Document:

EXHIBIT 4.1

 

Upon recording, return to:

Ms. Shawne M. Keenan

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

999 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3996

 

PURSUANT TO
§44-14-35.1 OF OFFICIAL CODE OF
GEORGIA ANNOTATED, THIS INSTRUMENT EMBRACES,

COVERS AND
CONVEYS SECURITY TITLE TO AFTER-ACQUIRED PROPERTY OF THE GRANTOR

 

 

 

 

 

OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION

(AN ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION),

GRANTOR,

 

to

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

TRUSTEE

 

FORTY-NINTH
SUPPLEMENTAL

INDENTURE

 

Relating to the

Oglethorpe Power Corporation First Mortgage
Bonds,

Series 2009 B

 

Dated as of November 1, 2009

 

FIRST MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE TO THE CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT AND
TAX COMMISSIONER:  BECAUSE THIS
INSTRUMENT SECURES BONDS AND NOT A LONG TERM NOTE, THIS INSTRUMENT IS EXEMPT
FROM THE INTANGIBLES RECORDING TAX PURSUANT TO GEORGIA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
§560-11-8-.14(d).

 

 

THIS
FORTY-NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of November 1, 2009,
is between OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION (AN
ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION), formerly known as Oglethorpe Power
Corporation (An Electric Membership Generation & Transmission Corporation),
an electric membership corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Georgia, as grantor (the “Company”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association, as successor to SunTrust Bank, formerly known as SunTrust Bank,
Atlanta, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company
has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of March
1, 1997 (the “Original Indenture”), a conformed counterpart of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit A to this instrument that will be recorded in
Hart County, Georgia and such Original Indenture is incorporated herein by
reference, for the purpose of securing its Existing Obligations and providing
for the authentication and delivery of Additional Obligations by the Trustee
from time to time under the Original Indenture (capitalized terms used herein
and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Original Indenture);

 

WHEREAS, the Company
has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee forty-eight Supplemental
Indentures (the Original Indenture, as heretofore, hereby and hereafter
supplemented and modified, the “Indenture”), and the Original Indenture and the
forty-eight Supplemental Indentures have been recorded as set forth on Schedule
1, and copies of the prior forty-eight Supplemental Indentures are attached
hereto as Exhibit B to this instrument and will be recorded in Hart
County, Georgia, and such Supplemental Indentures are incorporated herein by
reference;

 

WHEREAS, the Board of
Directors of the Company has authorized a new series of Additional Obligations
to be designated the First Mortgage Bonds, Series 2009 B, due November 1, 2039
in the principal amount of Four Hundred Million Dollars ($400,000,000) (the “Series
2009 B Bonds”);

 

WHEREAS, the Company has entered into that certain
Registration Rights Agreement with the Initial Purchasers (as defined therein),
dated as of October 26, 2009 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), requiring
that the Company register the Series 2009 B Bonds under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”);

 

WHEREAS, the Company has acquired certain real property
located in Hart County, Georgia, more particularly described in Exhibit C
attached hereto (the “Hart County Property”);

 

WHEREAS, at the time
the Company executed and delivered the Original Indenture, the Company did not
have a property interest in any real property located in Hart County, Georgia;

 

WHEREAS, the Company
has complied or will comply with all provisions required to issue Additional
Obligations provided for in the Original Indenture;

 

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to
execute and deliver this Forty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture, in accordance with
the provisions of the Original Indenture, for the purpose of (i) subjecting,
conveying and confirming unto the Trustee the lien of the Indenture with
respect to the Hart County Property and the property more particularly
described on Exhibit D attached hereto, and (ii) providing for the
creation and designation of the Series 2009 B Bonds as Additional Obligations
and specifying the form and provisions thereof;

 

WHEREAS, Section 12.1 of the
Original Indenture provides that, without the consent of the Holders of any of
the Obligations, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution and the
Trustee, may enter into Supplemental Indentures for the purposes and subject to
the conditions set forth in said Section 12.1, including to create additional
series of Obligations under the Indenture and to make provisions for such
additional series of Obligations; and

 

WHEREAS, all acts and
proceedings required by law and by the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of
the Company necessary to secure under the Indenture the payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Series 2009 B Bonds, to
make the Series 2009 B Bonds to be issued hereunder, when executed by the
Company, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and duly issued, the valid,
binding and legal obligation of the Company, and to constitute the Indenture a
valid and binding lien for the security of the Series 2009 B Bonds, in
accordance with its terms, have been done and taken; and the execution and
delivery of this Forty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture has been in all respects
duly authorized by the Company;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS FORTY-NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE WITNESSES, that, to secure the payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Secured Obligations,
including, when authenticated and delivered, the Series 2009 B Bonds, to
confirm the lien of the Indenture upon the Trust Estate, including property
purchased, constructed or otherwise acquired by the Company since the date of
execution of the Original Indenture and including the Hart County Property, to
secure performance of the covenants therein and herein contained, to declare
the terms and conditions on which the Series 2009 B Bonds are secured, and in
consideration of the premises thereof and hereof, the Company by these presents
does grant, bargain, sell, alienate, remise, release, convey, assign, transfer,
mortgage, hypothecate, pledge, set over and confirm to the Trustee, and its
successors and assigns in the trust created thereby and hereby, in trust, all
property, rights, privileges and franchises (other than Excepted Property or
Excludable Property) of the Company, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
of the character described in the Granting Clauses of the Original Indenture,
wherever located, including all such property, rights, privileges and
franchises acquired since the date of execution of the Original Indenture, including,
without limitation, all property described on Exhibit C and Exhibit D
attached hereto, subject to all exceptions, reservations and matters of the
character referred to in the Indenture, and does grant a security interest
therein for the purposes expressed herein and in the Original Indenture subject
in all cases to Sections 5.2 and 11.2 B of the Original Indenture and to the
rights of the Company under the Original Indenture, including the rights set
forth in Article V thereof; but expressly excepting and excluding from the lien
and operation of the Indenture all properties of the character specifically
excepted as “Excepted Property” or “Excludable Property” in the Original
Indenture to the extent contemplated thereby.

 

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PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if, upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default, the Trustee, or any separate trustee or
co-trustee appointed under Section 9.14 of the Original Indenture or any
receiver appointed pursuant to statutory provision or order of court, shall
have entered into possession of all or substantially all of the Trust Estate,
all the Excepted Property described or referred to in Paragraphs A through H,
inclusive, of “Excepted Property” in the Original Indenture then owned or
thereafter acquired by the Company, shall immediately, and, in the case of any
Excepted Property described or referred to in Paragraphs I, J, L, N and P of
“Excepted Property” in the Original Indenture (excluding the property described
in Section 2 of Exhibit B in the Original Indenture), upon demand of the
Trustee or such other trustee or receiver, become subject to the lien of the
Indenture to the extent permitted by law, and the Trustee or such other trustee
or receiver may, to the extent permitted by law, at the same time likewise take
possession thereof, and whenever all Events of Default shall have been cured
and the possession of all or substantially all of the Trust Estate shall have
been restored to the Company, such Excepted Property shall again be excepted
and excluded from the lien of the Indenture to the extent and otherwise as
hereinabove set forth and as set forth in the Indenture.

 

The Company may, however,
pursuant to the Granting Clause Third of the Original Indenture, subject to the
lien of the Indenture any Excepted Property or Excludable Property, whereupon
the same shall cease to be Excepted Property or Excludable Property.

 

TO HAVE AND
TO HOLD all such property, rights, privileges and franchises hereby and
hereafter (by a Supplemental Indenture or otherwise) granted, bargained, sold,
alienated, remised, released, conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged,
hypothecated, pledged, set over or confirmed as aforesaid, or intended, agreed
or covenanted so to be, together with all the tenements, hereditaments and
appurtenances thereto appertaining (said properties, rights, privileges and
franchises, including any cash and securities hereafter deposited or required
to be deposited with the Trustee (other than any such cash which is specifically
stated in the Indenture not to be deemed part of the Trust Estate) being part
of the Trust Estate), unto the Trustee, and its successors and assigns in the
trust herein created by the Indenture, forever.

 

SUBJECT,
HOWEVER, to (i) Permitted Exceptions and (ii) to the extent permitted by Section
13.6 of the Original Indenture as to property hereafter acquired (a) any duly
recorded or perfected prior mortgage or other lien that may exist thereon at
the date of the acquisition thereof by the Company and (b) purchase money
mortgages, other purchase money liens, chattel mortgages, conditional sales
agreements or other title retention agreements created by the Company at the
time of acquisition thereof.

