Page to Series Supplement


 
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Indenture Trustee
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Eileen Hughes 
   
Name:  Eileen Hughes
Title:    Vice President
 
 
By:
/s/ Louis Bodi 
 
 
Name:  Louis Bodi
Title:    Vice President
 
 
Trustee Signature Page to Series Supplement

 
SCHEDULE A
 
EXPECTED AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE
 
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE PER TRANCHE

 
Payment Date
Tranche A-1
Tranche A-2
Tranche A-3
Series Issuance Date
$284,000,000    
$220,000,000    
$119,200,000    
4/1/2008
$250,741,286    
$220,000,000    
$119,200,000    
10/1/2008
$225,198,598    
$220,000,000    
$119,200,000    
4/1/2009
$198,590,708    
$220,000,000    
$119,200,000    
10/1/2009
$171,674,318    
$220,000,000    
$119,200,000    
4/1/2010
$143,549,922    
$220,000,000    
$119,200,000    
10/1/2010
$115,131,815    
$220,000,000    
$119,200,000    
4/1/2011
$85,457,334    
$220,000,000    
$119,200,000    
10/1/2011
$55,423,848    
$220,000,000    
$119,200,000    
4/1/2012
$24,142,900    
$220,000,000    
$119,200,000    
10/1/2012
$0    
$212,419,156    
$119,200,000    
4/1/2013
$0    
$179,418,862    
$119,200,000    
10/1/2013
$0    
$145,855,662    
$119,200,000    
4/1/2014
$0    
$110,970,180    
$119,200,000    
10/1/2014
$0    
$75,433,398    
$119,200,000    
4/1/2015
$0    
$38,549,788    
$119,200,000    
10/1/2015
$0    
$925,060    
$119,200,000    
4/1/2016
$0    
$0    
$81,127,235    
10/1/2016
$0    
$0    
$41,269,298    
4/1/2017
$0    
$0    
$0    
 
 
SCHEDULE A

 
EX-5.1 5 exh5_1.htm THELEN REID BROWN RAYSMAN & STEINER OPINION exh5_1.htm
 
Exhibit 5.1
 


 


July 5, 2007


RSB BondCo LLC
Suite 202
103 Foulk Road
Wilmington, Delaware 19803

Re:           RSB BondCo LLC

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to RSB Bondco LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Issuer”), and Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, a Maryland corporation (“BGE”), in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 333-141366 and 333-1414366-01), as amended (the "Registration Statement"), filed by the Issuer and BGE with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), relating to rate stabilization bonds (the "Rate Stabilization Bonds") of the Issuer offered in such manner as described the prospectus and prospectus supplement (collectively, the "Prospectus") filed with the SEC on June 27, 2007. The Rate Stabilization Bonds were issued under an Indenture, as supplemented by a series supplement thereto (collectively, the "Indenture"), between the Issuer and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as indenture trustee (the "Indenture Trustee"). Capitalized terms used in this letter and not defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Indenture.

We are familiar with the proceedings taken by the Issuer in connection with the authorization, issuance and sale of the Rate Stabilization Bonds. In this regard, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Issuer and BGE and such agreements, certificates of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Issuer, BGE and others and such other documents, certificates and records as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinion set forth herein.

In our examination, we have assumed (i) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, (ii) the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals thereof, (iii) the legal capacity of natural persons, (iv) the genuineness of signatures not witnessed by us and (v) the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by all parties and the validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof (other than the authorization, execution and delivery of documents by the
 

 
Issuer and the validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof upon the Issuer). As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein which we have not independently established or verified, we have relied upon representations included in the documents we have examined, upon certificates of officers of the Issuer and BGE, and upon certificates of public officials, including representations and warranties of the Issuer and BGE.

Based on and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that, the Rate Stabilization Bonds constitute valid and binding obligations of the Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with their terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by (1) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and (2) general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

We hereby confirm our opinion as set forth under the caption "MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES" in the Prospectus.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the references to this firm under the heading "LEGAL MATTERS" in the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC, except with respect to the immediately preceding paragraph.

We are members of the New York Bar and do not hold ourselves out as experts in the laws of the States of Maryland or Delaware.  With your consent, we have relied upon the opinion of even date herewith of Richards, Layton and Finger, P.A., as to all matters of Delaware law.


Very truly yours,
 
/s/ Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

THELEN REID BROWN RAYSMAN & STEINER LLP
 
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EX-5.2 6 exh5_2.htm RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER OPINION exh5_2.htm
 
Exhibit 5.2
 
 
[Letterhead of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.]
 
 
July 5, 2007
 
 
RSB BondCo LLC
c/o Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
750 E. Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
 
 
Re:
RSB BondCo LLC
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
We have acted as special Delaware counsel for RSB BondCo LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Company"), in connection with the matters set forth herein.  At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you.
 
For purposes of giving the opinions hereinafter set forth, our examination of documents has been limited to the examination of originals or copies of the following:
 
(a)           The Certificate of Formation of the Company, dated March 8, 2007, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the "Secretary of State") on March 8, 2007;
 
(b)           The Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of the Company, dated as of April 9, 2007 (the "Certificate"), as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on April 10, 2007;
 
(c)           The Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of May 2, 2007, entered into entered into by Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, a Maryland corporation ("BGE"), as the sole member (the "Member");
 
(d)           The Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of June 29, 2007 (the "LLC Agreement"), entered into by the Member and acknowledged and agreed to by the Independent Managers named therein;
 
(e)           The Management Agreement, dated June 29, 2007, entered into by each Manager of the Company, including the Independent Managers;
 
 
 

 
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(f)           Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, as filed by the Company and BGE with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14, 2007 (the "Registration Statement"), relating to the Company's Rate Stabilization Bonds (the "Bonds");
 
(g)           The Prospectus, dated June 15, 2007 (the "Base Prospectus"), as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, dated June 22, 2007 (the "Prospectus Supplement" and together with the Base Prospectus, the "Prospectus"), relating to the Bonds;
 
(h)           The Current Report on Form 8-K, as proposed to be filed by the Company and BGE with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about July 5, 2007 (the "Current Report"), relating to the Bonds;
 
(i)           The Indenture, including Appendix A thereto, dated as of June 29, 2007 (the "Indenture"), between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as indenture trustee (the "Indenture Trustee"), and a Series Supplement, dated as of June 29, 2007, between the Company and the Indenture Trustee;
 
(j)           A form of Rate Stabilization Bond, attached as an exhibit to the Indenture; and
 
(k)           A Certificate of Good Standing for the Company, dated July 5, 2007, obtained from the Secretary of State.
 
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined are used as defined in the LLC Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Indenture.
 
For purposes of this opinion, we have not reviewed any documents other than the documents listed in paragraphs (a) through (k) above.  In particular, we have not reviewed any document (other than the documents listed in paragraphs (a) through (k) above) that is referred to in or incorporated by reference into the documents reviewed by us.  We have assumed that there exists no provision in any document that we have not reviewed that is inconsistent with the opinions stated herein.  We have conducted no independent factual investigation of our own but rather have relied as to factual matters solely upon the foregoing documents, the statements and information set forth therein and the additional matters recited or assumed herein, all of which we have assumed to be true, complete and accurate in all material respects.
 
With respect to all documents examined by us, we have assumed (i) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as authentic originals, (ii) the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies or forms, and (iii) the genuineness of all signatures.
 
 
 

 
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For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed (i) that the LLC Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof, including with respect to the admission of members to, and the creation, operation, dissolution and termination of, the Company, and that the LLC Agreement and the Certificate are in full force and effect and have not been amended and no amendment of the LLC Agreement or the Certificate is pending or has been proposed, (ii) except to the extent provided in paragraph 1 below, that each of the parties to the documents examined by us has been duly created, organized or formed, as the case may be, and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction governing its creation, organization or formation, (iii) the legal capacity of natural persons who are parties to the documents examined by us, (iv) except to the extent provided in paragraph 2 below, that each of the parties to the documents examined by us has the power and authority to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, such documents, and (v) except to the extent provided in paragraph 3 below, that each of the parties to the documents examined by us has duly authorized, executed and delivered such documents.  We have not participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Current Report and assume no responsibility for its contents.
 
This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Delaware (excluding the securities laws of the State of Delaware), and we have not considered and express no opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction, including federal laws and rules and regulations relating thereto.  Our opinions are rendered only with respect to Delaware laws and rules, regulations and orders thereunder that are currently in effect.
 
Based upon the foregoing, and upon our examination of such questions of law and statutes of the State of Delaware as we have considered necessary or appropriate, and subject to the assumptions, qualifications, limitations and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
 
1.           The Company has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a limited liability company under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C.§ 18-101, et seq. (the "Act").
 
2.           Under the Act and the LLC Agreement, the Company has all necessary limited liability company power and authority to execute and deliver the Indenture and to issue the Bonds, and to perform its obligations under the Indenture and the Bonds.
 
3.           Under the Act and the LLC Agreement, the execution and delivery by the Company of the Indenture and the Bonds, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Indenture and the Bonds, have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of the Company.
 
We consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Current Report.  In addition, we hereby consent to the use of our name under the heading "Legal Matters" in the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement.  In giving the foregoing consents, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of
 
 
 

 
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Persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.  Except as stated above, without our prior written consent, this opinion may not be furnished or quoted to, or relied upon by, any other Person for any purpose.
 
                Very truly yours,

                /s/ Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.


BJK/JDS
 
EX-8.2 7 exh8_2.htm MILES & STOCKBRIDGE OPINION exh8_2.htm
 
Exhibit 8.2
 
 
Harold Altscher, Esquire


Suite 202
103 Foulk Road
Wilmington, Delaware 19803

Re:           RSB BondCo LLC, Rate Stabilization Bonds;
Opinion as to Certain Maryland State Tax Matters

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special Maryland state income tax counsel to Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (“BGE”) and RSB BondCo LLC (the “Issuer”) in connection with the Issuer’s issuance and sale of its Rate Stabilization Bonds (the “Rate Stabilization Bonds”) offered as described in the base prospectus and the prospectus supplement (collectively, the “Prospectus”) included in the registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement Nos. 333-141366 and 333-141366-01) filed by BGE and the Issuer with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to the Rate Stabilization Bonds (the “Registration Statement”).  The Rate Stabilization Bonds were issued under an Indenture dated as of June 29, 2007 between the Issuer and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Amerias, as trustee and securities intermediary.

You have requested our opinion regarding certain Maryland tax consequences relating to the issuance of the Rate Stabilization Bonds.  In rendering the opinions contained herein, we have examined the Prospectus, the operative documents included as exhibits to the report on Form 8-K filed on July 5, 2007 with respect to the Registration Statement (the “Operative Documents”), and such other documents, corporate records, statements and representations made by officers and other representatives of BGE and the Issuer, and other matters of fact and law, as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of rendering the opinions expressed below.  In rendering those opinions, we have also assumed that the statements set forth in the Prospectus under the sections captioned “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” are correct and we are, with your permission, relying on the opinion of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP, filed as Exhibit 5.1 to the report on Form 8-K filed on July 5, 2007 with respect to the Registration Statement, regarding certain U.S. federal income tax matters.
 
10 Light Street, Baltimore, MD 21202-1487 ● 410.727.6464 ● Fax: 410.385.3700 ● www.milestockbridge.com

Cambridge, MD ● Columbia, MD ● Easton, MD ● Frederick, MD ● McLean, VA ● Rockville, MD ● Towson, MD
 

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Our opinions in numbered paragraphs 1 through 3 below are based on certain legislation enacted in the State of Maryland to enable and to facilitate the issuance of the Rate Stabilization Bonds.  Administrative action taken, or administrative interpretations or rulings or judicial decisions promulgated or issued, subsequent to the date of this letter may result in tax consequences different than are anticipated by our opinions herein.  Our opinions in numbered paragraphs 1 through 3 below are also based on Maryland tax statutes and regulations in effect as of the date of this letter.  Administrative action taken, or administrative interpretations or rulings or judicial decisions promulgated or issued, subsequent to the date of this letter may result in tax consequences different than are anticipated by our opinions herein.

Our opinions are not binding on any taxing authority or any court, and there can be no assurance that contrary positions may not be taken by any taxing authority or any court.

Based on the foregoing, subject to the assumptions and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

1.
The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the sections captioned “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” and “Material Maryland Tax Consequences,” to the extent they constitute matters of Maryland state income tax law or legal conclusions with respect thereto, are correct in all material respects.

2.
Pursuant to Sections 10-107 and 10-819 of the Maryland Tax-General Article, assuming that the Issuer has not made and will not make an election to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation under Section 301.7701-3(a) of the United States Treasury Regulations, and assuming that the Issuer will not be subject to income tax as an entity separate from BGE for United States federal income tax purposes, the Issuer will not be subject to Maryland state income tax as an entity separate from BGE.

3.
Pursuant to Sections 10-107, 10-203, 10-206 and 10-304 of the Maryland Tax-General Article, and assuming that the Rate Stabilization Bonds will be treated as debt obligations of BGE for United States federal income tax purposes, the Rate Stabilization Bonds will be treated as debt obligations of BGE for Maryland state income tax purposes.

We express no opinion as to the laws of any state or jurisdiction other than, and our opinions expressed herein are limited to, the laws of the State of Maryland.

The opinions set forth herein are being furnished by us to you solely for your benefit in connection with the issuance by the Issuer of the Rate Stabilization Bonds, and may not be relied on, used, circulated, quoted from or otherwise referred to by any other person or for any other purpose without our prior written consent.  However, we hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the report on Form 8-K filed on July 5, 2007 with respect to the
 
 

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Registration Statement and to the references to this firm in the Prospectus under the section captioned “Material Maryland Tax Consequences.”  In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.  The opinions set forth herein are limited to the matters set forth in this letter and no other opinions should be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated.

Very truly yours,

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

 
By:
/s/ Harry Altscher
 
 
Harry Altscher, Principal
 
 
EX-10.1 8 exh10_1.htm RATE STABILIZATION PROPERTY PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT Unassociated Document
 
Exhibit 10.1
 
EXECUTION COPY
 
 
RATE STABILIZATION PROPERTY PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
 
by and between
 
RSB BONDCO LLC,
 
Issuer
 
and
 
BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY,
 
Seller
 
 
Dated as of June 29, 2007
 

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Page
 
ARTICLE I
 
DEFINITIONS
 
     
SECTION 1.01.
Definitions
1
SECTION 1.02.
Other Definitional Provisions.
1
     
ARTICLE II
 
CONVEYANCE OF RATE STABILIZATION PROPERTY
 
     
SECTION 2.01.
Conveyance of Initial Rate Stabilization Property
2
SECTION 2.02.
Conveyance of Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property
2
SECTION 2.03.
Conditions to Conveyance of Rate Stabilization Property
3
     
ARTICLE III
 
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
 
     
SECTION 3.01.
Organization and Good Standing
4
SECTION 3.02.
Due Qualification
5
SECTION 3.03.
Power and Authority
5
SECTION 3.04.
Binding Obligation
5
SECTION 3.05.
No Violation
5
SECTION 3.06.
No Proceedings
5
SECTION 3.07.
Approvals
6
SECTION 3.08.
The Rate Stabilization Property.
6
SECTION 3.09.
Limitations on Representations and Warranties
10
     
ARTICLE IV
 
COVENANTS OF THE SELLER
 
     
SECTION 4.01.
Existence
10
SECTION 4.02.
No Liens
10
SECTION 4.03.
Delivery of Collections
10
SECTION 4.04.
Notice of Liens
11
SECTION 4.05.
Compliance with Law
11
SECTION 4.06.
Covenants Related to Rate Stabilization Bonds and Rate Stabilization Property.
11
SECTION 4.07.
Protection of Title
12
SECTION 4.08.
Nonpetition Covenants
13
SECTION 4.09.
Taxes
13
SECTION 4.10.
Issuance Advice Letter
13
SECTION 4.11.
Tariff
13
 
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SECTION 4.12.
Notice of Breach to Rating Agencies, Etc
14
SECTION 4.13.
Use of Proceeds
14
SECTION 4.14.
Further Assurances
14
     
ARTICLE V
 
THE SELLER
 
     
SECTION 5.01.
Liability of Seller; Indemnities.
14
SECTION 5.02.
Merger, Conversion or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller
16
SECTION 5.03.
Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others
17
     
ARTICLE VI
 
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
     
SECTION 6.01.
Amendment
17
SECTION 6.02.
Reserved
17
SECTION 6.03.
Notices
17
SECTION 6.04.
Assignment
18
SECTION 6.05.
Limitations on Rights of Third Parties
18
SECTION 6.06.
Severability
18
SECTION 6.07.
Separate Counterparts
19
SECTION 6.08.
Headings
19
SECTION 6.09.
Governing Law
19
SECTION 6.10.
Assignment to Indenture Trustee
19
SECTION 6.11.
Limitation of Liability
19
SECTION 6.12.
Waivers
19


EXHIBITS
 
Exhibit A
Form of Bill of Sale

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This RATE STABILIZATION PROPERTY PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of June 29, 2007, is between RSB BONDCO LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Issuer”), and BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, a Maryland corporation (together with its successors in interest to the extent permitted hereunder, the “Seller”).
 
RECITALS
 
WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to purchase from time to time the Rate Stabilization Property created pursuant to the Rate Stabilization Law;
 
WHEREAS, the Seller is willing to sell from time to time the Rate Stabilization Property to the Issuer;
 
WHEREAS, the Issuer, in order to finance the purchase of the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property, will from time to time issue one or more Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds under the Indenture; and
 
WHEREAS, the Issuer, to secure its obligations under the Rate Stabilization Bonds of each Series and the Indenture, will pledge, among other things, all right, title and interest of the Issuer in and to the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property and this Agreement to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
 
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
 
SECTION 1.01.    Definitions.  Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in that certain Indenture (including Appendix A thereto) dated as of the date hereof between the Issuer and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, in its capacity as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) and in its separate capacity as a securities intermediary (the “Securities Intermediary”), as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
 
SECTION 1.02.    Other Definitional Provisions.
 
(a)           All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.
 
(b)           The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; Section, Schedule and Exhibit references contained in this Agreement are references to Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; and the term “including” shall mean “including without limitation”.
 

 
(c)           The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms.
 
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF RATE STABILIZATION PROPERTY
 
SECTION 2.01.    Conveyance of Initial Rate Stabilization Property.  (a)  In consideration of the Issuer’s delivery to or upon the order of the Seller of $618,783,994.00, subject to the conditions specified in Section 2.03, the Seller does hereby irrevocably sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Issuer, without recourse or warranty, except as set forth herein, all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the Initial Rate Stabilization Property (such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance of the Initial Rate Stabilization Property includes, to the fullest extent permitted by the Rate Stabilization Law, the right to impose, collect and receive Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges and the assignment of all revenues, collections, claims, rights, payments, money or proceeds of or arising from the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges related to the Initial Rate Stabilization Property, as the same may be adjusted from time to time).  Such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance is hereby expressly stated to be a sale and, pursuant to Section 7-539 of the Rate Stabilization Law, shall be treated as an absolute transfer of all of the Seller’s right, title and interest in and to (as in a true sale), and not as a pledge or other financing of, the Initial Rate Stabilization Property. The Seller and the Issuer agree that after giving effect to the sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance contemplated hereby the Seller has no right, title or interest in or to the Initial Rate Stabilization Property to which a security interest could attach because (i) it has sold, transferred, assigned, set over and conveyed all right, title and interest in and to the Initial Rate Stabilization Property to the Issuer, and (ii) as provided in Section 7-542 of the Rate Stabilization Law, appropriate notice has been filed and such transfer is perfected against all third parties, including subsequent judicial or other lien creditors.  If such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance is held by any court of competent jurisdiction not to be a true sale as provided in Section 7-539 of the Rate Stabilization Law, then such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance shall be treated as a pledge of such Initial Rate Stabilization Property and as the creation of a security interest (within the meaning of the Rate Stabilization Law and the UCC) in the Initial Rate Stabilization Property and, without prejudice to its position that it has absolutely transferred all of its rights in the Initial Rate Stabilization Property to the Issuer, the Seller hereby grants a security interest in the Initial Rate Stabilization Property to the Issuer (and, to the extent necessary to qualify the grant as a security interest under the Rate Stabilization Law and the UCC, to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties to secure the right of the Issuer under the Basic Documents to receive the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges and all other Initial Rate Stabilization Property).
 
(b)           Subject to Section 2.03, the Issuer does hereby purchase the Initial Rate Stabilization Property from the Seller for the consideration set forth in Section 2.01(a).
 
SECTION 2.02.    Conveyance of Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property.  The Seller may from time to time offer to sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property to the Issuer, subject to the conditions specified in Section 2.03.  If any such offer is accepted by the Issuer, such Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property shall be, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions specified in Section 2.03, sold, transferred,
 
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assigned, set over and conveyed to the Issuer effective on the Subsequent Transfer Date specified in the related Addition Notice.  The terms of the Bill of Sale with respect to such Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property shall be binding as if set forth herein.
 
SECTION 2.03.    Conditions to Conveyance of Rate Stabilization Property.  The obligation of the Issuer to purchase Rate Stabilization Property on any Transfer Date shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Issuer of each of the following conditions:
 
(i)           on or prior to such Transfer Date, the Seller shall have delivered to the Issuer a duly executed Bill of Sale identifying the Rate Stabilization Property to be conveyed on that Transfer Date;
 
(ii)           on or prior to such Transfer Date, the Seller shall have received a Qualified Rate Order creating the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property;
 
(iii)           as of such Transfer Date, the Seller is not insolvent and will not have been made insolvent by such sale and the Seller is not aware of any pending insolvency with respect to itself;
 
(iv)           as of such Transfer Date, the representations and warranties of the Seller set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct with the same force and effect as if made on such Transfer Date (except to the extent that they relate to an earlier date); on and as of such Transfer Date, no breach of any covenant or agreement of the Seller contained in this Agreement has occurred and is continuing; and no Servicer Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
 
(v)           as of such Transfer Date, (A) the Issuer shall have sufficient funds available to pay the purchase price for the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property to be conveyed on such date and (B) all conditions to the issuance of one or more Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds intended to provide such funds set forth in the Indenture shall have been satisfied or waived;
 
(vi)           on or prior to such Transfer Date, the Seller shall have taken all action required to transfer to the Issuer ownership of the Rate Stabilization Property to be conveyed on such date, free and clear of all Liens other than Liens created by the Issuer pursuant to the Basic Documents and to perfect such transfer, including, without limitation, filing any statements or filings under the Rate Stabilization Law or the UCC; and the Issuer or the Servicer, on behalf of the Issuer, shall have taken any action required for the Issuer to grant the Indenture Trustee a first priority perfected security interest in the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral and maintain such security interest as of such date;
 
(vii)           in the case of a sale of Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property only, on or prior to the Subsequent Transfer Date, the Seller shall have provided the Issuer and the Rating Agencies with a timely Addition Notice;
 
(viii)    the Seller shall have delivered to the Rating Agencies and the Issuer any Opinions of Counsel required by the Rating Agencies;
 
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(ix)           the Seller shall have received and delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee:  (i) an opinion of outside tax counsel (as selected by the Seller, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that the Issuer will not be subject to United States federal income tax as an entity separate from its sole owner and that the Rate Stabilization Bonds will be treated as debt of the Issuer's sole owner for United States federal income tax purposes, (ii) an opinion of outside tax counsel (as selected by the Seller, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee) or, if the Seller so chooses, a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (unless the Internal Revenue Service has announced that it will not rule on the issues described in this paragraph), in either case to the effect that, for United States federal income tax purposes, the issuance of the Rate Stabilization Bonds will not result in gross income to the Seller and (iii) in the case of a subsequent issuance of Rate Stabilization Bonds only, an opinion of outside tax counsel (as selected by the Seller, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such issuance will not adversely affect the characterization of any then outstanding Rate Stabilization Bonds as obligations of the Issuer's sole owner.  The opinion of outside tax counsel described above may, if the Seller so chooses, be conditioned on the receipt by the Seller of one or more letter rulings from the Internal Revenue Service (unless the Internal Revenue Service has announced that it will not rule on the issues described in this paragraph) and in rendering such opinion outside tax counsel shall be entitled to rely on the rulings contained in such letter rulings and to rely on the representations made, and information supplied, to the Internal Revenue Service in connection with such letter rulings;
 
(x)           on and as of such Transfer Date, each of the LLC Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement, this Agreement, the Indenture, any issued Qualified Rate Order, any issued Tariff and the Rate Stabilization Law shall be in full force and effect;
 
(xi)           the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to any outstanding Rate Stabilization Bonds; and
 
(xii)           the Seller shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer an Officers’ Certificate confirming the satisfaction of each condition precedent specified in this Section 2.03.
 
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
 
Subject to Section 3.10, the Seller makes the following representations and warranties, as of each Transfer Date, and the Seller acknowledges that the Issuer has relied thereon in acquiring the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property.  The Seller agrees that (i) the Issuer may assign the right to enforce the following representations and warranties to the Indenture Trustee and (ii) the representations and warranties inure to the benefit of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.
 
SECTION 3.01.    Organization and Good Standing.  The Seller is duly organized and validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of the state of its organization, with the requisite corporate or other power and authority to own its properties as such properties are currently owned and to conduct its business as such business is now conducted by it, and has the
 
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requisite corporate or other power and authority to obtain Qualified Rate Orders and own, sell, assign and transfer the rights and interests under such Qualified Rate Orders to the Issuer whereupon (subject to the effectiveness of the related Issuance Advice Letter) such rights and interests will become Rate Stabilization Property.
 
SECTION 3.02.    Due Qualification.  The Seller is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business shall require such qualifications, licenses or approvals (except where the failure to so qualify or obtain such licenses and approvals would not be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Seller’s business, operations, assets, revenues or properties).
 
SECTION 3.03.    Power and Authority.  The Seller has the requisite corporate or other power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Seller under its organizational or governing documents and laws.
 
SECTION 3.04.    Binding Obligation.  This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ or secured parties’ rights generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity (including concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing), regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
 
SECTION 3.05.    No Violation.  The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not and will not: (i) conflict with or result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the Seller’s organizational documents, or any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound; (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the Seller’s properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than any Lien that may be granted in the Issuer’s favor or any Lien created by the Issuer pursuant to Section 7-542 of the Rate Stabilization Law); or (iii) violate any existing law or any existing order, rule or regulation applicable to the Seller of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties.
 
SECTION 3.06.    No Proceedings.  There are no proceedings pending and, to the Seller’s knowledge, there are no proceedings threatened and, to the Seller’s knowledge, there are no investigations pending or threatened, before any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties involving or relating to the Seller or the Issuer or, to the Seller’s knowledge, any other Person: (i) asserting the invalidity of the Rate Stabilization Law, any Qualified Rate Order, this Agreement, any of the other Basic Documents or the Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of
 
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its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, the Rate Stabilization Law, any Qualified Rate Order, this Agreement, any of the other Basic Documents or the Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series or (iv) seeking to adversely affect the federal income tax or state income or franchise tax classification of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series as debt.  No petition for a referendum seeking to prevent the Rate Stabilization Law from becoming effective or seeking to repeal the Rate Stabilization Law has been filed.
 
SECTION 3.07.    Approvals.  Except for UCC financing statement filings and other filings under the UCC and the Rate Stabilization Law, including filings with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation, no approval, authorization, consent, order or other action of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement, the performance by the Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby or the fulfillment by the Seller of the terms hereof, except those that have been obtained or made and those that the Seller, in its capacity as Servicer under the Servicing Agreement, is required to make in the future pursuant to the Servicing Agreement.
 
SECTION 3.08.    The Transferred Rate Stabilization Property.
 
(a)           Information.  Subject to subsection (f) below, at each Transfer Date, all written information, as amended or supplemented from time to time, provided by the Seller to the Issuer with respect to the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property (including the Expected Amortization Schedule, the Qualified Rate Order and the final Issuance Advice Letter relating thereto) is true and correct in all material respects.
 
(b)           Title.  It is the intention of the parties hereto that (other than for federal income tax purposes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state tax law, state income and franchise tax purposes) the transfers and assignments herein contemplated each constitute a sale and absolute transfer of the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property from the Seller to the Issuer and that no interest in, or right or title to, the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property shall be part of the Seller’s estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against the Seller under any bankruptcy law.  No portion of the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property has been sold, transferred, assigned or pledged or otherwise conveyed by the Seller to any Person other than the Issuer, and no security agreement, financing statement or equivalent security or lien instrument listing the Seller as debtor covering all or any part of the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property is on file or of record in any jurisdiction, except such as may have been filed, recorded or made in favor of the Issuer or the Secured Parties in connection with the Basic Documents.  The Seller has not authorized the filing of and is not aware (after due inquiry) of any financing statement against it  that includes a description of collateral including the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property other than any financing statement filed, recorded or made in favor of the Issuer or the Secured Parties in connection with the Basic Documents.  The Seller is not aware (after due inquiry) of any judgment or tax lien filings against either the Seller or the Issuer.  At each applicable Transfer Date, immediately prior to the sale of such Transferred Rate Stabilization Property hereunder, the Seller is the original and the sole owner of such Transferred Rate Stabilization Property free and clear of all Liens and rights of any other Person, and no offsets, defenses or counterclaims exist or have been asserted with respect thereto.
 
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(c)           Transfer Filings.  On such Transfer Date, immediately upon the sale hereunder, the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property shall be validly transferred and sold to the Issuer, the Issuer shall own all such Transferred Rate Stabilization Property free and clear of all Liens (except for any Lien created in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to Section 7-542 of the Rate Stabilization Law or any Lien that may be granted under the Basic Documents) and all filings and action to be made or taken by the Seller (including, without limitation, filings with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation under the Rate Stabilization Law) necessary in any jurisdiction to give the Issuer a perfected ownership interest (subject to any Lien created in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to Section 7-542 of the Rate Stabilization Law and any Lien that may be granted under the Basic Documents) in the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property have been made or taken.  No further action is required to maintain such ownership interest (subject to any Lien created in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to Section 7-542 of the Rate Stabilization Law and any Lien that may be granted under the Basic Documents) and to give the Indenture Trustee a first priority perfected security interest in the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property.  All filings and action have also been made or taken to perfect the security interest in the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property granted by the Seller to the Issuer (subject to any Lien created in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to Section 7-542 of the Rate Stabilization Law and any Lien that may be granted under the Basic Documents) and, to the extent necessary, the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01, in the case of the Initial Rate Stabilization Property, or Section 2.02, in the case of Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property.
 
