Exhibit 4(c)
PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES
CORPORATION
OFFICER’S
CERTIFICATE
(under Sections 201 and 301 of
the Indenture dated as of August 1, 2001)
Establishing the Form and Certain
Terms of the
First Mortgage Bonds, 6.25%
Series due 2039
The undersigned, James E. Abel, Treasurer
of PPL Electric Utilities Corporation (the “Company”),
pursuant to Supplemental Indenture No. 10, dated as of May 1,
2009 (“Supplemental Indenture No. 10”) (all capitalized
terms used herein which are not defined herein but are defined in
the Indenture referred to below, shall have the meanings specified
in the Indenture, as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture
No. 10), and Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture of the
Company dated as of August 1, 2001 (as heretofore
supplemented, the “Indenture”) to The Bank of New York
Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”), does hereby
establish for the series of Securities established in Supplemental
Indenture No. 10 the following terms and characteristics (the
lettered clauses set forth herein corresponding to such clauses in
said Section 301):
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the title of
the Securities of such series shall be “First Mortgage Bonds,
6.25% Series due 2039” (the “Bonds”);
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the aggregate
principal amount of Bonds which may be authenticated and delivered
under the Indenture shall be limited to $300,000,000, except as
contemplated in Section 301(b) and the last paragraph of Section
301 of the Indenture;
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interest on the
Bonds shall be payable to the Person or Persons in whose names the
Bonds are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record
Date for such interest, except as otherwise expressly provided in
the form of Bond attached hereto and hereby authorized and
approved;
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the principal
shall be due and payable on May 15, 2039; and the Company shall not
have the right to extend the Maturity of the Bonds as contemplated
in Section 301(d) of the Indenture;
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as provided in
the form of Bond attached as Exhibit A hereto, the Bonds shall bear
interest at a fixed rate of 6.25% per annum; the Interest Payment
Dates for the Bonds shall be May 15 and November 15 of each year,
commencing November 15, 2009; the Regular Record Date for the
interest payable on any Interest Payment Date with respect to the
Bonds shall be the close of business on the May 1 or November 1
(whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding such Interest
Payment Date; and the Company shall not have any right to extend
any interest payment periods for the Bonds as contemplated in
Sections 301(e) and 312 of the Indenture;
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the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee in New York, New York shall be the
office or agency of the Company at which the principal of and any
premium and interest on the Bonds at Maturity shall be payable, at
which registration of transfers and exchanges of the Bonds may be
effected and at which notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Bonds and the Indenture may be served; and the
Trustee will initially be the Security Registrar and the Paying
Agent for the Bonds; provided, however, that the Company reserves
the right to change, by one or more Officer’s Certificates,
any such office or agency and such agent; each installment of
interest on a Bond shall be payable as provided in Exhibit A
hereto;
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the Bonds shall
be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company as
and to the extent provided in Exhibit A hereto;
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the Bonds shall
be issued in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of
$1,000 in excess thereof;
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reference is
hereby made to the provisions of Supplemental Indenture No. 10 for
certain covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of
the Bonds, in addition to those set forth in Article Seven of the
Indenture;
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the only
obligations or instruments that shall be considered Eligible
Obligations in respect of the Bonds shall be Government
Obligations; and the provisions of Section 801 of the Indenture as
supplemented by Section 104 of Supplemental Indenture No. 10 shall
apply to the Bonds;
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the Bonds shall
be initially issued in global form and the depository for the
global Bonds shall initially be The Depository Trust Company
(“DTC”); provided, that the Company reserves the right
to provide for another depository, registered as a clearing agency
under the Exchange Act, to act as depository for the global Bonds
(DTC and any such successor depository, the
“Depository”); beneficial interests in Bonds issued in
global form may not be exchanged in whole or in part for individual
certificated Bonds in definitive form, and no transfer of a global
Bond in whole or in part may be registered in the name of any
Person other than the Depository or its nominee except that
(i) if the Depository (A) has notified the Company that
it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for the global
Bonds or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor depository
for such global bonds has not been appointed by the Company within
90 days of such notice or cessation, the Company will execute, and
the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication
and delivery of definitive Bonds, will authenticate and deliver
Bonds in definitive certificated form in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of the global Bonds
representing such Bonds in exchange for such global Bond, such
definitive Bonds to be registered in the names provided by the
Depository; each global Bond (i) shall represent and shall be
denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of
the outstanding Bonds to be represented by such global Bond,
(ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depository or its
nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the
Depository, its nominee, any custodian for the Depository or
otherwise pursuant to the Depository’s instruction and
(iv) shall bear a legend restricting the transfer of such
global Bond to any person other than the Depository or its nominee;
none of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or any
Authenticating Agent will have any responsibility or liability for
any aspect of the records relating to, or payments made on account
of, beneficial ownership interests in a global Bond or for
maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such
beneficial ownership interests; the Bonds in global form will
contain restrictions on transfer, substantially as described in the
form set forth in Exhibit A hereto;
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reference is
made to clause (r) above; no service charge shall be made for the
registration of transfer or exchange of the Bonds; provided,
however, that the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection with the exchange or transfer;
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except as
otherwise determined by the proper officers of the Company and
communicated to the Trustee in a Company Order or as established in
one or more Officer’s Certificates supplemental to this
Officer’s Certificate, the Bonds shall be substantially in
the form of the Bond attached hereto, which form is hereby
authorized and approved, and shall have such further terms as are
set forth in such form.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this
Officer’s Certificate this 22nd day of May, 2009 in New York,
New York.
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_________________________________________
Name: James E. Abel
Title:
Treasurer
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[FORM OF BOND]
Unless this
certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation
(“DTC”), to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation or its
agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any
certificate to be issued is registered in the name of Cede &
Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or
to such other entity as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as
the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest
herein.
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No._______________
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CUSIP No.
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PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES
CORPORATION
FIRST MORTGAGE BOND, 6.25% SERIES
DUE 2039
PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION, a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (herein referred to as the
“Company”, which term includes any successor Person
under the Indenture referred to below), for value received, hereby
promises to pay to _________________________ or to its registered
assigns, the principal sum of ________________MILLION
($___________) Dollars on May 15, 2039 (the “Stated Maturity
Date”), and to pay interest on said principal sum
semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year
commencing November 15, 2009 (each an “Interest Payment
Date”) at the rate of 6.25% per annum until the principal
hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest
on the Securities of this series will accrue from and including May
22, 2009, to and excluding the first Interest Payment Date, and
thereafter will accrue from and including the last Interest Payment
Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for. No interest will accrue on the Securities with
respect to the day on which the Securities mature.
In the event that any Interest Payment Date is
not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date
will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day
(and without any interest or other payment in respect of such
delay) with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest
Payment Date. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in
such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security
(or one or more Predece
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