 

BUT IN
TRUST, NEVERTHELESS, with power of sale, for the equal and
proportionate benefit and security of the Holders from time to time of all the
Outstanding Secured Obligations without any priority of any such Obligation
over any other such Obligation and for the enforcement of the payment of such
Obligations in accordance with their terms.

 

UPON
CONDITION that, until the happening of an Event of Default
and subject to the provisions of Article V of the Original Indenture, and not
in limitation of the rights elsewhere provided in the Original Indenture,
including the rights set forth in Article V of the Original Indenture, the
Company shall be permitted to (i) possess and use the Trust Estate, except
cash, securities, Designated Qualifying Securities and other personal property
deposited, or required to 

 

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be
deposited, with the Trustee, (ii) explore for, mine, extract, separate and
dispose of coal, ore, gas, oil and other minerals, and harvest standing timber,
and (iii) receive and use the rents, issues, profits, revenues and other
income, products and proceeds of the Trust Estate.

 

THE
INDENTURE, INCLUDING THIS FORTY-NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, is intended to
operate and is to be construed as a deed passing title to the Trust Estate and
is made under the provisions of the laws of the State of Georgia relating to
deeds to secure debt, and not as a mortgage or deed of trust, and is given to
secure the Outstanding Secured Obligations. 
Should the indebtedness secured by the Indenture be paid according to
the tenor and effect thereof when the same shall become due and payable and
should the Company perform all covenants contained in the Indenture in a timely
manner, then the Indenture shall be canceled and surrendered.

 

AND IT IS
HEREBY COVENANTED AND DECLARED that the Series 2009 B
Bonds are to be authenticated and delivered and the Trust Estate is to be held
and applied by the Trustee, subject to the covenants, conditions and trusts set
forth herein and in the Indenture, and the Company does hereby covenant and
agree to and with the Trustee, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all
Holders of the Outstanding Secured Obligations, as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1            Definitions.

 

All words and phrases
defined in Article I of the Original Indenture shall have the same meaning in
this Forty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise appears herein, in
this Article I or unless the context clearly requires otherwise.  In addition, the following terms have the
following meaning in this Forty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture unless the context
clearly requires otherwise.

 

“Closing Date” means November 3, 2009.

 

“Interest Payment Date” means May 1 and November
1 of each year, commencing on May 1, 2010.

 

“Record Date” means the 15th day (whether or not a Business
Day) of the calendar month immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.

 

“Securities Depository” means The Depository Trust Company and
its successors and assigns or any other securities depository selected by the
Company which agrees to follow the procedures required to be followed by such
securities depository in connection with the Series 2009 B Bonds.

 

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ARTICLE II

 

THE SERIES 2009 B BONDS AND

CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING THERETO

 

Section 2.1            Terms
of the Series 2009 B Bonds.

 

There shall be established a
series of Additional Obligations known as and entitled the “First Mortgage
Bonds, Series 2009 B” (the “Series 2009 B Bonds”).

 

The aggregate principal
amount of the Series 2009 B Bonds which may be authenticated and delivered and
Outstanding at any one time is limited to Four Hundred Million Dollars
($400,000,000).  The Series 2009 B Bonds
shall consist of bonds in an aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000, due November
1, 2039.

 

Pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement, the Company will register the Series 2009 B Bonds under the
Securities Act with the SEC.  For the
purposes of this paragraph and Exhibit E, the Series 2009 B Bonds issued
on the Closing Date shall be referred to as the “Initial Series 2009 B Bonds”
and the Series 2009 B Bonds issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer (as
hereinafter defined) shall be referred to as the “Exchange Series 2009 B
Bonds.”  The Registration Rights
Agreement requires the Company to register the Initial Series 2009 B Bonds (i) by
exchanging the Initial Series 2009 B Bonds for Exchange Series 2009 B Bonds
through an exchange offer (the “Exchange Offer”) and/or, if applicable, (ii) by
filing a Shelf Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement).  The Registration Rights
Agreement also contemplates that, under certain circumstances, the Company
conduct a private exchange of first mortgage bonds with terms substantially
identical to the Initial Series 2009 B Bonds, that may remain subject to
transferability restrictions under the Securities Act (the “Private Exchange
Bonds”), for the Initial Series 2009 B Bonds. 
For all purposes under this Forty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture, each
series of the Initial Series 2009 B Bonds, the related Exchange Series 2009 B
Bonds and the Private Exchange Bonds shall be treated as a single series of Series
2009 B Bonds.

 

The Series 2009 B Bonds
shall bear interest from their date of issuance, payable semi-annually on May 1
and November 1 of each year, commencing on May 1, 2010.  The Series 2009 B Bonds shall bear interest
at the annual rate of 5.95%; provided, however, that if (i) the Company fails
to file a registration statement under the Securities Act registering the Series
2009 B Bonds (the “Exchange Offer Registration Statement”) under the Securities
Act in connection with the Exchange Offer with the SEC on or prior to the 90th
day after the Closing Date, (ii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has
not been declared effective by the SEC on or before the 180th day after the
Closing Date, (iii) the Exchange Offer has not been completed within 60 days
after the initial effective date of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (iv)
if a Shelf Registration Statement is required to be filed as a result of a
Shelf Registration Event (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) but
is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the 30th day after the date of such
Shelf Registration Event, or (v) if a Shelf Registration Statement is required
to be filed as a result of a Shelf Registration Event but is not declared
effective by the SEC on or prior to the 60th day after the date of such Shelf
Registration Event (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (v), a “Registration Default” and each period
during which a 

 

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Registration Default has occurred and is
continuing, a “Registration Default Period”), then additional interest
on the Series 2009 B Bonds will accrue (in addition to the stated interest on
the Series 2009 B Bonds) at a rate of 1.00% per annum (“Special Interest”) on the principal amount of the Series 2009 B
Bonds, from the date of the occurrence of any Registration Default until such
Registration Default is remedied; provided, however, no Registration Default
Period shall continue beyond the first anniversary of the Closing Date.  The amount of Special Interest shall not
increase because more than one Registration Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

If the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
or the Shelf Registration Statement, if required, has become effective and
thereafter either ceases to be effective or the Prospectus (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) contained therein ceases to be usable at any
time during the period when the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is being
used by Requesting Participating Broker-Dealers (as defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement) or during the Shelf Effectiveness Period (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement), respectively, and such failure to remain
effective or usable exists for more than 30 days (whether or not consecutive)
prior to, in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement being used
by a Requesting Participating Broker-Dealer, the 180th day after the Exchange
Date (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) or, in the case of the
Shelf Offer Registration Statement, the first anniversary of the Closing Date,
then the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will be increased by the
Special Interest amount commencing on the 31st day in such period and ending (i)
the date that the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf
Registration Statement, as applicable, has again become effective, (ii) the
date the Prospectus relating thereto, as applicable, again becomes usable, (iii)
in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement being used by a
Requesting Participating Broker-Dealer, on the 180th day after the Exchange
Date, or (iv) in the case of the Shelf Registration Statement, on the first
anniversary of the Closing Date.

 

The principal and the Redemption Price of,
and interest on, the Series 2009 B Bonds shall be paid to the Person in whose
name that Obligation (or one or more Predecessor Obligations) is registered at
the close of business on the Record Date applicable to such Interest Payment
Date or Redemption Date.  Interest on the
Series 2009 B Bonds shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months.  The Series 2009 B Bonds
shall be dated the date of authentication.

 

The
Series 2009 B Bonds shall be issued as fully registered global bonds without
coupons and in denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof.  The Series 2009 B Bonds shall be registered
in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the Securities Depository,
pursuant to the Securities Depository’s Book-Entry System.  When the Series 2009 B Bonds are held in the
Book-Entry System, purchases of beneficial interests in the Series 2009 B Bonds
shall be made in book-entry form, without certificates.  If at any time the Book-Entry System is
discontinued for the Series 2009 B Bonds, the Series 2009 B Bonds shall be
exchangeable for other fully registered certificated Series 2009 B Bonds of
like tenor and of an equal aggregate principal amount, in authorized
denominations.  The Trustee may impose a
charge sufficient to reimburse the Company or the Trustee for any tax, fee or
other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such exchange or
any transfer of a Series 2009 B Bond.  The cost, if any, of preparing each new Series
2009 B Bond issued upon such exchange or transfer, and any other 

 

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expenses of the Company or the Trustee incurred in connection
therewith, shall be paid by the person requesting such exchange or transfer.

