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Exhibit 4.01




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 11


 


FROM


 


OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC


COMPANY


 


TO


 


UMB BANK, N.A.


 


TRUSTEE


 


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DATED AS OF JUNE 1, 2010


 


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SUPPLEMENTAL TO INDENTURE


DATED AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1995


 






  





  











  








TABLE OF CONTENTS







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	Parties	 	 1
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ARTICLE ONE


RELATION TO INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS



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	Section 1.01	 Integral Part of Indenture	 3










	
Section 1.02

	
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Definitions 

	
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(b)

	
References to Articles and Sections 

	
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(c)

	
Terms Referring to this Supplemental Indenture 

	
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ARTICLE TWO


5.85% SENIOR NOTES, SERIES DUE JUNE 1, 2040



 



	Section 2.01	 Designation and Principal Amount 	3
	Section 2.02	 Stated Maturity Date 	3
	Section 2.03	Interest Payment Dates	3
	Section 2.04	Office for Payment	3
	Section 2.05	Redemption Provisions	4
	Section 2.06	Authorized Denominations	5
	Section 2.07	Occurrence of Release Date	5
	Section 2.08	Reopening of Notes	5
	Section 2.09	Form of 5.85% Senior Notes, Series due June 1, 2040	5





 




           







ARTICLE THREE


MISCELLANEOUS



 




	Section 3.01	 Recitals of Fact, Except as Stated, Are Statements of the Company	5
	Section 3.02	Supplemental Indenture to Be Construed as a Part of the Indenture	5








	
Section 3.03

	
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Trust Indenture Act to Control

	

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Severability of Provisions Contained in Supplemental 



	
 








	
  

	
 

	

Indenture and Notes



	
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Section 3.04

	References to Either Party in Supplemental Indenture Include Successors or  	 
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Section 3.05



	
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Provision for Execution in Counterparts 





	
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Table of Contents and Descriptive Headings of





	
 









	
  

	 	


Articles Not to Affect Meaning





	
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Exhibit A –  Form of 5.85% Senior Notes, Series due June 1, 2040









  





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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No. 11, made as of the 1st Day of June, 2010 by and between OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Oklahoma (the “Company”), and UMB BANK, N.A., a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States, as trustee (the “Trustee”):


 


WITNESSETH:


 


WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered its Indenture (hereinafter referred to as the “Indenture”), made as of October 1, 1995; and


 


WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered its Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of October 16, 1995, adding to the covenants, conditions and agreements of the Indenture certain additional covenants, conditions and agreements to be observed by the Company, and creating two series of Notes designated “7.30% Senior Notes, Series due October 15, 2025” and “6.250% Senior Notes, Series due October 15, 2000”; and


 


WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered its Supplemental Indenture No. 2 dated as of July 1, 1997, adding to the covenants, conditions and agreements of the Indenture certain additional covenants, conditions and agreements to be observed by the Company, and creating two series of Notes designated “6.65% Senior Notes, Series due October 15, 2027” and “6.50% Senior Notes, Series due July 15, 2017”; and


 


WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered its Supplemental Indenture No. 3 dated as of April 1, 1998, adding to the covenants, conditions and agreements of the Indenture certain additional covenants, conditions and agreements to be observed by the Company, and creating a series of Notes designated “61⁄2% Senior Notes, Series due April 15, 2028”; and


 


WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered its Supplemental Indenture No. 4 dated as of October 15, 2000, adding to the covenants, conditions and agreements of the Indenture certain additional covenants, conditions and agreements to be observed by the Company, and creating a series of Notes designated “7.125% Senior Notes, Series due October 15, 2005”; and


 


WHEREAS, the Company, the Trustee and The Bank of New York (the “Prior Trustee”) have heretofore executed and delivered Supplemental Indenture No. 5 dated as of October 24, 2001, providing for the resignation of the Prior Trustee and the acceptance, by the Trustee, of its appointment as trustee and the assumption of all duties and responsibilities of the trustee under the Indenture; and


 


WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered its Supplemental Indenture No. 6 dated as of August 1, 2004, adding to the covenants, conditions and agreements of the Indenture certain additional covenants, conditions and agreements to be observed by the Company, and creating a series of Notes designated “6.50% Senior Notes, Series due August 1, 2034”; and


 




  





  











  






WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered its Supplemental Indenture No. 7 dated as of January 1, 2006, adding to the covenants, conditions and agreements of the Indenture certain additional covenants, conditions and agreements to be observed by the Company, and creating two series of Notes designated “5.15% Senior Notes, Series due January 15, 2016” and “5.75% Senior Notes, Series due January 15, 2036”; and


