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Exhibit 4.1




Execution Copy

 





Fifth Supplemental Indenture




Dated as of November 18, 2008




Supplement to the Amended and Restated Indenture

Dated as of April 22, 2005




 






PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

Issuer




and




THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

Trustee




 






 





 









 





TABLE OF CONTENTS




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE I     DEFINITIONS
	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II    REOPENING OF 8.25% SENIOR NOTES
	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III   ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 6.25% SENIOR NOTES
	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 301   Establishment and Designation of the 6.25% Senior Notes
	 	 	4	 
	SECTION 302   Form of the 6.25% Senior Notes
	 	 	4	 
	SECTION 303   Principal Amount of the 6.25% Senior Notes
	 	 	4	 
	SECTION 304   Interest Rates; Stated Maturity of the 6.25% Senior Notes
	 	 	4	 
	SECTION 305   No Sinking Fund
	 	 	4	 
	SECTION 306   Paying Agent and Bond Registrar
	 	 	4	 
	SECTION 307   Global Securities; Appointment of Depositary for Global Securities
	 	 	4	 
	SECTION 308   Other Terms of the 6.25% Senior Notes
	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV   OPTIONAL REDEMPTION BY COMPANY
	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 401   Optional Redemption
	 	 	5	 
	SECTION 402   Calculation of Redemption Price
	 	 	5	 
	SECTION 403   Notice of Redemption
	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V    MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 501   Application of Fifth Supplemental Indenture
	 	 	6	 
	SECTION 502   Effective Date of Fifth Supplemental Indenture
	 	 	6	 
	SECTION 503   Counterparts
	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	EXHIBIT A
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	EXHIBIT B
	 	 	 	 






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     FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of November 18, 2008 (this “Fifth Supplemental
Indenture”), by and between PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of California (the “Company” or the “Issuer”), and THE BANK OF
NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under
the laws of the United States of America (formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company,
N.A.), as Trustee under the Base Indenture (as hereinafter defined) (the “Trustee”).



RECITALS OF THE COMPANY




     A. The Company and the Trustee are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Indenture,
dated as of April 22, 2005 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of March 13, 2007 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), and as further
supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 4, 2007 (the “Second
Supplemental Indenture”), the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 3, 2008 (the “Third
Supplemental Indenture”), the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 21, 2008 (the
“Fourth Supplemental Indenture”) and this Fifth Supplemental Indenture (this Fifth Supplemental
Indenture, together with the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second
Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the
“Indenture”), which supplements, amends and restates that certain Indenture of Mortgage, dated as
of March 11, 2004, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of March
23, 2004 and the Second Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of April 12, 2004, providing for
the issuance by the Company of an unlimited number of series of Bonds (as defined in the Base
Indenture) from time to time.



     B. Under the Base Indenture, the Company is authorized to establish one or more series of
Bonds at any time in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Base Indenture, and the
terms of such series of Bonds may be described by a supplemental indenture executed by the Company
and the Trustee.



     C. The execution and delivery of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture has been authorized by a
Board Resolution (as defined in the Base Indenture).



     D. Concurrent with the execution hereof, the Company has caused its counsel to deliver to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (as defined in the Base Indenture) pursuant to Section 13.03 of the
Base Indenture.



     E. The Company has done all things necessary to make this Fifth Supplemental Indenture a valid
agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms.



     NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Trustee agree, for the benefit of each other and for the
equal and proportionate benefit of Holders of the 8.25% Senior Notes and the 6.25% Senior Notes
(both as defined below) with respect to all provisions herein applicable to such series of notes,
as follows:



 









 





ARTICLE I




DEFINITIONS




     Unless the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the
meaning set forth in the Indenture. The following additional terms are hereby established for
purposes of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture and shall have the meanings set forth in this Fifth
Supplemental Indenture only for purposes of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture:



     “8.25% Senior Notes” has the meaning set forth in Article II hereto.



     “6.25% Senior Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 301 hereto.



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



     “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the
Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the 6.25% Senior Notes
that would be used, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice,
in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of
the 6.25% Senior 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 of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations or (2) if the Company obtains fewer than four
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations so
received.



