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Exhibit 4.1

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

NEW YORK’S FIRST BANK-FOUNDED 1784 BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON

 

 

2 HANSON PLACE, 12TH FLOOR, BROOKLYN,
N.Y. 11217

 

 

 

May 17, 2016

 

Hennion & Walsh, Inc.

2001 Route 46, Waterview Plaza

Parsippany, New Jersey 07054

 

Smart Trust 243

 

Dear Sirs:

The Bank of New York
Mellon is acting as trustee for the series of Smart Trust set forth above (the “Trust”). We enclosed a list
of the Securities to be deposited in the Trust on the date hereof. The prices indicated therein reflect
our evaluation of such Securities as of close of business on May 16, 2016, in accordance with the valuation method set forth in
the Standard Terms and Conditions of Trust and Trust Agreement. We consent to the reference to The Bank of New York Mellon as the
party performing the evaluations of the Trust Securities in the Registration Statement (No. 333-210237) filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission with respect to the registration of the sale of the Trust Units and to the filing of this consent as an
exhibit thereto.

 

 

	 	Very truly yours,
	 	 
	 	/s/ GERARDO CIPRIANO
	 	Gerardo Cipriano
	 	Vice PresidentExhibit 4.3

Consent of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the
reference made to our firm under the caption “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in Part B of the Prospectus
and to the use of our report dated May 17, 2016, in this Registration Statement (Form S-6 No. 333-210237) of Smart Trust 243, comprising
Smart Trust, NASDAQ International Dividend Achievers Index Trust, Series 8 .

 

/s/ Grant
Thornton LLP

 

Chicago, Illinois

May 17, 2016Exhibit
4(b)

PPL CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.,

Issuer

and

PPL CORPORATION,

Guarantor

TO

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

(as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank),

Trustee

 

 

Supplemental Indenture No. 15

Dated as of May 17, 2016

Supplemental to the Indenture

dated as of November 1, 1997

Establishing a series of Securities
designated

3.100% Senior Notes due 2026

initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $650,000,000

 

    	 

    	 

    

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
No. 15, dated as of May 17, 2016 among PPL CAPITAL FUNDING, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware (formerly known as PP&L Capital Funding, Inc.) (herein called the “Company”), PPL
CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (formerly known as
PP&L Resources, Inc.) (herein called the “Guarantor”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking
corporation (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank)), as Trustee (herein called
the “Trustee”), under the Indenture dated as of November 1, 1997 (hereinafter called the “Original Indenture”),
this Supplemental Indenture No. 15 being supplemental thereto. The Original Indenture and any and all indentures and instruments
supplemental thereto are hereinafter sometimes collectively called the “Indenture.”

Recitals of the Company and the
Guarantor

The Original Indenture
was authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to
time of its Securities (such term and all other capitalized terms used herein without definition having the meanings assigned to
them in the Original Indenture), to be issued in one or more series as contemplated therein, and for the Guarantee by the Guarantor
of the payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Securities.

As contemplated by
Sections 301 and 1201(f) of the Original Indenture, the Company wishes to establish a series of Securities to be designated “3.100%
Senior Notes due 2026” to be issued in an initial aggregate principal amount (but subject to increase as contemplated in
Section 301(b) and the last paragraph of Section 301 of the Original Indenture) of $650,000,000, such series of Securities to be
hereinafter sometimes called “Series No. 13.”

As contemplated by
Sections 201 and 1402 of the Original Indenture, the Guarantor wishes to establish the form and terms of the Guarantees to be endorsed
on the Securities of Series No. 13.

As contemplated by
Section 1201 of the Original Indenture, the Company and the Guarantor wish to change a provision of the Original Indenture.

The Company has duly
authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture No. 15 to establish the Securities of Series No. 13 and has
duly authorized the issuance of such Securities; the Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental
Indenture No. 15 and has duly authorized its Guarantees of the Securities of Series No. 13; and all acts necessary to make this
Supplemental Indenture No. 15 a valid agreement of the Company and the Guarantor, to make the Securities of Series No. 13 valid
obligations of the Company, and to make the Guarantees valid obligations of the Guarantor, have been performed.

NOW, THEREFORE,
THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No. 15 WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration
of the premises and of the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal
and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities of Series No. 13, as follows:

ARTICLE
One

Thirteenth Series of Securities

Section 1.           
There is hereby created a series of Securities designated “3.100% Senior Notes due 2026” issued in an original
aggregate principal amount (but subject to increase as contemplated in Section 301(b) and the last paragraph of Section 301 of
the Original Indenture) of $650,000,000. The form and terms of the Securities of Series No. 13 shall be established in an Officers’
Certificate of the Company and the Guarantor, as contemplated by Section 301 of the Original Indenture.