 

Interest on the Series 2009
B Bonds shall be payable by check mailed to the registered owners thereof.  However, interest on the Series 2009 B Bonds
shall be paid to any owner of $1,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount
of the Series 2009 B Bonds by wire transfer to a wire transfer address within
the continental United States upon the written request of such owner received
by the Trustee not less than five days prior to the Record Date.  As long as the Series 2009 B Bonds are
registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the Securities
Depository, such payments shall be made directly to the Securities Depository.

 

Section 2.2            Make Whole Redemption.

 

(a)           The
Company may redeem the Series 2009 B Bonds, in whole or in part, on any date
prior to their maturity, at its option. 
The Company must give at least 30 days, but not more than 60 days, prior
notice of redemption mailed to the registered address of each Holder of Series 2009
B Bonds being redeemed except as otherwise required by the procedures of the
Securities Depository.  The Redemption
Price for the Series 2009 B Bonds will be equal to the greater of:

 

·                                          100% of the principal
amount of the Series 2009 B Bonds being redeemed plus interest accrued through
the Redemption Date; and

 

·                                          the sum of the present
values of the remaining principal and interest payments on the Series 2009 B
Bonds being redeemed, discounted on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a rate equal to the sum of (1) the
yield to maturity of the U.S. Treasury security having a life equal to the
remaining average life of the maturity of Series 2009 B Bonds being redeemed
and trading in the secondary market at the price closest to par, and (2) 25
basis points.

 

(b)           If there is no U.S. Treasury security having a life equal to
the remaining average life of the Series 2009 B Bonds being redeemed, the
discount rate will be calculated using a yield to maturity determined on a
straight-line basis (rounding to the nearest calendar month, if necessary) from
the average yield to maturity of two U.S. Treasury securities having lives most
closely corresponding to the remaining average life of the Series 2009 B Bonds
being redeemed and trading in the secondary market at the price closest to par.

 

(c)           If
less than all of the Outstanding Series 2009 B Bonds are to be redeemed, the Series
2009 B Bonds to be redeemed will be selected by the Trustee in any method it
deems fair and appropriate and the portion of the Series 2009 B Bonds not so
redeemed will be in integral multiples of $1,000.

 

(d)           If the Company gives notice of the optional redemption of
the Series 2009 B Bonds but the Trustee does not have enough funds on deposit
to pay the full Redemption Price of the Series 2009 B Bonds to be redeemed,
those Series 2009 B Bonds will remain Outstanding as though no redemption
notice had been given.  The failure of
the Trustee to have sufficient funds to effect the redemption will not
constitute a payment or other default by the Company under the 

 

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Indenture
and the Company will not be liable to any Holder of those Series 2009 B Bonds
as a result of the failed redemption.  If
the Trustee has enough funds on deposit to effect a redemption at the time the
Company gives notice of the redemption, then the Company is obligated to redeem
the Series 2009 B Bonds as provided in that notice.

 

Section 2.3            Form of the Series 2009 B Bonds.  The Series 2009 B Bonds and the Trustee’s
authentication certificate to be executed on the Series 2009 B Bonds shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto, with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted in the Original Indenture.

 

Section 2.4            Use of Proceeds.  The Company expects the proceeds of this
offering of the Series 2009 B Bonds, net of the initial purchasers’ discounts
and estimated offering expenses, to be $395,900,000.  The Company will use the net proceeds of this
offering to finance a portion of the costs associated with the Company’s
participation in two additional nuclear units at Plant Vogtle, to redeem
outstanding commercial paper and for general corporate purposes, including the
offering expenses associated with the issuance and exchange of the Series 2009
B Bonds.

 

ARTICLE
III

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 3.1            Supplemental Indenture.  This Forty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture is
executed and shall be construed as an indenture supplemental to the Original
Indenture, and shall form a part thereof, and the Original Indenture, as
heretofore supplemented and as hereby supplemented and modified, is hereby
confirmed.  Except to the extent
inconsistent with the express terms hereof, all of the provisions, terms,
covenants and conditions of the Indenture shall be applicable to the Series 2009
B Bonds to the same extent as if specifically set forth herein.  All references herein to Sections,
definitions or other provisions of the Original Indenture shall be to such
Sections, definitions and other provisions as they may be amended or modified
from time to time pursuant to the Indenture. 
All capitalized terms used in this Forty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture
shall have the same meanings assigned to them in the Original Indenture, except
in cases where the context clearly indicates otherwise.

 

Section 3.2            Recitals.  All recitals in this Forty-Ninth Supplemental
Indenture are made by the Company only and not by the Trustee; and all of the
provisions contained in the Original Indenture, in respect of the rights,
privileges, immunities, powers and duties of the Trustee shall be applicable in
respect hereof as fully and with like effect as if set forth herein in full.

 

Section 3.3            Successors and Assigns.  Whenever in this Forty-Ninth Supplemental
Indenture any of the parties hereto is named or referred to, this shall,
subject to the provisions of Articles IX and XI of the Original Indenture, be
deemed to include the
successors and assigns of such party, and all the covenants and agreements in
this Forty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture contained by or on behalf of the
Company, or by or on behalf of the Trustee shall, subject as aforesaid, bind
and inure to the respective benefits of the respective successors and assigns
of such parties, whether so expressed or not.

 

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Section 3.4            No
Rights, Remedies, Etc.  Nothing in this Forty-Ninth
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 Outstanding Secured
Obligations, any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Forty-Ninth
Supplemental Indenture or any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise or
agreement hereof, and all the covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and
agreements in this Forty-Ninth 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 Outstanding Secured Obligations.

 

Section 3.5            Counterparts. 
This Forty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in several
counterparts, each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be
an original, and all such counterparts, or as many of them as the Company and
the Trustee shall preserve undestroyed, shall together constitute but one and
the same instrument.

 

Section 3.6            Security
Agreement; Mailing Address.  To the extent
permitted by applicable law, this Forty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture shall be
deemed to be a Security Agreement and Financing Statement whereby the Company
grants to the Trustee a security interest in all of the Trust Estate that is
personal property or fixtures under the Uniform Commercial Code, as adopted or
hereafter adopted in one or more of the states in which any part of the
properties of the Company are situated.

 

The mailing address of the Company, as debtor, is:

 

Oglethorpe Power Corporation

2100 East Exchange Place

Tucker, Georgia 30084-5336

 

and the mailing address of
the Trustee, as secured party, is:

 

U.S. Bank National
Association

Attention:  Corporate Trust Services

1349 West Peachtree Street,
NW

Suite 1050, Two Midtown
Plaza

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties
hereto have caused this Forty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed
under seal as of the day and year first written above.

 

 

	
  Company:

  	
   

  	
  OGLETHORPE
  POWER CORPORATION  (AN ELECTRIC
  MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION), an electric membership corporation
  organized under the laws of the State of Georgia

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Elizabeth B. Higgins

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Elizabeth B. Higgins

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Executive Vice President
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  Chief Financial Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Signed, sealed and
  delivered by the Company in the presence of:

  	
   

  	
  Attest:

  	
  /s/ Patricia N. Nash

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Patricia N. Nash

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Secretary

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  /s/
  Joe Rick

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  [CORPORATE SEAL]

  
	
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  /s/
  Sharon H. Wright

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
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Exhibit A

 

A CONFORMED
COUNTERPART OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE

 

Filed only in Hart
County, Georgia

 

A-1

 

Exhibit B

 

COPIES OF
THE PRIOR FORTY-EIGHT SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

Filed only in Hart
County, Georgia

 

B-1

 

Exhibit C

 

LEGAL
DESCRIPTION OF HART COUNTY PROPERTY

 

1.             Hart
County, Georgia

 

All
that tract or parcel of land lying and being in the 1114th Georgia Militia District of Hart County,
Georgia, containing 185.075 acres, more or less, and being more particularly
described as follows:

 

