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    Exhibit 10.1

    
      
        
          	
                  ARTICLES
      OF AMENDMENT

                  OF

                  THEATER XTREME ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.

                	 
      

        

      Theater
Xtreme Entertainment Group, Inc. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized
and existing under and by virtue of the Florida Business Corporation Act, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY
THAT:

      

      1.           The
name of the Corporation is Theater Xtreme Entertainment Group, Inc.

      

      2.           Pursuant to the authority
conferred on the Board of Directors of the Corporation by Article III of its
Articles of Incorporation, and the provisions of Section 607.0602 of the Florida
Business Corporation Act, the Board of Directors duly adopted a resolution
designating 1,300,000 of the Corporation’s authorized shares of preferred stock
as the Corporation’s Series A 12% Convertible Preferred Stock, and created
the preferences, limitations, and relative rights related thereto as are set
forth on the attached Certificate of Preferences, Limitations, and Relative
Rights of the Series A 12% Convertible Preferred Stock.

      

      3.           This
amendment to the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation was adopted on April
24, 2008.

      

      4.           This
amendment to the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation was adopted by the
Corporation’s Board of Directors without shareholder action, which was not
required.

      

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Corporation has caused this document to be executed by Robert G. Oberosler, its
Chief Executive Officer, this 5th day of May, 2008.

      

      

      THEATER
XTREME ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.

      

       

      By:           /s/ Robert G.
Oberosler

      Robert G. Oberosler,

      Chief Executive Officer

        
          
             

          

          
             

            
              

            

          

          
             

          

        

      CERTIFICATE
OF PREFERENCES, LIMITATIONS, AND RELATIVE RIGHTS OF

      THE
SERIES A 12% CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK OF

      THEATER XTREME ENTERTAINMENT
GROUP, INC. (the “Corporation”)

       

      I.           Rights
on Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.

       

      (a)           In
the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation,
distributions out of the assets of the Corporation available therefor shall be
made to the shareholders of the Corporation in the following
manner:

       

      (i)           The
holders of shares of the Corporation's Series A 12% Convertible Preferred
Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) then outstanding shall be entitled to
receive, in preference to the holders of the Corporation’s common stock, par
value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), a per share amount equal to the
greater of (a) $1.00 per share of Series A Preferred Stock, plus any accrued and
unpaid dividends, or (b) an amount per share of Series A Preferred Stock which
the holders would have received on an as converted basis, using the Applicable
Conversion Price (the “Liquidated Preference”).  The term “Applicable
Conversion Price” shall mean the Initial Conversion Price (as hereinafter
defined) of the Series A Preferred Stock as adjusted from time to time pursuant
to Article V of this Certificate.

       

      (ii)           If,
upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the assets
of the Corporation available for distribution to the holders of the
Series A Preferred Stock under Sections I(a)(i) and to the holders of
shares of all other capital stock ranking pari passu with the Series A
Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to permit the payment to all such holders
of their full preferential amounts, the holders of shares of the Series A
Preferred Stock and such holders of capital stock ranking pari passu therewith, shall
share ratably in any distribution of assets in proportion to the amounts that
would have been distributed to each such holder upon the liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Corporation in respect of such shares held by
them if all amounts payable on or with respect to such shares had been paid in
full.

       

      (b)           After
the distribution to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock described
in Section I(a) hereof has been made, the holders of the Series A Preferred
Stock shall be entitled to no further participation in the distribution of the
assets of the Corporation and shall have no further rights of
conversion.

       

      (c)           A
consolidation or merger of the Corporation in a transaction in which the
shareholders of the Corporation receive cash, securities or other consideration
in exchange for the shares of capital stock held by them, or a sale, conveyance
or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation to
another person or persons as an entirety, or the effectuation by the Corporation
of a transaction or series of related transactions in which more than 50%
of the voting power of the Corporation is disposed of, shall be regarded as a
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation within
the meaning of this Section I, unless either (i) the per share consideration
paid on an as converted basis to Common Stock in such consolidation, merger,
sale, conveyance, disposition, or other transaction exceeds 300% of the
Applicable Conversion Price or (ii) such consolidation, merger, sale,
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      disposition,
or other transaction is approved by the holders of a majority of the Series A
Preferred Stock.

       

      (d)           The
Liquidation Preference to be paid to the holders of the Series A Preferred
Stock hereunder shall be adjusted equitably to reflect any stock splits, stock
combinations or stock subdivisions with respect to the Series A Preferred
Stock.

       

      II.           Voting.

       

      (a)           The
holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to notice of all
shareholders’ meetings and to vote or to act by written consent of
shareholders.

       

      (b)           Except
as otherwise required by law, by the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation or
in a certificate of preferences, limitations, and relative rights filed by the
Corporation pursuant to the Florida Business Corporation Act, the holders of the
Series A Preferred Stock and Common Stock shall vote as a single class on
all matters submitted to the shareholders of the Corporation on the basis that
each holder of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have that number of votes
per share of Series A Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Common
Stock into which each respective share of the Series A Preferred Stock held by
such holder could be converted on the date for determination of shareholders of
record entitled to vote at the meeting or on the effective date of any
applicable written consent.  The holders of the Common Stock shall be
entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock registered in the name of
such holder.  With respect to all questions as to which, under law,
shareholders are entitled to vote by (a) class, the holders of the Series A
Preferred Stock then outstanding shall vote together with all other preferred
shareholders as a class separately from the holders of the Common Stock, or (b)
by series, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding shall vote
together with all other holders of Series A Preferred Stock as a single series
separately from any other class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock
then outstanding.

       

      III.           Negative
Covenants.  As long as any share of Series A Preferred
Stock is outstanding, the Corporation shall not, except as otherwise provided
herein, take any of the actions set forth below without the affirmative vote or
written consent of the majority in interest of the holders of the outstanding
shares of Series A Preferred Stock, voting together as a single
class:

       

      (a)           amend,
alter or repeal any provisions of, or add any provisions to, the Articles of
Incorporation of the Corporation, or adopt, amend, repeal or abrogate any
provision of the By-Laws of the Corporation;

       

      (b)           redeem
any shares of the Corporation’s capital stock except for (i) the redemption of
the Series A Preferred Stock or the Warrants (as hereinafter defined), in
accordance with their respective terms, (ii) the redemption of Common Stock to
accomplish cashless exercises of stock options or warrants outstanding on
November 30, 2007 or issued in the future pursuant to a compensation plan which
has been approved by the shareholders of the Corporation, or (iii) securities
cancelled in connection with their exercise or conversion in accordance with
their respective terms;

       

      
        
           

        

        
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      (c)           change
the preferences, limitations or relative rights of the Series A Preferred
Stock;

       

      (d)           increase
or decrease the authorized number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock;
or

       

      (e)           create
(by reclassification or otherwise) any new series or shares having preferences,
limitations, or relative rights senior to those of the Series A Preferred
Stock.

       

      IV.           Conversion.  The
holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have the following conversion
rights:

       

      (a)           Each
share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be convertible, without the payment
of any additional consideration by the holder thereof, at any time after
September 30, 2008, at the office of the Corporation or any transfer agent for
the Series A Preferred Stock, into ten (10) shares of Common Stock;
provided, however, that if the Corporation merges with and into another entity
pursuant to which the holders of Common Stock receive solely cash consideration,
each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be automatically converted into the
right to receive the product of (A) 18.181 multiplied by (B) the cash
consideration per share of Common Stock paid or to be paid in such
merger.  All shares of Common Stock issued on conversion of the Series
A Preferred Stock shall be deemed fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common
Stock.  The Initial Conversion Price shall be Ten Cents ($0.10) per
share and shall be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Article V of this
Certificate.

       

      (b)           Each
share of Series A Preferred Stock shall automatically be converted into
shares of Common Stock at the then Applicable Conversion Price if the average
closing or last sale price of the Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board or
other stock exchange or trading medium where such shares are traded for any
consecutive twenty (20) trading day period, shall exceed three hundred percent
(300%) of the then Applicable Conversion Price.

       

      (c)           No
fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of the
Series A Preferred Stock.  Any fractional shares to which a
holder would otherwise be entitled shall be cancelled.