(d)           Qualified Rate Order, Issuance Advice Letter and Tariff; Other Approvals.  On each Transfer Date, under the laws of the State of Maryland (including the Rate Stabilization Act) and the United States in effect on such Transfer Date, (i) the Rate Stabilization Law is in full force and effect; (ii) the Qualified Rate Order pursuant to which the rights and interests of the Seller, including the right to impose, collect and receive the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges and, in and to the Rate Stabilization Property transferred on such date, have been created, is Final and non-appealable and is in full force and effect; (iii) as of the issuance of the Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Rate Stabilization Bonds are entitled to the protection provided in the Rate Stabilization Law and, accordingly, the Qualified Rate Order, the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges and the Issuance Advice Letter are not revocable by the PSC; (iv) as of the issuance of the Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Tariff is in full force and effect and is not subject to modification by the PSC except as provided under Sections 7-531, 7-533 and 7-534 of the Rate Stabilization Law; (v) the process by which the Qualified Rate Order creating the Rate Stabilization Property transferred on such date was adopted and approved, and such Qualified Rate Order, Issuance Advice Letter and Tariff themselves, comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations; (vi) the Issuance Advice Letter and the Tariff relating to the Rate Stabilization Property transferred on such date have been filed in accordance with the Qualified Rate Order creating the Rate Stabilization Property transferred on such date and an officer of the Seller has provided the certification to the PSC required by the Issuance Advice Letter; and (vii) no other approval, authorization, consent, order or other action of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority, is required in connection with the creation of the Rate Stabilization Property transferred on such date, except those that have been obtained or made.
 
(e)           State Action.  Under the Rate Stabilization Law, the State of Maryland has pledged, for the benefit and protection of financing parties and BGE, that it will not take or allow
 
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any action that would impair the value of the Rate Stabilization Property transferred on such date, or, except as allowed in accordance with Sections 7-531, 7-533 and 7-534 of the Rate Stabilization Law, reduce, alter or impair the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges to be imposed, collected, and remitted to financing parties until the principal, interest and premium and any other charges incurred and contracts to be performed in connection with the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series relating to such Rate Stabilization Property have been paid and performed in full.  Under the laws of the United States, neither the State of Maryland nor the PSC could constitutionally take any action of a legislative character including the repeal or amendment of the Rate Stabilization Law, which would substantially limit, alter or impair the Rate Stabilization Property or other rights vested in the Holders pursuant to the Qualified Rate Order or substantially limit, alter or reduce the value or amount of the Rate Stabilization Property, unless such action is a reasonable exercise of the sovereign powers of the State of Maryland and of a character reasonable and appropriate to further a significant and legitimate public purpose, and, under the takings clauses of the United States and Maryland Constitutions, the State of Maryland could not repeal or amend the Rate Stabilization Law, and neither the State of Maryland nor the PSC could take any other action in contravention of the pledge quoted above without paying just compensation to the Holders, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, if doing so would constitute a permanent appropriation of a substantial property interest of the Holders in the Rate Stabilization Property and deprive the Holders of their reasonable expectations arising from their investments in the Rate Stabilization Bonds.  The Seller, however, does not represent or warrant that, even if a court were to award just compensation, it would be sufficient to pay the full amount of principal and interest on the Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
(f)           Assumptions.  On each Transfer Date, based upon the information available to the Seller on such date, the assumptions used in calculating the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges are reasonable and are made in good faith.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Seller makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that amounts actually collected arising from those Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges will in fact be sufficient to meet the payment obligations on the related Rate Stabilization Bonds or that the assumptions used in calculating such Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges will in fact be realized.
 
(g)           Creation of Rate Stabilization Property.  Upon the effectiveness of the Qualified Rate Order, the Issuance Advice Letter and the Tariff with respect to the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property and the transfer of such Rate Stabilization Property pursuant to this Agreement: (i) the rights and interests of the Seller under the Qualified Rate Order, including the right to impose, collect and receive the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges established in the Qualified Rate Order, become Rate Stabilization Property; (ii) the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property constitutes a present property right vested in the Issuer; (iii) the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property includes  (A) the right, title and interest of the Seller in the Qualified Rate Order and the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges and (B) the right to impose, collect and obtain periodic adjustments (with respect to adjustments, in the manner and with the effect provided in Section 4.01(b) of the Servicing Agreement) of such Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges, and the rates and other charges authorized by the Qualified Rate Order and all revenues, collections, claims, payments, money or proceeds of or arising from the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges; (iv) the owner of the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property is legally entitled to bill Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges and collect payments in respect of the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges in the aggregate sufficient to pay the interest on and
 
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principal of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series in accordance with the Indenture, to pay the fees and expenses of servicing the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series, to replenish the Capital Subaccount to the Required Capital Level until the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series are paid in full or until the last date permitted for the collection of payments in respect of the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges under the Qualified Rate Order, whichever is earlier, and the other provisions of the Qualified Rate Order do not prohibit the owner of the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property from obtaining adjustments and effecting allocations to the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges in order to collect payments of such amounts; and (v) the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property is not subject to any Lien other than the Lien created by the Basic Documents.
 
(h)           Nature of Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.08, insofar as they involve conclusions of law, are made not on the basis that the Seller purports to be a legal expert or to be rendering legal advice, but rather to reflect the parties’ good faith understanding of the legal basis on which the parties are entering into this Agreement and the other Basic Documents and the basis on which the Holders are purchasing the Rate Stabilization Bonds, and to reflect the parties’ agreement that, if such understanding turns out to be incorrect or inaccurate, the Seller will be obligated to indemnify the Issuer and its permitted assigns (to the extent required by and in accordance with Section 5.01), and that the Issuer and its permitted assigns will be entitled to enforce any rights and remedies under the Basic Documents, on account of such inaccuracy to the same extent as if the Seller had breached any other representations or warranties hereunder.
 
(i)           Prospectus.  As of the date hereof, the information describing the Seller under the caption “The Initial Servicer, Depositor and Sponsor” in the prospectus dated June 15, 2007 relating to the Rate Stabilization Bonds is true and correct in all material respects.
 
(j)           Solvency.  After giving effect to the sale of the Rate Stabilization Property hereunder, the Seller:
 
(i)           is solvent and expects to remain solvent;
 
(ii)           is adequately capitalized to conduct its business and affairs considering its size and the nature of its business and intended purpose;
 
(iii)           is not engaged in nor does it expect to engage in a business for which its remaining property represents an unreasonably small portion of its capital;
 
(iv)           reasonably believes that it will be able to pay its debts as they come due; and
 
(v)           is able to pay its debts as they mature and does not intend to incur, or believes that it will not incur, indebtedness that it will not be able to repay at its maturity.
 
(k)           No Court Order.  There is no order by any court providing for the revocation, alteration, limitation or other impairment of the Rate Stabilization Law, the Qualified Rate Order, the Issuance Advice Letter, the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property or the Qualified
 
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Rate Stabilization Charges or any rights arising under any of them or that seeks to enjoin the performance of any obligations under the Qualified Rate Order.
 
SECTION 3.09.    Survival of Representations and Warranties  The representations and warranties set forth in this Article III shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, shall be deemed re-made on each Transfer Date and may not be waived by any party hereto except pursuant to a written agreement executed in accordance with Article VI and as to which the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied.
 
SECTION 3.10.    Limitations on Representations and Warranties.  Without prejudice to any of the other rights of the parties, the Seller will not be in breach of any representation or warranty, as a result of a change in law by means of any legislative enactment, constitutional amendment, voter initiative or referendum.  THE SELLER MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, THAT BILLED QUALIFIED RATE STABILIZATION CHARGES WILL BE ACTUALLY COLLECTED FROM CUSTOMERS.
 
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS OF THE SELLER
 
SECTION 4.01.    Existence.  Subject to its rights and obligations under Section 5.02, so long as any of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series are Outstanding, the Seller (a) will keep in full force and effect its existence and remain in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business, in each case to the extent that in each such jurisdiction such existence or qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, the other Basic Documents to which the Seller is a party and each other instrument or agreement necessary or appropriate to the proper administration of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby or to the extent necessary for the Seller to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder and (c) will continue to operate its electric transmission and distribution system to provide electric delivery service to Customers located within its service territory, as such service territory was defined at the time of issuance of the Qualified Rate Order (or, if transmission and distribution are split, to provide distribution service directly to such Customers).
 
SECTION 4.02.    No Liens.  Except for the conveyances hereunder or any Lien under Section 7-542 of the Rate Stabilization Law for the benefit of the Issuer (as the Issuer) and the Secured Parties, the Seller will not sell, pledge, assign or transfer, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on, any of the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property, or any interest therein, and the Seller shall defend the right, title and interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Secured Parties, in, to and under the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property against all claims of third parties claiming through or under the Seller.  BGE, in its capacity as Seller, will not at any time assert any Lien against, or with respect to, any of the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property.
 
SECTION 4.03.    Delivery of Collections.  In the event that the Seller receives Collections in respect of the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges or the proceeds thereof other than in its capacity as the Servicer, the Seller agrees to remit to the Servicer, on behalf of the
 
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Issuer, all payments received by it in respect thereof as soon as practicable after receipt thereof.  Prior to such remittance to the Servicer by the Seller, the Seller agrees that such amounts are held by it in trust for the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.  If the Seller becomes a party to any future trade receivables purchase and sale arrangement or similar arrangement under which it sells all or any portion of its accounts receivables, the Seller and the other parties to such arrangement shall enter into an intercreditor agreement in connection therewith and the terms of the documentation evidencing such trade receivables purchase and sale arrangement or similar arrangement shall expressly exclude Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges from any receivables or other assets pledged or sold under such arrangement.
 
SECTION 4.04.    Notice of Liens.  The Seller shall notify the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee promptly after becoming aware of any Lien on any of the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property, other than the conveyances hereunder, any Lien under the Basic Documents or any Lien under Section 7-542 of the Rate Stabilization Law or the UCC for the benefit of the Issuer or the Secured Parties.
 
SECTION 4.05.    Compliance with Law.  The Seller hereby agrees to comply with its organizational or governing documents and all laws, treaties, rules, regulations and determinations of any Governmental Authority applicable to it, except to the extent that failure to so comply would not materially adversely affect the Issuer’s or the Indenture Trustee’s interests in the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property or under any of the other Basic Documents to which the Seller is party or the Seller’s performance of its obligations hereunder or under any of the other Basic Documents to which it is party.
 
SECTION 4.06.    Covenants Related to Rate Stabilization Bonds and Rate Stabilization Property.
 
(a)           So long as any of the Rate Stabilization Bonds are outstanding, the Seller shall treat the Rate Stabilization Bonds as debt for all purposes and specifically as debt of the Issuer, other than for financial reporting, state or federal regulatory or tax purposes or as required under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 and the Federal Power Act.
 
(b)           Solely for the purposes of federal taxes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state, local and other tax law, for purposes of state, local and other taxes, so long as any of the Rate Stabilization Bonds are outstanding, the Seller agrees to treat the Rate Stabilization Bonds as indebtedness of the Seller (as the sole owner of the Issuer) secured by the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral unless otherwise required by appropriate taxing authorities.
 
(c)           So long as any of the Rate Stabilization Bonds are outstanding, the Seller shall disclose in its financial statements that the Issuer and not the Seller is the owner of the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property and that the assets of the Issuer are not available to pay creditors of the Seller or its Affiliates (other than the Issuer).
 
(d)           So long as any of the Rate Stabilization Bonds are outstanding, the Seller shall not own or purchase any Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
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(e)           So long as the Rate Stabilization Bonds are outstanding, the Seller shall disclose the effects of all transactions between the Seller and the Issuer in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
 
(f)           The Seller agrees that, upon the sale by the Seller of the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement, (i) to the fullest extent permitted by law, including applicable Requirements of Law, the Issuer shall have all of the rights originally held by the Seller with respect to the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property, including the right (subject to the terms of the Servicing Agreement) to exercise any and all rights and remedies to collect any amounts payable by any Customer or Third-Party Collector in respect of the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property, notwithstanding any objection or direction to the contrary by the Seller (and the Seller agrees not to make any such objection or to take any such contrary action) and (ii) any payment by any Customer or Third-Party Collector directly to the Issuer shall discharge such Customer’s or Third-Party Collector’s obligations, if any, to the Seller in respect of the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property to the extent of such payment, notwithstanding any objection or direction to the contrary by the Seller.
 
(g)           So long as any of the Rate Stabilization Bonds are outstanding, (i) in all proceedings relating directly or indirectly to the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property, the Seller shall affirmatively certify and confirm that it has sold all of its rights and interests in and to such property (other than for financial reporting or tax purposes), (ii) the Seller shall not make any statement or reference in respect of the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property that is inconsistent with the ownership interest of the Issuer (other than for financial accounting or tax purposes or as required under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 and the Federal Power Act), (iii) the Seller shall not take any action in respect of the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property except solely in its capacity as the Servicer thereof pursuant to the Servicing Agreement or as otherwise contemplated by the other Basic Documents, (iv) the Seller shall not sell Rate Stabilization Property under a separate Qualified Rate Order in connection with the issuance of additional Rate Stabilization Bonds unless the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied, and (v) neither the Seller nor the Issuer shall take any action, file any tax return, or make any election inconsistent with the treatment of the Issuer, for purposes of federal taxes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state, local and other tax law, for purposes of state, local and other taxes, as a disregarded entity that is not separate from the Seller (or, if relevant, from another sole owner of the Issuer).
 
SECTION 4.07.    Protection of Title.  The Seller shall execute and file such filings, including, without limitation, filings with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation pursuant to the Rate Stabilization Law and filings required under the UCC, and cause to be executed and filed such filings, all in such manner and in such places as may be required by law to fully preserve, maintain, protect and perfect the ownership interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property, including, without limitation, all filings required under the Rate Stabilization Law and the UCC relating to the transfer of the ownership of the rights and interest in the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property by the Seller to the Issuer or the pledge of the Issuer’s interest in such Transferred Rate Stabilization Property to the Indenture Trustee. The Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available following such filing. The Seller shall institute any action or
 
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proceeding necessary to compel performance by the PSC, the State of Maryland or any of their respective agents, of any of their obligations or duties under the Rate Stabilization Law, any Qualified Rate Order or any Issuance Advice Letter, and the Seller agrees to take such legal or administrative actions, including defending against or instituting and pursuing legal actions and appearing or testifying at hearings or similar proceedings, as may be reasonably necessary (i) to protect the Issuer and the Secured Parties from claims, state actions or other actions or proceedings of third parties which, if successfully pursued, would result in a breach of any representation set forth in Article III or any covenant set forth in Article IV and (ii) to block or overturn any attempts to cause a repeal, modification or amendment of the Rate Stabilization Law, the Qualified Rate Order, any Issuance Advice Letter or the rights of Holders by legislative enactment or constitutional amendment that would be materially adverse to the Issuer or the Secured Parties or which would otherwise cause an impairment of the rights of the Issuer or the Secured Parties.  The costs of any action described in this Section 4.07 shall be payable from the Collection Account as an Operating Expense in accordance with Section 8.02(e) of the Indenture.  The Seller’s obligations pursuant to this Section 4.07 shall survive and continue notwithstanding that payment of such Operating Expense may be delayed pursuant to the terms of the Indenture (it being understood that the Seller may be required initially to advance its own funds to satisfy its obligations hereunder).  
 
SECTION 4.08.    Nonpetition Covenants.  Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement or the Indenture, the Seller, solely in its capacity as a creditor of the Issuer, shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of the Indenture and payment in full of the Rate Stabilization Bonds or any other amounts owed under the Indenture, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuer to invoke the process of any Government Authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining an involuntary case against the Issuer under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or any substantial part of the property of the Issuer, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer.
 
SECTION 4.09.    Taxes.  So long as any of the Rate Stabilization Bonds are outstanding, the Seller shall, and shall cause each of its subsidiaries to, pay all taxes, assessments and governmental charges imposed upon it or any of its properties or assets or with respect to any of its franchises, business, income or property before any penalty accrues thereon if the failure to pay any such taxes, assessments and governmental charges would, after any applicable grace periods, notices or other similar requirements, result in a Lien on the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property; provided that no such tax need be paid if the Seller or one of its subsidiaries is contesting the same in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and if the Seller or such subsidiary has established appropriate reserves as shall be required in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
 
SECTION 4.10.    Issuance Advice Letter.  The Seller hereby agrees not to withdraw the filing of any Issuance Advice Letter with the PSC.
 
SECTION 4.11.    Tariff.  The Seller hereby agrees to make all reasonable efforts to keep each Tariff in full force and effect at all times.
 
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SECTION 4.12.    Notice of Breach to Rating Agencies, Etc.  Promptly after obtaining knowledge thereof, in the event of a breach in any material respect (without regard to any materiality qualifier contained in such representation, warranty or covenant) of any of the Seller’s representations, warranties or covenants contained herein, the Seller shall promptly notify the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies of such breach.  For the avoidance of doubt, any breach which would adversely affect scheduled payments on the Rate Stabilization Bonds will be deemed to be a material breach for purposes of this Section 4.12.
 
SECTION 4.13.    Use of Proceeds.  The Seller shall use the proceeds of the sale of the Rate Stabilization Property in accordance with the Qualified Rate Order and the Rate Stabilization Law.
 
SECTION 4.14.    Further Assurances.  Upon the request of the Issuer, the Seller shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary to carry out more effectually the provisions and purposes of this Agreement.
 
ARTICLE V
THE SELLER
 
SECTION 5.01.    Liability of Seller; Indemnities.
 
(a)           The Seller shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Seller under this Agreement.
 
(b)           The Seller shall indemnify the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, trustees, managers and agents for, and defend and hold harmless each such Person from and against, any and all taxes (other than taxes imposed on Bondholders as a result of their ownership of a Rate Stabilization Bond) that may at any time be imposed on or asserted against any such Person as a result of the sale of the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property to the Issuer, including any franchise, sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible personal property, privilege or license taxes but excluding any taxes imposed as a result of a failure of such Person to withhold or remit taxes with respect to payments on any Rate Stabilization Bond.
 
(c)           The Seller shall indemnify the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, trustees, managers, and agents for, and defend and hold harmless each such Person from and against, any and all taxes (other than taxes imposed on Bondholders as a result of their ownership of a Rate Stabilization Bond) that may at any time  be imposed on or asserted against any such Person as a result of the Issuer’s ownership and assignment of the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property, the issuance and sale by the Issuer of the Rate Stabilization Bonds or the other transactions contemplated in the Basic Documents, including any franchise, sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible personal property, privilege or license taxes but excluding any taxes imposed as a result of a failure of such Person to withhold or remit taxes with respect to payments on any Rate Stabilization Bond.
 
(d)           The Seller shall indemnify the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents for, and
 
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defend and hold harmless each such Person from and against all Losses that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against each such Person, in each such case, as a result of the Seller’s breach of any of its representations, warranties or covenants contained in this Agreement.
 
(e)           Indemnification under Sections 5.01(b), 5.01(c), 5.01(d) and 5.01(f) shall include reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses of investigation and litigation (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses), except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement.
 
(f)           The Seller shall indemnify the Indenture Trustee (for itself) and the Independent Managers, and any of their respective affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents (each, an “Indemnified Person”) for, and defend and hold harmless each such Person from and against, any and all Losses incurred by any of such Indemnified Persons as a result of the Seller’s breach of any of its representations and warranties or covenants contained in this Agreement, except to the extent of Losses either resulting from the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of such Indemnified Person or resulting from a breach of a representation or warranty made by such Indemnified Person in any of the Basic Documents that gives rise to the Seller’s breach. The Seller shall not be required to indemnify an Indemnified Person for any amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person in the settlement of any action, proceeding or investigation without the prior written consent of the Seller which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person of notice of the commencement of any action, proceeding or investigation, such Indemnified Person shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Seller under this Section 5.01(f), notify the Seller in writing of the commencement thereof. Failure by an Indemnified Person to so notify the Seller shall relieve the Seller from the obligation to indemnify and hold harmless such Indemnified Person under this Section 5.01(f) only to the extent that the Seller suffers actual prejudice as a result of such failure. With respect to any action, proceeding or investigation brought by a third party for which indemnification may be sought under this Section 5.01(f), the Seller shall be entitled to conduct and control, at its expense and with counsel of its choosing that is reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, the defense of any such action, proceeding or investigation (in which case the Seller shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the Indemnified Person except as set forth below); provided that the Indemnified Person shall have the right to participate in such action, proceeding or investigation through counsel chosen by it and at its own expense. Notwithstanding the Seller’s election to assume the defense of any action, proceeding or investigation, the Indemnified Person shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the Seller shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the defendants in any such action include both the Indemnified Person and the Seller and the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or additional to those available to the Seller, (ii) the Seller shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action, (iii) the Seller shall authorize the Indemnified Person to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Seller or (iv) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, such action exposes the Indenture Trustee to a material risk of criminal liability or forfeiture or a Servicer Default has occurred and is continuing.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Seller shall not be obligated to pay for the fees, costs and expenses of more than one separate counsel for the Indemnified Persons collectively other than one local counsel, if appropriate.
 
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(g)           The Seller shall indemnify the Servicer (if the Servicer is not the Seller) for the costs of any action instituted by the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.02(d) of the Servicing Agreement which are not paid as Operating Expenses in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 8.02(e) of the Indenture.
 
(h)           The remedies provided in this Agreement are the sole and exclusive remedies against the Seller for breach of its representations and warranties in this Agreement.
 
(i)           Indemnification under this Section 5.01 shall survive any repeal of, modification of, or supplement to, or judicial invalidation of, the Rate Stabilization Law or any Qualified Rate Order and shall survive the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee or the termination of this Agreement and will rank in priority with other general, unsecured obligations of the Seller.
 
SECTION 5.02.    Merger, Conversion or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller.  Any Person (a) into which the Seller may be merged, converted or consolidated and which is a Permitted Successor, (b) that may result from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Seller shall be a party and which is a Permitted Successor, (c) that may succeed to the properties and assets of the Seller substantially as a whole and which is a Permitted Successor, (d) which is a successor entity resulting from the division of the Seller into two or more Persons and which is a Permitted Successor, or (e) which otherwise succeeds to all or substantially all of the electric transmission and distribution business of the Seller (or, if transmission and distribution are not provided by a single entity, which provides electric delivery service directly to Customers located in BGE’s  service territory as it existed on the date of adoption of the Qualified Rate Order) (a “Permitted Successor”) and which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform all of the obligations of the Seller hereunder (including the Seller’s obligations under Section 5.01 incurred at any time prior to or after the date of such assumption), shall be the successor to the Seller under this Agreement without further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that (i) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no representation, warranty or covenant made pursuant to Article III or Article IVshall be breached and no Servicer Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel from external counsel stating that such consolidation, merger, division or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section 5.02 and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with, (iii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency an Opinion of Counsel from external counsel of the Seller either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all filings to be made by the Seller and the Issuer, including filings with the PSC pursuant to the Rate Stabilization Law, have been authorized, executed and filed that are necessary to fully preserve and protect the respective interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in all of the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property and reciting the details of such filings, or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interests, (iv) the Seller shall have delivered to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Rating Agencies and the PSC an Opinion of Counsel from independent tax counsel stating that, for federal income tax purposes, such consolidation, conversion, merger, division or succession and such agreement of assumption will not result in a material federal income tax
 
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consequence to the Issuer or the Holders of Rate Stabilization Bonds and (v) the Seller shall have given the Rating Agencies prior written notice of such transaction. When any Person (or more than one Person) acquires the properties and assets of the Seller substantially as a whole or otherwise becomes the successor, whether by merger, conversion, consolidation, sale, transfer, lease, management contract or otherwise, to all or substantially all of the electric transmission and distribution business of the Seller (or, if transmission and distribution are not provided by a single entity, provides electric delivery service directly to Customers located in BGE’s service territory as it existed on the date of issuance of the Qualified Rate Order) in accordance with the terms of this Section 5.02, then upon satisfaction of all of the other conditions of this Section 5.02, the preceding Seller shall automatically and without further notice be released from all of its obligations hereunder.
 
SECTION 5.03.    Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others.  The Seller and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Seller may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person, respecting any matters arising hereunder.  Subject to Section 4.07, the Seller shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its obligations under this Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability.
 
ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
SECTION 6.01.    Amendment.  This Agreement may be amended in writing by the Seller and the Issuer, with (i) the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee, (ii) the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition and (iii) if any amendment would adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Holder of the Rate Stabilization Bonds, the consent of a majority of the Holders of each affected Tranche or Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds.  Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Issuer shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to each of the Rating Agencies.
 
Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel from external counsel of the Seller stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section 3.01(c)(i) of the Servicing Agreement. The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects the Indenture Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
 
SECTION 6.02.    Reserved.   
 
SECTION 6.03.    Notices.  All demands, notices and communications upon or to the Seller, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, or the Rating Agencies under this Agreement shall be sufficiently given for all purposes hereunder if in writing, and delivered  personally, sent by documented delivery service or, to the extent receipt is confirmed telephonically, sent by telecopy or other form of electronic transmission:
 
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(a)           in the case of the Seller, to Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, at 750 E. Pratt Street, 16th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, Attention: Treasurer, Telephone: (410) 685-0123, Facsimile:  (410) 783-3619;
 
(b)           in the case of the Issuer, to RSB BondCo LLC at Suite 202, 103 Foulk Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19803, Attention: Manager, Telephone: (302) 691-6409, Facsimile:  (302) 652-8667;
 
(c)           in the case of the Indenture Trustee, to the Corporate Trust Office;
 
(d)           in the case of the PSC, William D. Schaefer Tower, 6 St. Paul Street, 12th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202,  Attention: Executive Secretary, Telephone: (410) 767-8000, Facsimile: (410) 333-6495;
 
(e)           in the case of Moody’s, to Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., ABS Monitoring Department, 99 Church Street, New York, New York 10007, Telephone: (212) 553-3686, Facsimile: (212) 553-0573;
 
(f)           in the case of Standard & Poor’s, to Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 55 Water Street, 41st Floor, New York, New York 10041, Attention: Asset Backed Surveillance Department, Telephone: (212) 438-2000, Facsimile: (212) 438-2665;
 
(g)           in the case of Fitch, to Fitch Ratings, One State Street Plaza, New York, NY 10004, Attention: ABS Surveillance, Telephone: (212) 908-0500, Facsimile: (212) 908-0355; or
 
(h)           as to each of the foregoing, at such other address as shall be designated by written notice to the other parties.
 
SECTION 6.04.    Assignment.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except as provided in Section 5.02, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Seller.
 
SECTION 6.05.    Limitations on Rights of Third Parties.  The provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Seller, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) and the other Persons expressly referred to herein, and such Persons shall have the right to enforce the relevant provisions of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the Rate Stabilization Property or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.
 
SECTION 6.06.    Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remainder of such provision (if any) or the remaining provisions hereof (unless such construction shall be unreasonable), and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
 
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SECTION 6.07.    Separate Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
 
SECTION 6.08.    Headings.  The headings of the various Articles and Sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.
 
SECTION 6.09.    Governing Law.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
 
SECTION 6.10.    Assignment to Indenture Trustee.  The Seller hereby acknowledges and consents to any mortgage, pledge, assignment and grant of a security interest by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the Secured Parties of all right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under this Agreement, the Transferred Rate Stabilization Property and the proceeds thereof and the assignment of any or all of the Issuer’s rights hereunder to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
 
SECTION 6.11.    Limitation of Liability.  It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the Indenture Trustee, not individually or personally but solely as Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Secured Parties, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it.  The Indenture Trustee in acting hereunder is entitled to all rights, benefits, protections, immunities and indemnities accorded to it under the Indenture.
 
SECTION 6.12.    Waivers.  Any term or provision of this Agreement may be waived, or the time for its performance may be extended, by the party or parties entitled to the benefit thereof; provided, however, that no such waiver delivered by the Issuer shall be effective unless the Indenture Trustee has given its prior written consent thereto.  Any such waiver shall be validly and sufficiently authorized for the purposes of this Agreement if, as to any party, it is authorized in writing by an authorized representative of such party.  The failure of any party hereto to enforce at any time any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed to be a waiver of such provision, nor in any way to affect the validity of this Agreement or any part hereof or the right of any party thereafter to enforce each and every such provision.  No waiver of any breach of this Agreement shall be held to constitute a waiver of any other or subsequent breach.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.
 
 
 
RSB BONDCO LLC, as Issuer
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Charles A. Berardesco 
   
Name:  Charles A. Berardesco
Title:    Secretary
   
 
 
 
BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, as Seller
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Charles A. Berardesco
   
Name:  Charles A. Berardesco
Title:    Corporate Secretary
 
 
Issuer and BGE Signature Page to Sale Agreement


ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCEPTED:
 
 
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as Indenture Trustee
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Eileen Hughes  
 
Name:  Eileen Hughes
Title:    Vice President
 
 
By:
/s/ William Schwerdtman   
 
Name:  William Schwerdtman
Title:    Associate
 
 
 
Trustee Signature Page to Sale Agreement

 
EXHIBIT A
 
FORM OF BILL OF SALE
 
This Bill of Sale is being delivered pursuant to the Rate Stabilization Property Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2007 (the “Sale Agreement”), by and between Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (the “Seller”) and RSB BondCo LLC (the “Issuer”).  All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Sale Agreement.
 