TO
FIND THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, Begin at an iron pin (PK nail set) at the
junction of CR 539 and Georgia Highway 181, thence South 64 degrees 40 minutes
05 seconds East a distance of 89.17 feet to an iron pin (5/8 inch rebar found)
located on the northern right of way of Georgia Highway 181 (100’ R/W), said
point being the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; thence leaving the northern right of
way of Georgia Highway 181, South 85 degrees 14 minutes 08 seconds East a
distance of 636.82 feet to a concrete monument found (USA HG 17B); thence North
31 degrees 20 minutes 13 seconds East a distance of 600.30 feet to an iron pin
(1 and 1⁄4 inch concrete open top found, formerly concrete monument found, USA HG
16B); thence North 33 degrees 42 minutes 51 seconds West a distance of 625.82
feet to an iron pin set located on the centerline of branch, said point being
South 33 degrees 42 minutes 51 seconds East a distance of 23.73 feet from a
concrete monument found (USA HG 15BR); thence along the centerline of branch
the following courses and distances: North 04 degrees 00 minutes 39 seconds
West a distance of 41.57 feet to a point; thence North 34 degrees 48 minutes 26
seconds East a distance of 45.88 feet to a point; thence North 14 degrees 21
minutes 32 seconds West a distance of 31.13 feet to a point; thence North 43
degrees 51 minutes 43 seconds East a distance of 82.40 feet to a point; thence
North 75 degrees 09 minutes 43 seconds East a distance of 57.71 feet to a
point; thence North 32 degrees 40 minutes 29 seconds East a distance of 18.68
feet to a point; thence North 87 degrees 05 minutes 00 seconds East a distance
of 43.01 feet to a point; thence North 24 degrees 09 minutes 17 seconds East a
distance of 25.36 feet to a point; thence South 47 degrees 05 minutes 16
seconds East a distance of 24.88 feet to a point; thence North 64 degrees 21
minutes 42 seconds East a distance of 56.60 feet to a point; thence North 11
degrees 28 minutes 30 seconds East a distance of 35.86 feet to a point; thence
North 75 degrees 49 minutes 54 seconds East a distance of 17.77 feet to a point;
thence North 25 degrees 26 minutes 40 seconds East a distance of 53.08 feet to
a point; thence North 12 degrees 31 minutes 03 seconds West a distance of 60.75
feet to a point; thence North 69 degrees 25 minutes 56 seconds East a distance
of 73.56 feet to a point; thence North 32 degrees 02 minutes 13 seconds East a
distance of 116.28 feet to a point; thence North 17 degrees 11 minutes 39
seconds West a distance of 52.62 feet to a point; thence North 83 degrees 01
minutes 52 seconds East a distance of 13.30 feet to a point; thence North 05
degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West a distance of 25.35 feet to a point; thence
North 29 degrees 16 minutes 35 seconds East a distance of 127.22 feet to a
point; thence North 35 degrees 00 minutes 49 seconds East a distance of 22.59
feet to a point; thence North 30 degrees 20 minutes 07 seconds East a distance
of 60.43 feet to a point; thence North 40 degrees 47 minutes 33 seconds East a
distance of 26.45 feet to a point; thence North 48 degrees 27 minutes 48
seconds East a distance of 30.05 feet to a point; thence North 19 degrees 12
minutes 01 seconds East a distance of 48.84 feet to a point; thence North 78
degrees 22 minutes 30

 

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seconds
East a distance of 19.09 feet to a point; thence North 30 degrees 08 minutes 36
seconds East a distance of 46.91 feet to a point; thence North 17 degrees 59
minutes 22 seconds East a distance of 42.41 feet to a point; thence North 03
degrees 50 minutes 21 seconds West a distance of 15.89 feet to a point; thence
North 57 degrees 50 minutes 39 seconds East a distance of 17.53 feet to a
point; thence North 72 degrees 46 minutes 45 seconds West a distance of 28.67
feet to a point; thence North 28 degrees 21 minutes 24 seconds West a distance
of 27.57 feet to a point; thence North 64 degrees 23 minutes 45 seconds East a
distance of 73.48 feet to a point; thence North 25 degrees 37 minutes 49
seconds West a distance of 34.68 feet to a point; thence North 77 degrees 51
minutes 20 seconds West a distance of 18.57 feet to a point; thence North 24
degrees 07 minutes 18 seconds East a distance of 37.99 feet to a point; thence
North 00 degrees 01 minutes 12 seconds West a distance of 18.75 feet to a
point; thence North 23 degrees 06 minutes 21 seconds East a distance of 55.27
feet to a point; thence North 34 degrees 22 minutes 42 seconds West a distance
of 15.70 feet to a point; thence North 47 degrees 00 minutes 28 seconds East a
distance of 25.89 feet to a point; thence North 17 degrees 15 minutes 04
seconds East a distance of 22.04 feet to a point; thence North 16 degrees 37
minutes 29 seconds West a distance of 40.14 feet to a point; thence North 58
degrees 25 minutes 02 seconds East a distance of 17.94 feet to a point; thence
North 21 degrees 50 minutes 31 seconds East a distance of 38.25 feet to a
point; thence North 27 degrees 46 minutes 10 seconds East a distance of 41.57
feet to a point; thence North 32 degrees 45 minutes 04 seconds West a distance
of 45.32 feet to a point; thence North 39 degrees 49 minutes 30 seconds East a
distance of 15.35 feet to a point; thence North 43 degrees 13 minutes 54
seconds West a distance of 27.77 feet to a point; thence North 14 degrees 27
minutes 48 seconds West a distance of 30.83 feet to a point; thence North 34
degrees 20 minutes 06 seconds East a distance of 36.32 feet to a point; thence
North 27 degrees 52 minutes 28 seconds West a distance of 16.53 feet to a
point; thence North 34 degrees 37 minutes 30 seconds East a distance of 33.84
feet to a point; thence North 36 degrees 27 minutes 16 seconds West a distance
of 20.78 feet to a point; thence North 02 degrees 57 minutes 42 seconds East a
distance of 65.30 feet to a point; thence North 21 degrees 46 minutes 10
seconds East a distance of 61.70 feet to a point; thence North 39 degrees 09
minutes 58 seconds East a distance of 32.57 feet to an iron pin set, said point
being North 53 degrees 38 minutes 54 seconds East a distance of 19.50 feet from
a concrete monument found (USA HG 14BR); thence leaving the centerline of
branch, North 53 degrees 38 minutes 54 seconds East a distance of 770.50 feet
to an iron pin set located on the centerline of branch, said point being South
53 degrees 38 minutes 54 seconds West a distance of 45.00 feet from a concrete
monument found (USA HG 13B); thence along the centerline of branch the
following courses and distances: South 73 degrees 38 minutes 03 seconds East a
distance of 26.87 feet to a point; thence North 61 degrees 20 minutes 32
seconds East a distance of 42.37 feet to a point; thence South 58 degrees 56
minutes 14 seconds East a distance of 48.27 feet to a point; thence South 76
degrees 56 minutes 51 seconds East a distance of 44.66 feet to a point; thence
South 85 degrees 45 minutes 51 seconds East a distance of 11.30 feet to a
point; thence North 47 degrees 51 minutes 09 seconds East a distance of 34.55
feet to a point; thence North 61 degrees 14 minutes 50 seconds East a distance
of 57.43 feet to a point; thence South 45 degrees 53 minutes 23 seconds East a
distance of 8.09 feet to a point; thence South 20 degrees 46 minutes 52 seconds
West a distance of 45.66 feet to a point; thence South 13 degrees 15 minutes 46
seconds East a distance of 43.18 feet to a point; thence South 22 degrees 58
minutes 29 seconds East a distance of 75.75 feet to a point; thence South 60
degrees 08 minutes 27 seconds East a distance of 156.11 feet to a point; thence
North 73 degrees 39 minutes 05 seconds East a distance of 46.34 feet to a
point; thence South 66

 