       

      (d)           Upon
the automatic conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to
Section IV(a) or IV(b), the holders of such Series A Preferred Stock shall
surrender the certificates representing such shares at the office of the
Corporation or of its transfer agent.  Upon the occurrence of an event
specified in Section IV(a) or IV(b), the Series A Preferred Stock shall be
converted automatically without any further action by the holders of such shares
and whether or not the certificates representing such shares are surrendered to
the Corporation or its transfer agent for the Series A Preferred Stock;
provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be obligated to issue
certificates evidencing the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion
unless certificates evidencing such shares of the Series A Preferred Stock
being converted are either delivered to the Corporation or its transfer agent,
or the holder notifies the Corporation or its transfer agent that such
certificates have been lost, stolen, or destroyed and executes an agreement
satisfactory to the Corporation to indemnify the Corporation from any

       

      
        
           

        

        
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      loss
incurred by it in connection therewith and, if the Corporation so elects,
provides an appropriate indemnity bond.  Thereupon, there shall be
issued and delivered to such holder, promptly at such office and in his name as
shown on such surrendered certificate or certificates, a certificate or
certificates for the number of whole shares of Common Stock into which the
shares of the Series A Preferred Stock surrendered were convertible on the
date on which such automatic conversion occurred.  From and after the
date of the event that causes the automatic conversion, all rights of the holder
with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock so converted shall terminate,
except only the right of such holder, upon the surrender of such holder's
certificate or certificates therefor, to receive certificates for the number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof.

       

      (e)           Before
any holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to
convert such shares into shares of Common Stock (except as provided in Section
IV(d)), such holder shall surrender the certificate or certificates therefor,
duly endorsed, at the office of the Corporation or of its transfer agent for the
Series A Preferred Stock and shall give written notice to the Corporation
at such office that such holder elects to convert the shares of Series A
Preferred Stock and shall state therein such holder’s name or the name or names
of such holder’s nominee in which the certificate or certificates for shares of
Common Stock are to be issued.  The Corporation shall, as soon as
practicable thereafter, issue and deliver at such office to such holder of
Series A Preferred Stock, or to such holder’s nominee, a certificate or
certificates for the number of whole shares of Common Stock to which such holder
shall be entitled as aforesaid.  Such conversion shall be deemed to
have been made on the date of such surrender of the shares of Series A
Preferred Stock to be converted and notice given as herein provided, and the
person or persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of
such shares of Common Stock on such date or, if such date is a weekend or legal
holiday, the next succeeding business day.  From and after such date,
all rights of the holder with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock so
converted shall terminate.

       

      (f)           In
the event of any taking by the Corporation of a record of the holders of any
class or series of securities for the purpose of determining the holders
thereof who are entitled to receive any dividend (other than a cash dividend
that is the same as cash dividends paid in previous quarters) or other
distribution, the Corporation shall mail to each holder of the Series A
Preferred Stock, at least ten (10) days prior to such record date, a notice
specifying the date on which any such record is to be taken for the purpose of
such dividend or distribution.

       

      (g)           The
Corporation shall reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued
Common Stock such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be
sufficient to effect the conversion of the Series A Preferred
Stock.

       

      (h)           The
Corporation shall pay any issue or transfer taxes payable in connection with the
conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the
Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect
of any transfer to a name other than that of the holder of the Series A
Preferred Stock, and no issuance or delivery need be made unless the Corporation
has been paid the amount of such tax or it has been established to the
Corporation's satisfaction that the tax has been paid.

      

      
        
           

        

        
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      V.           Antidilution

       

      (a)           For
purposes of this Section V, the following definitions shall apply:

       

      (i)           “Option”
shall mean each option or warrant to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise
acquire Common Stock including the Warrants.

       

      (ii)           “Warrants”
mean those certain warrants exercisable at $0.50 per share expiring on November
30, 2012 and issued at the time of the issuance of Series A Preferred
Stock.

       

      (iii)           “Original
Issue Date” shall mean April 28, 2008.

       

      (iv)           “Convertible
Securities” shall mean any evidences of indebtedness or shares (other than the
Series A Preferred Stock) of Corporation capital stock convertible into,
exchangeable for, or exercisable (with or without the payment of additional
consideration or exercise price) for Common Stock.

       

      (b)           In
the event the Corporation at any time or from time to time after the Original
Issue Date shall declare or pay any dividend or make any other distribution on
or with respect to the Common Stock payable in Common Stock or in any
Convertible Securities or shall effect a subdivision of the outstanding shares
of Common Stock into a greater number of such shares (by reclassification or
otherwise other than by payment of a dividend in Common Stock), the Applicable
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such dividend, distribution, or
subdivision shall, on the record date for such event (or in the absence of a
record date, on the date of such event) be decreased proportionately; provided,
however, that the Applicable Conversion Price shall not be so reduced at such
time if the amount of such reduction would be an amount less than $.01, but any
such amount shall be carried forward (together with any amount carried forward
pursuant to Section V(c)) and the reduction with respect thereto shall be made
at the time of and together with any subsequent reduction which, together with
such amount and any other amount or amounts so carried forward, shall aggregate
$.01 or more.

       

      (c)           In
the event the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be combined or
consolidated, by reclassification or otherwise, into a lesser number of shares
of Common Stock, the Applicable Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to
such combination or consolidation shall, on the record date for such event (or
in the absence of a record date, on the date of such event) be increased
proportionately; provided, however, that the Applicable Conversion Price shall
not be so increased at such time if the amount of such increase would be an
amount less than $.01, but any such amount shall be carried forward (together
with any amount carried forward pursuant to Section V(b)) and the increase with
respect thereto shall be made at the time of and together with any subsequent
increase which, together with such amount and any other amount or amounts so
carried forward, shall aggregate $.01 or more.

       

      (d)           Upon
the occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment of the Applicable Conversion
Price pursuant to this Section V, the Corporation at its expense shall promptly

       

      
        
           

        

        
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      compute
such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish
to each holder of Series A Preferred Stock a certificate setting forth such
adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such
adjustment or readjustment is based.  The Corporation shall, upon the
written request at any time of any holder of Series A Preferred Stock,
furnish or cause to be furnished to such holder a like certificate setting forth
(i) such adjustments and readjustments, (ii) the Applicable Conversion Price at
the time in effect, and (iii) the number of shares of Common Stock and the
amount, if any, of other property which at the time would be received upon the
conversion of each share of Series A Preferred Stock.

       

      VI.           Dividends.

       

      (a)           The
holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive cumulative
dividends in preference to any dividend declared or paid on the Common Stock at
the rate of Twelve Cents ($0.12) per share of Series A Preferred Stock per annum
from the Original Issue Date (as defined in Article V of this
Certificate).  The dividends shall be payable at the election of the
Corporation in cash or newly issued shares of Common Stock or any combination
thereof.  Dividends shall be declared on a semi-annual
basis.  All dividends declared with respect to the Series A
Preferred Stock shall be declared pro rata per
share.  The holders of the Series A Preferred Stock also shall be
entitled to participate pro
rata in any dividends paid on the Common Stock on an as converted basis
as set forth in Section VI(d) of this Certificate.

       

      (b)           Immediately
prior to a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, all
accrued but unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock, whether declared
or not declared, shall be paid, and immediately prior to any conversion of
shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, all accrued but unpaid dividends on
the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock to be converted, whether or not
declared, shall be paid.

       

      (c)           To
the extent the Corporation elects to pay any dividend in newly issued shares of
Common Stock, the number of shares to be issued will be valued at the VWAP for
the 30 trading days immediately preceding (but not including) the applicable
record date with respect to such dividend.  “VWAP” means the volume
weighted average price of the Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board or other
stock exchange or trading medium where such shares are traded as reported by
Bloomberg, L.P. using the VWAP function.  If for any reason, VWAP
cannot be thus determined, “VWAP” shall mean the average closing or last sale
price of the Company’s Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board or such other
exchange or trading medium.  If the shares of Common Stock are not
then so trading, the Board of Directors shall fix the fair value of such
dividend shares in good faith.

       

      (d)           In
the event that the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall declare a
dividend (other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or a
subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, by reclassification or
otherwise), payable on the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of the
Corporation, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled
to receive dividends in an amount per share of Series A Preferred Stock
that is equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock
into which the Series A Preferred Stock is convertible on the record date
for such dividend multiplied by (ii) the aggregate per share amount of all
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      property
distributed on or with respect to the Common Stock.  Such dividends
shall be declared and paid contemporaneously with the declaration and payment of
the related dividend on the Common Stock.