     “Primary Treasury Dealer” means a primary U.S. Government Securities dealer in the United
States.



     “Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.



     “Redemption Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 301 hereto.



     “Reference Treasury Dealer” means, with respect to the 6.25% Senior Notes, (1) each of J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. and
their respective successors, unless any of them ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, in which
case the Company shall substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (2) any other Primary
Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.



     “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Company, 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 Company by that Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
For purposes of this definition only, “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.




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     “Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each of the 6.25% Senior Notes that the
Company is redeeming pursuant to Section 301 hereto, the remaining scheduled payments of principal
and interest that would be due after the applicable Redemption Date if such 6.25% Senior Notes were
not redeemed. However, if the Redemption Date is not a scheduled Interest Payment Date with
respect to such 6.25% Senior Notes, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on
such 6.25% Senior Notes will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on such 6.25% Senior
Notes to the Redemption Date.



     “U.S. Government Securities” means securities which are (a) direct obligations of the United
States of America for the payment on which its full faith and credit is pledged or (b) obligations
of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United
States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation of the United States of America, and which in the case of (a) and (b) are not callable
or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt
issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Security or
a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Security held by such
custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required
by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the
holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S.
Government Security evidenced by such depository receipt.



      





     The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this
Fifth Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision.



ARTICLE II




REOPENING OF 8.25% SENIOR NOTES




     Pursuant to Section 201 of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the twenty-fifth series of Bonds
established by said Section and designated as the “8.25% Senior Notes due October 15, 2018” (the
“8.25% Senior Notes”) is reopened and additional Bonds comprising part of such series shall be
issued in the aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000 and shall be issued in the form of one or
more Global Bonds in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto. As a result of
the further issuance of $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Bonds of the twenty-fifth series
on November 18, 2008, the issued amount of Bonds of such series now totals $800,000,000.



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ARTICLE III




ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 6.25% SENIOR NOTES 




     SECTION 301 Establishment and Designation of the 6.25% Senior Notes.



     Pursuant to the terms hereof and Section 3.01 of the Indenture, the Company hereby establishes
a twenty-sixth series of Bonds designated as the “6.25% Senior Notes due December 1, 2013” (the
“6.25% Senior Notes”). The 6.25% Senior Notes may be reopened, from time to time, for issuances of
additional Bonds of such series, and any additional Bonds issued and comprising 6.25% Senior Notes
shall have identical terms as the 6.25% Senior Notes, except that the issue price, issue date and,
in some cases, the first Interest Payment Date may differ.



     SECTION 302 Form of the 6.25% Senior Notes.



     The 6.25% Senior Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Bonds in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto.



     SECTION 303 Principal Amount of the 6.25% Senior Notes.



     The 6.25% Senior Notes shall be issued in an initial aggregate principal amount of
$400,000,000.



     SECTION 304 Interest Rates; Stated Maturity of the 6.25% Senior Notes.



     The 6.25% Senior Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 6.25% per annum and shall have a
Stated Maturity of December 1, 2013.



     SECTION 305 No Sinking Fund.



     No sinking fund is provided for the 6.25% Senior Notes.



     SECTION 306 Paying Agent and Bond Registrar.



     The Trustee is hereby appointed as initial Paying Agent and initial Bond Registrar for the
6.25% Senior Notes. The Place of Payment of the 6.25% Senior Notes shall be the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee.



     SECTION 307 Global Securities; Appointment of Depositary for Global Securities.



     The 6.25% Senior Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more permanent Global Bonds as
provided in Section 3.13 of the Indenture and deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depositary, or
with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated
by the Trustee.



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     The Company hereby initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as the
Depositary with respect to all 6.25% Senior Notes, and the 6.25% Senior Notes shall initially be
registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the nominee of DTC.



     The Trustee is hereby authorized and requested to execute and deliver a Letter of
Representations to DTC relating to the 6.25% Senior Notes and, in connection with any successor
nominee for DTC or any successor Depositary, enter into comparable arrangements, and shall have the
same rights with respect to its actions thereunder as it has with respect to its actions under the
Indenture.



