Document:

EX-10.2

 Exhibit 10.2 

SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF PROPERTY PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT 

between 
 KANSAS GAS
SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C. 
 Issuer 

and 
 KANSAS GAS
SERVICE, a Division of ONE Gas, Inc. 
 Seller 

Dated as of November 18, 2022 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
	 ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
	  	 	1	 
			
	 Section 1.01
	 	Definitions	  	 	1	 
			
	 Section 1.02
	 	Other Definitional Provisions	  	 	1	 
		
	 ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF PROPERTY
	  	 	2	 
			
	 Section 2.01
	 	Conveyance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property	  	 	2	 
			
	 Section 2.02
	 	Conditions to Conveyance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property	  	 	2	 
		
	 ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
	  	 	3	 
			
	 Section 3.01
	 	Organization and Good Standing	  	 	4	 
			
	 Section 3.02
	 	Due Qualification	  	 	4	 
			
	 Section 3.03
	 	Power and Authority	  	 	4	 
			
	 Section 3.04
	 	Binding Obligation	  	 	4	 
			
	 Section 3.05
	 	No Violation	  	 	4	 
			
	 Section 3.06
	 	No Proceedings	  	 	4	 
			
	 Section 3.07
	 	Approvals	  	 	5	 
			
	 Section 3.08
	 	The Securitized Utility Tariff Property	  	 	5	 
			
	 Section 3.09
	 	Solvency	  	 	6	 
			
	 Section 3.10
	 	The Financing Order	  	 	7	 
			
	 Section 3.11
	 	State Action	  	 	7	 
			
	 Section 3.12
	 	No Court Order	  	 	8	 
			
	 Section 3.13
	 	Approvals Concerning the Securitized Utility Tariff Property	  	 	8	 
			
	 Section 3.14
	 	No Right of Kansas Voters to Act by Initiative or Referendum	  	 	8	 
			
	 Section 3.15
	 	Tax Liens	  	 	8	 
			
	 Section 3.16
	 	Assumptions	  	 	8	 
			
	 Section 3.17
	 	Creation of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property	  	 	9	 
			
	 Section 3.18
	 	Prospectus	  	 	10	 
			
	 Section 3.19
	 	Nature of Representations and Warranties	  	 	10	 
			
	 Section 3.20
	 	Waivers of Legal Warranties	  	 	10	 
		
	 ARTICLE IV COVENANTS OF THE SELLER
	  	 	10	 
			
	 Section 4.01
	 	Seller’s Existence	  	 	10	 
			
	 Section 4.02
	 	No Liens or Conveyances	  	 	10	 
			
	 Section 4.03
	 	Use of Proceeds	  	 	11	 
			
	 Section 4.04
	 	Delivery of Collections	  	 	11	 

  
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	 Section 4.05
	 	Notice of Liens	  	 	11	 
			
	 Section 4.06
	 	Compliance with Law	  	 	11	 
			
	 Section 4.07
	 	Covenants Related to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property	  	 	11	 
			
	 Section 4.08
	 	Protection of Title	  	 	13	 
			
	 Section 4.09
	 	Taxes	  	 	13	 
			
	 Section 4.10
	 	Filings Pursuant to Financing Order	  	 	14	 
			
	 Section 4.11
	 	Issuance Advice Letter	  	 	14	 
			
	 Section 4.12
	 	Securitized Utility Tariff	  	 	14	 
			
	 Section 4.13
	 	Notice of Breach to Rating Agencies, Etc.	  	 	14	 
			
	 Section 4.14
	 	Further Assurances	  	 	14	 
		
	 ARTICLE V ADDITIONAL UNDERTAKINGS OF SELLER
	  	 	14	 
			
	 Section 5.01
	 	LIABILITY OF THE SELLER; INDEMNITIES	  	 	14	 
			
	 Section 5.02
	 	Merger, Conversion or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the Seller	  	 	17	 
			
	 Section 5.03
	 	Limitation on Liability of the Seller and Others	  	 	19	 
		
	 ARTICLE VI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
	  	 	19	 
			
	 Section 6.01
	 	Amendment	  	 	19	 
			
	 Section 6.02
	 	Notices	  	 	20	 
			
	 Section 6.03
	 	Assignment by the Seller	  	 	21	 
			
	 Section 6.04
	 	Pledge to the Trustee	  	 	21	 
			
	 Section 6.05
	 	Limitations on Rights of Others	  	 	21	 
			
	 Section 6.06
	 	Severability	  	 	21	 
			
	 Section 6.07
	 	Separate Counterparts	  	 	21	 
			
	 Section 6.08
	 	Headings	  	 	21	 
			
	 Section 6.09
	 	Governing Law	  	 	21	 
			
	 Section 6.10
	 	Limitation of Liability	  	 	21	 
			
	 Section 6.11
	 	Waivers	  	 	21	 
			
	 Section 6.12
	 	Nonpetition Covenants	  	 	22	 
		
	 APPENDIX A—DEFINITIONS
	  	 	Appendix A-1	 
		
	 EXHIBIT A BILL OF SALE
	  	 	Exhibit A-1	 
		
	 SCHEDULE 1 to BILL OF SALE
	  	 	Schedule 1-1	 

  
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 SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF PROPERTY PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”)
dated as of November 18, 2022, between KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Issuer”), and KANSAS GAS SERVICE, a division of ONE Gas, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, as seller (the
“Seller”). 
 WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to purchase the Securitized Utility Tariff Property created pursuant to the
Securitization Act and the Financing Order; 
 WHEREAS, the Seller is willing to sell its rights and interests in and to the Securitized
Utility Tariff Property to the Issuer; 
 WHEREAS, the Issuer, in order to finance the purchase of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property,
will issue the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds under the Indenture; and 
 WHEREAS, the Issuer, to secure its obligations under the
Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and the Indenture, will pledge its right, title and interest in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and this Agreement to the Trustee for the benefit of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained and intending to be legally bound hereby, the
parties hereto agree as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 

DEFINITIONS 

Section 1.01    Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in Appendix A to this Agreement. Not all terms defined in Appendix A to this Agreement are used in this Agreement. 

Section 1.02    Other Definitional Provisions. 

(a)    “Agreement” means this Securitized Utility Tariff Property Purchase and Sale Agreement, as
the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time. 

(b)    Non-capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the
Securitization Act, as the context requires, have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Securitization Act, but without giving effect to amendments to the Securitization Act after the date hereof which have a material adverse effect on the
Issuer or the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders. 
 (c)    All terms defined in this Agreement shall
have such defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. 

(d)    The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar import
when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; Section, Schedule and Exhibit references contained in this Agreement are references to Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in or
to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; and the term “including” shall mean “including without limitation.” 

  
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 (e)    The definitions contained in this Agreement are
applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms. 
 ARTICLE II 

CONVEYANCE OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF PROPERTY 

Section 2.01    Conveyance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property. 

(a)    In consideration of the Issuer’s payment to or upon the order of the Seller of $331,119,787.01
(the “Purchase Price”), subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions specified in Section 2.02, the Seller does hereby irrevocably sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Issuer, without recourse
(subject, for the avoidance of doubt, to the express obligations of the Seller herein) or warranty, except as set forth herein, all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property as identified in the Bill
of Sale delivered pursuant to Section 2.02(i) on or prior to the Closing Date (such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property to include, to the fullest extent permitted by the
Securitization Act, the right to impose, collect and receive the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges, as the same may be adjusted from time to time). Such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance of the Securitized Utility Tariff
Property is hereby expressly stated to be a sale or other absolute transfer and, pursuant to K.S.A. §66-1,246(a) and other applicable law, is a true sale and is not a secured transaction and title and
ownership has passed to the Issuer. The preceding sentence is the statement referred to in K.S.A. §66-1,246(a). The Seller agrees and confirms that upon payment of the Purchase Price and the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the Bill of Sale, the sale, transfer and assignment hereunder shall be effective and the Seller shall have no right, title or interest in, to or under the Securitized Utility Tariff Property. 

(b)    Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of conditions specified in Section 2.02, the Issuer does
hereby purchase the Securitized Utility Tariff Property from the Seller for the consideration set forth in Section 2.01(a). 

(c)    The Seller and the Issuer each acknowledge and agree that the purchase price for the Securitized
Utility Tariff Property sold pursuant to this Agreement is equal to its fair market value at the time of sale. 

Section 2.02    Conditions to Conveyance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property. The obligation of the
Seller to sell, and the obligation of the Issuer to purchase the Securitized Utility Tariff Property on the Closing Date shall be subject to and conditioned upon the satisfaction or waiver of each of the following conditions: 

(i)    on or prior to the Closing Date, the Seller shall deliver to the Issuer a duly executed Bill of Sale identifying
the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto; 

  
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 (ii)    as of the Closing Date, the representations and warranties of
the Seller in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects and no material breach by the Seller of its covenants in this Agreement shall exist and the Seller shall have delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate to such effect and no Servicer Default shall have occurred and be continuing; 
 (iii)    as of the Closing
Date: 
 (A)    the Issuer shall have sufficient funds available to pay the Purchase Price, 

(B)    all conditions set forth in the Indenture to the issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds
shall have been satisfied or waived, and 
 (C)    the Seller is not insolvent and will not have been
made insolvent by the sale of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and the Seller is not aware of any pending insolvency with respect to itself. 

(iv)    on or prior to the Closing Date, the Seller shall have taken all actions required under the Securitization Act,
the Financing Order and other applicable law for the Issuer to have ownership of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, free and clear of all Liens other than Liens created by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture; and the Issuer, or the Servicer
on behalf of the Issuer, shall have taken any action required for the Issuer to grant the Trustee a first priority perfected security interest in the Trust Estate and maintain such security interest as of such date (including all actions required
under the Securitization Act, the Financing Order and the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in the State of Kansas and each other applicable jurisdiction (the “UCC”)); 

(v)    the Seller shall have delivered to each Rating Agency and to the Issuer any Opinions of Counsel requested by the
Rating Agencies; 
 (vi)    the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee and the Issuer an Officer’s Certificate
confirming the satisfaction of each relevant condition precedent specified in this Section 2.02; and 

(vii)    the Seller shall have received the Purchase Price in funds immediately available on the Closing Date. 