In consideration of the Issuer’s delivery to or upon the order of the Seller of $[_____], the Seller does hereby irrevocably sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Issuer, without recourse or warranty, except as set forth in the Sale Agreement, all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the [Initial][Subsequent] Rate Stabilization Property identified on Schedule 1 hereto (such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance of the [Initial][Subsequent] Rate Stabilization Property includes, to the fullest extent permitted by the Rate Stabilization Law, the right to impose, collect and receive Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges and the assignment of all revenues, collections, claims, rights, payments, money or proceeds of or arising from the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges related to the [Initial][Subsequent] Rate Stabilization Property, as the same may be adjusted from time to time).  Such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance is hereby expressly stated to be a sale and, pursuant to Section 7-539 of the Rate Stabilization Law and other applicable law, shall be treated as an absolute transfer of all of the Seller’s right, title and interest in and to (as in a true sale), and not as a pledge or other financing of, the [Initial][Subsequent] Rate Stabilization Property. The Seller and the Issuer agree that after giving effect to the sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance contemplated hereby the Seller has no right, title or interest in or to the [Initial][Subsequent] Rate Stabilization Property to which a security interest could attach because (i) it has sold, transferred, assigned, set over and conveyed all right in and to the [Initial][Subsequent] Rate Stabilization Property to the Issuer, and (ii) as provided in Section 7-542 of the Rate Stabilization Law, appropriate notice has been filed and such transfer is perfected against all third parties, including subsequent judicial or other lien creditors.  If such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance is held by any court of competent jurisdiction not to be a true sale as provided in Section 7-539 of the Rate Stabilization Law, then such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance shall be treated as a pledge of such [Initial][Subsequent] Rate Stabilization Property and as the creation of a security interest (within the meaning of the Rate Stabilization Law and the UCC) in the [Initial][Subsequent] Rate Stabilization Property and, without prejudice to its position that it has absolutely transferred all of its rights in the [Initial][Subsequent] Rate Stabilization Property to the Issuer, the Seller hereby grants a security interest in the [Initial][Subsequent] Rate Stabilization Property to the Issuer (and, to the extent necessary to qualify the grant as a security interest under the Rate Stabilization Law and the UCC, to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties to secure the right of the Issuer under the Basic Documents to receive the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges and all other [Initial][Subsequent] Rate Stabilization Property).
 
EXHIBIT A
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The Issuer does hereby purchase the [Initial][Subsequent] Rate Stabilization Property from the Seller for the consideration set forth in the preceding paragraph.
 
The Seller and the Issuer each acknowledge and agree that the purchase price for the [Initial][Subsequent] Rate Stabilization Property sold pursuant to this Bill of Sale and the Sale Agreement is equal to its fair market value at the time of sale.
 
The Seller confirms that (i) each of the representations and warranties on the part of the Seller contained in the Sale Agreement are true and correct in all respects on the date hereof as if made on the date hereof and (ii) each condition precedent that must be satisfied under Section 2.03 of the Sale Agreement has been satisfied upon or prior to the execution and delivery of this Bill of Sale by the Seller.1
 
This Bill of Sale may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
 
THIS BILL OF SALE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAW.
 
 
EXHIBIT A
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and the Issuer have duly executed this Bill of Sale as of the ___ day of ___________, ______.
 
 
 
RSB BONDCO LLC
 
 
 
By:
 
   
Name:
Title:
   
 
 
 
BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
 
 
By:
 
   
Name:
Title:

EXHIBIT A
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SCHEDULE 1
to
BILL OF SALE

 
[INITIAL][SUBSEQUENT] RATE STABILIZATION PROPERTY
 
EXHIBIT A
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EX-10.2 9 exh10_2.htm RATE STABILIZATION PROPERTY SERVICING AGREEMENT Unassociated Document
Exhibit 10.2
 
EXECUTION COPY
 
 
 
RATE STABILIZATION PROPERTY SERVICING AGREEMENT
 
 
by and between
 
RSB BONDCO LLC,
 
Issuer

 
and

 
BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY,
 
Servicer
 

 
Dated as of June 29, 2007
 

 
 
 
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
 
     
SECTION 1.01.
Definitions.
1
     
 
ARTICLE II
APPOINTMENT AND AUTHORIZATION
 
     
SECTION 2.01.
Appointment of Servicer; Acceptance of Appointment.
2
SECTION 2.02.
Authorization.
2
SECTION 2.03.
Dominion and Control Over the Rate Stabilization Property.
2
     
 
ARTICLE III
ROLE OF SERVICER
 
     
SECTION 3.01.
Duties of Servicer.
3
SECTION 3.02.
Servicing and Maintenance Standards.
5
SECTION 3.03.
Annual Reports on Compliance with Regulation AB.
6
SECTION 3.04.
Annual Report by Independent Registered Public Accountants.
6
SECTION 3.05.
Monitoring of Third-Party Collectors.
7
     
 
ARTICLE IV
 SERVICES RELATED TO TRUE-UP ADJUSTMENTS
 
     
SECTION 4.01.
True-Up Adjustments.
9
SECTION 4.02.
Limitation of Liability.
14
     
 
ARTICLE V
THE RATE STABILIZATION PROPERTY
 
     
SECTION 5.01.
Custody of Rate Stabilization Property Records.
14
SECTION 5.02.
Duties of Servicer as Custodian.
15
SECTION 5.03.
Effective Period and Termination.
16
     
 
ARTICLE VI
 THE SERVICER
 
     
SECTION 6.01.
Representations and Warranties of Servicer.
16
SECTION 6.02.
Binding Effect of Servicing Obligations.
18
SECTION 6.03.
Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others.
19
SECTION 6.04.
BGE Not to Resign as Servicer.
20
SECTION 6.05.
Servicing Compensation.
20
SECTION 6.06.
Compliance with Applicable Requirements of Law.
21
 
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SECTION 6.07.
Access to Certain Records and Information Regarding Rate Stabilization Property.
21
SECTION 6.08.
Appointments.
22
SECTION 6.09.
No Servicer Advances.
22
SECTION 6.10.
Remittances.
22
SECTION 6.11.
Maintenance of Operations.
23
     
 
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
 
     
SECTION 7.01.
Servicer Default.
23
SECTION 7.02.
Appointment of Successor.
25
SECTION 7.03.
Waiver of Past Defaults.
26
SECTION 7.04.
Notice of Servicer Default.
26
SECTION 7.05.
Cooperation with Successor.
26
     
 
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
 
     
SECTION 8.01.
Servicer’s Indemnification; Release of Claims.
26
     
 
ARTICLE IX
 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
     
SECTION 9.01.
Amendment.
28
SECTION 9.02.
Maintenance of Accounts and Records.
29
SECTION 9.03.
Notices.
29
SECTION 9.04.
Assignment.
30
SECTION 9.05.
Limitations on Rights of Others.
30
SECTION 9.06.
Severability.
30
SECTION 9.07.
Separate Counterparts.
30
SECTION 9.08.
Headings.
30
SECTION 9.09.
GOVERNING LAW.
31
SECTION 9.10.
Assignment to Indenture Trustee.
31
SECTION 9.11.
Nonpetition Covenants.
31
SECTION 9.12.
Limitation of Liability.
31
 
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 EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
   
Exhibit A
Form of Monthly Servicer’s Certificate
Exhibit B
Form of Certificate of Compliance
Exhibit C
Form of Servicer Certificate
Schedule 4.01(a)
Expected Amortization Schedule
   
 
 ANNEXES
   
 Annex I  Servicing Procedures
 
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This RATE STABILIZATION PROPERTY SERVICING AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of June 29, 2007, is between RSB BONDCO LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as issuer (the “Issuer”), and BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (“BGE”), a Maryland corporation, as servicer (the “Servicer”).
 
RECITALS
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Rate Stabilization Law and the Initial Qualified Rate Order, BGE, in its capacity as seller (the “Seller”), and the Issuer are concurrently entering into the Sale Agreement pursuant to which (i) the Seller is selling and the Issuer is purchasing Initial Rate Stabilization Property created pursuant to the Rate Stabilization Law and the Initial Qualified Rate Order, and (ii) the Seller may sell Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property to the Issuer;
 
WHEREAS, in connection with its ownership of the Rate Stabilization Property, and in order to collect the associated Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges, the Issuer desires to engage the Servicer to carry out the functions described herein (such functions or similar functions currently performed by the Servicer for itself with respect to its own charges to its residential electric customers) and the Servicer desires to be so engaged;
 
WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to engage the Servicer to act on its behalf in submitting True-Up Adjustments to the PSC and the Servicer desires to be so engaged;
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
 
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
 
SECTION 1.01.  Definitions.
 
(a)  Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in that certain Indenture (including Appendix A thereto) dated as of the date hereof between the Issuer and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, in its capacity as the indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) and in its separate capacity as a securities intermediary (the “Securities Intermediary”), as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
 
(b)  All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.
 
(c)  The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; Section, Schedule, Exhibit, Annex and Attachment references contained in this Agreement are references to Sections, Schedules, Exhibits, Annexes and Attachments in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; and the term “including” shall mean “including without limitation.”
 

 
(d)  The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms.
 
(e)  Non-capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Utilities Code shall, as the context requires, have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Utilities Code, but without giving effect to amendments to the Utilities Code after the date hereof which have a material adverse effect on the Issuer or the Holders.
 
ARTICLE II 
APPOINTMENT AND AUTHORIZATION
 
SECTION 2.01.  Appointment of Servicer; Acceptance of Appointment.   The Issuer hereby appoints the Servicer, and the Servicer hereby accepts such appointment, to perform the Servicer’s obligations pursuant to this Agreement on behalf of and for the benefit of the Issuer or any assignee thereof in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and applicable Requirements of Law.  This appointment and the Servicer’s acceptance thereof may not be revoked except in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement.
 
SECTION 2.02.  Authorization.  With respect to all or any portion of the Rate Stabilization Property, the Servicer shall be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered by the Issuer to (a) execute and deliver, on behalf of itself and/or the Issuer, as the case may be, any and all instruments, documents or notices, and (b) on behalf of itself and/or the Issuer, as the case may be, make any filing and participate in proceedings of any kind with any Governmental Authority, including with the PSC.  The Issuer shall execute and deliver to the Servicer such documents as have been prepared by the Servicer for execution by the Issuer and shall furnish the Servicer with such other documents as may be in the Issuer’s possession, in each case as the Servicer may determine to be necessary or appropriate to enable it to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder.  Upon the Servicer’s written request, the Issuer shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney or other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its duties hereunder.
 
SECTION 2.03.  Dominion and Control Over the Rate Stabilization Property.  Notwithstanding any other provision herein, subject to the terms of the Basic Documents, the Issuer shall have dominion and control over the Rate Stabilization Property, and the Servicer, in accordance with the terms hereof, is acting solely as the servicing agent and custodian for the Issuer with respect to the Rate Stabilization Property and the Rate Stabilization Property Records.  The Servicer shall not take any action that is not authorized by this Agreement, that would contravene applicable Requirements of Law, that is not consistent with its customary procedures and practices, or that shall impair the rights of the Issuer in the Rate Stabilization Property, in each case unless such action is required by applicable Requirements of Law.
 
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ARTICLE III
ROLE OF SERVICER
 
SECTION 3.01.  Duties of Servicer.  The Servicer, as agent for the Issuer, shall have the following duties:
 
(a)  Duties of Servicer Generally.  The Servicer’s duties in general shall include management, servicing and administration of the Rate Stabilization Property; obtaining meter reads, calculating usage (including any such usage by Customers served by a Third-Party Collector), billing, collections and posting of all payments in respect of the Rate Stabilization Property; responding to inquiries by Customers, Third-Party Collectors, the PSC, or any other Governmental Authority with respect to the Rate Stabilization Property; delivering Bills to Customers or Third-Party Collectors; investigating and handling delinquencies (and furnishing reports with respect to such delinquencies to the Issuer), processing and depositing collections and making periodic remittances; furnishing periodic reports to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies; making all filings with the PSC and the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation and all filings pursuant to the UCC and taking such other action as may be necessary to perfect the Issuer’s ownership interests in and the Indenture Trustee’s first priority lien  on and security interest in the Rate Stabilization Property; making all filings with the PSC and the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation and all filings pursuant to the UCC and taking such other action as may be necessary to perfect and maintain the perfection and first priority of the Indenture Trustee’s lien on and security interest in all Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral; selling as the agent for the Issuer as its interests may appear defaulted or written off accounts in accordance with the Servicer’s usual and customary practices; taking all necessary action in connection with True-Up Adjustments as set forth herein; and performing such other duties as may be specified under the Applicable Qualified Rate Order to be performed by it.  Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, the duties of the Servicer set forth in this Agreement shall be qualified in their entirety by applicable Requirements of Law, as are in effect at the time such duties are to be performed.  Without limiting the generality of this Section 3.01(a), in furtherance of the foregoing, the Servicer hereby agrees that it shall also have, and shall comply with, the duties and responsibilities relating to data acquisition, usage and bill calculation, billing, customer service functions, collections, payment processing and remittance set forth in Annex I hereto, as it may be amended from time to time.  For the avoidance of doubt, the term “usage” when used herein refers to kilowatt hour consumption.
 
(b)  Reporting Functions.
 
    (i)  Monthly Servicer’s Certificate.  On or before the twenty-fifth calendar day of each month (or if such day is not a Servicer Business Day, on the immediately following Servicer Business Day), the Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies a written report substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a “Monthly Servicer’s Certificate”) setting forth certain information relating to Estimated QRSC Collections by the Servicer during the Collection Period immediately preceding such date; provided, however, that for any month in which the Servicer is required to deliver a Servicer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 4.01(c)(ii), the Servicer
 
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shall prepare and deliver the Monthly Servicer’s Certificate no later than the date of delivery of such Servicer’s Certificate.
 
    (ii)  Notification of Laws and Regulations.  The Servicer shall immediately notify the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies in writing of any Requirements of Law hereafter promulgated or published that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Servicer’s ability to perform its duties under this Agreement.
 
    (iii)  Other Information.  Upon the reasonable request of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or any Rating Agency, the Servicer shall provide to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or such Rating Agency, as the case may be, any public financial information in respect of the Servicer, or any material information regarding the Rate Stabilization Property to the extent it is reasonably available to the Servicer, as may be reasonably necessary and permitted by applicable Requirements of Law to enable the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Rating Agencies to monitor the performance by the Servicer hereunder.  In addition, so long as any of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series are outstanding, the Servicer shall provide the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, within a reasonable time after written request therefor, any information available to the Servicer or reasonably obtainable by it that is necessary to calculate the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges.
 
    (iv)  Preparation of Reports.  The Servicer shall prepare and deliver such additional reports as required under this Agreement, including a copy of each Servicer’s Certificate described in Section 4.01(c)(ii), the annual Certificate of Compliance described in Section 3.03, and the Annual Accountant’s Report described in Section 3.04.  In addition, the Servicer shall prepare, procure, deliver and/or file, or cause to be prepared, procured, delivered or filed, any reports, attestations, exhibits, certificates or other documents required to be delivered or filed with the SEC (and/or any other Governmental Authority) by the Issuer or the Sponsor under the federal securities laws or other applicable Requirements of Law or in accordance with the Basic Documents, including, but without limiting the generality of foregoing, filing with the SEC, if applicable, a copy or copies of (i) the Monthly Servicer’s Certificates described in Section 3.01(b) (under Form 10-D or any other applicable form), (ii) the Servicer’s Certificates described in Section 4.01(c)(ii) (under Form 10-D or any other applicable form), (iii) the annual statements of compliance, attestation reports and other certificates described in Section 3.03, and (iv) the Annual Accountant’s Report (and any attestation required under Regulation AB) described in Section 3.04.  In addition, the appropriate officer or officers of the Servicer shall (in its separate capacity as Servicer) sign any annual report on Form 10-K (and any other applicable SEC or other reports, attestations, certifications and other documents), to the extent that the Servicer’s signature is required by, and consistent with, the federal securities laws and/or any other applicable Requirements of Law, including Regulation AB.
 
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(c)  Opinions of Counsel.  The Servicer shall deliver to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee:
 
    (i)  promptly after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and of each amendment hereto, promptly after the execution of the Sale Agreement and of each amendment thereto and on each Subsequent Transfer Date, an Opinion of Counsel from external counsel of the Servicer either (A) to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, all filings, including filings with the PSC and the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation and all filings pursuant to the UCC, that are necessary under the UCC and the Rate Stabilization Law to fully preserve, protect and perfect the Liens of the Indenture Trustee in the Rate Stabilization Property have been authorized, executed and filed, and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (B) to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to fully preserve, protect and perfect such Liens; and
 
    (ii)  within ninety (90) days after the beginning of each calendar year beginning with the first calendar year beginning more than three (3) months after the date hereof, an Opinion of Counsel from external counsel of the Servicer, dated as of a date during such ninety (90)-day period, either (A) to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, all filings, including filings with the PSC and the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation and all filings pursuant to the UCC, have been executed and filed that are necessary under the UCC and the Rate Stabilization Law to fully preserve, protect and perfect the Liens of the Indenture Trustee in the Rate Stabilization Property, and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (B) to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to fully preserve, protect and perfect such Liens.
 
Each Opinion of Counsel referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above shall specify any action necessary (as of the date of such opinion) to be taken in the following year to preserve, protect and continue the perfection of such Lien.
 
SECTION 3.02.  Servicing and Maintenance Standards.
 
  On behalf of the Issuer, the Servicer shall (a) manage, service, administer and make collections in respect of the Rate Stabilization Property with reasonable care and in material compliance with applicable Requirements of Law, using the same degree of care and diligence that the Servicer exercises with respect to similar assets for its own account and, if applicable, for others; (b) follow customary standards, policies and procedures for the industry in Maryland in performing its duties as Servicer; (c) use all reasonable efforts, consistent with its customary servicing procedures, to enforce, and maintain rights in respect of, the Rate Stabilization Property and to bill and collect the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges; (d) comply with all Requirements of Law applicable to and binding on it relating to the Rate Stabilization Property; (e) file all PSC notices described in the Rate Stabilization Law and file and maintain the effectiveness of UCC and Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation filings with respect to the property transferred from time to time under the Sale Agreement, and (f) take such other action on behalf of the Issuer to ensure that the Lien of the Indenture Trustee on the Rate Stabilization Bond
 
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Collateral remains perfected and of first priority.  The Servicer shall follow such customary and usual practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable in its servicing of all or any portion of the Rate Stabilization Property, which, in the Servicer’s judgment, may include the taking of legal action, at the Issuer’s expense but subject to the priority of payment set forth in Section 8.02(e) of the Indenture.
 
SECTION 3.03.  Annual Reports on Compliance with Regulation AB.
 
(a)  The Servicer shall deliver to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies, on or before the earlier of (a) March 31 of each year, beginning March 31, 2008, or (b) with respect to each calendar year during which the Sponsor’s annual report on Form 10-K is required to be filed in accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, the date on which the annual report on Form 10-K is required to be filed in accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, certificates from a Responsible Officer of the Servicer (i) containing, and certifying as to, the statements of compliance required by Item 1123 (or any successor or similar items or rule) of Regulation AB, as then in effect and (ii) containing, and certifying as to, the statements and assessment of compliance required by Item 1122(a) (or any successor or similar items or rule) of Regulation AB, as then in effect.
 
(b)  The Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain from each other party participating in the servicing function any additional certifications as to the statements and assessment required under Item 1122 or Item 1123 of Regulation AB to the extent required in connection with the filing of any annual report on Form 10-K; provided, however, that a failure to obtain such certifications shall not be a breach of the Servicer’s duties hereunder.  The parties acknowledge that the Indenture Trustee’s certifications shall be limited to the Item 1122 certifications described in Exhibit E of the Indenture.
 
SECTION 3.04.  Annual Report by Independent Registered Public Accountants.
 
(a)  The Servicer, at its own expense in partial consideration of the Servicing Fee paid to it, shall cause a firm of Independent registered public accountants (which may provide other services to the Servicer or the Seller) to prepare annually, and the Servicer shall deliver annually to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies on or before the earlier of (a) March 31 of each year, beginning March 31, 2008, or (b) with respect to each calendar year during which the Sponsor’s annual report on Form 10-K is required to be filed in accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, the date on which the annual report on Form 10-K is required to be filed in accordance with the Exchange Act and the rule and regulations thereunder, a report addressed to the Servicer (the “Annual Accountant’s Report”) to the effect that such firm has performed certain procedures, agreed between the Servicer and such accountants, in connection with the Servicer’s compliance with its obligations under this Agreement during the preceding twelve (12) months ended December 31 (or, in the case of the first Annual Accountant’s Report to be delivered on or before March 31, 2008, the period of time from the date of this Agreement until December 31, 2007), identifying the results of such procedures and including any exceptions noted.  In the event that the accounting firm
 
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providing such report requires the Indenture Trustee to agree or consent to the procedures performed by such firm, the Issuer shall direct the Indenture Trustee in writing to so agree; it being understood and agreed that the Indenture Trustee will deliver such letter of agreement or consent in conclusive reliance upon the direction of the Issuer, and the Indenture Trustee will not make any independent inquiry or investigation as to, and shall have no obligation or liability in respect of the sufficiency, validity or correctness of such procedures.
 
(b)  The Annual Accountant’s Report shall also indicate that the accounting firm providing such report is independent of the Servicer in accordance with the Rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and shall include the attestation report required under Item 1122(b) of Regulation AB (or any successor or similar items or rule), as then in effect.
 
SECTION 3.05.  Monitoring of Third-Party Collectors.
 
  From time to time, until the Retirement of the Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Servicer shall, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, take all actions with respect to Third-Party Collectors required to be taken by the Servicer as set forth, if applicable, in any agreement with the Servicer and applicable Requirements of Law in effect from time to time and implement such additional procedures and policies as are necessary to ensure that the obligations of all Third-Party Collectors in connection with Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges are properly enforced in accordance with, if applicable, the terms of any agreement with the Servicer and applicable Requirements of Law in effect from time to time.  Such procedures and policies shall include the following:
 
(a)  Maintenance of Records and Information.  In addition to any actions required by applicable Requirements of Law, the Servicer shall:
 
    (i)  maintain adequate records for promptly identifying and contacting each Third-Party Collector;
 
    (ii)  maintain records of end-user Customers which are billed by Third-Party Collectors to permit prompt transfer of billing responsibilities in the event of default by such Third-Party Collectors;
 
    (iii)  maintain adequate records for enforcing compliance by all Third-Party Collectors with their obligations with respect to Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges, including compliance with all Remittance Requirements, TPC Credit Requirements and TPC Deposit Requirements; and
 
    (iv)  provide to each Third-Party Collector such information necessary for such Third-Party Collector to confirm the Servicer’s calculation of Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges and remittances, including, if applicable, Charge-Off amounts.
 
The Servicer shall update the records described above no less frequently than quarterly.
 
(b)  Credit and Collection Policies.  The Servicer shall, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Requirements of Law, impose such terms with respect to credit and collection policies applicable to Third-Party Collectors as may be reasonably necessary to
 
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prevent the then-current rating of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series from being downgraded, withdrawn or suspended.  The Servicer shall, in accordance with and to the extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, include and impose the above-described terms in all instances in which BGE or Third-Party Collectors issue single bills to BGE’s Customers that include Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges.  The Servicer shall periodically review the need for modified or additional terms based upon, among other things, (i) the relative amount of QRSC Payments received from Customers or through Third-Party Collectors relative to the Periodic Billing Requirement, (ii) the historical payment and default experience of Customers and each Third-Party Collector and (iii) such other credit and collection policies to which the Customers and Third-Party Collectors are, or may become, subject.
 
(c)  Monitoring of Performance and Payment by Third-Party Collectors.  In addition to any actions required by applicable Requirements of Law, the Servicer shall undertake to do the following:
 
    (i)  The Servicer shall require each Third-Party Collector to pay all Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges (less an allowance for Charge-Offs) billed to such Third-Party Collector in accordance with the provisions of any applicable Requirements of Law (whether or not disputed).  The Servicer shall monitor compliance by each Third-Party Collector with all Remittance Requirements, TPC Credit Requirements and TPC Deposit Requirements and take prompt action to enforce such requirements.
 
    (ii)  Where a Third-Party Collector is responsible for billing the Customers, the Servicer shall, consistent with its customary billing practices, bill each Applicable Third-Party Collector no less frequently than the billing cycle otherwise applicable to such Customers.
 
    (iii)  The Servicer shall work with Third-Party Collectors to resolve any disputes using the dispute resolution procedures established by applicable Requirements of Law, in accordance with the Servicing Standard.
 
(d)  Enforcement of Third-Party Collector Obligations.  The Servicer shall  ensure that each Third-Party Collector remits all QRSC Payments which it is obligated to remit to the Servicer.  In the event of any default by any Third-Party Collector, the Servicer shall enforce all rights set forth in and take all other steps permitted by any applicable Requirements of Law as it determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, are reasonably necessary to ensure the prompt payment of QRSC Payments by such Third-Party Collector and to preserve the rights of the Holders with respect thereto, including, where appropriate, terminating the right of any Third-Party Collector to bill and collect Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges or petitioning the PSC to impose such other remedies or penalties as may be available under the circumstances.  Any agreement entered into between the Servicer and a defaulted Third-Party Collector will be limited to the terms of this Agreement and will satisfy the Rating Agency Condition.  In the event the Servicer has actual knowledge that a Third-Party Collector is in default, including due to the downgrade by the Rating Agencies of any party providing credit support for such Third-Party Collector, the Servicer shall promptly notify a Responsible Officer
 
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of the Indenture Trustee in writing of the same and, shall, if applicable, instruct the Indenture Trustee either to:
 
    (i)  withdraw from such Third-Party Collector’s TPC Deposit Account and deposit into the applicable Collection Accounts the lesser of (x) the amount of cash on deposit in such TPC Deposit Account and (y) the amount of any Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges then due and payable by such Third-Party Collector; or
 
    (ii)  make demand under any letter of credit, guarantee or other credit support up to the lesser of (x) the amount of such letter of credit, guarantee or other credit support and (y) the amount of any Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges then due and payable by such Third-Party Collector, and deposit the amounts received, if any, as a result of such demand into the applicable Collection Accounts.
 
The Indenture Trustee shall, within two (2) Business Days of receipt of such written notice, withdraw such funds from the TPC Deposit Account or make demand under such credit support, as applicable, and deposit such funds withdrawn or received, as applicable, into the applicable Collection Accounts.
 
(e)  Maintenance of TPC Deposit Accounts.  The Servicer shall cause the entity acting as Indenture Trustee to maintain one or more TPC Deposit Accounts as described in Section 8.02(g) of the Indenture.  The Servicer shall provide written direction to the Indenture Trustee regarding the allocation and release of funds on deposit in the TPC Deposit Accounts, as permitted or required by the Indenture, this Agreement, or any applicable Requirements of Law.  The Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any such written directions from the Servicer.  The Servicer will seek and use reasonable best efforts to obtain, from any Third-Party Collector which wishes to satisfy its credit support requirements by making a deposit to a TPC Deposit Account, a written security agreement stating that (i) by making such deposit the Third-Party Collector has granted a security interest in such deposit in favor of the Indenture Trustee, and (ii) the Indenture Trustee, in holding such deposit as collateral, will have the rights and remedies of a secured party under Article 9 of the UCC with respect to such collateral, and the Servicer will promptly forward any such agreement to the Indenture Trustee.
 
(f)  Affiliated Third-Party Collectors.  In performing its obligations under this Section 3.05, the Servicer shall deal with any Third-Party Collectors which are Affiliates of the Servicer on terms which are no more favorable in the aggregate to such affiliated Third-Party Collector than those used by the Servicer in its dealings with Third-Party Collectors that are not Affiliates of the Servicer.
 
ARTICLE IV
SERVICES RELATED TO TRUE-UP ADJUSTMENTS
 
SECTION 4.01.  True-Up Adjustments.  From time to time, until the Retirement of the Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Servicer shall identify the need for True-Up Adjustments for each Series and shall take all reasonable action to obtain and implement such True-Up Adjustments, all in accordance with the following:
 
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(a)  Expected Amortization Schedule.  The Expected Amortization Schedule for the initial Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds is attached hereto as Schedule 4.01(a).  In connection with the Issuer’s issuance of any additional Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds after the Closing Date, the Servicer, on or prior to the Series Issuance Date therefor, shall revise the Expected Amortization Schedule to add a new schedule for each new Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds and set forth, as of each Payment Date through the latest Scheduled Final Payment Date for any Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds, the aggregate principal amounts of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of all Series, including such additional Series, expected to be outstanding on such Payment Date.  If the Expected Amortization Schedule is revised as set forth above, the Servicer shall send a copy of such revised Expected Amortization Schedule to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies promptly thereafter.
 
(b)  True-Up Adjustments.
 
    (i)  Semi-Annual True-Up Adjustments and Filings.  Prior to the Scheduled Final Payment Date of the last Tranche of a Series, during the term of the Rate Stabilization Bonds, no later than thirty (30) days before the rolling six month anniversary date of the Series Issuance Date for each Series, the Servicer shall:  (A) update the data and assumptions underlying the calculation of the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges, including projected electricity usage during the next Calculation Period and interest and estimated expenses and fees of the Issuer to be paid during such period; (B) determine the Periodic Payment Requirement and Periodic Billing Requirement for the next 12 Collection Periods based on such updated data and assumptions; (C) calculate the undercollections or overcollections for the previous Calculation Period, including without limitation any undercollections or overcollections caused by Third-Party Collector defaults, by subtracting the Estimated QRSC Collections for such previous Calculation Period from the Periodic Billing Requirement for such previous Calculation Period; (D) taking into account the then-current Collections Curve and Charge-Offs, calculate the amount needed to correct such undercollections or overcollections during the forthcoming 12 Collection Periods; (E) sum the amount in step (D) with the scheduled Periodic Billing Requirement for the upcoming 12 Collection Periods to determine an adjusted Periodic Billing Requirement; (F) divide the amount calculated in step (E) by the appropriate forecasted Periodic Billing Requirement to determine the adjusted Qualified Rate Stabilization Charge rate for the upcoming 12 Collection Periods; (G) make all required notice and other filings with the PSC to reflect the revised Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges; and (H) take all reasonable actions and make all reasonable efforts to effect such Semi-Annual True-Up Adjustment on the Semi-Annual True-Up Adjustment Date  and to enforce the provisions of applicable Requirements of Law.
 
