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Forthy-Eighth Supplemental Indenture Dated as of July 10, 2007

  
 Exhibit 4(x) 
 KANSAS GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY 
 TO 
 THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A. 
 (successor to BNY Midwest Trust Company) 
 and 
 JUDITH L. BARTOLINI 
 (successor to W. A.
Spooner, Henry A. Theis, Oliver R. Brooks, 
 Wesley L. Baker, Edwin F. McMichael and R. Amundsen) 
 as Trustees under Kansas Gas and Electric Company’s 
 Mortgage and Deed of Trust, Dated as of April 1, 1940 
 FORTY-EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 Providing for the Amendment of the Indenture 
 Dated as of July 10, 2007 
  
  
  

 FORTY-EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 
 INDENTURE, dated as of July 10, 2007, between Kansas Gas and Electric Company, a corporation of the State of Kansas (formerly named KCA Corporation
and successor by merger to Kansas Gas and Electric Company, a corporation of the State of Kansas, hereinafter sometimes called the “Company-Kansas”), whose post office address is 120 East First Street, Wichita, Kansas 67202 (hereinafter
sometimes called the “Company”), The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, whose post office address is 2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois 60602 (successor to BNY Midwest Trust Company
(the “Corporate Trustee”)), and Judith L. Bartolini (successor to W.A. Spooner, Henry A. Theis, Oliver R. Brooks, Wesley L. Baker, Edwin F. McMichael and R. Amundsen, and being hereinafter sometimes called the
“Individual Trustee”), whose post office address is 2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois 60602 (the Corporate Trustee and the Individual Trustee being hereinafter together sometimes called the “Trustees”), as
Trustees under the Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of April 1, 1940 (hereinafter called the “Mortgage”), which Mortgage was executed and delivered by Kansas Gas and Electric Company, a corporation of the State of West Virginia to
which the Company-Kansas was successor by merger (hereinafter sometimes called the “Company-West Virginia”), to secure the payment of bonds issued or to be issued under and in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage, reference to
which Mortgage is hereby made, this Indenture (hereinafter sometimes called the “Forty-eighth Supplemental Indenture”) being supplemental thereto; 
 WHEREAS, the Company-West Virginia caused the Mortgage to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property and as a chattel mortgage in the offices of the Registers of Deeds in various counties in the State of
Kansas, and on April 25, 1940 paid to the Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas, that being the County in which the Mortgage was first filed for record, the sum of $40,000 in payment of the Kansas mortgage registration tax as provided by
Section 79-3101 et seq., General Statutes of Kansas 1935; and 
 WHEREAS, by the Mortgage, the Company-West Virginia covenanted
that it would execute and deliver such supplemental indenture or indentures and such further instruments and do such further acts as might be necessary or proper to carry out more effectually the purposes of the Mortgage and to make subject to the
lien of the Mortgage any property thereafter acquired, intended to be subject to the lien thereof; and 
 WHEREAS, an instrument, dated
May 31, 1949, was executed by the Company-West Virginia appointing Oliver R. Brooks as Individual Trustee in succession to said Henry A. Theis, resigned, under the Mortgage, and by Oliver R. Brooks accepting the appointment as Individual
Trustee under the Mortgage in succession to said Henry A. Theis, which instrument was filed for record in the offices of the Registers of Deeds in various counties in the State of Kansas; and 

 WHEREAS, an instrument, dated March 3, 1958, was executed by the Company-West Virginia appointing
Wesley L. Baker as Individual Trustee in succession to said Oliver R. Brooks, resigned, under the Mortgage, and by Wesley L. Baker accepting the appointment as Individual Trustee under the Mortgage in succession to said Oliver R. Brooks, which
instrument was filed for record in the offices of the Registers of Deeds in various counties in the State of Kansas; and 
 WHEREAS, an
instrument, dated November 20, 1969, was executed by the Company-West Virginia appointing Edwin F. McMichael as Individual Trustee in succession to said Wesley L. Baker, resigned, under the Mortgage, and by Edwin F. McMichael accepting the
appointment as Individual Trustee under the Mortgage in succession to said Wesley L. Baker, which instrument was filed for record in the offices of the Registers of Deeds in various counties in the State of Kansas; and 
 WHEREAS, by the Twenty-seventh Supplemental Indenture mentioned below, the Company-Kansas, among other things, appointed R. Amundsen as Individual
Trustee in succession to said Edwin F. McMichael, resigned, under the Mortgage, and by R. Amundsen accepting the appointment as Individual Trustee under the Mortgage in succession to said Edwin F. McMichael; and 
 WHEREAS, by the Thirty-second Supplemental Indenture mentioned below, the Company-Kansas, among other things, appointed W. A. Spooner as Individual
Trustee in succession to said R. Amundsen, resigned, under the Mortgage, and by W. A. Spooner accepting the appointment as Individual Trustee under the Mortgage in succession to said R. Amundsen; and 
 WHEREAS, by the Fortieth Supplemental Indenture mentioned below, the Company-Kansas, among other things, appointed Judith L. Bartolini as Individual
Trustee in succession to said W.A. Spooner resigned, under the Mortgage, and by Judith L. Bartolini accepting the appointment as Individual Trustee under the Mortgage in succession to said W.A. Spooner; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-West Virginia executed and delivered to the Trustees a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 1942 (which
supplemental indenture is hereinafter sometimes called the “First Supplemental Indenture”); and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-West
Virginia caused the First Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property and as a chattel mortgage in the offices of the Registers of Deeds in various counties in the State of Kansas, but paid no mortgage registration
tax in connection with the recordation of the First Supplemental Indenture, no such tax having been payable in connection with such recordation; and 
  

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 WHEREAS, the Company-West Virginia executed and delivered to the Trustees the following supplemental
indentures: 
  

			
	 Designation
	  	Dated as of
	 Second Supplemental Indenture
	  	March 1, 1948
	 Third Supplemental Indenture
	  	December 1, 1949
	 Fourth Supplemental Indenture
	  	June 1, 1952
	 Fifth Supplemental Indenture
	  	October 1, 1953
	 Sixth Supplemental Indenture
	  	March 1, 1955
	 Seventh Supplemental Indenture
	  	February 1, 1956
	 Eighth Supplemental Indenture
	  	January 1, 1961
	 Ninth Supplemental Indenture
	  	May 1, 1966
	 Tenth Supplemental Indenture
	  	March 1, 1970
	 Eleventh Supplemental Indenture
	  	May 1, 1971
	 Twelfth Supplemental Indenture
	  	March 1, 1972

 which supplemental indentures are hereinafter sometimes called the Second through Twelfth Supplemental Indentures,
respectively; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-West Virginia caused the Second through Eighth Supplemental Indentures to be filed for record as a
mortgage of real property and as a chattel mortgage in the offices of the Registers of Deeds in various counties in the State of Kansas, and caused the Ninth through Twelfth Supplemental Indentures to be filed for record as a mortgage of real
property in the offices of the Registers of Deeds in various counties in the State of Kansas and as a chattel mortgage in the Office of the Secretary of State of Kansas, and on the following dates paid to the Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County,
Kansas, that being the County in which the Second through Twelfth Supplemental Indentures were first filed for record as a mortgage of real property, the following amounts: 
  

			
	 Date
	  	Amount
	 March 30, 1948
	  	$12,500
	 December 7, 1949
	  	7,500
	 June 17, 1952
	  	30,000
	 October 21, 1953
	  	25,000
	 March 22, 1955
	  	25,000
	 March 5, 1956
	  	17,500
	 January 24, 1961
	  	17,500
	 May 17, 1966
	  	40,000
	 March 10, 1970
	  	87,500
	 May 19, 1971
	  	87,500
	 March 23, 1972
	  	62,500

  

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 such amounts being in payment of the Kansas mortgage registration tax as provided by the then currently applicable
sections of the statutes of the State of Kansas in effect on those dates; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-West Virginia was merged into the
Company-Kansas on May 31, 1973; and 
 WHEREAS, in order to evidence the succession of the Company-Kansas to the Company-West Virginia
and the assumption by the Company-Kansas of the covenants and conditions of the Company-West Virginia in the bonds and in the Mortgage contained, and to enable the Company-Kansas to have and exercise the powers and rights of the Company-West
Virginia under the Mortgage in accordance with the terms thereof, the Company-Kansas executed and delivered to the Trustees a Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 31, 1973 (which supplemental indenture is hereinafter sometimes
called the “Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture”); and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture to
be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the offices of the Registers of Deeds in various counties in the State of Kansas and as a chattel mortgage in the Office of the Secretary of State of Kansas, but paid no mortgage registration tax
in connection with the recordation of the Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, no such tax having been payable in connection with such recordation; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas executed and delivered to the Trustees the following supplemental indentures: 
  