ARTICLE III 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER 

As of the Closing Date, the Seller makes the following representations and warranties on which the Issuer has relied and will rely in
acquiring the Securitized Utility Tariff Property. The following representations and warranties are made under existing law as in effect as of the Closing Date. The Seller shall not be in breach of any representation or warranty herein as a result
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constitutional amendment or voter initiative. The representations and warranties shall survive the sale of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property to the Issuer and the pledge thereof on the
Closing Date to the Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. 
 Section 3.01    Organization and Good Standing.
The Seller is a corporation duly organized and in good standing under the laws of the State of Oklahoma, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as currently owned or conducted. 

Section 3.02    Due Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in
good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualifications, licenses or approvals (except where the failure to so
qualify or obtain such licenses and approvals would not be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Seller’s business, operations, assets, revenues or properties). 

Section 3.03    Power and Authority. The Seller has the corporate power and authority to obtain the Financing
Order and to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; the Seller has the corporate power and authority to own the Securitized Utility Tariff Property under the Financing Order relating to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds,
and to sell and assign the Securitized Utility Tariff Property under the Financing Order to the Issuer; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Seller by all necessary corporate action. 

Section 3.04    Binding Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Seller, enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ or secured parties’
rights generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity (including concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing), regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. 

Section 3.05    No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof do not: (i) conflict with or result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Seller, each as amended to the date of this Agreement, or any indenture, mortgage, credit agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it or its properties is
bound; (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the Seller’s properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (except for any Lien created by the Issuer under the Basic
Documents in favor of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders and in accordance with K.S.A. §66-1,245); or (iii) violate any existing law or any existing order, rule or regulation applicable to
the Seller of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties. 

Section 3.06    No Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the Issuer’s prospectus dated November 9,
2022 relating to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (the “Prospectus”), there are no proceedings pending and, to the Seller’s knowledge, (x) there are no proceedings threatened and (y) there are no investigations pending
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jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties involving or relating to the Seller or the Issuer or, to the Seller’s knowledge, any other Person: 

(i)    asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, any of the other Basic Documents, the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds,
the Securitization Act or the Financing Order; 
 (ii)    seeking to prevent the issuance of the Securitized Utility
Tariff Bonds or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents; 

(iii)    seeking any determination or ruling that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the
performance by the Seller of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, any of the other Basic Documents or the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds; or 

(iv)    challenging the Seller’s treatment of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds as debt of the Seller for federal
or state income, gross receipts or franchise tax purposes. 
 Section 3.07    Approvals. Except for
continuation filings under the UCC and the Securitization Act, no approval, authorization, consent, order or other action of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required under an applicable law, rule or regulation in connection with the
execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement, the performance by the Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby or the fulfillment by the Seller of the terms hereof, except those that have been obtained or made and those that the
Seller, in its capacity as Servicer under the Servicing Agreement, is required to make in the future pursuant to the Servicing Agreement. 

Section 3.08    The Securitized Utility Tariff Property. 

(a)    Information. Subject to Section 3.16, all written information, as amended or supplemented from
time to time prior to the date this representation is made, provided by the Seller to the Issuer with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property (including the Financing Order and the Issuance Advice Letter) is correct in all material
respects and does not omit any material facts required to be included therein and all historical data for the purpose of calculating the initial Securitized Utility Tariff Charges in the Issuance Advice Letter and the assumptions used for such
calculations are reasonable and such calculations were made in good faith. 
 (b)    Effect of Transfer.
It is the intention of the parties hereto that (other than for United States federal income tax purposes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state tax laws, state income and franchise tax purposes) the sale, transfer, assignment, setting
over and conveyance herein contemplated constitutes a sale or other absolute transfer of all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property from the Seller to the Issuer. Upon execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the Bill of Sale and payment of the Purchase Price, the Seller will have no right, title or interest in, to or under the Securitized Utility Tariff Property; and that such Securitized Utility Tariff Property would not be a part of the
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bankruptcy petition by or against the Seller under any bankruptcy law. No portion of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property has been sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or otherwise conveyed by
the Seller to any person other than the Issuer, and, to the Seller’s knowledge, no security arrangement, financing statement or equivalent security or lien instrument listing the Seller, as debtor, and all or a portion of the Securitized
Utility Tariff Property, as collateral, is on file or of record in Kansas, except such as may have been filed or recorded in favor of the Issuer or the Trustee in connection with the Basic Documents. 

(c)    Transfer Filings. 

(i)    The Seller is the sole owner of all the rights and interests under the Financing Order to be sold to the Issuer on
the Closing Date. 
 (ii)    On the Closing Date, immediately upon the sale hereunder, the Securitized Utility Tariff
Property will have been validly sold, assigned, transferred, set over and conveyed to the Issuer free and clear of all Liens (except for any Lien created by the Issuer under the Basic Documents in favor of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders
and in accordance with K.S.A. §66-1,245). 
 (iii)    All actions or
filings (including filings with the Kansas Secretary of State in accordance with the rules prescribed under the Securitization Act) necessary in any jurisdiction to give the Issuer a perfected ownership interest (subject to any Lien created by the
Issuer under the Basic Documents in favor of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders and in accordance with K.S.A. §66-1,245) in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and to grant to the Trustee a
first priority perfected security interest in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, free and clear of all Liens of the Seller or anyone else (except for any Lien created by the Issuer under the Basic Documents in favor of the Securitized Utility
Tariff Bondholders and in accordance with K.S.A. §66-1,245), have been taken or made. 

Section 3.09    Solvency. After giving effect to the sale of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property
hereunder, the Seller: 
 (i)    is solvent and expects to remain solvent, 

(ii)    is adequately capitalized to conduct its business and affairs considering its size and the nature of its business
and intended purposes, 
 (iii)    is not engaged and does not expect to engage in a business for which its remaining
property represents an unreasonably small portion of its capital, 
 (iv)    reasonably believes that it will be able to
pay its debts as they come due, and 
 (v)    is able to pay its debts as they come due and does not intend to incur, or
believes that it will incur, indebtedness that it will not be able to repay at its maturity. 

  
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 Section 3.10    The Financing Order. 

(a)    The Financing Order was issued by the Kansas Commission on August 18, 2022 in accordance with
the Securitization Act; the Financing Order and the process by which it was issued comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the State of Kansas and the federal laws of the United States, and the Financing Order is final, non-appealable and in full force and effect. 
 (b)    As of the date
of issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds will be entitled to the protections provided by the Securitization Act and the Financing Order, the Issuance Advice Letter and the Securitized Utility Tariff
Charges authorized therein will have become irrevocable and not subject to reduction, impairment or adjustment by further action of the Kansas Commission, except for changes made pursuant to the adjustment mechanism authorized under the
Securitization Act, and the Issuance Advice Letter and the Securitized Utility Tariff have been filed in accordance with the Financing Order. The Issuance Advice Letter have been filed in accordance with the Financing Order. The initial Securitized
Utility Tariff Charges and the final terms of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds set forth in the Issuance Advice Letter have become effective. No other approval, authorization, consent, order or other action of, or filing with any Governmental
Authority is required in connection with the creation of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property transferred on such date, except those that have been obtained or made. 

Section 3.11    State Action. 

(a)    Under K.S.A. §66-1,252(a), the State of Kansas has
pledged that it will not take any action listed in such section or, except for changes made pursuant to the adjustment mechanism authorized under the Securitization Act, reduce, alter or impair the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges until the
principal, interest and premium, if any, and any other charges incurred and contracts to be performed in connection with the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, have been paid and performed in full. 

(b)    Under the laws of the State of Kansas and the federal laws of the United States, a reviewing court
of competent jurisdiction would hold that (x) the State of Kansas could not constitutionally take any action of a legislative character, including the repeal or amendment of the Securitization Act, which would substantially limit, alter or
impair the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or other rights vested in the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders pursuant to the Financing Order, or substantially limit, alter, impair or reduce the value or amount of the Securitized Utility
Tariff Property, unless such action is a reasonable and necessary exercise of the State of Kansas’s sovereign powers based on reasonable conditions and of a character reasonable and appropriate to the emergency or other significant and
legitimate public purpose justifying such action, and, (y) under the takings clauses of the State of Kansas and United States Constitutions, if the court concludes that the Securitized Utility Tariff Property is protected by the takings
clauses, the State of Kansas could not repeal or amend the Securitization Act or take any other action in contravention of its pledge referred to in subsection (a) above without paying just compensation to the Securitized Utility Tariff
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competent jurisdiction, if doing so would constitute a permanent appropriation of a substantial property interest of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders in the Securitized Utility Tariff
Property and deprive the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders of their reasonable expectations arising from their investments in the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds; however, there is no assurance that, even if a court were to award just
compensation, it would be sufficient to pay the full amount of principal of and interest on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. 

(c)    Under the laws of the United States Constitution, a Kansas state court reviewing an appeal of Kansas
Commission action of a legislative character would conclude that the Kansas Commission Pledge (i) creates a binding contractual obligation of the State of Kansas for purposes of the contract clauses of the United States Constitution, and
(ii) the Kansas Commission could not take any action of a legislative character, including the rescission or amendment of the Financing Order, which violates the Kansas Commission Pledge in a manner that substantially reduces, limits or impairs
the value of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges, prior to the time that the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are paid in full and discharged, unless the Kansas Commission action clearly is exercised for
a public end and is reasonably necessary to the accomplishment of that public end so as not to be arbitrary, capricious or an abuse of authority. There is no assurance, however, that, even if a court were to award just compensation it would be
sufficient to pay the full amount of principal and interest on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. 