    (ii)  Interim True-Up Adjustments and Filings.  At any time during the term of the Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Servicer shall periodically compare the anticipated Unrecovered Balance, as of the next Payment Date and after giving effect to payments to be made on such Payment Date, to the Projected Unrecovered Balance as of such Payment Date.  As a result of such periodic
 
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comparison, (A) the Servicer may make an InterimTrue-Up Adjustment to correct any undercollection or overcollection if, in its sole and exclusive discretion, an Interim True-Up Adjustment is necessary in order to provide for timely payment of the Rate Stabilization Bonds based on Rating Agency and Bondholder considerations, and (B) the Servicer shall, no later than fifteen (15) days prior to commencement of the next Collection Period, make all required notice and other filings with the PSC to implement a mandatory Interim True-Up Adjustment (1) if the Servicer determines collection of Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges as of the next Payment Date would result in a difference greater than 5% in absolute value between (x) the outstanding principal amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds plus amounts on deposit in the applicable Excess Funds Subaccount and (y) such Projected Unrecovered Balance as of such Payment Date or (2) to meet a Rating Agency Requirement that any Tranche of Rate Stabilization Bonds be paid in full by its Scheduled Final Payment Date.  The Servicer shall implement the revised Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges, if any, resulting from such Interim True-Up Adjustment on the Interim True-Up Adjustment Date and shall otherwise take all reasonable actions and make all reasonable efforts to effect such Interim True-Up Adjustment on the Interim True-Up Adjustment Date  and to enforce the provisions of applicable Requirements of Law.
 
    (iii)  Non-Standard True-Up Adjustments and Filings.  At any time during the term of the Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Servicer shall take all reasonable actions and make all required notice and other filings with the PSC to implement an amendment of the True-Up Adjustment Mechanism if it deems such an amendment to be necessary or appropriate in order to address any material deviations between Estimated QRSC Collections or Actual QRSC Collections and the Periodic Payment Requirement.  No such change shall cause the then-current credit ratings of the Rate Stabilization Bonds to be suspended, withdrawn or downgraded.
 
    (iv)  Quarterly True-Up Adjustments and Filings.  To the extent that Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series remain Outstanding after the Scheduled Final Payment Date of the last Tranche of such Series, during the term of the Rate Stabilization Bonds, no later than thirty (30) days before the rolling three month anniversary date of the Series Issuance Date, the Servicer shall:  (A) update the data and assumptions underlying the calculation of the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges, including projected electricity usage during the next Calculation Period and interest and estimated expenses and fees of the Issuer to be paid during such period; (B) determine the Periodic Payment Requirement and Periodic Billing Requirement for the next 12 Collection Periods based on such updated data and assumptions; (C) taking into account the then-current Collections Curve and Charge-Offs, calculate the undercollections or overcollections for the previous Calculation Period, including without limitation any undercollections or overcollections caused by Third-Party Collector defaults, by subtracting the Estimated QRSC Collections for such previous Calculation Period from the Periodic Billing Requirement for such previous Calculation Period; (D) calculate the amount needed to correct such undercollections or
 
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overcollections during the forthcoming 12 Collection Periods; (E) sum the amount in step (D) with the scheduled Periodic Billing Requirement for the upcoming 12 Collection Periods to determine an adjusted Periodic Billing Requirement; (F) divide the amount calculated in step (E) by the appropriate forecasted Periodic Billing Requirement to determine the adjusted Qualified Rate Stabilization Charge rate for the upcoming 12 Collection Periods; (G) make all required notice and other filings with the PSC to reflect the revised Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges; and (H) take all reasonable actions and make all reasonable efforts to effect such Quarterly True-Up Adjustment on the Quarterly True-Up Adjustment Date  and to enforce the provisions of applicable Requirements of Law.
 
(c)  Reports.
 
    (i)  Notification of Amendatory Tariff Filings and True-Up Adjustments.  Whenever the Servicer files an Amendatory Tariff with the PSC, the Servicer shall send a copy of such filing or notice (together with a copy of all notices and documents which, in the Servicer’s reasonable judgment, are material to the adjustments effected by such Amendatory Tariff or notice) to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies concurrently therewith.  If, for any reason any revised Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges are not implemented and effective on the applicable date set forth herein, the Servicer shall notify the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency by the end of the second Servicer Business Day after such applicable date.
 
    (ii)  Servicer’s Certificate.  Not later than five (5) Servicer Business Days prior to each Payment Date or Special Payment Date, the Servicer shall deliver a written report, for each Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto (the “Servicer’s Certificate”) to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies which shall include all of the following information (to the extent applicable and including any other information so specified in the applicable Series Supplement) as to the Rate Stabilization Bonds of such Series with respect to such Payment Date or Special Payment Date or the period since the previous Payment Date, as applicable:
 
    (A)  the amount of the payment to Holders allocable to principal, if any;
 
    (B)  the amount of the payment to Holders allocable to interest;
 
    (C)  the aggregate Outstanding Amount of such Rate Stabilization Bonds, before and after giving effect to any payments allocated to principal reported under clause (A) above;
 
    (D)  the difference, if any, between the amount specified in clause (C) above and the Outstanding Amount of such Rate Stabilization Bonds specified in the related Expected Amortization Schedule;
 
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    (E)  any other transfers and payments to be made on such Payment Date or Special Payment Date, including amounts paid to the Indenture Trustee and to the Servicer; and
 
    (F)  the amounts on deposit in the applicable Capital Subaccount and the applicable Excess Funds Subaccount, after giving effect to the foregoing payments.
 
    (iii)  Reports to Customers.
 
    (A)  After each revised Qualified Rate Stabilization Charge has gone into effect pursuant to a True-Up Adjustment, the Servicer shall, to the extent and in the manner and time frame required by applicable PSC Regulations, if any, cause to be prepared and delivered to Customers any required notices announcing such revised Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges.
 
    (B)  The Servicer shall comply with applicable Requirements of Law with respect to the identification of Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges on Bills, and, in the Bills regularly sent to Customers or Third-Party Collectors, the Servicer will separately identify the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges as being owned by the Issuer. Unless prohibited by applicable Requirements of Law, the Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to cause each Applicable Third-Party Collector, at least once each year, to include notices in the bills sent by such Applicable Third-Party Collector to Customers indicating additionally that the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges are not owned by such Applicable Third-Party Collector (to the extent that such Applicable Third-Party Collector does not include such information in the Bills regularly sent to Customers).  Such notice shall be included either as an insert to or in the text of the Bills delivered to such Customers or shall be delivered to Customers by electronic means or such other means as the Servicer or the Applicable Third-Party Collector may from time to time use to communicate with its respective Customers.
 
    (C)  Except to the extent that applicable PSC Regulations make the Applicable Third-Party Collector responsible for such costs, or the Applicable Third-Party Collector has otherwise agreed to pay such costs, the Servicer shall pay from its own funds all costs of preparation and delivery incurred in connection with clauses (A) and (B) above, including printing and postage costs as the same may increase or decrease from time to time.
 
    (iv)  Third-Party Collector Reports.  The Servicer shall provide to the Rating Agencies, upon request, any publicly available reports filed by the Servicer with the PSC (or otherwise made publicly available by the Servicer) relating to Third-Party Collectors and any other non-confidential and non-proprietary information relating to Third-Party Collectors reasonably requested by the Rating Agencies to the extent such information is reasonably available to the Servicer.
 
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SECTION 4.02.  Limitation of Liability.   (a) The Issuer and the Servicer expressly agree and acknowledge that:
 
    (i)  In connection with any True-Up Adjustment, the Servicer is acting solely in its capacity as the servicing agent hereunder.
 
    (ii)  Neither the Servicer nor the Issuer nor the Indenture Trustee is responsible in any manner for, and shall have no liability whatsoever as a result of, any action, decision, ruling or other determination made or not made, or any delay (other than any delay resulting from the Servicer’s failure to make any filings required by Section 4.01 in a timely and correct manner or any breach by the Servicer of its duties under this Agreement that adversely affects the Rate Stabilization Property or the True-Up Adjustments), by the PSC in any way related to the Rate Stabilization Property or in connection with any True-Up Adjustment, the subject of any filings under Section 4.01, any proposed True-Up Adjustment, or the approval of any revised Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges and the scheduled adjustments thereto.
 
    (iii)  Except to the extent that the Servicer is liable under Section 8.01, the Servicer shall have no liability whatsoever relating to the calculation of any revised Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges and the scheduled adjustments thereto, including as a result of any inaccuracy of any of the assumptions made in such calculation regarding expected energy usage volume, the Collections Curve, Charge-Offs and estimated expenses and fees of the Issuer, so long as the Servicer has acted in good faith and has not acted in a grossly negligent manner in connection therewith, nor shall the Servicer have any liability whatsoever as a result of any Person, including the Holders, not receiving any payment, amount or return anticipated or expected or in respect of any Rate Stabilization Bond generally.
 
(b)  Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.02 shall not relieve the Servicer of liability for any misrepresentation by the Servicer under Section 6.01 or for any breach by the Servicer of its other obligations under this Agreement.
 
ARTICLE V
THE RATE STABILIZATION PROPERTY
 
SECTION 5.01.  Custody of Rate Stabilization Property Records.  To assure uniform quality in servicing the Rate Stabilization Property and to reduce administrative costs, the Issuer hereby revocably appoints the Servicer, and the Servicer hereby accepts such appointment, to act as the agent of the Issuer as custodian of any and all documents and records that the Seller shall keep on file, in accordance with its customary procedures, relating to the Rate Stabilization Property, including copies of any Qualified Rate Orders, Issuance Advice Letters, Tariffs and Amendatory Tariffs relating thereto and all documents filed with the PSC in connection with any True-Up Adjustment and computational records relating thereto (collectively, the “Rate Stabilization Property Records”), which are hereby constructively delivered to the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Issuer (or, in the case of the Subsequent
 
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Rate Stabilization Property, will as of the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date be constructively delivered to the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Issuer) with respect to all Rate Stabilization Property.
 
SECTION 5.02.  Duties of Servicer as Custodian.
 
(a)  Safekeeping.  The Servicer shall hold the Rate Stabilization Property Records on behalf of the Issuer and maintain such accurate and complete accounts, records and computer systems pertaining to the Rate Stabilization Property Records as shall enable the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, to comply with this Agreement, the Sale Agreement and the Indenture.  In performing its duties as custodian, the Servicer shall act with reasonable care, using that degree of care and diligence that the Servicer exercises with respect to comparable assets that the Servicer services for itself or, if applicable, for others.  The Servicer shall promptly report to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies any failure on its part to hold the Rate Stabilization Property Records and maintain its accounts, records and computer systems as herein provided and promptly take appropriate action to remedy any such failure.  Nothing herein shall be deemed to require an initial review or any periodic review by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee of the Rate Stabilization Property Records.  The Servicer’s duties to hold the Rate Stabilization Property Records set forth in this Section 5.02, to the extent such Rate Stabilization Property Records have not been previously transferred to a successor Servicer pursuant to Article VII, shall terminate one year and one day after the earlier of the date on which (i) the Servicer is succeeded by a successor Servicer in accordance with Article VII and (ii) no Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series are Outstanding.
 
(b)  Maintenance of and Access to Records.  The Servicer shall maintain the Rate Stabilization Property Records at 110 W. Fayette Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201-3708 or at such other office as shall be specified to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by written notice at least thirty (30) days prior to any change in location.  The Servicer shall make available for inspection, audit and copying to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee or their respective duly authorized representatives, attorneys or auditors the Rate Stabilization Property Records at such times during normal business hours as the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall reasonably request and which do not unreasonably interfere with the Servicer’s normal operations.  Nothing in this Section 5.02(b) shall affect the obligation of the Servicer to observe any applicable Requirements of Law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Customers, and the failure of the Servicer to provide access to such information as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section 5.02(b).
 
(c)  Release of Documents.  Upon instruction from the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the Indenture, the Servicer shall release any Rate Stabilization Property Records to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee’s agent or the Indenture Trustee’s designee, as the case may be, at such place or places as the Indenture Trustee may designate, as soon as practicable.  Nothing in this Section 5.02(c) shall affect the obligation of the Servicer to observe any applicable Requirements of Law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Customers, and the failure of the Servicer to provide access to such information as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section 5.02(c).
 
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(d)  Defending Rate Stabilization Property Against Claims.  The Servicer shall institute any action or proceeding necessary to compel performance by each Third-Party Collector (at the earliest possible time) of any of their respective obligations or duties under applicable Requirements of Law with respect to the Rate Stabilization Property.  In addition, the Servicer shall institute any action or proceeding necessary to compel performance by the PSC or the State of Maryland, or any political subdivision, agency or other instrumentality of the State of Maryland, of any of their respective obligations or duties under applicable Requirements of Law with respect to the Rate Stabilization Property.  The Servicer further agrees to take such legal or administrative actions, including without limitation defending against or instituting and pursuing legal actions and appearing or testifying at hearings or similar proceedings, as may be reasonably necessary to block or overturn any attempts to cause a repeal of, modification of or supplement to the Rate Stabilization Law or any Qualified Rate Order.  In any proceedings related to the exercise of the power of eminent domain by any municipality to acquire a portion of BGE’s electric distribution facilities, the Servicer shall assert that the court ordering such condemnation must treat such municipality as a successor to BGE under the Rate Stabilization Law and Qualified Rate Order and that Customers in such municipalities must remain responsible for payment of Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges.  The costs of any action described in this Section 5.02(d) shall be payable from the Collection Account as an Operating Expense in accordance with Section 8.02(e) of the Indenture.  The Servicer’s obligations pursuant to this Section 5.02(d) shall survive and continue notwithstanding that payment of such Operating Expense may be delayed pursuant to the terms of the Indenture (it being understood that the Servicer may be required initially to advance its own funds to satisfy its obligations hereunder).
 
SECTION 5.03.  Effective Period and Termination.  The Servicer’s appointment as custodian shall become effective as of the Closing Date and shall continue in full force and effect until terminated pursuant to this Section 5.03.  If the Servicer shall resign as Servicer in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or if all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer shall have been terminated under Section 7.01, the appointment of the Servicer as custodian shall be terminated effective as of the date on which the termination or resignation of the Servicer is effective.  Additionally, if not sooner terminated as provided above, the Servicer’s obligations as Custodian shall terminate one year and one day after the date on which no Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series are Outstanding.
 
ARTICLE VI
THE SERVICER
 
SECTION 6.01.  Representations and Warranties of Servicer.  The Servicer makes the following representations and warranties, as of the Closing Date, as of each Subsequent Transfer Date relating to the sale of Subsequent Rate Stabilization Property, and as of such other dates as expressly provided in this Section 6.01, on which the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee are deemed to have relied in entering into this Agreement relating to the servicing of the Rate Stabilization Property.  The representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the sale of any Rate Stabilization Property and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
 
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(a)  Organization and Good Standing.  The Servicer is duly organized and validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, with the requisite corporate or other power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted and to execute, deliver and carry out the terms of this Agreement, and had at all relevant times, and has, the requisite power, authority and legal right to service the Rate Stabilization Property and to hold the Rate Stabilization Property Records as custodian.
 
(b)  Due Qualification.  The Servicer is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business (including the servicing of the Rate Stabilization Property as required by this Agreement) shall require such qualifications, licenses or approvals (except where the failure to so qualify would not be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Servicer’s business, operations, assets, revenues or properties or to its servicing of the Rate Stabilization Property).
 
(c)  Power and Authority.  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Servicer under its organizational or governing documents and laws.
 
(d)  Binding Obligation.  This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Servicer enforceable against the Servicer in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity (including concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing), regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
 
(e)  No Violation.  The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the organizational documents of the Servicer, or any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Servicer is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than any Lien that may be granted under the Basic Documents or any Lien created pursuant to Section  7-542 of the Rate Stabilization Law); nor violate any existing Requirements of Law applicable to the Servicer of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Servicer or its properties.
 
(f)  No Proceedings.  There are no proceedings or investigations pending or, to the Servicer’s knowledge, threatened, before any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Servicer or its properties involving or relating to the Servicer or the Issuer or, to the Servicer’s knowledge, any other Person: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Rate Stabilization Bonds or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the performance by the Servicer of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, any of the other Basic Documents or
 
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the Rate Stabilization Bonds or (iv) seeking to adversely affect the federal income tax or state income or franchise tax classification of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of any Series as debt.
 
(g)  Approvals.  No approval, authorization, consent, order or other action of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution and delivery by the Servicer of this Agreement, the performance by the Servicer of the transactions contemplated hereby or the fulfillment by the Servicer of the terms hereof, except those that have been obtained or made, those that the Servicer is required to make in the future pursuant to Article IV and those that the Servicer may need to file in the future to continue the effectiveness of any UCC or Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation filings.
 
(h)  Reports and Certificates.  Each report and certificate delivered in connection with an Issuance Advice Letter or delivered in connection with any filing made to the PSC by the Servicer on behalf of the Issuer with respect to the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges or True-Up Adjustments will constitute a representation and warranty by the Servicer that each such report or certificate, as the case may be, is true and correct in all material respects; provided, however, that to the extent any such report or certificate is based in part upon or contains assumptions, forecasts or other predictions of future events, the representation and warranty of the Servicer with respect thereto will be limited to the representation and warranty that such assumptions, forecasts or other predictions of future events are reasonable based upon historical performance (and facts known to the Servicer on the date such report or certificate is delivered).
 
SECTION 6.02.  Binding Effect of Servicing Obligations.   The obligations to continue to provide service and to collect and account for Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges will be binding upon the Servicer and any successor entity, including any municipality or public entity, which is a successor, to the Servicer, in whole or in part, and that provides electric transmission and distribution services to a Person that was a residential electric customer located within BGE’s service territory as it exists on the date of adoption of the Applicable Qualified Rate Order, or that became a residential electric customer  within such area after that date and is still located within such territory.  Any Person (a) into which the Servicer may be merged, converted or consolidated and which is a Permitted Successor, (b) that may result from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Servicer shall be a party and which is a Permitted Successor, (c) that may succeed to the properties and assets of the Servicer substantially as a whole and which is a Permitted Successor, (d) which results from the division of the Servicer into two or more Persons and which is a Permitted Successor, or (e) which otherwise is a Permitted Successor, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform all of the obligations of the Servicer hereunder, shall be the successor to the Servicer under this Agreement without further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that (i) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 6.01 shall have been breached and no Servicer Default and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) the Servicer shall have delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel from external counsel stating that such consolidation, conversion, merger, division or succession and such agreement of assumption complies with this Section 6.02 and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction have
 
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been complied with, (iii) the Servicer shall have delivered to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies an Opinion of Counsel from external counsel of the Servicer either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all filings to be made by the Servicer, including filings with the PSC and the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation pursuant to the Rate Stabilization Law and the UCC, have been executed and filed and are in full force and effect that are necessary to fully preserve, protect and perfect the priority of the interests of the Issuer and the Lien of the Indenture Trustee in the Rate Stabilization Property and reciting the details of such filings or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve, protect and continue the perfection of such interests or such Lien, (iv) the Servicer shall have delivered to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Rating Agencies and the PSC an Opinion of Counsel from independent tax counsel stating that, for federal income tax purposes, such consolidation, conversion, merger, division or succession and such agreement of assumption will not result in a material federal income tax consequence to the Issuer or the Holders of Rate Stabilization Bonds and (v) the Servicer shall have given the Rating Agencies prior written notice of such transaction.  When any Person (or more than one Person) acquires the properties and assets of the Servicer substantially as a whole or otherwise becomes the successor, by merger, conversion, consolidation, sale, transfer, lease or otherwise, to all or substantially all the electric transmission and distribution business of the Servicer (or, if electric transmission and distribution are not provided by a single entity, provides electric delivery service directly to customers taking services at facilities, premises or loads located in BGE’s service area as it existed on the date of the adoption of the Qualified Rate Order in accordance with the terms of this Section 6.02), then upon satisfaction of all of the other conditions of this Section 6.02, the preceding Servicer shall automatically and without further notice be released from all its obligations hereunder.
 
SECTION 6.03.  Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others.   Except as otherwise provided under this Agreement, including but not limited to Section 8.01, neither the Servicer nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the Servicer shall be liable to the Issuer or any other Person for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement or for good faith errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Servicer or any such person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement.  The Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Servicer may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee or on any document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person, respecting any matters arising under this Agreement.
 
Except as provided in this Agreement, including but not limited to Section 5.02(d), the Servicer shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action relating to the Rate Stabilization Property that is not directly related to one of the Servicer’s enumerated duties in this Agreement or related to its obligation to pay indemnification, and that in its reasonable opinion may cause it to incur any expense or liability; provided, however, that the Servicer may, in respect of any Proceeding, undertake any action that is not specifically identified in this Agreement as a duty of the Servicer but that the Servicer reasonably determines  is necessary or desirable in order to protect the rights and duties of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee under this Agreement and the interests of the Holders and
 
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Customers under this Agreement.  The Servicer’s costs and expenses incurred in connection with any such proceeding shall be payable from the Collection Account as an Operating Expense in accordance with Section 8.02(e) of the Indenture.  The Servicer’s obligations pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall survive and continue notwithstanding that payment of such Operating Expense may be delayed pursuant to the terms of the Indenture (it being understood that the Servicer may be required initially to advance its own funds to satisfy its obligations hereunder).
 
SECTION 6.04.  BGE Not to Resign as Servicer.   Subject to the provisions of  Section 6.02, BGE shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it as Servicer under this Agreement unless BGE delivers to the Indenture Trustee and the PSC an opinion of external counsel to the effect that BGE’s performance of its duties under this Agreement shall no longer be permissible under applicable Requirements of Law. No such resignation shall become effective until a successor Servicer shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of BGE in accordance with Section 7.02.
 
SECTION 6.05.  Servicing Compensation.
 
(a)   In consideration for its services hereunder, until the Retirement of the Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Servicer shall receive an annual fee (the “Servicing Fee”) in an amount equal to:
 
    (i)  for so long as BGE is the Servicer, 0.05% of the aggregate initial principal amount of all Outstanding Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds, provided that BGE may seek approval from the PSC to recover from Customers, through the Financing Credit Order in accordance with the Qualified Rate Order, any  incremental costs it incurs to service the Rate Stabilization Property to the extent such incremental costs exceed 0.05% of the aggregate initial principal amount of all Outstanding Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds, and furtherprovided that such excess amount shall neither be considered an Operating Expense nor be paid out of the Collection Account or included in the calculation of True-Up Adjustments.  In the event that the Servicing Fee exceeds the Servicer’s actual incremental costs to service the Rate Stabilization Property, then the Servicer will refund to Customers, in accordance with the Financing Credit Order, the difference between such incremental costs and the Servicing Fee.  The Servicing Fee shall be modified, and this Section 6.05(a) shall be deemed to have been amended, without further act or deed by any Person to reflect any such modification or amendment, to the extent provided in any Qualified Rate Order issued by the PSC providing for the issuance of an additional series of Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
    (ii)  if BGE is not the Servicer, 1.25% of the aggregate initial principal amount of all Outstanding Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds, provided, however, that BGE may seek approval from the PSC for a higher fee under this Section 6.05(a)(ii) if it can reasonably demonstrate to the PSC that the services cannot be obtained under then-current market conditions for a fee of 1.25% of the aggregate initial principal amount of all Outstanding Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
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The Servicing Fee owing in respect of each Series shall be calculated based on the initial principal amount of such Series and shall be paid semi-annually with one half of the Servicing Fee being paid on each Payment Date.  

(b)  The Servicing Fee set forth in Section 6.05(a) and allocable to each Series shall be paid to the Servicer by the Indenture Trustee, on each Payment Date in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 8.02(e) of the Indenture, by wire transfer of immediately available funds from the applicable Collection Account to an account designated by the Servicer.  Any portion of the Servicing Fee not paid on any such date should be added to the Servicing Fee payable on the subsequent Payment Date.  In no event shall the Indenture Trustee be liable for the payment of any Servicing Fee or other amounts specified in this Section 6.05; provided that this Section 6.05 does not relieve the Indenture Trustee of any duties it has to allocate funds for payment for such fees under Section 8.02 of the Indenture.
 
(c)  Except as expressly provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Servicer shall be required to pay from its own account expenses incurred by the Servicer in connection with its activities hereunder (including any fees to and disbursements by accountants, counsel, or any other Person, any taxes imposed on the Servicer and any expenses incurred in connection with reports to Holders) out of the compensation retained by or paid to it pursuant to this Section 6.06, and shall not be entitled to any extra payment or reimbursement therefor.
 
(d)  The foregoing Servicing Fees constitute a fair and reasonable price for the obligations to be performed by the Servicer.  Such Servicing Fee shall be determined without regard to the income of the Issuer, shall not be deemed to constitute distributions to the recipient of any profit, loss or capital of the Issuer, shall not be considered an Operating Expense of the Issuer, and shall be subject to any limitations on such expenses set forth in the Applicable Qualified Rate Order.
 
SECTION 6.06.  Compliance with Applicable Requirements of Law The Servicer covenants and agrees, in servicing the Rate Stabilization Property, to comply in all material respects with applicable Requirements of Law applicable to, and binding upon, the Servicer and relating to such Rate Stabilization Property the noncompliance with which would have a material adverse effect on the value of the Rate Stabilization Property; provided, however, that the foregoing is not intended to, and shall not, impose any liability on the Servicer for noncompliance with any applicable Requirements of Law that the Servicer is contesting in good faith in accordance with its customary standards and procedures.
 
SECTION 6.07.  Access to Certain Records and Information Regarding Rate Stabilization Property.    The Servicer shall provide to the Indenture Trustee access to the Rate Stabilization Property Records as is reasonably required for the Indenture Trustee to perform its duties and obligations under the Indenture and the other Basic Documents, and shall provide access to such records to the Holders as required by applicable Requirements of Law.  Access shall be afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable request and during normal business hours at the respective offices of the Servicer.  Nothing in this Section 6.07 shall affect the obligation of the Servicer to observe any applicable Requirements of Law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Customers, and the failure of the Servicer to provide access to such information as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section 6.07.
 
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SECTION 6.08.  Appointments.   The Servicer may at any time appoint any Person to perform all or any portion of its obligations as Servicer hereunder; provided, however, that, unless such Person is an Affiliate of BGE, the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied in connection therewith; providedfurther that the Servicer shall remain obligated and be liable under this Agreement for the servicing and administering of the Rate Stabilization Property in accordance with the provisions hereof without diminution of such obligation and liability by virtue of the appointment of such Person and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Rate Stabilization Property.  The fees and expenses of any such Person shall be as agreed between the Servicer and such Person from time to time and none of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Holders or any other Person shall have any responsibility therefor or right or claim thereto.  Any such appointment shall not constitute a Servicer resignation under Section 6.04.
 
SECTION 6.09.  No Servicer Advances.  The Servicer shall not make any advances of interest or principal on the Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
SECTION 6.10.  Remittances.
 
(a)   On each Servicer Business Day, with respect to each Series, the Servicer shall remit to the applicable General Subaccount of the applicable Collection Account for such Series the total Estimated QRSC Collections for such Servicer Business Day in respect of all previously billed Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges (the “Daily Remittance”), which Daily Remittance shall be calculated according to the procedures set forth in Annex I and shall be remitted as soon as reasonably practicable but in no event later than the second Servicer Business Day after such payments are estimated to have been received.  Prior to each remittance to the applicable General Subaccount of the applicable Collection Account pursuant to this Section 6.10, the Servicer shall provide written notice to the Indenture Trustee of each such remittance (including the exact dollar amount to be remitted).  The Servicer shall also, promptly upon receipt, remit to the applicable Collection Account any other proceeds of the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral which it may have received from time to time.
 
(b)  If the Servicer remits Estimated QRSC Collections to the applicable General Subaccount of the applicable Collection Account for such Series less frequently than on each Servicer Business Day, then, in accordance with the Financing Credit Order, the Servicer shall credit Customers, not less frequently than semi-annually, with interest on the balance of such Estimated QRSC Collections, which interest will be calculated in accordance with the Initial Qualified Rate Order, provided that payment of such interest will be the sole financial responsibility of the Servicer and shall neither be considered an Operating Expense nor be paid out of the Collection Account or included in the calculation of True-Up Adjustments.
 
(c)  The Servicer agrees and acknowledges that it holds all QRSC Payments collected by it and any other proceeds for the Series Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral received by it in trust for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders and that all such amounts will be remitted by the Servicer in accordance with this Section 6.10 without any surcharge, fee, offset, charge or other deduction except as set forth in clause (d) below.  The Servicer further agrees not to make any claim to reduce its obligation to remit all QRSC Payments collected by it in accordance with this Agreement except as set forth in clause (d) below.
 
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(d)  On or before each Reconciliation Date, the Servicer will reconcile Actual QRSC Collections with Estimated QRSC Collections in respect of each of the 12 Collection Periods beginning with the Collection Period that ended 15 months prior to such Reconciliation Date (or from the first Series Issuance Date, if less than 15 months have elapsed).  The Servicer shall calculate the amount of any Remittance Shortfall or Excess Remittance for the first Collection Period of the immediately preceding Reconciliation Period, shall allocate such Remittance Shortfall or Excess Remittance to each outstanding Series ratably based on the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges billed for such Series for such Reconciliation Period, and (A) if a Remittance Shortfall exists, the Servicer shall make a supplemental remittance, to the applicable General Subaccount of the applicable Collection Account for each Series within two (2) Servicer Business Days, or (B) if an Excess Remittance exists, the Servicer shall be entitled either (i) to reduce the amount of each Daily Remittance which the Servicer subsequently remits to the applicable General Subaccount of the applicable Collection Account for application to the amount of such Excess Remittance until the balance of such Excess Remittance has been reduced to zero, the amount of such reduction becoming the property of the Servicer or (ii) so long as such withdrawal would not cause the amounts on deposit in the applicable General Subaccount or the applicable Excess Funds Subaccount for any Series to be insufficient for the payment of the next installment of interest on the Rate Stabilization Bonds or principal due at maturity on the next Payment Date or upon acceleration on or before the next Payment Date, to be paid immediately from such General Subaccount or Excess Funds Subaccount such Series’ allocable share of the amount of such Excess Remittance, such payment becoming the property of the Servicer.  If there is a Remittance Shortfall, the amount which the Servicer remits to the applicable General Subaccounts of the applicable Collection Accounts on the relevant date set forth above shall be increased by the amount of such Remittance Shortfall, providedthat remittance of such increase will be the sole financial responsibility of the Servicer and shall neither be considered an Operating Expense nor be paid out of the Collection Account or included in the calculation of True-Up Adjustments.
 