			
	 Designation
	  	Dated as of
	 Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture
	  	July 1, 1975
	 Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture
	  	December 1, 1975
	 Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture
	  	September 1, 1976
	 Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture
	  	March 1, 1977
	 Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture
	  	May 1, 1977
	 Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture
	  	August 1, 1977
	 Twentieth Supplemental Indenture
	  	March 15, 1978
	 Twenty-first Supplemental Indenture
	  	January 1, 1979
	 Twenty-second Supplemental Indenture
	  	April 1, 1980
	 Twenty-third Supplemental Indenture
	  	July 1, 1980
	 Twenty-fourth Supplemental Indenture
	  	August 1, 1980
	 Twenty-fifth Supplemental Indenture
	  	June 1, 1981
	 Twenty-sixth Supplemental Indenture
	  	December 1, 1981
	 Twenty-seventh Supplemental Indenture
	  	May 1, 1982
	 Twenty-eighth Supplemental Indenture
	  	March 15, 1984
	 Twenty-ninth Supplemental Indenture
	  	September 1, 1984

  

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	 Designation
	  	Dated as of
	 Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture
	  	September 1, 1984
	 Thirty-first Supplemental Indenture
	  	February 1, 1985
	 Thirty-second Supplemental Indenture
	  	April 15, 1986
	 Thirty-third Supplemental Indenture
	  	June 1, 1991
	 Thirty-fourth Supplemental Indenture
	  	March 31, 1992
	 Thirty-fifth Supplemental Indenture
	  	December 17, 1992
	 Thirty-sixth Supplemental Indenture
	  	August 12, 1993
	 Thirty-seventh Supplemental Indenture
	  	January 15, 1994
	 Thirty-eighth Supplemental Indenture
	  	March 1, 1994
	 Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture
	  	April 15, 1994
	 Fortieth Supplemental Indenture
	  	June 28, 2000
	 Forty-first Supplemental Indenture
	  	June 6, 2002
	 Forty-second Supplemental Indenture
	  	March 12, 2004
	 Forty-third Supplemental Indenture
	  	June 1, 2004
	 Forty-fourth Supplemental Indenture
	  	May 6, 2005
	 Forty-fifth Supplemental Indenture
	  	March 17, 2006
	 Forty-sixth Supplemental Indenture
	  	June 1, 2006
	 Forty-seventh Supplemental Indenture
	  	March 16, 2007

 which supplemental indentures are hereinafter sometimes called the Fourteenth through Forty-seventh Supplemental
Indentures, respectively; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a
mortgage of real property in the offices of the Registers of Deeds in various counties in the State of Kansas and as a chattel mortgage in the Office of the Secretary of State of Kansas; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on December 10, 1975, Film 169, page 363), and as a chattel mortgage in the Office of the Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on December 10, 1975 and indexed as No. 325,911); and

 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the
office of the Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on September 29, 1976, Film 211, page 363), and as a chattel mortgage in the Office of the Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on September 29, 1976 and indexed as
No. 363,835); and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of
real property in the office of the Register of Deeds of 

  

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Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on March 16, 1977, Film 234, page 492), and as a chattel mortgage in the Office of the Secretary of State of Kansas
(filed on March 1, 1977 and indexed as No. 384,759); and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Eighteenth Supplemental
Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on May 26, 1977, Film 246, page 655), and as a chattel mortgage in the Office of the Secretary of State of
Kansas (filed on May 26, 1977 and indexed as No. 394,573); and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Nineteenth Supplemental
Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on August 31, 1977, Film 263, page 882), and as a chattel mortgage in the Office of the Secretary of State
of Kansas (filed on September 1, 1977 and indexed as No. 406,577); and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Twentieth
Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on March 29, 1978, Film 297, pages 635-656), and as a chattel mortgage in the Office of the
Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on March 30, 1978 and indexed as No. 434,072); and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the
Twenty-first Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on January 9, 1979, Film 345, page 648), and as a chattel mortgage in the Office
of the Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on January 10, 1979 and indexed as No. 470,851); and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas
caused the Twenty-second Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on April 2, 1980, Film 413, page 1,468), and as a chattel mortgage in
the Office of the Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on April 3, 1980 and indexed as No. 533,415); and 
 WHEREAS, the
Company-Kansas caused the Twenty-third Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on July 1, 1980, Film 425, page 1,003), and as a
chattel mortgage in the Office of the Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on July 2, 1980 and indexed as No. 546,185); and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Twenty-fourth Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on August 28, 1980, Film 435,
page 266), and as a chattel 

  

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mortgage in the Office of the Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on August 29, 1980 and indexed as No. 554,543); and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Twenty-fifth Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on June 30, 1981, Film 483, page 1,512), and as a chattel mortgage in the Office of the Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on June 30, 1981 and indexed as No. 601,270); and

 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Twenty-sixth Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the
office of the Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on December 30, 1981, Film 510, page 300), and as a chattel mortgage in the Office of the Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on December 31, 1981 and indexed as
No. 628,293); and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Twenty-seventh Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage
of real property in the office of the Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on May 6, 1982, Film 526, page 1,141), and as a chattel mortgage in the Office of the Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on May 7, 1982 and indexed
as No. 650,115); and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Twenty-eighth Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage
of real property in the office of the Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on March 22, 1984, Film 645, page 1,524), and as a chattel mortgage in the Office of the Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on March 23, 1984 and
indexed as No. 796,449); and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Twenty-ninth Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a
mortgage of real property in the office of the Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on September 5, 1984, Film 681, page 763), and as a chattel mortgage in the Office of the Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on
September 6, 1984 and indexed as No. 852,425); and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture to be
filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on September 12, 1984, Film 682, page 1,087), and as a chattel mortgage in the Office of the Secretary of State of Kansas
(filed on September 13, 1984 and indexed as No. 854,284); and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Thirty-third Supplemental
Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on June 18, 1991, Film 1177, page 0876), and as a security 

  

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agreement in the Office of Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on June 18, 1991 and indexed as No. 1,693,446); and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Fortieth Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on June 28, 2000, Film 2062, page 0053), and as a security agreement in the Office of Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on June 28, 2000, and indexed as No. 3756913); and

 WHEREAS, the Company on the following dates paid to the Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas, that being the County in which the
Fourteenth through Thirtieth Supplemental Indentures, the Thirty-third Supplemental Indenture and the Fortieth Supplemental Indenture were first filed for record as a mortgage of real property, the following amounts: 
  

			
	 Date
	  	Amount
	 July 2, 1975
	  	$100,000
	 December 10, 1975
	  	48,750
	 September 29, 1976
	  	62,500
	 March 16, 1977
	  	62,500
	 May 26, 1977
	  	25,000
	 August 31, 1977
	  	6,100
	 March 29, 1978
	  	62,500
	 January 9, 1979
	  	36,250
	 April 2, 1980
	  	67,500
	 July 1, 1980
	  	37,500
	 August 28, 1980
	  	63,750
	 June 30, 1981
	  	75,000
	 December 30, 1981
	  	62,500
	 May 6, 1982
	  	100,000
	 March 22, 1984
	  	93,750
	 September 5, 1984
	  	75,000
	 September 12, 1984
	  	50,000
	 June 18, 1991
	  	334,100
	 June 28, 2000
	  	1,780,538.50

 such amounts being in payment of the Kansas mortgage registration tax as provided by the then currently applicable
sections of the statutes of the State of Kansas in effect on those dates; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Thirty-first
Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the Register of Deeds of 

  

