Document:

EX-10.3

 

Exhibit 10.3

AMENDMENT

TO THE

BIG LOTS, INC.

1996 PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN

     This Amendment to the Big Lots, Inc. 1996 Performance Incentive Plan (“Amendment”) is made
effective as of May 18, 2005 (“Effective Date”), by the Nominating and Compensation Committee
(“Committee”) of the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Big Lots, Inc. (“Company”).

     Whereas, the Company has adopted and maintains the Big Lots, Inc. 1996 Performance Incentive
Plan, as previously amended (“1996 Incentive Plan”), and desires to amend various terms thereof as
set forth herein;

     Whereas, Section 23.7 of the 1996 Incentive Plan authorizes the Committee to amend the 1996
Incentive Plan as it deems necessary or appropriate to better achieve the purposes of the 1996
Incentive Plan, except that no amendment shall be made without the approval of the Company’s
shareholders if such amendment would (i) increase the total number of shares available for issuance
under the 1996 Incentive Plan, or (ii) cause the 1996 Incentive Plan not to comply with Rule 16b-3
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any successor rule;

     Whereas, the 1996 Performance Incentive Plan expires on December 31, 2005, and in anticipation
of said expiration, the Company sought and received at the 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders the
approval of its shareholders for the Big Lots 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (“2005 Incentive Plan”)
as a replacement equity compensation plan;

     Whereas, in connection with its proxy solicitation process for the 2005 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders, the Company represented to its shareholders that if the 2005 Incentive Plan was
approved, the Board would cause the terms of the 1996 Incentive Plan to be amended such that the
maximum aggregate number of shares of restricted stock, stock equivalent units, and performance
units remaining available for grant would be restricted to no more than 33 1/3 percent of all
remaining awards issued under the 1996 Inventive Plan;

     Whereas, the Board has, as is permitted by the 1996 Incentive Plan, delegated to the Committee
the duty to amend the 1996 Incentive Plan for the purpose of restricting the maximum aggregate
number of shares of restricted stock, stock equivalent units, and performance units remaining
available for grant to be restricted to no more than 33 1/3 percent of all remaining awards issued
under the 1996 Inventive Plan; and

     Whereas, such an amendment by the Committee is not prohibited by the 1996 Incentive Plan.

     Now, therefore, the Committee amends the 1996 Incentive Plan as follows:

1. Defined Terms; References. Terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to them in the 1996 Incentive Plan. Each reference to “hereof,”
“hereunder,” “herein,” “hereby,” and similar references contained in the 1996 Incentive Plan, and
each reference to “the Plan” and similar references contained in the 1996 Incentive Plan, shall
refer to the 1996 Incentive Plan as and to the extent amended hereby.

2. Amendment of Agreement. The following shall be added to the 1996 Incentive Plan as Section
11.4:

     “11.4 Further Restrictions. In addition to the restrictions imposed by Sections 11.2 and
11.3 of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Restricted Stock, Stock Equivalent
Units and Performance Units that may be issued under the Plan on or after May 18, 2005, shall not
exceed 33 1/3 percent of all Awards granted under the Plan on or after May 18, 2005.”

 

 

3. Effectiveness of Amendment. This Amendment shall become effective as of the Effective Date.
Upon and to the extent of the effectiveness hereof, the 1996 Incentive Plan shall be amended hereby
in accordance with the terms hereof, and this Amendment and the 1996 Incentive Plan shall hereafter
be one agreement and any reference to the 1996 Incentive Plan in any document, instrument, or
agreement shall hereafter mean and include the 1996 Incentive Plan as amended hereby. In the event
of irreconcilable inconsistency between the terms or provisions hereof and the terms or provisions
of the 1996 Incentive Plan, the terms and provisions hereof shall control. Except as specifically
amended by the provisions hereof, the 1996 Incentive Plan shall remain in full force and effect.

     In witness whereof, the Committee has caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered
by its proper and duly authorized member as of the Effective Date.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOMINATING AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BIG LOTS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ David T. Kollat
 	 
	 
	 	Name:  	David T. Kollatexv4w1

 

Exhibit 4.1

 

ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY

TO

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Trustee

Ninth Supplemental Indenture

Dated as of August 15, 2005

To

Indenture

Dated as of January 15, 1998

 

5.50% Notes due September 1, 2035

 

 

 

     NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of August 15, 2005, between Arizona Public Service
Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Arizona (herein
called the “Company”), having its principal office at 400 North Fifth Street, Phoenix, Arizona
85004, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), a New York
banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”) under the Indenture dated as of
January 15, 1998 between the Company and the Trustee (the “Indenture”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

     The Company has executed and delivered the Indenture to the Trustee to provide for the
issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness
(the “Securities”), said Securities to be issued in one or more series as provided in the
Indenture.

     Pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the establishment
of a new series of its Securities to be known as its 5.50% Notes due 2035 (herein called the “Notes
Due 2035”), the form and substance of the Notes Due 2035 and the terms, provisions, and conditions
thereof to be set forth as provided in the Indenture and this Ninth Supplemental Indenture.

     All things necessary to make this Ninth Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, and to make the Notes Due 2035, when executed by the Company and authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company, have been done.

     NOW, THEREFORE, THIS NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

     For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes Due 2035 by the Holders
thereof, and for the purpose of setting forth, as provided in the Indenture, the form and substance
of the Notes Due 2035 and the terms, provisions, and conditions thereof, it is mutually agreed, for
the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes Due 2035, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF

THE NOTES DUE 2035

     SECTION 101. There shall be and is hereby authorized a series of Securities designated the
“5.50% Notes due 2035” initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $250,000,000, which
amount shall be as set forth in any Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Notes Due
2035. The Notes Due 2035 shall mature and the principal shall be due and payable together with all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon on September 1, 2035, and shall be issued in the form of
registered Notes without coupons.

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     The foregoing principal amount of the Notes Due 2035 may be increased from time to time as
permitted by Section 301 of the Indenture. All Notes Due 2035 need not be issued at the same time
and such series may be reopened at any time, without notice to, or the consent of, the then
existing Holders, for issuances of additional Notes Due 2035. Any such additional Notes Due 2035
will be equal in rank and have the same respective maturity, payment terms, redemption features,
and other terms, except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of the further
Notes Due 2035 and for the first payment of interest following the issue date of the further Notes
Due 2035, as those initially issued.

     SECTION 102. The Notes Due 2035 shall be issued in certificated form, except that the Notes
Due 2035 shall be issued initially as a Global Security to and registered in the name of Cede &
Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company, as Depositary therefor. Any Notes Due 2035 to be
issued or transferred to, or to be held by, Cede & Co. (or any successor thereof) for such purpose
shall bear the depositary legend in substantially the form set forth at the top of the form of Note
Due 2035 in Article Two hereof (in lieu of that set forth in Section 204 of the Indenture), unless
otherwise agreed by the Company, such agreement to be confirmed in writing to the Trustee. Such
Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Notes Due 2035, registered, and any
transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name(s) of Persons
other than such Depositary or a nominee thereof only under the circumstances set forth in Clause
(2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 of the Indenture, or such other circumstances in addition
to or in lieu of those set forth in Clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 of the
Indenture as to which the Company shall agree, such agreement to be confirmed in writing to the
Trustee. Principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes Due 2035 will be payable, the
transfer of Notes Due 2035 will be registrable and Notes Due 2035 will be exchangeable for Notes
Due 2035, bearing identical terms and provisions, at the office or agency of the Company in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of New York; provided, however, that
payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the Holder at such
address as shall appear in the Security Register.

     SECTION 103. Each Note Due 2035 will bear interest at the rate of 5.50%, from August 22, 2005
or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as hereinafter defined) to which interest has been
paid or duly provided for until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment,
payable on March 1 and September 1 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on
March 1, 2006, to the person in whose name such Note Due 2035 or any Predecessor Security is
registered, at the close of business on February 15 and August 15, as the case may be, whether or
not a Business Day, immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date. Any such interest installment
not punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holders on such
regular record date, and may be paid to the Person in whose name the Note Due 2035 (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a special record date to be fixed
by the Trustee for the payment of such defaulted interest, notice whereof shall be given to the
Holders of the Notes Due 2035, not less than 10 days prior to such special record date, or may be
paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Notes Due 2035 may be listed, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, all as more fully described in the Indenture.