Section 3.12    No Court Order. There is no order by any court providing for the revocation, alteration,
limitation or other impairment of the Securitization Act, the Financing Order, the Issuance Advice Letter, the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges or any rights arising under any of them or that seeks to
enjoin the performance of any obligations under the Financing Order. 
 Section 3.13    Approvals Concerning the
Securitized Utility Tariff Property. Under the laws of the State of Kansas and the federal laws of the United States, no other approval, authorization, consent, order or other action of, or filing with any Governmental Authority is required in
connection with the creation or transfer of the Seller’s rights and interests under the Financing Order and the Issuer’s purchase of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property from the Seller, except those that have been obtained or made.

 Section 3.14    No Right of Kansas Voters to Act by Initiative or Referendum. Apart from amending the
Constitution of the State of Kansas, the citizens of the State of Kansas currently do not have the constitutional right to adopt or revise state laws by initiative or referendum. 

Section 3.15    Tax Liens. The Seller is not aware of any judgment or tax Lien filings against the Issuer or
the Seller that would result in a Lien on the Securitized Utility Tariff Property. 

Section 3.16    Assumptions. Based on information available to the Seller on the date hereof, the assumptions
used in calculating the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges in the Issuance Advice Letter are reasonable and made in good faith; however, notwithstanding the foregoing, 

  
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THE SELLER MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, THAT BILLED SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF CHARGES WILL BE ACTUALLY COLLECTED FROM CUSTOMERS, OR THAT AMOUNTS ACTUALLY COLLECTED
ARISING FROM THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF CHARGES WILL IN FACT BE SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS ON THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS OR THAT THE ASSUMPTIONS USED IN CALCULATING SUCH SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF CHARGES WILL IN FACT
BE REALIZED. 
 Section 3.17    Creation of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property. 

(a)    Upon the effectiveness of the Financing Order, the transfer of the Seller’s rights and
interests under the Financing Order related to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and the Issuer’s purchase of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property from the Seller pursuant to this Agreement, the Securitized Utility Tariff Property will
constitute a present contract right vested in the Issuer. 
 (b)    Upon the effectiveness of the
Financing Order, the Issuance Advice Letter and the Securitized Utility Tariff, the transfer of the Seller’s rights and interests under the Financing Order and the Issuer’s purchase of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property from the
Seller pursuant to this Agreement, the Securitized Utility Tariff Property includes: 
  

	 	i	 the right to impose, bill, charge, collect and receive the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges, including the
right to receive Securitized Utility Tariff Charges in amounts and at all times projected to be sufficient to pay scheduled principal and interest on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, 

 

	 	ii	 all rights and interest of the Seller under the Financing Order, except the rights of Seller to earn and
receive a rate of return on its invested capital in the Issuer, to receive administration and servicer fees, or to use the Seller’s remaining portion of those proceeds, 

 

	 	iii	 the rights to obtain periodic adjustments of the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges as provided in the
Financing Order, and 

  

	 	iv	 all revenues, collections, claims, rights to payments, payments, money, or proceeds arising from the rights and
interests resulting from the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges. 

 (c)    Upon the
effectiveness of the Issuance Advice Letter and the Securitized Utility Tariff, the transfer of the Seller’s rights and interests under the Financing Order and the Issuer’s purchase of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property from the
Seller on the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement, the Securitized Utility Tariff Property will not be subject to any Lien created by a previous indenture. 

  
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 Section 3.18    Prospectus. As of the date hereof, the
information describing the Seller under the captions “Review of Securitized Utility Tariff Property” and “The Depositor, Seller, Initial Servicer and Sponsor” in the Prospectus is true and correct in all material respects. 

Section 3.19    Nature of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties set forth in
Section 3.08 and Section 3.10 through Section 3.18, insofar as they involve conclusions of law, are made not on the basis that the Seller purports to be a legal expert or to be rendering legal advice, but rather to reflect the
parties’ good faith understanding of the legal basis on which the parties are entering into this Agreement and the other Basic Documents and the basis on which the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders are purchasing the Securitized Utility
Tariff Bonds, and to reflect the parties’ agreement that, if such understanding turns out to be incorrect or inaccurate, the Seller will be obligated to indemnify the Issuer and its permitted assigns (to the extent required by and in accordance
with Section 5.01), and that the Issuer and its permitted assigns will be entitled to enforce any rights and remedies under the Basic Documents on account of such inaccuracy to the same extent as if the Seller had breached any other
representations or warranties hereunder. 
 Section 3.20    Waivers of Legal Warranties. The Seller makes no
representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the solvency of any of its customers on the Closing Date or as to the future solvency of any of its customers. 

ARTICLE IV 
 COVENANTS
OF THE SELLER 
 Section 4.01    Seller’s Existence. Subject to Section 5.02, so
long as any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are outstanding, the Seller (i) will keep in full force and effect its existence and remain in good standing under the laws of the state of its organization, and shall obtain and preserve its
qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or will be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement and each other instrument or agreement to which the Seller is a party necessary to the
proper administration of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) will continue to operate its natural gas delivery system to provide service to its customers. 

Section 4.02    No Liens or Conveyances. Except for the conveyances hereunder or any Lien under the Basic
Documents pursuant to K.S.A. §66-1,245 for the benefit of the Trustee and the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders, the Seller shall not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any other Person, or grant,
create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on, any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, whether then existing or thereafter created, or any interest therein. The Seller shall not at any time assert any Lien against or with respect to
the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, and shall defend the right, title and interest of the Issuer and the Trustee, as assignee of the Issuer, in, to and under the Securitized Utility Tariff Property against all claims of third parties claiming
through or under the Seller. 

  
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 Section 4.03    Use of Proceeds. The Seller will use the
proceeds from the sale of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property to the Issuer in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Financing Order and the Securitization Act. 

Section 4.04    Delivery of Collections. In the event that the Seller receives collections in respect of the
Securitized Utility Tariff Charges or the proceeds thereof other than in its capacity as the Servicer, the Seller agrees to pay to the Servicer, on behalf of the Issuer, all payments (other than penalty amounts described in Part V(157) of the
Financing Order) received by it in respect thereof as soon as practicable after receipt thereof. Prior to such remittance to the Servicer by the Seller, the Seller agrees that such amounts are held by it in trust for the Issuer and the Trustee. If
the Seller becomes a party to any future trade receivables purchase and sale arrangement or similar arrangement under which it sells all or any portion of its accounts receivables, the Seller and the other parties to such arrangement shall enter
into an intercreditor agreement in connection therewith and the terms of the documentation evidencing such trade receivables purchase and sale arrangement or similar arrangement shall expressly exclude Securitized Utility Tariff Charges from any
receivables or other assets pledged or sold under such arrangement. 
 Section 4.05    Notice of Liens. The
Seller shall notify the Issuer and the Trustee promptly after becoming aware of any Lien on any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, other than the conveyance hereunder, any Lien created in favor of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders
or any Lien created by the Issuer under the Indenture. 
 Section 4.06    Compliance with Law. The Seller
shall comply with its organizational or governing documents and all laws, treaties, rules, regulations and determinations of any Governmental Authority applicable to the Seller, except to the extent that failure to so comply would not materially
adversely affect the Issuer’s or the Trustee’s interests in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or under any of the Basic Documents or the Seller’s performance of its obligations hereunder or under any of the other Basic
Documents. 
 Section 4.07    Covenants Related to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property. 

(a)    So long as any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are outstanding, the Seller shall: 

(i)    treat the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds as debt of the Issuer and not of the Seller, except for financial
reporting or tax purposes; 
 (ii)    disclose in its financial statements that the Issuer is, and the Seller is not,
the owner of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and that the assets of the Issuer are not available to pay creditors of the Seller or any of its Affiliates (other than the Issuer), 

(iii)    unless, and to the extent, required by applicable law or directed or required by a Governmental Authority,
disclose the effects of all transactions between the Seller and the Issuer in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and 

  
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 (iv)    not own or purchase any Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. 

(b)    So long as any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are outstanding, 

(i)    in all proceedings relating directly or indirectly to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, the Seller shall:
(A) affirmatively certify and confirm that it has sold all of its rights and interests in and to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property to the Issuer (other than for financial reporting or tax purposes), and (B) not make any statement or
reference in respect of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property that is inconsistent with the ownership thereof by the Issuer (other than for financial reporting or tax purposes); 

(ii)    the Seller shall not take any action in respect of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property except solely in its
capacity as the Servicer thereof pursuant to the Servicing Agreement or as contemplated by the Basic Documents; 

(iii)    neither the Seller nor the Issuer shall take any action, file any tax return, or make any election inconsistent
with the treatment of the Issuer, for purposes of federal taxes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state, local and other tax law, for purposes of state, local and other taxes, as a disregarded entity that is not separate from the Seller
(or, if relevant, from another sole owner of the Issuer); and 
 (iv)    if the Seller enters into a sale agreement
selling to any other affiliate property consisting of nonbypassable charges payable by the Seller’s retail customers comparable to those sold by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement, the Rating Agency Condition shall be satisfied with respect
to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds prior to or coincident with such sale and the Seller shall enter into an intercreditor agreement with the Issuer, the Trustee, the issuing entity of such additional bonds and the indenture trustee for such
additional bonds; and 
 (v)    neither the Seller nor a subsidiary of the Seller shall issue any bonds similar to the
Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or other bonds supported by nonbypassable charges payable by the Seller’s retail customers comparable to those sold by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement without the Rating Agency Condition being satisfied
with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds prior to or coincident with such issuance. 

(c)    The Seller agrees that upon the sale by the Seller of all of its rights and interests in and to the
Securitized Utility Tariff Property to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law, including applicable Kansas Commission regulations and the Securitization Act, the Issuer shall have all of the rights originally
held by the Seller with respect to the transferred Securitized Utility Tariff Property, including the right (subject to the terms of the Servicing Agreement) to exercise any and all rights and remedies to collect any amounts payable by any of
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to the contrary by the Seller (and the Seller agrees not to make any such objection or to take any such contrary action), and any payment to the Servicer by any Person responsible for remitting
Securitized Utility Tariff Charges to the Servicer under the terms of the Financing Order or the Securitization Act or the Securitized Utility Tariff shall discharge such Person’s obligations in respect of the Securitized Utility Tariff
Property to the extent of such payment, notwithstanding any objection or direction to the contrary by the Seller. 

