EXHIBIT 4.01
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SUPPLEMENTAL ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇. ▇
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ POWER
COMPANY
(A MINNESOTA CORPORATION)
TO
▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY, NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION)
TRUSTEE
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DATED AS OF
JULY 1, 2002
SUPPLEMENTAL TO INDENTURE
DATED AS OF JULY 1, 1999
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PARTIES ......................................................................................1
RECITALS ......................................................................................1
ARTICLE ONE
RELATION TO INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01 Integral Part of Indenture..........................................................2
SECTION 1.02 (a) Definitions................................................................2
(b) References to Articles and Sections........................................2
(c) Terms Referring to this Supplemental Indenture.............................2
ARTICLE TWO
8.00% NOTES, SERIES DUE 2042
SECTION 2.01 Designation and Principal Amount....................................................2
SECTION 2.02 Stated Maturity Date................................................................2
SECTION 2.03 Interest Payment Dates..............................................................2
SECTION 2.04 Office for Payment..................................................................3
SECTION 2.05 Redemption Provisions...............................................................3
SECTION 2.06 Authorized Denominations............................................................3
SECTION 2.07 Form of 8.00% Notes, Series Due 2042 ...............................................3
ARTICLE THREE
COVENANTS
SECTION 3.01 Limitation on Liens.................................................................3
SECTION 3.02 Certain Definitions.................................................................4
ARTICLE FOUR
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 4.01 Recitals of fact, except as stated, are statements
of the Company......................................................................6
SECTION 4.02 Supplemental Indenture to be construed as a part
of the Indenture....................................................................6
SECTION 4.03 (a) Trust Indenture Act to control.............................................7
(b) Severability of provisions contained in
Supplemental Indenture and Notes...........................................7
SECTION 4.04 References to either party in Supplemental Indenture
include successors or assigns.......................................................7
SECTION 4.05 (a) Provision for execution in counterparts....................................7
(b) Table of Contents and descriptive headings
of Articles not to affect meaning..........................................9
Exhibit A - Form of 8.00% Notes, Series due 2042
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No. 3, made as of the 1ST day of July, 2002, by
and between
NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota (the "Company"), and ▇▇▇▇▇
FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association
organized and existing under the laws of the United States, as trustee (the
"Trustee"):
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Xcel Energy Inc., the parent corporation of the Company ("Xcel
Energy"), has heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture (hereinafter
referred to as the "Original Indenture"), made as of July 1, 1999;
WHEREAS, Xcel Energy has heretofore executed and delivered a
Supplemental Indenture No. 1 ("
Supplemental Indenture No. 1"), made as of July
15, 1999, which created a series of Securities designated "6.875% Senior Notes,
Series due 2009";
WHEREAS, Xcel Energy and the Company have heretofore delivered a
Supplemental Indenture No. 2 (and collectively with the Original Indenture and
Supplemental Indenture No. 1, the "Indenture"), made as of August 18, 2000,
pursuant to which the Company assumed all of the obligations of Xcel Energy
under the Indenture and Xcel Energy conveyed all of its rights and obligations
under the Indenture to the Company;
WHEREAS, Section 2.5 of the Original Indenture provides that Securities
shall be issued in series and that a Company Order shall specify the terms of
each series;
WHEREAS, the Company has this day delivered a Company Order setting
forth the terms of a series of Securities designated "8.00% Notes, Series due
2042" (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Notes due 2042");
WHEREAS, Section 12.1 of the Original Indenture provides that the
Company and the Trustee may enter into indentures supplemental thereto for the
purposes, among others, of establishing the form of Securities or establishing
or reflecting any terms of any Security and adding to the covenants of the
Company; and
WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this
Supplemental Indenture No.
3 (herein, "this Supplemental Indenture") have been duly authorized by a
resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board").
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
That in order to set forth the terms and conditions upon which the
Notes due 2042 are, and are to be, authenticated, issued and delivered, and in
consideration of the premises of the purchase and acceptance of the Notes due
2042 by the Holders thereof and the sum of one dollar duly paid to it by the
Trustee at the execution of this Supplemental Indenture, the receipt whereof is
hereby acknowledged, the Company
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covenants and agrees with the Trustee for the equal and proportionate benefit of
the respective Holders from time to time of the Notes due 2042, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
RELATION TO INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01 This Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part
of the Indenture.