(e)  Unless otherwise directed to do so by the Issuer, the Servicer shall be responsible for selecting Eligible Investments in which the funds in each Collection Account shall be invested pursuant to Section 8.03 of the Indenture.
 
SECTION 6.11.  Maintenance of Operations.  Subject to Section 6.02, BGE agrees to continue to provide residential electric delivery service so long as it is acting as the Servicer under this Agreement.
 
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
 
SECTION 7.01.  Servicer Default.   If any one or more of the following events (a “Servicer Default”) shall occur and be continuing:
 
(a)  any failure by the Servicer to remit to the Collection Account for any Series on behalf of the Issuer any required remittance that shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) Business Days after written notice of such failure is received by the Servicer from the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee or after discovery of such failure by an officer of the Servicer; or
 
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(b)  any failure on the part of the Servicer or, so long as the Servicer is BGE, any failure on the part of BGE, as the case may be, duly to observe or to perform in any material respect any covenants or agreements of the Servicer or BGE, as the case may be, set forth in this Agreement (other than as provided in clause (a) of this Section 7.01) or any other Basic Document to which it is a party, which failure shall (i) materially and adversely affect the rights of the Holders and (ii) continue unremedied for a period of sixty (60) days after the date on which (A) written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Servicer or BGE, as the case may be, by the Issuer (with a copy to the Indenture Trustee) or to the Servicer or BGE, as the case may be, by the Indenture Trustee or (B) such failure is discovered by an officer of the Servicer; or
 
(c)  any failure by the Servicer duly to perform its obligations under Section 4.01(b) of this Agreement in the time and manner set forth therein, which failure continues unremedied for a period of five (5) days; or
 
(d)  any representation or warranty made by the Servicer in this Agreement or any Basic Document shall prove to have been incorrect when made, which has a material adverse effect on the Holders and which material adverse effect continues unremedied for a period of sixty (60) days after the date on which (A) written notice thereof, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been delivered to the Servicer (with a copy to the Indenture Trustee) by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee or (B) such failure is discovered by an officer of the Servicer; or
 
(e)  an Insolvency Event occurs with respect to the Servicer or BGE;
 
then, and in each and every case, so long as the Servicer Default shall not have been remedied, either the Indenture Trustee may, or shall upon the instruction of Holders evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of all Series, by notice then given in writing to the Servicer (and to the Indenture Trustee if given by the Holders) (a “Termination Notice”), terminate all the rights and obligations (other than the obligations set forth in Section 8.01 and the obligation under Section 7.02 to continue performing its functions as Servicer until a Successor Servicer is appointed) of the Servicer under this Agreement.  In addition, upon a Servicer Default described in Section 7.01(a), the Holders and the Indenture Trustee as financing parties under the Rate Stabilization Law (or any of their representatives) shall be entitled to (i) apply to the Circuit Court of Baltimore City for sequestration and payment of revenues arising with respect to the Rate Stabilization Property, (ii) foreclose on or otherwise enforce the lien and security interests in any Rate Stabilization Property and (iii) apply to the PSC for an order that amounts arising from the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges be transferred to a separate account for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in accordance with the Rate Stabilization Law.  On or after the receipt by the Servicer of a Termination Notice, all authority and power of the Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Rate Stabilization Property, the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges or otherwise, shall, without further action, pass to and be vested in such successor Servicer as may be appointed under Section 7.02; and, without limitation, the Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the predecessor Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such Termination Notice, whether to complete the transfer of the Rate Stabilization Property Records
 
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and related documents, or otherwise.  The predecessor Servicer shall cooperate with the successor Servicer, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in effecting the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the predecessor Servicer under this Agreement, including the transfer to the Successor Servicer for administration by it of all Rate Stabilization Property Records and all cash amounts that shall at the time be held by the predecessor Servicer for remittance, or shall thereafter be received by it with respect to the Rate Stabilization Property or the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges.  As soon as practicable after receipt by the Servicer of such Termination Notice, the Servicer shall deliver the Rate Stabilization Property Records to the Successor Servicer.  In case a Successor Servicer is appointed as a result of a Servicer Default, all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) incurred in connection with transferring the Rate Stabilization Property Records to the successor Servicer and amending this Agreement to reflect such succession as Servicer pursuant to this Section 7.01 shall be paid by the predecessor Servicer upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses. Termination of BGE as Servicer shall not terminate BGE’s rights or obligations under the Sale Agreement (except rights thereunder deriving from its rights as the Servicer hereunder).
 
SECTION 7.02.  Appointment of Successor.
 
(a)  Upon the Servicer’s receipt of a Termination Notice pursuant to Section 7.01 or the Servicer’s resignation or removal in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the predecessor Servicer shall continue to perform its functions as Servicer under this Agreement, and shall be entitled to receive the requisite portion of the Servicing Fee, until a successor Servicer shall have assumed in writing the obligations of the Servicer hereunder as described below.  In the event of the Servicer’s removal or resignation hereunder, the Indenture Trustee may at the written direction and with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds shall appoint a successor Servicer with the Issuer’s prior written consent thereto (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), and the Successor Servicer shall accept its appointment by a written assumption in form reasonably acceptable to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee and provide prompt written notice of such assumption to the Issuer and the Rating Agencies. If within thirty (30) days after the delivery of the Termination Notice, a Successor Servicer shall not have been appointed, the Indenture Trustee may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor Servicer under this Agreement.  A Person shall qualify as a Successor Servicer only if (i) such Person is permitted under PSC Regulations to perform the duties of the Servicer, (ii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied and (iii) such Person enters into a servicing agreement with the Issuer having substantially the same provisions as this Agreement (as the Rate Stabilization Bond Servicer).  In no event shall the Indenture Trustee be liable for its appointment of a Successor Servicer.  The Indenture Trustee’s expenses incurred under this Section 7.02(a) shall be at the sole expense of the Issuer and payable from the Collection Accounts as provided in Section 8.02 of the Indenture.
 
(b)  Upon appointment, the Successor Servicer shall be the successor in all respects to the predecessor Servicer and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities arising thereafter relating thereto placed on the predecessor Servicer and shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee and all the rights granted to the predecessor Servicer by the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
 
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SECTION 7.03.  Waiver of Past Defaults.  The Holders evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Rate Stabilization Bonds of all Series may, on behalf of all Holders, direct the Indenture Trustee to waive in writing any default by the Servicer in the performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences, except a default in making any required deposits to the Collection Account for any Series in accordance with this Agreement.  Upon any such waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Servicer Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement.  No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereto.
 
SECTION 7.04.  Notice of Servicer Default.  The Servicer shall deliver to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the PSC and the Rating Agencies, promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no event later than five (5) Business Days thereafter, written notice of any event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default under Section 7.01.
 
SECTION 7.05.  Cooperation with Successor.  The Servicer covenants and agrees with the Issuer that it will, on an ongoing basis, cooperate with the Successor Servicer and provide whatever information is, and take whatever actions are, reasonably necessary to assist the successor Servicer in performing its obligations hereunder.
 
ARTICLE VIII
 INDEMNIFICATION
 
SECTION 8.01.  Servicer’s Indemnification; Release of Claims.
 
(a)  The Servicer shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken as the Servicer under this Agreement.
 
(b)  The Servicer shall indemnify the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee (for itself and for the benefit of the Holders), and the Independent Managers and each of their respective trustees, officers, directors, employees and agents (each, an “Indemnified Person”) for, and defend and hold harmless each such Indemnified Person from and against, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, payments and claims, and reasonable costs or expenses, of any kind whatsoever (collectively, “Losses”) imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnified Person as a result of (i) the Servicer’s willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties or observance of its covenants under this Agreement or its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement, (ii) the Servicer’s breach of any of its representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, (iii) any litigation or related expenses relating to the Servicer’s status or obligations as Servicer (other than any proceeding the Servicer is required to institute under the Servicing Agreement) or (iv) any finding that interest payable to a Third-Party Collector with respect to disputed funds must be paid by the Issuer or from the Rate Stabilization Property, except to the extent of Losses either resulting from the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of such Indemnified Person seeking indemnification hereunder or resulting from a breach of a representation or warranty made by such Indemnified Person seeking indemnification hereunder in any of the Basic Documents that gives rise to the Servicer’s breach.
 
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(c)  For purposes of Section 8.01(b), in the event of the termination of the rights and obligations of BGE (or any successor thereto pursuant to Section 6.02) as Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01, or a resignation by such Servicer pursuant to this Agreement, such Servicer shall be deemed to be the Servicer pending appointment of a successor Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02.
 
(d)  Indemnification under this Section 8.01 shall survive any repeal of, modification of, or supplement to, or judicial invalidation of, the Rate Stabilization Law or any Qualified Rate Order and shall survive the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee or any Independent Manager or the termination of this Agreement and shall include reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses of investigation and litigation (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses).
 
(e)  Except to the extent expressly provided in this Agreement or the other Basic Documents (including the Servicer’s claims with respect to the Servicing Fee, reimbursement for any Excess Remittance, reimbursement for costs incurred pursuant to Section 5.02(d) and the payment of the purchase price of Rate Stabilization Property), the Servicer hereby releases and discharges the Issuer, the Independent Managers, and the Indenture Trustee and each of their respective officers, directors and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any and all actions, claims and demands whatsoever, whenever arising, which the Servicer, in its capacity as Servicer or otherwise, shall or may have against any such Person relating to the Rate Stabilization Property or the Servicer’s activities with respect thereto other than any actions, claims and demands arising out of the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of the Released Parties.
 
(f)  Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person of notice (or, in the case of the Indenture Trustee, receipt of notice by a Responsible Officer only) of the commencement of any action, proceeding or investigation, such Indemnified Person shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Servicer under this Section 8.01, notify the Servicer in writing of the commencement thereof.  Failure by an Indemnified Person to so notify the Servicer shall relieve the Servicer from the obligation to indemnify and hold harmless such Indemnified Person under this Section 8.01 only to the extent that the Servicer suffers actual prejudice as a result of such failure. With respect to any action, proceeding or investigation brought by a third party for which indemnification may be sought under this Section 8.01, the Servicer shall be entitled to conduct and control, at its expense and with counsel of its choosing that is reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, the defense of any such action, proceeding or investigation (in which case the Servicer shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the Indemnified Person except as set forth below); provided that the Indemnified Person shall have the right to participate in such action, proceeding or investigation through counsel chosen by it and at its own expense. Notwithstanding the Servicer’s election to assume the defense of any action, proceeding or investigation, the Indemnified Person shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the Servicer shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the defendants in any such action include both the Indemnified Person and the Servicer and the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or additional to those available to the Servicer, (ii) the Servicer shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person
 
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to represent the Indemnified Person within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action, (iii) the Servicer shall authorize the Indemnified Person to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Servicer or (iv) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, such action exposes the Indenture Trustee to a material risk of criminal liability or forfeiture or a Servicer Default has occurred and is continuing.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall not be obligated to pay for the fees, costs and expenses of more than one separate counsel for the Indemnified Persons other than one local counsel, if appropriate.
 
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
SECTION 9.01.  Amendment.
 
(a)  This Agreement may be amended in writing by the Servicer and the Issuer with the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee and the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition.  Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Issuer shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to each of the Rating Agencies.
 
Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel stating that such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and upon the Opinion of Counsel from external counsel referred to in Section 3.01(c)(i).  The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects their own rights, duties, indemnities or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.

(b)  Notwithstanding Section 9.01(a) or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Servicer and the Issuer may amend Annex I to this Agreement in writing with prior written notice given to the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies, but without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Rating Agency or any Holder, solely to address changes to the Servicer’s method of calculating QRSC Payments as a result of changes to the Servicer’s current computerized customer information system, including changes which would replace the remittances of Estimated QRSC Collections contemplated by the estimation procedures set forth in Annex I with remittances of Actual QRSC Collections determined to have been actually received; provided that any such amendment shall not have a material adverse effect on the Holders of then Outstanding Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
(c)  If the PSC adopts a rule or regulation the effect of which is to modify or supplement any provision of this Agreement related to the TPC Credit Requirements and the TPC Deposit Requirements, this Agreement will be deemed so modified or supplemented on the effective date of such rule or regulation in the manner necessary to comply therewith without the necessity of any further action by any party hereto; provided that (i) the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied, (ii) the Servicer shall have notified the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of such modification or supplement and delivered an Opinion of Counsel as described in the second paragraph of Section 9.01(a) and (iii) neither the Issuer nor the Indenture Trustee
 
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shall be bound by any such modification to the extent it affects their own rights, duties, indemnities or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
 
SECTION 9.02.  Maintenance of Accounts and Records.
 
(a)  The Servicer shall maintain accounts and records as to the Rate Stabilization Property accurately and in accordance with its standard accounting procedures and in sufficient detail to permit reconciliation between Actual QRSC Collections received by the Servicer and Estimated QRSC Collections from time to time deposited in the Collection Accounts.
 
(b)  The Servicer shall permit the Indenture Trustee and its agents at any time during normal business hours, upon reasonable notice to the Servicer and to the extent it does not unreasonably interfere with the Servicer’s normal operations, to inspect, audit and make copies of and abstracts from the Servicer’s records regarding the Rate Stabilization Property and the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges.  Nothing in this Section 9.02(b) shall affect the obligation of the Servicer to observe any applicable Requirements of Law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Customers, and the failure of the Servicer to provide access to such information as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section 9.02(b).
 
SECTION 9.03.  Notices.  Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, all demands, notices and communications upon or to the Servicer, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Rating Agencies under this Agreement shall be sufficiently given for all purposes hereunder if in writing and delivered personally, sent by documented delivery service or, to the extent receipt is confirmed telephonically, sent by telecopy or other form of electronic transmission:
 
(a)  in the case of the Servicer, to Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, at 750 E. Pratt Street, 16th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, Attention: Treasurer, Telephone: (410) 783-3620, Facsimile:  (410) 783-3619;
 
(b)  in the case of the Issuer, to RSB BondCo LLC at Suite 202, 103 Foulk Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19803, Attention: Manager, Telephone: (302) 691-6409, Facsimile: (302) 652-8667;
 
(c)  in the case of the Indenture Trustee, to the Corporate Trust Office;
 
(d)  in the case of the PSC, to William D. Schaefer Tower, 6 St. Paul Street, 12th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202,  Attention: Executive Secretary, Telephone: (410) 767-8000, Facsimile: (410) 333-6495;
 
(e)  in the case of Moody’s, to Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., ABS Monitoring Department, 99 Church Street, New York, New York 10007, Telephone: (212) 553-3686, Facsimile: (212) 553-0573;
 
(f)  in the case of Standard & Poor’s, to Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 55 Water Street, 41st Floor, New York, New
 
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York 10041, Attention: Asset Backed Surveillance Department, Telephone: (212) 438-2000, Facsimile: (212) 438-2665;
 
(g)  in the case of Fitch, to Fitch Ratings, One State Street Plaza, New York, NY 10004, Attention: ABS Surveillance, Telephone: (212) 908-0500, Facsimile: (212) 908-0355; or
 
(h)  as to each of the foregoing, at such other address as shall be designated by written notice to the other parties.
 
SECTION 9.04.  Assignment.    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except as provided in Section 6.02 and as provided in the provisions of this Agreement concerning the resignation of the Servicer, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Servicer.
 
SECTION 9.05.  Limitations on Rights of Others.  The provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Servicer and the Issuer and, to the extent provided herein or in the Basic Documents, Customers, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders, and the other Persons expressly referred to herein, and such Persons shall have the right to enforce the relevant provisions of this Agreement.  Nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the Rate Stabilization Property or Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for the avoidance of doubt, any right, remedy or claim to which any Customer may be entitled pursuant to the Applicable Qualified Rate Order and to this Agreement may be asserted or exercised only by the PSC (or by the Attorney General of the State of Maryland in the name of the PSC) for the benefit of such Customer.
 
SECTION 9.06.  Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remainder of such provision (if any) or the remaining provisions hereof (unless such a construction shall be unreasonable), and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
 
SECTION 9.07.  Separate Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
 
SECTION 9.08.  Headings.  The headings of the various Articles and Sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.
 
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SECTION 9.09.  GOVERNING LAW.   THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
 
SECTION 9.10.  Assignment to Indenture Trustee.   (a) The Servicer hereby acknowledges and consents to any mortgage, pledge, assignment and grant of a security interest by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Indenture of any or all of the Issuer’s rights hereunder and (b) in no event shall the Indenture Trustee have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which any recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer subject to the availability of funds therefor under Section 8.02 of the Indenture.
 
SECTION 9.11.  Nonpetition Covenants.   Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement or the Indenture, the Servicer, solely in its capacity as a creditor of the Issuer, shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuer to invoke or join with any Person in invoking the process of any court or Governmental Authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining an involuntary case against the Issuer under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or any substantial part of the property of the Issuer or ordering the dissolution, winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer.
 
SECTION 9.12.  Limitation of Liability.   It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the Indenture Trustee, not individually or personally but solely as Indenture Trustee in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it, and that the Indenture Trustee, in acting hereunder, is entitled to all rights, benefits, protections, immunities and indemnities accorded to it under the Indenture.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.
 
 
RSB BONDCO LLC, as Issuer
   
   
 
By:
/s/ Charles A. Berardesco 
   
Name:  Charles A. Berardesco
Title:    Secretary
   
   
 
BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, as Servicer
   
   
 
By:
/s/ Charles A. Berardesco
   
Name: Charles A. Berardesco
Title:   Corporate Secretary

 
Issuer and BGE Signature Page to Servicing Agreement

 
   
   
ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCEPTED:
 
 
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST
COMPANY AMERICAS, not in its
 individual capacity, but solely in its
 capacity as Indenture Trustee
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Eileen Hughes  
 
Name:  Eileen Hughes
Title:    Vice President
 
     
     
By:
/s/ William Schwerdtman  
 
Name:  William Schwerdtman
Title:    Associate
 
 
Trustee Signature Page to Servicing Agreement

 
EXHIBIT A
 
MONTHLY SERVICER’S CERTIFICATE
 

See Attached.
 
 
EXHIBIT A
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EXHIBIT A
 
TO RATE STABILIZATION PROPERTY
 
SERVICING AGREEMENT
 
FORM OF MONTHLY SERVICER’S CERTIFICATE
(TO BE DELIVERED EACH MONTH PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.01(b)(i)
OF THE SERIES A RATE STABILIZATION PROPERTY SERVICING AGREEMENT)
 
RSB BONDCO LLC,
Series A Rate Stabilization Bonds
 
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, as Servicer
 
Pursuant to the Series A Rate Stabilization Property Servicing Agreement dated as of June 29, 2007 (the “Series A Rate Stabilization Property Servicing Agreement”) between Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, as Servicer, and RSB BondCo LLC, as Issuer, the Servicer does hereby certify as follows:
 
         
SERIES A COLLECTION PERIOD: ________
   
Customer Class
 
 
a. Series A
Qualified Rate
 Stabilization
 Charge in Effect
b. Series A
 Billed
 QRSCs
c. Series A
Estimated
 QRSC
 Collections
 
 
 
d. Series A
 QRSC
 Collections
Remitted
to Trustee
         
Residential Service
__ cents/kWh
     

Capitalized terms used herein have their respective meanings set forth in the Series A Rate Stabilization Property Servicing Agreement.
 
In WITNESS HEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Monthly Servicer’s Certificate this [    ]th day of _____, ______.
 
 
BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY,
 
as Servicer
     
     
 
By
 
 
Title:
 
 
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EXHIBIT B
 
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
 
The undersigned hereby certifies that he/she is the duly elected and acting [__________] of [NAME OF SERVICER], as servicer (the “Servicer”) under the Rate Stabilization Property Servicing Agreement dated as of ______ __, 2007 (the “Servicing Agreement”) between the Servicer and RSB BondCo LLC (the “Issuer”) and further that:
 
1.           A review of the activities of the Servicer and of its performance under the Servicing Agreement during the twelve months ended [________], [       ] has been made under the supervision of the undersigned pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Servicing Agreement; and
 
2.           To the best of the undersigned’s knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all of its obligations in all material respects under the Servicing Agreement throughout the twelve months ended [________],[ _____], except as set forth on Annex A hereto.
 
Executed as of this ______________ day of _________________, ____.
 
 
 
 
[NAME OF SERVICER]
 
     
     
 
By
 
   
Name:
   
Title:
 

EXHIBIT B
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ANNEX A
TO CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
 
LIST OF SERVICER DEFAULTS
 
The following Servicer Defaults, or events which with the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, would become Servicer Defaults known to the undersigned occurred during the year ended [__________]:
 
Nature of Default
Status
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
EXHIBIT B
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EXHIBIT C
 
SERVICER’S CERTIFICATE
 

The undersigned hereby certifies that he/she is the duly elected and acting [__________] of [BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY], as servicer (the “Servicer”) under the Rate Stabilization Property Servicing Agreement dated as of ______ __, 2007 (the “Servicing Agreement”) between the Servicer and RSB BondCo LLC (the “Issuer”) and further that:
 
1.           The undersigned is responsible for assessing the Servicer’s compliance with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB (the “Servicing Criteria”).
 
2.           With respect to each of the Servicing Criteria, the undersigned has made the following assessment of the Servicing Criteria in accordance with Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB, with such discussion regarding the performance of such Servicing Criteria during the fiscal year covered by the Sponsor’s annual report on Form 10-K Report (such fiscal year, the “Assessment Period”):
 

 
Servicing Criteria
Applicable
Servicing Criteria
Reference
Criteria
 
 
General Servicing Considerations
 
1122(d)(1)(i)
Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the transaction agreements.
Applicable; assessment below.
 
1122(d)(1)(ii)
If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s performance and compliance with such servicing activities.
Not applicable; no servicing activities were outsourced.
1122(d)(1)(iii)
Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer for pool assets are maintained.
Not applicable; documents do not provide for a back-up servicer.
1122(d)(1)(iv)
A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements.
Not applicable; Qualified Rate Order imposes credit standards on Third-Party Collectors who handle customer collections and govern performance requirements of utilities.
 
 
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Servicing Criteria
Applicable
Servicing Criteria
Reference
Criteria
 
 
Cash Collection and Administration
 
1122(d)(2)(i)
Payments on pool assets are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
Applicable; assessment below.
1122(d)(2)(ii)
Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel.
Applicable; assessment below.
1122(d)(2)(iii)
Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements.
Applicable, but no current assessment required; no advances by the Servicer are permitted under the transaction agreements.
1122(d)(2)(iv)
The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction agreements.
Applicable, but no current assessment is required since transaction accounts are maintained by and in the name of the Indenture Trustee.
1122(d)(2)(v)
Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes of this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act.
Applicable, but no current assessment required;  all “custodial accounts” are maintained by the Indenture Trustee.
1122(d)(2)(vi)
Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access.
Not applicable; all transfers made by wire transfer.
1122(d)(2)(vii)
Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements; (C) reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain
Applicable; assessment below.
 
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Servicing Criteria
Applicable
Servicing Criteria
Reference
Criteria
 
 
explanations for reconciling items. These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
 
 
Investor Remittances and Reporting
 
1122(d)(3)(i)
Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of pool assets serviced by the Servicer.
Applicable; assessment below.
1122(d)(3)(ii)
Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements.
Applicable; assessment below.
1122(d)(3)(iii)
Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Servicer’s investor records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
Applicable
1122(d)(3)(iv)
Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements.
Applicable; assessment below.
 
Pool Asset Administration
 
1122(d)(4)(i)
Collateral or security on pool assets is maintained as required by the transaction agreements or related documents.
Applicable; assessment below.
1122(d)(4)(ii)
Pool assets and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction agreements.
Applicable; assessment below.
1122(d)(4)(iii)
Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the transaction agreements.
Not applicable; no removals or substitutions of Rate Stabilization Property are contemplated or allowed under the transaction documents.
 
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Servicing Criteria
Applicable
Servicing Criteria
Reference
Criteria
 
1122(d)(4)(iv)
Payments on pool assets, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related pool asset documents are posted to the Servicer’s obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related transaction agreements.
Applicable; assessment below.
1122(d)(4)(v)
The Servicer’s records regarding the pool assets agree with the Servicer’s records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal balance.
Not applicable; because underlying obligation (Qualified Rate Stabilization Charge) is not an interest bearing instrument
1122(d)(4)(vi)
Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor’s pool assets (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and related pool asset documents.
Applicable; assessment below
1122(d)(4)(vii)
Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction agreements.
Applicable; assessment below.
1122(d)(4)(viii)
Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period any pool asset is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s activities in monitoring delinquent pool assets including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).
 
Applicable, but does not require assessment since no explicit documentation  requirement with respect to delinquent accounts are imposed under the transactional documents due to availability of “true-up” mechanism.
1122(d)(4)(ix)
Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for pool assets with variable rates are computed based on the related pool asset documents.
 
Not applicable; Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges are not interest bearing instruments.
 
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Servicing Criteria
Applicable
Servicing Criteria
Reference
Criteria
 
1122(d)(4)(iv)
Payments on pool assets, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related pool asset documents are posted to the Servicer’s obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related transaction agreements.
Applicable; assessment below.
1122(d)(4)(v)
The Servicer’s records regarding the pool assets agree with the Servicer’s records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal balance.
Not applicable; because underlying obligation (Qualified Rate Stabilization Charge) is not an interest bearing instrument
1122(d)(4)(vi)
Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor’s pool assets (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and related pool asset documents.
Applicable; assessment below
1122(d)(4)(vii)
Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction agreements.
Applicable; assessment below.
1122(d)(4)(viii)
Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period any pool asset is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s activities in monitoring delinquent pool assets including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).
 
Applicable, but does not require assessment since no explicit documentation  requirement with respect to delinquent accounts are imposed under the transactional documents due to availability of “true-up” mechanism.
1122(d)(4)(ix)
Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for pool assets with variable rates are computed based on the related pool asset documents.
 
Not applicable; Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges are not interest bearing instruments.
 
3.           To the best of the undersigned’s knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable servicing criteria set forth
 
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above as of and for the period ending the end of the fiscal year covered by the Sponsor’s annual report on Form 10-K.  [If not true, include description of any material instance of noncompliance.]
 
Executed as of this ______________ day of _________________, ____.
 
 
 
BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
     
     
 
By
 
   
Name:
   
Title:
 
 
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SCHEDULE 4.01(a)
 
EXPECTED AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE PER TRANCHE
 
Payment Date
 
Tranche A-1
 
Tranche A-2
 
Tranche A-3
 
Settlement Date
$284,000,000
$220,000,000
$119,200,000
4/1/2008
$250,741,286
$220,000,000
$119,200,000
10/1/2008
$225,198,598
$220,000,000
$119,200,000
4/1/2009
$198,590,708
$220,000,000
$119,200,000
10/1/2009
$171,674,318
$220,000,000
$119,200,000
4/1/2010
$143,549,922
$220,000,000
$119,200,000
10/1/2010
$115,131,815
$220,000,000
$119,200,000
4/1/2011
$85,457,334
$220,000,000
$119,200,000
10/1/2011
$55,423,848
$220,000,000
$119,200,000
4/1/2012
$24,142,900
$220,000,000
$119,200,000
10/1/2012
$0
$212,419,156
$119,200,000
4/1/2013
$0
$179,418,862
$119,200,000
10/1/2013
$0
$145,855,662
$119,200,000
4/1/2014
$0
$110,970,180
$119,200,000
10/1/2014
$0
$75,433,398
$119,200,000
4/1/2015
$0
$38,549,788
$119,200,000
10/1/2015
$0
$925,060
$119,200,000
4/1/2016
$0
$0
$81,127,235
10/1/2016
$0
$0
$41,269,298
4/1/2017
$0
$0
$0
 
 
SCHEDULE 4.01(A)
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ANNEX I
 
The Servicer agrees to comply with the following servicing procedures:
 
SECTION 1.  DEFINITIONS.
 
(a)  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Rate Stabilization Property Servicing Agreement (the “Agreement”).
 
(b)  Whenever used in this Annex I, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
 
Applicable MDMA” means with respect to each Customer, the meter data management agent providing meter reading services for that Customer’s account.
 
Billed QRSCs” means the amounts of Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges billed by the Servicer, whether billed directly to Customers by the Servicer or indirectly through Third-Party Collectors.
 
 “Servicer Policies and Practices” means, with respect to the Servicer’s duties under this Annex I, the policies and practices of the Servicer applicable to such duties that the Servicer follows with respect to comparable assets that it services for itself and, if applicable, others.
 
SECTION 2.  DATA ACQUISITION.
 
(a)  Installation and Maintenance of Meters.  Except to the extent that a Third-Party Collector is responsible for such services, the Servicer shall cause to be installed, replaced and maintained meters in such places and in such condition as will enable the Servicer to obtain usage measurements for each Customer at least once every Billing Period.  To the extent a Third-Party Collector is responsible for such services, but not performing such services, the Servicer shall take all reasonably necessary actions to obtain usage measurements for each Customer at least once every Billing Period.
 
(b)  Meter Reading.  At least once each Billing Period, the Servicer shall obtain usage measurements from the Applicable MDMA for each Customer; provided, however, that the Servicer may estimate any Customer’s usage determined in accordance with applicable PSC Regulations.
 
(c)  Cost of Metering.  The Issuer shall not be obligated to pay any costs associated with the routine metering duties set forth in this Section 2, including the costs of installing, replacing and maintaining meters, nor shall the Issuer be entitled to any credit against the Servicing Fee for any cost savings realized by the Servicer or any Third-Party Collector as a result of new metering and/or billing technologies.
 