Section 4.08    Protection of Title. The Seller shall execute and file such filings, and cause to be executed
and filed such filings, in such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain and protect the interests of the Issuer and the Trustee in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, including all filings required under
the Securitization Act and the UCC relating to the transfer of the ownership of the rights and interests under the Financing Order by the Seller to the Issuer and the pledge of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property by the Issuer to the Trustee.
The Seller shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Issuer and the Trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available following such filing. The Seller shall institute any action
or proceeding reasonably necessary to compel performance by the Kansas Commission or the State of Kansas of any of their obligations or duties under the Securitization Act, the Financing Order or the Issuance Advice Letter relating to the transfer
of the rights and interests under the Financing Order by the Seller to the Issuer and shall notify the Trustee of the institution of any such action. The Seller agrees to take such legal or administrative actions, including defending against or
instituting and pursuing legal actions and appearing or testifying at hearings or similar proceedings, in each case as may be reasonably necessary: 

(a)    to protect the Issuer and the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders from claims, state actions or
other actions or proceedings of third parties which, if successfully pursued, would result in a breach of any representation set forth in Article III; or 

(b)    so long as the Seller is also the Servicer, to block or overturn any attempts to cause a repeal of,
modification of or supplement to the Securitization Act, the Financing Order, the Issuance Advice Letter or the rights of Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders by legislative enactment (including any action of the Kansas Commission of a legislative
character) or constitutional amendment that would be materially adverse to the Issuer, the Trustee or the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders. 
 The
costs of any such actions or proceedings shall be reimbursed by the Issuer to the Seller from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account as an Operating Expense (as such terms are defined in the Indenture) in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture. The Seller’s obligations pursuant to this Section 4.08 shall survive and continue notwithstanding that the payment of Operating Expenses pursuant to the Indenture may be delayed (it being understood that the Seller may be
required to advance its own funds to satisfy its obligation hereunder). The Seller designates the Issuer as its agent and attorney-in-fact to execute any filings of
financing statements, continuation statements or other instruments required of the Seller pursuant to this Section 4.08, it being understood that the Issuer shall have no obligation to execute any such instruments. 

Section 4.09    Taxes. So long as any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are outstanding, the Seller
shall pay all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges imposed upon it or any of its properties or assets or with respect to any of its franchises, businesses, income 

  
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or property before any penalty accrues thereon if the failure to pay any such taxes, assessments and governmental charges would, after any applicable grace periods, notices or other similar
requirements, result in a Lien on the Securitized Utility Tariff Property; provided that no such tax need be paid if the Seller or any of its Affiliates is contesting the same in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and
diligently conducted and if the Seller or such Affiliate has established appropriate reserves as shall be required in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. 

Section 4.10    Filings Pursuant to Financing Order. The Seller shall comply with all filing requirements
imposed upon the Seller in its capacity as such by the Financing Order, including making any such post-closing filings. 

Section 4.11    Issuance Advice Letter. The Seller hereby agrees not to withdraw the filing of the Issuance
Advice Letter with the Kansas Commission. 
 Section 4.12    Securitized Utility Tariff. The Seller hereby
agrees to make all reasonable efforts to keep the Securitized Utility Tariff in full force and effect at all times. 

Section 4.13    Notice of Breach to Rating Agencies, Etc. Promptly after obtaining knowledge thereof, in the
event of a breach in any material respect (without regard to any materiality qualifier contained in such representation, warranty or covenant) of any of the Seller’s representations, warranties or covenants contained herein, the Seller shall
promptly notify the Issuer, the Trustee and the Rating Agencies of such breach. For the avoidance of doubt, any breach which would adversely affect scheduled payments on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds will be deemed to be a material breach for
purposes of this Section 4.13. 
 Section 4.14    Further Assurances. Upon the reasonable request of
the Issuer, the Seller shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary to carry out more effectually the provisions and purposes of this Agreement. 

ARTICLE V 
 ADDITIONAL
UNDERTAKINGS OF SELLER 
 The Seller hereby undertakes the obligations contained in this Article V and acknowledges that the Issuer
shall have the right to assign its rights with respect to such obligations to the Trustee for the benefit of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders. 

Section 5.01    LIABILITY OF THE SELLER; INDEMNITIES. 

(a)    THE SELLER SHALL BE LIABLE IN ACCORDANCE HEREWITH ONLY TO THE EXTENT OF THE OBLIGATIONS
SPECIFICALLY UNDERTAKEN BY THE SELLER UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. 
 (b)    THE SELLER SHALL INDEMNIFY
THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE, FOR ITSELF AND ON BEHALF OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDHOLDERS, AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS FOR, AND DEFEND 

  
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AND HOLD HARMLESS EACH SUCH PERSON FROM AND AGAINST, ANY AND ALL TAXES (OTHER THAN ANY TAXES IMPOSED ON SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDHOLDERS SOLELY AS A RESULT OF THEIR OWNERSHIP OF
SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS) THAT MAY AT ANY TIME BE IMPOSED ON OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY SUCH PERSON UNDER EXISTING LAW AS OF THE CLOSING DATE AS A RESULT OF THE SALE AND ASSIGNMENT OF THE SELLER’S RIGHTS AND INTERESTS UNDER THE FINANCING
ORDER BY THE SELLER TO THE ISSUER, THE ACQUISITION OR HOLDING OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF PROPERTY BY THE ISSUER OR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE BY THE ISSUER OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS, INCLUDING ANY SALES, GROSS RECEIPTS, TANGIBLE
PERSONAL PROPERTY, PRIVILEGE, FRANCHISE OR LICENSE TAXES, BUT EXCLUDING ANY TAXES IMPOSED AS A RESULT OF A FAILURE OF SUCH PERSON TO PROPERLY WITHHOLD OR REMIT TAXES IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO PAYMENTS ON ANY SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BOND, IN THE
EVENT AND TO THE EXTENT SUCH TAXES ARE NOT RECOVERABLE AS FINANCING COSTS, IT BEING UNDERSTOOD THAT THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDHOLDERS SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ENFORCE THEIR RIGHTS AGAINST THE SELLER UNDER THIS SECTION 5.01(b) SOLELY THROUGH A
CAUSE OF ACTION BROUGHT FOR THEIR BENEFIT BY THE TRUSTEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE INDENTURE. 

(c)    THE SELLER SHALL INDEMNIFY THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE, FOR ITSELF AND ON BEHALF OF THE
SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDHOLDERS, AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS FOR, AND DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS EACH SUCH PERSON FROM AND AGAINST, ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, CLAIMS, ACTIONS,
SUITS OR PAYMENTS OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER THAT MAY BE IMPOSED ON OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY SUCH PERSON (WHICH MAY INCLUDE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS AS A MEASURE OF
SELLER’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS SECTION 5.01) TOGETHER WITH ANY REASONABLE COSTS AND EXPENSES INCURRED BY SUCH PERSON, IN EACH CASE AS A RESULT OF THE SELLER’S BREACH OF ANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR COVENANTS
CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT. 
 (d)    THE INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS OF THE SELLER UNDER THIS
SECTION 5.01 SHALL RANK PARI PASSU WITH ALL OTHER GENERAL UNSECURED OBLIGATIONS OF THE SELLER. 

(e)    INDEMNIFICATION UNDER THIS SECTION 5.01 SHALL SURVIVE THE RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF THE TRUSTEE
AND THE TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND SHALL INCLUDE REASONABLE FEES AND EXPENSES OF INVESTIGATION AND LITIGATION (INCLUDING  

  
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REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND EXPENSES) AND THE COSTS AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND EXPENSES) OF ENFORCING THE SELLER’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS
HEREUNDER. THE SELLER SHALL NOT INDEMNIFY ANY PARTY UNDER THIS SECTION 5.01 FOR ANY CHANGES IN LAW AFTER THE CLOSING DATE, INCLUDING BY MEANS OF LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT, CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT OR VOTER INITIATIVE, OR FOR ANY LIABILITY RESULTING
SOLELY FROM A DOWNGRADE IN ANY RATING OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS BY ANY RATING AGENCY. THE SELLER SHALL NOT INDEMNIFY THE TRUSTEE OR ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS UNDER THIS SECTION 5.01 AGAINST ANY LIABILITY,
OBLIGATION, CLAIM, ACTION, SUIT OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF THE WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, NEGLIGENCE OR BAD FAITH OF ANY SUCH PERSON. 

(f)    THE SELLER SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO INDEMNIFY A PARTY UNDER THIS SECTION 5.01 FOR ANY AMOUNT PAID
OR PAYABLE BY SUCH PARTY IN THE SETTLEMENT OF ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR INVESTIGATION WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE SELLER WHICH CONSENT SHALL NOT BE UNREASONABLY WITHHELD. 

(g)    PROMPTLY AFTER RECEIPT BY A PARTY OF NOTICE OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR
INVESTIGATION, SUCH PARTY SHALL, IF A CLAIM IN RESPECT THEREOF IS TO BE MADE AGAINST THE SELLER UNDER THIS SECTION 5.01, NOTIFY THE SELLER IN WRITING OF THE COMMENCEMENT THEREOF. FAILURE BY A PARTY TO SO NOTIFY THE SELLER SHALL RELIEVE THE SELLER
FROM THE OBLIGATION TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS SUCH INDEMNIFIED PARTY UNDER THIS SECTION 5.01 ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SELLER SUFFERS ACTUAL PREJUDICE AS A RESULT OF SUCH FAILURE. 