 


WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered its Supplemental Indenture No. 8 dated as of January 15, 2008, adding to the covenants, conditions and agreements of the Indenture certain additional covenants, conditions and agreements to be observed by the Company, and creating a series of Notes designated “6.45% Senior Notes, Series due February 1, 2038”; and


 


WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered its Supplemental Indenture No. 9 dated as of September 1, 2008, adding to the covenants, conditions and agreements of the Indenture certain additional covenants, conditions and agreements to be observed by the Company, and creating a series of Notes designated “6.350% Senior Notes, Series due September 1, 2018”; and


 


WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered its Supplemental Indenture No. 10 dated as of December 1, 2008, adding to the covenants, conditions and agreements of the Indenture certain additional covenants, conditions and agreements to be observed by the Company, and creating a series of Notes designated “8.25% Senior Notes, Series due January 15, 2019”; and


 


WHEREAS, Section 2.05 of the Indenture provides that Notes shall be issued in series and that a Company Order shall specify the terms of each series; and


 


WHEREAS, Boatmen’s First National Bank of Oklahoma was formerly the Trustee under the Indenture and NationsBank, N.A. succeeded Boatmen’s First National Bank of Oklahoma as Trustee pursuant to Section 9.13 of the Indenture, The Bank of New York subsequently succeeded Boatmen’s First National Bank of Oklahoma as Trustee pursuant to Section 9.13 of the Indenture and UMB Bank, N.A., has subsequently succeeded The Bank of New York as Trustee pursuant to Section 9.11 of the Indenture; and


 


WHEREAS, the Company has this day delivered a Company Order setting forth the terms of a series of Notes designated “5.85% Senior Notes, Series due June 1, 2040” (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Senior Notes due 2040”); and


 


WHEREAS, Section 13.01 of the Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may enter into indentures supplemental thereto for the purposes, among others, of establishing the form of Notes or establishing or reflecting any terms of any Note and adding to the covenants of the Company; and


 


WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture No. 11 (herein, “this Supplemental Indenture”) have been duly authorized by a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company;


 




  





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NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:


 


That in order to set forth the terms and conditions upon which the Senior Notes due 2040 are, and are to be, authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the premises of the purchase and acceptance of the Senior Notes due 2040 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 covenants and agrees with the Trustee for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Senior Notes due 2040, 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


5.85% SENIOR NOTES, SERIES DUE JUNE 1, 2040


 


Section 2.01   There shall be a series of Notes designated the “5.85% Senior Notes, Series due June 1, 2040” (the “Senior Notes due 2040”). The Senior Notes due 2040 shall be limited to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount except as provided in Section 2.08 hereof.


 


Section 2.02   Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.05 hereof, the principal amount of the Senior Notes due 2040 shall be payable on the stated maturity date of June 1, 2040.


 


Section 2.03   The Senior Notes due 2040 shall be dated their date of authentication as provided in the Indenture and shall bear interest from their date at the rate of 5.85% per annum, payable semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing December 1, 2010. The Regular Record Dates with respect to such June 1 and December 1 interest payment dates shall be May 15 and November 15, respectively. Principal and interest shall be payable to the persons and in the manner provided in Sections 2.04 and 2.12 of the Indenture.


 


Section 2.04   The Senior Notes due 2040 shall be payable at the corporate trust office of the Trustee and at the offices of such paying agents as the Company may appoint by Company Order in the future.


 




  





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Section 2.05   The Company, at its option, may redeem on any date all or, from time to time, any part of the Senior Notes due 2040, upon notice as provided in the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of such Senior Notes due 2040 to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points, plus in each case accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of redemption.


 


“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date (i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life (as defined below), yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be determined and the Treasury Rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.  The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third business day preceding the date fixed for redemption.


 


“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the U.S. Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term (“Remaining Life”) of the Senior Notes due 2040 to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the Remaining Life of such Senior Notes due 2040.


 


“Comparable Treasury Price” means (1) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.


 


“Independent Investment Banker” means Mizuho Securities USA Inc., RBS Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC or another independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company.


 


“Reference Treasury Dealer” means (1) each of Mizuho Securities USA Inc., RBS Securities Inc. and UBS Securities LLC or their respective successors, and any other primary U.S. government securities dealer in the United States (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”) selected by Mizuho Securities USA Inc., RBS Securities Inc. or UBS Securities LLC or their respective successors, provided, however, that if any of the foregoing ceases to be a Primary Treasury 


 




  





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Dealer, the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer and (2) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company after consultation with the Independent Investment Banker.


 


“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, 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 Independent Investment Banker at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such redemption date.


