|
EXHIBIT 4(c)
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE
___________________
SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of November 14, 2007
Supplemental to the Indenture dated as of November 1, 2000
6.625% Senior Notes, Series G, Due 2037
SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of November 14, 2007,
between PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA, a corporation duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Oklahoma (the
"Company"), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
New York, as Trustee under the Original Indenture referred to below
(the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an
indenture dated as of November 1, 2000 (the "Original Indenture"),
to provide for the issuance from time to time of its debentures,
notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the "Senior Notes"), the
form and terms of which are to be established as set forth in
Section 201 and 301 of the Original Indenture.
Section 901 of the Original Indenture provides, among other things,
that the Company and the Trustee may enter into indentures
supplemental to the Original Indenture for, among other things, the
purpose of establishing the form and terms of the Senior Notes of
any series as permitted in Sections 201 and 301 of the Original
Indenture.
The Company desires to create a series of the Senior Notes in an
aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000 to be designated the
"6.625% Senior Notes, Series G, Due 2037" (the "Series G Notes"),
and all action on the part of the Company necessary to authorize
the issuance of the Series G Notes under the Original Indenture and
this Seventh Supplemental Indenture has been duly taken.
All acts and things necessary to make the Series G Notes, when
executed by the Company and completed, authenticated and delivered
by the Trustee as provided in the Original Indenture and this
Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the valid and binding obligations
of the Company and to constitute these presents a valid and binding
supplemental indenture and agreement according to its terms, have
been done and performed.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
That in consideration of the premises and of the acceptance and
purchase of the Series G Notes by the Holders thereof and of the
acceptance of this trust by the Trustee, the Company covenants and
agrees with the Trustee, for the equal benefit of the Holders of
the Series G Notes, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE Definitions
SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS.
The use of the terms and expressions herein is in accordance with
the definitions, uses and constructions contained in the Original
Indenture and the form of the Series G Notes attached hereto as
Exhibit A.
ARTICLE TWO Terms and Issuance of the 6.625% Senior Notes, Series
G, Due 2037
SECTION 201. Issue of the Series G Notes.
A series of Senior Notes which shall be designated the "6.625%
Senior Notes, Series G, Due 2037" shall be executed, authenticated
and delivered in accordance with the provisions of, and shall in
all respects be subject to, the terms, conditions and covenants of,
the Original Indenture and this Seventh Supplemental Indenture
(including the form of Series G Notes set forth in Exhibit A
hereto). The aggregate principal amount of the Series G
Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Seventh
Supplemental Indenture shall initially be $250,000,000, and such
principal amount of the Series G Notes may be increased from time
to time. All Series G Notes need not be issued at the
same time and such series may be reopened at any time, without the
consent of any Holder, for issuance of additional Series G
Notes. Any such additional Series G Notes will have the
same interest rate, maturity and other terms as those initially
issued.
SECTION 202. Form of Series G Notes; Incorporation of
Terms.
The Series G Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one
Global Security. The form of the Series G Notes shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached
hereto. The terms of such Series G Notes are herein
incorporated by reference and are part of this Seventh Supplemental
Indenture.
SECTION 203. Depositary for Global Securities.
The Depositary for any Global Securities of the series of which
this Series G Note is a part shall be the Depository Trust Company
in The City of New York.
SECTION 204. Restriction on Liens.
The covenant contained in Section 1007 of the Original Indenture
shall not be applicable to the Series G Notes.
So long as any of the Series G Notes are outstanding, the Company
will not create or suffer to be created or to exist any additional
mortgage, pledge, security interest, or other lien (collectively
"Liens") on any of its utility properties or tangible assets now
owned or hereafter acquired to secure any indebtedness for borrowed
money ("Secured Debt"), without providing that the Series G Notes
will be similarly secured. This restriction does not
apply to the Company's subsidiaries, nor will it prevent any of
them from creating or permitting to exist Liens on their property
or assets to secure any Secured Debt. In addition, this
restriction does not prevent the creation or existence of:
|
|
(a)
|
Liens on property existing at the time of
acquisition or construction of such property (or created within one
year after completion of such acquisition or construction), whether
by purchase, merger, construction or otherwise, or to secure the
payment of all or any part of the purchase price or construction
cost thereof, including the extension of any Liens to repairs,
renewals, replacements, substitutions, betterments, additions,
extensions and improvements then or thereafter made on the property
subject thereto;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(b)
|
Financing of the Company's accounts receivable for
electric service;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(c)
|
Any extensions, renewals or replacements (or
successive extensions, renewals or replacements), in whole or in
part, of liens permitted by the foregoing clauses; and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(d)
|
The pledge of any bonds or other securities at any
time issued under any of the Secured Debt permitted by the above
clauses.
|
In addition to the permitted issuances above, Secured Debt not
otherwise so permitted may be issued in an amount that does not
exceed 15% of Net Tangible Assets as defined below.