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Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on February 1, 1985, Film 707, page 378), and as a chattel mortgage in the Office of the Secretary of State of Kansas
(filed on February 4, 1985 and indexed as No. 895,468), but paid no mortgage registration tax in connection with the recordation of the Thirty-first Supplemental Indenture, no such tax having been payable in connection with such
recordation; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Thirty-second Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real
property in the office of the Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on April 16, 1986, Film 791, page 1,336), and as a chattel mortgage in the Office of the Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on April 17, 1986 and indexed as
No. 1,048,212), but paid no mortgage registration tax in connection with the recordation of the Thirty-second Supplemental Indenture, no such tax having been payable in connection with such recordation; and 
 WHEREAS, in order to evidence the succession of the Company to the Company-Kansas and the assumption by the Company of the covenants and conditions of
the Company-Kansas in the bonds and in the Mortgage contained, and to enable the Company to have and exercise the powers and rights of the Company-Kansas under the Mortgage in accordance with the terms thereof, the Company executed and delivered to
the Trustees a Thirty-fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 31, 1992 (which supplemental indenture is hereinafter sometimes called the “Thirty-fourth Supplemental Indenture”); and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Thirty-fourth Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on March 31, 1992, Film 1236, page 987), and as a security agreement in the Office of Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on March 31, 1992 and indexed as No. 1,780,893), but paid no
mortgage registration tax in connection with the recordation of the Thirty-fourth Supplemental Indenture, no such tax having been payable in connection with such recordation; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company caused the Thirty-fifth Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the Register
of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on December 16, 1992, Film 1301, page 0104), and as a security agreement in the Office of Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on December 16, 1992 and indexed as No. 1,861,886), but paid no
mortgage registration tax in connection with the recordation of the Thirty-fifth Supplemental Indenture, no such tax having been payable in connection with such recordation; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Thirty-sixth Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on August 10, 1993, Film 1364, page 0515), and as a security agreement in the Office of Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on August 11, 1993 and indexed as No. 1,936,501), but paid
no mortgage registration tax in connection with the 

  

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recordation of the Thirty-sixth Supplemental Indenture, no such tax having been payable in connection with such recordation; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Thirty-seventh Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on January 18, 1994, Film 1411, page 0710), and as a security agreement in the Office of Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on January 18, 1994 and indexed as No. 1,985,104), but
paid no mortgage registration tax in connection with the recordation of the Thirty-seventh Supplemental Indenture, no such tax having been payable in connection with such recordation; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Thirty-eighth Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on February 28, 1994, Film 1422, page 1046), and as a security agreement in the Office of Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on February 28, 1994 and indexed as No. 1,997,743), but
paid no mortgage registration tax in connection with the recordation of the Thirty-eighth Supplemental Indenture, no such tax having been payable in connection with such recordation; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on April 27, 1994, Film 1440, page 855), and as a security agreement in the Office of Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on April 27, 1994 and indexed as No. 1,377,915), but paid no
mortgage registration tax in connection with the recordation of the Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture, no such tax having been payable in connection with such recordation; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Forty-first Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on June 6, 2002, Film 2460, page 1), and as a security agreement in the office of Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on June 6, 2002, and indexed as No. 5264221), but paid no
mortgage registration tax in connection with the recordation of the Forty-first Supplemental Indenture, no such tax having been payable in connection with such recordation; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Forty-second Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on March 12, 2004, Film 2854, page 8731), and as a security agreement in the office of Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on March 12, 2004, and indexed as No. 5760673), but paid no
mortgage registration tax in connection with the recordation of the Forty-second Supplemental Indenture, no such tax having been payable in connection with such recordation; and 
  

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 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Forty-third Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a
mortgage of real property in the office of the Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on June 10, 2004, Film and Page 28578510), and as a security agreement in the office of Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on June 10,
2004, and indexed as No. 5820311), but paid no mortgage registration tax in connection with the recordation of the Forty-third Supplemental Indenture, no such tax having been payable in connection with such recordation; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Forty-fourth Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on May 6, 2005, Film and Page 28671438), and as a security agreement in the office of Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on May 6, 2005, and indexed as No. 5981824), but paid no
mortgage registration tax in connection with the recordation of the Forty-fourth Supplemental Indenture, no such tax having been payable in connection with such recordation; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Forty-fifth Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on March 17, 2006, Film and Page 28764552), and as a security agreement in the office of Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on March 17, 2006, and indexed as No. 6122576), but paid
no mortgage registration tax in connection with the recordation of the Forty-fifth Supplemental Indenture, no such tax having been payable in connection with such recordation; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Forty-sixth Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on June 1, 2006, Film and Page 28785638), and as a security agreement in the office of Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on June 1, 2006, and indexed as No. 6168504), but paid no
mortgage registration tax in connection with the recordation of the Forty-sixth Supplemental Indenture, no such tax having been payable in connection with such recordation; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-Kansas caused the Forty-seventh Supplemental Indenture to be filed for record as a mortgage of real property in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas (filed on March 16, 2007, Film and Page 28865277), and as a security agreement in the office of Secretary of State of Kansas (filed on March 16, 2007, and indexed as No. 6326219), but paid
no mortgage registration tax in connection with the recordation of the Forty-seventh Supplemental Indenture, no such tax having been payable in connection with such recordation; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-West Virginia, the Company-Kansas or the Company has from time to time caused to be filed in the respective offices of the
above-mentioned Registers of Deeds and Secretary of State affidavits executed by the Trustees under the Mortgage, 

  

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preserving and continuing the lien thereof either as a chattel mortgage in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 58-303 (Section 58-303 of the General
Statutes of Kansas 1935) or as a security agreement under the provisions of K.S.A. 84-9-401 et seq.; and 
 WHEREAS, in addition to
the aforesaid filings for record in the respective offices of the above-mentioned Registers of Deeds, the Company-West Virginia, the Company-Kansas or the Company has filed copies of the Mortgage and the First through Forty-seventh Supplemental
Indentures, certified as true by it, with the Secretary of State of Kansas; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company-West Virginia, the Company-Kansas or
the Company has heretofore issued, in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, the following series of First Mortgage Bonds: 
  

						
	 Series
	  	   
  
	Principal Amount
 Issued
	  	Principal
Amount
Outstanding
	 3 3/8% Series due 1970

	  	$	16,000,000	  	None
	 3 1/8% Series due 1978

	  	 	5,000,000	  	None
	 2 3/4% Series due 1979

	  	 	3,000,000	  	None
	 3 3/8% Series due 1982

	  	 	12,000,000	  	None
	 3 5/8% Series due 1983

	  	 	10,000,000	  	None
	 3 3/8% Series due 1985

	  	 	10,000,000	  	None
	 3 3/8% Series due 1986

	  	 	7,000,000	  	None
	 4 5/8% Series due 1991

	  	 	7,000,000	  	None
	 5 5/8% Series due 1996

	  	 	16,000,000	  	None
	 8 1/2% Series due 2000

	  	 	35,000,000	  	None
	 8 1/8% Series due 2001

	  	 	35,000,000	  	None
	 7 3/8% Series due 2002

	  	 	25,000,000	  	None
	 9 5/8% Series due 2005

	  	 	40,000,000	  	None
	 6% Series due 1985
	  	 	7,000,000	  	None
	 7 3/4% Series due 2005

	  	 	12,500,000	  	None
	 8 3/8% Series due 2006

	  	 	25,000,000	  	None
	 8 1/2% Series due 2007

	  	 	25,000,000	  	None
	 6% Series due 2007
	  	 	10,000,000	  	None
	 5 7/8% Series due 2007

	  	 	21,940,000	  	None
	 8 7/8% Series due 2008

	  	 	30,000,000	  	None
	 6.80% Series due 2004
	  	 	14,500,000	  	None
	 16 1/4% Series due
1987
	  	 	30,000,000	  	None
	 6 1/2% Series due 1983

	  	 	15,000,000	  	None
	 7 1/4% Series due 1983

	  	 	25,500,000	  	None
	 14 7/8% Series due
1987–1991
	  	 	30,000,000	  	None
	 16% Series due 1996
	  	 	25,000,000	  	None

  

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	 Series
	  	Principal Amount
 Issued
	  	Principal
Amount
Outstanding
	 15 3/4% Series due
1989
	  	40,000,000	  	None
	 13 1/2% Series due
1989
	  	100,000,000	  	None
	 14.05% Series due 1991
	  	30,000,000	  	None
	 14 1/8% Series due
1991
	  	20,000,000	  	None
	 10 7/8% Series due
1987
	  	30,000,000	  	None
	 9 3/4% Series due 2016

	  	50,000,000	  	None
	 7.00% Series A due 2031
	  	18,900,000	  	None
	 7.00% Series B due 2031
	  	308,600,000	  	None
	 7.60% Series due 2003
	  	135,000,000	  	None
	 6 1/2% Series due 2005

	  	65,000,000	  	None
	 6.20% Series due 2006
	  	100,000,000	  	None
	 5.10% Series due 2023
	  	13,462,500	  	13,462,500
	 7 1/2% Series A due
2032
	  	14,500,000	  	14,500,000
	 7 1/2% Series B due
2027
	  	21,940,000	  	21,940,000
	 7 1/2% Series C due
2032
	  	10,000,000	  	10,000,000
	 9 1/2% Series due 2003