     None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or any Bond Registrar will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of Depositary records relating to, or payments made on
account of, beneficial ownership interests in a Global Bond or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any Depositary records relating to such beneficial ownership interests, or for transfers
of beneficial interests in the Bonds or any transactions between the Depositary and beneficial
owners.



     SECTION 308 Other Terms of the 6.25% Senior Notes.



     The other terms of the 6.25% Senior Notes shall be as expressly set forth herein and in
Exhibit B.



ARTICLE IV




OPTIONAL REDEMPTION BY COMPANY




     SECTION 401 Optional Redemption.



     Optional Redemption of 6.25% Senior Notes. Subject to the terms and conditions of the
Indenture, the 6.25% Senior Notes are redeemable at the option of the Company in whole or in part
at any time at a redemption price equal to the greater of:



          (a) 100% of the principal amount of the 6.25% Senior Notes to be redeemed; or




          (b) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the Remaining
Scheduled Payments of principal and interest on the 6.25% Senior Notes to be redeemed (not
including any portion of payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) discounted to the
Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus 50 basis points;



plus, in either of the above cases, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but not including the
Redemption Date (the “Redemption Price”). The Redemption Price shall be calculated assuming a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.




     SECTION 402 Calculation of Redemption Price. The Company shall calculate the
Redemption Price for any redemption of Senior Notes pursuant to Section 401 and notify the Trustee
of such Redemption Price before it sends the amount of the Redemption Price to the Trustee or any
Paying Agent.



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     SECTION 403 Notice of Redemption. Notice of any redemption pursuant to Section 401
shall be given in the manner and at the time set forth in Section 6.04 of the Indenture;
provided, however, that such notice need not state the dollar amount of the Redemption Price
if such dollar amount has not been determined as of the date such notice is being given to the
Holders of the 6.25% Senior Notes being redeemed.



ARTICLE V




MISCELLANEOUS




     SECTION 501 Application of Fifth Supplemental Indenture.



     Except as provided herein, each and every term and condition contained in this Fifth
Supplemental Indenture that modifies, amends or supplements the terms and conditions of the
Indenture shall apply only to the 6.25% Senior Notes established hereby or the 8.25% Senior Notes,
as applicable, and not to any other series of Bonds established under the Indenture. Except as
specifically amended and supplemented by, or to the extent inconsistent with, this Fifth
Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified
and confirmed.



     SECTION 502 Effective Date of Fifth Supplemental Indenture.



     This Fifth Supplemental Indenture shall be effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by
each of the parties hereto.



     SECTION 503 Counterparts.



     This Fifth Supplemental 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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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fifth Supplemental Indenture to be
duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year
first above written.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY,

          as Issuer

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Christopher P. Johns
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Christopher P. Johns 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President and Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST

COMPANY, N.A.,

          as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Milly Canessa
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Milly Canessa 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 



Signature page to Fifth Supplemental Indenture

















 





EXHIBIT A




FORM OF ADDITIONAL BONDS ISSUED AS PART OF THE

8.25% SENIOR NOTES DUE OCTOBER 15, 2018




     THIS SENIOR NOTE IS A BOND AND A GLOBAL BOND WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. UNLESS AND UNTIL
IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SENIOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SENIOR NOTE MAY NOT
BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A 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 SENIOR NOTE CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SENIOR NOTE CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED
IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.



     THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY OF TERMS IS SUBJECT TO THE INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF:



	 	 	 	 	 
	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT :

$200,000,000

	 	ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:


October 21, 2008
	 	INTEREST RATE: 8.25% per annum
	 
	 	 	 	 
	MATURITY DATE:

	 	INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:
	 	THIS SENIOR NOTE IS A:
	
October 15, 2018

	 	
April 15 and October
15, commencing April
15, 2009
	 	þ Global Book-Entry Bond

o Certificated Bond






REGISTERED OWNER: Cede & Co., as

nominee of The Depository Trust Company




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PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY




8.25% SENIOR NOTES DUE OCTOBER 15, 2018

(Fixed Rate)