SECTION 1.02 For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture:
(a) Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have
the meanings specified in the Indenture;
(b) All references herein to Articles and Sections, unless
otherwise specified, refer to the corresponding Articles and
Sections of this Supplemental Indenture; and
(c) The terms "hereof," "herein," "hereby," "hereto," "hereunder"
and "herewith" refer to this Supplemental Indenture.
ARTICLE TWO
8.00% NOTES, SERIES DUE 2042
SECTION 2.01 There shall be a series of Securities designated the
"8.00% Notes, Series due 2042" (the "Notes due 2042"). The Notes due 2042 shall
be limited to $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount, plus up to an additional
$26,250,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes due 2042 pursuant to an option
granted to the underwriters, exercisable until August 8, 2002, to cover
overallotments, if any.
SECTION 2.02 Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.05 hereof, the
principal amount of the Notes due 2042 shall be payable on the stated maturity
date of July 1, 2042.
SECTION 2.03 The Notes due 2042 shall be dated their date of
authentication as provided in the Indenture and shall bear interest from their
date at the rate of 8.00% per annum, payable quarterly on January 1, April 1,
July 1 and October 1 of each year, commencing October 1, 2002. If any such
interest payment date falls on a day that is not a business day, then payment of
interest will be made on the next succeeding business day, except that, if such
business day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made
on the immediately preceding business day, in each case with the same force and
effect as if made on such date. Notwithstanding the definition of "Business Day"
contained in the Indenture, for purposes of this section, "business day" means a
day other than (1) a Saturday or a Sunday, (2) a legal holiday or a day on which
banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to close, or (3) a day on which the Trustee's Corporate Trust
Office is closed for business. The Regular Record Dates with respect to such
January 1, April 1,
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July 1 and October 1 interest payment dates shall be December 15, March 15, June
15 and September 15, respectively. Except as otherwise provided in this Section
2.03, principal and interest shall be payable to the persons and in the manner
provided in Sections 2.4 and 2.12 of the Indenture.
SECTION 2.04 The Notes due 2042 shall be payable at the corporate trust
office of the Trustee, at the New York corporate trust office of ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo
Bank Minnesota, National Association, as co-paying agent, and at the offices of
such other paying agents as the Company may appoint by Company Order in the
future.
SECTION 2.05 On or after July 11, 2007, the Company may redeem the
Notes due 2042 at any time, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to
the principal amount of such Notes due 2042 to be redeemed, plus in each case
accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.
The Notes due 2042 shall not be subject to any sinking fund.
SECTION 2.06 The Notes due 2042 shall be issued in fully registered
form without coupons in denominations of $25 and integral multiples thereof.
SECTION 2.07 The Notes due 2042 shall initially be in the form attached
as Exhibit A hereto.
ARTICLE THREE
COVENANTS
SECTION 3.01 So long as there remain outstanding any Notes due 2042,
the Company will not create or suffer to be created or to exist any mortgage,
pledge, security interest, or other lien (collectively, "Lien") on any of its
utility properties or assets now owned or hereafter acquired to secure any
indebtedness, without making effective provision whereby the Notes due 2042
shall be equally and ratably secured with any and all such indebtedness and with
any other indebtedness similarly entitled to be equally and ratably secured.
However, this restriction shall not apply to or prevent the creation or
existence of:
(1) the Mortgage securing the Company's First Mortgage Bonds or
any indenture supplemental thereto subjecting any property to
the Lien thereof or confirming the Lien thereof upon any
property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired;
(2) 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 such
Liens to repairs, renewals, replacements, substitutions,
betterments, additions,
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extensions and improvements then or thereafter made on the
property subject thereto;
(3) any extensions, renewals or replacements (or successive
extensions, renewals or replacements), in whole or in part, of
Liens permitted by the foregoing clauses (1) and (2);
(4) the pledge of any bonds or other securities at any time issued
under any of the Liens permitted by clauses (1), (2) or (3);
(5) Permitted Encumbrances; or
(6) Liens on property of any of the Company's subsidiaries,
including United Power and Land Co., First Midwest Auto Park
Inc., NSP Nuclear Corporation and NSP Financing I.