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degrees
23 minutes 41 seconds East a distance of 92.99 feet to a point; thence South 57
degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds East a distance of 48.94 feet to a point; thence
South 34 degrees 20 minutes 39 seconds East a distance of 13.35 feet to a
point; thence South 19 degrees 47 minutes 03 seconds East a distance of 14.31
feet to a point; thence South 39 degrees 33 minutes 39 seconds East a distance
of 34.35 feet to a point; thence South 28 degrees 52 minutes 29 seconds East a
distance of 24.91 feet to a point; thence North 89 degrees 32 minutes 46
seconds East a distance of 28.27 feet to a point; thence South 10 degrees 28
minutes 54 seconds East a distance of 34.16 feet to a point; thence South 59
degrees 27 minutes 50 seconds East a distance of 29.39 feet to a point; thence
North 43 degrees 44 minutes 33 seconds East a distance of 16.11 feet to an iron
pin (1/2 inch rebar set 10.51 feet ahead, formerly concrete monument found, USA
HG 12B); thence leaving the centerline of branch, South 71 degrees 26 minutes
41 seconds East a distance of 778.14 feet to a concrete monument found (USA HG
11B); thence South 52 degrees 34 minutes 26 seconds East a distance of 854.95
feet to a concrete monument found (USA HG 10B); thence South 18 degrees 16 minutes
04 seconds West a distance of 242.95 feet to an iron pin (1/2 inch rebar set,
formerly concrete monument found, USA HG 9B); thence South 70 degrees 29
minutes 16 seconds West a distance of 566.29 feet to an iron pin (1/2 inch
rebar found); thence South 27 degrees 40 minutes 13 seconds West a distance of
690.43 feet to a iron pin (bumper jack found); thence South 24 degrees 11
minutes 37 seconds West a distance of 1,821.98 feet to an iron pin (1 and 1⁄2
inch “U” bar found); thence South 22 degrees 55 minutes 10 seconds West a
distance of 1,088.39 feet to iron pin (bumper jack found) located on the
northern right of way of Georgia Highway 181; thence along the northern right
of way of Georgia Highway 181, North 55 degrees 50 minutes 35 seconds West a
distance of 280.67 feet to an iron pin (1/2 inch rebar found); thence leaving
the northern right of way of Georgia Highway 181, North 25 degrees 38 minutes
09 seconds East a distance of 759.95 feet to an iron pin (1/2 inch rebar
found); thence North 49 degrees 50 minutes 41 seconds West a distance of 315.26
feet to an iron pin (3/4 inch SRF); thence North 49 degrees 56 minutes 12
seconds West a distance of 353.38 feet to an iron pin (bumper jack found);
thence North 83 degrees 52 minutes 16 seconds West a distance of 338.15 feet to
an iron pin (bumper jack found); thence North 59 degrees 19 minutes 54 seconds
West a distance of 270.21 feet to an iron pin (1/4 inch angle iron found);
thence North 58 degrees 29 minutes 04 seconds West a distance of 239.14 feet to
an iron pin (1/2 inch rebar found); thence South 61 degrees 24 minutes 35
seconds West a distance of 307.18 feet to an iron pin (1/2 inch rebar found);
thence South 74 degrees 30 minutes 27 seconds West a distance of 336.95 feet to
an iron pin (1/2 inch rebar found) located on the northern right of way of
Georgia Highway 181; thence along the northern right of way of Georgia Highway
181, North 26 degrees 32 minutes 55 seconds West a distance of 261.92 feet to a
point; thence North 27 degrees 51 minutes 54 seconds West a distance of 100.22
feet to a point; thence North 30 degrees 02 minutes 20 seconds West a distance
of 76.80 feet to an iron pin (5/8 inch rebar found) being the TRUE POINT OF
BEGINNING.

 

LESS
AND EXCEPT:

 

A
tract of land located in the 1114th G.M.
District, Hart County, Georgia, containing a total of 13.309 acres, located
approximately seven miles east-southeast of Hartwell, south of Hartwell Dam, on
the north side of Georgia Highway 181, surrounded on all sides by property
owned by ANP Power Company, f/k/a Transco Power Company, being more
particularly described as follows:

 

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BEGINNING
at a point which is North 48 degrees 33 minutes 05 seconds East a distance of
2,093.06 feet from a concrete monument found (USA HG 17B); thence North 53
degrees 15 minutes 39 seconds East a distance of 1,106.68 feet to a point;
thence South 36 degrees 44 minutes 21 seconds East a distance of 507.06 feet to
a point; thence South 53 degrees 15 minutes 40 seconds West a distance of
199.41 feet to a point; thence South 34 degrees 47 minutes 06 seconds West a
distance of 124.24 feet to a point; thence South 53 degrees 15 minutes 39
seconds West a distance of 749.43 feet to a point; thence North 36 degrees 44
minutes 24 seconds West a distance of 369.98 feet to a point; thence South 53
degrees 15 minutes 12 seconds West a distance of 40.00 feet to a point; thence
North 36 degrees 44 minutes 24 seconds West a distance of 176.45 feet to a
point being the POINT OF BEGINNING.

 

BEING
the same property conveyed to Hartwell Energy Limited Partnership, a Delaware
limited partnership, by Warranty Deed from Transco Power Company, a Delaware
corporation, dated December 1, 1992, recorded December 22, 1992 in Book 242, Page
120, and re-conveyed to Hartwell Energy Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited
partnership, by Corrective Warranty Deed from Transco Power Company, a Delaware
corporation, dated December 23, 1992, recorded December 28, 1992, in Book 242, Page
160, in the Clerk’s Office, Superior Court, Hart County, Georgia.

 

The above described property is more particularly shown and delineated
on that certain ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey for Hartwell Energy Limited
Partnership and Oglethorpe Power Corporation (An Electric Membership Corporation),
prepared by Dean H. Teasley, Land Surveying Inc., GA RLS No. 1898, dated October
6, 2009, as containing 171.766 net acres.

 

2.             Hart
County, Georgia

 

All
that tract or parcel of land lying and being in the 1114th Georgia Militia District of Hart County,
Georgia, containing 31.094 acres, more or less, and being bounded on the
Southwest by Smith McGee Highway, Georgia Highway 181 (100’ R/W).

 

Said
property is more particularly described as to courses and distances in the
following manner, to-wit: TO FIND THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, Begin at an iron
pin (PK nail set) at the junction of CR 539 and Georgia Highway 181, thence
running South 64 degrees 40 minutes 05 seconds East a distance of 89.17 feet to
an iron pin (5/8 inch rebar found) located on the northern right of way of
Georgia Highway 181; thence along the northern right of way of Georgia Highway
181, South 30 degrees 02 minutes 20 seconds East a distance of 76.80 feet to a
point; thence South 27 degrees 51 minutes 54 seconds East a distance of 100.22
feet to a point; thence South 26 degrees 32 minutes 55 seconds East a distance
of 261.92 feet to an iron pin (1/2 inch rebar found) said point being the TRUE
POINT OF BEGINNING; thence leaving the northern right of way of Georgia Highway
181, North 74 degrees 30 minutes 27 seconds East a distance of 336.95 feet to
an iron pin (1/2 inch rebar found); thence North 61 degrees 24 minutes 35

 

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seconds
East a distance of 307.18 feet to an iron pin (1/2 inch rebar found); thence
South 58 degrees 29 minutes 04 seconds East a distance of 239.14 feet to an
iron pin (1/4 inch angle iron found); thence South 59 degrees 19 minutes 54
seconds East a distance of 270.21 feet to an iron pin (bumper jack found); thence
South 83 degrees 52 minutes 16 seconds East a distance of 338.15 feet to an
iron pin (bumper jack found); thence South 49 degrees 56 minutes 12 seconds
East a distance of 353.38 feet to an iron pin (3/4 inch SRF); thence South 49
degrees 50 minutes 41 seconds East a distance of 315.26 feet to an iron pin
(1/2 inch rebar found); thence South 25 degrees 38 minutes 09 seconds West a
distance of 759.95 feet to an iron pin (1/2 inch rebar found) located on the
northern right of way of Georgia Highway 181; thence along the northern right
of way of Georgia Highway 181, North 55 degrees 45 minutes 27 seconds West a
distance of 198.70 feet to an iron pin (bumper jack found); thence North 58
degrees 09 minutes 19 seconds West a distance of 163.68 feet to a point; thence
North 59 degrees 11 minutes 30 seconds West a distance of 117.62 feet to a
point; thence North 63 degrees 08 minutes 30 seconds West a distance of 102.35
feet to a point; thence North 67 degrees 06 minutes 29 seconds West a distance
of 98.84 feet to a point; thence North 69 degrees 08 minutes 31 seconds West a
distance of 102.47 feet to a point; thence North 69 degrees 48 minutes 30
seconds West a distance of 234.29 feet to a point; thence North 67 degrees 11
minutes 20 seconds West a distance of 148.86 feet to a point; thence North 61
degrees 31 minutes 56 seconds West a distance of 116.09 feet to a point; thence
North 52 degrees 34 minutes 54 seconds West a distance of 100.07 feet to a
point; thence North 44 degrees 35 minutes 56 seconds West a distance of 96.34
feet to a point; thence North 36 degrees 06 minutes 56 seconds West a distance
of 96.06 feet to a point; thence North 29 degrees 33 minutes 31 seconds West a
distance of 96.82 feet to a point; thence North 26 degrees 32 minutes 55
seconds West a distance of 350.00 feet to an iron pin (1/2 inch rebar found)
being the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.

 

The
above described property is more particularly shown and delineated as Tract A
on a plat of survey dated November 29, 2006, prepared by Dean H. Teasley,
Registered Land Surveyor, of record in Plat Book 2-K, Page 35 in the Office of
the Clerk of the Superior Court of Hart County, Georgia, which plat and the
recordation thereof are by reference incorporated herein to aid in this
description.

 

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Exhibit D

 

All property of the
Company in the Counties in Appling, Burke, Carroll, DeKalb, Floyd, Hart, Heard,
Monroe, Talbot, Toombs, Warren and Washington, State of Georgia.