(h)    WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR INVESTIGATION BROUGHT BY A THIRD PARTY FOR WHICH
INDEMNIFICATION MAY BE SOUGHT UNDER SECTION 5.01(c), THE SELLER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO CONDUCT AND CONTROL, AT ITS EXPENSE AND WITH COUNSEL OF ITS CHOOSING THAT IS REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO SUCH INDEMNIFIED PARTY, THE DEFENSE OF ANY SUCH ACTION,
PROCEEDING OR INVESTIGATION (IN WHICH CASE THE SELLER SHALL NOT THEREAFTER BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FEES AND EXPENSES OF ANY SEPARATE COUNSEL RETAINED BY THE INDEMNIFIED PARTY EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW); PROVIDED THAT THE INDEMNIFIED PARTY SHALL HAVE
THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH ACTION, PROCEEDING OR INVESTIGATION THROUGH COUNSEL CHOSEN BY IT AND AT ITS OWN EXPENSE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE SELLER’S ELECTION TO ASSUME THE DEFENSE OF ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR INVESTIGATION, THE INDEMNIFIED
PARTY SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO EMPLOY SEPARATE COUNSEL (INCLUDING LOCAL COUNSEL), AND THE 

  
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SELLER SHALL BEAR THE REASONABLE FEES, COSTS AND EXPENSES OF SUCH SEPARATE COUNSEL IF (I) THE DEFENDANTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION INCLUDE BOTH THE INDEMNIFIED PARTY AND THE SELLER AND THE
INDEMNIFIED PARTY SHALL HAVE REASONABLY CONCLUDED THAT THERE MAY BE LEGAL DEFENSES AVAILABLE TO IT THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM OR ADDITIONAL TO THOSE AVAILABLE TO THE SELLER, (II) THE SELLER SHALL NOT HAVE EMPLOYED COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY
TO THE INDEMNIFIED PARTY TO REPRESENT THE INDEMNIFIED PARTY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME AFTER NOTICE OF THE INSTITUTION OF SUCH ACTION, (III) THE SELLER SHALL AUTHORIZE THE INDEMNIFIED PARTY TO EMPLOY SEPARATE COUNSEL AT THE EXPENSE OF THE SELLER
OR (IV) IN THE CASE OF THE TRUSTEE, SUCH ACTION EXPOSES THE TRUSTEE TO A MATERIAL RISK OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY OR FORFEITURE OR A SERVICER DEFAULT HAS OCCURRED AND IS CONTINUING. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SELLER SHALL NOT BE OBLIGATED TO
PAY FOR THE FEES, COSTS AND EXPENSES OF MORE THAN ONE SEPARATE COUNSEL FOR THE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES OTHER THAN ONE LOCAL COUNSEL, IF APPROPRIATE. 

NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY SUCH FOREGOING INDEMNITY EXTEND TO THE COLLECTIBILITY OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF CHARGES FROM
ANY PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR REMITTING SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF CHARGES TO THE SERVICER UNDER THE TERMS OF THE FINANCING ORDER, THE SECURITIZATION ACT OR AN APPLICABLE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF, OR THE CREDITWORTHINESS OF ANY SUCH PERSON OR THE
INABILITY OR FAILURE OF SUCH PERSON TO TIMELY PAY ALL OR A PORTION OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF CHARGES. THE REMEDIES PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT ARE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES AGAINST THE SELLER FOR BREACH OF ITS REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES OR COVENANTS IN THIS AGREEMENT. 
 Section 5.02    Merger, Conversion or Consolidation of,
or Assumption of the Obligations of, the Seller. 
 Any Person: 

(a)    into which the Seller may be merged, converted or consolidated and which succeeds to all or
substantially all of the natural gas utility business in the State of Kansas of the Seller, 

(b)    which results from the division of the Seller into two or more Persons and which succeeds to all or
substantially all of the natural gas utility business in the State of Kansas of the Seller, 

(c)    which may result from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Seller shall be a party
and which succeeds to all or substantially all of the natural gas utility business in the State of Kansas of the Seller, 

  
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 (d)    which may purchase or otherwise succeed to the
properties and assets of the Seller substantially as a whole and which purchases or otherwise succeeds to all or substantially all of the natural gas utility business in the State of Kansas of the Seller, or 

(e)    which may otherwise purchase or succeed to all or substantially all of natural gas utility business
in the State of Kansas of the Seller, 
 which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the
Seller under this Agreement, shall be the successor to the Seller hereunder without the execution or filing of any document or any further act by any of the parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that 

(i)    immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no representation, warranty or covenant made pursuant to
Article III or Article IV shall have been breached in any material respect and no Servicer Default, and no event that, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default, shall have occurred and be continuing, 

(ii)    the Rating Agencies shall have received prior written notice of such transaction, 

(iii)    the Seller shall have delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel each stating that such consolidation, conversion, merger, division or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section 5.02 and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to such
transaction have been complied with, 
 (iv)    the Seller shall have delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel either 
 (A)    stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all filings to be made by the
Seller, including filings with the Kansas Commission pursuant to the Securitization Act, that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the respective interests of the Issuer and the Trustee in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property have been
executed and filed, and reciting the details of such filings, or 
 (B)    stating that, in the opinion
of such counsel, no such action is necessary to preserve and protect such interests, and 
 (v)    the Seller shall have
delivered to the Issuer, the Trustee and the Rating Agencies an opinion of independent tax counsel (as selected by, and in form and substance satisfactory to the Seller, and which may be based on a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service) to the
effect that, for federal income tax purposes, such transaction will not result in a material adverse federal income tax consequence to the Issuer, the Trustee or the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders. 

The Seller shall not consummate any transaction referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) above except upon execution of the above described
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clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above. When any Person acquires the properties and assets of the Seller substantially as a whole and succeeds to all or substantially all of the
natural gas utility business in the State of Kansas of the Seller, or otherwise becomes the successor to the Seller in accordance with the terms of this Section 5.02, then upon the satisfaction of all of the other conditions of this
Section 5.02, the Seller shall automatically and without further notice be released from its obligations hereunder. 

Section 5.03    Limitation on Liability of the Seller and Others. The Seller and any director, officer,
employee or agent of the Seller may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person, respecting any matters arising hereunder. Subject to Section 4.07, the
Seller shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its obligations under this Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability. 

ARTICLE VI 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Section 6.01    Amendment. 

(a)    This Agreement may be amended in writing by the Seller and the Issuer, provided that (i) the
Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied in connection therewith, (ii) the Trustee has consented thereto and (iii) in the case of any amendment that increases Ongoing Financing Costs as defined in the Financing Order, the Kansas
Commission has consented thereto or shall be conclusively deemed to have consented thereto; provided, that any such amendment may not adversely affect the interest of any Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholder in any material respect without the
consent of Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Issuer shall furnish
written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to each of the Rating Agencies. With respect to the Kansas Commission’s consent to any amendment to this Agreement, 

(i)    the Seller may submit the amendment to the Kansas Commission by delivering to the Kansas Commission’s
Executive Director a written request for such consent, which request shall contain: 
 (A)    a
reference to Docket No. 22-KGSG-466-TAR and a statement as to the possible effect of the amendment on Ongoing Financing Costs;

 (B)    an Officer’s Certificate stating that the proposed amendment has been approved by all
relevant parties to this Agreement; and 
 (C)    a statement identifying the person to whom the Kansas
Commission or its staff is to address its consent to the proposed amendment or request additional time; 
 (ii)    Any
amendment requiring the consent of the Kansas Commission as provided in this Section 6.01(a) shall become effective on the later of: 

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 (B)    31 days after such submission of the amendment
to the Kansas Commission unless the Kansas Commission issues an order disapproving the amendment within a 30-day period. 

(b)    Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Issuer and the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and all conditions precedent have been satisfied. The Issuer and the Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into any such amendment that affects their own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise. Following delivery of a notice to the Kansas Commission by the Seller under Section 6.01(a) above, the Seller and
Issuer may at any time withdraw from the Kansas Commission further consideration of any notification of a proposed amendment. 

Section 6.02    Notices. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, all demands, notices and
communications upon or to the Seller, the Issuer, the Trustee, the Kansas Commission or the Rating Agencies under this Agreement shall be in writing, delivered personally, via facsimile, reputable overnight courier or by certified mail,
return-receipt requested, and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt 
 (a)    in the case
of the Seller, to KGS, 15 East Fifth Street, Tulsa Oklahoma 74103, Attention: Treasurer, 
 (b)    in the
case of the Issuer, to Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., 15 East Fifth Street, Suite 2662, Tulsa Oklahoma 74103, Attention: Manager, 

(c)    in the case of Moody’s, to Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., ABS/RMBS Monitoring
Department, 25th Floor, 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10007, Email: ABSCORMonitoring@moodys.com (for notices) and servicereports@moodys.com (for servicer reports and other reports) (all notices and
reports to be delivered to Moody’s in writing by email), 
 (d)    in the case of Fitch, to Fitch,
Ratings, Inc., 300 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019, Attention: ABS Surveillance, Telephone: (212) 908-0500, 

(e)    in the case the Trustee, at the address provided for notices or communications to the Trustee in the
Indenture, and 
 (f)    in the case of the Kansas Commission, to 1500 SW Arrowhead Road, Topeka, Kansas
66604-4027, Attention: Executive Director; 
 or, as to each of the foregoing, at such other address as shall be designated by written notice to the other
parties. 

  
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 Section 6.03    Assignment by the Seller. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, except as provided in Section 5.02, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Seller. 

Section 6.04    Pledge to the Trustee. The Seller hereby acknowledges and consents to any pledge and grant of
a security interest by the Issuer to the Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders of all right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and the
proceeds thereof and the pledge of any or all of the Issuer’s rights hereunder to the Trustee. Notwithstanding such pledge, in no event shall the Trustee have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other
obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer. 

Section 6.05    Limitations on Rights of Others. The provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit
of the Seller, the Issuer and the Trustee, on behalf of itself and the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders, and nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim in the Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein. 

Section 6.06    Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not
invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 
 Section 6.07    Separate
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 Section 6.08    Headings. The headings of the various Articles and Sections herein are for convenience of
reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof. 
 Section 6.09    Governing
Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SUCH LAWS. 
 Section 6.10    Limitation of Liability. It is expressly understood and agreed by the
parties hereto that this Sale Agreement is executed and delivered by the Trustee, not individually or personally but solely as Trustee on behalf of the Secured Parties, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it. The
Trustee in acting hereunder is entitled to all rights, benefits, protections, immunities and indemnities accorded to it under the Indenture. 