Further, this restriction shall not apply to or prevent the creation or
existence of leases made, or existing on property acquired, in the ordinary
course of business.
SECTION 3.02 Certain Definitions.
"Mortgage" means the lien of the first mortgage pursuant to the Trust
Indenture, dated as of February 1, 1937, from the Company to BNY Midwest Trust
Company, as successor trustee, as supplemented by the supplemental trust
indenture, including the Supplemental and Restated Trust Indenture, dated as of
May 1, 1988 (the "First Mortgage Indenture"), securing the Company's First
Mortgage Bonds.
"Permitted Encumbrances" means any of the following:
(1) Liens of taxes, assessments or governmental charges for the
then current year and taxes, assessments or governmental
charges not then delinquent; Liens for workers' compensation
awards and similar obligations not then delinquent;
mechanics', laborers', material men's and similar Liens not
then delinquent; and any of such Liens, whether or not
delinquent, whose validity is at the time being contested in
good faith by the Company;
(2) Liens and charges incidental to construction or current
operations which have not at the time been filed or asserted
or the payment of which has been adequately secured or which,
in the opinion of counsel, are not material in amount;
(3) Liens, securing obligations neither assumed by the Company nor
on account of which any of them customarily pays interest
directly or indirectly, existing, either at the date hereof,
or, as to property hereafter acquired, at the time of
acquisition by the Company;
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(4) Any right which any municipal or governmental body or agency
may have by virtue of any franchise, license, contract or
statute to purchase, or designate a purchaser of or order the
sale of, any property of the Company upon payment of
reasonable compensation therefor, or to terminate any
franchise, license or other rights or to regulate the property
and business of the Company;
(5) The Lien of judgments covered by insurance, or upon appeal and
covered, if necessary, by the filing of an appeal bond, or if
not so covered not exceeding at any one time $1,000,000 in
aggregate amount;
(6) Easements or reservations in respect of any property of the
Company for the purpose of roads, pipelines, utility
transmission and distribution lines or other rights-of- way
and similar purposes, zoning ordinances, regulations,
reservations, restrictions, covenants, party wall agreements,
conditions of record and other encumbrances (other than to
secure the payment of money), none of which in the opinion of
counsel are such as to interfere with the proper operation and
development of the property affected thereby in the business
of the Company for the use intended;
(7) Any Lien or encumbrance, moneys sufficient for the discharge
of which have been deposited in trust with the Trustee
hereunder or with the trustee or mortgagee under the
instrument evidencing such Lien or encumbrance, with
irrevocable authority to the Trustee hereunder or to such
other trustee or mortgagee to apply such moneys to the
discharge of such Lien or encumbrance to the extent required
for such purpose;
(8) Any defects of title and any terms, conditions, agreements,
covenants, exceptions and reservations expressed or provided
in deeds or other instruments, respectively, under and by
virtue of which the Company has acquired any property or shall
hereafter acquire any property, none of which, in the opinion
of counsel, materially adversely affects the operation of the
properties of the Company;
(9) The pledge of cash or marketable securities for the purpose of
obtaining any indemnity, performance or other similar bonds in
the ordinary course of business, or as security for the
payment of taxes or other assessments being contested in good
faith, or for the purpose of obtaining a stay or discharge in
the course of any legal proceedings;
(10) The pledge or assignment in the ordinary course of business of
electricity, gas (either natural or artificial) or steam,
accounts receivable or customers' installment paper;
(11) Rights reserved to or vested in others to take or receive any
part of the electricity, gas (either natural or artificial),
steam or any by-products
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thereof generated or produced by or from any properties of the
Company or with respect to any other rights concerning
electricity, gas (either natural or artificial) or steam
supply, transportation, or storage which are in use in the
ordinary course of the electricity, gas (either natural or
artificial) or steam business;
(12) Any landlord's Lien;
(13) Liens created or assumed by the Company in connection with the
issuance of debt securities, the interest on which is
excludable from the gross income of the holders of such
securities pursuant to Section 103 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, or any successor section, for purposes of
financing, in whole or in part, the acquisition or
construction of property to be used by the Company, but such
Liens shall be limited to the property so financed (and the
real estate on which such property is to be located);
(14) Liens affixing to property of the Company at the time a Person
consolidates with or merges into, or transfers all or
substantially all of its assets to, the Company, provided that
in the opinion of the Board or Company management (evidenced
by a certified Board resolution or an Officers' Certificate
delivered to the Trustee) the property acquired pursuant to
the consolidation, merger or asset transfer is adequate
security for the Lien; and
(15) Liens or encumbrances not otherwise permitted if, at the time
of incurrence and after giving effect thereto, the aggregate
of all such Permitted Encumbrances of the Company secured
thereby does not exceed 10% of Tangible Net Worth.