“Net Tangible Assets” means the total of all assets
(including revaluations thereof as a result of commercial
appraisals, price level restatement or otherwise) appearing on the
Company’s balance sheet, net of applicable reserves and
deductions, but excluding goodwill, trade names, trademarks,
patents, unamortized debt discount and all other like intangible
assets (which term shall not be construed to include such
revaluations), less the aggregate of the Company’s current
liabilities appearing on such balance sheet. For
purposes of this definition, the Company’s balance sheet does
not include assets and liabilities of its subsidiaries.
This restriction also does not apply to or prevent the creation or
existence of leases made, or existing on property acquired, in the
ordinary course of business.
SECTION 205. Place of Payment.
The Place of Payment in respect of the Series G Notes will be at
the principal office or place of business of the Trustee or its
successor in trust under the Indenture, which, at the date hereof,
is located at 101 Barclay Street, New York, NY 10286, Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration.
SECTION 206. Optional Redemption.
The Series G Notes may be redeemed at the Company’s option at
any time upon no more than 60 and not less than 30 days’
notice by mail. The Series G Notes may be redeemed
either as a whole or in part at a redemption price equal to the
greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Series G Notes
being redeemed and (2) the sum of the present values of the
remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the
Series G Notes being redeemed (excluding the portion of any such
interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted (for
purposes of determining present value) to the redemption date on a
semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below)
plus 30 basis
points; plus, in each case, accrued interest thereon to the date of
redemption.
"Business Day" means any day that is not a day on which banking
institutions in New York City are authorized or required by law or
regulation to close.
“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States
Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as
having a maturity comparable to the remaining term
(“remaining life”) of the Series G Notes that would be
utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary
financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt
securities of comparable maturity to the remaining life of the
Series G Notes.
“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any
redemption date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest
and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the
Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations, the average of all such quotations.
“Independent Investment Banker” means one of the
Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company and reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
“Reference Treasury Dealer” means Citigroup Global
Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and UBS
Securities LLC and their respective successors; provided, however,
that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be primary U.S.
government securities dealers the Company will substitute therefor
another primary U.S. government securities dealer reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with
respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date,
the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked
prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as
a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the
Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at or before 3:30 p.m.,
New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such
redemption date.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption
date: (i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average
for the week immediately preceding the date on which the notice of
redemption is mailed to the registered Holders of the Securities
(the “calculation date”), appearing in the most
recently published statistical release designated
“H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is
published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System and which establishes yields on actively traded U.S.
Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption
“Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity
corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is
within three months before or after the remaining life (as defined
above), yields for the two published maturities most closely
corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be determined
by the Independent Investment Banker and the Treasury Rate will be
interpolated or extrapolated from such yields by the Independent
Investment Banker on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest
month); or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not
published during the week preceding the calculation date or does
not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual
equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue,
calculated by the Independent Investment Banker using a price for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its
principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such
redemption date.
SECTION 207. Sinking Funds.
Article Twelve of the Indenture shall not apply to the Series G
Notes.
SECTION 208. Regular Record Date.
The "Regular Record Date" will be the May 1 or November 1, as the
case may be, next preceding an interest payment date.
ARTICLE THREE Miscellaneous
SECTION 301. Execution as Supplemental Indenture.
This Seventh Supplemental Indenture is executed and shall be
construed as an indenture supplemental to the Original Indenture
and, as provided in the Original Indenture, this Seventh
Supplemental Indenture forms a part thereof.
SECTION 302. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another
provision hereof which is required to be included in this Seventh
Supplemental Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.
SECTION 303. Effect of Headings.
The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only
and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 304. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements by the Company in this Seventh
Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors and assigns,
whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 305. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture or in
the Series G Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions
shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 306. Benefits of Seventh Supplemental
Indenture.
Nothing in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture or in the Series G
Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the
parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any
benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this
Seventh Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 307. Execution and Counterparts.
This Seventh Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original,
but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
[REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Seventh
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of
the day and year first above written.
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA
By__/s/ Stephan T.
Haynes
Name: Stephan
T. Haynes
Title: Assistant
Treasurer
Attest:
_/s/ Thomas G.
Berkemeyer
Name: Thomas
G. Berkemeyer
Title: Assistant
Secretary
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
By_ /s/ Mary
LaGumina
Authorized Signatory
Attest:
__/s/_Beata Hryniewicka__________ Authorized Signatory
STATE OF
OHIO )
: ss.: COUNTY OF
FRANKLIN )
On the 14th day of November, 2007, personally appeared
before me, a Notary Public within and for said County in the State
of Ohio, Stephan T. Haynes and Thomas G. Berkemeyer, to me known
and known to me to be respectively the Assistant Treasurer and
Assistant Secretary of Public Service Company of Oklahoma, one of
the corporations named in and which executed the foregoing
instrument, who severally acknowledged that they did sign said
instrument as such Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Secretary for
and on behalf of said cor
|