	 	 	 
	No. R-3

	 	Principal Amount: $200,000,000
	CUSIP No: 694308 GN1
	 	 






     PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
the State of California (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person
pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company, or
registered assigns, the Principal Amount stated above on the Maturity Date stated above, and to pay
interest thereon from and including the Original Issue Date stated above or, in the case of a 8.25%
Senior Note Due October 15, 2018 issued upon the registration of transfer or exchange, from and
including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for, semi-annually in arrears on the Interest Payment Dates set forth above and on the Maturity
Date stated above, commencing April 15, 2009 at the rate of 8.25% per annum until the principal
hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the
Person in whose name this 8.25% Senior Note Due October 15, 2018 (this “Senior Note,” and together
with all other 8.25% Senior Notes Due October 15, 2018 (the “Senior Notes”) (or one or more
Predecessor Bonds) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the 15th day preceding such Interest Payment
Date; provided, however,
that interest payable at the Maturity Date or on a Redemption Date will be paid to the Person to
whom principal is payable. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to
the Person in whose name this Senior Note (or one or more Predecessor Bonds) is registered at the
close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed
by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Senior Notes not less than 10 days
prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of the Indenture and any securities exchange, if any, on which
the Senior Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by any such exchange, all
as more fully provided in said Indenture.



     Payments of interest on this Senior Note will include interest accrued to but excluding the
respective Interest Payment Dates. Interest payments for this Senior Note shall be computed and
paid on the basis of the 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and will accrue from October 21, 2008
or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for.
In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this Senior Note (other than the
Maturity Date) is not a Business Day then payment of the interest payable on such date will be made
on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or payment in respect
of any such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on the date the



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payment was originally payable. If the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business
Day, the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest may be made on the next succeeding
Business Day, and no interest on such payment shall accrue for the period from and after maturity.



     Payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on Senior Notes shall be made 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. Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
the Senior Notes represented by a Global Bond shall be made by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the Holder of such Global Bond, provided that, in the case of payments of
principal and premium, if any, such Global Bond is first surrendered to the Paying Agent. If any
of the Senior Notes are no longer represented by a Global Bond, (i) payments of principal, premium,
if any, and interest due on the Maturity Date or earlier redemption of such Senior Notes shall be
made at the office of the Paying Agent upon surrender of such Senior Notes to the Paying Agent, and
(ii) payments of interest shall be made, at the option of the Company, subject to such surrender
where applicable, (A) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address
shall appear in the Bond Register or (B) by wire transfer to registered Holders of at least
$10,000,000 in principal amount of Senior Notes at such place and to such account at a banking
institution in the United States as such Holders may designate in writing to the Trustee at least
sixteen (16) days prior to the date for payment.



     REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS SENIOR NOTE SET FORTH ON THE
REVERSE HEREOF, WHICH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS IF SET
FORTH AT THIS PLACE.



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



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     In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.



     Dated: November 18, 2008



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Christopher P. Johns 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President and Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Nicholas M. Bijur 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Assistant Treasurer 	 



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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION





     This Senior Note is one of the Bonds of the series designated as Bonds of the Twenty-Fifth
Series referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.



     Dated: November 18, 2008



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., As
Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 	 	 	 



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Reverse of Senior Note





     This 8.25% Senior Note Due October 15, 2018 is one of a duly authorized issue of Bonds of the
Company, issued and issuable in one or more series under an Amended and Restated Indenture, dated
as of April 22, 2005 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture,
dated as of March 13, 2007 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), as further supplemented by a
Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 4, 2007 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”),
a Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 3, 2008 (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”), a
Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 21, 2008 (the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture”),
and a Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 18, 2008 (the “Fifth Supplemental
Indenture,” and together with the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second
Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture and
with all additional indentures supplemental thereto, and any constituent instruments establishing
the terms of particular Bonds, being herein called the “Indenture”), between the Company and The
Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as
Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the
Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a description of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of
Bonds thereunder and of the terms and conditions upon which Bonds are, and are to be, authenticated
and delivered. This Senior Note is a Bond within the meaning of the Indenture and is one of the
Bonds of the twenty-fifth series designated as the 8.25% Senior Note Due October 15, 2018
established by the Company under the Indenture and initially issued in an aggregate principal
amount of $600,000,000 on October 21, 2008. As a result of the further issuance of $200,000,000
aggregate principal amount of Bonds of the twenty-fifth series on November 18, 2008, the issued
amount of Bonds of such series now totals $800,000,000. The acceptance of this Senior Note shall
be deemed to constitute the consent and agreement by the Holder hereof to all of the terms and
provisions of the Indenture.



     Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Senior Notes are redeemable at the
option of the Company (“Optional Redemption”), in whole or in part, prior to Maturity, at a
Redemption Price equal to the greater of:




     (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed; or




     (b) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the
Remaining Scheduled Payments of principal and interest on the Senior Notes to be redeemed
(not including any portion of payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date)
discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus
50 basis points,


plus, in either of the above cases, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but not including the
Redemption Date.




     Interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be
payable to Holders of such Senior Notes, or one or more Predecessor Bonds, of record at the
close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided
in the Indenture.



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     In the case of an Optional Redemption, notice of redemption will be in writing and mailed
first-class postage-prepaid not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date to each Holder of Senior Notes to be redeemed at the Holder’s registered address; provided,
however, that such notice need not state the dollar amount of the Redemption Price if such dollar
amount has not been determined as of the date such notice is being given to the Holders of the
Senior Notes being redeemed. If money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all Senior Notes
(or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption Date is deposited with the Paying Agent or
the Trustee on or prior to the Redemption Date, from and after such Redemption Date such Senior
Notes or portions thereof shall cease to bear interest. Senior Notes in denominations larger than
$1,000 in principal amount may be redeemed in part but only in integral multiples of $1,000.



     In the event of redemption of this Senior Note in part only, a new Senior Note or Senior Notes
of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof
upon the surrender hereof.



     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Senior
Note or any portion of the principal amount hereof will be deemed to have been paid for all
purposes of the Indenture and to be no longer Outstanding thereunder, and the Company’s entire
indebtedness in respect thereof will be satisfied and discharged, if there has been irrevocably
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company), in trust, money in an
amount which will be sufficient and/or Eligible Obligations, the principal of and interest on which
when due, without regard to any reinvestment thereof, will provide moneys which, together with
money, if any, deposited with or held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent, will be sufficient to
pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Senior Note when due.



     If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less
than 33% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds, considered as one class, may
declare the principal amount of all Bonds then Outstanding to be due and payable immediately by
notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders); provided, however, that
with respect to certain Events of Default relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and similar events,
the principal amount of all Bonds then Outstanding shall be due and payable immediately without
further action by the Trustee or the Holders.



     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the Company and the
Trustee to enter into one or more supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions
to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, the Indenture with the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds at
the time Outstanding, considered as one class; provided, however, that if there shall be Bonds of
more than one series Outstanding under the Indenture and if a proposed supplemental indenture shall
directly affect the rights of the Holders of Bonds of one or more, but less than all, of such
series, then the consent only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Bonds of all series so directly affected, considered as one class, shall be



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required; and provided, further, that if the Bonds of any series shall have been issued in
more than one Tranche and if a proposed supplemental indenture shall directly affect the rights of
the Holders of Bonds of one or more, but less than all, of such Tranches, then the consent only of
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds of all Tranches so
directly affected, considered as one class, shall be required; and provided, further, that the
Indenture permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into one or more supplemental indentures for
certain purposes without the consent of any Holders of Bonds. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Bonds, on behalf
of the Holders of all such Bonds, to waive certain past defaults under the Indenture and their
consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Senior Note shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Senior Note and of any Senior Note
issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Senior Note.



     As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Senior Note
shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall
have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default, the Holders of
at least 33% in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds at the time Outstanding shall have made
written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as
Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from
the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of Bonds at the time Outstanding a
direction inconsistent with such written request, and shall have failed to institute any such
proceeding for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing
shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Senior Note for the enforcement of any
payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates
expressed herein.