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     The amount of interest payable for any period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
of twelve 30-day months. Interest will accrue from August 22, 2005 to, but not including, the
relevant payment date. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on the Notes Due
2035 is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next
succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any
such delay), in each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date. A “Business Day”
shall mean any day, except a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday in the City of New York on which
banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

     SECTION 104. The Company may redeem all or any portion of the Notes Due 2035, at its option,
at any time or from time to time, upon notice as provided in the Indenture. The Redemption Price
for any Notes Due 2035 to be redeemed on any Redemption Date will be equal to the greater of the
following amounts:

               (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes Due 2035 being redeemed on the Redemption Date;
or

               (b) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and
interest on the Notes Due 2035 being redeemed on that Redemption Date (not including any portion of
any payments of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a
semiannual basis at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points, as determined by a Reference
Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company for such purpose;

plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date. The Redemption
Price will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

     For purposes of this Section 104, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

     “Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal
to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price
for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the
Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

     “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the U.S. Treasury security selected by a Reference Treasury
Dealer appointed by the Company for such purpose as having a maturity comparable to the remaining
term of the Notes Due 2035 to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in
accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of
comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes Due 2035.

     “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (A) the average of the
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and
lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Trustee obtains fewer than three
such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, or (C) if only one
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such quotation.

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     “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (A) UBS Securities LLC and BNY Capital Markets, Inc. (or
their respective affiliates which are Primary Treasury Dealers), and their respective successors;
provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government
securities dealer in the United States (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company will substitute
therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (B) any other Primary Treasury Dealer(s) selected by
the Trustee after consultation with the Company.

     “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount)
quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City
time) on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

     The Company shall give the Trustee written notice of the Redemption Price, promptly after the
calculation thereof.

     The Trustee shall be under no duty to inquire into, may conclusively presume the correctness
of, and shall be fully protected in acting upon the Company’s calculation of any Redemption Price.

     Notwithstanding Section 1104 of the Indenture, any notice of redemption given pursuant to said
Section with respect to the foregoing redemption need not set forth the Redemption Price but only
the manner of calculation thereof.

     SECTION 105. The Notes Due 2035 shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303 of the
Indenture.

ARTICLE TWO

FORM OF NOTES DUE 2035

     SECTION 201. The Notes Due 2035 and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be endorsed
thereon are to be substantially in the following forms:

Form of Face of Security

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE
NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC
(AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

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ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY

5.50% Note due 2035

	 	 	 
	No. 1

	 	$250,000,000
	 

	 	CUSIP No. 040555 CH5

     Arizona Public Service Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
Arizona (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered
assigns, the principal sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Million Dollars ($250,000,000) on September 1,
2035, and to pay interest thereon from August 22, 2005 or from the most recent Interest Payment
Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on March 1 and
September 1 in each year, commencing March 1, 2006, at the rate of 5.50%, until the principal
hereof is paid or made available for payment.

     The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one
or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest, which shall be February 15 or August 15, as the case may be, immediately
preceding the Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day). Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or
more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to
Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be
paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as
may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

     Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on this Security will be
made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City of New York, in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment
of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Security Register.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.

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     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its
corporate seal.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 

	 	 	 
	Attest:
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 

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Form of Reverse of Security

     This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called
the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of
January 15, 1998 (herein called the “Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it
in such instrument), between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase
Manhattan Bank), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee
under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the
Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are
to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face
hereof, which is unlimited in aggregate principal amount.

     The Company may redeem all or any portion of the Securities of this series, at its option, at
any time or from time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the
principal amount of the Securities of this series being redeemed on the Redemption Date or (b) the
sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the
Securities of this series being redeemed on that Redemption Date (not including any portion of any
payments of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a
semiannual basis at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points, as determined by a Reference
Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company for such purpose; plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid
interest thereon to the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest
on Securities of this series that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior
to a Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the Holders as of the close of
business on the relevant Record Date according to the Securities of this series and the Indenture.
The Redemption Price will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months.

     If notice has been given as provided in the Indenture and funds for the redemption of any
Securities of this series (or any portion thereof) called for redemption shall have been made
available on the Redemption Date referred to in such notice, such Securities (or any portion
thereof) will cease to bear interest on the date fixed for such redemption specified in such notice
and the only right of the Holders of such Securities will be to receive payment of the Redemption
Price.

     Notice of any optional redemption of Securities of this series (or any portion thereof) will
be given to Holders at their addresses, as shown in the Security Register for such Securities, not
more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. The notice of redemption
will specify, among other items, the manner of calculation of the Redemption Price and the
principal amount of the Securities of this series held by such Holder to be redeemed. If less than
all of the Securities of this series are to be redeemed at the option of the Company, the Trustee
shall select, in such manner as it shall deem fair and appropriate, the portion of such Securities
to be redeemed in whole or in part.

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     As used herein:

     “Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal
to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price
for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the
Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

     “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the U.S. Treasury security selected by a Reference Treasury
Dealer appointed by the Company for such purpose as having a maturity comparable to the remaining
term of the Securities of this series to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of
selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate
debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities.