Section 6.11    Waivers. Any term or provision of this Sale Agreement may be waived, or the time for its
performance may be extended, by the party or parties entitled to the benefit thereof; provided, however, that no such waiver delivered by the Issuer shall be effective unless 

  
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the Trustee has given its prior written consent thereto. Any such waiver shall be validly and sufficiently authorized for the purposes of this Sale Agreement if, as to any party, it is authorized
in writing by an authorized representative of such party, with prompt written notice of any such waiver to be provided to the Rating Agencies and the Kansas Commission. The failure of any party hereto to enforce at any time any provision of this
Sale Agreement shall not be construed to be a waiver of such provision, nor in any way to affect the validity of this Sale Agreement or any part hereof or the right of any party thereafter to enforce each and every such provision. No waiver of any
breach of this Sale Agreement shall be held to constitute a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. 

Section 6.12    Nonpetition Covenants. 

(a)    Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement or the Indenture, the Seller shall not,
prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of the Indenture, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuer to invoke the process of any Governmental Authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining an involuntary
case against the Issuer under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or any substantial part of the property
of the Issuer, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer. 

(b)    Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement or the Indenture, the Issuer shall not,
prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of the Indenture, petition or otherwise invoke the process of any Governmental Authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining an involuntary case against the Seller under
any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Seller or any substantial part of the property of the Seller, or ordering
the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of the Seller. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C.,
	as Issuer,
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Caron A. Lawhorn

		 	Name: Caron A. Lawhorn
		 	Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	
	KANSAS GAS SERVICE,
	a Division of ONE Gas, Inc.,
	as Seller,
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Caron A. Lawhorn

		 	Name: Caron A. Lawhorn
		 	Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

  

			
	ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCEPTED:
	
	U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
	not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee under the Indenture

			
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Matthew M. Smith

		 	Name: Matthew M. Smith
		 	Title: Vice President

  
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 APPENDIX A—DEFINITIONS 

The definitions contained in this Appendix A are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms. 

“Administration Agreement” means the Administration Agreement, dated as of November 18, 2022, between the Issuer and the
Seller, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time. 
 “Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person,
any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, control, when used with respect to any specified Person, means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing. 

“Agreement” or the “Sale Agreement” means this Securitized Utility Tariff Property Purchase and Sale Agreement, as the
same may be amended and supplemented from time to time. 
 “Basic Documents” means the Certificate of Formation of the Issuer
which was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 30, 2022, the limited liability company agreement of the Issuer, as amended to the date hereof, the Sale Agreement, the Bill of Sale, the Servicing Agreement, the
Administration Agreement and the Indenture. 
 “Bill of Sale” means the Bill of Sale, dated as of November 18, 2022, issued
by the Seller to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale Agreement evidencing the sale of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property by the Seller to the Issuer. 

“Closing Date” means the date on which the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are to be originally issued in accordance with
Section 2.10 of the Indenture. 
 “Financing Order” means Financing Order No. 22-KGSG-466-TAR issued by the Kansas Commission on August 18, 2022 in Docket No. 22-KGSG-466-TAR pursuant to the Securitization Act. 
 “Fitch” means
Fitch Ratings, Inc., or any successor in interest. 
 “Governmental Authority” means any court or any federal or state regulatory
body, administrative agency or governmental instrumentality. 
 “Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of November 18,
2022, among the Issuer, the Trustee and the Securities Intermediary, and the Series Supplement (including the forms and terms of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds), as the same may be amended and supplemented with respect to the Securitized
Utility Tariff Bonds from time to time. 
 “Issuance Advice Letter” means the issuance advice letter submitted to the Kansas
Commission on November 10, 2022 by the Seller pursuant to the Financing Order in connection with the issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. 

  
 Appendix A-1 

 “Issuer” means Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., a Delaware limited
liability company, or its successor under the Indenture. 
 “Kansas Commission” means the State Corporation Commission of the
State of Kansas or any successor. 
 “Kansas Commission Pledge” means the pledge of the Kansas Commission found in Part V(159) of
the Financing Order. 
 “KGS” means Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc., or its successor. 

“Lien” means a security interest, lien, charge, pledge, equity or encumbrance of any kind. 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor in interest. 

“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed, in the case of the Seller, by the chief executive officer, the president,
the chief financial officer, any vice president, the general counsel, the treasurer, the assistant treasurer, the secretary, or any assistant secretary of the Seller. 

“Opinion of Counsel” means one or more written opinions of counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer or the Seller,
which counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, the Kansas Commission, the Issuer or the Rating Agencies, as applicable, and which shall be in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee or the Kansas Commission, if applicable. 

“Outstanding Amount” has the meaning specified in the Indenture. 

“Person” means any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust (including
any beneficiary thereof), business trust, limited liability company, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. 

“proceeding” means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding. 

“Prospectus” has the meaning specified in Section 3.06 hereof. 

“Purchase Price” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a) hereof. 

“Rating Agency” means, with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, any of Moody’s or Fitch that provides a rating
with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. If no such organization (or successor) is any longer in existence, “Rating Agency” shall be a nationally recognized statistical rating organization or other comparable Person
designated by the Issuer, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee and the Servicer. 
 “Rating Agency Condition”
means, with respect to any action, at least ten Business Days’ prior written notification to each Rating Agency of such action, and written confirmation from each of Fitch and Moody’s to the Servicer, the Trustee and the Issuer that such
action will not result in a suspension, reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating by such Rating Agency of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds; provided, that, if, within such ten Business Day period, a Rating Agency has neither
replied to such notification nor responded in a manner that indicates 

  
 Appendix A-2 

 
that such Rating Agency is reviewing and considering the notification, then (a) the Issuer shall be required to confirm that such Rating Agency has received the Rating Agency Condition
request, and if it has, promptly request the related Rating Agency Condition confirmation and (b) if the Rating Agency neither replies to such notification nor responds in a manner that indicates it is reviewing and considering the notification
within five Business Days following such second request, the applicable Rating Agency Condition requirement shall not be deemed to apply to such Rating Agency. For the purposes of this definition, any confirmation, request, acknowledgment or
approval that is required to be in writing may be in the form of electronic mail or a press release (which may contain a general waiver of a Rating Agency’s right to review or consent). 

“Secured Parties” mean the Trustee, the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders and any credit enhancer described in the
Series Supplement. 
 “Securities Intermediary” means U.S. Bank National Association, or its successor or any successor
securities intermediary under the Indenture. 
 “Securitization Act” means K.S.A.
§§66-1,240 through 66-1,253, also known as the Kansas Utility Financing and Securitization Act, authorizing the securitization of certain generating facilities
and qualified extraordinary costs, and providing for the approval and issuance of securitized utility tariff bonds. 
 “Securitized
Utility Tariff” means the Winter Event Securitized Cost Recovery Rider filed by the Seller pursuant to Part V(128) of the Financing Order. 

“Securitized Utility Tariff Bond” means any of the Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds issued by the Issuer pursuant to
the Indenture and the Series Supplement. 
 “Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholder” means a Person in whose name a Securitized
Utility Tariff Bond is registered on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Register. 
 “Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Register”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.05 of the Indenture. 
 “Securitized Utility Tariff Charges” means the nonbypassable
amounts to be charged to any existing or future retail customer located within KGS’s service area, approved by the Kansas Commission in the Financing Order that may be collected by the Seller, its successors, assignees or other collection
agents as provided for in the Financing Order. 
 “Securitized Utility Tariff Property” means all of Seller’s rights and
interest under the Financing Order (including, without limitation, rights to impose, collect and receive the “securitized utility tariff charges” (as defined in the Securitization Act) approved in such Financing Order) issued by the Kansas
Commission on August 18, 2022 (Docket No. 22-KGSG-466-TAR) pursuant to the Securitization Act, except the rights of Seller
to earn and receive a rate of return on its invested capital in the Issuer, to receive administration and servicer fees, or to use the Seller’s remaining portion of those proceeds. 

“Seller” means KGS, or its successor, in its capacity as seller of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property to the Issuer pursuant to
the Sale Agreement. 

  
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 “Servicer” means KGS, in its capacity as the servicer under the Servicing
Agreement, and each successor to or assignee of KGS (in the same capacity) pursuant to the relevant sections of the Servicing Agreement. 

“Servicer Default” means the occurrence and continuation of one of the events specified in Section 7.01 of the Servicing
Agreement. 
 “Servicing Agreement” means the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Servicing Agreement, dated as of
November 18, 2022, between the Issuer and the Servicer and acknowledged by the Trustee, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time. 

“Trust Estate” means the “Series Trust Estate” as such term is defined in the Series Supplement. 

“Trustee” means U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, or its successor or any successor Trustee under the Indenture. 

“UCC” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(iv) hereof. 

  
 Appendix A-4 

 EXHIBIT A 

BILL OF SALE 
  

	1.	 This Bill of Sale is being delivered pursuant to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Purchase and Sale
Agreement, dated as of November 18, 2022 (the “Sale Agreement”), between Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc. (the “Seller”), and Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C. (the “Issuer”). All
capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Sale Agreement. 

  

	2.	 In consideration of the Issuer’s payment to the Seller of
$         , receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Seller does hereby irrevocably sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Issuer, without recourse or warranty, except as set forth in
the Sale Agreement, all right, title and interest of the Seller in, to and under the Securitized Utility Tariff Property identified on Schedule 1 hereto (such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance of the Securitized Utility
Tariff Property includes, to the fullest extent permitted by the Securitization Act, the right to impose, collect and receive the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges related to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, as the same may be adjusted from
time to time). Such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance is hereby expressly stated to be a sale or other absolute transfer and, pursuant to K.S.A. §66-1,246(a) and other applicable
law, is a true sale and is not a secured transaction and title and ownership has passed to the Issuer. The preceding sentence is the statement referred to in K.S.A. §66-1,246(a). The Seller agrees and
confirms that, after giving effect to the sale evidenced by this Bill of Sale, the Seller has no right, title or interest in, to or under the Securitized Utility Tariff Property. 