	  	702,200,000	  	None
	 8% Series due 2005
	  	735,000,000	  	None
	 3 1/2% Series due 2007

	  	300,000,000	  	None
	 5.30% Series due 2031
	  	18,900,000	  	18,900,000
	 5.30% Series A due 2031
	  	108,600,000	  	108,600,000
	 2.65% Series B due 2031
	  	100,000,000	  	None
	 Variable Rate Series C due 2031
	  	100,000,000	  	100,000,000
	 4.60% Series due 2010
	  	350,000,000	  	None
	 5.57% Series due 2011
	  	500,000,000	  	None
	 Burlington Series 2004B-1 due 2031
	  	50,000,000	  	50,000,000
	 Burlington Series 2004B-2 due 2031
	  	50,000,000	  	50,000,000
	 5.57% Series due 2012
	  	500,000,000	  	500,000,000

 hereinafter sometimes called Bonds of the First through Fifty-third Series; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company now desires to alter and amend in certain respects the covenants and provisions contained in the Mortgage as supplemented; and

 WHEREAS, the execution and delivery by the Company of this Forty-eighth Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by the Board of
Directors of the Company by appropriate Resolutions of said Board of Directors; 
  

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 NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: 
 That Kansas Gas and Electric Company, in consideration of the premises and of One Dollar ($1) 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 further evidence of assurance of the estate, title and rights of the Trustees and in order further to secure the payment both of the principal of and interest and
premium, if any, on the bonds from time to time issued under the Mortgage, according to their tenor and effect and the performance of all the provisions of the Mortgage (including any instruments supplemental thereto and any modification made as in
the Mortgage provided) and of said bonds, hereby grants, bargains, sells, releases, conveys, assigns, transfers, mortgages, pledges, sets over and confirms (subject, however, to Excepted Encumbrances as defined in Section 6 of the Mortgage)
unto The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. and to Judith L. Bartolini, as Trustees under the Mortgage, and to their successor or successors in said trust, and to said Trustees and their successors and assigns forever, all property, real, personal
and mixed, acquired by the Company after the date of the execution and delivery of the Mortgage, in addition to property covered by the First through the Forty-seventh Supplemental Indentures (except any herein or in the Mortgage, as heretofore
supplemented, expressly excepted), now owned or, subject to the provisions of Section 87 of the Mortgage, hereafter acquired by the Company and wheresoever situated, including (without in anywise limiting or impairing by the enumeration of the
same the scope and intent of the foregoing or of any general description contained in this Forty-eighth Supplemental Indenture) all lands, flowage rights, water rights, flumes, raceways, dams, rights of way and roads; all steam and power houses, gas
plants, street lighting systems, standards and other equipment incidental thereto, telephone, radio and television systems, air-conditioning systems and equipment incidental thereto, water works, steam heat and hot water plants, lines, service and
supply systems, bridges, culverts, tracks, rolling stock, ice or refrigeration plants and equipment, street and interurban railway systems, offices, buildings and other structures and the equipment thereof; all machinery, engines, boilers, dynamos,
electric and gas machines, regulators, meters, transformers, generators, motors, electrical, gas and mechanical appliances, conduits, cables, water, steam heat, gas or other pipes, gas mains and pipes, service pipes, fittings, valves and
connections, pole and transmission lines, wires, cables, tools, implements, apparatus, furniture, chattels and chooses in action; all municipal and other franchises; all lines for the transmission and distribution of electric current, gas, steam
heat or water for any purpose, including poles, wires, cables, pipes, conduits, ducts and all apparatus for use in connection therewith; all real estate, lands, easements, servitudes, licenses, permits, franchises, privileges, rights of way and
other rights in or relating to real estate or the occupancy of the same and (except as herein or in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, expressly excepted), all the right, title and interest of the Company in and to all other property of any
kind or nature appertaining to and/or used and/or occupied and/or enjoyed in connection with any property hereinbefore or in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, described. 
  

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 TOGETHER WITH all and singular the tenements, hereditarnents and appurtenances belonging or in anywise
appertaining to the aforesaid property or any part thereof, with the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders and (subject to the provisions of Section 57 of the Mortgage) the tolls, rents, revenues, issues, earnings, income, product
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 property and franchises and every part and parcel
thereof. 
 IT IS HEREBY AGREED by the Company that, subject to the provisions of Section 87 of the Mortgage, all the property, rights
and franchises acquired by the Company after the date hereof (except any herein or in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, expressly excepted), shall be as fully embraced within the lien hereof and the lien of the Mortgage, as if such property,
rights and franchises were now owned by the Company and were specifically described herein and conveyed hereby. 
 PROVIDED that the
following are not and are not intended to be now or hereafter granted, bargained, sold, released, conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged, pledged, set over or confirmed hereunder and are hereby expressly excepted from the lien and operation of
this Forty-eighth Supplemental Indenture and from the lien and operation of the Mortgage, viz.: (1) cash, shares of stock and obligations (including bonds, notes and other securities) not hereafter specifically pledged, paid, deposited or
delivered under the Mortgage or covenanted so to be; (2) merchandise, equipment, materials or supplies held for the purpose of sale in the usual course of business and fuel, oil and similar materials and supplies consumable in the operation of
any properties of the Company; vehicles and automobiles; (3) bills, notes and accounts receivable, and all contracts, leases and operating agreements not specifically pledged under the Mortgage or covenanted so to be; and (4) electric
energy, and other materials or products generated, manufactured, produced or purchased by the Company for sale, distribution or use in the ordinary course of its business; provided, however, that the property and rights expressly excepted from the
lien and operation of the Mortgage and this Forty-eighth Supplemental Indenture in the above subdivisions (2) and (3) shall (to the extent permitted by law) cease to be so excepted in the event that either or both of the Trustees or a
receiver or trustee shall enter upon and take possession of the Mortgaged and Pledged Property in the manner provided in Article XII of the Mortgage by reason of the occurrence of a Default as defined in said Article XII. 
 THERE is expressly excepted from the lien of the Mortgage and from the lien hereof all property of the Company located in the State of Missouri now owned
or hereafter acquired unless such property in the State of Missouri shall be subjected to the lien of the Mortgage by an indenture or indentures supplemental thereto, pursuant to authorization by the Board of Directors of the Company. 
  

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 TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all such properties, real, personal and mixed, granted, bargained, sold, released,
conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged, pledged, set over or confirmed by the Company as aforesaid, or intended so to be, unto the Trustees, their successors and assigns forever. 
 IN TRUST NEVERTHELESS, for the same purposes and upon the same terms, trusts and conditions and subject to and with the same provisos and covenants as
are set forth in the Mortgage, as supplemented, this Forty-eighth Supplemental Indenture being supplemental thereto. 
 AND IT IS HEREBY
COVENANTED by the Company that all the terms, conditions, provisos, covenants and provisions contained in the Mortgage, as supplemented, shall affect and apply to the property hereinbefore described and conveyed and to the estate, rights,
obligations and duties of the Company and Trustees and the beneficiaries of the trust with respect to said property, and to the Trustees and their successors as Trustees of said property in the same manner and with the same effect as if the said
property had been owned by the Company at the time of the execution of the Mortgage, and had been specifically and at length described in and conveyed to the Trustees by the Mortgage as a part of the property therein stated to be conveyed.

 The Company further covenants and agrees to and with the Trustees and their successors in said trust under the Mortgage, as follows:

 ARTICLE I 
 AMENDMENTS TO THE
MORTGAGE 
 SECTION 1. Pursuant to the reservation of right in the Thirty-seventh Supplemental Indenture of January 15, 1994 and each
supplemental indenture dated thereafter, and there being no outstanding Bonds of any series created prior to the Bonds created by such Thirty-seventh Supplemental Indenture of January 15, 1994, the Mortgage is hereby amended as follows, to take
effect immediately: 
 (a) to add a new Article XX thereto which shall read: 
 “Article XX 
 Issuance of Prior Lien Bonds 
 SECTION 128. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Company may from time to time issue
additional Prior Lien Bonds, (a) in a principal amount not to exceed the principal amount of bonds which could then be issued on the basis of Property Additions under Article V hereof and (b) upon the 

  

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redemption or retirement of Prior Lien Bonds secured by a Prior Lien. 
 SECTION 129. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall not be required to deposit any
additional Prior Lien Bonds issued under the provisions of this Article XX with the Corporate Trustee or to issue any such additional Prior Lien Bonds to or in the name of the Corporate Trustee. 
 SECTION 130. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall not be required to deposit any
Prior Lien Bonds that have been redeemed or retired with the Corporate Trustee. The foregoing sentence shall not apply if the Prior Lien securing such redeemed or retired Prior Lien Bonds shall have been cancelled and discharged in its entirety.