"Tangible Net Worth" means (i) common stockholders' equity appearing on
the most recent balance sheet of the Company (or consolidated balance sheet of
the Company and its subsidiaries if the Company then has one or more
subsidiaries the accounts of which are consolidated with the accounts of the
Company) prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
less (ii) intangible assets (excluding intangible assets recoverable through
rates as prescribed by applicable regulatory authorities).
ARTICLE FOUR
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 4.01 The recitals of fact herein and in the Notes due 2042
(except the Trustee's Certificate) shall be taken as statements of the Company
and shall not be construed as made by the Trustee.
SECTION 4.02 This Supplemental Indenture shall be construed in
connection with and as a part of the Indenture.
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SECTION 4.03
(a) If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits,
qualifies, or conflicts with another provision of the
Indenture required to be included in indentures qualified
under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as enacted prior to the
date of this Supplemental Indenture) by any of the provisions
of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of said Act, such required
provisions shall control.
(b) In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes due 2042 issued
hereunder should be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any
respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in
any way be affected, impaired, prejudiced or disturbed
thereby.
SECTION 4.04 Whenever in this Supplemental Indenture either of the
parties hereto is named or referred to, this shall be deemed to include the
successors or assigns of such party, and all the covenants and agreements in
this Supplemental Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Company or by or on
behalf of the Trustee shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective
successors and assigns of such parties, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 4.05
(a) This Supplemental Indenture may be simultaneously executed in
several counterparts, and all said counterparts executed and
delivered, each as an original, shall constitute but one and
the same instrument.
(b) The Table of Contents and the descriptive headings of the
several Articles of this Supplemental Indenture were
formulated, used and inserted in this Supplemental Indenture
for convenience only and shall not be deemed to affect the
meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY has caused this
Supplemental Indenture to be signed by its President or a Vice President, and
attested by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and ▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK
MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, has caused this Supplemental Indenture to be
signed by its President, Vice President, Assistant Vice President or authorized
Corporate Trust Officer, and attested by an authorized officer, this 1st day of
July 2002.
NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Vice President and Treasurer
ATTEST:
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Assistant Corporate Secretary
▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Corporate Trust Officer
ATTEST:
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Assistant Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF
8.00% NOTES, SERIES DUE 2042
REGISTERED REGISTERED
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY
(REFERRED TO HEREIN) OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED
IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL NOTES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL
SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE
OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY THE DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. UNLESS THIS
GLOBAL SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY (55 ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇), TO THE TRUSTEE FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS
MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,
CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY
(INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA)
8.00% NOTES, SERIES DUE 2042
CUSIP: _________________ NUMBER:
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE(S): PRINCIPAL
_____________________ AMOUNT(S):$
INTEREST RATE: 8.00% MATURITY DATE:
July 1, ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ POWER COMPANY, a corporation of the State of Minnesota
(the "Company"), for value received hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or
registered assigns, the principal sum of ________DOLLARS on the Maturity Date
set forth above, and to pay interest thereon from the Original Issue Date (or if
this Global Security has two or more Original Issue Dates, interest shall,
beginning on each such Original Issue Date, begin to accrue for that part of the
principal amount to which that Original Issue Date is applicable) set forth
above or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to
which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly in arrears on
January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 in each year, commencing on October 1,
2002, at the per annum Interest Rate set forth above, until the principal hereof
is paid or made available for payment. No interest shall accrue on the Maturity
Date, so long as the principal amount of this Global Security is paid on the
Maturity Date. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for
on any such Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to
the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the December 15, March 15,
June 15 or September 15, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest
Payment Date; provided, that the first Interest Payment Date for any part of
this Note, the Original Issue Date of which is after a Regular Record Date but
prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date, shall be the Interest Payment
Date following the next succeeding Regular Record Date; and provided, that
interest payable on the Maturity Date set forth above or, if applicable, upon
redemption or acceleration, shall be payable to the Person to whom principal
shall be payable. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture (as defined
below), any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and
shall be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close
of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such defaulted interest
to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Securityholders not
more than fifteen days or fewer than ten days prior to such Special Record Date.