       

      (e)           As
long as any share of the Series A Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no
dividend shall be declared or paid upon, nor shall any distribution be made
upon, the Corporation’s Common Stock if at the time (i) dividends that
accrued with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock shall remain unpaid,
or (ii) any other payment or distribution on or with respect to any share
of Series A Preferred Stock that shall theretofore have been due from the
Corporation shall not have been made in full.

       

       

       

       

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    EXHIBIT
4.1

    

     

    

     

    

     

    

     

    

     

    (CONFORMED)

    
      
        

        

      

      

       

      

    

    THE
EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COMPANY

    TO

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

    AND

    UMB
BANK & TRUST, N.A.

    

    Trustees

    

    Thirty-Third
Supplemental Indenture

    

    Dated
as of May 16, 2008

    

    (Supplemental
to Indenture dated as of September 1, 1944)

    

    $90,000,000

    

    First
Mortgage Bonds, 6.375% Series due 2018

    

    
      The
Empire District Electric Company, 602 Joplin Avenue, Joplin,
Missouri

      

      

    

    

    
      

      

    

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    TABLE OF CONTENTS1

     

    
      	 
      	
              PAGE

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              PARTIES

            	
              1

            
	
              RECITALS

            	
              1

            
	
              FORM
      OF BOND

            	
              2

            
	
              FORM
      OF PRINCIPAL TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

            	
              7

            
	
              GRANTING
      CLAUSES

            	
              7

            
	
              SERVICE
      CENTERS, SUBSTATIONS AND SWITCHING STATIONS

            	
              7

            
	
              PRODUCTION
      PLANT AND OTHER REAL ESTATE

            	
              12

            
	
              PROPERTY
      NOW OWNED OR HEREAFTER ACQUIRED

            	
              16

            
	
              SUBJECT
      TO PERMITTED ENCUMBRANCES, LIENS ON AFTER-ACQUIRED PROPERTY AND CERTAIN
      VENDOR’S LIENS

            	
              16

            
	
              HABENDUM

            	
              16

            
	
              GRANT
      IN TRUST

            	
              16

            
	
              DEFEASANCE

            	
              16

            
	
              GENERAL
      COVENANT

            	
              17

            

    

    

     

     

    ARTICLE
I

     

    CREATION
AND DESCRIPTION OF FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS,

     

    6.375%
SERIES DUE 2018

     

    
      	
              SECTION
      1.  New Series of Bonds

            	
              17

            
	
              Bonds
      to be dated as of authentication date

            	
              17

            
	
              Record
      Date

            	
              17

            
	
              Restriction
      on transfer or exchange

            	
              17

            
	
              Denominations

            	
              18

            
	
              Registrable
      and interchangeable, tax or government charge

            	
              18

            
	
              No
      service charge on exchange or transfer

            	
              18

            
	
              Book-entry
      procedures

            	
              18

            
	
              SECTION
      2.  Execution and Authentication of Bonds of the New
      Series

            	
              19

            

    

     

    ARTICLE
II

     

    REDEMPTION
OF BONDS OF THE NEW SERIES

     

    
      	
              SECTION
      1.  Right of redemption

            	
              19

            
	
              SECTION
      2.  Manner and method of redemption

            	
              20

            
	
              SECTION
      3. Bondholder agrees to accept payment upon terms of this
      Article

            	
              20

            

    

     

     

    

    
      
        
           

        

        
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    ARTICLE
III

     

    NO
SINKING AND IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR BONDS OF THE NEW SERIES

     

    
      	
              There
      shall be no Sinking and Improvement Fund for the Bonds of the New
      Series.

            	
              20

            

    

     

    ARTICLE
IV

     

    DIVIDENDS
AND SIMILAR DISTRIBUTIONS

     

    
      	
              Covenants
      in § 4.11 of the
      Original Indenture to continue in effect so long as any Bonds of the New
      Series are outstanding

            	
              20

            

    

     

    ARTICLE
V

     

    THE
TRUSTEES

     

    
      	
              The
      Trustees accept the trusts created by this Supplemental Indenture and
      agree to perform the same upon terms set forth in the Original Indenture
      as supplemented

            	
              20

            

    

     

    ARTICLE
VI

     

    MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS

     

    
      	
              Section
      1.  Provision regarding legal holidays

            	
              20

            
	
              Section
      2.  Original Indenture, as supplemented and amended, ratified
      and confirmed

            	
              21

            
	
              Section
      3.  This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in
      counterparts

            	
              21

            
	
              Section
      4.  Rights conferred only on holder of bonds, Company and
      Trustees

            	
              21

            
	
              TESTIMONIUM

            	
              22

            
	
              SIGNATURES
      AND SEALS

            	
              22

            
	
              ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

            	
              25

            

    

     

    
      
        

      

    

     

    
      	
              1

            	
              This
      Table of Contents is not a part of the annexed supplemental Indenture as
      executed.

            

    

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    THIRTY-THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE, dated as of May 16, 2008, between The Empire District Electric
Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Kansas (hereinafter called the “Company”), party of the first part, and The Bank
of New York Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association organized under
the laws of the United States of America and located in the State of California
with a trust office at 2 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 1020, in the City of Chicago,
Illinois, and UMB Bank & Trust, N.A., a national banking association
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America and having
its principal corporate trust office in the City of St. Louis, Missouri
(hereinafter sometimes called respectively the “Principal Trustee” and the
“Missouri Trustee” and together the “Trustees” and each thereof a “Trustee”), as
Trustees, parties of the second part.

     

    WHEREAS
the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustees its Indenture
of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of September 1, 1944 (hereinafter
sometimes referred to as the “Original Indenture”), to secure an issue of First
Mortgage Bonds of the Company, issuable in series; and

     

    WHEREAS
the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustees thirty-two
Supplemental Indentures supplemental to the Original Indenture as
follows:

     

    
      	
              Title

            	
              Dated

            
	 	 
	
              First
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of June 1, 1946

            
	
              Second
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of January 1, 1948

            
	
              Third
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of December 1, 1950

            
	
              Fourth
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of December 1, 1954

            
	
              Fifth
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of June 1, 1957

            
	
              Sixth
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of February 1, 1968

            
	
              Seventh
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of April 1, 1969

            
	
              Eighth
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of May 1, 1970

            
	
              Ninth
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of July 1, 1976

            
	
              Tenth
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of November 1, 1977

            
	
              Eleventh
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of August 1, 1978

            
	
              Twelfth
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of December 1, 1978

            
	
              Thirteenth
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of November 1, 1979

            
	
              Fourteenth
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of September 15, 1983

            
	
              Fifteenth
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of October 1, 1988

            
	
              Sixteenth
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of November 1, 1989

            
	
              Seventeenth
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of December 1, 1990

            
	
              Eighteenth
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of July 1, 1992

            
	
              Nineteenth
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of May 1, 1993

            
	
              Twentieth
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of June 1, 1993

            
	
              Twenty-First
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of October 1, 1993

            
	
              Twenty-Second
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of November 1, 1993

            
	
              Twenty-Third
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of November 1, 1993

            
	
              Twenty-Fourth
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of March 1, 1994

            
	
              Twenty-Fifth
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of November 1, 1994

            
	
              Twenty-Sixth
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of April 1, 1995

            
	
              Twenty-Seventh
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of June 1, 1995

            
	
              Twenty-Eighth
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of December 1, 1996

            
	
              Twenty-Ninth
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of April 1, 1998

            
	
              Thirtieth
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of July 1, 1999

            
	
              Thirty-First
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of March 26, 2007

            
	
              Thirty-Second
      Supplemental Indenture

            	
              as
      of March 11, 2008

            

    

    

     

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    some for
the purpose of creating an additional series of bonds and of conveying
additional property of the Company, and some for the purpose of modifying or
amending provisions of the Original Indenture (the Original Indenture, all said
Supplemental Indentures (other than the Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture, which
did not become effective) and this Supplemental Indenture are herein
collectively called the “Indenture”); and

     