 

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Exhibit E

 

FORM OF SERIES 2009 B BOND

AND

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

[If an Initial Series 2009 B Bond, then insert — THIS SERIES
2009 B BOND HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE
EXEMPTION THEREFROM.  EACH PURCHASER OF
THIS SERIES 2009 B BOND IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS SERIES 2009
B BOND MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTIONS FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A OR REGULATION S THEREUNDER.

 

THIS SERIES
2009 B BOND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT (A) (1) TO A PERSON WHO THE TRANSFEROR REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT ACQUIRING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2)
PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION
WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (3) PURSUANT TO
ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (4)
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (B)
TO OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION (AN ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION) (“OGLETHORPE”),
AND IN THE CASE OF BOTH (A) AND (B), IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES.  EACH TRANSFEREE OF THIS SERIES 2009 B BOND
WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE (OR A
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AS APPLICABLE) WITH A WRITTEN CERTIFICATION (THE FORM OF
WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AS TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE TRANSFER
RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO ABOVE. IN ADDITION, IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS A
PURCHASER WHO IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, A NON-U.S. PERSON OR
OGLETHORPE, THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE
SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS IT MAY REASONABLY
REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION
FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT.

 

E-1

 

THIS SERIES
2009 B BOND AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTATION MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM
TIME TO TIME TO MODIFY THE RESTRICTIONS ON RESALES AND OTHER TRANSFERS OF THIS
SERIES 2009 B BOND TO REFLECT ANY CHANGE IN APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION (OR
THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF) OR IN PRACTICES RELATING TO THE RESALE OR TRANSFER
OF RESTRICTED SECURITIES GENERALLY.  THE
HOLDER OF THIS SERIES 2009 B BOND SHALL BE DEEMED BY THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS
SERIES 2009 B BOND TO HAVE AGREED TO ANY SUCH AMENDMENT OR SUPPLEMENT.]

 

UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO OGLETHORPE 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.

 

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  No.

  	
  $400,000,000.00

  

 

OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION, FIRST MORTGAGE BOND,

SERIES 2009 B, DUE 2039

 

REGISTERED
OWNER:  CEDE & CO.

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT:  FOUR HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS

ISSUANCE
DATE:  November 3, 2009

CUSIP
NO.:

 

Oglethorpe Power Corporation
(An Electric Membership Corporation), an electric membership corporation
existing under the laws of the State of Georgia (together with any successors
and assigns, “Oglethorpe”), for value received hereby promises to pay to the
registered owner named above or registered assigns, on November 1, 2039 upon
the presentation and surrender of this First Mortgage Bond, 5.95% Series 2009 B
due November 1, 2039 (this “Series 2009 B Bond”), the principal amount (upon
original issuance) of $400,000,000, issued under the Indenture, dated as of March
1, 1997 (the “Original Indenture”), as heretofore supplemented and as
supplemented by the Forty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture (the “Forty-Ninth
Supplemental Indenture”), between Oglethorpe, formerly known as Oglethorpe
Power Corporation (An Electric Membership Generation & Transmission Corporation),
as grantor, and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor to SunTrust Bank,
formerly known as SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, as trustee (the “Trustee”) (the
Original Indenture, as supplemented, the “Indenture”).

 

Oglethorpe
shall pay the principal sum set forth above and pay interest on said principal
sum from the date hereof until payment of said principal sum has been made or
duly provided for, semi-annually at the interest rate of 5.95% [If an Initial Series
2009 B Bond, then insert — ; provided, however, that if (i) Oglethorpe fails to
file a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
registering this Series 2009 B Bond (the “Exchange Offer Registration Statement”)
in connection with the exchange offer (the “Exchange Offer”) pursuant to that
certain Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) by
and between Oglethorpe and the Initial Purchasers (as defined therein), dated
as of October 26, 2009 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
on or prior to the 90th day after November 3, 2009 (the “Closing Date”), (ii) the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement has not become effective or been declared
effective by the SEC on or before the 180th day after the Closing Date, (iii) the
Exchange Offer has not been completed within 60 days after the initial
effective date of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (iv) if a Shelf
Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) is
required to be filed as a result of a Shelf Registration Event (as defined in
the Registration Rights Agreement) but is not filed with the SEC on or prior to
the 30th day after the date of such Shelf Registration Event, or (v) if a Shelf
Registration Statement is required to be filed as a result of a Shelf
Registration Event but is not declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the
60th day after the date of such Shelf Registration Event (each event referred
to in clauses (i) through (v), a “Registration Default” and each period during
which a Registration Default has occurred and is occurring, a “Registration
Default Period”), then additional interest on this Series 2009 B Bond will
accrue (in addition to the stated interest on this Series 2009 B Bond) at a
rate of 1.00% per annum (“Special Interest”) on the principal amount of this Series
2009 B Bond, from the date of the occurrence of any Registration

 

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Default until such Registration Default is remedied; provided, however,
no Registration Default Period shall continue beyond the first anniversary of
the Closing Date.  The amount of Special
Interest shall not increase because more than one Registration Default has
occurred and is continuing.

 

If
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement,
if required, has become effective and thereafter either ceases to be effective
or the Prospectus (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) contained
therein ceases to be usable at any time during the period when the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement is being used by Requesting Participating
Broker-Dealers (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) or during the
Shelf Effectiveness Period (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement),
respectively, and such failure to remain effective or usable exists for more
than 30 days (whether or not consecutive) prior to, in the case of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement being used by a Requesting Participating
Broker-Dealer, the 180th day after the Exchange Date (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) or, in the case of the Shelf Registration
Statement, the first anniversary of the Closing Date, then the interest rate on
the Registrable Securities will be increased by the Special Interest amount commencing
on the 31st day in such period and ending (i) the date that the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, has
again become effective, (ii) the date the Prospectus relating thereto, as
applicable, again becomes usable, (iii) in the case of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement being used by a Requesting Participating Broker-Dealer,
on the 180th day after the Exchange Date, or (iv) in the case of the Shelf
Registration Statement, on the first anniversary of the Closing Date.]

 

The
principal of, and interest on, this Series 2009 B Bond are payable at the
principal corporate trust office of the Trustee, or of its successor as
Trustee, or, at the option of the owner of this Series 2009 B Bond, at the
principal office  of any Paying
Agent appointed in accordance with the Indenture; provided, however, that,
subject to the next succeeding paragraph, interest may be payable, at the
option of the Trustee, by check or draft drawn upon the Trustee and mailed to
the registered address of the registered owner of this Series 2009 B Bond as of
the close of business on the applicable Record Date (as defined in the
Forty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture), or, at the written request of the
registered owner of Series 2009 B Bonds in an aggregate principal amount
greater than or equal to $1,000,000 delivered to the Trustee at least five days
prior to the Record Date next preceding such payment date, by wire transfer to
a wire transfer address in the continental United States as set forth in such
request. Payment of the principal of and interest on this Series 2009 B Bond
shall be in any coin or currency of the United States of America as, at the
respective times of payment, shall be legal tender for the payment of public
and private debts.

 

Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Series 2009 B Bond to the contrary, so long as this Series 2009
B Bond shall be registered on books of Oglethorpe kept by the Obligation
Registrar (as defined in the Indenture) in the name of The Depository Trust
Company, a New York Corporation (“DTC”), or its nominee, the provisions of the
Indenture governing the Book-Entry System (as defined in the Indenture) shall
govern the manner of payment of the principal of, and interest on, this Series 2009
B Bond.

 

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The
Series 2009 B Bonds are equally and ratably secured, to the extent provided in
the Indenture, by the Trust Estate, except and excluding the Excepted Property
and the Excludable Property.

 

Reference is hereby made to
the Indenture, a copy of which is on file with the Trustee, for the provisions,
among others, with respect to the nature and extent of the rights, duties and
obligations of Oglethorpe, the Trustee and the owner of this Series 2009 B Bond,
the terms upon which this Series 2009 B Bond is issued and secured, and the
modification or amendment of the Indenture, to all of which the registered
owner of this Series 2009 B Bond assents by the acceptance of this Series 2009
B Bond.

 

This Series 2009 B Bond is
transferable, as provided in the Indenture, only upon the registration books of
Oglethorpe maintained by the Obligation Registrar, which shall be the Trustee,
kept at its principal office, upon presentation at said office of this Series 2009
B Bond with the written request of the registered owner hereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing, and a written instrument of transfer satisfactory
to the Obligation Registrar duly executed by the registered owner or his duly
authorized attorney.  The Obligation
Registrar shall not be obliged to (i) make any exchange or transfer of this Series
2009 B Bond during the period beginning at the opening of business fifteen days
next preceding the date of the mailing of the notice of redemption of the Series
2009 B Bonds or (ii) register the transfer of or exchange of any Series 2009 B
Bond so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed
portion of a Series 2009 B Bond being redeemed in part.