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



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



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



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



     The Company shall not be required to execute or to provide for the registration of the
transfer of or the exchange of (A) any Senior Note of this series during a period of 15 days
immediately preceding the date notice is to be given identifying the serial numbers of the Senior
Notes called for redemption, or (B) any Senior Note selected for redemption in whole or in part,
except the unredeemed portion of any Senior Note being redeemed in part.



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



     This Senior Note shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws
of the State of California without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereunder, except
to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable.



     As provided in the Indenture, no recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest with respect to this Senior Note, or any part thereof, or for any
claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, or of the indebtedness represented hereby, or
upon any obligation, covenant or agreement under the Indenture, against any incorporator,
shareholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any
predecessor or successor corporation (either directly or through the Company or a predecessor or
successor corporation), whether by virtue of any constitutional provision, statute or rule of law
or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and
understood that the Indenture and all the Bonds are solely corporate obligations and that any such
personal liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as part of the
consideration for, the execution of the Indenture and the issuance of this Senior Note.



     All terms used in this Senior Note which are not defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.



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ASSIGNMENT FORM



To assign this Senior Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Senior
Note to



 





(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)



 




 




 




 




(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)



and
irrevocably
appoint ___________________________________________________________________________________
to transfer this Senior Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act
for him.



 




Date:                     




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Your signature: _____________________________________

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Senior

Note)



Tax Identification No.: ________________________________






SIGNATURE GUARANTEE:

 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Signatures must be guaranteed by an
“eligible guarantor 	 
	 	institution” meeting the requirements of the Bond Registrar,

which requirements include membership or participation in the

Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or
 such
other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined
 by
the Bond Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for,

STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of

1934, as amended. 	 



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EXHIBIT
B



FORM OF 6.25% SENIOR NOTES DUE DECEMBER 1, 2013





     THIS SENIOR NOTE IS A BOND AND A GLOBAL BOND WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. UNLESS AND UNTIL
IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SENIOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SENIOR NOTE MAY NOT
BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A 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 SENIOR NOTE CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SENIOR NOTE CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED
IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.



     THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY OF TERMS IS SUBJECT TO THE INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF:



	 	 	 	 	 
	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT :

$400,000,000

	 	ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:


November 18, 2008
	 	INTEREST RATE: 6.25% per annum
	 
	 	 	 	 
	MATURITY DATE:

	 	INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:
	 	THIS SENIOR NOTE IS A:
	
December 1, 2013

	 	
June 1 and December 1,
commencing June 1,
2009
	 	þ Global Book-Entry Bond

o Certificated Bond






REGISTERED OWNER: Cede & Co., as

nominee of The Depository Trust Company




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PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY




6.25% SENIOR NOTES DUE December 1, 2013

(Fixed Rate)




	 	 	 
	No. R-1

	 	Principal Amount: $400,000,000
	CUSIP No: 694308 GP6
	 	 






     PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
the State of California (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person
pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company, or
registered assigns, the Principal Amount stated above on the Maturity Date stated above, and to pay
interest thereon from and including the Original Issue Date stated above or, in the case of a 6.25%
Senior Note Due December 1, 2013 issued upon the registration of transfer or exchange, from and
including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for, semi-annually in arrears on the Interest Payment Dates set forth above and on the Maturity
Date stated above, commencing June 1, 2009 at the rate of 6.25% per annum until the principal
hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the
Person in whose name this 6.25% Senior Note Due December 1, 2013 (this “Senior Note,” and together
with all other 6.25% Senior Notes Due December 1, 2013 (the “Senior Notes”) (or one or more
Predecessor Bonds) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the 15th day preceding such Interest Payment Date; provided, however,
that interest payable at the Maturity Date or on a Redemption Date will be paid to the Person to
whom principal is payable. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to
the Person in whose name this Senior Note (or one or more Predecessor Bonds) is registered at the
close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed
by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Senior Notes not less than 10 days
prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of the Indenture and any securities exchange, if any, on which
the Senior Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by any such exchange, all
as more fully provided in said Indenture.