    WHEREAS
the Company has acquired certain additional property hereinafter described or
mentioned and, in compliance with its covenants in the Original Indenture,
desires, by this Thirty-Third Supplemental Indenture, to evidence the subjection
of such additional property to the lien of the Indenture; and

     

    WHEREAS
as provided by the Original Indenture, the Board of Directors of the Company, by
resolution, has authorized a new series of bonds, to mature on June 1, 2018, and
to be designated as “First Mortgage Bonds, 6.375% Series due 2018,” and has
authorized provisions permitted by the Original Indenture in respect of the
bonds of said series; and

     

    WHEREAS
the Board of Directors of the Company has authorized the Company to enter into
this Thirty-Third Supplemental Indenture (herein sometimes referred to as “this
Thirty-Third Supplemental Indenture” or “this Supplemental Indenture”) conveying
to the Trustees and subjecting to the lien of the Indenture the property
hereinafter described or mentioned, creating and designating the new series of
bonds, and specifying the form and provisions of the bonds of said series
provided or permitted by the Original Indenture; and

     

    WHEREAS
the texts of the First Mortgage Bonds, 6.375% Series due 2018, and of the
Principal Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed thereon are to
be substantially in the forms following, respectively:

     

    [FORM OF
BOND]

    [FACE]

    THE
EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COMPANY

    FIRST
MORTGAGE BOND

    6.375%
SERIES DUE 2018

    DUE JUNE
1, 2018

     

    
      	
              No.  ______

            	
              $______

            

    

    

     

    THE
EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Kansas (hereinafter sometimes called the “Company”), for
value received, hereby promises to pay
to                                     
or registered assigns, on (unless this bond shall have been called for previous
redemption and provision made for the payment of the redemption price thereof)
June 1,
2018,               
Dollars ($       ) at its office or agency in
the City of Chicago, Illinois, and to pay interest thereon at said office or
agency at the rate per annum specified in the title hereof from May 16, 2008, or
from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or
duly provided for on the bonds of this series, semi-annually on June 1 and
December 1 in each year, commencing on December 1, 2008, until the Company’s
obligation with respect to such principal sum shall be
discharged.  The principal of and the interest on this bond shall be
payable in any coin or currency of the United States of America which at the
time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private
debts.  The interest so payable on any June 1 or December 1 will,
subject to certain exceptions provided in the Thirty-Third Supplemental
Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, be paid to the person in whose name
this bond is registered at the close of business on the May 15 or November 15
next preceding such

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    June 1 or
December 1.  Notwithstanding anything in the Original Indenture or
this Supplemental Indenture to the contrary, so long as the bonds of this series
are in a book-entry only system, payment of principal of and interest on this
bond will be in accordance with arrangements with The Depository Trust Company,
a limited-purpose trust company under New York State banking law (“DTC”), or any
successor securities depositary.

     

    Reference
is made to the further provisions of this bond set forth on the reverse
hereof.  Such provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect
as though fully set forth at this place.

     

    This bond
shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of
authentication endorsed hereon shall have been signed by The Bank of New York
Trust Company, N.A. or its successor, as a Trustee under the Indenture referred
to on the reverse hereof.

     

    IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, THE EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COMPANY has caused this bond to be
signed in its name by its President or a Vice President, and its corporate seal
to be imprinted hereon and attested by its Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary.

     

    Dated:

    

    
      	
              THE
      EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COMPANY

            
	 
      
	 
      
	
              By

              Name:

              Title:

            

    

    

    

    Attest:

    

     

    ____________________________

    Name:

    Title:

    
      
         

      

      
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    [FORM OF
BOND]

    [REVERSE]

     

    This bond
is one of an issue of bonds of the Company, known as its First Mortgage Bonds,
issued and to be issued in one or more series under and equally and ratably
secured (except as any sinking, amortization, improvement or other fund,
established in accordance with the provisions of the indenture hereinafter
mentioned may afford additional security for the bonds of any particular series)
by a certain indenture of mortgage and deed of trust, dated as of September 1,
1944, made by the Company to The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (the
“Principal Trustee”) and UMB Bank & Trust, N.A., as Trustees (hereinafter
collectively called the “Trustees”), and certain indentures supplemental
thereto, including a Third Supplemental Indenture, a Sixth Supplemental
Indenture, a Seventh Supplemental Indenture, an Eighth Supplemental Indenture, a
Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, a Twenty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture, a
Thirty-Second Supplemental Indenture and a Thirty-Third Supplemental Indenture
(dated respectively as of December 1, 1950, February 1, 1968, April 1, 1969, May
1, 1970, September 15, 1983, March 1, 1994, March 11, 2008 and May 16, 2008
made by the Company to the Trustees (said indenture of mortgage and deed of
trust and all indentures supplemental thereto being hereinafter collectively
called the “Indenture”), to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a
description of the property mortgaged, the nature and extent of the security,
the rights and limitations of rights of the Company, the Trustees, and the
holders of said bonds, and the terms and conditions upon which said bonds are
secured, to all of the provisions of which Indenture, including the provisions
permitting the issuance of bonds of any series for property which, under the
restrictions and limitations therein specified, may be subject to liens prior to
the lien of the Indenture, the holder, by accepting this bond,
assents.  To the extent permitted by, and as provided in, the
Indenture, the rights and obligations of the Company and of the holders of said
bonds may be changed and modified, with the consent of the Company, by the
holders of at least 60% in aggregate principal amount of the bonds then
outstanding, such percentage being determined as provided in the Indenture, or
in the event that one or more but less than all of the series of bonds then
outstanding are affected by such change or modification, by the holders of 60%
in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding bonds of such one or more
series so affected.  Without the consent of the holder hereof no
change or modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and of the
holders of the bonds shall be made which will extend the time of payment of the
principal of or the interest on this bond or reduce the principal amount hereof
or the rate of interest hereon or will otherwise modify the terms of payment of
such principal or interest (other than changes in any sinking or other fund) or
will permit the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the
lien of the Indenture on any of the mortgaged property, or will deprive any
non-assenting bondholder of a lien upon the mortgaged property for the security
of such bondholder’s bonds, subject to certain exceptions, or will reduce the
percentage of bonds required for the aforesaid action under the
Indenture.  This bond is one of a series of bonds designated as the
First Mortgage Bonds, 6.375% Series due 2018, of the Company.

     

    The
Company may, at its option, redeem some or all of the bonds of this series at
any time.  If the Company redeems the bonds of this series prior to
their maturity, the Company must pay the holders thereof whichever of the
following is greater:

     

    
      	
              ·  

            	
              100%
      of the principal amount of the bonds to be redeemed,
  or

            

    

     

    
      	
              ·  

            	
              a
      “make-whole” amount, which will be calculated as described
      below.

            

    

     

    When the
Company redeems the bonds, the Company must also pay all interest that has
accrued to the redemption date on the redeemed bonds.  The redeemed
bonds will stop bearing interest on the redemption date, even if the holders do
not collect their money.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    Calculation of Make-Whole
Amount:  The “make-whole” amount shall equal the sum of the
present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined below)
discounted, on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months), at a rate equal to the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus
37.5 basis points.

     

    “Remaining
Scheduled Payments” means the remaining scheduled payments of the principal and
interest that would be due if the bonds of this series selected for redemption
were not redeemed.  However, if the redemption date is not a scheduled
interest payment date, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest
payment on those bonds will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on
those bonds to the redemption date.

     

    “Treasury
Rate” means an annual rate equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity
of the Comparable Treasury Issue (as defined below), assuming a price for the
Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount)
equal to the Comparable Treasury Price (as defined below) for the redemption
date.  The semiannual equivalent yield to maturity will be computed as
of the third business day immediately preceding the redemption
date.

     

    “Comparable
Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by UBS
Securities LLC or its successor (or, if UBS Securities LLC or any of its
successors ceases to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer, another
nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a primary U.S. Government
securities dealer appointed by the Company) as having a maturity comparable to
the remaining term of the bonds of this series that would be utilized, at the
time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in
pricing new issues of corporate debt of comparable maturity to the remaining
term of the bonds of this series.

     

    “Comparable
Treasury Price” means the average of three Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations
(as defined below) obtained by the Principal Trustee for the redemption
date.