Section 2.           
The Company hereby agrees that, if the Company shall make any deposit of money and/or Eligible Obligations with respect
to any Securities of Series No. 13, or any portion of the principal amount thereof, for a period of more than one year prior to
Maturity, as contemplated by Section 701 of the Original Indenture, the Company shall not deliver an Officer’s Certificate
described in clause (z) in the first paragraph of said Section 701 unless the Company shall also deliver to the Trustee, together
with such Officer’s Certificate, either:

(A)         
an instrument wherein the Company, notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of its indebtedness in respect of such
Securities, shall assume the obligation (which shall be absolute and unconditional) to irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or
Paying Agent such additional sums of money, if any, or additional Eligible Obligations (meeting the requirements of Section 701),
if any, or any combination thereof, at such time or times, as shall be necessary, together with the money and/or Eligible Obligations
theretofore so deposited, to pay when due the principal of and interest due and to become due on such Securities or portions thereof,
all in accordance with and subject to the provisions of said Section 701; provided, however, that such instrument may state that
the obligation of the Company to make additional deposits as aforesaid shall arise only upon the delivery to the Company by the
Trustee of a notice asserting the deficiency and showing the calculation thereof and shall continue only until the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of an independent public accountant of nationally recognized standing to the effect that
no such deficiency exists and showing the calculation of the sufficiency of the deposits then held by the Trustee; or

(B)         
an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities, or portions of the principal amount thereof, will
not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the satisfaction and discharge
of the Company’s indebtedness in respect thereof and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amounts,
at the same times and in the same manner as if such satisfaction and discharge had not been effected.

ARTICLE
Two

Form of Guarantee

Guarantees to be endorsed
on the Securities of Series No. 13 shall be in substantially the form set forth below:

[FORM OF GUARANTEE]

PPL Corporation,
a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the “Guarantor”, which term includes any
successor under the Indenture (the “Indenture”) referred to in the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed),
for value received, hereby fully and unconditionally guarantees to the Holder of the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed,
the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on such Security when and as the same shall
become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, or otherwise, in accordance
with the terms of such Security and of the Indenture. In case of the failure of PPL Capital Funding, Inc., a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture), punctually
to make any such payment, the Guarantor hereby agrees to cause such payment to be made punctually when and as the same shall become
due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, and as if
such payment were made by the Company.

The Guarantor
hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, any
invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of such Security or the Indenture, any failure to enforce the provisions of such Security
or the Indenture, or any waiver, modification or indulgence granted to the Company with respect thereto, by the Holder of such
Security or the Trustee or any other circumstance which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a
surety or guarantor; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, no such waiver, modification or indulgence shall, without
the consent of the Guarantor, increase the principal amount of such Security, or increase the interest rate thereon, or change
any redemption provisions thereof (including any change to increase any premium payable upon redemption thereof) or change the
Stated Maturity thereof.

The Guarantor
hereby waives the benefits of diligence, presentment, demand for payment, any requirement that the Trustee or the Holder of such
Security exhaust any right or take any action against the Company or any other Person, filing of claims with a court in the event
of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with
respect to such Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will
not be discharged in respect of such Security except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Security and
in this Guarantee. This Guarantee shall constitute a guaranty of payment and not of collection. The Guarantor hereby agrees that,
in the event of a default in payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on such Security, whether at its Stated Maturity,
by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, or otherwise, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf
of, or by, the Holder of such Security, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, directly against the Guarantor
to enforce this Guarantee without first proceeding against the Company.

The obligations
of the Guarantor hereunder with respect to such Security shall be continuing and irrevocable until the date upon which the entire
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on such Security has been, or has been deemed pursuant to the provisions of Article
Seven of the Indenture to have been, paid in full or otherwise discharged.

The Guarantor
shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holder of such Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed against the Company in respect
of any amounts paid by the Guarantor on account of such Security pursuant to the provisions of this Guarantee or the Indenture;
provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising out of, or based upon,
such right of subrogation until the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all Securities issued under the
Indenture shall have been paid in full.

This Guarantee
shall remain in full force and effect and continue notwithstanding any petition filed by or against the Company for liquidation
or reorganization, the Company becoming insolvent or making an assignment for the benefit of creditors or a receiver or trustee
being appointed for all or any significant part of the Company’s assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
continue to be effective or reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment of the Security upon which this Guarantee is
endorsed, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Holder
of such Security, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent transfer,” or otherwise, all as though
such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored
or returned on such Security, such Security shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed paid only by
such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

This Guarantee
shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication of the Security upon which this Guarantee
is endorsed shall have been manually executed by or on behalf of the Trustee under the Indenture.

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

This Guarantee
shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York (including, without limitation, Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations
Law or any successor to such statute), except to the extent the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be duly executed.

Dated: _________________,
2016

	 	PPL CORPORATION
	 	By:	
        __________________________

        Name:

        Title:

	 	 	 

[END OF FORM]

ARTICLE
Three

Amendments to the Original Indenture

Section 1.           
Section 404 of Article Four of the Original Indenture is hereby amended by replacing the phrase “not less than
30 nor more than 60 days” with “not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days.”

ARTICLE
Four

Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 1.           
This Supplemental Indenture No. 15 is a supplement to the Original Indenture. As supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture
No. 15, the Indenture is in all respects ratified, approved and confirmed, and the Original Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture
No. 15 shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 2.           
The recitals contained in this Supplemental Indenture No. 15 shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the
Guarantor, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness and makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency
of this Supplemental Indenture No. 15.

Section 3.           
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.

    

     

    

 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties
hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture No. 15 to be duly executed as of the day and year first written above.

	 	PPL CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.
	 	By:	/s/ Tadd J. Henninger
	 	    Name:Tadd J. Henninger
	 	    Title:Assistant Treasurer
	 	 
	 	PPL CORPORATION
	 	By:	/s/ Tadd J. Henninger
	 	    Name:Tadd J. Henninger
	 	    Title:Assistant Treasurer
	 	 
	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
	 	By:	/s/ Francine Kincaid
	 	    Name: Francine Kincaid
	 	    Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Supplemental Indenture]

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