 

The Series 2009 B Bonds are
issuable in the form of fully registered global bonds without coupons in the
denomination of $1,000 each or any integral multiple thereof.  Upon payment of any required tax or other
governmental charge and, subject to such conditions, the Series 2009 B Bonds,
upon the surrender thereof at the principal office of the Obligation Registrar,
with a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Obligation Registrar,
duly executed by the registered owner or his duly authorized attorney, may, at
the option of the registered owner thereof, be exchanged for an equal aggregate
principal amount of Series 2009 B Bonds of the same interest rate and in any
other authorized denominations.

 

This Series 2009 B Bond
shall bear interest from, and including, the date hereof to, but excluding, November
1, 2039.  Interest shall be payable in
arrears on May 1 and November 1 of each year prior to the maturity date of the Series
2009 B Bonds, commencing on May 1, 2010. 
Interest on this Series 2009 B Bond shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

Make-Whole
Redemption:  Oglethorpe
may redeem the Series 2009 B Bonds, in whole or in part, on any date prior to
their maturity, at its option.  The
Redemption Price for the Series 2009 B Bonds will be equal to the greater of:

 

·                                          100% of the principal
amount of the Series 2009 B Bonds being redeemed plus interest accrued through
the Redemption Date; and

 

·                                          the sum of the present
values of the remaining principal and interest payments on the Series 2009 B
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360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a rate
equal to the sum of (1) the yield to maturity of the U.S. Treasury security
having a life equal to the remaining average life of the maturity of the Series
2009 B Bonds being redeemed and trading in the secondary market at the price
closest to par, and (2) 25 basis points.

 

If
there is no U.S. Treasury security having a life equal to the remaining average
life of the Series 2009 B Bonds being redeemed, the discount rate will be
calculated using a yield to maturity determined on a straight-line basis
(rounding to the nearest calendar month, if necessary) from the average yield
to maturity of two U.S. Treasury securities having lives most closely
corresponding to the remaining average life of the Series 2009 B Bonds being
redeemed and trading in the secondary market at the price closest to par.

 

If less than
all of the outstanding Series 2009 B Bonds are to be redeemed, the Series 2009
B Bonds to be redeemed will be selected by the Trustee in any method it deems
fair and appropriate, and the portion of the Series 2009 B Bonds not so
redeemed will be in integral multiples of $1,000.

 

The
registered owner of this Series 2009 B Bond shall have no right to enforce the
provisions of the Indenture, or to institute action to enforce the covenants
therein, or to take any action with respect to any default under the Indenture,
or to institute, appear in or defend any suit or other proceeding with respect
thereto, except as provided in the Indenture.

 

All
acts, conditions and things required by the Constitution and statutes of the
State of Georgia, the governing rules and procedures of Oglethorpe and the
Indenture to exist, to have happened and to have been performed precedent to
and in the issuance of this Series 2009 B Bond, do exist, have happened and
have been performed.

 

No covenant or agreement
contained in this Series 2009 B Bond, the Indenture or the Forty-Ninth Supplemental
Indenture shall be deemed to be a covenant or agreement of any official,
officer, agent or employee of Oglethorpe in his individual capacity, and no
officer of Oglethorpe executing this Series 2009 B Bond shall be liable
personally on this Series 2009 B Bond or be subject to any personal liability
or accountability by reason of the issuance of this Series 2009 B Bond.

 

This Series 2009 B Bond
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid until this
Series 2009 B Bond shall have been authenticated by the execution by the
Trustee, or its successor as Trustee, of the Certificate of Authentication
inscribed hereon.

 

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IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, Oglethorpe has caused this Series 2009 B Bond to be executed in its
corporate name by its President and Chief Executive Officer and attested by its
Secretary and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed.

 

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
  OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  (AN ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION)

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
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  Thomas A. Smith

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  President and Chief Executive Officer

  
	
  (CORPORATE SEAL)

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Attest:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Patricia N. Nash

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Secretary

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

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This is one of the
Obligations of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

 

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
  U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
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  Authorized
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  Date
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  Forty-Eighth
  Supplemental IndentureEXHIBIT 10.1

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT is effective as of August 17th, 2009 (“Effective
Date”) between Oglethorpe Power Corporation (An Electric Membership
Corporation) (“the Company”) and Charles W. Whitney (“Employee”).  The Company desires to employ Employee, and
Employee desires to accept employment with the Company, under the following
terms and conditions.  Therefore, in
consideration of Employee’s employment with the Company and the mutual promises
and conditions contained in this Agreement, the adequacy of which the parties
hereby acknowledge, Employee and the Company agree as follows:

 

1.     Term. 
Subject to the provisions for automatic renewal and termination as
provided below, the term of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date
and shall terminate at 12:01 a.m. on December 31st, 2010.

 

(a)   Automatic Renewal.  This Agreement
shall be automatically extended for one additional year, unless on or before November
30th, 2010 (for the initial term), or thirteen (13) months before the
expiration of any extended term, either Party provides to the other written
notice of its desire not to automatically renew this Agreement.

 

2.     Position and Duties.

 

(a)   Employee’s Title; Duties. 
Employee shall serve the Company in the position of Senior Vice
President, General Counsel.  Employee
shall perform all duties of this position, as assigned by the CEO, President,
or the Board of Directors of the Company (or other designee).

 

(b)   Conflict of Interest.  During
Employee’s employment, Employee shall not engage in any business activity
which, in the reasonable judgment of the CEO, conflicts with the duties of the
Employee under this Agreement, whether or not such activity is pursued for
gain, profit or other pecuniary advantage.

 

(c)   Participation in Other Boards or Similar Activities. 
Notwithstanding subsection 2(b), Employee may receive compensation for
participation on boards of directors or similar part-time associations,
provided that such participation does not interfere with the performance of Employee’s
employment obligations to the Company and that such participation has been
approved in advance by the Company’s CEO. 
The foregoing restrictions also shall not limit or prohibit Employee
from engaging in passive investment and community, charitable and social
activities not interfering with Employee’s performance and obligations under
this Agreement.

 

3.     Compensation and Related Matters.

 

(a)   Base Salary.  For all
services rendered by Employee during the term of this Agreement, the Company
shall pay Employee a minimum annual base salary of $300,000.00, payable in
equal semi-monthly installments, less applicable withholdings.  Employee’s base salary will be subject to
review and possible upward adjustment, subject to the sole discretion of the
President and CEO.

 

 

(b)   Benefits.  During the
term of employment, Employee shall be entitled to receive and shall be allowed
to participate in the Company’s standard comprehensive benefits package on the
terms and conditions as provided in the policies and practices of the Company,
which may be modified from time-to-time in the sole discretion of the Company’s
Board of Directors.  Employee agrees that
no claim will arise against the Company by virtue of its Board of Directors’
exercise of its rights to modify the Company’s benefits package.

 

(c)   Bonus Eligibility; Performance Pay Program. 
Employee will be eligible for consideration for an annual bonus and
other incentive compensation plans generally available to other similarly
situated employees, including but not limited to the OPC Performance Pay
Program.  Such a bonus, if awarded, will
be an amount determined by the Company in its sole discretion.  Employee must be employed by the Company as
of December 31st of the award year in order to receive it; however, in the
event Employee is terminated not for Cause during the last quarter of an award
year, Employee will be eligible to receive a prorated bonus based on attainment
of the applicable goals during Employee’s employment.  Any prorated bonus will be paid in accordance
with the Company’s regular bonus payment schedule.

 

(d)   Business Expenses. Employee is authorized to incur reasonable and
documented business expenses incurred or paid by Employee on behalf of the
Company in performing Employee’s duties. 
Such reasonable expenses shall be promptly paid (or reimbursed as
applicable) by the Company upon presentation of expense statements in
accordance with the Company’s policy.

 

4.     Termination and Severance.

 

(a)   Termination for Cause.  The Company
may terminate Employee’s employment with the Company at any time if it believes
in good faith that it has Cause to do so. 
“Cause” shall be defined as: (i) Employee’s failure to perform Employee’s
duties which causes or is likely to cause material harm to the Company or
material interference with its operations; (ii) Employee’s substantial,
material failure to comply with the Company’s written directions or policies;
or (iii) Employee’s engaging in conduct that is unlawful or disreputable, to
the possible material detriment of the Company, its affiliates, its
predecessors or successors, or Employee’s own reputation; provided,
however, that with respect to (i) and (ii) above, Employee has been
given prompt notice of the failure and a reasonable opportunity to cure
it.  In the event of a termination for
Cause, or in the event of Employee’s death or disability (which shall be
defined as an inability to perform the essential functions of Employee’s
position, with or without accommodation, consistent with the Company’s obligations
under the Americans With Disabilities Act), all salary and other benefits
provided to Employee under this Agreement shall cease as of the date of
termination except for any portion of Salary that is accrued and owing and any
life and/or disability insurance proceeds that become payable by reason of
Employee’s death or disability.