     

    “Reference
Treasury Dealers” means UBS Securities LLC and its successors, so long as it or
any of its successors continues to be a primary U.S. Government securities
dealer, and any two other primary U.S. Government securities dealers chosen by
the Company.  If UBS Securities LLC or any of its successors ceases to
be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer, the Company will appoint in its
place another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a primary
U.S. Government securities dealer.

     

    “Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotation” means the average, as determined by the Principal
Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in
writing to the Principal Trustee by a Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m.,
New York City time, on the third business day preceding the redemption
date.

     

    The
Company will give notice to holders of bonds of this series to be redeemed by
first-class mail at least 30 days but not more than 60 days prior to the date
fixed for redemption.  The notice of redemption may provide that the
redemption is conditioned upon the occurrence of certain events before the date
fixed for redemption.  If any of these events fail to occur and are
not waived by the Company, the notice of redemption shall be of no effect, the
Company will be under no obligation to redeem the bonds of this series or pay
the holders any redemption proceeds, and the Company’s failure to so redeem
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    bonds of
this series will not be considered a default or event of default under the
Indenture.  If fewer than all of the bonds of this series are to be
redeemed, the Principal Trustee will select the particular bonds of this series,
or portions thereof, for redemption from the outstanding bonds of this series by
such method as the Principal Trustee considers fair and
appropriate.

     

    On and
after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the bonds of this
series or any portion of the bonds of this series called for redemption unless,
in the case of an unconditional notice of redemption, the Company defaults in
the payment of the redemption price and accrued interest.  On or
before the redemption date, the Company will deposit with the Principal Trustee
money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on the
bonds of this series to be redeemed on such date.

     

    The
principal of this bond may be declared or may become due before the maturity
hereof, on the conditions, in the manner and at the times set forth in the
Indenture, upon the happening of a default as therein defined.

     

    This bond
is transferable by the registered owner hereof in person or by his duly
authorized attorney at the office or agency of the Company in the City of
Chicago, Illinois, upon surrender and cancellation of this bond, and thereupon a
new bond of this series, for a like principal amount, will be issued to the
transferee in exchange therefor, as provided in the Indenture.  If
this bond is transferred or exchanged between a record date, as defined in the
aforementioned Thirty-Third Supplemental Indenture and the interest payment date
in respect thereof, the new bond or bonds will bear interest from such interest
payment date unless the interest payable on such date is not duly paid or
provided for on such date.  The Company and the Trustees and any
paying agent may deem and treat the person in whose name this bond is registered
as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein
provided and for all other purposes.  This bond, alone or with other
bonds of this series, may in like manner be exchanged at such office or agency
for one or more new bonds of this series in authorized denominations, of the
same aggregate principal amount, all as provided in the
Indenture.  Upon each such transfer or exchange the Company may
require the payment of any stamp or other tax or governmental charge incident
thereto.

     

    No
recourse under or upon any covenant or obligation of the Indenture, or of any
bonds thereby secured, or for any claim based thereon, or otherwise in any
manner in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, subscriber to
the capital stock, stockholder, officer or director, as such, of the Company,
whether former, present or future, either directly, or indirectly through the
Company or the Trustees or either of them, by the enforcement of any
subscription to capital stock, assessment or otherwise, or by any legal or
equitable proceeding by virtue of any statute or otherwise (including, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, any proceeding to enforce any claimed
liability of stockholders of the Company based upon any theory of disregarding
the corporate entity of the Company or upon any theory that the Company was
acting as the agent or instrumentality of the stockholders), any and all such
liability of incorporators, stockholders, subscribers, officers and directors,
as such, being released by the holder hereof, by the acceptance of this bond,
and being likewise waived and released by the terms of the Indenture under which
this bond is issued.

     

    Whenever
the beneficial ownership of this bond is determined by a book-entry at a
securities depositary for the bonds, the foregoing requirements of holding,
delivering or transferring this bond shall be modified to require the
appropriate person or entity to meet the requirements of the securities
depository as to registering or transferring the beneficial ownership to produce
the same effect.

     

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    [FORM OF
PRINCIPAL TRUSTEE'S

    CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION]

     

    This bond
is one of the bonds, of the series designated therein, described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

     

    
      	
              The
      Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.,

              as
      Trustee,

            
	
               

               

               

              By

                      
      Authorized Officer

            

    

    

     

    and

     

    WHEREAS
the Company represents that all acts and things necessary have happened, been
done, and been performed, to make the First Mortgage Bonds, 6.375% Series due
2018, when duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Principal
Trustee, and duly issued, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the
Company, and to make the Original Indenture, the aforementioned prior
Supplemental Indentures and this Supplemental Indenture valid and binding
instruments for the security thereof, in accordance with their
terms;

     

    NOW,
THEREFORE, THIS THIRTY-THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:  That
The Empire District Electric Company, the Company herein named, in consideration
of the premises and of One Dollar ($1.00) to it duly paid by the Trustees at or
before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is
hereby acknowledged, and in order to secure the payment of the principal of and
the interest on all bonds from time to time outstanding under the Indenture,
according to the terms of said bonds and of the coupons attached thereto, has
granted, bargained, sold, warranted, aliened, remised, released, conveyed,
assigned, transferred, mortgaged, pledged, set over and confirmed, and by these
presents does grant, bargain, sell, warrant, alien, remise, release, convey,
assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, set over and confirm unto The Bank of New
York Trust Company, N.A. and UMB Bank & Trust, N.A., as Trustees, and their
respective successor or successors in the trust, and its or their assigns
forever, the following property, with the same force and effect and subject to
the same reservations and exceptions, as though specifically described in the
granting clauses of the Original Indenture, that is to say:

     

    Land
Adjacent to Springfield Nichols Street Substation #170

    Located
in Greene County, Missouri

     

    All of Lot One Hundred Thirty-nine
(139), in West Hill Addition, a subdivision in the City of Springfield, Greene
County, Missouri, according to the recorded plat thereof.

    

    

    Land for
Branson North Substation #331 Expansion

    Located
in Taney County, Missouri

     

    Beginning at a point on the West line
of the NW1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 29, Township 23 North, Range 21 West, and
being South 00° 03' 55" East, 228.70 feet of the Northwest corner of the NW1/4
of the NW1/4 of said Section 29; thence continuing South 00° 03' 53" East 160
feet; thence South 78° 51' 30" East, 412.61 feet; thence North 00° 03' 53" West,
467.70 feet to a point on the North line of the NW1/4 of the NW1/4 of said
Section 29, said point being on the centerline of a 40 foot
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    road;
thence North 89° 53' 28" West along the centerline of said County Road, 196.00
feet; thence South 00° 03' 53" East, 228.70 feet; thence North 89° 53' 28" West
208.70 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. Subject to any part deeded, taken or
used for street, road or highway purposes, all being in Taney County,
Missouri.

    

    

    Land for
Pierce City Substation

    Located
in Lawrence County, Missouri

     

    A tract of land located in the West
Half (W1/2) of the Northwest Quarter (NW1/4) of Section 21, Township 26 North,
Range 28 West, in Pierce City, Lawrence County, Missouri, being described more
fully as follows: Commencing at the Northeast Corner of the Northwest Quarter of
the Northwest Quarter of said Section 21, said point being 20.0 feet North of
the Northwest Corner of Ridgedale Estates Addition to the City of Pierce City,
Missouri; thence North 88'45'19" West along the North line of said Section 21 a
distance of 40.0 feet to the Point of Beginning, said point being on the West
line of Walnut Street per recorded plat of said Addition; thence North 88°45'19"
West along said line a distance of 400.0 feet; thence South 00°45'25" West a
distance of 300.0 feet; thence South 88°45'19" East to the West line of Walnut
Street a distance of 400.0 feet; thence North 00°45'25" East along said line a
distance of 300.0 feet to the Point of beginning.

    

    

    Land
Adjacent to Marionville Substation #437

    Located
in Lawrence County, Missouri

     

    A tract of land in the West Quarter
(W1/4) of the Southwest Quarter (SW1/4) of the Southwest Quarter (SW1/4) of
Section 26, Township 27 North, Range 25 West, Lawrence County, Missouri being
more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a 1 inch iron bar found at
the Southwest corner of Section 26, Township 27 North, Range 25 West, Lawrence
County, Missouri; thence North 89°27'20" East, 233.71 feet along the South line
of said Section 26 to a found iron pin, said point being the POINT OF BEGINNING;
thence North 208.71 feet, parallel with the West line of Section 26, to a 5/8
inch iron pin set at the Northwest corner of the tract; thence North 89°27'20"
East, 97.65 feet, parallel with the South line of Section 26 to a 5/8 inch iron
pin set at the Northeast corner of the tract; thence South 0'01'17" East, 208.71
feet, to a 5/8 inch iron pin set at the Southeast corner of the Tract on the
South line of said Section 26; thence South 89°27'20" West, 97.73 feet along the
South line of Section 26 to the point of beginning.