 

	3.	 The Issuer does hereby purchase the Securitized Utility Tariff Property identified on Schedule 1 hereto
from the Seller for the consideration set forth in paragraph 2 above. 

  

	4.	 The Seller and the Issuer each acknowledge and agree that the purchase price for the Securitized Utility Tariff
Property sold pursuant to this Bill of Sale and the Sale Agreement is equal to its fair market value on the date hereof. 

  

	5.	 The Seller confirms that each of the representations and warranties on the part of the Seller contained in the
Sale Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on the date hereof as if made on the date hereof. 

  

	6.	 This Bill of Sale may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 

  

	7.	 THIS BILL OF SALE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS, WITHOUT REFERENCE
TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS. 

  
 Exhibit A-1 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and the Issuer have duly executed this Bill of Sale as of the
18th day of November, 2022. 
  

			
	KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C.,
	as Issuer,
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:
	
	KANSAS GAS SERVICE,
	a Division of ONE Gas, Inc.,
	as Seller,
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

  
 Exhibit A-2 

 SCHEDULE 1 

to 
 BILL OF SALE 

Securitized Utility Tariff Property 

All of Seller’s rights and interest under the Financing Order (including, without limitation, rights to impose, collect and receive the
“securitized utility tariff charges” (as defined in the Securitization Act) approved in such Financing Order) issued by the Kansas Commission on August 18, 2022 (Docket No. 22-KGSG-466-TAR) pursuant to the Securitization Act, except the rights of Seller to earn and receive a rate of return on its invested capital in the Issuer, to receive
administration and servicer fees, or to use the Seller’s remaining portion of those proceeds. 

  
 Schedule 1-1EX-10.3

 Exhibit 10.3 

ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT 

ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated as of November 18, 2022 (this “Administration Agreement”), is by and between KANSAS GAS SERVICE
SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, as Issuer (the “Issuer”), and KANSAS GAS SERVICE, a division of ONE Gas, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation (“KGS”), as Administrator (in such capacity, the
“Administrator”). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in Appendix A to the Indenture (as defined below). Not all terms defined in Appendix A are used in this Administration
Agreement. The rules of construction set forth in Appendix A shall apply to this Administration Agreement and are hereby incorporated by reference into this Administration Agreement as if set forth in this Administration Agreement. 

W I T N E S S E T H: 
 WHEREAS,
the Issuer is issuing Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of the date hereof and the Series Supplement thereto, also dated as of the date hereof (the “Series Supplement”) (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as the Indenture Trustee, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Securities Intermediary; 

WHEREAS, the Issuer has entered into certain agreements in connection with the issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, including
(i) the Indenture and the Series Supplement, (ii) the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Servicing Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Servicing Agreement”), between the Issuer and KGS, as Servicer, (iii) the
Securitized Utility Tariff Property Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Sale Agreement”), between the Issuer and KGS, as Seller, and (iv) the Letter of Representations, dated as of October 21, 2022 (the
“Depository Agreement”), between the Issuer and The Depository Trust Company relating to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (the Indenture, the Series Supplement, the Servicing Agreement, the Sale Agreement and the Depository Agreement,
as such agreements may be amended and supplemented from time to time, being referred to hereinafter collectively as the “Initial Related Agreements”); 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Initial Related Agreements, the Issuer is required to perform certain duties in connection with the Initial Related
Agreements, the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and the Trust Estate pledged to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture; 

WHEREAS, the Issuer may from time to time enter into and be required to perform certain duties under additional agreements similar to the
Initial Related Agreements (together with the Initial Related Agreements, the “Related Agreements”); 
 WHEREAS, the Issuer has no
employees, other than its officers, and does not intend to hire any employees, and consequently desires to have the Administrator perform certain of the duties of the Issuer referred to in the preceding clauses and to provide such additional
services consistent with the terms of this Administration Agreement and the Related Agreements as the Issuer may from time to time request; and 

  
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 WHEREAS, the Administrator has the capacity to provide the services and the facilities
required thereby and is willing to perform such services and provide such facilities for the Issuer on the terms set forth herein; 
 NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows: 

 

	1.	 Duties of the Administrator: Management Services. The Administrator hereby agrees to provide the
following corporate management services to the Issuer and to cause third parties to provide professional services required for or contemplated by such services in accordance with the provisions of this Administration Agreement:

  

	 	(i)	 furnish the Issuer with ordinary clerical, bookkeeping and other corporate administrative services necessary
and appropriate for the Issuer, including, without limitation, the following services: 

  

	 	(A)	 maintain at the Premises (as defined below) general accounting records of the Issuer (the “Account
Records”), subject to year-end audit, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, separate and apart from its own accounting records, prepare or cause to be prepared such quarterly and
annual financial statements as may be necessary or appropriate and arrange for year-end audits of the Issuer’s financial statements by the Issuer’s independent accountants; 

 

	 	(B)	 prepare and, after execution by the Issuer, file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) and any applicable state agencies documents required to be filed with the Commission and any applicable state agencies, including, without limitation, periodic reports required to be filed under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended; 

  

	 	(C)	 prepare for execution by the Issuer and cause to be filed such income, franchise or other tax returns of the
Issuer as shall be required to be filed by applicable law (the “Tax Returns”) and cause to be paid on behalf of the Issuer from the Issuer’s funds any taxes required to be paid by the Issuer under applicable law;

  

	 	(D)	 prepare or cause to be prepared for execution by the Issuer’s managers (the “Managers”) minutes
of the meetings of the Managers and such other documents deemed appropriate by the Issuer to maintain the separate limited liability company existence and good standing of the Issuer (the “Company Minutes”) or otherwise required under the
Related Agreements (together with the Account Records, the Tax Returns, the Company Minutes, the Issuer LLC Agreement, and the Issuer Certificate of Formation, the “Issuer Documents”); and any other documents deliverable by the Issuer
thereunder or in connection therewith; and 

  
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	 	(E)	 hold, maintain and preserve at the Premises (or such other place as shall be required by any of the Related
Agreements) executed copies (to the extent applicable) of the Issuer Documents and other documents executed by the Issuer thereunder or in connection therewith; 

 

	 	(ii)	 take such actions on behalf of the Issuer, as are necessary or desirable for the Issuer to keep in full effect
its existence, rights and franchises as a limited liability company under the laws of the state of Delaware and obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which it becomes necessary to be so qualified;

  

	 	(iii)	 take such actions on behalf of the Issuer, as are necessary for the issuance and delivery of the Securitized
Utility Tariff Bonds; 

  

	 	(iv)	 provide for the performance by the Issuer of its obligations under each of the Related Agreements, and prepare,
or cause to be prepared, all documents, reports, filings, instruments, notices, certificates and opinions that it shall be the duty of the Issuer to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Related Agreements; 

 

	 	(v)	 to the full extent allowable under applicable law, enforce each of the rights of the Issuer under the Related
Agreements, at the direction of the Indenture Trustee (acting at the direction of Holders representing at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds); 

 

	 	(vi)	 provide for the defense, at the direction of the Managers, of any action, suit or proceeding brought against
the Issuer or affecting the Issuer or any of its assets; 

  

	 	(vii)	 provide office space (the “Premises”) for the Issuer and such reasonable ancillary services as are
necessary to carry out the obligations of the Administrator hereunder, including telecopying, duplicating and word processing services; 

  

	 	(viii)	 undertake such other administrative services as may be appropriate, necessary or requested by the Issuer; and

  

	 	(ix)	 provide such other services as are incidental to the foregoing or as the Issuer and the Administrator may
agree. 

 In providing the services under this Section 1 and as otherwise provided under this Administration
Agreement, the Administrator will not knowingly take any actions on behalf of the Issuer which (i) the Issuer is prohibited from taking under the Related Agreements, or (ii) would cause the Issuer to be in violation of any federal, state
or local law or the Issuer LLC Agreement. 

  
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 In performing its duties hereunder, the Administrator shall use the same degree of care and
diligence that the Administrator exercises with respect to performing such duties on its own account and, if applicable, for others. 
  

	2.	 Compensation. As compensation for the performance of the Administrator’s obligations under this
Administration Agreement (including the compensation of Persons serving as Managers (other than the independent Manager(s)) and officers of the Issuer, but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the performance by KGS of its obligations in its
capacity as Servicer), the Administrator shall be entitled to $100,000.00 annually (the “Administration Fee”), with no escalation, payable by the Issuer in arrears proportionately on each Payment Date, in semi-annual increments of
$50,000.00, which amount will be pro-rated for the first Payment Date. In addition, the Administrator shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Issuer for all costs and expenses of services performed by
unaffiliated third parties and actually incurred by the Administrator in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Administration Agreement in accordance with Section 3 (but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any such
costs and expenses incurred by KGS in its capacity as Servicer), to the extent that such costs and expenses are supported by invoices or other customary documentation and are reasonably allocated to the Issuer (“Reimbursable Expenses”).

  

	3.	 Third Party Services. Any services required for or contemplated by the performance of the
above-referenced services by the Administrator to be provided by unaffiliated third parties (including independent accountants’ fees and legal counsel fees) may, if provided for or otherwise contemplated by the Financing Order and if the Issuer
deems it necessary or desirable, be arranged by the Issuer or by the Administrator at the direction (which may be general or specific) of the Issuer. Costs and expenses associated with the contracting for such third-party services may be paid
directly by the Issuer or paid by the Administrator and reimbursed by the Issuer in accordance with Section 2, or otherwise as the Administrator and the Issuer may mutually arrange. 

 

	4.	 Additional Information to be Furnished to the Issuer. The Administrator shall furnish to the Issuer from
time to time such additional information regarding the Trust Estate as the Issuer shall reasonably request. 

  

	5.	 Independence of the Administrator. For all purposes of this Administration Agreement, the Administrator
shall be an independent contractor and shall not be subject to the supervision of the Issuer with respect to the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations hereunder. Unless expressly authorized by the Issuer or in this
Administration Agreement, the Administrator shall have no authority, and shall not hold itself out as having the authority, to act for or represent the Issuer in any way and shall not otherwise be deemed an agent of the Issuer.