     Payments of interest on this Senior Note will include interest accrued to but excluding the
respective Interest Payment Dates. Interest payments for this Senior Note shall be computed and
paid on the basis of the 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and will accrue from November 18,
2008 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this Senior Note (other than the
Maturity Date) is not a Business Day then payment of the interest payable on such date will be made
on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or payment in respect
of any such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on the



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date the payment was originally payable. If the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business
Day, the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest may be made on the next succeeding
Business Day, and no interest on such payment shall accrue for the period from and after maturity.



     Payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on Senior Notes shall be made 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. Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
the Senior Notes represented by a Global Bond shall be made by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the Holder of such Global Bond, provided that, in the case of payments of
principal and premium, if any, such Global Bond is first surrendered to the Paying Agent. If any
of the Senior Notes are no longer represented by a Global Bond, (i) payments of principal, premium,
if any, and interest due on the Maturity Date or earlier redemption of such Senior Notes shall be
made at the office of the Paying Agent upon surrender of such Senior Notes to the Paying Agent, and
(ii) payments of interest shall be made, at the option of the Company, subject to such surrender
where applicable, (A) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address
shall appear in the Bond Register or (B) by wire transfer to registered Holders of at least
$10,000,000 in principal amount of Senior Notes at such place and to such account at a banking
institution in the United States as such Holders may designate in writing to the Trustee at least
sixteen (16) days prior to the date for payment.



     REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS SENIOR NOTE SET FORTH ON THE
REVERSE HEREOF, WHICH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS IF SET
FORTH AT THIS PLACE.



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



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     In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.



     Dated: November 18, 2008



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Christopher P. Johns 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President and Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Nicholas M. Bijur 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Assistant Treasurer 	 



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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION





     This Senior Note is one of the Bonds of the series designated as Bonds of the Twenty-Sixth
Series referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.



     Dated: November 18, 2008



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., As
Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 	 	 	 



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Reverse of Senior Note





     This 6.25% Senior Note Due December 1, 2013 is one of a duly authorized issue of Bonds of the
Company, issued and issuable in one or more series under an Amended and Restated Indenture, dated
as of April 22, 2005 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture,
dated as of March 13, 2007 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), as further supplemented by a
Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 4, 2007 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”),
a Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 3, 2008 (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”), a
Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 21, 2008 (the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture”),
and a Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 18, 2008 (the “Fifth Supplemental
Indenture,” and together with the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second
Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture and
with all additional indentures supplemental thereto, and any constituent instruments establishing
the terms of particular Bonds, being herein called the “Indenture”), between the Company and The
Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as
Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the
Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a description of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of
Bonds thereunder and of the terms and conditions upon which Bonds are, and are to be, authenticated
and delivered. This Senior Note is a Bond within the meaning of the Indenture and is one of the
Bonds of the twenty-sixth series designated as the 6.25% Senior Note Due December 1, 2013
established by the Company under the Indenture. The acceptance of this Senior Note shall be deemed
to constitute the consent and agreement by the Holder hereof to all of the terms and provisions of
the Indenture.



     Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Senior Notes are redeemable at the
option of the Company (“Optional Redemption”), in whole or in part, prior to Maturity, at a
Redemption Price equal to the greater of:




     (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed; or




     (b) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the
Remaining Scheduled Payments of principal and interest on the Senior Notes to be redeemed
(not including any portion of payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date)
discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus
50 basis points,


plus, in either of the above cases, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but not including the
Redemption Date.




     Interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be
payable to Holders of such Senior Notes, or one or more Predecessor Bonds, of record at the close
of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.



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     In the case of an Optional Redemption, notice of redemption will be in writing and mailed
first-class postage-prepaid not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date to each Holder of Senior Notes to be redeemed at the Holder’s registered address; provided,
however, that such notice need not state the dollar amount of the Redemption Price if such dollar
amount has not been determined as of the date such notice is being given to the Holders of the
Senior Notes being redeemed. If money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all Senior Notes
(or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption Date is deposited with the Paying Agent or
the Trustee on or prior to the Redemption Date, from and after such Redemption Date such Senior
Notes or portions thereof shall cease to bear interest. Senior Notes in denominations larger than
$1,000 in principal amount may be redeemed in part but only in integral multiples of $1,000.