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(d)  PJM.  The Servicer shall take all reasonable actions available under PSC Regulations or other rules or regulations to obtain timely information from PJM, if any, which is necessary for the Servicer to fulfill its obligations under the Servicing Agreement.
 
SECTION 3.  USAGE AND BILL CALCULATION.
 
The Servicer (a) shall obtain a calculation of each Customer’s usage (which may be based on data obtained from such Customer’s meter read or on usage estimates determined in accordance with applicable PSC Regulations) at least once each Billing Period; and (b) shall either (i) determine therefrom each Customer’s individual Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges to be included on Bills issued by it to such Customer or to the Applicable Third-Party Collector responsible for billing such Customer, or (ii) where the Applicable Third-Party Collector is responsible for billing the Customers, allow the Applicable Third-Party Collector, rather than the Servicer, to determine such Customers’ individual Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges to be included on such Customers’ Bills based on billing factors provided by the Servicer, and, in such case, the Servicer shall deliver to the Applicable Third-Party Collector such billing factors as are necessary for the Applicable Third-Party Collector to calculate such Customers’ respective Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges as such charges may change from time to time pursuant to the True-Up Adjustments.
 
SECTION 4.  BILLING.
 
The Servicer shall implement the Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges as of the Closing Date and shall thereafter bill each Customer or, with respect to Customers billed by a Third-Party Collector, the Applicable Third-Party Collector, for the respective Customer’s outstanding current and past due Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges accruing through the date on which such Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges may no longer be billed under the Tariff, all in accordance with the following:
 
(a)  Frequency of Bills; Billing Practices.  In accordance with the Servicer’s then-existing Servicer Policies and Practices for its own charges, as such Servicer Policies and Practices may be modified from time to time, the Servicer shall generate and issue a Bill to each Customer, or, where the Applicable Third-Party Collector is responsible for billing the Customers, to the Applicable Third-Party Collector, for such Customers’ Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges once every applicable Billing Period, at the same time, with the same frequency and on the same Bill as that containing the Servicer’s own charges to such Customers or Third-Party Collectors, as the case may be.  In the event that the Servicer makes any material modification to these practices, it shall notify the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, and the Rating Agencies prior to the effectiveness of any such modification; provided, however, that the Servicer may not make any modification that will materially adversely affect the Holders.
 
(b)  Format.
 
(i)  Each Bill issued by the Servicer shall contain the charge corresponding to the respective Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges owed by such Customer for the applicable Billing Period.  The Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges shall be separately identified as owned by the Issuer.  Unless prohibited by applicable Requirements of Law, the Servicer shall use
 
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reasonable efforts to cause each Applicable Third-Party Collector to provide Customers with the annual notice required by Section 4.01(c)(iii)(B) of the Servicing Agreement.
 
(ii)  Where a Third-Party Collector is responsible for billing the Customers, the Servicer shall deliver to the Applicable Third-Party Collector itemized charges for such Customer setting forth such Customers’ Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges.
 
(iii)  The Servicer shall conform to such requirements in respect of the format, structure and text of Bills delivered to Customers and Third-Party Collectors in accordance with any applicable Requirements of Law.  To the extent that Bill format, structure and text are not prescribed by applicable Requirements of Law, the Servicer shall, subject to clauses (i) and (ii) above, determine the format, structure and text of all Bills in accordance with its reasonable business judgment, its Servicer Policies and Practices with respect to its own charges and prevailing industry standards.
 
(c)  Delivery.  The Servicer shall deliver all Bills issued by it (i) by United States mail in such class or classes as are consistent with the Servicer Policies and Practices followed by the Servicer with respect to its own charges to its customers or (ii) by any other means, whether electronic or otherwise, that the Servicer may from time to time use to present its own charges to its customers.  Where a Third-Party Collector is responsible for billing the Customers, the Servicer shall deliver all Bills to the Applicable Third-Party Collector by such means as are prescribed by applicable PSC Regulations, or if not prescribed by applicable PSC Regulations, by such means as are mutually agreed upon by the Servicer and the Applicable Third-Party Collector and are consistent with PSC Regulations.  The Servicer or each Third-Party Collector, as applicable, shall pay from its own funds all costs of issuance and delivery of all Bills, including but not limited to printing and postage costs as the same may increase or decrease from time to time.
 
SECTION 5.  CUSTOMER SERVICE FUNCTIONS.
 
The Servicer shall handle all Customer inquiries and other Customer service matters according to the same procedures it uses to service Customers with respect to its own charges.
 
SECTION 6.  COLLECTIONS; PAYMENT PROCESSING; REMITTANCE.
 
(a)  Collection Efforts, Policies, Procedures.
 
(i)  The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to collect all Billed QRSCs from Customers and Third-Party Collectors as and when the same become due and shall follow such collection procedures as it follows with respect to comparable assets that it services for itself or others, including with respect to the following:
 
(A)  
The Servicer shall prepare and deliver overdue notices to Customers and Third-Party Collectors in accordance with applicable PSC Regulations and Servicer Policies and Practices.
 
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(B)  
The Servicer shall apply late payment charges to outstanding Customer and Third-Party Collector balances in accordance with applicable PSC Regulations and as required by the Qualified Rate Order.
 
(C)  
In circumstances where the Servicer bills Customers directly, the Servicer shall deliver oral and written final notices of delinquency and possible disconnection in accordance with applicable PSC Regulations and Servicer Policies and Practices.
 
(D)  
The Servicer shall adhere to and carry out disconnection policies and termination of Third-Party Collector billing in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law and the Servicer Policies and Practices.
 
(E)  
The Servicer may employ the assistance of collection agents to collect any past-due Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law and Servicer Policies and Practices.
 
(F)  
The Servicer shall apply Customer and Third-Party Collector deposits to the payment of delinquent accounts in accordance with applicable PSC Regulations and Servicer Policies and Practices and according to the priorities set forth in Section 6(b)(ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) of this Annex I.
 
(ii)  The Servicer shall not waive any late payment charge or any other fee or charge relating to delinquent payments, if any, or waive, vary or modify any terms of payment of any amounts payable by a Customer, in each case unless such waiver or action: (A) would be in accordance with the Servicer’s customary practices or those of any successor Servicer with respect to comparable assets that it services for itself and for others; (B) would not materially adversely affect the rights of the Holders; and (C) would comply with applicable Requirements of Law; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything in the Agreement or this Annex I to the contrary, the Servicer is authorized to write off any Billed QRSCs, in accordance with its Servicer Policies and Practices.
 
(iii)  The Servicer shall accept payment from Customers in respect of Billed QRSCs in such forms and methods and at such times and places as it accepts for payment of its own charges.  The Servicer shall accept payment from Third-Party Collectors in respect of Billed QRSCs in such forms and methods and at such times and places as the Servicer and each Third-Party Collector shall mutually agree in accordance with any applicable Requirements of Law.
 
(b)  Payment Processing; Allocation; Priority of Payments.
 
(i)  The Servicer shall post all payments received to Customer accounts as promptly as practicable, and, in any event, substantially all payments shall be posted no later than three (3) Business Days after receipt.
 
(ii)  Subject to clause (iii) below, the Servicer shall apply payments received to each Customer’s or each Applicable Third-Party Collector’s account in proportion to the charges contained on the outstanding Bill to such Customer or Applicable Third-Party Collector.
 
 
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(iii)  Any amounts collected by the Servicer that represent partial payments of the total Bill shall be allocated to gas and electric charges in accordance with applicable PSC Regulations.
 
(iv)  With respect to partial payments of the Electric Bill, such partial payments shall be allocated ratably, based on the amount owed for Billed QRSCs and other fees and charges, other than late charges, owed to the Servicer, and then to late charges.  If more than one Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds is outstanding, the Servicer shall allocate amounts owed to the Issuer ratably based on the total amount of Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges on such bill which were billed in respect of each such Series.
 
(v)  The Servicer shall hold all over-payments for the benefit of the Issuer and BGE and shall apply such funds to future Bill charges in accordance with clauses (ii) and (iii) as such charges become due.
 
(vi)  For Customers on a Budget Billing Plan, the Servicer shall treat payments received from such Customers as if such Customers had been billed for their respective Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges in the absence of the Budget Billing Plan; partial payment of a Budget Billing Plan payment shall be allocated according to clause (iv) and overpayment of a Budget Billing Plan payment shall be allocated according to clause (v).
 
(c)  Accounts; Records.
 
The Servicer shall maintain accounts and records as to the Rate Stabilization Property accurately and in accordance with its standard accounting procedures and in sufficient detail (i) to permit reconciliation between payments or recoveries with respect to the Rate Stabilization Property and the amounts from time to time remitted to the Collection Accounts in respect of the Rate Stabilization Property and (ii) to permit the QRSC Payments held by the Servicer to be accounted for separately from the funds with which they may be commingled, so that the dollar amounts of QRSC Payments commingled with the Servicer’s funds may be properly identified and traced.
 
(d)  Investment of QRSC Payments Received.
 
Prior to each Daily Remittance, the Servicer may invest QRSC Payments received at its own risk and (except as required by applicable PSC Regulations) for its own benefit.  So long as the Servicer complies with its obligations under Section 6(c), neither such investments nor such funds shall be required to be segregated from the other investments and funds of the Servicer.
 
(e)  Calculation Updates.
 
(i)  Annually, on or before May 29th of each year, beginning on May 29, 2008, the Servicer shall update the Collections Curve and the Charge-Off percentage in order to be able to calculate the Periodic Billing Requirement and to calculate any change in the Daily Remittances.
 
 
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(ii)  The Servicer and the Issuer acknowledge that, as contemplated in Section 9.01(b) of the Agreement, the Servicer may make certain changes to its current computerized customer information system, which changes, when functional, would affect the Servicer’s method of calculating the Estimated QRSC Collections or Actual QRSC Collections during each Collection Period.  Should these changes to the computerized customer information system become functional during the term of the Agreement, the Servicer and the Issuer agree that they shall review the procedures used to calculate the Estimated QRSC Collections and Actual QRSC Collections in light of the capabilities of such new system and shall amend this Annex I in writing to make such modifications and/or substitutions to such procedures as may be appropriate in the interests of efficiency, accuracy, cost and/or system capabilities; provided, however, that the Servicer may not make any modification or substitution that will materially adversely affect the Holders.  As soon as practicable, and in no event later than sixty (60) Business Days after the date on which all Customer accounts are being billed under such new system, the Servicer shall notify the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies of the same.
 
(iii)  All calculations of collections, each update of the Collections Curve or Charge-Off percentage and any changes in procedures used to calculate the Estimated QRSC Collections or Actual QRSC Collections pursuant to this Section 6(e) shall be made in good faith, and in the case of any update pursuant to clause (i) above or any change in procedures pursuant to clause (ii) above, in a manner reasonably intended to provide estimates and calculations that are at least as accurate as those that would be provided on the Closing Date utilizing the initial procedures.
 
(f)  Remittances.
 
(i)  The Issuer shall cause to be established the Collection Accounts in the name of the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the Indenture.
 
(ii)  The Servicer shall make remittances to the Collection Accounts in accordance with Section 6.10 of the Agreement.
 
(iii)  In the event of any change of account or change of institution affecting any Collection Account, the Issuer shall provide written notice thereof to the Servicer not later than five (5) Business Days from the effective date of such change.
 
 
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EX-10.3 10 exh10_3.htm ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT Unassociated Document
 
Exhibit 10.3
 
EXECUTION COPY
 
ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
 
This ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated as of June 29, 2007 (this “Administration Agreement”), is entered into by and between BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (“BGE”), as administrator (in such capacity, the “Administrator”), and RSB BONDCO LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Issuer”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in Appendix A to the Indenture (as defined below).
 
W I T N E S S E T H:
 
WHEREAS, the Issuer is issuing Rate Stabilization Bonds pursuant to that certain Indenture (including Appendix A thereto) dated as of the date hereof (the “Indenture”), by and between the Issuer and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, in its capacity as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) and in its separate capacity as a securities intermediary (the “Securities Intermediary”), as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and each Series Supplement;
 
WHEREAS, the Issuer has entered into certain agreements in connection with the issuance of the Rate Stabilization Bonds, including (i) the Indenture, (ii) the Rate Stabilization Property Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2007 (the “Servicing Agreement”), by and between the Issuer and BGE, as Servicer, (iii) the Rate Stabilization Property Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2007 (the “Sale Agreement”), by and between the Issuer and BGE, as Seller, and (iv) the other Basic Documents to which the Issuer is a party, relating to the Rate Stabilization Bonds (the Indenture, the Servicing Agreement, the Sale Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which the Issuer is a party, as such agreements may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, being referred to hereinafter collectively as the “Initial Related Agreements”);
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Initial Related Agreements, the Issuer is required to perform certain duties in connection with the Initial Related Agreements, the Rate Stabilization Bonds and the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral pledged to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture;
 
WHEREAS, the Issuer may from time to time enter into and be required to perform certain duties under additional agreements similar to the Initial Related Agreements in connection with the issuance of one or more additional series of Rate Stabilization Bonds (together with the Initial Related Agreements, the “Related Agreements”);
 
WHEREAS, the Issuer has no employees, other than its officers, and does not  intend to hire any employees, and consequently desires to have the Administrator perform certain of the duties of the Issuer referred to in the preceding clauses and to provide such additional services consistent with the terms of this Administration Agreement and the Related Agreements as the Issuer may from time to time request; and
 

 
WHEREAS, the Administrator has the capacity to provide the services and the facilities required thereby and is willing to perform such services and provide such facilities for the Issuer on the terms set forth herein;
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
 
1.           Duties of the Administrator – Management Services.  The Administrator hereby agrees to provide the following corporate management services to the Issuer and to cause third parties to provide professional services required for or contemplated by such services in accordance with the provisions of this Administration Agreement:
 
(a)           furnish the Issuer with ordinary clerical, bookkeeping and other corporate administrative services necessary and appropriate for the Issuer, including, without limitation, the following services:
 
(i)           maintain at the Premises (as defined below) general accounting records of the Issuer (the “Account Records”), subject to year-end audit, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, separate and apart from its own accounting records, prepare or cause to be prepared such quarterly and annual financial statements as may be necessary or appropriate and arrange for year-end audits of the Issuer's financial statements by the Issuer's independent accountants;
 
(ii)           prepare and, after execution by the Issuer, file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and any applicable state agencies documents required to be filed by the Issuer with the Commission and any applicable state agencies, including, without limitation, periodic reports required to be filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
 
(iii)           prepare for execution by the Issuer and cause to be filed such income, franchise or other tax returns of the Issuer as shall be required to be filed by applicable law (the “Tax Returns”) and cause to be paid on behalf of the Issuer from the Issuer's funds any taxes required to be paid by the Issuer under applicable law;
 
(iv)           prepare or cause to be prepared for execution by the Issuer’s Managers minutes of the meetings of the Issuer’s Managers and such other documents deemed appropriate by the Issuer to maintain the separate limited liability company existence and good standing of the Issuer (the “Company Minutes”) or otherwise required under the Related Agreements (together with the Account Records, the Tax Returns, the Company Minutes, the LLC Agreement, and the Certificate of Formation, the “Issuer Documents”); and any other documents deliverable by the Issuer thereunder or in connection therewith; and
 
(v)           hold, maintain and preserve at the Premises (or such other place as shall be required by any of the Related Agreements) executed copies (to the extent applicable) of the Issuer Documents and other documents executed by the Issuer thereunder or in connection therewith;
 
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(b)           take such actions on behalf of the Issuer, as are necessary or desirable for the Issuer to keep in full force and effect its existence, rights and franchises as a limited liability company under the laws of the state of Delaware and obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which it becomes necessary to be so qualified;
 
(c)           take such actions on the behalf of the Issuer as are necessary for the issuance and delivery of one or more series of Rate Stabilization Bonds;
 
(d)           provide for the performance by the Issuer of its obligations under each of the Related Agreements, and prepare, or cause to be prepared, all documents, reports, filings, instruments, notices, certificates and opinions that it shall be the duty of the Issuer to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Related Agreements;
 
(e)           enforce each of the rights of the Issuer under the Related Agreements, at the direction of the Indenture Trustee;
 
(f)           provide for the defense, at the direction of the Issuer's Managers, of any action, suit or proceeding brought against the Issuer or affecting the Issuer or any of its assets;
 
(g)           provide office space (the “Premises”) for the Issuer and such reasonable ancillary services as are necessary to carry out the obligations of the Administrator hereunder, including telecopying, duplicating and word processing services;
 
(h)           undertake such other administrative services as may be appropriate, necessary or requested by the Issuer; and
 
(i)           provide such other services as are incidental to the foregoing or as the Issuer and the Administrator may agree.
 
In providing the services under this Section 1 and as otherwise provided under this Administration Agreement, the Administrator will not knowingly take any actions on behalf of the Issuer which (i) the Issuer is prohibited from taking under the Related Agreements, or (ii) would cause the Issuer to be in violation of any federal, state or local law or the LLC Agreement.
 
2.           Compensation.  As compensation for the performance of the Administrator’s obligations under this Administration Agreement (including the compensation of Persons serving as Managers, other than the independent managers, and officers of the Issuer, but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the performance by BGE of its obligations in its capacity as Servicer), the Administrator shall be entitled to an annual fee of $100,000 (the “Administration Fee”), payable by the Issuer in arrears proportionately on each Payment Date.  The Administration Fee shall not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate annually, provided, however, that BGE may seek approval from the PSC to recover from Customers, through the Financing Credit Order in accordance with the Qualified Rate Order, any  incremental costs it incurs to provide administrative support services to the Issuer to the extent such incremental costs exceed $100,000, and furtherprovided that such excess amounts shall neither be considered an Operating Expense nor be paid out of the Collection Account or included in the calculation of True-Up Adjustments.  In addition, the Administrator shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Issuer for all costs and expenses of services performed by unaffiliated third parties and actually
 
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incurred by the Administrator in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Administration Agreement in accordance with Section 3 (but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any such costs and expenses incurred by BGE in its capacity as Servicer), to the extent that such costs and expenses are supported by invoices or other customary documentation and are reasonably allocated to the Issuer (“Reimbursable Expenses”).  The Administration Fee shall be modified, and this Section 2 shall be deemed to have been amended, without further act or deed by any Person to reflect any such modification or amendment, to the extent provided in any Qualified Rate Order issued by the PSC providing for the issuance of an additional series of Rate Stabilization Bonds.
 
3.           Third Party Services.  Any services required for or contemplated by the performance of the above-referenced services by the Administrator to be provided by unaffiliated third parties (including independent auditors' fees and counsel fees) may, if provided for or otherwise contemplated by any related Qualified Rate Order issued by the PSC and if the Issuer deems it necessary or desirable, be arranged by the Issuer or by the Administrator at the direction (which may be general or specific) of the Issuer.  Costs and expenses associated with the contracting for such third-party services may be paid directly by the Issuer or paid by the Administrator and reimbursed by the Issuer in accordance with Section 2, or otherwise as the Administrator and the Issuer may mutually arrange.
 
4.           Additional Information to be Furnished to the Issuer.  The Administrator shall furnish to the Issuer from time to time such additional information regarding the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral as the Issuer shall reasonably request.
 
5.           Independence of the Administrator.  For all purposes of this Administration Agreement, the Administrator shall be an independent contractor and shall not be subject to the supervision of the Issuer with respect to the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations hereunder.  Unless expressly authorized by the Issuer, the Administrator shall have no authority, and shall not hold itself out as having the authority, to act for or represent the Issuer in any way and shall not otherwise be deemed an agent of the Issuer.
 
6.           No Joint Venture.  Nothing contained in this Administration Agreement (a) shall constitute the Administrator and the Issuer as partners or co-members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate, unincorporated business or other separate entity, (b) shall be construed to impose any liability as such on either of them or (c) shall be deemed to confer on either of them any express, implied or apparent authority to incur any obligation or liability on behalf of the other.
 
7.           Other Activities of Administrator.  Nothing herein shall prevent the Administrator or any of its shareholders, directors, officers, employees, subsidiaries or affiliates from engaging in other businesses or, in its sole discretion, from acting in a similar capacity as an Administrator for any other person or entity even though such person or entity may engage in business activities similar to those of the Issuer.
 
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8.           Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of Administrator.
 
(a)           This Administration Agreement shall continue in force until the payment in full of the Rate Stabilization Bonds and any other amount which may become due and payable under the Indenture, upon which event this Administration Agreement shall automatically terminate.
 
(b)           Subject to Sections 8(e) and 8(f), the Administrator may resign its duties hereunder by providing the Issuer with at least sixty (60) days’ prior written notice.
 
(c)           Subject to Sections 8(e) and 8(f), the Issuer may remove the Administrator without cause by providing the Administrator with at least sixty (60) days’ prior written notice.
 
(d)           Subject to Sections 8(e) and 8(f), at the sole option of the Issuer, the Administrator may be removed immediately upon written notice of termination from the Issuer to the Administrator if any of the following events shall occur:
 
(i)           the Administrator shall default in the performance of any of its duties under this Administration Agreement and, after notice of such default, shall fail to cure such default within ten (10) days (or, if such default cannot be cured in such time, shall (A) fail to give within ten (10) days such assurance of cure as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and (B) fail to cure such default within thirty (30) days thereafter);
 
(ii)           a court of competent jurisdiction shall enter a decree or order for relief, and such decree or order shall not have been vacated within sixty (60) days, in respect of the Administrator in any involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or such court shall appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Administrator or any substantial part of its property or order the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs; or
 
(iii)           the Administrator shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, shall consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or similar official for the Administrator or any substantial part of its property, shall consent to the taking of possession by any such official of any substantial part of its property, shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due.
 
The Administrator agrees that if any of the events specified in clauses (ii) or (iii) of this Section 8(d) shall occur, it shall give written notice thereof to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee as soon as practicable but in any event within seven (7) days after the happening of such event.

(e)           No resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to this Section 8 shall be effective until a successor Administrator has been appointed by the Issuer, and such successor Administrator has agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this Administration Agreement in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder.
 
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(f)           The appointment of any successor Administrator shall be effective only after satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition with respect to the proposed appointment.
 
9.           Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal.  Promptly upon the effective date of termination of this Administration Agreement pursuant to Section 8(a), the resignation of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b) or the removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(c) or 8(d), the Administrator shall be entitled to be paid a pro-rated portion of the annual fee described in Section 2 hereof through the date of termination and all Reimbursable Expenses incurred by it through the date of such termination, resignation or removal.  The Administrator shall forthwith upon such termination pursuant to Section 8(a) deliver to the Issuer all property and documents of or relating to the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral then in the custody of the Administrator.  In the event of the resignation of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b) or the removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(c) or 8(d), the Administrator shall cooperate with the Issuer and take all reasonable steps requested to assist the Issuer in making an orderly transfer of the duties of the Administrator.
 
10.           Administrator’s Liability.  Except as otherwise provided herein, the Administrator assumes no liability other than to render or stand ready to render the services called for herein, and neither the Administrator nor any of its members, managers, officers, employees, subsidiaries or affiliates shall be responsible for any action of the Issuer or any of the shareholders, directors, officers, employees, subsidiaries or affiliates of the Issuer (other than the Administrator itself).  The Administrator shall not be liable for nor shall it have any obligation with regard to any of the liabilities, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent of the Issuer or any of the members, managers, officers, employees, subsidiaries or affiliates of the Issuer (other than the Administrator itself).
 
11.           INDEMNITY.
 
(a)           SUBJECT TO THE PRIORITY OF PAYMENTS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE, THE ISSUER SHALL INDEMNIFY THE ADMINISTRATOR, ITS SHAREHOLDERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AFFILIATES AGAINST ALL LOSSES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, JUDGMENTS, LIABILITIES AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL EXPENSES OF LITIGATION OR PREPARATION THEREFOR WHETHER OR NOT THE ADMINISTRATOR IS A PARTY THERETO) WHICH ANY OF THEM MAY PAY OR INCUR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT AND THE SERVICES CALLED FOR HEREIN; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH INDEMNITY SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY SUCH LOSS, CLAIM, DAMAGE, PENALTY, JUDGMENT, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE RESULTING FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR’S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER.
 
(b)           THE ADMINISTRATOR SHALL INDEMNIFY THE ISSUER, ITS MEMBERS, MANAGERS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AGAINST ALL LOSSES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, JUDGMENTS, LIABILITIES AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL EXPENSES OF LITIGATION OR PREPARATION THEREFOR WHETHER OR NOT THE ISSUER IS A PARTY THERETO)
 
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WHICH ANY OF THEM MAY INCUR AS A RESULT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR’S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER.
 
12.           Notices.  Any notice, report or other communication given hereunder shall be in writing and addressed as follows:
 
(a)           if to the Issuer, to:
 
RSB BondCo LLC
Suite 202
103 Foulk Road
Wilmington, Delaware 19803
Attention: Manager
Telephone: (302) 691-0123
Facsimile:  (302) 652-8667

(b)           if to the Administrator, to:
 
740 E. Pratt Street
16th Floor
Baltimore, Maryland 21202                                                                
Attention: Treasurer
Telephone: (410) 783-3620
Facsimile:  (410) 783-3619

 
(c)
if to the Indenture Trustee, to the Corporate Trust Office;

or to such other address as any party shall have provided to the other parties in writing. Any notice required to be in writing hereunder shall be deemed given if such notice is mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid, or hand-delivered to the address of such party as provided above.

13.           Amendments.  This Administration Agreement may be amended from time to time by a written amendment duly executed and delivered by each of the Issuer and the Administrator, with the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee and the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition.  Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Issuer shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to each of the Rating Agencies.
 
14.           Successors and Assigns.  This Administration Agreement may not be assigned by the Administrator unless such assignment is previously consented to in writing by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee and subject to the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition in connection therewith.  Any assignment with such consent and satisfaction, if accepted by the assignee, shall bind the assignee hereunder in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Administration Agreement may be assigned by the Administrator without the consent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee to a corporation or other organization that is a successor (by merger, consolidation or purchase of assets) to the
 
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Administrator; provided that such successor organization executes and delivers to the Issuer an Agreement in which such corporation or other organization agrees to be bound hereunder by the terms of said assignment in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder.  Subject to the foregoing, this Administration Agreement shall bind any successors or assigns of the parties hereto.
 
15.           Governing Law.  This Administration Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland, without reference to its conflict of law provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
 
16.           Headings.  The Section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Administration Agreement.
 
17.           Counterparts.  This Administration Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute but one and the same Administration Agreement.
 
18.           Severability.  Any provision of this Administration Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
 
19.           Nonpetition Covenant.  Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Administration Agreement, the Administrator, solely in its capacity as a creditor of the Issuer, covenants that it shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of the Rate Stabilization Bonds, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuer to invoke or join with any Person in invoking the process of any court or Governmental Authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining an involuntary case against the Issuer under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or any substantial part of the property of the Issuer, or ordering the dissolution, winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer.
 
20.           Assignment to Indenture Trustee.  BGE hereby acknowledges and consents to any mortgage, pledge, assignment and grant of a security interest by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the Secured Parties of all right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under this Administration Agreement, and the assignment of any or all of the Issuer’s rights hereunder to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Administration Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
 
 
 
RSB BONDCO LLC, as Issuer
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Charles A. Berardesco 
   
Name:  Charles A. Berardesco
Title:    Secretary
   
 
 
 
BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, as Administrator
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Charles A. Berardesco
   
Name:  Charles A. Berardesco
Title:    Secretary
 
 
Signature Page to Administration Agreement

EX-10.4 11 exh10_4.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED LLC AGREEMENT Unassociated Document
 
Exhibit 10.4
 
EXECUTION COPY


 
AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
 
 
OF
 
 
RSB BONDCO LLC
 
 
Dated and Effective as of
 
 
June 29, 2007
 


 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 Page
 
ARTICLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
   
SECTION 1.01   Definitions
1
SECTION 1.02   Sole Member; Registered Office and Agent
2
SECTION 1.03   Other Offices
3
SECTION 1.04   Name
3
SECTION 1.05   Purpose; Nature of Business Permitted; Powers
3
SECTION 1.06   Limited Liability Company Agreement; Certificate of Formation
5
SECTION 1.07   Separate Existence
5
SECTION 1.08   Limitation on Certain Activities
9
SECTION 1.09   No State Law Partnership
10
   
ARTICLE II
CAPITAL
 
   
SECTION 2.01   Initial Capital
10
SECTION 2.02   Additional Capital Contributions
10
SECTION 2.03   Capital Account
11
SECTION 2.04   Interest
11
   
ARTICLE III
ALLOCATIONS; BOOKS
 
   
SECTION 3.01   Allocations of Income and Loss.
11
SECTION 3.02   Company to be Disregarded for Tax Purposes
12
SECTION 3.03   Books of Account
12
SECTION 3.04   Access to Accounting Records
12
SECTION 3.05   Annual Tax Information
12
SECTION 3.06   Internal Revenue Service Communications
12
   
ARTICLE IV
MEMBER
 
   
SECTION 4.01   Powers
13
SECTION 4.02   Reimbursement of Member Expenses
14
SECTION 4.03   Other Ventures
14
SECTION 4.04   Actions by the Member
14
   
 
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ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
 
   
SECTION 5.01   Designation; Term; Qualifications
14
SECTION 5.02   Removal and Resignation
16
SECTION 5.03   Vacancies
16
SECTION 5.04   Compensation
16
   
ARTICLE VI
MEMBERSHIP INTEREST
 
   
SECTION 6.01   General
16
SECTION 6.02   Distributions
16
SECTION 6.03   Rights on Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up
16
SECTION 6.04   Redemption
16
SECTION 6.05   Voting Rights
17
SECTION 6.06   Transfer of Membership Interests
17
SECTION 6.07   Admission of Transferee as Member
17
   
ARTICLE VII
MANAGERS
 
   
SECTION 7.01   Managers
18
SECTION 7.02   Powers of the Managers
19
SECTION 7.03   Reimbursement of Expenses
19
SECTION 7.04   Removal of Managers
19
SECTION 7.05   Resignation of Manager
19
SECTION 7.06   Vacancies
20
SECTION 7.07   Meetings of the Managers
20
SECTION 7.08   Electronic Communications
20
SECTION 7.09   Committees of Managers.
20
SECTION 7.10   Limitations on Independent Managers
21
   
ARTICLE VIII
EXPENSES
 
   
SECTION 8.01   Expenses
21
   
ARTICLE IX
PERPETUAL EXISTENCE; DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND WINDING-UP
 
   
SECTION 9.01   Existence
22
SECTION 9.02   Dissolution
22
SECTION 9.03   Accounting
22
SECTION 9.04   Certificate of Cancellation
23
SECTION 9.05   Winding Up
23
SECTION 9.06   Order of Payment of Liabilities Upon Dissolution
23
SECTION 9.07   Limitations on Payments Made in Dissolution
23
SECTION 9.08   Limitation on Liability
23
   
 
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ARTICLE X
INDEMNIFICATION
 
   
SECTION 10.01   Indemnity
23
SECTION 10.02   Indemnity for Actions By or In the Right of the Company
24
SECTION 10.03   Indemnity If Successful
24
SECTION 10.04   Expenses
24
SECTION 10.05   Advance Payment of Expenses
25
SECTION 10.06   Other Arrangements Not Excluded
25
   
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
   
SECTION 11.01   No Bankruptcy Petition; Dissolution
26
SECTION 11.02   Amendments
26
SECTION 11.04   Governing Law
27
SECTION 11.05   Headings
27
SECTION 11.06   Severability
27
SECTION 11.07   Assigns
27
SECTION 11.08   Enforcement by Independent Managers
27
SECTION 11.09   Waiver of Partition; Nature of Interest
27



EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

Schedule A
Schedule of Capital Contribution of Member
Schedule B
Managers
Schedule C
Officers
Exhibit A
Management Agreement

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AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF
RSB BONDCO LLC
 
This AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT, together with the schedules attached hereto, (this “Agreement”) of RSB BONDCO LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), is made and entered into as of June 29, 2007 by BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, a Maryland corporation (including any additional or successor members of the Company admitted to the Company as a member of the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement other than Special Members, the “Member”) and acknowledged and agreed to by Michelle A. Dreyer and Suzanne M. Hay, as the Independent Managers (as defined herein).
 