 

(b)   Termination Not for Cause; Resignation with Good Reason. 
The Company may terminate Employee’s employment at any time upon two
weeks’ notice to the Employee.  In the
event the Company terminates Employee’s employment not for Cause or in the
event Employee resigns with Good Reason (as defined below), Employee shall
receive as severance pay the equivalent of one year of Employee’s then-current
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withholdings, payable in lump-sum form (referred to as
“Severance Pay”); provided, however, no payment shall be made to the Employee
under this Section prior to six (6) months after the Employee’s date of
termination to the extent that such payment would result in adverse tax
consequences under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.

 

i)             Definition of “Good
Reason”.  For purposes of this Section, “Good Reason”
shall be defined as: (a) a demotion or material reduction or alteration of
Employee’s job title or job duties and responsibilities inconsistent with
Employee’s current position; (b) a reduction of Employee’s base salary; or (c) a
relocation of Employee’s principal office by more than fifty (50) miles; and
further provided that Good Reason may be found under this subsection 4(b)(i) without
regard to whether there has been a sale or transfer of any or all of the
Company’s assets.

 

ii)            Medical Allowance and
Outplacement Services.  In addition to
the payment provided in subsection 4(b), the Company will provide (i) six (6) months’
outplacement services to be determined by the Company and (ii) an amount equal
to the Employee’s cost for medical and dental continuation coverage pursuant to
COBRA for six (6) months at the coverage type and level as is in effect as of
the date of the Employee’s termination of employment.

 

iii)           Release.  Employee will only receive Severance Pay and
the additional benefits provided in subsection 4(b)(ii) if Employee signs a
form releasing all claims against the Company which shall be furnished by the
Company no later than 45 days after the effective termination date (or within
45 days after an arbitrator determines that Employee is entitled to such payments),
and Employee does not thereafter revoke the release.

 

iv)            No Duty to Mitigate.  
In the event Employee’s employment is terminated in a manner that gives
Employee a right to receive payment described in subsections 4(b) and 4(b)(ii) (collectively,
“damages”), Employee shall have no obligation to mitigate such damages through
subsequent employment or other earnings.

 

(c)   Resignation Without Good Reason. 
Employee may resign employment at any time upon sixty (60) days’ notice
to the Company.  In such event, if
requested by the Company, Employee shall continue to render services and shall
be paid Employee’s regular salary and receive normal benefits up to the
effective date of termination.  In the
event of a resignation without Good Reason, all salary and other benefits
provided to Employee under this Agreement shall cease as of the date of
termination.

 

5.     This Agreement to be Kept Confidential. 
As a material condition to this Agreement, Employee agrees not to
disclose the terms of this Agreement, without the Company’s prior written
permission, to anyone other than an immediate family member or an attorney,
accountant or other professional advisor who agrees in advance to honor this
confidentiality requirement.  Employee
further understands that, so long as the Company has reporting obligations
under SEC regulations, the Company is not prohibited from disclosing the terms
of this Agreement to the extent legally required by applicable reporting
requirements.  This Agreement also does
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extent necessary to enforce this Agreement or
disclosures to the extent legally required by a subpoena or court order,
provided that the Company is notified in writing of such a disclosure
obligation within five (5) days after it arises.  In the event that Employee violates the
confidentiality obligations of this Section, the Company reserves the right to
cancel this Agreement.

 

6.     Inventions and Confidential Information Agreement. 
As a pre-condition to the effectiveness of this Agreement, Employee has
executed or shall execute a standard Company Inventions and Confidential
Information Agreement.  Employee
acknowledges and agrees that any breach by Employee of such Agreement shall
constitute a violation of subsection 4(a)(ii) of this Agreement for Cause, and
the Company shall have all rights and obligations provided for.

 

7.     Arbitration of Disputes. 
Final and binding arbitration shall be the exclusive remedy for all
disputes between the Company and Employee regarding the validity,
interpretation or effect of this Agreement.

 

(a)   Procedure.  Any such
arbitration shall be in accordance with the procedures of the American
Arbitration Association (“AAA”).  The
arbitration hearing will be held before an experienced employment arbitrator or
panel of arbitrators licensed to practice law in the state of Georgia and
selected in accordance with the rules of the AAA.  The forum for such arbitration shall be
Atlanta, Georgia.

 

(b)   Required Notice. 
The party seeking arbitration of a dispute under this Section must give
specific written notice of any claim to the other party within six (6) months
of the date the party seeking arbitration first has knowledge of the event
giving rise to the dispute; otherwise, the claim shall be void and deemed
waived, even if there is a federal or state statute of limitations which would
have given more time to pursue the claim.

 

(c)   Expenses. 
The Company shall initially be responsible for payment of arbitration
costs, excluding Employee’s attorneys’ fees; provided, however, that the
arbitrator shall have the authority to fashion an equitable division of costs
if the arbitrator finds that such costs are unduly burdensome with respect to
either party.  All other costs and
expenses associated with the arbitration, including but not limited to
attorneys’ fees, shall be borne by the party incurring the expense, unless
applicable law provides for a different allocation, in which event the
arbitrator can order that costs and expenses be allocated in accordance with
applicable law.  In any arbitration
related to the breach of the terms of this Agreement, the arbitrator shall have
the authority to award attorneys’ fees and costs to the prevailing party.

 

8.     Miscellaneous.

 

(a)   Governing Law.  This Agreement
shall be construed under, governed by, and enforced in accordance with the laws
of the State of Georgia, without regard to its choice of law provisions.  This Agreement shall further be construed to
comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

(b)   Notice.  Any notice
required or desired to be given under this Agreement by Employee to the Company
shall be provided in writing via hand-delivery, facsimile (with confirmation of
delivery), recognized express courier, or Certified Mail to the Vice President
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Human Resources, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, 2100
East Exchange Place, Tucker, Georgia 30085-1359, fax number: 770-270-7676.  Any notice required or desired to be given
under this Agreement by Company to the Employee shall be provided in writing
via hand-delivery, recognized express courier, or Certified Mail to Employee at
the address listed below Employee’s signature or at Employee’s Company
office.  Notice shall be deemed given
upon the date of delivery.  Addresses or
facsimile numbers may be changed by providing notice in accordance with this
Section.

 

(c)   Assignment and Successorship. 
The rights and obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the successors and assigns
of the Company.  This Agreement shall
also be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of Employee and Employee’s
estate, but Employee may not assign any rights or delegate any duties or
obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent permitted under the
Company’s benefit plans.

 

(d)   Complete Agreement.  This Agreement
shall constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the
subjects addressed in this Agreement. 
Any subsequent alteration or modification to this Agreement must be made
in writing and signed by both parties.

 

(e)   Severability.  Should any
provision of this Agreement or portion be ruled void, invalid, unenforceable or
contrary to public policy by any court of competent jurisdiction, then any
remaining portion of such provision and all other provisions of this Agreement
shall survive and be applied and any invalid or unenforceable portion shall be
construed or performed to preserve as much of the original words, terms,
purpose and intent as shall be permitted by law.

 

(f)    Counterparts.  This Agreement
shall be executed in duplicate counterparts. 
Each counterpart is deemed an original of equal dignity with the
other.  The official executing this
Agreement on behalf of the Company represents and warrants that he or she has
full requisite authority to do so.

 

(g)   Waiver of Breach.   The waiver by
the Company or Employee of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by the
other shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach by
Employee or the Company, respectively.

 

(h)   Prior Employment Contract. 
This Agreement shall supersede and replace any and all prior contracts
for employment between the Company and Employee.

 

So agreed, effective as of the date written on page 1
above.

 

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  EMPLOYEE:

  	
   

  	
  COMPANY:

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  /s/ Charles W.
  Whitney

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Thomas A.
  Smith

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Date: 

  	
  August 20, 2009

  	
   

  	
  Date: 

  	
  August 18, 2009

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Printed Name: 

  	
  Charles W.
  Whitney

  	
   

  	
  Printed Name: 

  	
  Thomas A. Smith

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Address: 

  	
  4786 Old Timber
  Ridge Rd.

  	
   

  	
  Title: 

  	
  President and
  CEO

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Marietta, GA
  30068

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

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