 (b) to delete the second paragraph of Section 46 of Article VIII thereof: 
 (c) to delete the fourth paragraph of Section 26 of Article V thereof (to remove the limitation on issuance of bonds on the basis of Property
Additions subject to a Prior Lien based on the ratio of Prior Lien Bonds to total bonds outstanding). 
 SECTION 2. Pursuant to the
reservation of right in the Tenth Supplemental Indenture of March 1, 1970 and there being no outstanding Bonds of any series created prior to the Bonds created by such Tenth Supplemental Indenture of March 1, 1970, the Article XVIII of the
Mortgage is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows, such amendment to take effect immediately: 
 “ARTICLE XVIII.

 Meetings and Consents of Bondholders. 
 SECTION 107. Modifications and alterations of this Indenture and/or of any indenture supplemental hereto and/or of
the rights and obligations of the Company and/or of the rights of the holders of bonds and coupons issued hereunder may be made as provided in this Article XVIII. 
 SECTION 108. The Corporate Trustee may at any time call a meeting of the bondholders and it shall call such a meeting
on the written request of the Company, given pursuant to a Resolution of its Board of Directors, or on written request of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the bonds Outstanding hereunder (determined as provided in
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time of such request. In the event of the Corporate Trustee’s failing for ten (10) days to call a meeting after being thereunto requested by the
Company as above set forth, the Company, pursuant to Resolution of its Board of Directors, may call such meeting. The holders of fifteen per centum (15%) or more in principal amount of the bonds Outstanding hereunder at the time may also at any
time call a meeting of bondholders. Every such meeting called by and at the instance of the Corporate Trustee shall be held in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and written notice thereof, stating the place and time thereof and in
general terms the business to be submitted, shall be mailed by the Corporate Trustee not less than thirty (30) days before such meeting (a) to all holders of bonds the names and addresses of whom are then preserved as required by
Section 43 hereof, and (b) to the Company addressed to it at Wichita, Kansas (or at such other address as may be designated by the Company from time to time), and shall be published by the Corporate Trustee at least four (4) times
preceding the meeting, in a Daily Newspaper printed in the English language and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, the first publication to be not less than twenty (20) days prior to the date of such
meeting; provided, however, that the mailing of such notice to any bondholders shall in no case be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken at such meeting. If such meeting is called by or at the instance either of the Company or of
the bondholders, it shall be held at such place in the United States of America as may be specified in the notice calling such meeting and notice thereof shall be sufficient for all purposes hereof if given by newspaper publication as aforesaid
stating the place and time of the meeting and in general terms the business to be submitted. Any meeting of bondholders shall be valid without notice if the holders of all bonds then Outstanding hereunder are present in person or by proxy and if the
Company and the Corporate Trustee are present by duly authorized representatives, or if notice is waived in writing before or after the meeting by the Company, the holders of all bonds Outstanding hereunder and by the Corporate Trustee, or by such
of them as are not present in person or by proxy. 
 SECTION 109. Officers and nominees of the Corporate
Trustee and of the Company and the Individual Trustee or his nominees may attend such meeting, but shall not as such be entitled to vote thereat. Attendance by bondholders may be in 

  

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person or by proxy. In order that the holder of any bond payable to bearer and his proxy may attend and vote without producing his bond, the Corporate
Trustee, with respect to any such meeting called by the Corporate Trustee, may make and from time to time vary such regulations as it shall think fit for deposit of bonds with, (i) any bank or trust or insurance company, or (ii) any
trustee, secretary, administrator or other proper officer of any pension, welfare, hospitalization, or similar fund or funds, or (iii) the United States of America, any Territory thereof, the District of Columbia, any State of the United
States, any municipality in any State of the United States or any public instrumentality of the United States, any State or Territory, or (iv) any other person or corporation satisfactory to the Corporate Trustee, and for the issue to the
persons depositing the same of certificates by such depositaries entitling the holders thereof to be present and vote at any such meeting and to appoint proxies to represent them and vote for them at any such meeting in the same way as if the
persons so present and voting, either personally or by proxy, were the actual bearers of the bonds in respect of which such certificates shall have been issued and any regulations so made shall be binding and effective. A bondholder in any of the
foregoing categories may sign such a certificate in his own behalf. In lieu of or in addition to providing for such deposit, the Corporate Trustee may, in its discretion, permit such institutions to issue certificates stating that bonds were
exhibited to them, which certificates shall entitle the holders thereof to vote at any meeting only if the bonds with respect to which they are issued are not produced at the meeting by any other person and are not at the time of the meeting
registered in the name of any other person. Each such certificate shall state the date on which the bond or bonds in respect of which such certificate shall have been issued were deposited with or exhibited to such institution and the series,
maturities and serial numbers of such bonds. A bondholder in any of the foregoing categories may sign such a certificate in his own behalf. In the event that two or more such certificates shall be issued with respect to any bond or bonds, the
certificate bearing the latest date shall be recognized and be deemed to supersede any certificate or certificates previously issued with respect to such bond or bonds. If any such meeting shall have been called under the provisions of
Section 108 hereof, by bondholders or by the Company, and the Corporate Trustee shall fail to make regulations as above authorized, then regulations to like effect for such deposit or exhibition of bonds and the issue 

  

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of certificates by (i) any bank or trust or insurance company organized under the laws of the United States of America or of any State thereof, or
(ii) any trustee, secretary, administrator or other proper officer of any pension, welfare, hospitalization, or similar fund or funds, or (iii) by the United States of America, any Territory thereof, the District of Columbia, any State of
the United States, any municipality in any State of the United States or any public instrumentality of the United States, any State or Territory shall be similarly binding and effective for all purposes hereof if adopted or approved by the
bondholders calling such meeting or by the Board of Directors of the Company, if such meeting shall have been called by the Company, provided that in either such case copies of such regulations shall be filed with the Corporate Trustee. A bondholder
in any of the foregoing categories may sign such a certificate in his own behalf. 
 SECTION 110. Subject
to the restrictions specified in Sections 109 and 113 hereof, any registered holder of bonds Outstanding hereunder and any holder of a certificate provided for in Section 109 hereof, shall be entitled in person or by proxy to attend and vote at
such meeting as holder of the bonds registered or certified in the name of such holder without producing such bonds. All others seeking to attend or vote at such meeting in person or by proxy must, if required by any authorized representative of the
Corporate Trustee or the Company or by any other bondholder, produce the bonds claimed to be owned or represented at such meeting, and everyone seeking to attend or vote shall, if required as aforesaid, produce such further proof of bond ownership
or personal identity as shall be satisfactory to the authorized representative of the Corporate Trustee, or if none be present then to the Inspectors of Votes hereinafter provided for. Proxies shall be witnessed or in the alternative may
(a) have the signature guaranteed by a bank or trust company or a registered dealer in securities, (b) be acknowledged before a Notary Public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgments, or (c) have their genuineness otherwise
established to the satisfaction of the Inspectors of Votes. All proxies and certificates presented at any meeting shall be delivered to said Inspectors of Votes and filed with the Corporate Trustee. 
 Section 111. Persons nominated by the Corporate Trustee if it is represented at the meeting shall act as temporary Chairman and
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Trustee shall not be represented or shall fail to nominate such persons or if any person so nominated shall not be present, the bondholders and proxies
present shall by a majority vote, irrespective of the amount of their holdings, elect another person or other persons from those present to act as temporary Chairman and/or Secretary. A permanent Chairman and a permanent Secretary of such meeting
shall be elected from those present by the bondholders and proxies present by a majority vote irrespective of the amount of their holdings. The Corporate Trustee, if represented at the meeting, shall appoint two Inspectors of Votes who shall decide
as to the right of anyone to vote and shall count all votes cast at such meeting, except votes on the election of a Chairman and Secretary, both temporary and permanent, as aforesaid, and who shall make and file with the permanent Secretary of the
meeting their verified written report in duplicate of all such votes so cast at said meeting. If the Corporate Trustee shall not be represented at the meeting or shall fail to nominate such Inspectors of Votes or if either Inspector of Votes fails
to attend the meeting, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the permanent Chairman of the Meeting. 
 SECTION 112. The holders of not less than sixty per centum (60%) in principal amount of the bonds Outstanding hereunder when such meeting is held must be present at such meeting in person or by proxy in order to
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, less than a quorum, however, having power to adjourn. 
 SECTION 113. Subject to the provisions of Section 80 hereof, any modification or alteration of this Indenture and/or of any indenture supplemental hereto and/or of the rights and obligations of the Company and/or
the rights of the holders of bonds and/or coupons issued hereunder in any particular may be made at a meeting of bondholders duly convened and held in accordance with the provisions of this Article, but only by resolution duly adopted by the
affirmative vote of the holders of sixty per centum (60%) or more in principal amount of the bonds Outstanding hereunder, and, if the rights of one or more but less than all, series of bonds then Outstanding are to be affected by action taken
at such meeting, then also by affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty per centum (60%) in principal amount of each series of bonds so to be affected and Outstanding hereunder, when such meeting is held, and in every case approved by