WHEREAS, the Company was formed as a Delaware limited liability company under and pursuant to the LLC Act (i) by the filing of the Certificate of Formation of the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 8, 2007 (such execution and filing being hereby ratified and approved in all respects) and (ii) by the entering into of a Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2007 (the “Original LLC Agreement”); and
 
WHEREAS, the Member filed an Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on April 10, 2007 under and pursuant to the LLC Act (such execution and filing being hereby ratified and approved in all respects); and
 
WHEREAS, this Agreement amends and restates the Original LLC Agreement in all respects, and from and after the date hereof constitutes the governing instrument of the Company;
 
NOW THEREFORE, the Member (as defined below) hereby amends and restates the Original LLC Agreement in its entirety as follows:
 
ARTICLE I
 
GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
SECTION 1.01  Definitions.
 
(a)           Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in that certain Indenture (including Appendix A) dated on or around June 29, 2007 between the Company, as Issuer, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”), as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
 
(b)           All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.
 

 
(c)           The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; Section, Schedule, Exhibit, Annex and Attachment references contained in this Agreement are references to Sections, Schedules, Exhibits, Annexes and Attachments in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; and the term “including” shall mean “including without limitation.”
 
(d)           The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms.
 
(e)           Non-capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Requirements of Law shall, as the context requires, have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Requirements of Law, but without giving effect to amendments to the Requirements of Law.
 
SECTION 1.02  Sole Member; Registered Office and Agent.
 
(a)           The initial sole member of  the Company shall be Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, a Maryland corporation, or any additional or successor member of the Company admitted to the Company pursuant to Sections 1.02(c), 6.06 and 6.07.  The registered office and registered agent of the Company in the State of Delaware shall be The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.  The Member continues as a member of the Company upon its execution of a counterpart to this Agreement.  The Member, without the consent of any other Person, may change said registered office and agent from one location to another in the State of Delaware and reflect such change as necessary by amending this Agreement and the Certificate of Formation of the Company.  The Member shall provide notice of any such change to the Indenture Trustee.
 
(b)           Upon the occurrence of any event that causes the Member to cease to be a member of the Company (other than upon continuation of the Company without dissolution upon the transfer or assignment by the Member of all of its limited liability company interest in the Company and the prior or simultaneous admission of the transferee or an additional member of the Company pursuant to Sections 6.06 and 6.07), each Person acting as an Independent Manager pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall, without any action of any Person and simultaneously with the Member ceasing to be a member of the Company, automatically be admitted to the Company as a Special Member and shall continue the Company without dissolution.  No Special Member may resign from the Company or transfer its rights as Special Member unless (i) a successor Special Member has been admitted to the Company as Special Member by executing a counterpart to this Agreement, and (ii) such successor has also accepted its appointment as Independent Manager pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, the Special Members shall automatically cease to be members of the Company upon the admission to the Company of a substitute Member, appointed by the personal representative of the Person that had been the last remaining Member.  Pending such admission of the personal representative or its nominee or designee, as the case may be, as a substitute Member, such former Member (or if such former Member no longer exists, its personal representative), shall retain the limited liability company interest in the Company of such former Member, including without limitation, all economic rights associated with such interest (which economic rights shall continue to represent the sole economic rights associated with any ownership interest in the Company). 
 
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Upon the admission to the Company of a substitute Member, such substitute Member shall acquire, upon terms agreed to by the former Member (or its personal representative) and the substitute Member, all right, title and interest in and to such former Member’s limited liability company interest in the Company.  Each Special Member shall be a member of the Company that has no interest in the profits, losses and capital of the Company and has no right to receive any distributions of Company assets (and no Special Member shall be treated as a member of the Company for federal income tax purposes).  Pursuant to Section 18-301 of the LLC Act, a Special Member shall not be required to make any capital contributions to the Company and shall not receive a limited liability company interest in the Company.  A Special Member, in its capacity as Special Member, may not bind the Company.  Except as required by any mandatory provision of the LLC Act, each Special Member, in its capacity as Special Member, shall have no right to vote on, approve or otherwise consent to any action by, or matter relating to, the Company, including the merger, consolidation or conversion of the Company.  In order to implement the admission to the Company of each Special Member, each  Person acting as an Independent Manager pursuant to this Agreement shall execute a counterpart to this Agreement.  Prior to its admission to the Company as Special Member, each Person acting as an Independent Manager pursuant to this Agreement shall not be a member of the Company.  A “Special Member” means, upon such Person’s admission to the Company as a member of the Company pursuant to this Section 1.02(b), a Person acting as Independent Manager, in such Person’s capacity as a member of the Company.  A Special Member shall only have the rights and duties expressly set forth in this Agreement.  For purposes of this Agreement, a Special Member is not included within the defined term “Member.”
 
(c)           The Company may admit additional Members with the affirmative vote of a majority of the Managers, which vote must include the affirmative vote of all of the Independent Managers.  Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, it shall be a condition to the admission of any additional Member that the sole Member shall have received an opinion of outside tax counsel (as selected by the Member in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Member and the Indenture Trustee) that the admission of such additional Member shall not cause the Company to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as having more than a “sole owner” and that the Company shall not be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an entity separate from such “sole owner”.
 
SECTION 1.03  Other Offices.  The Company may have an office at any place or places within or outside the State of Delaware that may at any time be established by the Member.  The Member shall provide notice to the Indenture Trustee of the location of the Company’s office or of any change in the location of the Company’s office.
 
SECTION 1.04  Name.  The name of the Company shall be “RSB BONDCO LLC”.  The name of the Company may be changed from time to time by the Member with ten (10) days’ prior written notice to the Managers and the Indenture Trustee, and the filing of an appropriate amendment to the Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State as required by the LLC Act.
 
SECTION 1.05  Purpose; Nature of Business Permitted; Powers.  The purposes for which the Company is formed are limited to:
 
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(a)           acquire, own, hold, administer, service or enter into agreements regarding the receipt and servicing of Rate Stabilization Property and the other Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral, along with certain other related assets;
 
(b)           manage, sell, assign, pledge, collect amounts due on or otherwise deal with the Rate Stabilization Property and the other Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral and related assets to be so acquired in accordance with the terms of the Basic Documents;
 
(c)           negotiate, authorize, execute, deliver, assume the obligations under, and perform its duties under, the Basic Documents and any other agreement or instrument or document relating to the activities set forth in clauses (a) and (b) above; provided, that each party to any such agreement under which material obligations are imposed upon the Company, solely in its capacity as a creditor of the Company, shall covenant that it shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of the Indenture and the payment in full of each Series of the Rate Stabilization Bonds and any other amounts owed under the Indenture, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Company to invoke the process of any court or Governmental Authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining an involuntary case against the Company under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any substantial part of the property of the Company; or, to the fullest extent permitted by law, ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company; and provided, further, that the Company shall be permitted to incur additional indebtedness or other liabilities payable to service providers and trade creditors in the ordinary course of business in connection with the foregoing activities;
 
(d)           file with the SEC one or more registration statements, including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments thereto and any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (including any prospectus supplement, prospectus and exhibits contained therein) and file such applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents, appointments of attorney for service of process and other papers and documents necessary or desirable to register the Rate Stabilization Bonds under the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of various jurisdictions;
 
(e)           authorize, execute, deliver and issue Rate Stabilization Bonds from time to time;
 
(f)           pledge its interest in Rate Stabilization Property and other Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture in order to secure the Rate Stabilization Bonds; and
 
(g)           engage in any lawful act or activity and exercise any powers permitted to limited liability companies formed under the laws of the State of Delaware that, in either case, are incidental to, or necessary, suitable or convenient for the accomplishment of the above-mentioned purposes.
 
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The Company shall engage only in any activities related to the foregoing purposes or required or authorized by the terms of the Basic Documents or other agreements referenced above.  The Company shall have all powers reasonably incidental, necessary, suitable or convenient to effect the foregoing purposes, including all powers granted under the LLC Act.  The Company, the Member, any Manager, including the Independent Managers (as defined herein), or any officer of the Company, acting singly or collectively, on behalf of the Company, may enter into and perform the Basic Documents to which it is a party and all registration statements, prospectuses, prospectus supplements, documents, agreements, certificates or financing statements contemplated thereby or related thereto and any amendments thereto, all without any further act, vote or approval of any Member, Manager or other Person, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the LLC Act, or other applicable Requirements of Law.  The authorization set forth in the preceding sentence shall not be deemed a restriction on the power and authority of the Member or any Manager, including the Independent Managers, to enter into other agreements or documents on behalf of the Company as authorized pursuant to this Agreement and the LLC Act. The Company shall possess and may exercise all the powers and privileges granted by the LLC Act or by any other law or by this Agreement, together with any powers incidental thereto, insofar as such powers and privileges are incidental, necessary, suitable or convenient to the conduct, promotion or attainment of the business purposes or activities of the Company.
 
SECTION 1.06  Limited Liability Company Agreement.  This Agreement shall constitute a “limited liability company agreement” within the meaning of the LLC Act.
 
SECTION 1.07  Separate Existence.  Except for financial reporting purposes (to the extent required by generally accepted accounting principles) and for federal income tax purposes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state tax law, state income and franchise tax purposes, the Member and the Managers shall take all steps necessary to continue the identity of the Company as a separate legal entity and to make it apparent to third Persons that the Company is an entity with assets, liabilities and financial accounts distinct from those of the Member, Affiliates of the Member, the Managers or any other Person, and that, the Company is not a division of any of the Member, Affiliates of the Member, the Company’s Affiliates or any other Person.  In that regard, and without limiting the foregoing in any manner, the Company shall:
 
(a)           maintain office space separate and clearly delineated from the office space of any Affiliate, owned by the Company or evidenced by a written lease or sublease (even if located in an office owned or leased by, or shared with, an Affiliate);
 
(b)           maintain the assets of the Company in such a manner that it is not costly or difficult to segregate, identify or ascertain its individual assets from those of any other Person, including any Affiliate;
 
(c)           maintain a separate telephone number which will be answered only in its own name;
 
(d)           conduct all transactions with Affiliates on an arm’s-length basis;
 
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(e)           not guarantee, become obligated for or pay the debts of any Affiliate or hold the credit of the Company out as being available to satisfy the obligations of any Affiliate or other Person (nor, except as contemplated in the Basic Documents, indemnify any Person for losses resulting therefrom), nor, except as contemplated in the Basic Documents, have any of its obligations guaranteed by any Affiliate or hold the Company out as responsible for the debts of any Affiliate or other Person or for the decisions or actions with respect to the business and affairs of any Affiliate, nor seek or obtain credit or incur any obligation to any third Party based upon the creditworthiness or assets of any Affiliate or any other Person (i.e. other than based on the assets of the Company) nor allow any Affiliate to do such things based on the credit of the Company;
 
(f)           except as expressly otherwise permitted hereunder or under any of the Basic Documents, not permit the commingling or pooling of the Company’s funds or other assets with the funds or other assets of any Affiliate;
 
(g)           maintain separate deposit and other bank accounts and funds (separately identifiable from those of the Member or any other Person) to which no Affiliate has any access, which accounts shall be maintained in the name and, to the extent not inconsistent with applicable federal tax law, tax identification number of the Company;
 
(h)           maintain full books of accounts and records (financial or other) and financial statements separate from those of its Affiliates or any other Person, prepared and maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (including, all resolutions, records, agreements or instruments underlying or regarding the transactions contemplated by the Basic Documents or otherwise) and audited annually by an independent accounting firm which shall provide such audit to the Indenture Trustee;
 
(i)           pay its own liabilities out of its own funds, including fees and expenses of the Administrator (as defined in the Administration Agreement) pursuant to the Administration Agreement and the Servicer pursuant to any Servicing Agreement, provided, however, the foregoing shall not require the Member to make any additional capital contributions to the Company;
 
(j)           compensate (either directly or through reimbursement of the Company’s allocable share of any shared expenses) all employees, consultants and agents and Affiliates, to the extent applicable, for services provided to the Company by such employees, consultants and agents or Affiliates, in each case, from the Company’s own funds and maintain a sufficient number of employees in light of its contemplated operations;
 
(k)           allocate fairly and reasonably the salaries of and the expenses related to providing the benefits of officers or other employees shared with the Member, any Special Member or any Manager;
 
(l)           allocate fairly and reasonably any overhead for office space shared with the Member, any Special Member or any Manager;
 
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(m)           pay from its own bank accounts for accounting and payroll services, rent, lease and other expenses (or the Company’s allocable share of any such amounts provided by one or more other Affiliate) and not have such operating expenses (or the Company’s allocable share thereof) paid by any Affiliates, provided, that the Member shall be permitted to pay the initial organization expenses of the Company and certain of the expenses related to the transactions contemplated by the Basic Documents as provided therein;
 
(n)           maintain adequate capitalization to conduct its business and affairs considering the Company’s size and the nature of its business and intended purposes and, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Basic Documents, refrain from engaging in a business for which its remaining property represents an unreasonably small capital, provided, however, the foregoing shall not require the Member to make any additional capital contributions to the Company;
 
(o)           conduct all of the Company’s business (whether in writing or orally) solely in the name of the Company through the Member and the Company’s Managers, employees, officers and agents and hold the Company out as an entity separate from any Affiliate;
 
(p)           not make or declare any distributions of cash or property to the Member except in accordance with appropriate limited liability company formalities and only consistent with sound business judgment to the extent that it is permitted pursuant to the Basic Documents and not violative of any applicable law;
 
(q)           otherwise practice and adhere to all limited liability company procedures and formalities to the extent required by this Agreement or all other appropriate constituent documents;
 
(r)           not appoint an Affiliate or any employee of an Affiliate as an agent of the Company, except as otherwise permitted in the Basic Documents (although such Persons can qualify as a Manager or as an officer of the Company);
 
(s)           not acquire obligations or securities of or make loans or advances to or pledge its assets for the benefit of any Affiliate, the Member or any Affiliate of the Member;
 
(t)           not permit the Member or any Affiliate to acquire obligations of or make loans or advances to the Company;
 
(u)           except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, not permit the Member or any Affiliate to guarantee, pay or become liable for the debts of the Company nor permit any such Person to hold out its creditworthiness as being available to pay the liabilities and expenses of the Company nor, except for the indemnities in this Agreement and the Basic Documents, indemnify any Person for losses resulting therefrom;
 
(v)           maintain separate minutes of the actions of the Member and the Managers, including the transactions contemplated by the Basic Documents;
 
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(w)           cause (i) all written and oral communications, including letters, invoices, purchase orders, and contracts, of the Company to be made solely in the name of the Company, (ii) the Company to have its own tax identification number (to the extent not inconsistent with applicable federal tax law), stationery, checks and business forms, separate from those of any Affiliate, (iii) all Affiliates not to use the stationery or business forms of the Company, and cause the Company not to use the stationery or business forms of any Affiliate, and (iv) all Affiliates not to conduct business in the name of the Company, and cause the Company not to conduct business in the name of any Affiliate;
 
(x)           direct creditors of the Company to send invoices and other statements of account of the Company directly to the Company and not to any Affiliate and cause the Affiliates to direct their creditors not to send invoices and other statements of accounts of such Affiliates to the Company;
 
(y)           cause the Member to maintain as official records all resolutions, agreements, and other instruments underlying or regarding the transactions contemplated by the Basic Documents;
 
(z)           disclose, and cause the Member to disclose, in its financial statements the effects of all transactions between the Member and the Company in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and in a manner which makes it clear that (i) the Company is a separate legal entity, (ii) the assets of the Company (including the Rate Stabilization Property transferred to the Company pursuant to the Sale Agreement) are not assets of any Affiliate and are not available to pay creditors of any Affiliate and (iii) neither the Member nor any other Affiliate is liable or responsible for the debts of the Company;
 
(aa)           treat and cause the Member to treat the transfer of Rate Stabilization Property from the Member to the Company as a sale under the Rate Stabilization Law;
 
(bb)           except as described herein with respect to tax purposes and financial reporting, describe and cause each Affiliate to describe the Company, and hold the Company out as a separate legal entity and not as a division or department of any Affiliate, and promptly correct any known misunderstanding regarding the Company’s identity separate from any Affiliate or any Person;
 
(cc)           so long as any of the Rate Stabilization Bonds are outstanding, treat the Rate Stabilization Bonds as debt for all purposes and specifically as debt of the Company, other than for financial reporting or tax purposes or as required under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 and the Federal Power Act;
 
(dd)           solely for purposes of federal taxes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state, local and other tax law, solely for purposes of state, local and other taxes, so long as any of the Rate Stabilization Bonds are outstanding, treat the Rate Stabilization Bonds as indebtedness of the Member secured by the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral unless otherwise required by appropriate taxing authorities;
 
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(ee)           file its own tax returns, if any, as may be required under applicable law, to the extent (i) not part of a consolidated group filing a consolidated return or returns or (ii) not treated as a division for tax purposes of another taxpayer, and pay any taxes so required to be paid under applicable law;
 
(ff)           maintain its valid existence in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and maintain its qualification to do business under the laws of such other jurisdictions as its operations require;
 
(gg)           not form, or cause to be formed, any subsidiaries;
 
(hh)           comply with all laws applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Basic Documents; and
 
(ii)           cause the Member to observe in all material respects all limited liability company procedures and formalities, if any, required by its constituent documents and the laws of its state of formation and all other appropriate jurisdictions.
 
SECTION 1.08  Limitation on Certain Activities.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement and any applicable Requirements of Law that otherwise so empower the Company, the Member, the Managers, any officer of the Company or any other Person, the Company, and the Member or the Managers, or any officer of the Company or any other Person  on behalf of the Company, shall not:
 
(a)           engage in any business or activity other than as set forth in Article I hereof;
 
(b)           without the affirmative vote of its Member and the affirmative vote of all of the Managers, including all of the Independent Managers, file a voluntary petition for relief under the Bankruptcy Code or similar law, consent to the institution of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings against the Company or otherwise institute insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings with respect to the Company or take any company action in furtherance of any such filing or institution of a proceeding;
 
(c)           without the affirmative vote of its Member and the affirmative vote of all Managers, including all of the Independent Managers, and then only to the extent permitted by the Basic Documents, convert, merge or consolidate with any other Person or sell all or substantially all of its assets or acquire all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock or other ownership interest of any other Person;
 
(d)           take any action, file any tax return, or make any election inconsistent with the treatment of the Company, for purposes of federal income taxes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state tax law, state income and franchise tax purposes, as a disregarded entity that is not separate from the Member;
 
(e)           incur any indebtedness or assume or guarantee any indebtedness of any Person (other than the indebtedness incurred under the Basic Documents); or
 
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(f)           to the fullest extent permitted by law, without the affirmative vote of its Member and the affirmative vote of all Managers, including all of the Independent Managers, execute any dissolution, liquidation, or winding up of the Company.
 
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including Section 18-1101(c) of the LLC Act, the fiduciary duty of each Manager, including the two Independent Managers, in respect of any decision on any matter referred to in this Section 1.08 shall be owed solely to the Company (including its creditors) and not to the Member or any other holders of equity interest in the Company as may exist at such time.
 
SECTION 1.09  No State Law Partnership.  No provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or construed to constitute a partnership (including a limited partnership) or joint venture, or the Member a partner or joint venturer of or with any Manager or the Company, for any purposes.
 
SECTION 1.10  Authorized Person/Certificates.  Charles A. Berardesco is hereby designated as an “authorized person” within the meaning of the LLC Act, and has executed, delivered and filed the Certificate of Formation of the Company and the Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, which filings are hereby ratified and approved.  Upon the filing of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, his powers as an “authorized person” ceased, and the Member and each Manager thereupon became a designated “authorized person” and shall continue as a designated “authorized person” within the meaning of the LLC Act.  The Member or Manager or officer shall execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business.
 
The existence of the Company as a separate legal entity shall continue until cancellation of the Certificate of Formation as provided in the LLC Act.
 
ARTICLE II
 
CAPITAL
 
SECTION 2.01  Initial Capital.  The initial capital of the Company shall be the sum of cash contributed to the Company by the Member (the “Initial Capital Contribution”) in the amount set out opposite the name of the Member on Schedule A hereto, as amended from time to time and incorporated herein by this reference.
 
SECTION 2.02  Additional Capital Contributions.  The assets of the Company are expected to generate a return sufficient to satisfy all obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the Basic Documents and any other obligations of the Company.  It is expected that no capital contributions to the Company will be necessary after the purchase of the initial Rate Stabilization Property, except for capital contributions in connection with the issuance of one or more Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds.  On or prior to the date of issuance of each Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds, the Member shall make an additional contribution to the Company in an amount equal to at least 0.50% of the initial principal amount of such Series (or
 
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such other amount permitted by any Subsequent Qualified Rate Order) or such greater amount as agreed to by the Member in connection with the issuance by the Company of any Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds which amount the Company shall deposit into the Capital Subaccount established by the Indenture Trustee as provided under Section 8.02 of the Indenture (the “Capital Subaccount Contribution”).  No capital contribution by the Member to the Company will be made for the purpose of mitigating losses on Rate Stabilization Property that has previously been transferred to the Company, and all capital contributions shall be made in accordance with all applicable limited liability company procedures and requirements, including proper record keeping by the Member and the Company. Each capital contribution will be acknowledged by a written receipt signed by any one of the Managers.  The Managers acknowledge and agree that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, such additional contribution will be managed by an investment manager selected by the Managers who shall direct the Indenture Trustee in writing to invest such amounts only in Eligible Investments, and all income earned thereon shall be allocated or paid by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.
 
SECTION 2.03  Capital Account.  A Capital Account shall be established and maintained for the Member on the Company’s books (the “Capital Account”).
 
SECTION 2.04  Interest.  The Member's Initial Capital Contribution will be managed by an investment manager selected by the Managers who shall invest such amounts only in Eligible Investments, and all income earned thereon shall be distributed by the Managers to the Member in accordance with Section 6.02 hereof.  The Member will earn a return on its Capital Subaccount Contribution only as provided in the Financing Credit Order.
 
ARTICLE III
 
ALLOCATIONS; BOOKS
 
SECTION 3.01  Allocations of Income and Loss.
 
(a)           Book Allocations.  The net income and net loss of the Company shall be allocated entirely to the Member.
 
(b)           Tax Allocations. Because the Company is not making (and will not make) an election to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation under Section 301.7701-3(a) of the Treasury Regulations, and because the Company is a business entity that has a single owner and is not a corporation, it is expected to be disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for federal income tax purposes under Section 301.7701-3(b)(1) of the Treasury Regulations.  Accordingly, all items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the Company for all taxable periods will be treated for federal income tax purposes, and for state and local income and other tax purposes to the extent permitted by applicable law, as realized or incurred directly by the Member.  To the extent not so permitted, all items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the Company shall be allocated entirely to the Member as permitted by applicable tax law, and the Member shall pay (or indemnify the Company, the Indenture Trustee and each of their officers, managers, employees or agents for, and defend and hold harmless each such person from and against its payment of) any taxes levied or assessed upon all or any part of
 
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the Company’s property or assets based on existing law as of the date hereof, including any sales, gross receipts, general corporation, personal property, privilege, franchise or license taxes (but excluding any taxes  imposed as a result of a failure of such person to properly withhold or remit taxes imposed with respect to payments on any Rate Stabilization Bond).  The Indenture Trustee (on behalf of the Secured Parties) shall be third party beneficiaries of the Member’s obligations set forth in this Section 3.01, it being understood that Bondholders shall be entitled to enforce their rights against the Member under this Section 3.01 solely through a cause of action brought for their benefit by the Indenture Trustee.

SECTION 3.02  Company to be Disregarded for Tax Purposes.  The Company shall comply with the applicable provisions of the Code and the applicable Treasury Regulations thereunder in the manner necessary to effect the intention of the parties that the Company be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as a disregarded entity that is not separate from the Member pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-1 et seq. and that the Company be accorded such treatment until its dissolution pursuant to Article IX hereof and shall take all actions, and shall refrain from taking any action, required by the Code or Treasury Regulations thereunder in order to maintain such status of the Company.  In addition, for federal income tax purposes, the Company may not claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or premium, if any, or interest payable in respect of, the Rate Stabilization Bonds (other than amounts properly withheld from such payments under the Code or other tax laws) or assert any claim against any present or former Bondholder by reason of the payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Rate Stabilization Bond Collateral.
 
SECTION 3.03  Books of Account.  At all times during the continuance of the Company, the Company shall maintain or cause to be maintained full, true, complete and correct books of account in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, using the fiscal year and taxable year of the Member.  In addition, the Company shall keep all records required to be kept pursuant to the LLC Act.
 
SECTION 3.04  Access to Accounting Records.  All books and records of the Company shall be maintained at any office of the Company or at the Company’s principal place of business, and the Member, and its duly authorized representative, shall have access to them at such office of the Company and the right to inspect and copy them at reasonable times.
 
SECTION 3.05  Annual Tax Information.  The Managers shall cause the Company to deliver to the Member all information necessary for the preparation of the Member’s federal income tax return.
 
SECTION 3.06  Internal Revenue Service Communications.  The Member shall communicate and  negotiate with the Internal Revenue Service on any federal tax matter on behalf of  the Member and the Company.
 
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ARTICLE IV
 
MEMBER
 
SECTION 4.01  Powers.  Subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the LLC Act, all powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Company shall be controlled by, the Member pursuant to Section 4.04.  The Member may delegate any or all such powers to the Managers.  Without prejudice to such general powers, but subject to the same limitations, it is hereby expressly declared that the Member shall have the following powers:
 
(a)           To select and remove the Managers and all officers, agents and employees of the Company, prescribe such powers and duties for them as may be consistent with the LLC Act and other applicable law and this Agreement, fix their compensation, and require from them security for faithful service; provided, that, at all times the Company shall have at least two Independent Managers.  The Member shall appoint two Independent Managers pursuant to Article VII.  An “Independent Manager” is a Manager that is a natural person and is not and has not been for at least five years from the date of his or her or its appointment (i) a direct or indirect legal or beneficial owner of the Company or the Member or any of their respective Affiliates, (ii) a relative, supplier (other than an Independent Manager provided by a corporate services company that provides independent managers in the ordinary course of its business), employee, officer, director (other than as an independent director), manager (other than as an independent manager), contractor or material creditor of the Company or the Member or any of their respective Affiliates or (iii) a Person who controls (whether directly, indirectly or otherwise) the Member or its Affiliates or any creditor, employee, officer, director, manager or material supplier or contractor of the Member or its Affiliates; provided, that the indirect or beneficial ownership of stock of the Member or its Affiliates through a mutual fund or similar diversified investment vehicle with respect to which the owner does not have discretion or control over the investments held by such diversified investment vehicle shall not preclude such owner from being an Independent Manager.  All right, power and authority of the Independent Managers shall be limited to the extent necessary to exercise those rights and perform those duties specifically set forth in this Agreement.  Except as provided in this Agreement, including Section 1.08, in exercising their rights and performing their duties under this Agreement, any Independent Manager shall have a fiduciary duty of loyalty and care similar to that of a director of a business corporation organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.  No Independent Manager shall at any time serve as trustee in bankruptcy for any Affiliate of the Company.  The Company shall pay the Independent Managers annual fees totaling not more than $5,000 per year (the “Independent Manager Fee”).  Such fees shall be determined without regard to the income of the Company, shall not be deemed to constitute distributions to the recipient of any profit, loss or capital of the Company and shall be considered a fixed Operating Expense of the Company subject to the limitations on such expenses set forth in the Qualified Rate Order.  Each Manager, including each Independent Manager, is hereby deemed to be a “manager” within the meaning 18-101(10) of the LLC Act.
 
(b)           Subject to Article VII hereof, to conduct, manage and control the affairs and business of the Company, and to make such rules and regulations therefor consistent with the LLC Act and other applicable law and this Agreement.
 