     

    

    Land
Addition at State Line Combined Cycle Plant

    Located
in Jasper County, Missouri

     

    All of the South One Hundred (100)
acres of the West Fractional Half of Section 14, Township 27, Range 34, in
Jasper County, Missouri.

     

    The above-described property being the
same property described in that certain Missouri Corporate Warranty Deed dated
September 6, 2006 from Four Scorse Investment Company to Southern Star Central
Gas Pipeline, Inc. recorded in Book 2008 at Pages 237-238 of the Recorder of
Deeds Office in Jasper County, Missouri.

    
      
         

      

      
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    Land for
Gentry Substation #458

    Located
in Benton County, Arkansas

    

    Beginning
at the Northwest corner of the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 33; thence S
87°11'00" E along the North line thereof 62.41 feet; thence S 02°57'12" W and
parallel with the West line of the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 a distance of 250.00
feet; thence N 87°11'00" W and parallel with the North line of the S 1/2 of the
SW 1/4 a distance of 522.72 feet to a point on the West line of the East 14.0
acres of the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4; thence N 02°57'12" E along said West line,
250.00 feet to the Northwest corner of said East 14.0 acres; thence S 87°11'00"
E along the North line of the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 a distance of 460.31 feet to
the point of beginning.

    

    ALSO all
other property, whether real, personal or mixed (except as in the Original
Indenture expressly excepted) of every nature and kind and wheresoever situated
now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company;

     

    TOGETHER
with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances belonging
or in anywise appertaining to the aforesaid mortgaged property or any part
thereof, with the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders and
(subject to the provisions of § 8.01 of the Original
Indenture) the tolls, rents, revenues, issues, earnings, income, products and
profits thereof, and all the estate, right, title and interest and claim
whatsoever, at law as well as in equity, which the Company now has or may
hereafter acquire in and to the aforesaid mortgaged property, and every part and
parcel thereof;

     

    SUBJECT,
HOWEVER, to permitted encumbrances as defined in the Original Indenture and, as
to any property hereafter acquired by the Company, to any lien thereon existing,
and to any liens for unpaid portions of the purchase money placed thereon at the
time of such acquisition, and also subject to the provisions of Article 12 of the Original
Indenture.

     

    TO HAVE
AND TO HOLD the same, unto the Trustees and their and each of their respective
successors and assigns forever;

     

    IN TRUST,
NEVERTHELESS, upon the terms and trusts set forth in the Indenture, so that the
same shall be held specifically by the Trustees under and subject to the terms
of the Indenture in the same manner and for the same trusts, uses and purposes
as if said properties had been specifically contained and described in the
Original Indenture;

     

    PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, and these presents are upon the condition that, if the Company, its
successors or assigns, shall pay or cause to be paid unto the holders of the
bonds the principal and interest, and premium, if any, to become due in respect
thereof at the times and in the manner stipulated therein and in the Indenture
and shall keep, perform and observe all and singular the covenants and promises
in said bonds and in the Indenture expressed to be kept, performed and observed
by or on the part of the Company, then the Indenture and the estate and rights
thereby granted shall cease, determine and be void, otherwise to be and remain
in full force and effect.

     

    AND THE
COMPANY, for itself and its successors, does hereby covenant and agree to and
with the Trustees, for the benefit of those who shall hold the bonds and the
coupons appertaining thereto, or any of them, issued or to be issued under the
Indenture, as follows:

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    ARTICLE
I

     

    CREATION
AND DESCRIPTION OF FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS,

    6.375%
SERIES DUE 2018

     

    Section
1. A new
series of bonds to be issued under and secured by the Indenture is hereby
created, to be designated as First Mortgage Bonds, 6.375% Series due 2018
(herein sometimes called the “Bonds of the New Series” or
“Bonds”).  The Bonds of the New Series shall initially be issued in an
aggregate principal amount of Ninety Million Dollars ($90,000,000), excluding
any Bonds of the New Series which may be authenticated in lieu of or in
substitution or exchange for other Bonds of the New Series pursuant to the
provisions of Article 2
or of § 15.09 of
the Original Indenture.  Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the
Company may issue additional Bonds of the New Series (having the same terms as
the Bonds of the New Series initially issued, except for the payment of interest
accruing prior to the issue date of such additional Bonds or except for the
first payment of interest following the issue date of such additional
Bonds).  Said Bonds and the certificate of authentication of the
Principal Trustee to be endorsed upon the Bonds shall be substantially in the
forms hereinbefore recited, respectively.  Each Bond shall be dated as
of the date of its authentication and all Bonds of the New Series shall mature
June 1, 2018 and shall bear interest at the rate of 6.375% per annum, payable
semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 in each year, commencing December 1,
2008; both principal and interest shall be payable at the office or agency of
the Company in the City of Chicago, Illinois, and in any coin or currency of the
United States of America which at the time of payment shall be legal tender for
the payment of public and private debts.

     

    The
holder of any Bond on any record date (as hereinbelow defined) with respect to
any interest payment date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on
such interest payment date notwithstanding the cancellation of such Bond upon
any exchange or transfer thereof subsequent to the record date and prior to such
interest payment date, except if and to the extent that the Company shall
default in the payment of the interest due on such interest payment date, in
which case such defaulted interest shall be paid to the person in whose name
such Bond (or any Bond or Bonds issued upon transfer or exchange thereof) is
registered on a date fixed by the Company, which shall be not more than fifteen
and not less than ten days before the date of payment of such defaulted
interest.  The term “record date” as used in this Section with respect
to any interest payment date shall mean the close of business on the May 15 or
November 15, as the case may be, next preceding such interest payment date,
whether or not such May 15 or November 15 shall be a legal holiday or a day on
which banking institutions in the City of Chicago, Illinois are authorized by
law to remain closed.

     

    The
Company shall not be required to make any transfer or exchange of any Bonds for
a period of ten days next preceding any selection of Bonds for redemption, nor
shall it be required to make transfers or exchanges of any bonds which shall
have been selected for redemption in whole or in part.

     

    Bonds of
the New Series shall be registered Bonds in book-entry form or in definitive
form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of
$1,000 which may be executed by the Company and delivered to the Principal
Trustee for authentication and delivery.

     

    The Bonds
of the New Series shall be registrable and interchangeable at the office or
agency of the Company in the City of Chicago, Illinois, in the manner and upon
the terms set forth in § 2.05 of the Original
Indenture, upon payment of such an amount as shall be sufficient to reimburse
the Company for, or to pay, any stamp or other tax or governmental charge
incident thereto.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    Notwithstanding
the provisions of § 2.08 of the Original
Indenture, no service or other charge will be made for any exchange or transfer
of any Bond of the New Series.

     

    If the
Bonds of the New Series are to be issued in book-entry form only,
notwithstanding any provision of the Indenture to the contrary, unless the
Company shall otherwise direct (which direction shall promptly be given at the
written request of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”)), all Bonds of the New
Series shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, as
registered owner of the Bonds of the New Series, and held in the custody of
DTC.  Unless otherwise requested by DTC, a single certificate will be
issued and delivered to DTC.  Beneficial owners of Bonds of the New
Series will not receive physical delivery of Bond certificates except as
hereinafter provided.  For so long as DTC shall continue to serve as
securities depository for the Bonds of the New Series as provided herein, all
transfers of beneficial ownership interests will be made by book-entry only, and
no investor or other party purchasing, selling or otherwise transferring
beneficial ownership of Bonds of the New Series is to receive, hold or deliver
any Bond certificate.