  

	6.	 No Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Administration Agreement (a) shall constitute the
Administrator and the Issuer as partners or co-members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate, unincorporated business or other separate entity, (b) shall be construed to impose any
liability as such on either of them or (c) shall be deemed to confer on either of them any express, implied or apparent authority to incur any obligation or liability on behalf of the other. 

  
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	7.	 Other Activities of Administrator. Nothing herein shall prevent the Administrator or any of its
directors, officers, employees, subsidiaries or affiliates from engaging in other businesses or, in its sole discretion, from acting in a similar capacity as an Administrator for any other person or entity even though such person or entity may
engage in business activities similar to those of the Issuer. 

  

	8.	 Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of Administrator. 

 

	 	(a)	 This Administration Agreement shall continue in force until the payment in full of the Securitized Utility
Tariff Bonds and any other amount which may become due and payable under the Indenture, upon which event this Administration Agreement shall automatically terminate. 

 

	 	(b)	 Subject to Sections 8(e) and 8(f), the Administrator may resign its duties hereunder by providing the Issuer,
the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies with at least sixty (60) days’ prior written notice. 

  

	 	(c)	 Subject to Sections 8(e) and 8(f), the Issuer may remove the Administrator without cause by providing the
Administrator, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies with at least sixty (60) days’ prior written notice. 

  

	 	(d)	 Subject to Sections 8(e) and 8(f), at the sole option of the Issuer, the Administrator may be removed
immediately upon written notice of termination from the Issuer to the Administrator and the Rating Agencies if any of the following events shall occur: 

  

	 	(i)	 The Administrator shall default in the performance of any of its duties under this Administration Agreement
and, after notice of such default, shall fail to cure such default within ten (10) days (or, if such default cannot be cured in such time, shall (A) fail to give within ten (10) days such assurance of cure as shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Issuer and (B) fail to cure such default within 30 days thereafter); 

  

	 	(ii)	 a court of competent jurisdiction shall enter a decree or order for relief, and such decree or order shall not
have been vacated within sixty (60) days, in respect of the Administrator in any involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or such court shall appoint a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Administrator or any substantial part of its property or order the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs; or 

 

	 	(iii)	 the Administrator shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law now or hereafter in effect, shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, shall consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator,

  
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assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or similar official for the Administrator or any substantial part of its property, shall consent to the taking of possession by any such official of any
substantial part of its property, shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due. 

The Administrator agrees that if any of the events specified in clauses (ii) or (iii) of this Section 8(d) shall occur, it shall
give written notice thereof to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee as soon as practicable but in any event within seven (7) days after the happening of such event. 
  

	 	(e)	 No resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to this Section 8(e) shall be effective until
(i) a successor Administrator has been appointed by the Issuer, (ii) the Rating Agency Condition with respect to the proposed appointment has been satisfied and (iii) such successor Administrator has agreed in writing to be bound by
the terms of this Administration Agreement in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder. 

  

	 	(f)	 The appointment of any successor Administrator shall be effective only after satisfaction of the Rating Agency
Condition with respect to the proposed appointment. 

  

	9.	 Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal. Promptly upon the effective date of termination of this
Administration Agreement pursuant to Section 8(a), the resignation of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b) or the removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(c) or 8(d), the Administrator shall be entitled to be paid a pro-rated portion of the annual fee described in Section 2 hereof through the date of termination and all Reimbursable Expenses incurred by it through the date of such termination, resignation or removal. The
Administrator shall forthwith upon such termination pursuant to Section 8(a) deliver to the Issuer all property and documents of or relating to the Trust Estate then in the custody of the Administrator. In the event of the resignation of the
Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b) or the removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(c) or 8(d), the Administrator shall cooperate with the Issuer and take all reasonable steps requested to assist the Issuer in making an
orderly transfer of the duties of the Administrator. 

  

	10.	 Administrator’s Liability. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Administrator assumes no
liability other than to render or stand ready to render the services called for herein, and neither the Administrator nor any of its directors, officers, employees, subsidiaries or affiliates shall be responsible for any action of the Issuer or any
of the members, managers, officers, employees, subsidiaries or affiliates of the Issuer (other than the Administrator itself). The Administrator shall not be liable for nor shall it have any obligation with regard to any of the liabilities, whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent of the Issuer or any of the members, managers, officers, employees, subsidiaries or affiliates of the Issuer (other than the Administrator itself). 

  
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	11.	 INDEMNITY. 

(a)    SUBJECT TO THE PRIORITY OF PAYMENTS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE, THE ISSUER SHALL INDEMNIFY THE ADMINISTRATOR, ITS
DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AFFILIATES AGAINST ALL LOSSES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, JUDGMENTS, LIABILITIES AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL EXPENSES OF LITIGATION OR PREPARATION THEREFOR WHETHER OR NOT THE ADMINISTRATOR IS
A PARTY THERETO) WHICH ANY OF THEM MAY PAY OR INCUR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT AND THE SERVICES CALLED FOR HEREIN; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH INDEMNITY SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY SUCH LOSS, CLAIM, DAMAGE, PENALTY,
JUDGMENT, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE RESULTING FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR’S NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER. 

(b)    THE ADMINISTRATOR SHALL INDEMNIFY THE ISSUER, ITS MEMBERS, MANAGERS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AGAINST ALL LOSSES,
CLAIMS, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, JUDGMENTS, LIABILITIES AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL EXPENSES OF LITIGATION OR PREPARATION THEREFOR WHETHER OR NOT THE ISSUER IS A PARTY THERETO) WHICH ANY OF THEM MAY INCUR AS A RESULT OF THE
ADMINISTRATOR’S NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER. 
  

	12.	 Notices. Any notice, report or other communication given hereunder shall be in writing and addressed as
follows: 

  

	 	(a)	 if to the Issuer, to: 

Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C. 

15 East Fifth Street, Suite 2662 

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 

Attention: Manager 
  

	 	(b)	 if to the Administrator, to: 

Kansas Gas Service, 
 a
division of ONE Gas, Inc. 
 15 East Fifth Street 

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 

Attention: Treasurer 

  
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 or to such other address as either party shall have provided to the other party in writing. Any notice
required to be in writing hereunder shall be deemed given if such notice is mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid, or hand-delivered to the address of such party as provided above. 

 

	13.	 Amendments. This Administration Agreement may be amended from time to time by a written amendment duly
executed and delivered by each of the Issuer and the Administrator, provided that (i) the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied in connection therewith, (ii) the Indenture Trustee shall have consented and (iii) in the case of any
amendment that increases ongoing financing costs as defined in the Financing Order, the Kansas Commission shall have consented thereto or shall be conclusively deemed to have consented thereto; provided, that any such amendment may not adversely
affect the interest of any Holder in any material respect without the consent of Holders representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. With respect to the Kansas Commission’s consent to
any amendment to this Administration Agreement, 

  

	 	(a)	 the Administrator may submit the amendment to the Kansas Commission by delivering to the Kansas
Commission’s Executive Director a written request for such consent, which request shall contain: 

  

	 	(i)	 a reference to Docket No. 22-KGSG-466-TAR and a statement as to the possible effect of the amendment on ongoing financing costs; 

  

	 	(ii)	 an Officer’s Certificate stating that the proposed amendment has been approved by all parties to this
Administration Agreement; and 

  

	 	(iii)	 a statement identifying the person to whom the Kansas Commission or its staff is to address its consent to the
proposed amendment. 

  

	 	(b)	 Any amendment requiring the consent of the Kansas Commission as provided in this Section 13 shall become
effective on the later of: 

  

	 	(i)	 the date proposed by the parties to the amendment, or 

 

	 	(ii)	 31 days after such submission of the amendment to the Kansas Commission unless the Kansas Commission issues an
order disapproving the amendment within a 30-day period. 

 Following delivery of a notice to the
Kansas Commission by the Administrator under Section 13(a) above, the Administrator and Issuer may at any time withdraw from the Kansas Commission further consideration of any notification of a proposed amendment. 

 

	14.	 Successors and Assigns. This Administration Agreement may not be assigned by the Administrator unless
such assignment is previously consented to in writing by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee and subject to the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition in connection therewith. Any assignment with such consent and satisfaction, if accepted by
the assignee, shall bind the assignee hereunder in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Administration Agreement may be assigned by the Administrator without the consent of the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee and without satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition to a corporation or other organization that is a successor (by merger, reorganization, consolidation or purchase of

  
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assets) to the Administrator; provided that such successor organization executes and delivers to the Issuer an agreement in which such corporation or other organization agrees to be bound
hereunder by the terms of said assignment in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, this Administration Agreement shall bind any successors or assigns of the parties hereto. Upon satisfaction of all of the
conditions of this Section 14, the preceding Administrator shall automatically and without further notice be released from all of its obligations hereunder. 

  

	15.	 Governing Law. This Administration Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of Kansas, without reference to its conflict of law provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws. 

 

	16.	 Headings. The Section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not
be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Administration Agreement. 

  

	17.	 Counterparts. This Administration Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so
executed shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute but one and the same Administration Agreement. 

  

	18.	 Severability. Any provision of this Administration Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 

  

	19.	 Nonpetition Covenant. Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Administration Agreement, the
Administrator covenants that it shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuer to invoke the process of any court
or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining an involuntary case against the Issuer under any U.S. federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer. 

 

	20.	 Pledge to Indenture Trustee. The Administrator hereby acknowledges and consents to any pledge and grant
of a security interest by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Indenture of any or all of the Issuer’s rights hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, the Indenture Trustee is a third-party
beneficiary of this Administration Agreement and is entitled to the rights and benefits hereunder and may enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Administration Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	 KANSAS GAS SERVICE

SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C.,
 as Issuer

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Caron A. Lawhorn

		 	Name: Caron A. Lawhorn
		 	Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	
	KANSAS GAS SERVICE, 
a Division of ONE Gas, Inc., 
as Administrator
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Caron A. Lawhorn

		 	Name: Caron A. Lawhorn
		 	Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

  
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