 


The Senior Notes due 2040 shall not be subject to any sinking fund.


 


Section 2.06   The Senior Notes due 2040 shall be issued in fully registered form without coupons in a minimum denomination of $2,000 and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.


 


Section 2.07   The Release Date (as defined in the Indenture) occurred on April 6, 1998. Accordingly, the Senior Notes due 2040 shall be issued as unsecured general obligations of the Company. The Senior Notes due 2040, and all other Notes issued or to be issued under the Indenture, will not be secured by First Mortgage Bonds of the Company and will not be entitled to the lien of or the benefits provided by the First Mortgage, which has been extinguished.


 


Section 2.08   The Senior Notes due 2040 may be reopened and additional notes of the Senior Notes due 2040 may be issued in excess of the limitation set forth in Section 2.01, provided that such additional notes will contain the same terms (including the maturity date and interest payment terms) as the other Senior Notes due 2040.  Any such additional Senior Notes due 2040, together with the other Senior Notes due 2040, shall constitute a single series for purposes of the Indenture.


 


Section 2.09   The Senior Notes due 2040 shall initially be in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto.


 


ARTICLE THREE



MISCELLANEOUS




 


Section 3.01   The recitals of fact herein and in the Senior Notes due 2040 (except the Trustee’s Certificate) shall be taken as statements of the Company and shall not be construed as made by the Trustee.


 


Section 3.02   This Supplemental Indenture shall be construed in connection with and as a part of the Indenture.


 


Section 3.03 


 


(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.


 




  





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(b)    In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in the notes 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 3.04   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 3.05 


 


(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, OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC 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 UMB BANK, N.A., as Trustee, has caused this Supplemental Indenture to be signed by its President or Vice President, and attested by a Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, all as of the date first above written.


 


                OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC 


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By:

	
/s/ Sean Trauschke

	 






	
  

	
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Vice President and Chief Financial Officer












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By:

	
/s/ Patricia D. Horn

	 






	
  

	
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                UMB BANK, N.A., as Trustee


















	
  

	
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/s/ Anthony P. Hawkins

	 






	
  

	
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/s/ Lara L. Stevens

	 






	
  

	
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EXHIBIT A


 







 


Form of 5.85% Senior Note, Series due June 1, 2040


 



	REGISTERED 	REGISTERED





 


THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY (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 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 GLOBAL NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK), 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.


 


OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY


 


5.85% SENIOR NOTE, SERIES DUE JUNE 1, 2040


 


CUSIP/ISIN:  678858BL4/US678858BL42                                                 NUMBER: R-1


 


ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE(S):                                                                      PRINCIPAL AMOUNT(S):


June 8, 2010                                                                             $250,000,000


 


INTEREST RATE: 5.85%                                                                             MATURITY DATE: June 1, 2040


 


OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation of the State of Oklahoma (the “Company”), for value received hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum of


 


TWO HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS


 


on the Maturity Date set forth above, and to pay interest thereon from the Original Issue Date (or if this Global Note 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, semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 


 




  





  











  






in each year, commencing on December 1, 2010, 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 Note 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 May 15 or the November 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, repayment 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 shall 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 Noteholders not more than fifteen days or fewer than ten days prior to such Special Record Date. On or before 10:00 a.m., New York City time, or such other time as shall be agreed upon between the Trustee and the Depositary, of the day on which such payment of interest is due on this Global Note (other than maturity), the Trustee shall pay to the Depositary such interest in same day funds. On or before 10:00 a.m., New York City time, or such other time as shall be agreed upon between the Trustee and the Depositary, of the day on which principal, interest payable at maturity and premium, if any, is due on this Global Note, the Trustee shall deposit with the Depositary the amount equal to the principal, interest payable at maturity and premium, if any, by wire transfer into the account specified by the Depositary. As a condition to the payment, on the Maturity Date or upon redemption, repayment or acceleration, of any part of the principal and applicable premium of this Global Note, the Depositary shall surrender, or cause to be surrendered, this Global Note to the Trustee, whereupon a new Global Note shall be issued to the Depositary.


 


This Global Note is a global security in respect of a duly authorized issue of 5.85% Senior Notes, Series due June 1, 2040 (the “Notes of this Series,” which term includes any Global Notes representing such Notes) of the Company issued and to be issued under an Indenture dated as of October 1, 1995 between the Company and UMB Bank, N.A., as successor trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any subsequent successor Trustee under the Indenture) to Boatmen’s First National Bank of Oklahoma, and indentures supplemental thereto (collectively, the “Indenture”). Under the Indenture, one or more series of notes may be issued and, as used herein, the term “Notes” refers to the Notes of this Series and any other outstanding series of Notes. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture 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 Noteholders and of the terms upon which the Notes are and are to be authenticated and delivered. This Global Note has been issued in respect of the series designated on the first page hereof.