     “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (A) the average of the
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and
lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Trustee obtains fewer than three
such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, or (C) if only one
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such quotation.

     “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (A) UBS Securities LLC and BNY Capital Markets, Inc. (or
their respective affiliates which are Primary Treasury Dealers), and their respective successors;
provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government
securities dealer in the United States (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company will substitute
therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (B) any other Primary Treasury Dealer(s) selected by
the Trustee after consultation with the Company.

     “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount)
quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City
time) on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

     The Securities of this series will not be subject to any sinking fund.

     In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this
series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder
hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

     The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of
this Security and certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this
Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

     If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the
manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

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     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the
Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the
Trustee without the consent of such Holders in certain limited circumstances or with the consent of
the Holders of 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series
to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf
of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain
provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.
Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such
Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation
of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

     As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security
shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall
have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with
such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of
such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted
by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any
premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in
the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security
for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the
principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing,
and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.

     The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject
to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like
aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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     No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
payable in connection therewith.

     Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.

     All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.

     Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.	 
	 

	 	 	 	As Trustee	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Authorized Officer	 

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ARTICLE THREE

ORIGINAL ISSUE OF NOTES DUE 2035

     SECTION 301. Subject to Section 101, the Notes Due 2035 in the aggregate principal amount of
$250,000,000 may, upon execution of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, or from time to time
thereafter, be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the
Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said Notes Due 2035 in accordance with a Company
Order delivered to the Trustee by the Company, without any further action by the Company.

ARTICLE FOUR

PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR

     SECTION 401. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. will be the Paying Agent and Security Registrar for the
Notes Due 2035.

ARTICLE FIVE

SUNDRY PROVISIONS

     SECTION 501. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Ninth Supplemental Indenture or in
the form of Notes Due 2035 or otherwise clearly required by the context hereof or thereof, all
terms used herein or in said form of Notes Due 2035 that are defined in the Indenture shall have
the several meanings respectively assigned to them thereby.

     SECTION 502. The Indenture, as heretofore supplemented and amended, and as supplemented by
this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Ninth
Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein
and therein provided.

     SECTION 503. The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts herein declared, provided, created,
supplemented, or amended and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions herein and in
the Indenture, as heretofore supplemented and amended, set forth and upon the following terms and
conditions:

     The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the
validity or sufficiency of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals
contained herein, all of which recitals are made by the Company solely. In general, each and every
term and condition contained in Article Six of the Indenture shall apply to and form a part of this
Ninth Supplemental Indenture with the same force and effect as if the same were herein set forth in
full with such omissions, variations, and insertions, if any, as may be appropriate to make the
same conform to the provisions of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture.

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     This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall
be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Ninth Supplemental Indenture to be
duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of
the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By: 	 	/s/ Barbara M. Gomez
	 

	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	Barbara M. Gomez
	 

	 	 	Vice President and Treasurer

	 	 	 
	Attest:
	 	 
	/s/ Betsy A. Pregulman
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	Betsy A. Pregulman
	 	 
	Associate Secretary
	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By: 	 	/s/ Larry O'Brien
	 

	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	Name:  Larry
O'Brien
	 

	 	 	Title:    Vice
President

	 	 	 
	Attest:
	 	 
	/s/
Diane Darconte
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	Name:  Diane
Darconte

	Title:    Trust
Officer

[Signature Page to Ninth Supplemental Indenture)

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	STATE OF ARIZONA

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	)	 	ss.:	 	 
	COUNTY OF MARICOPA

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 

     On
the 18th day of August, 2005, before me personally came Barbara M. Gomez, to me known, who,
being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that she is the Vice President and Treasurer of Arizona
Public Service Company, one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing
instrument; that she knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument
is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said
corporation; and that she signed her name thereto by like authority.

	 	 	 
	 
	 	Debra L. Blondin
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Notary Public

	 	 	 
	My Commission Expires

	 	 
	June
7, 2008
	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	STATE OF NEW YORK

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	)	 	ss.:	 	 
	COUNTY OF NEW YORK

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 

     On
the 19th day of August, 2005, before me personally came Larry
O'Brien, to me known, who,
being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is Vice President of JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), one of the corporations described in and which
executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal
affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board
of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.

	 	 	 
	 

	 	Emily Fayan
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Notary Public

	 	 	 
	My Commission Expires

	 	 
	December 31,
2005
	 	 
	 

	 	 

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