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(c)           To change the registered agent and office of the Company in Delaware from one location to another; to fix and locate from time to time one or more other offices of the Company; and to designate any place within or without the State of Delaware for the conduct of the business of the Company.
 
SECTION 4.02  Reimbursement of Member Expenses.  To the extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, the Company shall have authority to reimburse the Member for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Member in connection with its service to the Company.  It is understood that the compensation paid to the Member under the provisions of this Section 4.02 shall be determined without regard to the income of the Company, shall not be deemed to constitute distributions to the recipient of any profit, loss or capital of the Company and shall be considered as an Operating Expense of the Company.
 
SECTION 4.03  Other Ventures.  Not withstanding any duty otherwise existing at law or in equity, it is expressly agreed that the Member, the Managers and any Affiliates, officers, directors, managers, stockholders, partners or employees of the Member, may engage in other business ventures of any nature and description, whether or not in competition with the Company, independently or with others, and the Company shall not have any rights in and to any independent venture or activity or the income or profits derived therefrom.
 
SECTION 4.04  Actions by the Member.  All actions of the Member may be taken by written resolution of the Member which shall be signed on behalf of the Member by an authorized officer of the Member and filed with the records of the Company.
 
ARTICLE V
 
OFFICERS
 
SECTION 5.01  Designation; Term; Qualifications.
 
(a)           Officers.  The officers of the Company as of the date hereof shall be designated by the Member.  The Managers may, from time to time, designate one or more additional persons to be officers of the Company.  Any officer so designated shall have such title and authority and perform such duties as the Managers may, from time to time, delegate to them.  Each officer shall hold office for the term for which such officer is designated and until its successor shall be duly designated and shall qualify or until its death, resignation or removal as provided in this Agreement. Any Person may hold any number of offices.  No officer need be a Manager, the Member, a Delaware resident, or a United States citizen. The Member hereby appoints the Persons identified on Schedule C to be the officers of the Company as of the date hereof.
 
(b)           President.  The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Company, shall preside at all meetings of the Managers, shall be responsible for the general and active management of the business of the Company and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Managers are carried into effect.  The President or any other officer authorized by the President or the Managers may execute all contracts, except:  (i) where required or permitted by law or this Agreement to be otherwise signed and executed, including Sections 1.05 and 1.08;
 
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and (ii) where signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Managers to some other officer or agent of the Company.
 
(c)           Vice President.  In the absence of the President or in the event of the President’s inability to act, the Vice President, if any (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated by the Managers, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election), shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President.  The Vice Presidents, if any, shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Managers may from time to time prescribe.
 
(d)           Secretary and Assistant Secretary.  The Secretary shall be responsible for filing legal documents and maintaining records for the Company.  The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Managers and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Company and of the Managers in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required.  The Secretary shall give, or shall cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Member, if any, and special meetings of the Managers, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Managers or the President, under whose supervision the Secretary shall serve.  The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Managers (or if there be no such determination, then in order of their designation), shall, in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of the Secretary’s inability to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Managers may from time to time prescribe.
 
(e)           Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer.  The Treasurer shall have the custody of the Company funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Company and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Company in such depositories as may be designated by the Manager.  The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Company as may be ordered by the Manager, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and to the Managers, at its regular meetings or when the Managers so require, an account of all of the Treasurer’s transactions and of the financial condition of the Company.  The Assistant Treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Managers (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their designation), shall, in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurer’s inability to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Managers may from time to time prescribe.
 
(f)           Officers as Agents.  The officers of the Company, to the extent their powers as set forth in this Agreement or otherwise vested in them by action of the Managers are not inconsistent with this Agreement, are agents of the Company for the purpose of the Company’s business and, subject to Section 1.08, the actions of the officers taken in accordance with such powers shall bind the Company.
 
(g)           Duties of Managers and Officers.  Except to the extent otherwise modified herein, each Manager and officer of the Company shall have a fiduciary duty of loyalty and care
 
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similar to that of directors and officers of business corporations organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
 
SECTION 5.02  Removal and Resignation.  Any officer of the Company may be removed as such, with or without cause, by the Managers at any time.  Any officer of the Company may resign as such at any time upon written notice to the Company.  Such resignation shall be made in writing and shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if no time is specified therein, at the time of its receipt by the Managers.
 
SECTION 5.03  Vacancies.  Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company may be filled by the Managers.
 
SECTION 5.04  Compensation.  The compensation, if any, of the officers of the Company shall be fixed from time to time by the Managers.  Such compensation shall be determined without regard to the income of the Company, shall not be deemed to constitute distributions to the recipient of any profit, loss or capital of the Company and shall be considered an Operating Expense of the Company.
 
ARTICLE VI
 
MEMBERSHIP INTEREST
 
SECTION 6.01  General.  “Membership Interest” means the limited liability company interest of the Member in the Company. The Membership Interest constitutes personal property and, subject to Section 6.06, shall be freely transferable and assignable in whole but not in part upon registration of such transfer and assignment on the books of the Company in accordance with the procedures established for such purpose by the Managers of the Company.
 
SECTION 6.02  Distributions.  The Member shall be entitled to receive, out of the assets of the Company legally available therefor, distributions payable in cash in such amounts, if any, as the Managers shall declare.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not be required to make a distribution to the Member on account of its interest in the Company if such distribution would violate the LLC Act or any other applicable law or any Basic Document.
 
SECTION 6.03  Rights on Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.
 
(a)           In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the Member shall be entitled to all remaining assets of the Company available for distribution to the Member after satisfaction (whether by payment or reasonable provision for payment) of all liabilities, debts and obligations of the Company.
 
(b)           Neither the sale of all or substantially all of the property or business of the Company, nor the merger or consolidation of the Company into or with another Person or other entity, shall be deemed to be a dissolution, liquidation or winding up, voluntary or involuntary, for the purpose of this Section 6.03.
 
SECTION 6.04  Redemption.  The Membership Interest shall not be redeemable.
 
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SECTION 6.05  Voting Rights.  Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Member shall have the sole right to vote on all matters as to which members of a limited liability company shall be entitled to vote pursuant to the LLC Act and other applicable law.
 
SECTION 6.06  Transfer of Membership Interests.
 
(a)           The Member may transfer its Membership Interest, in whole but not in part, but the transferee shall not be admitted as a Member except in accordance with Section 1.02 or 6.07.  Until the transferee is admitted as a Member, the Member shall continue to be the sole member of the Company (subject to Section 1.02) and to be entitled to exercise any rights or powers of a Member of the Company with respect to the Membership Interest transferred.
 
(b)           To the fullest extent permitted by law, any purported transfer of any Membership Interest in violation of the provisions of this Agreement shall be wholly void and shall not effectuate the transfer contemplated thereby.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary and to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Member may not transfer any Membership Interest in violation of any provision of this Agreement or in violation of any applicable federal or state securities laws.
 
SECTION 6.07  Admission of Transferee as Member.
 
(a)           A transferee of a Membership Interest desiring to be admitted as a Member must execute a counterpart of, or an agreement adopting, this Agreement and, except as permitted by paragraph (b) below, shall not be admitted without unanimous affirmative vote of the Managers, which vote must include the affirmative vote of two Independent Managers.  Upon admission of the transferee as a Member, the transferee shall have the rights, powers and duties and shall be subject to the restrictions and liabilities of the Member under this Agreement and the LLC Act.  The transferee shall also be liable, to the extent of the Membership Interest transferred, for the unfulfilled obligations, if any, of the transferor Member to make capital contributions to the Company, but shall not be obligated for liabilities unknown to the transferee at the time such transferee was admitted as a Member and that could not be ascertained from this Agreement.  Except as set forth in paragraph (b) below, whether or not the transferee of a Membership Interest becomes a Member, the Member transferring the Membership Interest is not released from any liability to the Company under this Agreement or the LLC Act.
 
(b)           The approval of the Managers, including the Independent Managers, shall not be required for a transfer under Section 1.02 or for the transfer of the Membership Interest from the Member to any successor pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Sale Agreement or the admission of such Person as a Member.  Once the transferee of a Membership Interest pursuant to this paragraph (b) becomes a Member, the prior Member shall be released from any liability to the Company under this Agreement and the LLC Act.  The transferee of the Membership Interest pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Sale Agreement shall be admitted to the Company as a Member of the Company upon its execution of a counterpart to this Agreement.
 
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transfer and, immediately following such admission, the transferor Member shall cease to be a member of the Company.
 
ARTICLE VII
 
MANAGERS
 
SECTION 7.01  Managers.
 
(a)           Subject to Section 1.08 and Article VII, the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of two or more Managers designated by the Member.  Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Member may determine at any time in its sole and absolute discretion the number of Managers.  Subject in all cases to the terms of this Agreement, the authorized number of Managers may be increased or decreased by the Member at any time in its sole and absolute discretion, upon notice to all Managers; provided, that, at all times the Company shall have at least two Independent Managers.  The number of Managers as of the date hereof shall be five, two of which shall be Independent Managers.  
 
(b)           Each Manager shall be designated by the Member and shall hold office for the term for which designated and until a successor has been designated or until such Manager’s earlier death, resignation, expulsion or removal.  Each Manager shall execute and deliver the management agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (such management agreement to be deemed incorporated into, and part of, this Agreement).  Managers need not be a Member.  The Managers designated by the Member are listed on Schedule B hereto.
 
(c)           The Managers shall be obliged to devote only as much of their time to the Company’s business as shall be reasonably required in light of the Company’s business and objectives.  A Manager shall perform his or her duties as a Manager in good faith, in a manner he or she reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Company, and with such care as an ordinarily prudent Person in a like position would use under similar circumstances.
 
(d)           Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Managers shall act by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Managers.  Each Manager shall have the authority to sign duly authorized agreements and other instruments on behalf of the Company without the joinder of any other Manager.
 
(e)           Subject to the terms of this Agreement, any action may be taken by the Managers without a meeting and without prior notice if authorized by the written consent of a majority of the Managers (or such greater number as is required by this Agreement), which written consent shall be filed with the records of the Company.
 
(f)           Every Manager is an agent of the Company for the purpose of its business, and the act of every Manager, including the execution in the Company name of any instrument for carrying on the business of the Company, binds the Company, unless such act is in contravention of this Agreement or unless the Manager so acting otherwise lacks the authority to act for the Company and the Person with whom he or she is dealing has knowledge of the fact that he or she has no such authority.
 
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SECTION 7.02  Powers of the Managers.  Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Managers shall have the right and authority to take all actions which the Managers deem incidental, necessary, suitable or convenient for the day-to-day management and conduct of the Company’s business.
 
The Independent Managers may not delegate their duties, authorities or responsibilities hereunder.  If any Independent Manager resigns, dies or becomes incapacitated, or such position is otherwise vacant, no action requiring the unanimous affirmative vote of the Managers shall be taken until a successor Independent Manager is appointed by the Member and qualifies and approves such action.
 
Each Independent Manager will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, including Section 18-1101(c) of the LLC Act, owe its primary fiduciary duty to the Company (including the creditors of the Company).
 
No Independent Manager shall at any time serve as trustee in bankruptcy for any Affiliate of the Company.
 
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Managers may exercise all powers of the Company and do all such lawful acts and things as are not prohibited by the LLC Act, other applicable law or this Agreement directed or required to be exercised or done by the Member.  All duly authorized instruments, contracts, agreements and documents providing for the acquisition or disposition of property of the Company shall be valid and binding on the Company if executed by one or more of the Managers.
 
SECTION 7.03  Reimbursement of Expenses.  To the extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, the Company may reimburse any Manager, directly or indirectly, for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Manager in connection with its services rendered to the Company.  Such reimbursement shall be determined by the Managers without regard to the income of the Company, shall not be deemed to constitute distributions to the recipient of any profit, loss or capital of the Company and shall be considered an Operating Expense of the Company.
 
SECTION 7.04  Removal of Managers.
 
(a)           Subject to Sections 4.01 and 7.01, the Member may remove any Manager with or without cause at any time.
 
(b)           Subject to Sections 4.01 and 7.05, any removal of a Manager shall become effective on such date as may be specified by the Member and in a notice delivered to any remaining Managers or the Manager designated to replace the removed Manager (except that it shall not be effective on a date earlier than the date such notice is delivered to the remaining or newly-elected Manager).  Should a  Manager be removed who is also the Member, the Member shall continue to participate in the Company as the Member and receive its share of the Company’s income, gains, losses, deductions and credits pursuant to this Agreement.
 
SECTION 7.05  Resignation of Manager.  A Manager other than an Independent Manager may resign as a Manager at any time by thirty (30) days’ prior notice to the Member.
 
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An Independent Manager may not withdraw or resign as a Manager of the Company without the consent of the Member.  No resignation or removal of an Independent Manager, and no appointment of a successor Independent Manager, shall be effective until such successor (i) shall have accepted his or her appointment as an Independent Manager by a written instrument, which may be a counterpart signature page to the Management Agreement, and (ii) shall have executed a counterpart to this Agreement as required by Section 1.02(b).
 
SECTION 7.06  Vacancies.  Subject to Section 4.01, any vacancies among the Managers may be filled by the Member.  In the event of a vacancy in the position of Independent Manager, the Member shall, as soon as practicable, appoint a successor Independent Manager.
 
SECTION 7.07  Meetings of the Managers.  The Managers may hold meetings, both regular and special, within or outside the State of Delaware.  Regular meetings of the Managers may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Managers.  Special meetings of the Managers may be called by the President on not less than one day’s notice to each Manager by telephone, facsimile, mail, telegram or any other means of communication, and special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and with like notice upon the written request of any one or more of the Managers.
 
SECTION 7.08  Electronic Communications.  Managers, or any committee designated by the Managers, may participate in meetings of the Managers, or any committee, by means of telephone conference or similar communications equipment that allows all Persons participating in the meeting to hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in Person at the meeting.  If all the participants are participating by telephone conference or similar communications equipment, the meeting shall be deemed to be held at the principal place of business of the Company.
 
SECTION 7.09  Committees of Managers.
 
(a)           The Managers may, by resolution passed by a majority of the Managers, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the Managers.  The Managers may designate one or more Managers as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.
 
(b)           In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another Manager to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.
 
 
(i)
Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Managers, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Managers in the management of the business and affairs of the Company.  Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Managers.  Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Managers when required.
 
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SECTION 7.10  Limitations on Independent Managers.  All right, power and authority of the Independent Managers shall be limited to the extent necessary to exercise those rights and perform those duties specifically set forth in this Agreement.
 
ARTICLE VIII
 
EXPENSES
 
SECTION 8.01  Expenses.  Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Basic Documents, the Company shall be responsible for all expenses and the allocation thereof including without limitation:
 
(a)           all expenses incurred by the Member or its Affiliates in organizing the Company;
 
(b)           all expenses related to the business of the Company and all routine administrative expenses of the Company, including the maintenance of books and records of the Company, the preparation and dispatch to the Member of checks, financial reports, tax returns and notices required pursuant to this Agreement;
 
(c)           all expenses incurred in connection with any litigation or arbitration involving the Company (including the cost of any investigation and preparation) and the amount of any judgment or  settlement paid in connection therewith;
 
(d)           all expenses for indemnity or contribution payable by the Company to any Person;
 
(e)           all expenses incurred in connection with the collection of amounts due to the Company from any Person;
 
(f)           all expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of amendments to this Agreement;
 
(g)           all expenses incurred in connection with the liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Company; and
 
(h)           all expenses otherwise allocated in good faith to the Company by the Managers.
 
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ARTICLE IX
 
PERPETUAL EXISTENCE; DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND WINDING-UP
 
SECTION 9.01  Existence.
 
(a)           The Company shall have a perpetual existence.  So long as any of the Company’s Rate Stabilization Bonds shall remain Outstanding, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Member shall not be entitled to consent to the dissolution of the Company.
 
(b)           Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, the bankruptcy (as defined in the LLC Act) of the Member or a Special Member will not cause such Member or Special Member to cease to be a member of the Company, and upon the occurrence of such an event, the business of the Company shall continue without dissolution.  Upon the occurrence of any event that causes the last remaining member of the Company to cease to be a member of the Company or that causes the Member of the Company to cease to be a member of the Company (other than upon continuation of the Company without dissolution upon the transfer or assignment by the Member of all of its limited liability company interest in the Company and the prior or simultaneous admission of the transferee as a member of the Company pursuant to Section 6.06 and 6.07), to the fullest extent permitted by law, the personal representative of such member is hereby authorized to, and shall, within ninety (90) days after the occurrence of the event that terminated the continued membership of such member in the Company, agree in writing (i) to continue the Company and (ii) to the admission of the personal representative or its nominee or designee, as the case may be, as a substitute member of the Company, effective as of the occurrence of the event that terminated the continued membership of the last remaining member of the Company in the Company.
 
SECTION 9.02  Dissolution.  The Company shall be dissolved and its affairs shall be wound up upon the occurrence of the earliest of the following events:
 
(a)           subject to Sections 1.07, 1.08 and 9.01(a), the election to dissolve the Company made in writing by the Member and each Manager, including the Independent Managers, as permitted under the Basic Documents and after the discharge in full of the Rate Stabilization Bonds;
 
(b)           the occurrence of any event that causes the last remaining member of the Company to cease to be a member of the Company unless the business of the Company is continued without dissolution in a manner permitted by the LLC Act or this Agreement; or
 
(c)           the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Company pursuant to Section 18-802 of the LLC Act.
 
SECTION 9.03  Accounting.  In the event of the dissolution, liquidation and winding-up of the Company, a proper accounting shall be made of the Capital Account of the Member and of the net income or net loss of the Company from the date of the last previous accounting to the date of dissolution.
 
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SECTION 9.04  Certificate of Cancellation.  As soon as possible following the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 9.02 and the completion of the winding up of the Company, the Person winding up the business and affairs of the Company, as an authorized person within the meaning of the LLC Act, shall cause to be executed a Certificate of Cancellation of the Certificate of Formation and file the Certificate of Cancellation of the Certificate of Formation as required by the LLC Act.
 
SECTION 9.05  Winding Up.  Upon the occurrence of any event specified in Section 9.02, the Company shall continue solely for the purpose of winding up its affairs in an orderly manner, liquidating its assets, and satisfying the claims of its creditors.  The Member, or if there is no Member, the Managers, shall be responsible for overseeing the winding up and liquidation of the Company, shall take full account of the liabilities of the Company and its assets, shall either cause its assets to be sold or distributed, and if sold as promptly as is consistent with obtaining the fair market value thereof, shall cause the proceeds therefrom, to the extent sufficient therefor, to be applied and distributed as provided in Section 9.06.
 
SECTION 9.06  Order of Payment of Liabilities Upon Dissolution.  After determining that all debts and liabilities of the Company, including all contingent, conditional or unmatured liabilities of the Company, in the process of winding-up, including, without limitation, debts and liabilities to the Member in the event it is a creditor of the Company to the extent otherwise permitted by law, have been satisfied or adequately provided for, the remaining assets shall be distributed in cash or in kind to the Member.
 
SECTION 9.07  Limitations on Payments Made in Dissolution.  Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, the Member shall only be entitled to look solely to the assets of Company for the return of its positive Capital Account balance and shall have no recourse for its Capital Contribution and/or share of net income (upon dissolution or otherwise) against any Manager.
 
SECTION 9.08  Limitation on Liability.  Except as otherwise provided by the LLC Act and except as otherwise characterized for tax and financial reporting purposes, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Member or Manager shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Member or a  Manager.
 
ARTICLE X
 
INDEMNIFICATION
 
SECTION 10.01  Indemnity.  Subject to the provisions of Section 10.04  hereof, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify any Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, except an action by or in the right of the Company, by reason of the fact that such Person is or was a Manager, Member, Special Member, officer, controlling Person, employee, legal representative or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a member, manager, director,
 
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officer, partner, shareholder, controlling Person, employee, legal representative or agent of another limited liability company, partnership, corporation, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if such Person acted in good faith and in a manner which such Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to a criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such Person’s conduct was unlawful; providedthat such Person shall not be entitled to indemnification if such judgment, penalty, fine or other expense was directly caused by such Person’s fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct.
 
SECTION 10.02  Indemnity for Actions By or In the Right of the Company.  Subject to the provisions of Section 10.04 hereof, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify any Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the rights of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such Person is or was a Member, Manager, Special Member, officer, controlling Person, employee, legal representative or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a member, manager, director, officer, partner, shareholder, controlling Person, employee, legal representative or agent of another limited liability company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including amounts paid in settlement and attorneys’ fees actually and reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with the defense or settlement of the actions or suit if such Person acted in good faith and in a manner which such Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company; provided that such Person shall not be entitled to indemnification if such judgment, penalty, fine or other expense was directly caused by such Person’s fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct.  Indemnification may not be made for any claim, issue or matter as to which such Person has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom, to be liable to the Company or for amounts paid in settlement to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances of the case, the Person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper.
 
SECTION 10.03  Indemnity If Successful.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify any Person who is or was a Manager, Member, Special Member, officer, controlling Person, employee, legal representative or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a member, manager, director, officer, partner, shareholder, controlling Person, employee, legal representative or agent of another limited liability company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 10.01 and 10.02 or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, to the extent that such Person has been successful on the merits.
 
SECTION 10.04  Expenses.  Any indemnification under Sections 10.01 and 10.02, as well as the advance payment of expenses permitted under Section 10.05 unless ordered by a court or advanced pursuant to Section 10.05 below, must be made by the Company only as
 
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authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the Manager, Member, Special Member, officer, controlling Person, employee, legal representative or agent is proper in the circumstances.  The determination must be made:
 
(a)           by the Member if the Member was not a party to the act, suit or proceeding; or
 
(b)           if the Member was a party to the act, suit or proceeding by independent legal counsel in a written opinion.
 
SECTION 10.05  Advance Payment of Expenses.  The expenses of each Person who is or was a Manager, Member, Special Member, officer, controlling Person, employee, legal representative or agent, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a member, manager, director, officer, partner, shareholder, controlling Person, employee, legal representative or agent of another limited liability company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Person to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that such Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.  The provisions of this Section 10.05 shall not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which personnel other than the Member or the Managers (other than the Independent Managers) may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.
 
SECTION 10.06  Other Arrangements Not Excluded.  The indemnification and advancement of expenses authorized in or ordered by a court pursuant to this Article X:
 
(a)           does not exclude any other rights to which a Person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any agreement, decision of the Member or otherwise, for either an action of any Person who is or was a Manager, Member, Special Member, officer, controlling Person, employee, legal representative or agent, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a member, manager, director, officer, partner, shareholder, controlling Person, employee, legal representative or agent of another limited liability company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, in the official capacity of such Person or an action in another capacity while holding such position, except that indemnification and advancement, unless ordered by a court pursuant to Section 10.05 above, may not be made to or on behalf of such Person if a final adjudication established that its acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and were material to the cause of action; and
 
(b)           continues for a Person who has ceased to be a Member, Manager, Special Member, officer, employee, legal representative or agent and inures to the benefit of the successors, heirs, executors and administrators of such a Person.
 
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ARTICLE XI
 
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
SECTION 11.01  No Bankruptcy Petition; Dissolution.
 
(a)           To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Member, each Special Member and each Manager, solely in its capacity as a creditor of the Company, hereby covenant and agree (or shall be deemed to have hereby covenanted and agreed) that, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of the Indenture and the payment in full of every Series of Rate Stabilization Bonds and any other amounts owed under the Indenture, it will not acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Company to invoke the process of any court or Governmental Authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining an involuntary case against the Company under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any substantial part of the property of the Company, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 11.01 shall constitute a waiver of any right to indemnification, reimbursement or other payment from the Company pursuant to this Agreement.  This Section 11.01 is not intended to apply to the filing of a voluntary bankruptcy petition on behalf of the Company which is governed by Sections 1.08 and 7.02 of this Agreement.
 
(b)           To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Member, each Special Member and each Manager hereby covenants and agrees (or shall be deemed to have hereby covenanted and agreed) that, until the termination of the Indenture and the payment in full of any Series of the Rate Stabilization Bonds and any other amounts owed under the Indenture, the Member, such Special Member and such Manager will not consent to, or make application for, or institute or maintain any action for, the dissolution of the Company under Section 18-801 or 18-802 of the LLC Act or otherwise.
 
(c)           In the event that the Member, any Special Member or any Manager takes action in violation of this Section 11.01, the Company agrees that it shall file an answer with the court or otherwise properly contest the taking of such action and raise the defense that the Member, the Special Member or Manager, as the case may be, has agreed in writing not to take such action and should be estopped and precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as its counsel advises that it may assert.
 
(d)           The provisions of this Section 11.01 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the resignation, withdrawal or removal of the Member, any Special Member or any Manager.  Nothing herein contained shall preclude participation by the Member, any Special Member or a Manager in assertion or defense of its claims in any such proceeding involving the Company.
 
SECTION 11.02  Amendments.
 
(a)           The power to alter, amend or repeal this Agreement shall be only on the consent of the Member, provided, that the Company shall not alter, amend or repeal any
 
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provision of  Sections 1.02(b), 1.05, 1.07, 1.08, 3.01(b), 3.02, 6.06, 6.07, 7.02, 7.05, 9.01, 9.02, 11.01, 11.02 and 11.07 of this Agreement or the definition of an Independent Manager contained herein or the requirement that at all times the Company have at least two Independent Managers without, in each case, the affirmative vote of a majority of the Managers, which vote must include the affirmative vote of all of the Independent Managers; and
 
(b)           The Company’s power to alter or amend the Certificate of Formation shall be vested in the Member.  Upon obtaining the approval by the Member of any amendment, supplement or restatement as to the Certificate of Formation, the Member on behalf of the Company shall cause a Certificate of Amendment or Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation to be prepared, executed and filed in accordance with the LLC Act.
 
SECTION 11.03  Governing Law.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
 
SECTION 11.04  Headings.  The headings of the various Articles and Sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.
 
SECTION 11.05  Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remainder of such provision (if any) or the remaining provisions hereof (unless such construction shall be unreasonable), and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
 
SECTION 11.06  Assigns.  Each and all of the covenants, terms, provisions and agreements contained in this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Member, and its permitted successors and assigns.
 
SECTION 11.07  Enforcement by Independent Managers.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Member agrees that this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Member, and is enforceable against the Member by the Independent Managers in accordance with its terms.  The Independent Managers are intended beneficiaries of this Agreement.
 
SECTION 11.08  Waiver of Partition; Nature of Interest.  Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the Member and the Special Members hereby irrevocably waives any right or power that such Person might have to cause the Company or any of its assets to be partitioned, to cause the appointment of a receiver for all or any portion of the assets of the Company, to compel any sale of all or any portion of the assets of the Company pursuant to any applicable law or to file a complaint or to institute any proceeding at law or in equity to cause the dissolution, liquidation, winding up or termination of the Company.  The Member shall not have any interest in any specific assets of
 
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the Company, and the Member shall not have the status of a creditor with respect to any distribution pursuant to this Agreement.
 
SECTION 11.09  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original of this Agreement and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
 
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is hereby executed by the undersigned and is effective as of the date first written above.
 
 
BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Charles A. Berardesco 
   
Name:  Charles A. Berardesco
Title:    Corporate Secretary


 
ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:
 
   
Michelle A. Dreyer,
as Independent Manager
 
 
/s/ Michelle A. Dreyer   
 
 
 
Suzanne M. Hay,
as Independent Manager
 
 
/s/ Suzanne M. Hay   
 
 
Signature Page to Limited Liability Company Agreement

 
SCHEDULE A
 
SCHEDULE OF INITIAL CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION OF MEMBER
 
 
MEMBER’S
NAME
INITIAL
CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTION
MEMBERSHIP
INTEREST
PERCENTAGE
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
Expenses Paid by Member
on behalf of the Company
as of June 22, 2007
$2,143,109.18
100%
Cash Contribution by Member
to Capital Account
$1,770,100.00
Total Initial Capital
Contribution by Member
$3,913,209.18
 
SCHEDULE A
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SCHEDULE B
 
MANAGERS
 
Kenneth W. DeFontes, Jr.
 
Jeanne M. Blondia
 
Mark D. Case
 
Michelle A. Dreyer
 
Suzanne M. Hay
 
SCHEDULE B
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SCHEDULE C
 
OFFICERS
 
Name
Office
Kenneth W. Defontes, Jr.
 
President
John R. Collins
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Charles A. Berardesco
Secretary
Jeanne M. Blondia
Treasurer

SCHEDULE C
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EXHIBIT A
 
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
 
June 29, 2007
 
RSB BONDCO LLC
Suite 102
103 Foulk Road
Wilmington, Delaware  19803
 
Re:    Management Agreement — RSB BONDCO LLC
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
For good and valuable consideration, each of the undersigned Persons, who have been designated as managers of RSB BONDCO LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), in accordance with the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of June 29, 2007 (as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “LLC Agreement”), hereby agree as follows:
 
1.           Each of the undersigned accepts such Person’s rights and authority as a Manager under the LLC Agreement and agrees to perform and discharge such Person’s duties and obligations as a Manager under the LLC Agreement, and further agrees that such rights, authorities, duties and obligations under the LLC Agreement shall continue until such Person’s successor as a Manager is designated or until such Person’s resignation or removal as a Manager in accordance with the LLC Agreement.  Each of the undersigned agrees and acknowledges that it has been designated as a “manager” of the Company within the meaning of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
 
2.           Until a year and one day has passed since the date that the last obligation under the Basic Documents was paid, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the undersigned agrees, solely in its capacity as a creditor of the Company on account of any indemnification or other payment owing to the undersigned by the Company, not to acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Company to invoke the process of any court or governmental authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining an involuntary case against the Company under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any substantial part of the property of the Company, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company.
 
3.           THIS MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, AND ALL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY SUCH LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
 
EXHIBIT A
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Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the LLC Agreement.
 
This Management Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original of this Management Agreement and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Management Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
 
 
   
 
Kenneth W. DeFontes, Jr.
 
   
 
Jeanne M. Blondia
 
   
 
Mark D. Case
 
   
 
Michelle A. Dreyer
 
   
 
Suzanne M. Hay
 
EXHIBIT A
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