     

    With
respect to Bonds of the New Series registered in the name of Cede & Co., as
nominee of DTC, the Trustees and the Company shall have no responsibility or
obligation to the securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies,
clearing corporations and certain other organizations on whose behalf DTC was
created to hold securities to facilitate the clearance and settlement of
securities transactions among DTC participants (“DTC Participants”) or to any
person on whose behalf a DTC Participant holds an interest in the Bonds of the
New Series.  Without limiting the immediately preceding sentence, the
Trustees and the Company shall have no responsibility or obligation with respect
to (i) the accuracy of the records of DTC, Cede & Co. or any DTC Participant
with respect to any ownership interest in the Bonds of the New Series,
(ii) the delivery to any DTC Participant or any other person, other than
the registered owner of the Bonds of the New Series, of any notice with respect
to the Bonds of the New Series, including any notice of redemption, or
(iii) the payment to any DTC Participant or any other person, other than
the registered owner of the Bonds of the New Series, of any amount with respect
to principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Bonds of the New
Series.

     

    If the
Bonds of the New Series are to be issued in book-entry form only, replacement
Bonds may be issued directly to beneficial owners of Bonds of the New Series,
but only in the event that (i) DTC determines not to continue to act as
securities depositary for the Bonds of the New Series (which determination shall
become effective by the giving of reasonable notice to the Company or the
Principal Trustee); or (ii) the Company has advised DTC of its
determination (which determination is conclusive as to DTC and beneficial owners
of the Bonds of the New Series) to terminate the services of DTC as securities
depositary for the Bonds of the New Series; or (iii) the Company has determined
(which determination is conclusive as to DTC and the beneficial owners of the
Bonds of the New Series) that the interests of the beneficial owners of the
Bonds of the New Series might be adversely affected if such book-entry only
system of transfer is continued.  Upon occurrence of the event set
forth in (i) above, the Company shall use its best efforts to attempt to locate
another qualified securities depositary.  If the Company fails to
locate another qualified securities depositary to replace DTC, the Company shall
direct the Principal Trustee to cause to be authenticated and delivered
replacement Bonds of the New Series, in certificated form, to the beneficial
owners of the Bonds of the New Series.  In the event that the Company
makes the determination described in (ii) or (iii) above (provided that the
Company undertakes no obligation to make any investigation to determine the
occurrence of any events that would permit the Company to make any such
determination), and has made provisions to notify the beneficial owners of Bonds
of the New Series of such determination by mailing an appropriate notice to DTC,
the Company shall cause to be issued replacement Bonds of the New Series in
certificated form to beneficial owners of the Bonds of the New Series as shown
on the records of DTC provided to the Principal Trustee and the
Company.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    Whenever,
during the term of the Bonds of the New Series, the beneficial ownership thereof
is determined by a book-entry, the requirements in the Original Indenture or
this Supplemental Indenture relating to holding, delivering or transferring
Bonds or selection of Bonds to be redeemed shall be deemed modified to require
the appropriate person or entity to meet the requirements of DTC as to
registering or transferring the beneficial ownership to produce the same
effect.

     

    If the
Bonds of the New Series are to be issued in book-entry form only,
notwithstanding any provision of the Original Indenture or this Supplemental
Indenture to the contrary, all Bonds of the New Series issued hereunder, if DTC
so requires, shall bear a legend substantially to the following
effect:

     

    Unless
this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository
Trust Company, a limited-purpose trust company under New York State banking law
(“DTC”), to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or
payment, and any 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.

     

    If the
Bonds of the New Series are to be issued in book-entry form only, the Company
and the Principal Trustee shall, to the extent the Company does not have a
blanket letter of representation in place, enter into a letter of
representations with DTC to implement the book-entry only system of Bond
registration described above.

     

    If at any
time DTC ceases to hold the Bonds of the New Series, all references herein to
DTC shall be of no further force or effect, unless the Bonds have been
transferred to a successor securities depositary, in which case all references
herein to DTC shall be deemed to refer to such successor
depositary.

     

    Section
2. The Bonds
of the New Series shall be executed by the Company and delivered to the
Principal Trustee and, upon compliance with all the provisions and requirements
of the Original Indenture in respect thereof, the Bonds of the New Series may,
from time to time, be authenticated by the Principal Trustee and delivered
(without awaiting the filing or recording of this Supplemental Indenture) in
accordance with the written order or orders of the Company.

     

    ARTICLE
II

     

    REDEMPTION
OF BONDS OF THE NEW SERIES

     

    Section
1. The Bonds
of the New Series, in the manner provided in Article 5 of the Original
Indenture, shall be redeemable at any time prior to maturity, in whole or in
part, at the option of the Company, at the greater of 100% of the principal
amount of the bonds to be redeemed and a make-whole redemption price (as
specified in the form of Bond set forth in this Supplemental Indenture),
together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date fixed for
redemption.

     

    Section
2. The
provisions of § 5.03, § 5.04 and § 5.05 of the Original
Indenture (as modified by the provisions specified in the form of Bond set forth
in this Supplemental Indenture) shall be applicable to Bonds of the New
Series.  The principal amount of Bonds of the New Series registered
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    the name
of any holder and to be redeemed on any partial redemption shall be $1,000, or a
multiple thereof.

     

    Section
3. The
holder of each and every Bond of the New Series issued hereunder hereby, and by
accepting the Bond, agrees to accept payment thereof prior to maturity on the
terms and conditions provided for in this Article II.

     

    ARTICLE
III

     

    NO
SINKING AND IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR BONDS OF THE NEW SERIES

     

    There shall be no Sinking and
Improvement Fund for the Bonds of the New Series.

     

    ARTICLE
IV

     

    DIVIDENDS
AND SIMILAR DISTRIBUTIONS

     

    The
Company hereby covenants that, so long as any of the Bonds of the New Series
shall remain outstanding, the covenants and agreements of the Company set forth
in Section 4.11 of the
Original Indenture as heretofore supplemented shall be and remain in full force
and effect and be duly observed and complied with by the Company,
notwithstanding that no First Mortgage Bonds, 31⁄2% Series due 1969, remain
outstanding.

     

    ARTICLE
V

     

    THE
TRUSTEES

     

    The
Trustees accept the trusts created by this Supplemental Indenture upon the terms
and conditions hereof and agree to perform such trusts upon the terms and
conditions set forth in the Original Indenture as heretofore supplemented and in
this Supplemental Indenture set forth.  In general, each and every
term and condition contained in Article 13 of the Original
Indenture shall apply to this Supplemental Indenture with the same force and
effect as if the same were herein set forth in full, with such omissions,
variations and modifications thereof as may be appropriate to make the same
conform to this Supplemental Indenture.

     

    ARTICLE
VI

     

    MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS

     

    Section
1. If the
date for making any payment of principal, interest, or premium or the last date
for performance of any act or the exercising of any right, as provided in this
Supplemental Indenture, shall be a legal holiday or a day on which banking
institutions in the City of Chicago, Illinois, are authorized by law to remain
closed, such payment may be made or act performed or right exercised on the next
succeeding day not a legal holiday or a day on which such banking institutions
are authorized by law to remain closed, with the same force and effect as if
done on the nominal date provided in this Supplemental Indenture, and no
interest shall accrue for the period after such nominal date.

     

    Section
2. The
Original Indenture as heretofore and hereby supplemented and amended is in all
respects ratified and confirmed; and the Original Indenture, this Supplemental
Indenture and all other indentures supplemental to the Original Indenture shall
be read, taken and construed as one

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    and the
same instrument.  Neither the execution of this Supplemental Indenture
nor anything herein contained shall be construed to impair the lien of the
Original Indenture as heretofore supplemented on any of the property subject
thereto, and such lien shall remain in full force and effect as security for all
bonds now outstanding or hereafter issued under the Indenture.  All
terms defined in Article
1 of the Original Indenture, as heretofore supplemented, for all purposes
of this Supplemental Indenture, shall have the meanings therein specified,
unless the context otherwise requires.

     

    Section
3. This
Supplemental Indenture may be simultaneously executed in any number of
counterparts, and all said counterparts executed and delivered, each as an
original, shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

     

    Section
4. Nothing
in this Supplemental Indenture contained, shall, or shall be construed to,
confer upon any person other than a holder of bonds issued under the Indenture,
the Company and the Trustees any right or interest to avail himself of any
benefit under any provision of the Indenture, as heretofore supplemented and
amended, or of this Supplemental Indenture.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, The Empire District Electric Company, party of the first part,
has caused its corporate name to be hereunto affixed and this instrument to be
signed by its President or a Vice President, and its corporate seal to be
hereunto affixed and attested by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary for and
in its behalf; and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. and UMB Bank &
Trust, N.A., parties of the second part, in evidence of each of its acceptance
of the trust hereby created, have each caused its corporate name to be hereunto
affixed, and this instrument to be signed by its President, a Vice President or
an Assistant Vice President and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and
attested by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary for and in its behalf, all
as of the day and year first above written.