  

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Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company as hereinafter specified; provided, however, that no such modification or alteration shall, without the
consent of the holder of any bond issued hereunder affected thereby, (1) impair or affect the right of such holder to receive payment of the principal of and interest on such bond, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such bond, or
to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, or (2) permit the creation of any lien ranking prior to, or on a parity with, the Lien of this Indenture with respect to any of the Mortgaged and
Pledged Property, or (3) permit the deprivation of any non-assenting bondholder of a lien upon the Mortgaged and Pledged Property for the security of his bonds (subject only to the lien of taxes, assessments or governmental charges not then
delinquent and to any mortgage or other liens existing upon such property which are prior hereto at the date of the calling of any such bondholders’ meeting), or (4) permit the reduction of the percentage required by the provisions of this
Section for the taking of any action under this Section with respect to any bond Outstanding hereunder. For all purposes of this Article, the Trustees, subject to the provisions of Sections 88 and 89 hereof, shall be entitled to rely upon an Opinion
of Counsel with respect, to the extent, if any, as to which any action taken at such meeting affects the rights under this Indenture or under any indenture supplemental hereto of any holders of bonds then Outstanding hereunder. 
 Except for the purpose of waiving any past Default, as defined in Section 65 hereof, or other default and its consequences, in which event the
provisions of Section 71 hereof shall be applicable, bonds owned and/or held by and/or for account of and/or for the benefit or interest of the Company, or any corporation of which the Company shall own twenty-five per centum (25%) or more
of the outstanding voting stock, shall not be deemed Outstanding for the purpose of any vote or of any calculation of bonds Outstanding in this Article XVIII provided for. 
 SECTION 114. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of bondholders shall be prepared by the
permanent Secretary of the meeting and shall have attached thereto the original reports of the Inspectors of Votes, and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts showing a copy of the notice of the meeting, and showing that
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signed and verified by the affidavit of the permanent Chairman and the permanent Secretary of the meeting, and one duplicate thereof shall be delivered to
the Company and the other to the Corporate Trustee for preservation by the Corporate Trustee. Any record so signed and verified shall be proof of the matters therein stated, and if such record shall also be signed and verified by the affidavit of a
duly authorized representative of the Corporate Trustee, such meeting shall be deemed conclusively to have been duly convened and held and such record shall be conclusive, and any resolution or proceeding stated in such record to have been adopted
or taken, shall be deemed conclusively to have been duly adopted or taken by such meeting. A true copy of any resolution adopted by such meeting shall be mailed by the Corporate Trustee to all holders of bonds Outstanding hereunder, the names and
addresses of whom are then preserved by the Corporate Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Section 43 hereof, and proof of such mailing by the affidavit of some person having knowledge of the fact shall be filed with the Corporate Trustee, but
failure to mail copies of such resolution as aforesaid shall not affect the validity thereof. No such resolution shall be binding until and unless such resolution is approved by Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, of which such
Resolution of approval, if any, it shall be the duty of the Company to file a copy certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company with the Corporate Trustee, but if such Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company is
adopted and a certified copy thereof is filed with the Corporate Trustee, the resolution so adopted by such meeting shall (to the extent permitted by law) be deemed conclusively to be binding upon the Company, the Trustees and the holders of all
bonds and coupons issued hereunder, at the expiration of sixty (60) days after such filing, except in the event of a final decree of a court of competent jurisdiction setting aside such resolution, or annulling the action taken thereby in a
legal action or equitable proceeding for such purposes commenced within such sixty (60) day period; provided, however, that no such resolution of the bondholders, or of the Company, shall in any manner be so construed as to change or modify any
of the rights, immunities, or obligations of the Trustees or either of them without their, its or his written assent thereto. 
 SECTION 115. Bonds authenticated and delivered after the date of any bondholders’ meeting may bear a notation in form approved by the Corporate Trustee as to the action taken at 

  

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meetings of bondholders theretofore held, and upon demand of the holder of any bond Outstanding at the date of any such meeting and presentation of his bond
for the purpose at the principal office of the Corporate Trustee, the Company shall cause suitable notation to be made on such bond by endorsement or otherwise as to any action taken at any meeting of bondholders theretofore held. If the Company or
the Corporate Trustee shall so determine, new bonds so modified as in the opinion of the Corporate Trustee and the Board of Directors of the Company to conform to such bondholders’ resolution shall be prepared, authenticated and delivered, and
upon demand of the holder of any bond then Outstanding and affected thereby shall be exchanged without cost to such bondholders for bonds then Outstanding hereunder upon surrender of such bonds with all unmatured coupons, if any, appertaining
thereto. The Company or the Corporate Trustee may require bonds Outstanding to be presented for notation or exchange as aforesaid if either shall see fit to do so. Instruments supplemental to this Indenture embodying any modification or alteration
of this Indenture or of any indenture supplemental hereto made at any bondholders’ meeting and approved by Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, as aforesaid, may be executed by the Trustees and the Company and upon demand of the
Corporate Trustee, or if so specified in any resolution adopted by any such bondholders’ meeting, shall be executed by the Company and the Trustees. 
 SECTION 116. (A) Anything in this Article contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Corporate Trustee shall receive the written consent (in any number of instruments of similar tenor
executed by bondholders or by their attorneys appointed in writing) of the holders of sixty per centum (60%) or more in principal amount of the bonds Outstanding hereunder, and, if the rights of one or more, but less than all, series of bonds
then Outstanding are to be affected by action taken pursuant to such consent, then also by consent of the holders of at least sixty per centum (60%) in principal amount of each series of bonds so to be affected and Outstanding hereunder (at the
time the last such needed consent is delivered to the Corporate Trustee) in lieu of the holding of a meeting pursuant to this Article and in lieu of all action at such a meeting and with the same force and effect as a resolution duly adopted in
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 (B) Instruments of consent shall be witnessed or in the alternative may (a) have the
signature guaranteed by a bank or trust company or a registered dealer in securities, (b) be acknowledged before a Notary Public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgments, or (c) have their genuineness otherwise established to
the satisfaction of the Corporate Trustee. 
 The amount of bonds payable to bearer, and the series and serial numbers
thereof, held by a person executing an instrument of consent (or whose attorney has executed an instrument of consent in his behalf), and the date of his holding the same, may be proved either by exhibiting the bonds themselves to the Corporate
Trustee or by a certificate executed (i) by any bank or trust or insurance company organized under the laws of the United States of America or of any State thereof, (ii) by any trustee, secretary, administrator or other proper officer of
any pension, welfare, hospitalization or similar fund, (iii) by the United States of America, any Territory thereof, the District of Columbia, any State of the United States, any municipality in any State of the United States or any public
instrumentality of the United States, any State or Territory, or (iv) by any other person or corporation satisfactory to the Corporate Trustee. A bondholder in any of the foregoing categories may sign a certificate in his own behalf.