     In the event of redemption of this Senior Note in part only, a new Senior Note or Senior Notes
of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof
upon the surrender hereof.



     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Senior
Note or any portion of the principal amount hereof will be deemed to have been paid for all
purposes of the Indenture and to be no longer Outstanding thereunder, and the Company’s entire
indebtedness in respect thereof will be satisfied and discharged, if there has been irrevocably
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company), in trust, money in an
amount which will be sufficient and/or Eligible Obligations, the principal of and interest on which
when due, without regard to any reinvestment thereof, will provide moneys which, together with
money, if any, deposited with or held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent, will be sufficient to
pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Senior Note when due.



     If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less
than 33% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds, considered as one class, may
declare the principal amount of all Bonds then Outstanding to be due and payable immediately by
notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders); provided, however, that
with respect to certain Events of Default relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and similar events,
the principal amount of all Bonds then Outstanding shall be due and payable immediately without
further action by the Trustee or the Holders.



     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the Company and the
Trustee to enter into one or more supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions
to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, the Indenture with the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds at
the time Outstanding, considered as one class; provided, however, that if there shall be Bonds of
more than one series Outstanding under the Indenture and if a proposed supplemental indenture shall
directly affect the rights of the Holders of Bonds of one or more, but less than all, of such
series, then the consent only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Bonds of all series so directly affected, considered as one class, shall be required;
and provided, further, that if the Bonds of any series shall have been issued in more than one
Tranche and if a proposed supplemental indenture shall directly affect the rights of the Holders of
Bonds of one or more, but less than all, of such Tranches, then the consent only of the



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Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds of all Tranches
so directly affected, considered as one class, shall be required; and provided, further, that the
Indenture permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into one or more supplemental indentures for
certain purposes without the consent of any Holders of Bonds. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Bonds, on behalf
of the Holders of all such Bonds, to waive certain past defaults under the Indenture and their
consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Senior Note shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Senior Note and of any Senior Note
issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Senior Note.



     As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Senior Note
shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall
have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default, the Holders of
at least 33% in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds at the time Outstanding shall have made
written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as
Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from
the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of Bonds at the time Outstanding a
direction inconsistent with such written request, and shall have failed to institute any such
proceeding for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing
shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Senior Note for the enforcement of any
payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates
expressed herein.



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



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



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



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



     The Company shall not be required to execute or to provide for the registration of the
transfer of or the exchange of (A) any Senior Note of this series during a period of 15 days
immediately preceding the date notice is to be given identifying the serial numbers of the Senior
Notes called for redemption, or (B) any Senior Note selected for redemption in whole or in part,
except the unredeemed portion of any Senior Note being redeemed in part.



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



     This Senior Note shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws
of the State of California without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereunder, except
to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable.



     As provided in the Indenture, no recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest with respect to this Senior Note, or any part thereof, or for any
claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, or of the indebtedness represented hereby, or
upon any obligation, covenant or agreement under the Indenture, against any incorporator,
shareholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any
predecessor or successor corporation (either directly or through the Company or a predecessor or
successor corporation), whether by virtue of any constitutional provision, statute or rule of law
or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and
understood that the Indenture and all the Bonds are solely corporate obligations and that any such
personal liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as part of the
consideration for, the execution of the Indenture and the issuance of this Senior Note.



     All terms used in this Senior Note which are not defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.



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ASSIGNMENT FORM



To assign this Senior Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Senior
Note to



 




(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)



 




 




 




 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)



and irrevocably appoint
 ____________________________________________________________________________________
to transfer this Senior Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act
for him.



 





Date:                     




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Your signature: _____________________________________

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Senior

Note)



Tax Identification No.: ________________________________






SIGNATURE GUARANTEE:

 	 
	 	
 	 
	 	Signatures must be guaranteed by an
“eligible guarantor 	 
	 	institution” meeting the requirements of the Bond Registrar,

which requirements include membership or participation in the

Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or 
such
other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined
 by
the Bond Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for,

STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of

1934, as amended. 	 
	 




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