     

    
      	
              THE
      EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COMPANY

            
	
               

               

              By  /s/ Gregory A.
      Knapp        

                   
      Name:  Gregory A. Knapp

                   
      Title:    Vice President - Finance and

                         
             Chief Financial
      Officer

            

    

     

    

    
      	
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              Attest:

            
	
               

              /s/  Janet
      S. Watson

              Name:  Janet
      S. Watson

              Title:    Secretary-Treasurer

            
	
               

              Signed,
      sealed and delivered by

                  
      THE EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COMPANY

                  
       in the presence of:

            
	
               

              /s/ Robert W.
      Sager

              Name:  Robert
      W. Sager

            
	
               

              /s/ Debra S.
      Brill

              Name:  Debra
      S. Brill

            

    

     

     

    
 

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

     

    

     

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

              as
      Trustee

            
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
               

              By  /s/ Roxane
      Ellwanger

                   
      Name:  Roxane Ellwanger

                    Title:    Assistant
      Vice President

            
	
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              Attest:

            
	
               

              /s/ Richard
      Tarnas

              Name:  Richard
      Tarnas

              Title:    Vice
      President

            
	
               

              Signed,
      sealed and delivered by

                  
      THE BANK OF NEW YORK

                  
      TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

                  
      in the presence of:

            
	
               

              /s/ Irina
      Bogomolny

              Name:  Irina
      Bogomolny

            
	
               

              /s/ Aleli
      Adao

              Name:  Aleli
      Adao

            

    

     

     

    
 

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    

    
      	 
      	
              UMB
      BANK & TRUST, N.A.,

              as
      Trustee

            
	 
      	
               

               

              By  /s/ Laura
      Roberson

                   
      Name:  Laura Roberson

                  
      Title:    Vice President

            
	
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              Attest:

            
	
               

              /s/ Richard F.
      Novosak

              Name:  Richard
      F. Novosak

              Title:    Assistant
      Vice President

            
	
               

              Signed,
      sealed and delivered by

                  
      UMB BANK & TRUST, N.A.

                  
      in the presence of:

            
	
               

              /s/ Sandy
      Battas

              Name:  Sandy
      Battas, AVP

            
	
               

              /s/ Deanna
      Wilson

              Name:  Deanna
      Wilson, AVP

            

    

    

    

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    
      	
              State
      of Missouri

            	
              )

            
	 
      	
              )  ss.:

            
	
              County
      of Jasper

            	
              )

            

    

    

     

    Be It
Remembered, and I do hereby certify, that on this 16th day of
May, 2008, before me, a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid,
personally appeared Gregory A. Knapp, the Vice President - Finance and Chief
Financial Officer of The Empire District Electric Company, a Kansas corporation,
and Janet S. Watson, the Secretary-Treasurer of said corporation, who are both
to me personally known, and both personally known to me to be such officers and
to be the identical persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing
instrument as such Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary-Treasurer, respectively, and as the persons who subscribed the name
and affixed the seal of said The Empire District Electric Company, one of the
makers thereof, to the foregoing instrument as its Vice President - Finance and
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary-Treasurer, and they each acknowledged to
me that they, being thereunto duly authorized, executed the same for the uses,
purposes and consideration therein set forth and expressed, and in the
capacities therein stated, as their free and voluntary act and deed, and as the
free and voluntary act and deed of said corporation.

     

    And the
said Gregory A. Knapp and Janet S. Watson, being each duly sworn by me,
severally deposed and said:  that they reside in City of Joplin,
Missouri; that they were at that time Vice President - Finance and Chief
Financial Officer and Secretary-Treasurer, of said corporation; that they knew
the corporate seal of said corporation, and that the seal affixed to said
instrument was such corporate seal, and was thereto affixed by said
Secretary-Treasurer, and the said instrument was signed by said Vice President -
Finance and Chief Financial Officer, in pursuance of the power and authority
granted them by the By-Laws of said corporation, and by authority of the Board
of Directors thereof.

     

    In
Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official and
notarial seal at my office in said County and State the day and year last above
written.

     

    My
commission expires June 27, 2009.

     

    [Notarial
Seal]

     

    
      	
              /s/ Marilyn
      Ponder

              Marilyn
      Ponder     

              Notary
      Public

            

    

     

    

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    
      	
              State
      of Illinois

            	
              )

            
	 
      	
              )  ss.:

            
	
              County
      of Cook

            	
              )

            

    

    

    Be It
Remembered, and I do hereby certify, that on the 14th day of
May, 2008, before me, a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid,
personally appeared Roxane Ellwanger, Assistant Vice President of The Bank of
New York Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association organized under the
laws of the United States of America, and Richard Tarnas, Vice President of said
association, who are both to me personally known, and both personally known to
me to be such officers and to be the identical persons whose names are
subscribed to the foregoing instrument as such Assistant Vice President and Vice
President, respectively, and as the persons who subscribed the name and affixed
the seal of said The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., one of the makers
thereof, to the foregoing instrument as its Assistant Vice President and Vice
President, and they each acknowledged to me that they, being thereunto duly
authorized, executed the same for the uses, purposes and consideration therein
set forth and expressed, and in the capacities therein stated, as their free and
voluntary act and deed, and as the free and voluntary act and deed of said
association.

     

    And the
said Roxane Ellwanger and Richard Tarnas, being each duly sworn by me, severally
deposed and said:  that they reside in Chicago, Illinois and
Chicago, Illinois, respectively; that they were at that time respectively
Assistant Vice President and Vice President, of said association; that they knew
the corporate seal of said association, and that the seal affixed to said
instrument was such corporate seal, and was thereto affixed by said Vice
President, and the said instrument was signed by said Assistant Vice President,
in pursuance of the power and authority granted them by the By-Laws of said
association, and by authority of the Board of Directors thereof.

     

    In
Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official and
notarial seal at my office in said County and State the day and year last above
written.

     

    My
commission expires July 8,
2010.                    

     

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Seal]

     

    
      	
               /s/ A.
      Hernandez

                    Notary
      Public

            

    

     

     

    
 

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    
      	
              State
      of Missouri

            	
              )

            
	 
      	
              )  ss.:

            
	
              City
      of St. Louis

            	
              )

            

    

    

     

    Be It
Remembered, and I do hereby certify, that on this 14th day of
May, 2008, before me, a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid,
personally appeared Laura Roberson, Vice President of UMB Bank & Trust,
N.A., a national banking association organized under the laws of the United
States of America, and Richard F. Novosak, Assistant Vice President of said
association, who are both to me personally known, and both personally known to
me to be such officers and to be the identical persons whose names are
subscribed to the foregoing instrument as such Vice President and Assistant Vice
President, respectively, and as the persons who subscribed the name and affixed
the seal of said UMB Bank & Trust, N.A. one of the makers thereof, to the
foregoing instrument as its Vice President and Assistant Vice President, and
they each acknowledged to me that they, being thereunto duly authorized,
executed the same for the uses, purposes and consideration therein set forth and
expressed, and in the capacities therein stated, as their free and voluntary act
and deed, and as the free and voluntary act and deed of said
association.

     

    And the
said Laura Roberson and Richard F. Novosak, being each duly sworn by me,
severally deposed and said:  that they reside in St. Louis, Missouri;
that they were at that time respectively Vice President and Assistant Vice
President of said association; that they knew the corporate seal of said
association, and that the seal affixed to said instrument was such corporate
seal, and was thereto affixed by said Assistant Vice President, and the said
instrument was signed by said Vice President, in pursuance of the power and
authority granted them by the By-Laws of said association, and by authority of
the Board of Directors thereof.

     

    In
Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at
my office in said County and State the day and year last above
written.

     

    My
commission expires August 29,
2008.                

     

    [Notarial
Seal]

     

    
      	
               /s/
      Annie P. Lewis

                    Notary
      Public

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