 Each such certificate shall be dated and shall state in effect that as of the date thereof a coupon bond or bonds bearing a
specified serial number or numbers was deposited with or exhibited to the signer of such certificate. The holding by the person named in any such certificate of any bond specified therein shall be presumed to continue unless (1) any certificate
bearing a later date issued in respect of the same bond shall be produced, (2) the bond specified in such certificate (or any bond or bonds issued in exchange or substitution for such bond) shall be produced by another holder, or (3) the
bond specified in such certificate shall be registered as to principal in the name of another holder or shall have been surrendered in exchange for a fully registered bond registered in the name of another holder. The Corporate Trustee may
nevertheless in its discretion require further proof in cases where it deems further proof desirable. The ownership of registered bonds shall be proved by the registry books. 
 (C) Until such time as the Corporate Trustee shall receive the written consent of the necessary per centum in principal amount of the
bonds required by the provisions of subsection 

  

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(A) above for action contemplated by such consent, any holder of a bond, the serial number of which is shown by the evidence to be included in the bonds
the holders of which have consented to such action, may, by filing written notice with the Corporate Trustee at its principal office and upon proof of holding as provided in subsection (B) above, revoke such consent so far as it concerns such
bond. Except as aforesaid. any such consent shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders of such bond (and any bond issued in lieu thereof or exchanged therefor), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such
consent is made upon such bond, and in any event any action taken by the holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the bonds specified in subsection (A) above in connection with such action shall, subject to the provisions of
the last sentence of Section 114 hereof, be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Trustees and the holders of all the bonds.” 
 ARTICLE II 
 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
 SECTION 1. Subject to the amendments provided for in this Forty-eighth Supplemental Indenture, the terms defined in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, shall, for all purposes of this Forty-eighth Supplemental
Indenture, have the meanings specified in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented. 
 SECTION 2. The Trustees hereby accept the trusts
herein declared, provided, created or supplemented and agree to perform the same upon the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Mortgage, as heretofore amended and supplemented, and upon the following terms and conditions: 
 The Trustees shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Forty-eighth Supplemental
Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made by the Company solely. In general, each and every term and condition contained in Article XVI of the Mortgage, as heretofore amended and
supplemented, shall apply to and form part of this Forty-eighth Supplemental Indenture with the same force and effect as if the same were herein set forth in full with such omissions, variations and insertions, if any, as may be appropriate to make
the same conform to the provisions of this Forty-eighth Supplemental Indenture. 
 SECTION 3. Subject to the provisions of Article XV
and Article XVI of the Mortgage, as heretofore amended and supplemented, whenever in this Forty-eighth Supplemental Indenture any of the parties hereto is named or referred to, this shall be deemed 

  

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to include the successors or assigns of such party, and all the covenants and agreements in this Forty-eighth Supplemental Indenture contained by or on
behalf of the Company or by or on behalf of the Trustees shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of such parties whether so expressed or not. 
 SECTION 4. Nothing in this Forty-eighth Supplemental Indenture, expressed or implied, is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon, or to give to,
any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and the holders of the bonds and coupons Outstanding under the Mortgage, any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Forty-eighth Supplemental Indenture or any covenant,
condition, stipulation, promise or agreement hereof, and all the covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Forty-eighth Supplemental Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Company shall be for the sole and exclusive
benefit of the parties hereto, and of the holders of the bonds and of the coupons Outstanding under the Mortgage. 
 SECTION 5. This
Forty-eighth Supplemental Indenture shall be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Kansas Gas and Electric Company has caused its corporate name to be hereunto affixed,
and this instrument to be signed and sealed by Mark A. Ruelle, Vice President and Treasurer, and its corporate seal to be attested by Larry D. Irick, its Secretary for and on its behalf, The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. has caused
its corporate name to be hereunto affixed, and this instrument to be signed and sealed by one of its duly authorized officers and its corporate seal to be attested by one of its Assistant Secretaries for and on its behalf, and Judith L.
Bartolini has hereunto set her hand and all as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	KANSAS GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Mark A. Ruelle

		 	Mark A. Ruelle
		 	Vice President and Treasurer

  

			
	Attest:	 	
		
	 /s/ Larry D. Irick
	 	(corporate seal)
	Larry D. Irick	 	
	Secretary	 	
	
	Executed, sealed and delivered by
	 KANSAS GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY,
 in the
presence of:

		
	 /s/ Maria E. Guzman
	 	
		
	 /s/ Sally L. Wilson
	 	

  

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

		
	By:	 	 /s/ M. Callahan

		 	M. Callahan
		 	Vice President

  

			
	Attest:	 	(corporate seal)
		
	 /s/ L. Garcia
	 	
	Linda Garcia	 	
	Vice President	 	

  

	
	 /s/ Judith L. Bartolini

	Judith L. Bartolini

  

							
		 	 Executed, sealed and delivered by
 THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
 and JUDITH L. BARTOLINI, in the presence of:
	 		 	
				
		 	 /s/ Robert Cafarelli
	 		 	
				
		 	 /s/ Charles Jackson
	 		 	

  

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	STATE OF KANSAS	  	)
		  	: ss.:
	COUNTY OF SEDGWICK	  	)

 BE IT REMEMBERED, that on this 10th day of July, 2007, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public
within and for the County and State aforesaid, came Mark A. Ruelle, the Vice President and Treasurer of Kansas Gas and Electric Company, a corporation duly organized, incorporated and existing under the laws of the State of Kansas, who is
personally known to me to be such officer, and who is personally known to me to be the same person who executed, as such officer, the within instrument of writing, and such person duly acknowledged the execution of the same to be the act and deed of
said corporation and that said instrument of writing was so executed by order of the Board of Directors of said corporation. 
 On the 10th
day of July in the year 2007, before me appeared Larry D. Irick, to me personally known, who being by me duly sworn did say that he is the Secretary of Kansas Gas and Electric Company, and that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the
corporate seal of said corporation, and that said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said corporation by authority of its Board of Directors, and said Larry D. Irick acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said
corporation. 
 On the 10th day of July in the year 2007, before me personally appeared Mark A. Ruelle to me known, who, being by me
duly sworn, did depose and say that he is the Vice President and Treasurer of Kansas Gas and Electric Company; that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation, and that said instrument was signed and
sealed in behalf of said corporation by authority of its Board of Directors, and said Mark A. Ruelle acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and of said corporation. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal on the day and year above written. 
  

	
	 /s/ Patti Beasley

	
	 NOTARY PUBLIC — STATE OF KANSAS

	 MY APPOINTMENT EXPIRES 11-18-08

  

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	STATE OF ILLINOIS	  	)
		  	: ss.:
	COUNTY OF COOK	  	)

 BE IT REMEMBERED, that on this 10th day of July, 2007, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public
within and for the County and State aforesaid, came M. Callahan, a Vice President of The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as trustee, a national banking association, who is personally known to me to be such officer, and who is personally known
to me to be the same person who executed, as such officer, the within instrument of writing, and such person duly acknowledged the execution of the same to be the act and deed of said corporation and that said instrument of writing was so executed
by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation. 
 On this 10th day of July, 2007, before me appeared Linda Garcia, to me
personally known, who being by me duly sworn did say that she is a Vice President of The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., and that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation, and that said instrument
was signed and sealed in behalf of said corporation by authority of its Board of Directors, and said Linda Garcia acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation. 
 On the 10th day of July in the year 2007, before me personally came M. Callahan, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that she
resides at Orland Park, Illinois, that she is a Vice President of The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., one of the corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal
affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like authority. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal on the day and year above written. 
  

	
	 /s/ T. Mosterd

	NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF ILLINOIS
	NO.
	QUALIFIED IN COOK COUNTY
	COMMISSION EXPIRES 1/22/09

  

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	STATE OF ILLINOIS	  	)
		  	: ss.:
	COUNTY OF COOK	  	)

 On this 10th day of July in the year 2007, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for
the State of Illinois, in the County of Cook, personally appeared and came Judith L. Bartolini, to me known and known to me to be the person described in and who executed the within and foregoing instrument and whose name is subscribed thereto and
acknowledged to me that he executed the same. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal the day
and year in this certificate first above written. 
  

	
	 /s/ A. Hernandez

	 NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF ILLINOIS

	 NO.

	 QUALIFIED IN COOK COUNTY

	 COMMISSION EXPIRES 7-8-10

  

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 AFFIDAVIT 
  

			
	STATE OF KANSAS	  	)
		  	) SS:
	COUNTY OF SEDGWICK	  	)

 I, Larry D. Irick, being first duly sworn on oath, depose and say: 
 1. I am the Secretary of Kansas Gas and Electric Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Kansas (the
“Company”). I am duly authorized to make this affidavit on behalf of the Company. 
 2. The Company has heretofore executed and
delivered to The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to BNY Midwest Trust Company) (the “Corporate Trustee”) and Judith L. Bartolini (the “Individual Trustee,” together with the Corporate Trustee, the
“Trustees”), a Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of April 1, 1940, (hereinafter called the “Indenture”), to secure the Company’s First Mortgage Bonds. 
 3. The Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustees supplemental indentures numbered “First” through
“Forty-seventh,” inclusive, (hereinafter called the “Supplemental Indentures”), creating other series of the Company’s First Mortgage Bonds. 
 4. The Indenture and all Supplemental Indentures confirmed unto the Trustees the real property situated in the State of Kansas which is subject to the lien of the Indenture. 
 5. The Indenture and all Supplemental Indentures were duly received and filed for record in accordance with the laws of the State of Kansas, and the
mortgage registration fee thereon provided for was, and has been, paid in full by the Company. 
 6. Under the Fortieth Supplemental
Indenture, the Company duly paid the mortgage registration fee in the amount of $1,780,538.50, based upon $684,822,500 of the Company’s indebtedness. The Fortieth Supplemental Indenture is found in the Sedgwick County Register of Deeds office
at film 2062, page 53. 
 7. The purpose of the Forty-eighth Supplemental Indenture is to amend the Indenture as permitted under certain
reservations of rights under certain Supplemental Indentures. 
 FURTHER AFFIANT SAITH NAUGHT. 
  