On or before Noon, New York City time, or such other time as shall be agreed
upon between the Trustee and the Depository, of the day on which such payment of
interest is due on this Global Security (other than maturity), the Trustee shall
pay to the Depository such interest in same day funds. On or before Noon, New
York City time, or such other time as shall be agreed upon between the Trustee
and the Depository, of the day on which principal, and interest payable at
maturity is due on this Global Security and following receipt of the necessary
funds from the Company, the Trustee shall deposit with the Depository the amount
equal to the principal, and interest payable at maturity by wire transfer into
the account specified by the Depository. As a condition to the payment, on the
Maturity Date or upon redemption or acceleration, of any part of the principal
of this Global Security, the Depository shall surrender, or cause to be
surrendered, this Global Security to the Trustee, whereupon a new Global
Security shall be issued to the Depository.
This Global Security is a global security in respect of a duly
authorized issue of Notes, Series due 2042 (the "Notes of this Series", which
term includes any Global Securities representing such Notes) of the Company
issued and to be issued under an Indenture dated as of July 1, 1999 between the
Company, as successor obligor, and ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association, as successor trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which term
includes any successor Trustee under the Indenture) and indentures supplemental
thereto (collectively, the "Indenture"). Under the Indenture, one or more series
of Securities may be issued and, as used herein, the term "Securities" refers to
the Notes of this Series and any other outstanding series of Securities.
Reference is hereby made for a more complete statement of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, duties and immunities under the Indenture of the Company,
the Trustee and the
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Securityholders and of the terms upon which the Securities are and are to be
authenticated and delivered. This Global Security has been issued in respect of
the series designated on the first page hereof, which series is limited in
aggregate principal amount to $201,250,000.
Each Note of this Series shall be dated and issued as of the date of
its authentication by the Trustee and shall bear an Original Issue Date or
Dates. Each Security or Global Security issued upon transfer, exchange or
substitution of such Security or Global Security shall bear the Original Issue
Date or Dates of such transferred, exchanged or substituted Security or Global
Security, as the case may be.
On or after July 11, 2007, the Company may redeem the Notes of this
Series at any time, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the
principal amount of such Notes of this Series to be redeemed, plus accrued
interest to the date of redemption.
Notice of redemption will be given by mail to Holders of Notes of this
Series not less than 30 or more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for
redemption, all as provided in the Indenture. In the event of redemption of this
Global Security in part only, a new Global Security or Securities of like tenor
and series for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the
Securityholder hereof upon the surrender hereof.
Interest payments for this Global Security shall be computed and paid
on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In any case where any
Interest Payment Date or date on which the principal of this Global Security is
required to be paid is not a Business Day, then payment of principal or interest
need not be made on such date but may be made on the next succeeding Business
Day, except that if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year,
such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each
case, with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date or
date on which the principal of this Global Security is required to be paid and,
in the case of timely payment thereof, no interest shall accrue for the period
from and after such Interest Payment Date or the date on which the principal of
this Global Security is required to be paid. For purposes of this section,
"Business Day" means a day other than (1) a Saturday or a Sunday, (2) a legal
holiday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close, or (3) a day on
which the Trustee's Corporate Trust Office is closed for business.