 


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 Note or Global Note issued upon transfer, exchange or substitution of such Note or Global Note shall bear the Original Issue 


 




  





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Date or Dates of such transferred, exchanged or substituted Note or Global Note, as the case may be.


 


The Company, at its option, may redeem on any date all or, from time to time, any part of this Global Note, upon notice as provided in the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of this Global Note to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points, plus in each case accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of redemption.


 


“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date (i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life (as defined below), yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be determined and the Treasury Rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.  The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third business day preceding the date fixed for redemption.


 


“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the U.S. Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term (“Remaining Life”) of the Notes of this Series to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the Remaining Life of the Notes of this Series.


 


“Comparable Treasury Price” means (1) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.


 


“Independent Investment Banker” means Mizuho Securities USA Inc., RBS Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC or another independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company.


 


“Reference Treasury Dealer” means (1) each of Mizuho Securities USA Inc., RBS Securities Inc. and UBS Securities LLC or their respective successors, and any other primary 


 




  





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U.S. government securities dealer in the United States (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”) selected by Mizuho Securities USA Inc., RBS Securities Inc. or UBS Securities LLC or their respective successors, provided, however, that if any of the foregoing ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer and (2) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company after consultation with the Independent Investment Banker.


 


“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, 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 Independent Investment Banker at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such redemption date.


 


Notice of redemption will be given by mail or by electronic communication (including e-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 Note in part only, a new Global Note or Notes of like tenor and series for the unredeemed interest hereof will be issued in the name of the Noteholder hereof upon the surrender hereof.


 


Interest payments for this Global Note shall be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. If any Interest Payment Date or date on which the principal of this Global Note is required to be paid is not a Business Day, then payment of principal, premium or interest need not be made on such date but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date or date on which the principal of this Global Note 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 Note is required to be paid.


 


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 Notes (except for certain obligations including obligations to register the transfer or exchange of Notes, replace stolen, lost or mutilated Notes, 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 on the Notes on the dates such payments are due in accordance with the terms of the Notes.


 


If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes 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 Noteholders 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 Notes. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Global Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such 


 




  





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Holder and upon all future Holders of this Global Note 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 Notes 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 Notes, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes 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 that such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement of payment of the principal of and any premium or 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 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 Global Note 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 Note may be transferred only as permitted by the legend hereto.


 


If at any time the Depositary for this Global Note notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for this Global Note or if at any time the Depositary for this Global Note 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 Depositary with respect to this Global Note. If a successor Depositary for this Global Note 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 Note and the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of individual Notes of this Series in exchange for this Global Note, 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 Note.


 


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 Notes shall no longer be represented by such Global Note or Notes. 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 Note, 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 Note or Notes in exchange for such Global Note or Notes.


 


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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 Depositary a Global Note in principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, and with all terms identical to, the Global Notes 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 Notes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Oklahoma.


 


Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee, directly or through an Authenticating Agent by manual signature of an authorized signatory, this Global Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.


 


All terms used in this Global Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated herein.


 


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.


 







 



	
  

	
OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC 


COMPANY

















               By:                                                                                                






















Dated:                                                                         Attest:                                                                                                                               

















TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE


OF AUTHENTICATION


 


This Note is one of the Notes of the series 


herein designated, described or provided for in 


the within-mentioned Indenture.


 


UMB BANK, N.A., as Trustee

















By:                                                                   


Authorized Signatory







 




  





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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 entireties

	
Under Uniform Gifts to Minors













	
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivor-


	
ship and not as tenants in common

	  
	  	
State













	
Additional abbreviations may also be used


	
though not in the above list.


	
__________________













	
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sell(s),


	
assign(s) and transfer(s) unto












PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER


IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE







 



	
 


 


	
 


 


	
 


 







 



 



	
Please print or typewrite name and address


	
including postal zip code of assignee










	 	 
	
the within note and all rights thereunder, hereby


irrevocably constituting and appointing attorney


to transfer said note on the books of the


Company, with full power of substitution in the


premises.













	
Dated

	 	 











	  	  
	  	
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 


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	  	Signature Guaranteed By:
	  	
 


 











	  	  
	  	

(Name of Eligible Guarantor Institution as 


defined by SEC Rule 17 Ad-15 (17 CFR 240.17 


Ad-15))









 


 




	 	By:	
 







	  	Name:  
	 	Title: 











 


 



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