	
	 /s/ Larry D. Irick

	Larry D. Irick, Secretary
	Kansas Gas and Electric Company

 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of July, 2007. 
  

	
	 /s/ Patti Beasley

	Notary Public

 (notary seal)First Amendment Dated December 3, 2007

 EXHIBIT 4.1 
 FIRST AMENDMENT 
 THIS FIRST AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”) dated as of December 3, 2007
to the Credit Agreement referenced below is by and among SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC., a Wisconsin corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors identified on the signature pages hereto, the Lenders identified on the signature pages hereto
and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., in its capacity as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). 
 WITNESSETH 
 WHEREAS, revolving credit and term loan facilities have been extended to the Borrower pursuant to the Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented, increased and extended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) dated as of February 1, 2006 among the Borrower, the Guarantors identified therein, the Lenders
identified therein and the Administrative Agent; 
 WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested certain modifications to the Credit Agreement; and

 WHEREAS, the Required Lenders have agreed to the requested modifications on the terms and conditions set forth herein. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings provided to such terms in the Credit Agreement. 
 2. Amendment. In Section 8.06 of the Credit Agreement the
“and” at the end of clause (b) is deleted, the “.” at the end of clause (c) is replaced with “; and” and a new clause (d) is added to read as follows: 
 (d) in addition to the Restricted Payments permitted by Section 8.06(c) the Borrower may make any other Restricted Payments in an aggregate
amount of up to $200 million, provided that: 
 (i) with respect to all Restricted Payments made pursuant to this
clause (d) on and prior to April 26, 2008, (A) the aggregate amount of all such Restricted Payments shall not exceed $75 million, (B) no Default shall exist at the time of making any such Restricted Payment, and (C) prior to
making any such Restricted Payment, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a Pro Forma Compliance Certificate demonstrating that, upon giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis to such Restricted Payment, the Loan Parties would be in
compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.11 as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Borrower has delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b); and 

(ii) with respect to all Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (d) after April 26, 2008, (A) no Default shall
exist at the time of making any such Restricted Payment, (B) prior to making any such Restricted Payment, the Borrower 

 
shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a Pro Forma Compliance Certificate demonstrating that, upon giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis to such
Restricted Payment, (1) each of the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio would be at least 0.50x turns lower than the maximum Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio or Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio, as
applicable, as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Borrower has delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b), and (2) the Loan Parties would be in compliance with the financial covenants
set forth in Section 8.11 as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Borrower has delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b); and (C) the Borrower shall have at least $100
million of aggregate availability under the Revolving Commitments and under Permitted Securitization Transactions. 
 3. Conditions
Precedent. This Amendment shall be effective as of the date hereof upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Amendment executed by the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent.

 4. Amendment is a “Loan Document”. This Amendment is a Loan Document. 
 5. Reaffirmation of Representations and Warranties. Each Loan Party represents and warrants that (a) the representations and warranties set
forth in the Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof (except those that expressly relate to an earlier period) and (b) no Default exists. 
 6. Reaffirmation of Obligations. Each Loan Party (a) acknowledges and consents to all of the terms and conditions of this Amendment,
(b) affirms all of its obligations under the Loan Documents and (c) agrees that this Amendment and all documents executed in connection herewith do not operate to reduce or discharge such Loan Party’s obligations under the Loan
Documents. 
 7. Reaffirmation of Security Interests. Each Loan Party (a) affirms that each of the Liens granted in or pursuant
to the Loan Documents are valid and subsisting and (b) agrees that this Amendment shall in no manner impair or otherwise adversely effect any of the Liens granted in or pursuant to the Loan Documents. 
 8. No Other Changes. Except as modified hereby, all of the terms and provisions of the Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect.

 9. Counterparts; Facsimile Delivery. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed
and delivered shall be deemed an original and it shall not be necessary in making proof of this Amendment to produce or account for more than one such counterpart. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment by facsimile or electronic mail
shall be effective as an original. 
 10. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract made under, and for all
purposes shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of North Carolina. 
 [SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW] 
  

 2 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this First Amendment to be
duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written. 
  

							
	BORROWER:	  	SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC. a Wisconsin corporation	 	
				
		  	By:	 	 /s/ Kevin L. Baehler
	 	
		  	Name:	 	Kevin L. Baehler	 	
		  	Title:	 	VP Corporate Controller	 	
		
	GUARANTORS:	  	CHILDCRAFT EDUCATION CORP., a New York corporation
		  	CLASSROOMDIRECT.COM, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
		  	BIRD-IN-HAND WOODWORKS, INC., a New Jersey corporation
		  	SPORTIME, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
		  	GLOBAL VIDEO, LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company
		  	PREMIER AGENDAS, INC., a Washington corporation
		  	FREY SCIENTIFIC, INC., a Delaware corporation
		  	AMALGAMATED WIDGETS, INC., a Wisconsin corporation
		  	SAX ARTS & CRAFTS, INC., a Delaware corporation
		  	CALIFONE INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation
		  	DELTA EDUCATION, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
				
		  	By:	 	 /s/ Kevin L. Baehler
	 	
		  	Name:	 	Kevin L. Baehler	 	
		  	Title:	 	VP Corporate Controller	 	

 [SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW] 

 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT 
 AND
COLLATERAL AGENT: 
  

							
		  	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
				
		  	By:	 	 /s/ J. Casey Cosgrove
	 	
		  	Name:	 	J. Casey Cosgrove	 	
		  	Title:	 	Vice President	 	
		
	LENDERS:	  	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender
				
		  	By:	 	 /s/ J. Casey Cosgrove
	 	
		  	Name:	 	J. Casey Cosgrove	 	
		  	Title:	 	Vice President	 	
		
		  	SUNTRUST BANK
				
		  	By:	 	 /s/ William C. Humphries
	 	
		  	Name:	 	William C. Humphries	 	
		  	Title:	 	Managing Director	 	
		
		  	HARRIS N.A.
				
		  	By:	 	 /s/ Kathleen J. Collins
	 	
		  	Name:	 	Kathleen J. Collins	 	
		  	Title:	 	Director	 	
		
		  	M&I MARSHALL & ILSLEY BANK
				
		  	By:	 	 /s/ Leo Freeman
	 	
		  	Name:	 	Leo Freeman	 	
		  	Title:	 	Vice President	 	
		
		  	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
				
		  	By:	 	 /s/ Sabir A. Hashmy
	 	
		  	Name:	 	Sabir A. Hashmy	 	
		  	Title:	 	Vice President	 	
		
		  	CHARTER ONE BANK, N.A.
				
		  	By:	 	 /s/ Mary Ann Klemm
	 	
		  	Name:	 	Mary Ann Klemm	 	
		  	Title:	 	Vice President	 	

 [SIGNATURE PAGES CONTINUE] 

			
	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Caroline V. Krider

	Name:	 	Caroline V. Krider
	Title:	 	Vice President & Senior Lender
	
	ALLIED IRISH BANKS, P.L.C.
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	
	
	ASSOCIATED BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ James W. Engel

	Name:	 	James W. Engel
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President
	
	NATIONAL CITY BANK
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Paul W. Jelacic

	Name:	 	Paul W. Jelacic
	Title:	 	Vice President
	
	FIFTH THIRD BANK
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Neil G. Masch

	Name:	 	Neil G. Masch
	Title:	 	Vice President
	
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	
	
	MB FINANCIAL BANK, N.A. (f/n/a OAK BROOK BANK)
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Henry Wessel

	Name:	 	Henry Wessel
	Title:	 	Vice President

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