The Company, at its option, and subject to the terms and conditions
provided in the Indenture, will be discharged from any and all obligations in
respect of the Securities (except for certain obligations including obligations
to register the transfer or exchange of Securities, replace stolen, lost or
mutilated Securities, maintain paying agencies and hold monies for payment in
trust, all as set forth in the Indenture) if the Company deposits with the
Trustee money, U.S. Government Obligations which through the payment of interest
thereon and principal thereof in accordance with their terms will provide money,
or a combination of money and U.S. Government Obligations, in any event in an
amount sufficient, without reinvestment, to pay all the principal of and any
premium and interest
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on the Securities on the dates such payments are due in accordance with the
terms of the Securities.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of
the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modifications of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Securityholders under the Indenture at any time by
the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities. Any such consent or
waiver by the Holder of this Global Security shall be conclusive and binding
upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Global Security and of any
Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or
in lieu thereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon
the Note.
As set forth in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, no
Holder of any Securities will have any right to institute any proceeding with
respect to the Indenture or for any remedy thereunder unless such Holder shall
have previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of
Default with respect to such Securities, the Holders of not less than a majority
in principal amount of the outstanding Securities affected by such Event of
Default shall have made written request and offered reasonable indemnity to the
Trustee to institute such proceeding as Trustee and the Trustee shall have
failed to institute such proceeding within 60 days; provided, however, that such
limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the
enforcement of payment of the principal of and interest on this Note on or after
the respective due dates expressed here.
No reference herein to the Indenture and to provisions of this Global
Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and
interest on this Global Security at the times, places and rates and the coin or
currency prescribed in the Indenture.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, this Global Security may be transferred only as permitted by the
legend hereto.
If at any time the Depository for this Global Security notifies the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for this Global
Security or if at any time the Depository for this Global Security shall no
longer be eligible or in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation, the Company shall
appoint a successor Depository with respect to this Global Security. If a
successor Depository for this Global Security is not appointed by the Company
within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such
ineligibility, the Company's election to issue this Note in global form shall no
longer be effective with respect to this Global Security and the Company will
execute, and the
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Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of
individual Notes of this Series in exchange for this Global Security, will
authenticate and deliver individual Notes of this Series of like tenor and terms
in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of this Global Security.
The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that
all Notes of this Series (but not less than all) issued or issuable in the form
of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by such Global
Security or Securities. In such event, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of
individual Notes of this Series in exchange for such Global Security, shall
authenticate and deliver, individual Notes of this Series of like tenor and
terms in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of such Global Security or Securities in exchange for such Global
Security or Securities.
Under certain circumstances specified in the Indenture, the Depository
may be required to surrender any two or more Global Securities which have
identical terms (but which may have differing Original Issue Dates) to the
Trustee, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to, or at the direction of, the Depository a Global Security in
principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, and with all terms
identical to, the Global Securities surrendered thereto and that shall indicate
all Original Issue Dates and the principal amount applicable to each such
Original Issue Date.
The Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Minnesota.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee, directly or through an Authenticating Agent by manual signature of
an authorized officer, this Global Security shall not be entitled to any benefit
under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
All terms used in this Global Security which are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless
otherwise indicated herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY
By:
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Dated: Title: Vice President and Treasurer
Attest:
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Title: Corporate Secretary
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This Note is one of the Securities of the
series herein designated, described or
provided for in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Officer
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM -- as tenants in common UNIF GIFT
MIN ACT -- _____ Custodian ___________
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT -- as tenants by the Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
entireties
JT TEN -- as joint tenants with ______________________________________
right of survivorship and not as
tenants in common State
Additional abbreviations may also be
used though not in the above list.
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sell(s),
assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
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Please print or typewrite name and address
including postal zip code of assignee
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the within security and all rights
thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting
and appointing ____________ attorney to
transfer said security on the books of the
Company, with full power of substitution in
the premises.
Dated:
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment
must correspond with the name as written
upon the face of the within instrument in
every particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatever.
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